i am a football star

Chapter 167 The Strange Domenech

The 9th round of the Premier League is over. Among other giants, Arsenal beat newly promoted Birmingham 3:1 at home, Manchester United beat Bolton 2:1 at home, only Chelsea lost 1:2 away to Aston Villa due to the impact of the national team competition.

切尔西输球让曼联第一次登上榜首，目前英超9轮之后，曼联7胜1平1负22分榜首，切尔西和阿森纳都是7胜2负21分，利物浦少赛一轮以5胜1平2负16分排在积分榜第6位，第4和第5的是热刺和曼城，分别积19分和17分。

This weekend's league ended, and UEFA also organized a draw for the play-offs of the World Cup European qualifiers. France's opponent was Ireland, avoiding the two strong teams of Portugal and Russia.

This result satisfied the head coaches of the French Football Association and the national team. After the draw, the head coach of the French team, Domenech, who is known as the little prince of the constellation, told reporters about Liu Ting: "I will recruit Liu for the play-offs. The French team needs his help."

"As for whether he will start the game or not, it depends on the situation."

However, most people speculate that Liu Ting will probably not get the chance to start the game. The biggest possibility is to show his face. The reason for this speculation is that the French team is much stronger than Ireland and can advance without Liu Ting. The most important thing is that Liu Ting is a Capricorn, which does not match Domenech's Aquarius.

Domenech's zodiac mania is well known in Europe. Because Leo and Aquarius are completely opposite, Aquarius Domenech rarely recruits Leo players in the national team. Even a top defender like former Arsenal captain William Gallas rarely gets a chance because he is a Leo.

Liu Ting's Capricorn and Aquarius are not opposites, but they are not suitable either. Domenech may not let him start. If Liu Ting is Libra, he will definitely be able to start (Libra and Aquarius are the most compatible).

There are superstitious people everywhere in world football, and Domenech is definitely one of them.

Before the 06 World Cup, the French team had a warm-up match with the Chinese team. Although Zheng Zhi broke Cisse’s leg in that warm-up match, the French team reached the final in the 06 World Cup. Therefore, Domenech believed that warming up with the Chinese team would bring good luck. Now that the World Cup is approaching, Domenech is said to be in contact again to warm up with the Chinese team before the World Cup.

In the 08 European Cup, the French team first drew 0:0 with Romania, then lost 1:5 to the Netherlands, and finally lost 0:2 to Italy. The European Cup tour ended with a winless game. However, Domenech was at the press conference after the last loss to Italy.

It is said that the reason why he did such a crazy thing was because he calculated according to the astrology that that time period of that day was his lucky time, and he could not miss this good opportunity.

Speaking of a wonderful head coach, no one can beat Domenech, no wonder he will get mixed up in the future to the point where no one wants to recommend himself to coach in the Super League.

However, the matter of the national team will not start until November, and Liverpool will usher in the Champions League group match with Lyon in the middle of last week.

At present, both Liverpool and Lyon have won two consecutive victories in the group and accumulated 6 points. The next two rounds against each other are likely to determine who can qualify first in the group.

There is good news for Liverpool. Both Gerrard and Agger will return in this game. Gerrard's injury in the national team was not too serious. Agger finally returned at a critical time after being absent for so long. Currently, only Gareth Bale and Torres are still on the injury list for Liverpool's main lineup.

On October 10, the third round of the UEFA Champions League group stage came, and Liverpool played against Lyon at home.

This time Liverpool returned to the previous 433 formation, with goalkeeper Joe Hart, four defenders Aurelio, Skrtel, Agger and Glenn Johnson, three midfielders Mascherano, Harvey Alonso and Gerrard, and strikers Liu Ting, Owen and Kevin Dirk.

Liverpool's former twin stars - Gerrard and Owen started together again after many years.

Heynckes sent a 433 attacking formation to win the opponent cleanly at home, and to gain an advantage in mutual records, so that even if they are tied with Lyon at that time, they can rely on mutual records to rank ahead of Lyon.

After the start of the game, Liverpool took advantage of the home court to attack aggressively.

In the second minute of the game, Glenn Johnson made a pass from the right. Liu Ting pushed the opponent's center back Tulalan when he was fighting for the position. Tulalan accidentally scored an own goal.

In the 5th minute, Liverpool's frontcourt free kick, Harvey Alonso took the ball, and Gerrard's long-range shot was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper Lori.

In the 6th minute, Lyon counterattacked and made a cross from the wing. Forward Govou's header was high.

There were ups and downs on the scene, but it was still developing in a favorable direction for Liverpool.

In the 21st minute, Liu Ting cooperated with Aurelio on the left side of the frontcourt and dribbled the ball inside. He dunked over the line of the restricted area of ​​​​Reviere and kicked a lob shot.

"Goooooooooal!!! The goal is in! Liu, it's him again! This is his 8th goal in the last six games, and his form can't be better."

Liu Ting's goal made Anfield boil. His goals were all away games before, and Liverpool fans could only watch them on TV. Now they want to make up for all the cheers at once.

"Liu... well done!"

"Kill the French and let them know where this is!"

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Liu Ting's goal and Liverpool's frenzied atmosphere at home made Lyon only choose to retreat appropriately, while Liverpool took advantage of the momentum to attack.

In the 35th minute, Owen successfully countered offside after receiving a through ball from Gerrard in the midfield. He easily pushed and scored from the far corner, and Liverpool expanded the score.

The England commentator began to show his feelings: "Gerrard's pass, Owen's goal, this seems to bring us back to the 00/01 season, it is still the same court, but the legs of the once golden boy are no longer flexible, and Gerrard's face is no longer green..."

The goals of Liu Ting and Owen gave Liverpool a 2-0 lead over Lyon, and this score was maintained until the end of the first half.

At the beginning of the second half, Lyon tried to launch a counterattack, but Liverpool seized the opportunity to hit one behind.

In the 47th minute, Lyon failed to push up and attack. Glenn Johnson quickly dribbled the ball back from the right, and Liu Ting immediately followed up. The two shot straight into Lyon's half like two sharp arrows.

In the frontcourt, some Lyon players came to intercept, and Johnson crossed the ball to Liu Ting. For Liu Ting, Lyon’s empty half was like a walk in the garden. Lyon had to have more people to stop him.

The score became 3:0, which made the next game less suspenseful.

But at the end of the game, the scoreboard was 3:2. Liverpool won the game, but Lyon still scored two goals.

Lyon fell behind by three goals. Their coach switched to a striker to gamble, and he almost gambled. He scored a goal in the 73rd minute and 86th minute. He also scored a goal in stoppage time, but it was offside first.

Lyon's crazy counterattack and Liverpool's [-]-goal lead were slightly careless. These were the two reasons for the ups and downs in the second half. A big victory turned into a narrow victory, which made Heynckes unhappy. Fortunately, he still scored three points.

In another match in Group E at the same time, Fiorentina defeated Debrecen 4:3 in an away game without any surprise. After this round, Liverpool ranked first in Group E with 9 points, Lyon came second with 6 points, Fiorentina came third with 3 points, and Debrecen came last with 0 points.

The focus of this round of the Champions League is Spain. Real Madrid played against AC Milan at home. The team with the most championships in the Champions League and the team with the second most championships clashed. Real Madrid with 9 crowns and Milan with 7 crowns.

It is not enough for Real Madrid to steal the spotlight, and Barcelona is not to be outdone. They lost 1:2 at home to the little-known Rubin Kazan. The Catalans completed their first defeat of the season in this way. This is the biggest upset in the Champions League so far.

In the top four of the Premier League, Manchester United and Chelsea also won this round. Chelsea still beat Atletico Madrid 4-0 at home. Atletico Madrid was the only team that could score a point against Liverpool in the UEFA Champions League group stage last season.

Only Arsenal failed to win this round of the Premier League semi-finals. They drew 1:1 away with the Dutch team Alkmaar.

Although Liverpool won, the media just likes to criticize. The young goalkeeper Joe Hart, who was kicked out of the duck, became the focus of media criticism.

In recent Liverpool games, apart from the unimportant English League Cup, Liverpool conceded goals in 4 league games, 2 UEFA Champions League games and 6 games. Liverpool conceded 6 goals in 10 games. Fortunately, Liverpool's offensive firepower is still strong, scoring 6 goals in 17 games.

In fact, conceding the ball is the problem of the entire defense. Although Joe Hart has an unstable performance, Carragher should bear the biggest blame. But Joe Hart is a rookie who is easy to bully, and it is difficult for Carragher to be criticized by an old fritter. Therefore, the media criticized Joe Hart lightly.

The red derby is coming soon, and with the help of the media to start the war, Ferguson will naturally not be polite.

Ferguson said in an interview with reporters: "The game against Liverpool will definitely be very intense. I am not worried at all. They are suffering from injuries. The defense line is full of holes like a fishing net. The young goalkeeper will definitely concede again."

(End of this chapter)