i am a football star

Chapter 93 On the Cultivation of the Fairy Ball

Liverpool relied on Gerrard's goal to win the game without any risk at home and continue to lead the standings.

Both Manchester United and Chelsea won this round. Chelsea beat Hull City 3-0 in an away game. Only Arsenal scored a big score of 4:4 against Tottenham in the North London derby.

Three days later, on November 3st, the 11th round of the Premier League will come.

In the middle of the week after this game, there will be the fourth home match between Liverpool and Atletico Madrid in the UEFA Champions League group stage. The Premier League schedule is really tight, and Liu Ting is still a little uncomfortable with this kind of consecutive weekly double matches.

A few days ago, Ferguson said in an interview: "Although Liverpool are now at the top of the standings, their head coach is the first year in charge of the Premier League, and there is also a star player who played in the Premier League in the first year. They will definitely fall behind in the devil's schedule at Christmas. The 7-point gap between Manchester United and Liverpool can be recovered at that time. We are still the biggest favorites to win the championship."

Heynckes is indeed a little uncomfortable with this kind of schedule. This kind of schedule either has a solid team lineup, or the head coach must have a good rotation to let the players rest.

Chelsea rely on a thick lineup to fight, and Manchester United's lineup is not thin. Ferguson has also played in the Premier League for more than 20 years. He has already had his own method for rotation.

The media have come out to analyze that Liverpool seems to be in a bad situation.

Liverpool's lineup is not thick, but the main lineup is not afraid to fight anyone. The substitutes are not as good as Manchester United and Chelsea. Now there is a head coach leading the Premier League for the first year. Ferguson seems to be really like that.

Heynckes decided the lineup for the game against Tottenham, Bell and Modric were rotated, and Robbie Keane also replaced Liu Ting in the starting lineup, also to allow Robbie Keane to go back to face his old club.

Tottenham currently ranks first from the bottom with 1 win, 3 draws, 6 losses and 6 points. Before the last round of games, Ramos was fired as head coach and old coach Harley Redknapp was invited to coach. The first game he coached was the North London Derby. The result was a 4:4 draw with Arsenal. This result made Tottenham very satisfied.

Tottenham's situation is bad and they have just changed coaches, so Heynckes will be able to rotate and prepare for the midweek game against Atletico Madrid. That game has a lot to do with who can qualify first in the group.

Heynckes obviously forgot a word-changing coaches is like changing knives!

Four minutes into the game, Dirk Dirk broke the deadlock, received a pass from Gerrard and broke into the penalty area to score, Liverpool took the lead.

Liverpool held Spurs down for the rest of the first half, with Gerrard hitting the post twice and Xabi Alonso hitting the post once and flying over the line.

Tottenham striker Darren Bent almost scored an own goal in a corner kick, but Liverpool did not seize the opportunity to expand the score.

The two sides returned to the locker room with a score of 1:0. Heynckes did not make too many adjustments, but Tottenham made two changes at the beginning of the second half. Russian striker Pavlyuchenko replaced midfielder O'Hara.

This substitution soon had an effect. After Pavlyuchenko came on the field, he became very active and kept attacking Liverpool's defense.

Heynckes had already planned to make substitutions and adjustments, but Liverpool's goal was scored first, in a weird way.

In the 67th minute, Pavlyuchenko earned a corner kick for Tottenham. Bentley took a corner kick. It was a corner kick that was not too dangerous.

The angle of the ball was also very tricky. The goalkeeper Reina flew to catch the ball without touching the ball. The Tottenham captain Ledley King behind Carragher clapped his hands and shouted.

A weird own goal helped Tottenham equalize, Heynckes immediately made a substitution, Liu Ting came on to replace Riera, and Gareth Bale came on to replace the starting full-back Dossena.

Liverpool's formation has changed to the strongest 433 formation, with Robbie Keane in the middle and Liu Tingkuit on both sides.

The presence of Liu Ting and Bell stopped Tottenham's rising momentum. The two sides saw each other in a tug-of-war, and Liverpool still had a slight advantage. The own goal did boost the morale of Tottenham, but after all, their strength is weaker than Liverpool.

"Bell!! A quick advance from the wing, passed to Liu Ting...beautiful!! Liu Ting went straight back, and Bell went in, crossing the goal!!"

"Robbie Keane sent the ball flying, it's a shame."

In the 73rd minute, Gareth Bale advanced quickly from the wing and passed the ball to Liu Ting in the frontcourt. Liu Ting saw that he was still actively advancing, and went straight in front of him. Bell got a chance to enter the penalty area and attracted the defense.

Didn't say anything about wasting this opportunity. He is a good old man and won't blush easily.

On the other hand, Heynckes on the sidelines was furious and wanted to replace Keane, but this was a match against his old club, and replacing him at this time was likely to cause conflicts in the locker room.

The appearance of Bell and Liu Ting immediately created a murderous intention, which poured cold water on Tottenham, and Tottenham played more steadily.

Liverpool once again had the advantage on the field, Tottenham played steadily, and the Red Army just gained momentum and failed to score.

"Liu Ting!! Strong attack in the middle!!"

"Changing to the right!! Pass Bentley, continue waving the ball forward, Ledley King comes over, Liu Ting...Marseille spins!!"

"Pass Jin, pass the ball!! It was cleared by Woodgate. If the ball passed just now, Robbie Keane would have been single-handedly. The experienced Woodgate cleared the ball in advance."

In the 79th minute, seeing that the team was unable to start the situation, Liu Ting chose to dribble the ball by himself, nimbly passed Bentley in the middle, and then spun around Ladley King who was robbed in Marseille.

Woodgate was also a top-notch talented defender back then. Unfortunately, he went to Real Madrid as a glass man for two years and failed to meet expectations. After returning to England, he regained his vitality in Tottenham, but he still had a lot of injuries.

Unable to break the deadlock for a long time, Liverpool can only choose a simpler style of play, pass the ball to the penalty area or shoot from a long distance, and Liu Ting dribbles the ball.

In the 81st minute, Gerrard's long-range shot was blocked by Woodgate.

In the 84th minute, Harvey Alonso picked a pass from the restricted area, but neither Dirk Dirk nor Keane got the point.

As time passed, Liverpool still failed to score. Heynckes on the sidelines was thinking whether to accept the score with peace of mind. Anyway, a draw is not unacceptable.

"Liu... is here again!!"

"Speed ​​up to get rid of Janus, dribble the ball horizontally to the middle, beautiful smash, dunk past Woodgate, kick... hit the goal!!!"

"Gooooooal!!! Liu's goal helped Liverpool overtake the score again!!!" the roar of the British commentator.

In the 88th minute, Liu Ting dribbled the ball from the left, accelerated to get rid of Janus, who was following the defense, and cut inward and walked to the middle. Woodgate came to press.

"Roar……"

Liu Tingchong went to the sidelines, waved his arms and roared angrily. After being depressed for a long time, he finally broke the tortoise shell.

In fact, Tottenham's tactics are not conservative, but it just gives people a feeling of a tortoise shell, and they can't get in.

Liu Ting's celebration drew boos from White Hart Lane, and all kinds of curses came. Liu Ting has been used to playing in the Premier League for so long and continued to celebrate with his opponents.

It was already the 90th minute when the game restarted. Tottenham quickly passed the ball to the frontcourt after kick-off, and it reached Pavlyuchenko’s feet. Pavlyuchenko adjusted a step outside the penalty area and kicked directly to hit the goal.

This is an ending that no one expected. Just such a f*cking kick of the fairy ball broke his own goal.

Liverpool's counterattack in the last 2 minutes was ineffective, so they could only accept the draw with their opponents depressed.

Liu Ting interviewed after the game and said: "This is a very unfair ending. We scored three goals, they only scored one dribble, and the result was a draw."

Liu Ting really experienced the depression that Mourinho lost to Benitez in the two Champions League semi-finals. He was defeated by a fairy ball from the opponent, and Mourinho still suffered two consecutive encounters.

Whether Luis Garcia's fairy ball defeated Chelsea in the semi-finals of the 04/05 season, or the kind of controversial fairy ball, Luis Garcia hit the goal with a long shot from outside the penalty area and bounced on the goal line. Even if you watch the replay, there are different opinions.

In the 06/07 season, Chelsea led 1-0 at home. When they came to Anfield, Liverpool seemed to be unable to break through Chelsea's blue bus. In the second half, Agger shot a long shot from outside the penalty area and flew directly into the dead corner of the goal. In the final penalty shootout, Liverpool won. Mourinho was defeated by a defender's magic ball.

No wonder Mourinho was dissatisfied. He might not be able to kick this kind of ball even if the opponent kicked it 100 times. Agger's ball was the best performance of his life, but Mourinho hit it consecutively.

(End of this chapter)