[Football] Crown of Thorns

In the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League qualifying round, the third round of the two rounds ended, and Liverpool successfully advanced with a total score of 4-0.

After the game, various media have played headlines such as "Suarez can't sell him even for 3000 million pounds" and "Dagama's debut is beautiful".

At the press conference after the game, Rogers said that Suarez was an important part of his team building, an important pillar of the team, and not for sale for Liverpool. As for the racial discrimination incident caused by Suarez before, Rogers did not do anything. Too many comments, just simply said "I believe he didn't mean that", then shifted the topic to the issue of Suarez's contract renewal with the club, and said that he believes Suarez is an excellent player who can really gain a foothold in the Premier League players.

Cut, why don't you mention that Suarez's contract extension is based on a salary increase.

The narrow-minded Jia Ma watched the press conference for a while on his mobile phone, and silently complained about the salary issue again in his heart.

Forget it, this is pretty good now, and next year I will definitely raise the issue of salary increase, and I will tell them that I am the best one with my actual performance.

Jia Ma snorted twice, picked up his bag and walked out of the locker room.

There are still eight days until the new league season begins, so just wait and see!

Because it was a new transfer to a strange place, classmate Jia Ma, who was very nervous, didn't dare to talk nonsense here, but what should I do if I hold back?

In the past, he could only endure it by himself, but now, he directly called his bad friend to complain.

'Bad Friend' Veloso was speechless, once again deeply regretting being dragged into the pirate ship by Furtado——

"OKOK, no matter what, the most important thing for you now is to show your ability and let them know that you are the best."

"That's up to you to say."

Gama replied proudly.

Veloso on the other end of the phone - really beat the bastard to death - "Shut up, are you coming to London?"

"No time to."

Gama said regretfully.

"let it go."

After that, Veloso hung up the phone very ruthlessly and cruelly (Gama language).

"Isn't there still eight days left?"

Chris, who was preparing breakfast at the side, listened to the live conversation and asked Gama curiously why didn't he go?

Jia Ma raised his head, "We need to train and develop a tacit understanding with our new teammates. This will be the time to perform. Don't dare to ask for leave!"

Chris shrugged his shoulders and ignored Gama's moaning. He didn't need to ask for leave. Today is obviously a rest time. It's not a long journey to London. It's probably just laziness. Tsk, his employer is getting weirder and weirder. .

Just when Jia Ma was slandering his life while training hard, time flowed away like running water~~

In an atmosphere of anticipation and tension, the day of the first game of the 12-13 Premier League season has arrived.

英国当地时间8月18日15:00，2012/13赛季英格兰足球超级联赛首轮开战。

A total of six games started at the same time that day, namely: Arsenal v Sunderland, Fulham v Norwich, Royal Garden Rangers v Swansea, Reading v Stoke, West Brom v Liverpool, West Ham Tom vs Aston Villa.

The first game of the new season for Gama's Liverpool team is an away game. The team will compete with their opponents at the Hawthorns.

Their opponent today, West Bromwich Albion Football Club (West Bromwich Albion Football Club), is a football club in West Bromwich, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough, West Midlands, West Midlands, England. Centennial, is a founding member of the English Football League.The home ground is The Hawthorns (The Hawthorns), located at 551 feet above sea level, which is the stadium with the highest altitude among the 92 league teams in England.

The last time they broke into the Premier League was in the 2007/08 season when they won the English Champions League and successfully upgraded. Only one year later, they fell back to the English Championship level. Promoted to the Super League and has stayed since.

Although there is no such thing as a little chubby by his side to interpret all kinds of club history or materials for him, but in order to prevent captain Gerrard from talking endlessly by his side, Gama consciously read the opponent's materials Several times and memorize it.

Anyway, Gama felt that when Gerrard asked him if he knew anything about today's opponent, and when he heard Gama report a series of detailed information, there seemed to be a little regret flashing in Gerrard's eyes.

Of course, there is another story about Gama that he doesn’t know——

"I didn't expect Xiko to memorize the materials very seriously!"

Gerrard said so to Carragher.

Carragher glanced at him and nodded silently, "This is not very good."

"Well, it seems that Xiko is really working hard to integrate into us!"

Gerald smiled kindly.

"……you are right."

Carragher paused and nodded.

The above is the content of the loving conversation between the kind and caring team captain and deputy.

In the Hawthorn Stadium, the local fans who have been lonely for a summer packed the small stadium to the brim, leaving only a small area of ​​stands for the fans of the visiting team, which made many Red Army fans who came to cheer for their team very dissatisfied , they gathered outside the stadium and sang the famous song "You'll Never Walk Alone" loudly, which made the local police officers sent to maintain law and order very nervous. The leader sat quietly around the stadium and watched the live broadcast on the external big screen, which made the local police temporarily relieved.

In the stadium, the referee team and the players of the two teams have already walked to the sidelines. The captains of the two teams stepped forward to exchange team flags. There was also a short pre-match performance. A group of children waved small flags and sang songs. Their innocent and lively performance made many people relax. Everyone applauded and cheered for the children, and the audience burst into cheerful laughter.

"HI, hello guys, I'm Tom, the commentator for this game."

"Hi everyone, I am Ji Rui, NONO, another commentator of this game. Of course my name is not Ji Rui, I am Ji An."

"After the days when Xiaxius didn't watch the game..."

"Oh NO, I watched the European Cup, didn't Tom watch it? Went on vacation?"

"Hey, don't listen to his nonsense. Of course I also watched the European Cup. It was a wonderful life with games to watch. The old king has gone to the new king. Well, let me tell you that I was more optimistic about the Spanish team at the beginning. Yes, the result...the Portuguese team won the championship historically, which is amazing."

"That's right, and the starting lineup for today's game is an important core of the new king's ascension to the throne, Portugal's No. [-] Da Gama. Of course, his number after transferring to the Red Army is also No. [-]."

"Yes, in the third leg of the Europa League eight days ago, the Reds went to the next level, and Da Gama was very good in the two legs, so I am really looking forward to this game. "

"Yes, we are all looking forward to it... Next, let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides-the home team West Bromwich Albion lineup: 1-Foster; 2-Reed, 23-Macauley, 6- Ridgeville, 3-Olsen; 21-Murumba, 22-Guerra, 7-Morrison, 5-Jacob; 9-Longe, 24-Odumwingi. Wow, a typical 442."

“那么客场利物浦的阵容：25-雷纳；34-凯利，37-斯科特尔，5-阿格尔，2-格伦-约翰逊；24-乔-艾伦，10-达-加马；19-唐宁，8-杰拉德，29-博里尼；7-苏亚雷斯。罗杰斯今天派上的是一个4231的名单。”

"...Let's take a look at how the home and away teams have played against each other over the years. They have played 23 games, and Liverpool has an absolute advantage with 19 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. In 11 away games, Liverpool has won 10 games. The Premier League history of both sides After 12 matches, Liverpool has 10 wins and 2 losses, which is also an obvious advantage. If we look at the total historical confrontation records of the two sides, the two teams have played a total of 137 games, and Liverpool has the upper hand with 63 wins, 38 draws and 36 losses.”

"Looking at the records other than the history of the two teams fighting, today's game is the 250th time that Gerrard led the Red Army to the league as captain..."

"In addition, the coach of the home team West Bromwich Albion, Mr. Steve Clarke, has previously served as an assistant coach of the Liverpool club. Today's game is his first game leading West Bromwich Albion."

"Liverpool new coach Mr. Rodgers sent a lot of new aid in this game. Borini, Joe Allen and Vasco da Gama all started. Carroll and the newly injured Joe Cole sat on the bench. On the bench."

"Okay, the game is about to start."

Perhaps it was because there were too many newcomers and everyone's tacit cooperation was still not in place. After the game started, the home team first grasped the situation and launched an attack after getting the ball.

West Brom's No. 6 Ridgewell dribbled the ball in from the left and played a kick to the wall with his teammate Longe.

However, this shot that broke through the defense line also lifted the spirits of the Red Army after being frightened.

Gerrard clapped his hands, reminding everyone to pay attention to the line of defense.

Gama exhaled. The coach threw him on the central axis in front of the defense in today's game. This made Gama, who was used to directing closer to the midfielder, feel very awkward. He didn't quite understand the coach's intention. He can only try his best to do a good job in defensive coordination and organization.

The subsequent loss of the ball proved that Gama and his teammates still lacked tacit understanding. Joe Allen made a mistake in passing the ball, causing the football to fall at the opponent's feet. Higher than the crossbar again.

"Wow, I can't believe it. Liverpool were at a disadvantage after the start, but the home team played brilliantly."

"Yeah, the midfield of the Red Army looks chaotic, and there is almost no cooperation between teammates. I really don't know what Rogers thinks, why put da Gama in the rear area..."

Regardless of the fact that these commentators may not have played many goals, but they are experienced and they clearly saw the disconnection problem in the Red Army's midfield, and they questioned Rogers' command.

The expression on Rodgers' face on the sidelines was very calm. For him, this game was just an experimental formation. Fundamentally speaking, he didn't think Liverpool would lose to their opponents, so he wanted to observe more, especially In terms of the use of Da Gama, when he knew that the club had bought the Dortmund midfielder, Rodgers could only cross out the item in his plan to buy Shaheen from Real Madrid (you can buy it if you can’t buy it on loan) up.

The reason why Dortmund bought Vasco da Gama two years ago was to fill the vacancy left by Shaheen after he transferred to Real Madrid. However, he did not expect that Shaheen, who went to Real Madrid, would not be kicked out. Instead, the Portuguese boy became a Hornet in the past two years. The core of the midfield has even become an important core force for Portugal's decisive victory in this year's European Cup.

But Rogers can see from the collected information that the use of Da Gama needs to be more considered. Da Gama obviously plays two different positions in the national team and the club. Ma's position is slightly closer to the frontcourt and he is more focused on the offensive organization of the midfielder and frontcourt. He is also more aggressive. In the national team, his position is relatively farther back. He is not so offensive, but he is solid in defense. Firmly hold the solid line of defense and control the connection between the front and back.

Now that people have come to Li Wupu, how can we use him?

At present, Da Gama has a slight conflict with Gerrard in the club's position, and it feels like a pity for his offensive ability to retreat.

So Rogers wanted to give it a try to see where Da Gama was more secure and effective.

The warm-up match was just to look at the state, and there was not much reference for the formation. In the first round of the Europa League, Gama only played half of the game. Although he played the whole game in the second round, because the opponent was not very good. It's so powerful, so I can't fully see where Da Gama's ability is placed more smoothly.

So in the first round of the league, Rogers simply threw him on the 2 in front of the center and back line of the formation, wanting to see how he feels in this position.

Now playing for 10 minutes, Dagama's performance is neither good nor bad, but it can be seen that there is still a lack of tacit cooperation between him and his teammates. It's not that Dagama didn't play seriously, but his teammates' ability to give the ball...

Rogers rubbed his forehead.

The Premier League players are used to being rough, and they are not used to facing a player with delicate skills like Vasco da Gama. Either the ball is too big, the pass is crooked or the strength is not right. This makes da Gama hesitate in responding. Surrounded by skilled people before, Da Gama was still a little uncomfortable facing such rough men.

Not only Rogers was in a hurry, but Gama himself was also in a hurry!

There were problems with holding the ball several times in a row, which made Gama, who wanted to perform brilliantly, want to vomit blood.

In the previous two games, Gerrard took good care of him and would pass the ball to him so that his teammates could cooperate with him, but today's substitution, Gama, who is not familiar with the habits of his teammates, was not used to it.

Huh, has the novice protection period expired?

Gama bit his finger.

So sad, so cruel, it turns out that the protection period given by the captain is only such a short two games!

Hateful Hateful Hateful!

Jia Ma, who wanted to hold his head very much, gritted his teeth, but the uncle's father didn't care, and went all out.

So when the opponent passed the ball, Jia Ma swooped over, stretched out his right leg and made a volley hook, and intercepted the pass directly to his feet.

Then Jia Ma didn't look at the opponent who was grabbing back and forth. He straightened his upper body and poured the ball back and forth with both feet. After that, he changed speed and started.