football killer

Chapter 238 Sprint
Christmas has passed more than two months without knowing it, and at this time, the major European leagues have come to an end. In the final sprint stage, all the strong teams have begun to grit their teeth and make their final efforts.

The closer the league gets to the end, the more severe the test will be for each team. After all, the physical consumption of the players is a big problem when the game is played at this level. At the same time, facing the final stage of the league, even the rich teams have to give up and make choices. No team dares to fight with all their strength when the game reaches this level.

You know, the closer to the end of the league, the more nervous the team and players will be.If the league has just started, it doesn't matter if you lose a game or two.But it's different now, the league is coming to an end, if they lose a game at this last moment, they may miss the championship.

Under such pressure, the players go all out to face every game, which naturally speeds up the players' little physical energy consumption.

At the same time, due to the final stage of the league, in addition to the giants competing for the championship, other powerful teams are also competing for the qualification for the Champions League, and the weak teams have begun to risk their lives to avoid relegation, which also makes the league more popular and difficult.

Like all teams, Liverpool is also facing a severe test at the moment. In the end, under the discussion of the club and head coach Benitez, with the idea of ​​​​preserving the physical fitness of the main players, Liverpool has given up the Charity Shield and the FA Cup, and strives for the Champions League and the Premier League.

The FA Cup and the Charity Shield are all for young players to play games. While maintaining the players' physical fitness, they can also allow young players to get more exercise and game experience.

However, Liverpool is not Manchester United and Arsenal after all, nor does it have such powerful substitute players as Manchester United and Arsenal. You must know that whether it is Arsenal or Manchester United, if the substitute players of the two teams are pulled out to form a team again, it is definitely a Premier League team.The reason why Liverpool is still ranked first in the league is that the main players have performed well. As for the substitute players, even Lao Bei shook his head helplessly.

The results were clear, with Liverpool knocked out by Chelsea in the FA Cup and Fulham in the Charity Shield.Knowing that there is no hope of winning the championship, these Premier League powerhouses put all their energy into the Charity Shield and the FA Cup in addition to striving for a Champions League qualification. After all, mosquitoes are meat even when they are small. The Charity Shield and the FA Cup have no influence, but they are still a trophy.

"Hey~ Yepes, what's wrong with you stupid big man, you let George break through your defensive shot so easily." In Liverpool's training ground, Liverpool players are undergoing internal confrontation training.

Dudek got up from the ground helplessly, glanced at George, shook his head helplessly, and kept comforting himself: George is an animal, not a normal person, and he cannot treat George according to the views of normal people.

At this moment, George has gradually accumulated experience in the game, and began to slowly become the world's super killer. If George was famous in the past and was known as a world-class striker, it was because of George's comprehensive skills, strong strength, and his outstanding performance and several wonderful goals in several important games.So now George is really transitioning towards a super forward. Now George is no longer like before. Although every shot has no technical content, he can always choose the most accurate shot in the shortest time.

Dudek understands that this is the difference between a super striker and an ordinary striker. An ordinary striker will always play some difficult shots to please the fans and increase his popularity.But the super striker is different. Unless there is nothing to do, or there is no other way, the super striker is more likely to take the simplest and direct shots. Why, it is for efficiency.

Even though he thought so, Dudek still felt embarrassed. After all, George is only so old now. Just like what Hypia said, it would be a shame to let a kid with a big fart score a goal while he was an experienced goalkeeper.Thinking of this, Dudek couldn't help smiling, and jokingly said to the newcomer Yepes.

"No~ that's not the case. Just now, George's speed is very fast and his explosive power is very strong. He threw me away all at once. I can't blame me for this. It's just that I'm not familiar with George. Just wait and see. Next time George wants to get past me, it won't be so easy."

Hearing Dudek's words, Yepes thought Dudek was a little angry, and quickly said in English, which he was not very good at.

"Hey, big idiot, don't listen to him. It's because he has no ability. I scored the goal. He wanted to find a scapegoat. You were tricked." Seeing Yepes' nervous expression, George couldn't help but rolled his eyes and said to Yepes.

"Is that really the case?" Listening to George's words, Yepes looked at George with doubts, then at Dudek, trying to find the answer from the expressions of the two.

"Hey!" Seeing Yepes' puzzled expression, George shook his head helplessly, and shrugged his shoulders to Gerrard who was watching the show and Owen who had returned from injury, expressing that he had no choice.

George couldn't figure it out, this Yepes is also a big man, why the whole person is careless, giving people a silly feeling, otherwise, George and others wouldn't give Yepes the nickname of a big fool.

But if you think Yepes is stupid, you are wrong. Although Yepes is usually a little stupid, Yepes is just stupid, not stupid.With the game over the past few months, everyone in Liverpool has recognized the strength of Yepes, a new teammate.

Don't look at Yepes' stupid face, if you still treat Yepes as a fool during the game, then you are definitely a fool.Strong body, excellent physical fitness and reaction, and Yepes is also very good in header and positioning. It can be said that Henkez's departure has not had any impact on Liverpool.Why, that's because Yepes has the strength and successfully filled the vacancy left by Henkez's departure, even better than Henkez.

Henkez left Liverpool when the winter transfer market opened and went to Sampdoria in Italy.In this regard, all Liverpool players did not say anything, after all, transfer is the most normal thing for a professional player.After Henkez stuck to Liverpool's defense for several years, when he finally left, he left Liverpool with funds of 740 million US dollars, which was the transfer fee for Sampdoria's purchase of Henkez.

With Henkez gone, Liverpool naturally needed to find a replacement for Henkez. After being unable to get Lucio, Parry put all his thoughts on Yepes proposed by Benitez.In the end, after Liverpool and the Nantes team went through a long negotiation, Yepes finally joined the Red Army with a worth of 650 million US dollars.

Originally, Benitez and Parry thought that buying a not-so-famous player like Yepes could be won for about 500 million.But everyone did not expect that Nantes' defensive general Fabry just left Nantes this season, which also made Yepes quickly become the core of Nantes' defense.

If it weren't for Parry's ability and interpersonal relationship, I'm afraid there is really no way to get Yepes. After all, for the Nantes team, Yepes is the core of the team's defense. How could the Nantes team sell Yepes so easily.But even so, Liverpool still spent 650 million US dollars, more than 100 million more than expected, to bring Yepes to Liverpool.

From this aspect, Yepes' strength can be seen. At the same time, with the continuous start of the Premier League, after a period of adaptation, Yepes squeezed Traore to the bench and successfully became the main force of Liverpool.

As for the defense formed by Yepes and Hyypia, except for some problems in tacit understanding, everything else can be said to be impeccable.At this time, even the Liverpool fans sighed, Lao Bei is accurate in judging people, and this deal is definitely a good deal.

Indeed, when Benitez and Parry were discussing giving up that event, when Yepes was mentioned, Parry couldn't help but praise Lao Bei for his good vision.After seeing Yepes' more and more stable and outstanding performance, Parry is sure that Yepes, who was purchased for US$650 million, will definitely increase to more than US$800 million as long as he stays with Liverpool for a year or two.

The reason is very simple, the worth of a player is not only the personal strength and the performance of the game, but more importantly, joining a wealthy team.Just to use a metaphor, Argentina's Boca Juniors and the main striker of the River Plate team must be very good, and they will definitely be very good and very capable.But their worth is probably not as high as Liverpool's Baros. Why, that's the reason.

Not to mention South America, even European players are like this. You may be worth 200 million U.S. dollars in an ordinary team, but as long as you perform well, be spotted by a wealthy team, and be brought into a wealthy team, your value will at least double. An increase of 400 million is considered polite.

And Yepes is undoubtedly this kind of player, with strength but no reputation. As long as Yepes works hard in Liverpool for a few years, his worth will definitely be several times.

"I said Brother Dudek, so don't make excuses, bully an honest man, you'd better get ready to kick off." Seeing what Dudek wanted to say, George said immediately.

"You guys are amazing." Looking at George's smiling face, Dudek also said with a smile, and then threw the ball to George, and George passed the ball to Gerrard behind, and began to prepare for the rematch.

"Hey~ Tomorrow we will play in the league, and the day after tomorrow we will play the Champions League knockout match against Serie A giants Juventus. Damn, this game schedule is really fucking torturous. Juventus, the mighty Juventus."

Looking at the players who are training on the sidelines, Lao Bei's mind has already flown to tomorrow's game, more precisely, the next game against Serie A giants Juventus.

Laobei is very aware of the strength of Juventus, the extremely sharp attack, the terrifying penetration of short passes on the ground, and what is even more frightening is the never-hurry rhythm of Juventus.Thinking of this, Lao Bei sighed helplessly, because Lao Bei knew that Liverpool's test was coming.

"Damn it!" George returned to the locker room depressed, cursed in a low voice without looking back, and sat on his seat without saying a word.

Not only George, but everyone in Liverpool looked frustrated, because in the game just now, Liverpool lost the game against Crystal Palace, which was in the relegation group.

Crystal Palace, which is not strong, was stimulated by relegation, and it broke out with terrifying fighting power. Finally, relying on a corner kick, the opponent's defender scored a goal and defeated Liverpool with a score of 1:0.

Now that Liverpool lost this game, the ranking immediately fell, from No.1 to No.2.In this round of competition, Manchester United won and finally climbed to the top of the leaderboard.As for Arsenal, they encountered the Magpies led by Shearer. After 10 and 1 minutes of fighting, the two sides tied with a score of 1:[-] and are currently ranked third.

You must know that Manchester United's road to winning the championship in recent years has one thing in common, that is, the more the league is about to end, the more stable the Manchester United team is, and the stability is frightening. It is almost difficult to see Manchester United lose. Even a draw is rare.

Even the British media recognized that Manchester United was undoubtedly the most powerful team in the Premier League at the end of the league. Other teams who want to beat Manchester United still have a chance in the work schedule, but after Christmas, it is not easy to beat Manchester United.

Why, because Manchester United's substitute players are very strong, which can allow Ferguson to form a more reasonable formation. At the same time, with not bad substitute players to play, Manchester United's main players can also get proper rest and store some energy.

Can George not be angry? You must know that according to Manchester United's consistent situation, I am afraid that even if Liverpool win the rest of the league, they will not be able to win the championship.Because Manchester United almost always beat their opponents at the last minute, it is difficult to lose or tie.

Thinking of my hard work and struggle for more than half a year, I saw that the championship was about to be won, but now I was caught up by Manchester United. According to the characteristics and style of Manchester United, the final championship is very likely to be taken away by Manchester United. Whoever it is, will feel angry.

"Okay, cheer up, everyone. I know everyone is feeling bad now. I'm just like you, and I'm feeling bad too. But I can blame you for today's game. The opponent played really well. Not to mention our Liverpool, even if Manchester United and Arsenal are dragged to the Crystal Palace at this time, they will lose."

Looking at the demoralized Liverpool players, as the team's head coach, Benitez naturally knows why the players are so depressed now. It's not because of losing this game, allowing Manchester United to come from behind, and it is very likely that Manchester United will snatch the championship.

But Benitez is the head coach after all. Although he was very depressed and angry, it was hard for Benitez to say anything about Liverpool players.You must know that the Liverpool players did their best in this game, but the Crystal Palace, which is relegation, is obviously more crazy than Liverpool. For this reason, Crystal Palace has backed 6 yellow cards, which shows how hot this game is.

Benitez can't blame the players for anything. After all, Liverpool players performed very well regardless of the front, middle and back of the game. Crystal Palace's goal was also a corner kick. For this, Benitez can only say that Crystal Palace's luck today is really good.

"Coach, don't comfort us. We all know that perhaps because of the loss in this game, I am afraid that the Premier League champion this season will once again miss our Liverpool."

Carragher said in a very depressed mood. As a veteran player of Liverpool, Carragher has never tasted a championship since he joined the first team.Looking at the situation this season is very good now, it is very likely to win the championship, but at this time it was destroyed by the Crystal Palace, which Liverpool usually looks down on. Carragher couldn't get emotional even if he wanted to.

"Hehe, there are still a few games left in the league. No one can tell what will happen in the next game. After all, football is a game. Even if we lose the Premier League title, so what? Do you only have one Premier League title in your eyes? Have you forgotten that there is a bigger and more important championship waiting for us?"

Champions League!Hearing Benitez's words, all Liverpool's eyes lit up.Looking at the expressions of the players, although he didn't show much surprise, Old Bei could still see that his players hadn't lost their fighting spirit, because there was still a Champions League waiting for everyone.

Thinking of this, Lao Bei decided to take the team back to Liverpool immediately, and comfort the players while summing up.After all, tomorrow they will go away to challenge the powerful Juventus. If Liverpool go to the game against Juventus in this state and morale, they will only lose.

(End of this chapter)