i am a football star

Chapter 136 The only way for professional players to pass

Ferguson will not let go of any chance to attack his opponents. At such a critical time when Liverpool is in trouble, he really stood up and said: "The situation is very favorable to us now. We already have an advantage in the league. In the Champions League, we have every chance to end the suspense of promotion in an away game. That must be the best."

There is also Ferguson's consistent approach. Before the game, he would always find an important player in the opponent's lineup and said that he had considered introducing him. This time he found Liu Ting: "Liu Ting is a very talented player. When he was still in Bordeaux, our scouts paid attention to him. Later, Manchester United also tried to join the battle for him. Unfortunately, he finally chose Liverpool."

"I think after only one season he realized he made the wrong choice. He could win a lot of titles at Manchester United, but nothing at Liverpool."

This has caused another question about why Liu Ting chose Liverpool instead of Manchester United, Arsenal, Barcelona and so on.

Liu Ting responded to this: "Ferguson and Wenger? I am very happy that they took a fancy to me at the beginning. To be honest, I have completed three-quarters of what a professional player must go through in his career."

Reporter: "What must a professional player experience in his career?"

Liu Ting: "Any professional player has to go through the four steps of starting his career, being almost signed by Wenger, being raised by Manchester United, and ending his career. I have completed the first three steps."

Liu Ting's cold joke made the reporter's eyes black, but this answer still appeared in the newspaper the next day, cleverly avoiding Ferguson's shaking the morale of the army.

Soon, Liverpool's Carragher, Gerrard, Agger, etc. came out and Manchester United's Gary Neville, Ferdinand, etc. began to slobber, and the tabloids happily reported these unnutritious slobbers to attract fans to pay, and then provoke them from time to time.

Heynckes didn't have time to talk, he was discussing the arrangement of the game with the assistant coach.

Peter Herman asked: "Joseph, do we have a chance in tomorrow's game?"

Torres was suddenly injured, and Gerrard just started to resume training, and he still couldn't meet the playing requirements. Although Gerrard repeatedly stated that he could play in the game against Manchester United, the coaching staff still didn't give him an accurate answer. They just released the news that Gerrard might play, hoping to interfere with Manchester United's arrangements as a smoke bomb.

Under such circumstances, even the coaching staff does not think that Liverpool can beat Manchester United.

Heynckes said: "Only God knows. We just need to do what we need to do. Tomorrow, we will play according to the arrangement in the two days of training. The good thing is that we have played two games against Manchester United this season and defeated them. Our players are very familiar with Manchester United and have an advantage psychologically."

"I hope Liu can continue to maintain his state. He has been able to score or assist in every game recently. This is a kind of continuous endurance and continuous help for the team. Although there is no such a big outbreak, it is liked by any coach. There are such players in the team who will not encounter sudden defeats. If Liu can maintain this state, we can still achieve a good result at home."

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On the evening of April 4th, the UEFA Champions League semi-final match between Liverpool and rival Manchester United came.

The Champions League is at the final stage and it is the focus of attention in Europe. At the same time, the match between Liverpool and Manchester United has also attracted much attention in Asia. The two teams each have an Asian, Park Ji-sung of Manchester United and Zheng Zhi of Liverpool. Zheng Zhi has recovered from injury and entered the squad for this game.

Both China and South Korea are focusing on this knockout match. At the same time, Liverpool has introduced Japanese player Shinji Kagawa, but he is still playing in Japan, but this game has also attracted much attention in Japan.Shinji Kagawa also expressed his favor to his new club in Japan: "Liverpool can eliminate Manchester United. They have double-killed Manchester United in the league. Liverpool will be the team that advances to the Champions League final."

So in the past two days Liverpool can see people with East Asian faces everywhere, most of them are Asian reporters who came to report the Champions League semi-final.

Before the start of the game, Zhan Jun was introducing the starting lineups of the two teams: "The starting formation of the two teams in this game seems to be reversed. Manchester United's starting lineup has become a 433. This is the formation that Liverpool often play this season. Manchester United's starting goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, back four Evra, Ferdinand, Vidic and O'Shea. O'Shea is starting instead of the injured Manchester United captain Gary Neville. The three midfielders are Anderson, Carrick and Fletcher. It's back to the attacking combination that Manchester United won last season."

"Liverpool played a 442 formation at home due to injuries. This is the most commonly used formation for Manchester United. Liverpool's starting goalkeeper Reina, the back four are Gareth Bale, Carragher, Agger and Arbeloa, and the four midfielders are Mascherano, Lucas, Xavi Alonso and Modric.

"I don't know if Zheng Zhi will have the chance to play this time. He has entered the squad no matter what. He is the first Chinese player to participate in the semi-finals of the Champions League. If he plays, he will become the first Chinese player to play in the semi-finals of the Champions League."

It can be seen from Manchester United's starting lineup that Ferguson intends to take the lead in the away game, at least to get enough away goals.

The absence of Torres and Gerrard on the Liverpool side made Heynckes only more conservative, and the Liverpool fans who came to Anfield did not play exaggerated slogans. You must know that when Liverpool was in good form in the past two weeks, many fans shouted the slogan of "killing Manchester United four times".

Now that Liverpool's important injury is coming, Liverpool fans finally calmed down, and the slogans played on the scene were all "We are going to Rome" and "Eliminate Manchester United".

This season's Champions League final will be held in Rome, Italy, but the Italian team was wiped out in the last sixteen of the Champions League, which is also an "accident" event in the Champions League.

In this game, many celebrities also came to the stands, such as UEFA President Michel Platini, Argentine football king coach Maradona, Liverpool Dalglish, Ian Rush and other famous people. Liverpool's former golden boy Owen also appeared in the stands. What is discordant is that when the camera caught him, a small number of fans shouted traitors.

There were also many entertainment stars. The British Hollywood star and 007 actor Daniel Craig also appeared in the stands as a loyal Liverpool fan. There was also Liu Ting's German rumored girlfriend Lena Gerke, and other British stars appeared.

At 19:45 in the evening, the Champions League semi-final between Liverpool and Manchester United started.

At the beginning, Manchester United was an anti-customer who was "taking advantage of his illness to kill him" and launched a large-scale attack on Liverpool.

In the 1st minute, Fletcher accelerated from the right and threw off Arbeloa's kick pass. Rooney overwhelmed Carragher with a header and almost scored. The ball was close to the bottom line from the crossbar.

Naturally, Liverpool was not to be outdone. This was at their own home court. Although Heynckes asked to play more steadily, he did not want to let the opponent attack.

In the 5th minute, Liu Ting made consecutive spikes from the left and O'Xie cut inside and hit the goal vigorously. The angle of this kick was very good, allowing Van der Sar to make a beautiful flying jump.

At the beginning, the two teams each played a threatening ball, which immediately ignited the atmosphere on the court.

In the 9th minute, Rooney made a pass from the left, Mascherano blocked the ball in front of Tevez and cleared the ball, Tevez signaled to the referee that Makoto had fouled with his hands, but the referee ignored it, and the two Argentines quarreled on the field because of this.

When something like this happened on the field, the camera was able to find the Argentine coach Maradona who was watching the game. Both players were Maradona's favorite players. Xiao Ma was especially valued by Maradona. The old horse had no expression on his face and didn't know what he was thinking.

In the 12th minute, Dirk Driven made a pass back and Harvey Alonso shot wide of the bottom line.

After more than 10 minutes of the game, Liu Ting found himself trapped in the double-team of Manchester United. O'Shea followed him at any time. Ferdinand and Carrick often came to chase him when he got the ball. It became difficult for him to get a chance.

Eunuch Hai on the sidelines also noticed this. He knew the reason. Ferguson was completely unaffected by Gerrard's smoke bombs before the game.

In the past, there were three attack points in the Liverpool team: Liu Ting, Torres and Gerrard. It was impossible to block the three points together by chasing and intercepting the defense. Besides, there was also a false forward, Dirk Dirk, who was also considered half of the attack point.

Now that Torres and Gerrard are absent together, Manchester United can safely chase and intercept Liu Ting. This is why Ferguson dared to arrange an onslaught formation at Anfield.

In the following time, it seemed that Liverpool and Manchester United were playing vigorously and vigorously on the sidelines, but Manchester United's offense was very threatening, while Liverpool's offense was a bit sloppy.

In the 17th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo made a cross from the right, Tevez shot twice in a row, the first time was blocked by Agfei who blocked the hole of the gun, and the second time was bravely saved by Reina.

In the 20th minute, Liu Ting broke through Anderson in the middle and immediately ran into the wall formed by Vidic and Ferdinand. Liu Ting distributed the ball to Modric.

In the 24th minute, Modric made a pass, and Dirk Didier responded. Liu Ting made a strong low shot from outside the penalty area, but Van der Sar reacted quickly and confiscated the ball.

Alan Hansen said: "Ferguson's tactics restrict Liu to a certain extent, but Liu is in a good state and has not been completely restricted by Ferguson. Liverpool have only had two shots on goal so far. Liu, if facing an ordinary goalkeeper, these two shots may have turned into two goals."

At this time, Liu Ting prefers that his teammates are in good condition. Manchester United restricts him like this. As long as someone can turn his pass after attracting the defense into a goal, Manchester United's tactics will be self-defeating.

Fortunately, Liverpool still has a good form, and that is goalkeeper Reina.

In the 29th minute, Carlos Tevez broke through from the right and made a cross. Ronaldo leaped high and overwhelmed Agger's close-range header, which was miraculously saved by Reina.

Then Manchester United took control of the ball, and Ronaldo once again took a long shot from outside the penalty area and went straight to the lower left corner, but it was still brilliantly saved by Reina.

(End of this chapter)