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In the league game against Middlesbrough, Gerrard returned.

"Hey, kids, I'm back!" Gerrard, who entered the locker room, was very happy.He is also in high spirits after coming back after such a long injury.

"Are you all better?" Alonso, who was sitting by the door, raised his head and asked.

"It's all good... Thank you for your concern, and thank you for your dedication to Liverpool during this period of time." Gerrard said seriously.

As he spoke, he bowed towards the locker room and made his teammates stand up. [

"It should be." Zhao Yaning spoke.

"You can think it should be, but I can't help but thank you." Gerrard shook his head, "I am the captain of Liverpool, and I can't turn a blind eye to your contribution to Liverpool. Especially when I have been injured for so long , you have worked so hard to support Liverpool and I cannot thank you enough."

Carragher patted him and didn't say anything, but Alonso said, "Play hard and give everything for the club. It's not just about you alone. Everyone is a part of this team. Fight for everyone. A goal, as it should be. Steph, welcome back."

Gerald hugged him lightly and said nothing more.

Looking at them, Zhao Yaning also felt a little emotional.Liverpool's dressing room is far from the harmony imagined: the local players led by Gerrard, the players brought in by France for Houllier, and now the people brought by Spain for Benitez, plus the players from Northern and Eastern Europe, A locker room with people from thirteen different countries. Houllier just left and Benitez just arrived, and they are facing a new generation. The team lineup is far less peaceful than imagined.

However, such a restless team is screwed together.And this has nothing to do with Gerrard's generosity or Alonso's calm personality.The two of them, plus Zhao Yaning, who is regarded as the leader of the same party by the French players, the three leaders in the locker room are all gentle and tough, which makes this team, in the face of heavy pressure. At that time, he still insisted on walking down.

It's really not easy... But with Gerrard's dedication, it should be better day by day?

The return of the team captain made the fans very happy.But in this game, it was Liverpool's second defeat this season.

Liverpool's midfield was seriously out of touch, and there was no sign of being able to organize at all. This made Liverpool completely passive and beaten throughout the first half. Most of the time, the team was tired of defending.In the 36th minute, Downing passed a high ball from the right. The Liverpool defender made a defensive error and jumped up to fight for the top. He watched Rigot complete the lore.

Liverpool, eager to counterattack Gao, went into chaos in a hurry. Garcia's forward shot was shot, but was blown off because of offside.In the second half, Liverpool was even more impetuous. In the 62nd minute, Alonso made a wrong pass and passed the ball to Downing. Downing passed the ball to the center. Hasselbaink and Zenden in front of him With cooperation, Cenden secured the victory.

"Being away from the field for a long time, Gerrard has forgotten the rhythm of the game. And Harvey Alonso is already exhausted in the long continuous battle, and after this game, Their game was exhausted and they lost the game. In the next week, they will face Monaco away in the Champions League and Arsenal at home in the league. It seems that they will face a losing streak .”

In the newspapers, the situation facing Liverpool was immediately unanimously underestimated.At the same time, Downing, who assisted two goals for Middlesbrough, also became famous in the first battle.Whatever England hopes for in the future, they don't need to spend money on it.

On the Liverpool side, the atmosphere is not so good.

"It's just that Stephen hasn't adapted to the tactics yet." In the locker room, Carragher defended Gerrard loudly, "He just came back from injury, what else can he do? And we only lost the second game this season. How? Only Chelsea and Arsenal have lost less than us, which is good."

"But we have too many draws." Kewell said, "If this continues, Manchester United will definitely catch up. And our European war..."

"We will definitely be able to qualify for the group stage." Gerrard immediately took over, "It will definitely not be over like this. We definitely still have a chance."

Regarding the league, no one said much.This game was indeed played poorly, this point cannot be argued.Gerrard's comeback is one aspect of it, and on the other hand, it is true that after continuous fighting, everyone has a problem of fatigue.

But everyone also knows that it is easy to deal with fatigue in the league, but in the Champions League, no matter what, it cannot be weaker.If you really lose the Champions League, then the problem is really too big.Liverpool still owes foreign debts. If they qualify for the Champions League group, they will get a lot of money. Without this money, Liverpool will not be so easy to mess around.

Moreover, although the current situation of the Champions League game is not clear, but until the last game, it is difficult for anyone to say what the outcome will be. [

In the current group points, Olympiacos unexpectedly ranks first in the group, Liverpool is still second in the group, Monaco is now third in the group, and Deportivo is the bottom of the group.

But the points of several teams are very close.Olympiacos is now tied with Liverpool on [-] points, and Monaco is also close behind with [-] points. Although Liverpool seems to have an advantage in points, both Olympiacos and Deportivo have a game against Deportivo, who has been reduced to a belly , and in the next two games, Liverpool faced Monaco and Olympiacos in a row. It is hard to say who will win in the end.

"Let's fight for the last two games." Gerrard looked at everyone, "No matter what, we want to break into the main game!"

"You've heard that too, haven't you?" Gerrard raised his head to speak to Carragher after there was no one else in the locker room.

"There are rumors, but I don't think that's true." Carragher hesitated, "Parry wouldn't do such a bastard thing, if he really did..."

"What can you do?" Gerrard shook his head. "Joy played very well. There is no doubt about it. If you sell me as Parry said, you can raise a lot for the team." If you buy someone with a lot of money..."

"But you don't want to leave!" Carragher interrupted him, "What's so good about Chelsea? It's just held by a few Russians with bad money. Look at their nouveau riche faces!"

"But those stinky money are exactly what we don't have..."

Gerald sighed.

He already knows the conspiracy of the coach and the manager. If the Champions League group stage is successful, then, during the winter transfer period, sell Gerrard to Chelsea for 3000 million, and start building a new Liverpool lineup around Zhao Yaning.

Such things are understandable for coaches and managers: they really have no money, but they want to build a better team, and Gerrard, who is the most valuable, is naturally a victim.But for Gerrard, this is very difficult to accept. Why should he be a victim?

"It's useless to say anything else." Gerrard looked up at Carragher, "We don't have any money. This matter can't be talked about between the two of us. And if you really don't want me If I leave in winter, I will find a way to qualify for the Champions League."

"And then, can you not leave?"

Gerald said nothing.He naturally wants to stay, but he really doesn't know what the coach and management will do

In the away game against Monaco, in Liverpool's lineup, Gerrard and Harman Alonso sent out a midfielder combination because of the accumulation of yellow cards, and they were suspended for one game.

On the Monaco side, the recent state is very bad.Because the lineup is not running enough, they have lost eight rounds in the league. The Ligue [-] champions are basically hopeless, and in the Champions League, they are now at a disadvantage.

But in this game, they still chose to play against Liverpool.Their backcourt returned to normal, with Maicon, Squillacci, Give and Evra forming the defensive line, and above the midfield, Praciel, Yaya Toure and Zicos formed the three midfielders, and Saviola played a single midfielder in front of them, and further forward were Roundup and Chevanton.

In this game, as long as Liverpool can win, they can qualify early, but again, for Monaco, it is a decisive battle of life and death.

As soon as the game started, Zhao Yaning received a tsunami of applause from the fans.This is the Louis II Stadium, the place where Zhao Yaning is most loved in the world.

This kind of support even made his teammates on the same team pat him on the shoulder and envy him: there are not many people who play away games but make all the away fans call their names.And this also moved Zhao Yaning a little: French fans rarely give players such support. He has always thought that they would not have such an attitude.

But keeping it in your heart doesn't mean forgetting it.When they come back, they will still love themselves.

However, Zhao Yaning's touch could not change Liverpool's passive situation from the very beginning of the game.Zicos, Squillage, Yaya Toure, Prasil, Givee, these five people not only formed an invisible circle of encirclement for Zhao Yaning, but also kept attacking Zhao Yaning when they were playing. Look at the next collision. [

It seems to be inadvertent, and it seems to be a bit ridiculous. Such a defensive method makes Zhao Yaning a little confused.

But it was this way of playing that contained Liverpool's offensive.

"Joe has always had a habit of not knowing whether he is good or bad." What Zhao Yaning didn't know was that before the game, Coach Petit gave how to deal with Zhao Yaning, "He is in the frontcourt. When he is hit by someone, he doesn't like to fall down. Although he has good skills, when he holds the ball in the frontcourt, he doesn't like to fall to the ground in exchange for sympathy. This is our advantage. We can constantly send people to interfere with him. Don't worry about him going down for a foul."

"But Joey's body is strong enough, it doesn't make much sense for us to interfere with him." Deschamps still has doubts about this idea.

"It's not required to knock him down, it's enough to interfere with his rhythm. I've seen Liverpool's forward movement... the two sides alternately inserted in the play is good, but Joey's timely rotation movement is also the same tactic key to its implementation.”

"So, as long as he can slow down his movement, he can make the opponent's frontcourt miss attacking...a good idea."

While Deschamps thought so, he also considered Zhao Yaning's passing problem.Therefore, he still arranged a few people to help defend Zhao Yaning, and for the problem of Garcia and Kewell, he adopted a very bold idea: use the method of making offside to defend the two people from getting in.

The practice of creating offside is really a bit bold and risky in terms of defensive tactics.But for Liverpool it just happens to apply.After all, Kewell and Garcia are not full-time forwards, and such a defensive system plays a very good role in their defense.

Throughout the first half, Liverpool's several attacks did not have any good effect.Either because of offside, or because the pass was not timely.Zhao Yaning was disturbed by poor rhythm and poor performance, which also completely disrupted the team's tactics.

In stoppage time in the first half, Garcia's injury made the situation even worse.

In the second half, in the 55th minute, Saviola quickly threw a sideline ball from the front court. After cooperating with Saviola, Roundup broke into the penalty area and grabbed the ball from Roundup who had no chance to shoot. Do it for Saviola next to him, Saviola stopped the ball in the chest and slammed through the net with a shot in the middle.

+1-0

This score has been maintained until the end.In another game, Olympiacos beat Deportivo 3-0 and Liverpool were cornered.Holding the jersey exchanged with Yaya Toure, Zhao Yaning spoke in silence for a long time.

Only a victory over Olympiacos in the final game can Liverpool reach the knockout stages

ps: Ask for a red ticket, please collect it, thank you! !Because the last game of Liverpool's group stage that year was indeed a knockout match with a Jedi counterattack. It was a very dramatic game. I didn't want to write it down, so I had to let Zhao Yaning lose.I originally wanted to change the points, but unfortunately I can't get it... It's embarrassing.