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Chapter 700 No more suspense
The first game in [-] was the FA Cup.

Liverpool's opponent is Preston in the British Championship. This is also Benitez's first game after returning to the team after surgery.

The Red Army went to the away game with a full substitute lineup. As a result, with goals from Gareth Bale and Benayoun, they defeated Preston [-]-[-] away and won a good start in [-].

And three days later, Liverpool ushered in Burnley at home.

This is the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final, Liverpool first home and then away.

The Red Army did not hold back at home, and simply defeated their opponents [-]-[-], basically sending Burnley out of the League Cup.

But in another matchup, Manchester United was upset by Derby County [-]-[-] away.

I have to say, this is really scary.

But everyone is convinced that with the strength of the Red Devils Manchester United, Derby County will hardly have a chance after returning to Old Trafford.

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In the No.20 round of the Premier League, Liverpool challenged Stoke City away.

Stoke City's home game is not easy to play, which is the consensus of the Premier League this season.

Don't look at this as a newly promoted team, but Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur failed here, Manchester United almost capsized in the gutter here, and Chelsea also played extremely thrillingly here.

Before the game, Benitez has repeatedly warned the Liverpool players that they must be cautious when playing Stoke City away.

After entering January, Yang Yang resumed physical training for a period of time according to the arrangement of the coaching staff, in order to adjust his physical condition and cope with the second half of the competition in the next few months.

Including the FA Cup and the League Cup, he does not need to participate, even if the league has reached the semi-finals.

According to Benitez, if Yang Yang has to play against Burnley, it would be a humiliation to other Liverpool players.

In this game against Stoke City, Yang Yang did not start because of the week-long physical training, but sat on the bench. Even Benitez clearly told him that if the game goes well, he will not be arranged to play.

But the game was very difficult.

Stoke City played extremely tenaciously at home this season and performed very well. If only based on the home record, this team can be ranked sixth in the Premier League, but the away game is very bad. Only based on the away results, this team is at the bottom of the ranking, worse than the vice squad West Bromwich Albion.

In the face of such a typical home dragon and away team, Liverpool could not come up with effective offensive methods without Yang Yang, and the first half was lackluster.

Benitez didn't even wait for the first half to end before returning to the locker room to prepare for the second half.

But the start of the second half was also not smooth. Reina made a clearance in the minute and almost allowed Stoke City to score. Fortunately, after passing Reina, Kitson failed to score an empty goal when he hit the goal from a small angle. Instead, he hit the side netting.

This made Benitez on the sidelines extremely dissatisfied.

So, in the No. 601 minute, Yang Yang replaced Gareth Bell, who had a sluggish performance throughout the game.

Playing against Newcastle's brilliant Welsh Wings, this game against Stoke City is like sleepwalking, but everyone is more tolerant of him, after all, he is still relatively young.

After Yang Yang played, he was also closely guarded by the Stoke City team, but with his god of war in front of him, Stoke City's defense also loosened. Liverpool's offense began to threaten, but they still failed to seize the opportunity.

Until the No.804 minute, Stoke City's full-back Wilkinson was given a yellow card for fouling Yang Yang. Liverpool got a free kick on the left side of the frontcourt penalty area, and Yang Yang personally took the penalty.

A skillful deciduous ball accurately drilled into the upper right corner of the goal, and goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen was helpless.

One to zero!

After breaking the deadlock, the next fight will be much easier.

No.901 minutes, Yang Yang received a diagonal pass from Harvey Alonso, headed the ball from the bottom line, and pushed the ball back to the penalty area. Gerrard then inserted a follow-up tackle and hit the goal.

Two to zero!
This score was finally maintained until the end of the game.

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While Liverpool narrowly beat Stoke City [-]-[-] away, Manchester United beat Chelsea [-]-[-] at Old Trafford in Manchester.

Although Terry ended his two-round suspension and returned to the starting lineup to partner with Carvalho. Although Deco, Ballack, Petr Cech and many other Chelsea stars entered the starting lineup, the Blues still lost to Manchester United in the end.

This round of disastrous defeat has plunged Chelsea, which was already low in morale, into a quagmire again. The Blues have still not been able to solve the embarrassment of being overwhelmed by the strong and only abuse the food. In this game, there was not even a single shot that threatened Van der Sar.

At the same time, after Manchester United beat Chelsea [-]-[-], they have basically announced that the Premier League championship this season will only be born on two teams, that is, Liverpool and Manchester United, and the Red Army is the number one favorite.

It is worth mentioning that Manchester United won this game, but Cristiano Ronaldo still performed sluggishly. Facing Bosingwa, the Portuguese did not take any advantage.

This also triggered heated discussions among media and fans all over the world.

The FIFA awards conference is just around the corner, but Cristiano Ronaldo's state for more than a month can be described as sluggish. Not only is there a shortage of goals, but his performance on the court has not shown any signs of recovery.

In such a crucial strong dialogue, Manchester United completely crushed Chelsea. It stands to reason that Ronaldinho should perform well, but he is still very depressed, which made various media express their regret after the game.

The British Daily Mail directly broke the news on the second day that there was no suspense about the World Footballer.

"Yang Yang will definitely be elected!"

The Daily Mail listed the performance and data comparison between the two superstars Yang Yang and Ronaldinho last season and this season, and believed that apart from the Champions League and the Club World Cup, the Manchester United star did not have any outstanding results to beat Yang Yang.

Even in the Club World Cup, Ronaldinho was not United's best player.

"If there is still hope for the Manchester United star before November, then in December, with his state sluggish, he has already handed over the World Footballer's trophy to Yang Yang."

"In comparison, Yang Yang's performance is more stable and better."

The Daily Mail focused on the performances of the two superstars during their downturn. Among them, Yang Yang's performances in December and January last year were intercepted, compared with Ronaldinho's performances in December and January, and the conclusion reached was that Yang Yang still had assists and goals from time to time even in the downturn.

"However, not only did the Manchester United stars fail to score or assist, but their performance on the field was also very sluggish. They were even often questioned because they couldn't control their temper, and they made judgments."

But in this regard, the Portuguese chose to face it head-on and responded.

Ronaldinho said he is unlikely to reach the level of last season, but he vowed to return to the best form.

"It's impossible for any player to stay at the top level for a long time, two, three or four seasons, you will not find any such player."

The Portuguese believes that his performance this season is not bad.

"I did really well last season, but this season is not bad either. I've scored ten goals so far. People always expect me to do better and better, but it's not easy. I think I'm in good form and will get better."

"If this season's performance is average, then you wait and see, I will find my best form again next season!"

The response given by the Portuguese in a hurry immediately caused a carnival in the British media, and they followed up one after another. Some supported and others bombarded, which quickly caused an uproar.

For example, the Liverpool Echo countered directly, saying that Liverpool has one player who can maintain peak form for a long time.

"That's Yang Yang!"

I don't know if it was affected by this. After playing Chelsea, Ronaldinho had a car accident and destroyed his Ferrari sports car worth 20 pounds. Fortunately, he was fine.

It's really a house leak that happens to rain all night.

This naturally sparked heated discussions among the media and fans again.

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January [-], morning.

Accompanied by Su Ye, Raiola and Gerrard, Yang Yang flew from Liverpool to Zurich by private plane.

At Zurich Airport, he was greeted by a large number of fans and media reporters from all over the world.

Although FIFA has not made a final announcement, everyone has already given an answer in their hearts, that is, this year's World Footballer must belong to Yang Yang, and this is a certainty.

Although it is a major competition year, Yang Yang has neither the Champions League nor other national team honors, but with his outstanding performance in the past year, he is absolutely worthy of this honor, and it is difficult for others to shake his status.

Cristiano Ronaldo's performance this season has been sluggish. Although Messi is ushering in an explosion, he still lacks a bit of enthusiasm. Kaka's state has also fallen sharply. As for Torres, who performed well in La Liga and helped Spain win the European Cup, he still lacks a level to challenge Yang Yang.

In this case, except for Yang Yang, anyone else winning the award will cause huge controversy.

Raiola is undoubtedly the most relaxed, because he has always felt that signing Yang Yang is the most wise choice he has made in these years, and in the past few years, with the outbreak of Yang Yang, his career in European football is also thriving.

Yang Yang was somewhat uneasy, while Su Ye and Gerrard kept persuading him. They were all full of confidence in Yang Yang's winning the award. Not only them, but also the outside media and fans said the same.

On the contrary, he himself is not so optimistic, because the result has not been announced yet, God knows what FIFA will do?

However, Yang Yang's outfit this year is much more expensive than last year, and he has several more sponsors, including watches and leather shoes, all of which have signed new sponsorships.

It can be said that from head to tail, from hair to glasses to beard to clothes to shoes, it is all money.

If it wasn't for Yang Yang's insistence, Raiola would probably sell the underwear with a clear price tag.

(End of this chapter)