The Ball at Your Feet

As the whistle blew, Liverpool won the first round with a score of 3-1. This kind of score is not very good. Two goal differences are not safe, and the opponent has an away goal. Liverpool cannot guarantee that they will not be overturned in the away game. The next game has to continue. Efforts, this is obviously bad news for Liverpool, who is seriously overdrawn. However, although there may be some twists and turns after the away game, this result cannot be said to be bad. The Champions League has already played in the quarter-finals. Among the opponents, there are not many chances to advance. Even the weaker opponents are sure. They all have some ability to get to this point, and it is always impossible to expect to beat the underdogs to win the championship. It is not easy for the team to win the game 3-1.

The only thing Liverpool found unacceptable was that Carragher was injured in the game. And in the post-match inspection, his injury was quite serious.

"Injury for half a month to a month." After the game, the team doctor gave the answer.

"Half a month to a month? Is this a joke?"

It is now the end of March. In other words, if the worst-case scenario is considered, he may come back at the end of April. When he comes back, it may be the last two rounds of the Premier League, while the Champions League and the FA Cup are only It's time for the finals. Carragher is the absolute mainstay of the team, he was injured but it was too late.

Liverpool has not suffered several injuries this season, but the impact of each injury is not small. This injury has hit Liverpool too much.

"I thought the style of La Liga is very clean, how could this kind of problem arise." Zhao Yaning murmured.

"That's because you haven't seen how the real La Liga teams play. You have only played against Real Madrid. Real Madrid has been maintaining the club image after the new century. They are not very concerned about defense. Their defense It's really not too dirty. But looking at other teams, La Liga is no better than the Premier League. This year Sevilla is playing in the Europa League. Look at them. The butcher combination of Alfaro and Navarro has always been Red cards are honorable. Look at how dirty their younger brothers Alves and Ramos play, and you know their virtues. La Liga is not as fierce as the Premier League, and there are fewer unintentional injuries between general confrontations. But when it comes to defensive action, La Liga is no better than the Premier League."

Alonso explained to Zhao Yaning, Zhao Yaning also nodded to understand. It seems that I have misunderstood it. He also thought that since La Liga is a technical-oriented league, the defensive atmosphere will probably be better by encouraging offense and promoting beautiful football. But when I think of Maradona's tackle in La Liga, the La Liga team is proud of it-I am afraid that the defense of La Liga will not be so gentle.

In fact, the more Latinized teams and leagues are, the more malicious fouls will occur when defending. If you look at South American football, you can know that many of their actions are definitely foul in Europe, but they are still safe and sound. People say that there are many injuries in the Premier League, which is true. The Premier League has a fast-paced, strong confrontation, and naturally more injuries. In addition, there are many players in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League who have poor defensive skills. They always make some extremely serious mistakes and break their legs at every turn, which makes the Premier League appear cruel. But in fact, when it comes to real malicious fouls, the Premier League is not necessarily much more than La Liga and Serie A.

Liverpool's loss of Carragher is indeed a huge problem-with Carragher, he has always been the absolute main force in the back line, and now that he is injured, then the back line is the best lineup that can be put out. , That is, Hypia and Vidic.

Although, relying on the combination of Hypia and Vidic, Liverpool is still able to build a good defensive line, but the technical characteristics of the two men are actually very similar. They are all fierce, decisive, frontal one-on-one defensive defenders, but the turning speed is very slow. It is always very unreliable to rely on the two of them to kick the back line. Such a team is beaten behind, how can it be chased back? Reina’s shortcoming is that he has a small defensive range and can’t play the scavenger goalkeeper. Carragher has a very protective role in front of him. Now that Carragher is injured, Reina’s problems have been exposed. The chasing speed of the two people in front of him is afraid that people will laugh out loud.

"This month, there are a total of six to eight games. West Bromwich Albion, Everton, Bolton, Villa, four league games, Villarreal a Champions League, if you win, there will be the following Two Champions League matches and the final FA Cup semi-final against Everton. The task is very heavy."

Because after this season is the World Cup, the schedule of this season is generally compressed. There are eight games in a month, and six games at least. Obviously, it is already very scary. If you are unlucky, maybe after this month, Liverpool will be completely empty.

"Except for one Everton in the four league games, there is a little trouble. The other games are relatively easy to deal with. If the FA Cup is against Everton, the odds of winning are not too small. If there is anything to be thankful for, it is Arsenal defeated Juventus 2-0 at home. Maybe, after we finished Villarreal, the rest of the game will be played at home."

Gerrard calculated it for a while before speaking, "Our league lead is 4 points and there are six rounds left. The Champions League won 3-1 at home, and the advantage is not small. And Arsenal was double-killed by us this season, and we also dealt with them. Not difficult. Not to mention the FA Cup, the opponent is Everton, we have to win anyway, the rest of the game, we still have a great advantage."

It is true-Liverpool's advantage is still not small, in fact, when they heard that Arsenal beat Juventus, the Liverpool players were quite excited.

This is really unexpected. Although Juventus has met with Premier League teams in recent years, they have always had poor results. Both Manchester United and Liverpool have run over them. However, Arsenal is different from Manchester United and Liverpool after all. What Juventus fears is The speed and header advantage of the Premier League team, while the Premier League style of Arsenal's team is far from strong enough, they can win with serious continentalization, which surprised the Liverpool players.

In this game, it can be said that the two most eye-catching people are Fabregas and Vieira-one goal and one assist in the front court, and there is also a fierce tackle against Vieira, so that Arsenal fans are already in the game. Chanted the new leader. However, Vieira, who joined Juventus, was tackled by Fabregas and directly formed an assist. He also received a yellow card and made him unable to play in the next round. He played exactly like Arsenal. It's the same as the undercover agent selling to Juventus.

If Arsenal can really win, then Liverpool's next round may be easy. Moreover, their victory does not seem incredible-Vieira received a yellow card in the first round of the game, and he will be suspended for the next game, which will make Arsenal a lot of attention in the next game.

It's just that Arsenal has never had a record of reaching the semi-finals in the Champions League after all. Therefore, although they are now leading, no one dares to assert that they will definitely reach the semi-finals. After all, no one knows the role of such things as experience, and everyone sees more of the ship capsized in the gutter.

After this game, Liverpool ushered in the league game a day later. This time, their opponent is West Bromwich Albion.

I thought this game was not difficult and could easily win the game, but shortly after the opening, Horsfield got the ball and dropped Hypia with one kick and blasted the ball into the gate. !

"Hypi Asia Pacific hasn't played for a long time, and it looks like it's a bit unsuitable for the game..."

This reason is obviously not the main reason. The lack of complementarity between Liverpool's two defenders is the biggest reason for Liverpool's conceded goals. It is undoubtedly a very dangerous thing to grab the partner of the two upper midfielders.

Liverpool is obviously still affected by the two-lane battle. And this time, Zhao Yaning quickly initiated the offensive. After several assaults, finally, Zhao Yaning ushered in a good free kick opportunity after being brought down by the opposing defender. This time, one of his free kicks went straight into the penalty area, and Hypia made a header into the net. Helped Liverpool equalized the score.

Reversing again, let Liverpool relax its vigilance. Because of the Champions League in midweek, Liverpool's offensive has also begun to slow down. However, just before the end, Camara came off the bench with a shot, leading the score again!

This kick also made Liverpool eat the third defeat of this season, and Chelsea's point difference, was also chased by one point.

And more importantly, after the away game was defeated by West Bromwich Albion, Liverpool had to admit this fact: Hypia and Vidic played together, and the team's back line was the sieve.

Two world-class defenders work together, not necessarily the effect of 11. For a long time, Liverpool's defense line has been built by Vidic or Hypia's grab, and then Carragher's fill. Although Carragher's defensive ability is limited by his body and his ball-handling skills, he is not a super-class defender, but his speed is dissatisfied and his fill is excellent. These two points make him very suitable for rubbing others' butts work.

Carragher is injured, and the person who should be the main force should be Bruno Alves-his technical characteristics are closer to Carragher, although the level is lower, but after all, he has an excellent body. He can also A large part of the defensive work has been completed. However, Hypia has a very special identity and status in Liverpool after all. As the team’s last captain, his status is extremely high. Since this season, even Vidic has played extremely well, but people are still talking about him~www.ltnovel.com~ think he should Wait, let Hypiado play two games. And now that Carragher is injured, naturally people's words are also asking Hypia to start. And Benitez failed to withstand the pressure, so naturally there was this defeat.

In this way, the difference between Chelsea and Chelsea is only one point left.

"Of the remaining five games, if we lose one, we are doing nothing this season." Gerrard's look in the dressing room is also rare and grim. "The League Cup was won by Manchester United. It is difficult to say how the Champions League result will be. If Chelsea win the league title again, and we only have one FA Cup left, that would be too shameful! Thirty-three games have come, and the last five games, no matter what, we can't lose!"

It is indeed impossible to lose again. The Champions League has already lost, and if the league loses again, there is really only one FA Cup left this season.

Just win a cup championship, but some are not good enough. A total of three games have been lost this season, and Liverpool played well enough at other times. If such a play is only runner-up, then everyone will definitely feel aggrieved.

This season, it is absolutely impossible to pass this way-in any case, this is the time for the bayonet to become popular, and the rest of the game can no longer go wrong.

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