i am a football star

Chapter 91 The Enmity between Liverpool and Chelsea

Liverpool's schedule has been relatively tight recently, mainly due to consecutive encounters with strong teams.

After playing away at Atletico Madrid in the middle of the week, when I returned to England, I had to go to London to challenge Chelsea, two consecutive tough away games.

At present, Chelsea and Liverpool have 20 points together. Chelsea occupies the top spot with the advantage of goal difference, and Liverpool ranks second. This is a real battle for the top spot.

Heynckes is discussing the arrangement of this game with the assistant coach. Heynckes said: "Liverpool's current starting lineup is very strong in all aspects. When Torres returns, we have the strength to compete for any championship. Only the position of left back Dossena has been unsatisfactory, and Aurelio can barely handle it. I plan to start Gareth Bale in this game. His speed is impressive."

Assistant coach Peter Herman reminded: "Our right back Arbeloa is a full-back with strong offense and weak defense, and Gareth is obviously this type of full-back. If both sides are full-backs with strong offense and weak defense, will there be problems in defense?"

Heynckes said: "Don't worry, Mascherano is back, he is very stable in the midfielder position, he knows when to fill the position, the problem is too big."

Heynckes continued: "There is also Riera. He does have good foot skills, but he has always been a little out of tune with the team. I plan to let Modric replace him."

The match between Chelsea and Liverpool in the 9th round of the Premier League is coming gradually.

The Premier League's top game naturally attracted the attention of the whole of Europe. With Liu Ting's recovery, no one doubted his ability. He temporarily withstood the crisis that Torres' absence might bring.

Currently Chelsea is also full of injuries, Drogba, Ballack, Essien, Joe Cole, etc. are all on the injury list.

If you want to say which team has the most grievances with Chelsea since Abramovich took over Chelsea, it must be Liverpool.

In the summer of 04, Mourinho and Benitez were in charge of Chelsea and Liverpool respectively. They were both young coaches. They were naturally compared by the media. In addition to Mourinho's constant attacks, the two soon had conflicts. In the first year of coaching, Mourinho won the Premier League championship, but was eliminated by Liverpool in the semi-finals of the Champions League. Liverpool also won the Champions League.

In the next year, the two teams will meet each other, and they will meet in the Champions League every year.

In the 04/05 season, Liverpool relied on Luis Garcia's goal to eliminate Chelsea in the semi-finals of the Champions League. After the game, Mourinho refused to admit the goal, saying that it was a ghost ball that did not exist at all.

In the 05/06 season, Liverpool failed to win the top four in the Premier League last season but won the UEFA Champions League and took part in the wild card. UEFA stipulated that Liverpool did not apply the rule that the group stage and the league did not meet, so Liverpool and Chelsea were "coincidentally" assigned to the same group in the group stage. This is the only time in the history of the UEFA Champions League that there are two teams from the same league in the same group.In the group stage, Liverpool and Chelsea both drew 0:0 in both rounds. In the end, Liverpool beat Chelsea by one point to win the group. Chelsea, who was squeezed into the second round of [-], met the Champions League champion Barcelona and was eliminated.

In the 06/07 season, Liverpool and Chelsea met again in the semi-finals of the Champions League. Liverpool and Chelsea scored 1:0 in the two rounds. They each won a goal at home. The total score was 1:1 and the extra time was also a goalless draw. Liverpool won the penalty shootout and advanced to the final.

This is also the Champions League grievance between Liverpool and Chelsea during the Mourinho period. Mourinho has always been dissatisfied. He claimed that he lost a ghost ball once and a penalty shootout once, stating that he did not lose to Benitez.

In the 07/08 season, that is, last season, Mourinho was fired by Abramovich within a few rounds of the season, but Chelsea still met Liverpool in the Champions League semi-finals.

If there is no change, Liverpool will meet Chelsea in the quarter-finals of the Champions League this season, and Chelsea will eliminate Liverpool.But now that Chelsea's Mourinho and Liverpool's Benitez are gone, without the two head coaches who provoked grievances at the beginning, UEFA does not know whether Liverpool and Chelsea will be drawn together.

Every year in the Champions League, Liverpool beat Chelsea, and the guys from UEFA don't bother.

Chelsea captain Terry stood up first and declared in front of reporters: "For a team that has never won the Premier League, we will never be afraid of them."

Gerrard quickly said in front of reporters: "For those teams that have never won the Champions League, we also have the confidence to end his unbeaten run."

Chelsea currently maintains an astonishing record. They have never lost at home since Mourinho took over in 04. Up to now, Chelsea have been unbeaten in 74 home games in all competitions, 86 home games in the Premier League, and 106 home games in England.

Such numbers make Chelsea's home stadium, Stamford Bridge, a veritable hell home, and it is really difficult to take away a victory from there.

Heynckes also stood up to cheer the players: "Torres' injury is worrying, but we are fully capable of beating Chelsea away. Liu has been well integrated into the team. Liverpool still has many good players. We will not be scared by those numbers. The record has been ready to be broken since its birth."

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On October 10, Chelsea's home game against Liverpool is coming.

This is a game that has attracted much attention. Everyone is concerned about whether Chelsea's home unbeaten will be broken, concerned about this top game, and concerned about which of the two teams that currently have 6 wins and 2 draws in the league will win.

This time Zhan Jun once again partnered with Liu Jianhong to explain the broadcast of Pain Xun.

Zhan Jundao: "Liu Ting has found the feeling of the Premier League. In the last two games, he scored 1 goal and 2 assists. His performance is getting better and better."

"The starting lineups of both sides have come out. The home team Chelsea is the goalkeeper Cech, the back four is Ashley Cole, Terry, Carvalho and Bosingwa; the midfielder is Lampard, Malouda, Deco and Mikel, Ballack, Essien and Joe Cole are all absent due to injuries; Drogba is also injured on the front line, it is Anelka and Salomon Kalou partnering."

"Liverpool is the goalkeeper Reina, the back four is Gareth Bale, Carragher, Agger and Arbeloa, Bell replaced Dossena and Aurelio for the first time; the four midfielders are Harvey Alonso, Mascherano, Gerrard and Modric, Modric is also the first time in the league to represent Liverpool in the first game; the two forwards are Liu Ting and Dirk."

At the beginning of the game, Chelsea kicked off first, and the Blues, who were absent from many main players, only carried out some tentative attacks.

Now the head coach of Chelsea is Scolari, who once led Brazil to win the World Cup. In the summer, he was still leading the Portuguese national team to play in the European Cup. Before the European Cup was over, it was revealed that he would take over Chelsea in the new season.

Scolari came to Chelsea and asked Chelsea to change their previous 'ugly' style of play and play beautiful football. In fact, it is to establish their own prestige.

The two sides tested each other for 10 minutes and started a real fight.

"Lampard... thru!!! Anelka has the ball and kicks... the goal!!!"

"Aggie, Aggie blocked this threatening shot with his thigh!"

In the 15th minute, Anelka's shot was denied by Agger.

"Duit counterattacked with the ball and gave it to Liu Ting on the left. Liu Ting dribbled the ball, cut inside... and hit the goal!!!"

"The crossbar!! This shot hit the crossbar, bounced back and was cleared by Terry."

In the 19th minute, Liu Ting's inside cut hit the crossbar.

Liu Ting's shot was very powerful, and it hit the crossbar with a 'bang', as if there was an echo. Stamford Bridge was quiet for a moment. Many Chelsea fans were startled holding their heads, and soon gave Liu Ting a huge boo.

Liu Ting also felt very good when he shot the goal, thinking that this shot must be scored, but God is still unwilling to let the ball go in.

"Chelsea corner, Deco corner, John Terry...high!!"

"Terry got the point and headed the ball, but the ball was a little over the bar!"

In the 26th minute, Terry headed high from a Chelsea corner kick.

"Lampard dribbles in front of the box and Carragher tackles Lampard."

"The referee gave the favor, Kalou got the ball into the penalty area, and shot a low shot!!"

"Reina... good shot!! Reina confiscated the ball steadily!!"

In the 30th minute, Kalou's low shot was confiscated by Reina.

"Modric... strong from the wing, past Ashley Cole, cross the penalty area!!"

"Liu Ting... shovel shot!"

"Cech... a meritorious service!! Liu Ting's shovel shot on the ground was already very fast, and Cech reacted faster, poking the ball out of the baseline with his toe."

"Modric played very well, he did not feel frightened against a team like Chelsea for the first time."

In the 38th minute, Liu Ting's shovel shot was blocked by Cech.

The two sides did not give in to each other's offense, and the rhythm was fast, but neither of them scored.

That was the end of the 45 minutes of the first half.

(End of this chapter)