Lvyin Fengmo

Chapter 26 First Team
The bad news is that between after Christmas and New Year's Day, Liverpool lost 1-2 to Manchester City and Chelsea in three days.

The two-game losing streak not only lost six points, but also lost to their direct title rivals, which immediately caused Liverpool to slip from the top of the standings to fifth.

Fortunately, when the new year came in 2014, the Red Army who returned to the home court defeated Hull City 2-0 without bloodshed, and once again relied on the weak team to get back on track.

I have to say that Liverpool in this period can still win in January...

In the FA Cup on January 1, Liverpool, who played as a semi-main player, also defeated Oldham from the third tier league 5-2.

Almost at the same time, Lu Feng also scored a hat-trick in the FA Youth Cup, helping the U18s advance to the top 16.

U18 coach Critchley also finally found him for a brief conversation.

Although Lu Feng missed 4 youth league games due to the training of the Chinese National Youth Team, there is no factor that can block his brilliance.

As of the 18th round of the league, he has scored 14 goals in 41 games, and the average number of goals per game is infinitely close to 3 goals!
This is the result of Critchley taking into account his lack of physical fitness and often letting him rest after 60 minutes!

Everyone understands one truth: it is impossible for the opponents in the youth league to stop him from scoring goals!

"Brendan Rodgers took your profile from me, maybe it won't be long before you'll be promoted to the first team."

Critchley looked at him with a smile:

"That's the Premier League, the dream stage for countless players, don't tell me... you're not excited at all?"

Lu Feng also smiled.

This is what he has longed for all along, how could he be so calm and unmoved?
Critchley's smile gradually subsided, and his expression became a little serious:
"As your head coach for the past three years, I am obliged to remind you who are about to enter the professional arena.

Your talent is very good, but only in a small range, far from the level of Ronaldo and Messi.

You had almost no formal youth training in China, so at the beginning your foundation was very poor, very poor.But you gradually made up for this shortcoming with redoubled efforts, and now your basic skills, especially shooting and breakthrough, are no less than any peers.

What I still can't understand is why you can grab so many headers from defenders when you are only 1.7 meters tall, but... maybe this is talent? "

Hearing this, Lu Feng was a little embarrassed. There was really no way to explain this question.

Just listen to Critchley continue:

"Your weaknesses are also very obvious, the most important being your physique.

I have also seen some East Asians playing in Europe, such as Park Ji-sung before Manchester United, he is quite strong and has amazing endurance.

It's a pity that you don't have this characteristic. Even after three years of training, you still belong to the thin and small type of player. Even in the youth team, your physical fitness belongs to... the unqualified type. "

He shrugged:

"You should be mentally prepared. The pace of the Premier League is much faster than that of the youth teams. In this top league, fierce physical confrontation and even rough fouls are full of it all the time. From the perspective of a professional coach, now You are still far from meeting these conditions, and I can even conclude that with your current situation, you may not be able to play a 90-minute Premier League game."

Looking at the little player who looked a little unhappy, Critchley clapped his hands, and his tone became a little more relaxed:
"But...if I'm really that professional, why am I just a U18 manager?"
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On January 1, Liverpool beat Stoke City 13-5 in an away game, raising the ranking to fourth.

A week later, in the 22nd round of the league, Liverpool, who returned home, were stubbornly tied 2-2 by Aston Villa—or to put it more objectively, they fell behind by two goals at the beginning of the home court, and they did not win until the last moment. Tenaciously tied the mighty Villa...

Rogers, who accidentally lost 2 points at home, also faces another problem:
The defensive midfielder Lucas Leiva, who came off the bench in the 46th minute, was injured after only 20 minutes. The already thin first team now appears to be understaffed.

Under such circumstances, Lu Feng quickly received a call from the first team.

"From today, you can train with the first team but continue to play with the youth teams."

Head coach Brendan Rodgers told him kindly:

"But you also have to be ready to play for the first team at any time."

In the 2013-14 season, Liverpool did not have the task of the Champions League or the Europa League. They only needed to focus on the Premier League. Therefore, there were only 24 players in the first-team roster, and one of them was a long-term patient (Uruguayan central defender Coates worth more than 1000 million. ), and the talented young player in 97 who was younger than Lu Feng——Jordan Rossiter.

Together with Lu Feng, his teammate, right winger Jordan Ibe, and full-back Brad Smith in the U21 echelon were recruited.

Here's where Rogers gets puzzling:
Obviously a defensive midfielder was injured, but he just didn't recruit midfielders who are good at defense, but picked three wide players from U18 and U21...

Such an arrangement will obviously not escape the eyes of the media, and some critics can't wait to nail Rogers to the pillar of shame!

Because the next game... is the Merseyside derby! -
October 1, 28:21.

As a high latitude area, the city of Liverpool at this time has already been shrouded in darkness.

There are not many entertainment facilities in the dilapidated small fishing village, only the Anfield Stadium exudes a frenzied light.

Although he is a 15-year-old Liverpool fan, Lu Feng's memory is not strong enough to accurately recall the results of every game of the team, so for him, this derby still leaves suspense.

But... in less than halftime, the heroic Red Army soldiers ended the suspense.

Gerrard opened the scoring in 20 minutes, Sturridge scored twice in 2 minutes, and when the game entered the intermission, Everton had already scored three shots in a row!
With Suarez icing on the cake in the 49th minute, the highlight of this round of the league has completely entered garbage time!

Seeing that the overall situation has been decided, Rodgers started to make adjustments and substitutions from 72 minutes. Sturridge and Flanagan were rested successively, and Moses and Kelly, both born in 90, went into battle.

"You said... can we play?"

Jordan Ibby poked Lu Feng with his arm and asked expectantly.

Lu Feng chewed his gum, not as much as his teammate looked forward to:
"I don't care for this kind of rubbish-time debut!"

What he desires is to stand up and turn the tide when the team is in trouble, rather than appearing on the field when the overall situation has been decided to brush up the weak sense of presence...

Assistant coach Chris Davis' voice rang out:
"That... Chinese boy, hurry up and warm up!"

Hearing a whoosh, Jordan Yibi suddenly felt a storm swirl around him!
He looked at the back of the person who was running and jumping, and couldn't help spitting on the ground.

Pooh!
(End of this chapter)