Lord of Greenery

Chapter 534 "New Season" First Defeat

534 chapter

"Let me tell you, don't listen to what our goalkeeper coach says. Reina has been fucked by him. He is a related family and has no level."

"Li is very good at table tennis. The last time I played against him, the racket was smashed!"

"Muhammad and Sadio don't talk much recently, are they having conflicts?"

In the Liverpool dressing room, old players and new teammates chatted happily, and everyone was sharing their own experiences.

Among the crowd, the silent Li Ze looked out of place, but no one bothered him.

With a strong base, his behavior will only be regarded as the posture that a strong man should have.

At most, everyone would complain behind his back that he was not easy to get along with, and he would never dare to say anything in the locker room.

While other players were exchanging their holiday thoughts, Li Ze was thinking about the next game.

Before the start of the league, Liverpool has a lot of warm-up matches to play, two of which are relatively formal.

One of them is the Community Shield, which is a warm-up match between the Premier League champions and the FA Cup champions.

This warm-up match has a long history, and it has been around since 1908.

At first it was called the Charity Shield, but it seemed that something went wrong and the name could only be changed.

This warm-up cup has a long history, but there used to be a curse that "the team that wins the Community Shield cannot win the league championship". In addition, this is a warm-up match, and everyone has little desire to win the Community Shield.

Now the first thing Liverpool have to play is not the Community Shield, but the International Champions Cup.

This warm-up match does not have such a long history, but many European giants will be invited to participate.

Basically all the familiar teams participated, even AC Milan participated.

For this game, Li Ze was most impressed by a game that happened in the future on the original track.

That time Atletico Madrid beat Real Madrid 7:3, Diego Costa scored four goals, Atletico Madrid's new aid Phoenix also performed very well.

Coupled with Atletico Madrid's outstanding performance at the beginning of the league, everyone believes that Atletico Madrid will be the most powerful contender for the league championship in the new season.

And Felix, who transferred to Atletico Madrid with a worth of 1.26 million euros, will definitely continue Atletico Madrid's tradition of being a striker and become the next top world-class striker!
Later, Felix didn't score much after that.

He has not scored as many goals as Wu Sanshi in the league.

It is said that in the Atletico Madrid game, this player with outstanding offensive talent was used as a defensive midfielder, and I don't know if it is true.

Liverpool met Atletico Madrid in this International Champions Cup.

Atletico Madrid's style makes Liverpool uncomfortable, it's a pity not to encounter it.

Liverpool's opponents in the three warm-up matches are Borussia Dortmund, Manchester City and Manchester United.

The opponent in the first game is Dortmund, which is Klopp's old club.

After losing Klopp, Dortmund has been vacillating in terms of coaching candidates.

Because Dortmund can't keep players, there are very few famous coaches who are willing to go to Dortmund to coach. They can only bet on luck and the appearance of the next Klopp.

However, Dortmund has a good eye for players and can often find unpolished jade.

Selling Aubameyang to Arsenal in the winter did not have much impact on their offense.

Just like in the summer of 17, after Dembele transferred to Barcelona at a terrifying price, the influence on Dortmund was quickly filled by other players.

Royce is a very trustworthy player when he is not injured.

He has become a symbolic player of the Hornets. As long as he wins another trophy of sufficient weight, he will definitely be the top player in Dortmund's history.

The biggest surprise came from Sancho, a youth training player produced by Manchester City, who was sold to Dortmund by Manchester City for 700 million euros, without even a buyback clause.

When he first came to Dortmund, Sancho did not adapt so quickly.

But in this season, Sancho will explode completely and become a strong contender for the Golden Boy Award.

To be honest, if it weren't for Mbappe's pressure there, Sancho is fully capable of grabbing the Golden Boy Award.

Because their performance was too good, American captain Pulisic actually only played as a substitute in Dortmund.

Pulisic, who came off the bench, was later bought by Chelsea for 6400 million euros.

As for Sancho, he's so young and so outstanding, wouldn't [-] million be ashamed to speak up?
But now, Sancho has not yet emerged.

On Liverpool's side, they are not too serious about Dortmund's opponent.

In recent years, the champion of the Bundesliga has always been Bayern Munich. The result is that the strength of other Bundesliga teams is slowly being ignored.

As for Dortmund, last season in the Champions League, they didn't even qualify for the group stage.

Such an opponent is still a warm-up match, so there is no need to take it too seriously, right?
Both Li Ze and Klopp stood on the sidelines and quickly realized that the players underestimated the enemy.

But neither of them said anything, just quietly waiting for the game to come.

Some words are meaningless to say, and only by experiencing it can we have an intuitive feeling.

Because it was a warm-up match, Li Ze, Mane, Salah and Firmino did not play.

The four of them will definitely be Liverpool's main players in the new season that is about to start, so there is not much need for investigation.

Dortmund is also Klopp's old club, and there is no need to play as seriously as before in a warm-up match.

After the first half, Liverpool led 1:0.

It was Robertson who kicked in a cross and found Van Dijk in the crowd, who scored with a header.

Both defenders performed well and Klopp decided to take both off in the second half.

Rather, after the intermission, Klopp replaced almost all the players on the field.

The same is true for Dortmund. In the warm-up match, there is no limit of only three substitutions in a game.

The goalkeeper hasn't changed yet, it's still Karius.

The arrival of Alisson put a lot of pressure on Karius.

Although there were no super huge mistakes like the original track, Alisson is well-known as Brazil's national goal.

He appeared in the transfer market, and Liverpool participated in the campaign almost without hesitation, without any scruples about the mood of Karius and Mignolet.

The two of them are not that bad, but compared with Alisson, they are two dimensions after all.

This game, in Karius' own opinion, is a test for him, he must perform well!

In the 66th minute, Karius made a mistake during the attack and threw Pulisic to the ground.

The referee awarded a penalty.

Dortmund equalized after Pulisic scored a penalty.

Wanting to perform, a huge problem arose instead, and Karius could barely lift his head at this moment.

However this is not the end!
In the 89th minute of the game, the score between the two sides was still 1:1.

Then came the Dortmund show!
In the 89th minute, Pulisic broke through and shot, and Karius was unable to catch up and was scored.

1: 2!

In the 93rd minute, Gotze's pass found Pulisic again. The players on the Liverpool field were frightened by the American player, and the formation was involuntarily messed up.

They were chaotic, Karius was even more chaotic, Pulisic shot again at the critical moment!
Blocked by Karius...

Although Karius was messed up, Pulisic was also messed up.

The angle and strength of this shot were not very good, and Karius blocked it in a panic.

However, due to panic, Karius also had problems with his hand shape, and the ball returned to the penalty area.

Larsen suddenly appeared to make a supplementary shot, and Karius could only watch his goal being breached again.

At this moment, Karius lowered his head deeply...

(End of this chapter)