i am a football star

Chapter 84 One of the top ten villains in the world
While coaching Real Madrid in the 97/98 season, Heynckes led Real Madrid to the final of the UEFA Champions League and defeated Juventus in the final, which had entered the UEFA Champions League final for three consecutive years. After 32 years, Real Madrid came to Europe again. It also started the era of Real Madrid's 5 Champions League wins in 3 years.

But after winning the championship, Heynckes was fired by Real Madrid. The reason was that Real Madrid fought on two lines. In the last three rounds of the league collapse, the La Liga championship was snatched away by Barcelona, ​​so Heynckes was dismissed from get out of class.

This Champions League championship is the brilliance of Heynckes' coaching career so far. In fact, he will lead Bayern to win the Triple Crown in the future, but he has come to Liverpool now. I don't know if he will go to Bayern.

Heynckes has only coached two giants, Bayern and Real Madrid, and led both giants to win the Champions League. At other times, the results of the powerful teams are mostly mediocre. Some people think that Heynckes is just a second-rate coach, and some think he is a top-level coach.

Regardless of whether Heynckes is a top coach or not, he has a skill. He is very good at coordinating the locker room and is very good at appeasing players.

This is why Liu Ting chose him to coach Liverpool. When Benitez left get out of class, Liverpool was in turmoil and panic. Many players were considering transferring and leaving. The arrival of Heynckes quickly appeased them, and a group of players did not lose a lot of players.

Liu Ting went to the training base to train every day, the national team game was over, and Liverpool players began to come back.

"Brother Zheng, hello."

Liu Ting greeted Zheng Zhi who came back from the national team game. In fact, China was eliminated in the World Cup qualifiers before the start of the Olympics. Now the Chinese national team is also playing warm-up matches.

"Hello, Liu Ting, I finally saw you in real life."

Zheng Zhi didn't expect Liu Ting to speak Chinese quite fluently, unlike many Chinese living abroad who basically can't speak Chinese, and those who can speak Chinese are hard to pronounce.Liu Ting didn't have this problem at all, and soon the two started chatting.

The players who participated in the national team came back one after another. Torres suffered a small injury before the national team. Torres has been in poor condition since the beginning of this season, and he has not adjusted now.

Gerrard is also not in very good condition, and Heynckes is having a headache for the upcoming league.

Immediately after that will be the 4th round of the English Premier League between Liverpool and Manchester United at home, the English red derby, this is Heynckes' first challenge since he took office, and after the match with Manchester United is the first group match of the Champions League, Heynckes must deal with it seriously.

Heynckes is discussing game arrangements with his assistant Peter Hermann brought over from Germany.

Herman said: "Joseph, Stephen (Gerard) and Fernando (Torres) are not in a good state. We must make some changes in the game against Manchester United to ensure that we win the game. Although the Chinese seem to believe in you now, if they lose to Manchester United at home, maybe the situation will change."

Heynckes said: "Don't worry too much, Manchester United's Ronaldo has not recovered yet, we actually have the advantage."

The two were discussing on the sidelines, and the training on the field continued.Liu Ting is currently in the substitute camp, and the transfer came at the buzzer at the last moment, and the cooperation with other players in the team needs to be strengthened.

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After the training was over, Liu Ting and Zheng Zhi went to a Chinese restaurant for dinner and exchanged feelings.

After drinking two glasses of beer at the dinner table, Zheng Zhi said: "Liu Ting, I am different from stars like you. I know that the purpose of Liverpool's introduction of me is to gain more attention in China. I also know that it is difficult for me to compete in Liverpool due to my strength, but the team management will allow the coach to give me opportunities in certain situations in order to gain attention. All I want is to seize these opportunities and not be a mascot in Manchester United like Dong Fangzhuo."

Looking at Zheng Zhi whose face turned red after drinking, he was still very clear about his position.

Zheng Zhi gives people the impression that he has a bad temper and always causes trouble. In this year's Olympics, he was sent off for elbowing his opponent and received a red card. He also committed many crimes on the court before.

It seems that last year, a British sports magazine evaluated the stadium villains. Zheng Zhi was shortlisted as one of the top ten stadium villains in the world. This may be the highest ranking in the world in terms of Chinese football.

The reason why he was shortlisted is that he often attacked opponents on the court. In 06, he also abolished France's Cisse. He used to chase referees on the court when he was playing for the Chinese Super League.

In fact, what Zheng Zhi chased after was the leader of the four major black whistlers in the Chinese Super League who was caught after the Chinese football crackdown, Wan University.

Generally speaking, Zheng Zhi is indeed hot-tempered, but it is undeniable that he has a tough style on the court. However, these two years are approaching his [-]s, and Zheng Zhi has also begun to restrain himself. During his time at Charlton last season, he has always been Charlton’s main defensive midfielder. His tough defense has been praised by the British media many times.

Zheng Zhineng won the Asian Footballer of the Year in 2013, and he still has good strength.

However, Zheng Zhi's situation in the Liverpool team is not good. He is definitely not a starter. The 7 substitute positions also need competition. His advantage is that he attracts Chinese fans, and he can play multiple positions in the backcourt. It is also an advantage that he can play as a midfielder. There should be many opportunities to get a substitute.

Fortunately, since last season, the Premier League also implemented a system of 7 substitutes. In the past, the Premier League could only have 5 substitutes per game. It is even more difficult for Zheng Zhi to get a chance.

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On September 9th, the 13th round of the Premier League, Liverpool's home game against Manchester United is coming. The English Red Derby is naturally the most watched game in the Premier League.

Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo continued to be absent, and Liverpool's Torres, Gerrard and Liu Ting all sat on the bench, which made the game a bit eclipsed.

Heynckes used a 442 formation, with Carragher and Skrtel partnering at the center back, Abeloa at the right back, and Aurelio at the left back; the four in the midfield are Harvey Alonso, Mascherano, Israeli Benayoun, and Spanish Riera;

Liu Tingcai trained with his teammates for a week, and Heynckes chose to trust other players.

Fans in China who watched the game were very dissatisfied. Liu Ting sat on the bench, and Zheng Zhi was not included in the squad at all.

"Does Heynckes, the strike partner, want to lose?"

"Liu Ting, who had a hat-trick against Manchester United, was put on the bench?"

In short, a lot of words criticizing Heynckes appeared on the Chinese Internet.

Fortunately, Liverpool won the game smoothly.

In the first 2 minutes of the game, Manchester United's Carlos Tevez took a pass from Wayne Rooney and scored in the penalty area. Manchester United led 1:0.

In the 24th minute, Dirk Driven hit the goal from the right side of the penalty area. The replay of Manchester United defender Wes Brown made a mistake in his busy schedule and scored his own goal. With this own goal, Liverpool equalized the score, 1:1.

The score remained unchanged after that. Shortly after the start of the second half, Heynckes asked Liu Ting, Gerrard and Torres to warm up on the sidelines. In the 65th minute, Gerrard replaced Riera.

This substitution quickly saw the effect.

In the 76th minute, Gerrard passed the ball, Harvey Alonso broke into the penalty area and scored, Liverpool overtook the score, Liverpool 2:1 Manchester United.

Torres and Liu Ting, who had been warming up intermittently for half an hour, were fine, and the score was maintained until the end.

With this game won, Liverpool currently has 4 wins and 3 draw in 1 rounds of the Premier League. They temporarily rank second in the standings after Chelsea with a goal difference disadvantage. Manchester United, which lost, fell to 2th.

赛季开始之后曼联进行的5场比赛中，只有1胜2平2负，欧洲超级杯输波尔多联赛输利物浦，社区盾杯也只能和朴茨茅斯0:0战平点球获胜。

After last year's Champions League, the English media who advocated Rooney's achievement of Ronaldo at all costs for the team had nothing to say for a while.

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The whole Liverpool team was very happy when they defeated Manchester United in this game. Liu Ting returned to the locker room and shouted: "Hey, guys, I am very happy to beat Manchester United today. I invite everyone to have a barbecue."

Assistant coach Peter Herman who just came in was about to say something, but Heynckes next to him grabbed him and shook his head at him.

Seeing that the head coach had no objection, everyone started cheering in the locker room, yelling "eat barbecue" and "fuck Manchester United"...

The players cheered and went to take a shower and prepared to go out for supper, when the assistant coach Herman asked: "Joseph, why don't you stop them, the first group match of the Champions League will be in 4 days, our group is not good, every game is very important."

Heynckes said: "Now they are happy, and it is right to go out and eat something to celebrate. You will inform them later that they are not allowed to go to nightclubs. Just start training tomorrow afternoon."

"In the past, Benitez was not qualified for the management of the locker room. Many players did not have a good relationship with him. Only the Spanish club he introduced supported him. Even the Spanish team's Xavi Alonso turned against him. Benitez said in front of the media more than once that he would sell Xavi Alonso as long as he had a good successor. He failed to control the locker room, and I was able to appease the players smoothly."

"Stopping under the circumstances today will make the Chinese kid unhappy, and even many players in the team will be unhappy, and the game may not be played well in a few days. Moreover, Liu is a player that the club values, and his level is indeed very high. As long as he can adapt to the team as soon as possible, he will perform well. The team's results still need his contribution."

(End of this chapter)