Green Dragon

Chapter 603 The First Tough Battle

"Walk on! Through the wind!

Walk on! Through The Rain!

Though your dreams be tossed and blown,

Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart..."

——Even through strong winds, even through heavy rain, even if dreams are crumbling, we must continue to move forward with hope...

What an inspirational song, but Joshua King, who was sitting on the bench, only felt a chill.

For the Norwegian teenager who was substituted at halftime, his mood has fallen to freezing point!
He tried to challenge the red number 8 three times in the first half, and then he didn't play any more for a full 45 minutes!
The Norwegian didn't even touch the ball for 20 minutes when Longchute clung to Joshua King's side like a shadow!

"Oh! I hope this young man will not leave a psychological shadow..."

Sky TV commentator Alan Smith said with great sympathy:

"The number of touches he had in the first half...not even Long's jersey number..."

Joshua King can only curl up on the visiting team's bench, and then watch that terrible demon lead the red tide to tear Bournemouth bit by bit!
He saw the man in the No. 8 jersey dodge three defenders in a row with unbelievable devilish steps, and easily pushed the ball between the goalkeeper's legs.

He also saw the man tear through Bournemouth's defense with extremely precise wide-range transfers and find the red teammate in the middle of the penalty area.

He watched as the red tide mercilessly swallowed up the visiting team, leaving only a pile of desperate bones!

"Ding ding dong dong..."

Once again, a burst of cheerful music played over Anfield:

"In the 83rd minute, Liverpool scored another goal, the scorer, No. 8..."

"Long! Shut!"
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A 7-0 defeat of a newly promoted team that had never played in the Premier League is not something to brag about. Even if Long Shute had his fourth birthday in this game, he did not show an overly excited expression.

Although the media in England were frantically advocating that "Two Ten Goal Kings Come to the Premier League" and "Liverpool finally ushered in a savior", Long Shute still maintained the most basic calmness.

Not only was he not dazzled by the victory and goals, but he saw the huge problems in the team:
This Liverpool team... is too weak.

On the offensive end, Sturridge, who once followed Suarez to kill the Quartet, has less than half of his skills left, and has to recuperate for a long time, almost becoming a rotation player, while the new aid Benteke's function is extremely single. It will take a long time for teammates to form a tacit cooperation.

Coutinho, who has a long-range shooting skill, sometimes seems too sticky to the ball in order to score goals, and when shooting, he often doesn't care whether other teammates run out of a good position...

Although Henderson very much wants to become the second Gerrard, he may only learn [-]% of Gerrard's offensive ability.

As for Milner...he can come to take penalty kicks or corner kicks, and he can also pass from the wing, but if you want him to use his speed and dribbling skills to create murderous intentions on the wing, you'd better go to sleep!

On the defensive line, Moreno always has an offensive heart, Flanagan is seriously injured, Klein and Badstuber still need time to adapt, Sakho is intermittently missed, Lovren Although he and Skrtel are brave and tenacious, they always lose the chain at critical moments, and even stab the goalkeeper in the back...

Sometimes when Long Shute looks at the defenders behind him, he always has the illusion of returning to the national team...

This problem can only be solved by relying on him to retreat and defend alone. Moreover, as the season progresses to the middle and late stages, the players' attention and concentration will drop sharply, and the defensive loopholes will only become bigger and bigger. Long Shute divided into four to contract the entire defense line, otherwise Liverpool's defense would definitely give him a huge surprise!

Don't forget, even if they can build a steel defense line, at the end of this line of defense... there is still a neurotic goalkeeper! -
Long Shute is still struggling for the long-term development of the team, but Rogers is having a headache for the present.

Team captain Henderson sprained his ankle in the final period of the second round. According to the diagnosis and treatment of the team doctor, he will be injured for at least four to five weeks...

This means that this young all-round midfielder is likely to miss the next important games with Arsenal and Manchester United, and he will not even be able to appear in the squad for the Merseyside Derby on October 10!

Long Shute is also very sorry, because according to the information provided by the system, this seemingly insignificant injury kept the Red Army captain away from the stadium for more than three months, and he did not return to the squad until the last league game in November...

Although Henderson still has many deficiencies as the captain of a wealthy team, he is at least a qualified midfielder. His body, speed, strength, overall situation, passing, interception, and pressing are all at least worthy of his name. Excellent in appearance, no obvious shortcomings, and wearing the captain's armband, he also has an unbearable responsibility for ordinary people. If Liverpool can only send two midfielders in the lineup, it must be him and Long Shute partner!
Among his substitutes, Lucas's mobility is difficult to withstand a wide range of pressing, Joe Allen is more than flexible but not tough enough, the tall and burly German Han Emre Can...he prefers to play an offensive forward field……

Thinking of these teammates, Long Shute's head couldn't help but ache.
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8 month 21 day.

Two red buses sped down the Liverpool-London motorway.

Although the United Kingdom once had the largest territory in the world, its local territory is only as big as a palm. Most of the away games of the Premier League teams do not need to fly.

Liverpool is only 300 kilometers away from London. If you take a plane, plus the time to go to and from the airport, waiting for boarding, takeoff, landing, claiming luggage, and then changing to a bus, it is better to take a bus in one step, which is more convenient and comfortable!
"Pig!"

Emre Can unceremoniously smashed a card on the small table, and then lined up the other cards in his hand.

Badstuber scratched his head:

"You have made great progress in the past few years. If you return to Bayern, I guess Captain Philip is no match for you, right?"

Long Shute made a haha:

"I haven't played for a long time, I didn't expect that even you can't play..."

Firmino looked indifferent:

"The sheep's head card in Munich...it's really difficult..."

Four players who once played in the Bundesliga (three of them are old Bayern players) are gathering at the end of the bus, exchanging their experience on the sheep's head with great interest.

It's a nice way to pass the time during a three-hour journey.

Except for the chatting and laughing of the Bundesliga quartet, most of the teammates are wearing earplugs, and they don’t know whether they are listening to music or sleeping. Occasionally, one or two people are holding a book, which is already a rare intellectual .

Lovren was video chatting with his wife and children who stayed at home, Skrtel was also on the phone with a friend, and Mignolet was holding a tablet computer just sent by the sponsor, opened a drawing tool, Rao I am interested in making my own poster for this game...

In this way they arrived in London.
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"This is your first tough game after joining Liverpool. Do you feel any different?"

In the news hall of the Emirates Stadium, some reporters couldn't wait to ask such a question.

Long Shu shrugged his shoulders:

"I don't think Arsenal are a tough team, so it's not a tough fight at all."

Not far away, Wenger's face darkened.

Then he heard Long Shute continue:

"I am not disrespectful to Coach Wenger. In fact, I respect him very much. He has won countless honors at Arsenal, brought the team into the ranks of giants, and made great contributions to the sustainable development of the club. The whole No one in the Premier League, or even the entire European football world, can compare with him in this regard, not even the retired Mr Ferguson."

Wenger's complexion suddenly became much better.

This is the first player who thinks that he is the best old man!

And he's a top player in the world!

(End of this chapter)