i am a football star

Chapter 124 Victory over Vera
On March 3, the last game of the 22th round of the Premier League, Liverpool's home game against Aston Villa came.

The game started at 0:[-] am BJ time, but there are still many people waiting to watch the game, even if today is Sunday, they will start work tomorrow.

This is a game for Liverpool to return to the top, a crucial game.

Many people have joined the fan club organized by Zhang Qiming, Lin Yigang and others, but the number of people is scattered in major cities across the country. In fact, it belongs to a relatively loose organization. Zhang Qiming and Lin Yigang are now more responsible for helping Liu Ting's Weibo and bloggers to communicate with fans online.

Recently, Zhang Qiming and others organized BJ's fans to watch the game together. In a rented empty conference room, this kind of watching meeting is to enhance the communication between fans.

Now that Liu Ting has moved to Liverpool for more than half a year, Liu Ting's fan club is about to become a Liverpool fan club.

In this crucial battle, 54 people came to watch the game together. In fact, more people wanted to come, but the venue is limited, and there are too many people for fear of problems.Most of the people who came were wearing Liverpool jerseys. Most of the players in the Liverpool team were wearing them. Among them, the number 7, 8 and 9 were the most. No. 7 belonged to Liu Ting, No. 8 belonged to Gerrard, and No. 9 belonged to Torres.

Some wore Liu Ting's previous No. 25 jersey, and some even wore Liu Ting's No. 25 in Bordeaux.

The big screen is warming up before the game, and everyone is discussing in full swing.

A man who looked like a big northern guy, quite strong, but with a round face, said: "You say whether Liverpool can win, but Villa is in a fierce competition with Arsenal for the Champions League place. This round, Arsenal has already won ahead of schedule. Villa will definitely want to fight hard to get three points and keep up with Arsenal."

"This is a game at Anfield. Liverpool haven't lost a game at Anfield this season. They beat Manchester United in an away game in the last round. Now their morale is high. I don't think it's a big problem to win Villa." It was a short young man who obviously didn't protect his voice during the voice change period, and his voice was a little hoarse.

Liverpool's warm-up is over, both teams have to go back to the locker room to prepare for the official start of the game, and the fans who came to watch the game gathered together to discuss loudly.

At this time in the Liverpool dressing room, Heynckes was also talking about the final mobilization before going on the field: "We only have one goal in this game, and that is three points! This is our best chance to return to the top of the list. We only want to win, not draw, and we will not accept any results other than victory!"

"Do you understand?"

"understand!"

Soon, the two teams played one after another. Before the regular game, the national anthem guessed coins and picked sides.

Zhan Jun is saying: "Last weekend, Liverpool beat Manchester United 4:1 in an away game, ending Manchester United's 11-game winning streak in the league and catching up with Manchester United in the standings. Manchester United also made mistakes in their busy schedule. This round of away games lost to Fulham. Liverpool only needs to not lose this game to return to the top of the list."

In this game, Liverpool is considered to be strong and strong. Harvey Alonso returned to the team with a minor injury, and Agger, who suffered a back injury, is almost healed.

Heynckes arranged for Liverpool's strongest lineup to start, goalkeeper Reina, defenders Bale, Carragher, Skrtel and Arbeloa, midfielders Harvey Alonso, Mascherano and Gerrard, strikers Liu Ting, Torres and Dirk.

Villa's side is a 442 formation, the goalkeeper is American Friedel, the back line is Luke Young, Curtis Davis, Cuellar and Leo Cork, the four midfielders are Gareth Barry, Milner, Ashley Young and Petrov, and the two forwards are Heskey and Carew.

Heskey is also a veteran of Liverpool, and Irving's striker partner back then, but Heskey was more often used as a tactical center because his shooting skills were terrible.For those players who are good at dribbling and poor at shooting, there is an ironic saying of "extraordinary Messi, shooting Husky".In addition to Heskey, Villa's goalkeeper Friedel also played for Liverpool before.

Now this Villa does have a few good players. Carew was also the main striker in Valencia's Champions League final, as well as Barry, Milner, Ashley Young and other future stars. Cuellar is the opponent Liu Ting met in the UEFA Cup final last year. Now he has moved from Glasgow Rangers to Aston Villa.

With such a group of second-rate star-level players, it's no wonder Villa can compete with Arsenal for fourth place.

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This game was full at Anfield. It is said that many fans failed to buy tickets to enter the stadium, just wanting to see Liverpool top the list.

Liverpool pressed hard at the beginning. This is Anfield, where opponents are scared.

In the second minute of the opening, Gerrard completed a good-quality long-range shot by Liverpool. Villa goalkeeper Friedel saved the ball and Liverpool won a corner kick.

A corner kick was taken, and Skrtel's header from 9 meters in front of the goal was confiscated by Friedel.

In the 4th minute, Villa counterattacked, Heskey made a long pass, and Milner shot a long shot in front of the penalty area, which was blocked by Mascherano from the bottom line.

Villa showed their determination to win away games, and Liverpool did not show weakness.

In the 8th minute, Liu Ting dribbled the ball in the middle of the road, stepped on a bicycle and passed Barry and entered the penalty area. Facing Cuellar, Liu Ting smashed the ball twice with his left and right feet.

Villa goalkeeper Friedel flew to save the ball and failed to touch the ball, but the ball bounced off the crossbar. Dirk Dirk was in position in time and volleyed the ball in.

"Goooooooooal!!! The goal is in!!! Dirk's goal, Liverpool took the lead in less than 10 minutes!" Alan Hansen roared out.

Villa players did not expect to be scored so soon, but Villa coach Martin O'Neill reacted quickly and immediately ordered the team to take back the defense, otherwise Liverpool's goal may come again soon if they continue to panic.

Villa shrunk its defense to a certain extent, and Liverpool took advantage of the momentum to continue to attack.

In the 9th minute, Alonso made a direct pass, and Gerrard shot from a small angle on the left side of the penalty area and missed the near corner.

In the 12th minute, Bell made a cross from the left and Torres' header went wide.

In the 16th minute, Liu Ting broke through Leo Cork's cross from the left to the penalty area. Gerrard's close-range shot went wide of the near corner, and Liverpool missed a good opportunity to expand the score.

Villa also began to seek counterattack opportunities.

In the 21st minute, Ashley Young made a cross from the left, Kalu shot in front of the goal, and Reina saved the ball vigilantly.

In the 23rd minute, in order to prevent Villa's counterattack, Gerrard uprooted Curtis Davis and received a yellow card. The next game will be suspended for accumulative yellow cards.

After Villa stabilized their formation, they started to attack Liverpool. Naturally, Liverpool is not afraid of them, so Liverpool can get more chances.

In the 27th minute, Villa almost equalized the score. Leo Cork's midfield free kick passed long into the Liverpool penalty area. Carew's header less than 10 meters in front of the goal flew to the upper left corner of the goal. Fortunately, Reina reacted bravely and flew to block the ball.

"Reina!! He has done a great job. He is in good form. The save just now is equivalent to a goal."

Reina's performance was more than that, and immediately he made another big move.

In the 33rd minute, Villa's counterattack was caught by Reina. He took the ball with a big kick and the ball went straight to the opponent's penalty area in the front field. Gerrard volleyed directly from a position one step inside the opponent's penalty area.

"Goooooooooal!!!" This shout was Hansen's longest.

"Incredible!! Gerrard scored an incredible goal, and this goal was assisted by goalkeeper Reina."

The moment Gerrard scored the goal at Anfield, everyone hadn't realized it yet, is that all right?

It quickly turned into cheers from the audience, and then "You'll Never Walk Alone" sang loudly.

Zhang Qiming, who was watching the game in China, also jumped up from his chair, shouting "Good shot!! Beautiful!!!".

This goal was too demoralizing, and Martin O'Neill couldn't stabilize his players in a short time even if he commanded from the sidelines again.

Naturally, Liverpool would not let go of such an opportunity, and immediately attacked again.

In the 35th minute, Alonso headed the ball and Gerrard shot wide from 20 meters away.

In the 39th minute, Liu Ting passed Milner from the left side of the penalty area and broke into the penalty area. Leo Cork tripped Liu Ting and the referee awarded a penalty kick.

Gerrard took a penalty kick to trick Friedel into the goal, and Liverpool expanded the score again.

詹军道：“3:0！3:0！才上半场利物浦就3:0领先维拉，利物浦展现了强大攻击力，这场比赛拿下已经没有问题了。”

All Liverpool supporters are cheering and celebrating. If you win this game, you can return to the top of the list, and Liverpool has come back again.

Being three goals behind in the first half made it difficult for the Villa players to accept. They planned to come and fight Liverpool, but they didn't expect that the game would lose suspense in less than half time.

In the 41st minute, Luke Young received a yellow card for a foul on Mascherano's tackle. Villa players who had lost their eyes all stepped forward to protest the referee's penalty. In the end, Barry, who protested the most fiercely, also received a yellow card.

Soon after the half-time game ended, the entire Villa team walked back to the locker room with their heads down, and Gareth Barry, Villa's head star, was even more frustrated.Liverpool had been interested in him in the summer, and tried to introduce him several times, but the transfer failed in the end. One was Villa’s reluctance to let Barry go, and the other reason was that Barry felt that Liverpool’s coaching change was turbulent, and the new season might not be successful. It would be better to stay at Villa and perform in the new season, so Barry himself did not show interest in Liverpool.

If the transfer is successful, then he is now the winner, Barry thought in his heart.

At the start of the second half, it was still difficult for Villa to cause trouble for Liverpool.

In the 50th minute, Liu Ting and Torres made a two-for-one cooperation in the middle, and then passed the ball straight to Alonso who entered the penalty area. Alonso successfully reversed offside and scored from the right side of the penalty area. Liu Ting also got an assist.Goalkeeper Reina already has an assist, wouldn't it be better than Reina if he didn't get an assist.

"4:0! Liverpool expanded the score again. There is no suspense in this game. Liverpool has returned to the top of the standings!" Zhan Jun said excitedly.

This goal made the game lose suspense. Zhang Qiming organized the football watching party, and many people who had to go to work tomorrow happily left early, talking about Liverpool's beautiful goals while walking.

But the goal of this game is not over yet.

In the 64th minute, Gerrard went straight, Torres ferried Leo Cork's defense and broke into the penalty area. Torres deftly changed direction and dialed the attacking Villa goalkeeper Friedel, but Friedel pulled Torres down with his hands.

Friedel was directly sent off with a red card, and Liverpool won another penalty. Villa had to replace the substitute goalkeeper Gu Jiu to save the penalty.

Gerrard didn't let go of this opportunity and made the free throw.

"Hat-trick!! Gerrard completed a hat-trick, he is in great form recently!"

The next game time was complete garbage time, and Liverpool also made substitutions one after another.

In the end, Liverpool beat Aston Villa 5-0 at home and rose to the top of the standings with 67 points, 2 points ahead of Manchester United, who had one round less.

(End of this chapter)