six finger demon

Chapter 223 Losing and advancing
Kewell showed signs of returning to his level at Leeds United in the first half, which has a lot to do with his fixed position compared to last season.However, Liverpool's messy running position in the frontcourt failed to make full use of the opportunities created by his several breakthroughs. The Australian was replaced by Warnock in the second half.

The same lack of rapport between Cisse and Baros is also present between Riise and Kewell.

Full-back Riise's long-distance attack after the opening of the second half ended in a hurry because there was no one to respond.Seeing this, Benitez waved his hand dissatisfied.

Liverpool couldn't break the deadlock and indirectly gave AK a chance.

Just 10 minutes after the second half, the visiting team relied on the chaos created by a corner kick, and Tokic shot the ball into the upper left corner of the goal with a strong shot from inside the penalty area.

Seeing this goal, Anfield, which was still noisy just now, suddenly became quiet.A sentence echoed throughout the stadium: "It's good to be hugged by someone, but you still want to ride a horse? No way!"

Zhou Haohao blushed and reached out to pinch Tang Wu's waist again.

No way, when it comes to professional football knowledge, she is no match for Tang Wu, who has a strong ability to read games.

After falling behind by one goal, Benitez also sensed the seriousness of the situation and made adjustments quickly.

But no matter how it is adjusted, the midfielder with Gerrard as the core still cannot quickly deliver the ball to the opponent's half, so that AK's defenders can quickly organize the defense.

Now one goal behind, Liverpool is even more timid.In the following time, AK gained control of the ball through a delicate short pass from the midfielder, forcing the Red Army to fall into defense.

When the game progressed to the 78th minute, the most dramatic scene of the game happened.

Offhauser fouled Gerrard for the second time in the game and was shown a yellow card by the referee.However, the Spanish referee seemed to have forgotten that he also showed the AK captain a yellow card just 10 minutes ago, so he did not expel him from the field.

In this way, AK continued to challenge with 11 players.

"Did you see? Even God is helping me!" Tang Wu smiled proudly at Zhou Hao, and even stretched out his hands to hug his girlfriend on his lap.

"Hmph! Don't be complacent! The competition is not over yet!" Zhou Haohao broke free from the "claw" of her boyfriend.

Perhaps it was Enfield's home appearance, or maybe AK still had a little luck.When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, Liverpool was under "heavy pressure" and firmly maintained the score of 0 to 1 until the end.

In this way, the Red Army members advanced to the Champions League group stage with a total score of 2 to 1.

Looking at the Red Army members who hugged each other and cheered and celebrated despite losing, Tang Wu was a little disappointed and said, "Tsk tsk, I thought AK would at least drag the game into overtime! I didn't expect Liverpool to be so resilient!"

"Brother Tang, don't you want Liverpool to play in the Champions League?" After the game and the bet, Zhou Haohao asked the question he wanted to ask the most.

"Oh! You don't understand!" Tang Wu shook his head and said, "To be honest, I really think it's better for Liverpool not to play in the Champions League this season."

"Why?" Zhou Hao became even more curious. "I heard that the Champions League has surpassed the Europa League in recent years and has become the highest level competition in Europe. If Liverpool can win the Champions League."

"Okay, you have to be down-to-earth and not too ambitious!" Tang Wu still shook his head, "The same goes for the team."

"Look at Chelsea last season, Abramovich bought so many players, he wanted to win the championship, but look, no matter whether it is the Premier League, the Champions League, or even the FA Cup and League Cup, he didn't win a single championship!"

"Be careful that the bamboo basket fetches water in vain!"

"The Premier League has one more cup competition than other leagues. It is possible to fight on the third line in domestic competitions alone. Add a Champions League, not to mention Liverpool, even Manchester United or Arsenal can't stand it!"

"And this season Irving also transferred. Liverpool lost their leading star and leading scorer. The team is in the same state as Chelsea last season."

"If I join the Red Army, Liverpool will be transformed from head to toe!"

"Benitez is the new coach again. New coach, new players, new formation, new lineup, Liverpool need time to run in!"

"So at this time, it is better to keep an eye on the Premier League championship from the beginning and stick to this goal for a season."

"After we win the Premier League, the depth of the bench next season will be high, and the players will cooperate tacitly, and it will not be too late to look at the Champions League!"

After hearing Tang Wu's analysis, Zhou Haohao also nodded in confusion.Although she doesn't understand much about the Premier League, the FA Cup, etc., she still understands the principle of "you can't chew too much".

If Liverpool intends to fight on four fronts this season, it is likely that they will not even reach Chelsea's results last season.

In this way, Beitu and his Liverpool ushered in the first defeat of the new season, still at home.

But even if he loses, he still has reasons to be forgiven by the fans-at least Liverpool's expected income of 400W from participating in the Champions League group stage has been preserved.

After losing and advancing, the fans seemed to see the "old era" Houllier's team.The midfielder is poorly controlled, the forwards are fighting on their own, there is nothing they can do about the dense defense, and the opponents are quick to counterattack and are trembling.

Such a Red Army does not have the style of a rich and powerful team at all.

After the game, Beitu also admitted in an interview: "We did not do well in offense and defense. This is not a problem with one or two players, but a problem with the whole team. Maybe the reason for this situation is that we The players were too nervous, we failed to control the game, even more nervous after conceding the ball, we couldn't even control the ball."

"In the first half hour of the game, we played well. But after that it seemed that we couldn't play and the possession rate dropped a lot. But the most important thing is that we have qualified and we have won for ourselves. time. From now on, everyone, including me, has to work harder."

However, Beitu's performance in this game made the fans and the media questioned. Seeing Liverpool's virtue, the fans doubted whether the team could qualify for the group stage.

Facing this question, Beitu put on an expression of ease.

"It's not terrible to expose a shortcoming. What's terrible is that you have no way to make up for this shortcoming. But fortunately, I still have the ability and confidence to fill in the loopholes."

"Alonso is an excellent midfield commander with a penetrating pass."

"Luiz is a world-class wing attacker, he will definitely bring something new to the team!"

Everyone knows that Beitu still has two trump cards in his hands, which are two fellow villagers who he bought for a total of 1670 million pounds.

The two have not appeared at Anfield since joining, so fans and the media have a lot of criticism of his "nepotism" attitude.

But Bei Tu still replied confidently: "Although the loss of this game will make some fans think that we played badly, I can guarantee that the addition of these two players will definitely change their views! Their strength is exactly the same. It is what the team needs, and if they play well, winning the top three in the Premier League this season will not be a problem, and they will even have a lot to do in the next Champions League."

The media were left speechless by Bei Bald's "honey juice confidence", after all, they were players bought for more than 1000 pounds.And the team has already advanced to the group stage, so at this time no one wants to stand up and hurt the home team.

The example of Chelsea last season is in front of us, but the media thinks about it, and the "League runner-up" and "Champions League semi-finals" don't seem to be bad. After all, Liverpool has not touched these two "honors" for many years. .

Just when the media was racking their brains to find out more news, a voice suddenly appeared from the audience.

"May I ask Mr. Benitez, I saw TOM appearing in the stands in this game. Does Liverpool want to sign the Asian Cup champion before the end of the transfer window this season? Are Liverpool changing goalkeepers?"

The reporter's sudden question immediately stopped the noise of the whole room, and all the media stared straight at Benitez's face and his bald forehead, expecting the new Liverpool coach to give them a chance to relax. Big news in the headlines.

(End of this chapter)