Green Dragon

Chapter 686
4 month 20 day.

Liverpool ushered in a make-up match:
The 2th round of the league, which was supposed to be played on February 27, started at Anfield.

Their opponent is the same city rival, Everton.

——Why...there are two 27s?

Perhaps due to the impact of the commemorative activities, the Merseyside Derby, once known as "the hottest derby in England", also lost a bit of gunpowder and added a bit of tenderness.

The two teams held a very solemn and warm silence ceremony before the game. Players from both sides stood side by side and crossed each other, sending their deepest condolences to the 96 fans who passed away.

Liverpool and Everton have the same roots and are in the same city. Although they are called mortal enemies, they have never been really hostile.

In a family, the two brothers are likely to support the opposite team, but this will definitely not affect the relationship between them, but it will add a little rare seasoning to each other's peaceful life.

As the captain of the team and the actual controller of the club, Long Shute is very grateful for the support sent by Everton at this time, so he also released some water appropriately.

According to his good tradition of "every key game is bound to break out", he did not frantically swipe the data in this derby.

A hat-trick, an assist, and he ended the game with such a mediocre, unremarkable report card.

Liverpool beat Everton 6-2 at home!
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Defeating their rivals in the same city and winning the first make-up match, Liverpool also successfully expanded their lead over Leicester City from 3 points to 6 points, continuing to maintain the initiative to fight for the championship, and has a greater advantage.

It has to be said that in the first half of the season in 2016, Liverpool's intensive schedule was really overwhelming.

If you pay attention to the time, you will find that, except for a very few times, they have almost always experienced the devil's schedule of double games in a week.

And...they have passed the most terrifying schedule-five rounds of fierce battles with Manchester City and Manchester United in two weeks!
The competition in the Premier League is already the best in Europe. This is not to say how high their level is, but the gap between them is too small. No two teams can turn the league into a duo like Real Madrid and Barcelona. It may reach Bayern, Juventus or Paris, where one team dominates the entire league.

Even if they are playing against a mid-lower team like Bournemouth, Long Shute and Rogers, who are sitting on the bench, will be sweating.

If it was during the Bayern period, since he accepted the rotation rest, then Long Shute would probably sit directly in the stands and give advice, but during the Liverpool and AC Milan period, he could not get complete relaxation and rest-because he was worried about his health. The team was equalized or even reversed by weak opponents every minute. Once such a sign appeared, he had to stand up and go into battle.

Of course, the more worried people are, the easier it is to feel tired. Even a recognized hero like Long Shute can't bear this pressure. What's more, he has to always care about the Chinese team thousands of miles away. His heart is completely broken. ...
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With Long Shu's special nerve strength, he felt that he was on the verge of the limit, and of course the other players in the Liverpool team would not be too relaxed.

Although most people have received proper rest and rotation, the mental pressure will not completely subside.

As a head coach, Rodgers also showed irritability and anxiety in many cases, which also affected his players.

Even if the club is equipped with a professional mental stress mediator, but the spiritual things... How can it be so easy to adjust? -
An American Air Force captain once said an old saying:

"If you're worried about something happening, it's more likely to happen."

Or it can be summed up as "things that can go wrong will always go wrong", "the more you are afraid of something, the more you will become more and more".

You could also call it "Murphy's Law".

When Liverpool was praying from top to bottom to let their team survive this breathless devil's schedule, a headache finally happened.

Liverpool's main defender, Mamadou Sakho, was accused by the UEFA Anti-Doping Association. The French defender's urine test after the Europa League game was positive-he was suspected of taking doping!
During Platini's time in charge of UEFA, they have been committed to suppressing the Premier League teams for a long time, and they have achieved obvious results. Go after them deliberately.

What's more, Platini has stepped down together with Blatter, and the bald Infantino has not yet successfully run for UEFA president. No one should specifically deal with Liverpool, a declining giant.

——Of course, this is just the naive idea of ​​the fans.

They never expected that in this Europa League, they will be treated so horribly...
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After receiving UEFA's allegations, the Liverpool club immediately launched an internal investigation.

Sacco, of course, would not admit that he had taken stimulants, but explained that he had taken a diet pill.

Not only was his explanation not forgiven, but it stirred up another wave.

For professional players, they are not allowed to take medicine or receive treatment without authorization during the league. For more serious injuries, they are often diagnosed and treated by the club team doctor and the professional attending physician. The medicines that players usually take are also It must be approved by the team doctor, otherwise it is easy to violate the doping rules of UEFA or the domestic football association.

After all, it is impossible for ordinary people to study specifically whether this cold medicine or weight-loss medicine contains chemical substances that may cause nervous excitement-just like drinking Huoxiangzhengqi liquid can also be detected for drunk driving.

What's more, the cultural level of most professional players can only calculate addition and subtraction within 20...

So Sako faced another problem:
Taking medicine without the approval of the team doctor!

Before UEFA's specific punishment opinions came out, Rodgers first suspended the main player for two games in the team to punish him for not complying with the club's internal regulations.
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If you are a Liverpool fan, or if you have followed the player Sakho, you may have a little impression of what happened next.

Sakho, who has a low level of education, did not even ask for a re-appeal-this would delay UEFA's punishment results for a period of time, and even allow him to finish playing this season.

But he did not do so. Instead, he admitted that he had taken banned drugs, and was punished by UEFA with a one-month ban across Europe.

So he missed the Europa League final, and Liverpool lost to Sevilla in that highly controversial game.

Then he went on to lose the French team's European Cup squad.

Then he fell quickly. He was late for the warm-up matches of the new season many times and was kicked back to his hometown by Klopp. Then he went from Liverpool's main central defender to a regular visitor to the U23 echelon.

Sacco, who did not reflect on himself, became more and more dissatisfied. He even publicly bombarded the head coach for being jealous, nepotism, and a liar. These thoughtless remarks finally completely angered the bearded Klopp...

Sacco, who wore the Paris Saint-Germain captain's armband at the age of 18, is definitely a young man who became famous-although Paris in 2008 was not the super local tyrant who frequently detonated the European market, he was still considered a big boss.

In the summer of 2013, Rodgers bought the 1800-year-old French teenager from Paris for 23 million pounds, and then they experienced that dreamlike but extremely regrettable runner-up season together.

Although Sacco, who just joined the team, is not the absolute main force, he has gradually become an indispensable part of the team - for example, in Gerrard's shocking slip, there is his shadow...

In the Liverpool team, Sakho is not an unsocial guy, but he is a very cheerful and funny, probably like Bayern's Muller.

It's just... His status in Liverpool is not as good as Muller's one-tenth of Bayern's. Therefore, there are some jokes that Muller can make, but he can't.

In addition to a good teammate relationship, Sakho is also very friendly to ordinary fans, and has a high degree of love among Liverpool fans. Of course, it is definitely not as good as Gerrard, Carragher or other local players.

His technical and tactical ability has both advantages and disadvantages, but in the current Liverpool, he is still the main force who does his part. If there is no doping incident, he can not only continue to be the main force of Liverpool, but also in the French team. Gain a place in the main lineup.

But reality is always crueler than imagined.

He completely ruined his entire career because of a diet pill.

Long Shute sadly reminded the fans:

Don't lose weight indiscriminately if you have nothing to do!
(End of this chapter)