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Chapter 196 Applause from the KOP Stand

In the first half, Manchester United defeated the rebuilding Liverpool 1-0 at home with Rooney's goal. At that time, the forwards Torres and Berbatov who were swapped between the two teams failed to play for some reason.

This time Manchester United is a guest at Anfield, perhaps this will be their last game at this stadium, because news from all sides is saying that Anfield will be rebuilt.

Regarding the specifications of this game, Ferguson is still very cautious. Although the current Liverpool is almost dominated by young people, their results are still in the upper reaches of the Premier League. If there is no accident, they can still fight for a place in the European League.

Looking at the full back line in front of Reyna, Stephen Darby, Daniel Ayala, Jose Dominguez and if it weren't for a Glenn Johnson, you'd think it was a fight with Liverpool's youth teams Contest.

After Gerrard made up his mind to undergo surgery, the midfield consisted of Mascherano, Rodriguez, Benayoun, Plessis and Carragher in advance. Lacton, this young player has already scored ten goals this season. Although he is extremely thin in terms of the scorer list, it is already quite good for a young striker's first main season. You can't let He behaved like Torres, at least he has done better than Berbatov, otherwise the Bulgarians would be standing on the court.

There is no need to worry about the stimulation of this young lineup. McAllister, who returned to Liverpool, boldly used this group of young people for more than half a season. Problems appeared more or less, but their hard work and ability Courage, no stage fright in the face of other teams or tough or sophisticated opponents, even if you lose, there are very few scenes of big losses.

To be honest, Ferguson is still very afraid of this young team. It's not that Manchester United's players are not good, but he knows the youthful drive, the kind of spirit that a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, because Ferguson has also used a lot of young players. , and the ones he played are not necessarily bigger than the opponent, such as those two guys who are only in their twenties.

Back here, what Torres got was applause from the Liverpool fans, applause from the KOP stands.

Torres' departure did not compensate Liverpool much. 2000 million is not enough for the current team. As for the exchange for Berbatov, to be honest, his position here is just like that of Akui. Lani is average and belongs to the category of soy sauce.

The fans don't know what the former boss got during the transfer process of Torres, but they all know that Torres' going to Manchester United is definitely more than that price, so they have never counted the problem on Torres.

Manchester United's striker is already the most powerful spear in Europe today. In the past three-quarters of the season, the total number of goals scored by the two has reached an astonishing 68. Torres even replaced Rooney with [-] goals. The top scorer in the Premier League, the high efficiency is really rare.And Rooney has already scored ten goals in eight Champions League games. Based on this data, even if Manchester United misses in the quarter-finals with Manchester City, Rooney is likely to win the Champions League Golden Boot.

Manchester United's midfield combination in this game is Mike, Silva, Carrick and Valencia.The defenders are Fabio, Upson, Vidic, and Rafael, but the captain's armband Ferguson directly passed Vidic to Niu Shisan. Thirteen had a lot of commanding people, and it was not good to be commanded by others while wearing an armband.

It was Manchester United who kicked off first, and when Torres handed the ball to Carrick, the Liverpool fans in the Kop applauded Torres' first official touch back at Anfield.

The young people in Liverpool are indeed very active. When facing Torres, they did not give the former idol face at all. When it was time to shovel, they shoveled hard.

In this regard, Torres was very friendly, maybe someone here had once polished his sneakers.

However, it is not enough to have impact on the football field. Benayoun's technology and sharp lethality really make Manchester United's defense feel a little awkward. His passing and passing can often make Upson or Vidi Qi felt threatened, but unfortunately his body could not allow him to gain a foothold in Manchester United's forest.

In contrast, Manchester United played steadily from the beginning, and Mike's scheduling in the midfield made Reina nervous almost every time.

Perhaps McAllister has already seen clearly the problems of young people, and perhaps Ferguson is also quite aware of the problems of young people.

After Manchester United fought steadily with Liverpool for more than half an hour, and even let the opponent fight back a few times with a slight sign of weakness.

Manchester United finally launched a counterattack.

Liverpool failed to attack in the frontcourt. Niu Shisan attacked and took the pass and quickly passed the ball to Mike.

Mike, who had switched positions with Carrick, took the ball and quickly returned to Mascherano, and the Argentine is now the fastest player in Liverpool's return.

It’s true that young people are very passionate, and it’s okay to be able to rush, but if they can’t switch offense and defense freely after playing for almost a season, it can only be said that they really didn’t learn much this season.

In fact, McAllister sold off most of the valuable veterans after taking over Liverpool, just to make room for young players, but this approach made young players lose their learning goals. If McAllister can If those players are delayed for half a season until January this year, I believe the result will be better than now. Maybe the results are not as good as now, but the players' level of improvement is definitely greater than now. Unfortunately, if you miss this kind of thing, you can only wait. Liverpool The decision-makers in the league are not aware of this problem. It is right to use a coach who is used to bringing young players, but he has not maximized the benefits. It is unrealistic to change the status quo in a hurry. Liverpool's young players still have a long way to go. very long.

Rooney's treatment is far worse than Torres'. You must know that Liverpool and Rooney can only be hostile. Impossible event.

However, Rooney, who was born in the Everton youth team, was unstoppable after receiving Mike's overhead ball.

Reina has already attacked, but it's a pity that Rooney didn't intend to single out with him at all.

Niu Shisan's greatest contribution to Manchester United's forwards is to give them enough confidence in the face of single-handed goals. Why?
If you are still so self-motivated after being saved by a goalkeeper for a long time, you will work hard to find opportunities and behave calmly enough when facing the opponent, and Rooney has already done this. So facing Reina who was attacking, Rooney made a gesture to pick the ball and let Reina perform an emergency stop.

1 to 0, after a brief silence at Anfield, there were cheers from a few fans from Manchester.

Quietly looking at the celebrating teammates and the KOP stand on the side, Torres felt very uncomfortable. A year ago, he was still enjoying the cheers here, but today the applause here is still at the same pace, but it feels very far away.

Niu Shisan, who rushed to the midfield to celebrate with his teammates, patted Torres on the shoulder when he missed Torres. Although he did so in terms of size, and he also wore the captain's armband of Manchester United, his attitude The appearance of Torres still makes Torres feel a little funny. The Spanish forward still remembers his mournful expression when he scored the opponent's goal.

"Do you feel very uncomfortable psychologically!" Niu Shisan looked so clever that Torres shook his head helplessly and didn't want to pay attention to him.

"You should enjoy it. No matter what relationship the people there have with you, if they can give you applause today, you should pay tribute to them with the performance that was worthy of the applause!"

"I know how to deal with it! Captain!" Well, don't forget that Torres was once the boss of Atletico Madrid!

After the re-kick-off, Mike still steadily controlled the rhythm of the game. Under this premise, he occasionally gave Liverpool's young people some cats and let them run tirelessly.

"We have to admit that Liverpool's youngsters have fallen behind Manchester United's youngsters at a similar age, look at their running statistics in the first six 10 minutes of this game! You will find Manchester United's new core There were only less than 6000 meters of running, and at least four of Liverpool's players ran more than 10 meters during this time period! This may explain why in the last [-] minutes, Manchester United will easily expand the score!" Times Today's "The Sun" almost didn't directly write the sentence "the two teams are no longer at the same level" in the article.

Torres did exactly what he did here.

When Ferguson replaced Rooney with Park Ji-sung, he knew that Ferguson was cueing him to perform.

Manchester United, which switched to 451 play, seems to have become a lot thicker. At least once, the Liverpool players who found it easy to break through the opponent's midfield felt more and more difficult, and Mike's fast passing made Mascherano and Ronaldo even more difficult. Driggs and the two almost turned around him.

In the 68th minute, Mike made a diagonal pass to Valencia. The latter passed Ayala and then pushed across the middle. Torres took advantage of the situation and pushed the ball towards Jose Dominguez with his shoulder.

In the face of Torres' sudden force, Dominguez, who had played against him in practice, finally felt the pressure of the world's top striker, which even made him feel that Rooney was no more than that in the first half.

When Torres, who was completely dominant, caught a glimpse of another compatriot Reina's attack, he suddenly kicked and volleyed, and the football unexpectedly flew diagonally towards Torres. Such a shot made the obviously stunned Reina helpless.

He didn't know why Torres would choose such a shot. Instead of volleying above or pushing into the corner, he chose an opposite angle. It felt like a gamble.

After scoring the goal, Torres turned around and walked back in silence. His calm expression made Manchester United fans suspect that Beba was possessed, and made fans who didn't see clearly think that the kick was missed.

However, the referee's whistle clearly told everyone that this was a goal.

After a brief silence, there was endless applause. The photographers were destroying the film, especially the photographers on the opposite side of the KOP stand, because under the telephoto lens, not far behind Torres who calmly walked back, there were almost all standing ovations. Liverpool loyal...

"Thanks to Torres for his performance, he let our young players know the strength of a top striker in the world, thanks to Manchester United's performance today, they let us learn a lot." After the game, McAllister said without salt, Although it is true.

And Ferguson also acted like a person who has been there: "Liverpool now makes me see vitality, and I believe their new glory will not wait too long..." Of course, if someone hears what Ferguson said in his heart, they will know that the old man is very happy. Not kind.

"If they need a runner-up!"

(End of this chapter)