Lvyin Fengmo

Chapter 284 A Guarantee That Can't Be Guaranteed

Around Christmas in 2016, there was a farce in European football.

As the African Cup is about to start, all African national teams have issued calls to their players, including Aubameyang, Mane, Mahrez, Koulibaly, Gueye, Zaha, Bailey, Entrepreneur, etc. Kulu and other famous players.

Most of the players of course applied for the draft immediately, but some people made discordant voices.

Led by 8 Cameroon international players including Matip and Choupo-Moting, nearly 40 players refused to participate in the national team competition!

Although Matip claimed that he officially withdrew from the national team in 2015, the Cameroon coach insisted: That is false!The player was kidnapped by the club!

When Matip refused to be recruited for the second time, the Cameroon Football Association directly filed a lawsuit against FIFA, requesting a global suspension of Matip and a huge fine for Liverpool Club!Even asked the Premier League to deduct points from Liverpool!

Such a proposal has even received the collective support of Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United, Everton and other teams!

Yes, we have all sent African players out, why do you make Liverpool special?

You Liverpool have already led the standings, and now you still have the main central defender, how do other opponents play? !
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The two sides had been at a stalemate, but after Liverpool's Christmas banquet, the Cameroon Football Association and the Liverpool Club issued a unified statement:
"After friendly negotiations, Matip will participate in the Africa Cup of Nations according to the schedule."

Everyone was a little puzzled about the change of attitude between Matip and Liverpool, but the media with great powers immediately unearthed the inside story:

"According to Liverpool insiders: Lu Feng is the key to turning the situation around!"

Even the media reported the details as if they were on the scene:

"Lu Feng assured Klopp that even if Matip is let go, the team's performance will still not be affected!"
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"I really suspect that there is a ghost in my locker room!"

In the first training session after Christmas, Klopp shook the newspaper in his hand angrily:

"They literally wrote out every punctuation mark in our speech!"

Matip lowered his head a little awkwardly:
"I'm sorry, coach..."

Lu Feng didn't care, instead he laughed:
"It's not a big deal. The dressing room stories of Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Bayern, and Juventus can all be made into a 1000-episode TV series. If we want Liverpool to become the ruler of football again, this is the only way we must go!"

Klopp glared at him, thought for a long time, and finally shouted:
"Lu Feng goes out! Run 5 extra laps!"

Lu Feng, who was suddenly targeted, almost sprayed him all over the face:
"Why? What kind of punishment is this?"

Klopp puffed up his chest:

"Your physical fitness is too weak, I want to drill you thoroughly!"
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As a traveler, Lu Feng can vaguely remember the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. Although Klopp used injuries to keep Matip, Matip was unable to play for Liverpool because of this. Many games including the game are not good for the team.

Of course, Lu Feng also understood the feelings of his teammates.

Although Matip has Cameroonian ancestry, he grew up in Germany since he was a child. It is just that the German national team is full of talents and he joined the Cameroon national team. Therefore, he has no sense of belonging or honor to the African lions. I don't want to affect my future in the club for the African Cup held every two years.

After all, Lovren is invincible and handsome, Klavan is old and strong, Sakho is back to the top, and even the young Joe Gomez has shown amazing talent. Matip, who joined the team this season, will of course There is a sense of crisis.

But now that Liverpool has become a Chinese-funded club, it is very difficult for the Chinese owners to allow players to refuse to play for the country, so Lu Feng acted as a lobbyist without hesitation. Honest teammates.

As for Lu Feng's "guarantee" to Klopp, Uncle Zha didn't take it seriously at all.

Klopp looked at the fax sent by the Chinese Football Association, gritted his teeth "creaking" loudly.

"From January 1th to 10th, you kid still want to participate in the 15 China Cup. You need to return to China to compete at least 2017 days in advance. During these two weeks, how can you guarantee the team's results?!"

Lu Feng, who was running around, couldn't help but sneezed!
He has long forgotten about MMP, the magic operation of the Chinese Football Association and Wanda Group!

For this meaningless event, can he refuse?
he can not!
Because in the current Chinese background of Liverpool, a large part of the shares are surnamed Wang! -
From December 12th to 26th, the battle of the Premier League after the Christmas holiday was rekindled.

The 18th round of the Premier League may be the most boring round of the game. All the rich and strong teams have won, and no weak team has played the role of a dark horse.

Chelsea beat Bournemouth 3-0 at home, Manchester United beat Sunderland 3-1 at home, Manchester City beat Hull City 3-0 away, Tottenham beat Southampton 4-1 away, Everton 2-0 away Beating Leicester, even Arsenal, the most unstable, scored the most economical three points from Middlesbrough at their Emirates Stadium, 1-0.

As the leader Liverpool, there was no ambiguity. In the overcrowded Anfield, they beat Stoke City 7-1 and ran away!

Firmino, who started the game, opened the scoring first, Origi made an own goal, and Lu Feng dominated the game in the next time. He not only scored twice in the first and second halves, but also scored twice for Lallana and Lallana, who returned from injury. Sturridge, who came off the bench, sent out an assist respectively.

Stoke City, who played away, only scored a goal in the 12th minute of the first half, barely keeping a trace of face.

But if they faced a final score of 8-1, what's the point of this semblance of face? !

After this round of battle, the Premier League standings finally returned to its original appearance.

Liverpool continued to lead with 51 points, followed by Chelsea with 46 points, Manchester City ranked third with 39 points, Arsenal with 37 points appeared in their most familiar position, Tottenham and Manchester United ranked fifth and sixth respectively , the top six tyrants have monopolized the top six positions with an unshakable situation, and Everton, who is ranked seventh, has almost no hope of squeezing into the European war zone.

In the upcoming 19th round of the league, Liverpool will face off against Manchester City, the last opponent in the first half!
Chelsea coach Conte, Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger, Manchester United coach Mourinho, Tottenham coach Pochettino expressed their support to Guardiola almost in unison before the game:
"If anyone in the Premier League can stop Klopp's Liverpool, it must be Pep!"

"Guardiola and I have the same football philosophy, the beautiful football we advocate is not inferior to any tactics!"

"I played against Pep many times, he is a real football genius!"

"Manchester City's lineup is very strong, they have the strength to compete for the championship!"

Faced with such strong support, Guardiola couldn't help scratching his head:
"I've only just landed in England and I'm still getting used to everything, Klopp has been at Liverpool for over a season and he knows everything here better than I do.

So, now I am just a challenger. Facing Liverpool, I will feel a little nervous, but this is not fear or timidity. I will challenge the current No.100 team with 1% energy! "

Klopp touched the stubble on his mouth and grinned:
"Come on, I like offensive football! It's settled, whoever defends will be his grandson!"

(End of this chapter)