i am a football star

Chapter 94
Liverpool was tied 2:2 by Tottenham, but Chelsea beat Sunderland 5:0. It was a joy for Scolari to lead Chelsea to score goals on the underdogs.

Manchester United also defeated the dark horse Hull City 4:3 at home. The dark horse only blacked out for 9 rounds and couldn't continue. They were defeated by Chelsea and Manchester United one after another, and their rankings fell.

现在积分榜上榜首是8胜3平积27分的利物浦，身后就是26分的切尔西，少赛一轮的曼联积21分已经升到第3位了。

Manchester United's rise is mainly due to Arsenal's 4:1 loss to the newly promoted Stoke City in an away game in order to secure the fourth position. Professor Wenger will not be angry if he wants to lose.

Arsenal's striker thigh Adebayor complained to reporters after the game: "Can we win the championship like this? I can guarantee: it will never be possible! To be honest, the last thing I want to hear now is the coach saying 'We can't lose any more points'."

The Togo striker completely forgot what he said last season.

Arsenal's situation in the first half of last season was very good, and it seemed likely to win the championship. Adebayor said in an interview with reporters: "If Arsenal can't win the championship this season, I will retire directly."

But in the second half, Arsenal lost one after another, and finally only won a third place in the Premier League. They didn't even smell the fart of the championship, but the Togolese didn't talk about retirement at all.

Maradona recently became the head coach of the Argentine national team and invited Batistuta to be an assistant coach. The Argentine Football Association may think that a good player is a good coach.

This wasn't about Liverpool's business at first, but the old horse came on stage to take care of his own family, and publicly stated that the Argentine national team he admired most was Xiao Ma.

The old horse also said that he would come to Liverpool to watch Mascherano's game in a few days. It is a trivial matter to watch Brother Ma, but it is not a trivial matter for Liverpool. The football king's visit to Liverpool can increase the team's influence. Xu Zhengxin is contacting Maradona and will make a good publicity at that time.

Four days after the game against Tottenham, there will be a match between Liverpool and Atletico Madrid at home. Maradona will come to watch the game, and he can see the performance of Pony and his son-in-law Aguero at the same time.

Torres has been training with the team recently, which is good news for Liverpool, but he may still not be able to play against Atletico Madrid.

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The shortlists for the 08 World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or were recently announced. Liu Ting entered the list of 30 candidates for the Ballon d'Or and the list of 23 players for the World Player of the Year. The Liverpool team included Torres, Gerrard and Liu Ting.

Last season's double champion Manchester United actually had only one Cristiano Ronaldo selected. It can be seen that in most people's minds, this double crown was won by Ronaldo alone. The Champions League runner-up Chelsea has 5 people on the shortlist, becoming the club with the largest number of candidates.

Manchester United has only one Ronaldo selected, which can allow him to get more concentrated votes, but the British media are constantly complaining for Rooney, thinking that Rooney sacrificed data for the team, and the selection is unreasonable.

Instead, Liu Ting became a negative teaching material. The British media thought that recruits like Liu Ting could be included in the shortlist, and Rooney was actually excluded.

Who did I provoke?
Liu Ting's agent Wagner came to Liverpool and was talking to him at Liu Ting's house.

Wagner said: "Last season, Bordeaux won the Ligue 30 championship and the Europa League championship. You are the biggest contributor. This time, you will be included in the 23-man list of the Ballon d'Or. The Ballon d'Or is voted by media reporters. Many people recognize your ability. The World Footballer is voted by the head coach and captain of the national team. It depends on your reputation. The company specially promoted you, and you just entered the final [-]-man list."

"I sent you to the list to increase your reputation. In fact, you were the only one selected for the Ligue [-] last season. How to say that the Ligue [-] is also one of the five major leagues. You are considered to be on the list representing the Ligue [-]. Even if some people have some criticisms, there is nothing wrong with it."

Liu Ting knew that what he said was that he wanted Liu Ting to remember the good of the company, and also knew that the brokerage company had the ability to influence the selection of these awards, so he could stay at ease in the future and not change jobs.

Recently, some people from the brokerage company contacted Liu Ting and asked him to transfer to their brokerage company. It seems that Mondial's brokerage company got wind.

Liu Tingdao: "Schiller, don't worry, I don't have that kind of idea of ​​wanting to change the brokerage company, and now the cooperation with Mondial is very good."

Wagner is much more relieved. Liu Ting has great potential now, and he wants to hold on to this thigh. If he transfers to another brokerage company, he will be fine.

Wagner continued: "It is easy to attract fans with your playing style, and it is not impossible to win awards in the future."

Liu Tingdao: "What style?"

Wagner said: "Some stars play unpretentiously. They may be crucial on the field but fail to attract fans. It will be much more difficult for such stars to win awards, while stars with gorgeous playing style are more liked by fans and easier to win awards."

Wagner asked: "Do you know who is the player with the most goals in the history of the Premier League?"

"Alan Shearer."

"Alan Shearer has scored the most goals in the history of the Premier League and has scored the most goals in a single season. However, he scored so many goals and only won the third place in the Ballon d'Or and the World Footballer of the Year. His style of play is completely simple. When the ball is in front of him, he just wants to kick the ball into the opponent's goal. There is no gorgeous dribbling and dexterity. In addition, he has no star quality like a farmer. His celebrations are old-fashioned movements that have remained unchanged for thousands of years, so he has scored so many goals. It’s not well known around the world.”

"The most gorgeous style of football in the world is Brazil, which is known as artistic football. The most typical ones are Rivaldo and Denilson."

"Rivaldo and Denilson are players of about the same period. Rivaldo also dribbled gorgeously when he played football in Brazil in the early days. After playing in Europe, he changed his style of play and reduced a lot of inappropriate dribbling. Later, he became the star of Barcelona. In 02, I won a World Cup championship with Brazil, which was achieved by Rivaldo's efforts."

"In Brazil, Denilson is much more famous, because his bicycle looks good. Every time Denilson returns to Brazil, a large number of fans welcome him, but Rivaldo is considered to have abandoned Brazil's artistic football style. There are not many fans in Brazil."

"Although Europe is not so paranoid, it also values ​​players with a gorgeous style of play on a practical basis. A gorgeous style of play is always more attractive to fans. Your good dribbling characteristics will help you add points."

Hearing Wagner say so much, Liu Ting understood what he meant. Don't transform into the kind of player who only kicks the ball into the goal every game in order to adapt to the Premier League. You must maintain the original style to a certain extent.

Liu Ting didn't intend to transform into the kind of striker who only scored goals.

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Two days before the Champions League match against Atletico Madrid, Maradona came to Liverpool.

Speaking of which, Maradona and English football have a grudge. After his world-famous God, he was eliminated by the England team. He used a handball that the referee didn't notice to score and eliminated his opponent. Later, he became God. Some British fans are indeed not too cold about Maradona.

The period when Maradona played football was also during the Falklands War between Britain and Argentina. When the two national teams met, sparks flew everywhere, and it was regarded as a revenge.

But this time when Maradona came, fans from all over the UK came to Liverpool Airport to welcome him. Football transcends national borders, but that's it.

The Liverpool club arranged for Maradona to rest in a hotel booked in advance. The next day, Maradona and some of the club's senior management went to Liverpool's Melwood training base to watch the training.

On the training ground, Maradona came over one by one to shake hands or hug the players. Liu Ting felt a bit like a Chinese leader inspecting.

On the contrary, many players seemed very excited. Spain's Riela Reina and others were very happy to hug Maradona.

Maradona, who met in a hurry, is going to be interviewed by reporters, and everyone has to train.

On the evening of November 11th, Liverpool's home game against Atletico Madrid came.

Maradona sat in the box to watch the game, but his son-in-law Aguero did not start, and sat on the bench. Recently, Aguero has been injured frequently.

To be on the safe side, Heynckes did not allow Torres to enter the squad at all. Liverpool's striker partners are Liu Ting, Babel and Dirk.

Liverpool's starting lineup is a 433 formation, trying to beat the opponent at home, Atletico Madrid is a 4231 formation, obviously to play Liverpool's defensive counterattack, Diego Forlan as a single arrow.

As soon as the game started, Liverpool attacked.

In the 5th minute, Gareth Bell made an assist from the wing and crossed the penalty area. Liu Ting smashed the ball and shot a long shot very powerfully. Unfortunately, Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Franco blocked the ball and Heitinga quickly cleared the siege.

The British commentator said: "It seems that Liu is in good condition today. Maradona came to watch the game. I don't know how the condition of Mascherano is, but Liu is very excited."

In fact, he was overthinking it. Liu Ting just played more passionately in the Champions League.

(End of this chapter)