There is a dream called football

Chapter 190
Liverpool is no longer a giant.

It was Liverpool's city rival, Everton, who said this.

Now that Everton is ranked third in the league, it can be said that they are full of ambitions. Of course they feel that they are qualified to say such things.

And the Merseyside derby is coming soon, the round after the life-and-death battle in the Champions League. The Everton people hope that Liverpool will end the Champions League game in tears.

Although the Liverpool people still stretched out four fingers and responded with four Champions League trophies, they actually know that Liverpool is indeed a bit miserable now.

Both the league and the Champions League are in danger of being eliminated, which makes Benitez like sitting on the crater.

Li Qiao, Cisse, and Baros are sitting in the stands. Now the team's main injuries are the three of them, and Li Qiao and Baros can already play, but Benitez will send them two in the game against Olympiacos.

As for Cisse's return, that is still far away, maybe a few months later.

On the other hand, Arsenal is fully fired, with Pires, Ljungberg and Cesc Fabregas in the midfield, Henry and Reyes rushing forward, and a 442 formation. This lineup has scored 39 goals this season. You must know that Chelsea only scored 27 goals.

It's just that Arsenal conceded too many goals, Chelsea only conceded 6 goals, while Arsenal conceded 20 goals.

After the start of the first half, Arsenal, the most offensive firepower in Europe, hit like a storm, which made it difficult for Liverpool to parry. After 15 minutes of the first half, the ratio of shots between the two sides was 10 for Arsenal and 2 for Liverpool.

But the score was still 0-0. In fact, Benitez has become very realistic at this time. He no longer pursues the so-called beautiful football, but the way of practical football. That is to say, it doesn't matter if the scene is ugly, the most important thing is to win.

So when Arsenal ran out of three axes, Wenger was surprised to find that the opponent had not surrendered, which was a bit of a surprise.

Cisse said, "Neil is really nice."

Li Qiao and Barosh nodded. Neil was like Crouch in England later, only much shorter in height, but very similar in characteristics. Both were traditional British centers with mediocre skills, but top-notch shooting and physicality.

If it had been ten years earlier, then Neil would have played it, but at this time the Premier League or continental Europe have started technical football reforms. In this case, this traditional British center forward is slowly being eliminated.

As long as they don't concede a goal, Liverpool fans don't worry. After all, the team has experience with Manchester United and Chelsea. There have been many gutters this season, but Liverpool's performance against strong teams is still quite reliable.

Sure enough, at the end of the first half, Liverpool got a free kick, and Alonso and Gerrard stood in front of the ball.

Gerrard feinted and Alonso kicked the scimitar, but the ball hit the wall and was deflected.

At this time, it was the German Lehmann who was guarding the goal for Arsenal. He was shot, his body was completely thrown to the left, and the ball flew to the right, so the ball was scored.

Alonso rushed to the KOP stands, jumped high, waved his fist, and vented his inner excitement.

Alonso came from Spain to England, where he was unfamiliar, and the pressure was also great. He wanted to prove himself.

The first half ended 0-1. Wenger was a bit disappointed, but what made the professor even more upset was his zipper.

The zipper of the professor's clothes was against him again. He tried to close the zipper of his coat, but the zipper was stuck tightly.

Seeing this scene, Li Qiao burst into a smile, remembering that he had seen crazy football in his previous life, and Zi Zi and Wenger fell in love and killed each other.

But in the end Wenger solved the zipper problem. He wanted to solve the team's problem in the locker room. Obviously, the team's offense in the first half made him very helpless. There were many shots, but no goals.

Arsenal football has been deeply branded by Wenger. Whether this team is unbeaten across seasons or sinks later, the team style is always the same, that is, technical football.

No matter what time it is, Arsenal's football must be good, that's for sure.

So in the second half, Arsenal still attacked fiercely, with all kinds of offensive routines from the wing and the center, so that the Liverpool fans at Anfield were very envious, and felt in their hearts that it would be great if this was our team.

Why can't we have a Frenchman as a coach?
But the reality is cruel. Arsenal's sexy football did not score, but conceded again. This time, Neil received a pass from the wing Riise and smashed the ball into the goal.

Anfield is boiling, what is a rich family?That's the big club, and that's something Everton will never learn.

Wenger was a little helpless, he didn't know what happened and why such a weird situation happened.

My team is about to lose?

We are number one in attacking power in the Premier League.

Benitez simply asked Neil to go back to help defend, and the formation was flattened. Don't attack, and all defend.

Arsenal lacked a strong attacking point, Henry was not a high center forward, and finally the fans saw Arsenal's shortcomings. Mercury flooding is good-looking, but it can't win the game. Compared with Mourinho, Wenger is too idealistic, and Mourinho is a very realistic person. More importantly, Mourinho never cares about being called ugly by his football.

Before the end of the game, Reyes scored a goal, and the score was fixed at 2 to 1. Liverpool once again defeated a strong enemy.

Benitez continued his history of giant killers and overturned gutters, but he didn't care about those anymore, because he was about to face a life-and-death battle.

All the focus of the media after the game is indeed on the Champions League, because the league can still catch up, but the Champions League is the final.

"Yes, for us, Olympiacos is our opponent in the final, and if we lose this game, it's over, I know that very well."

"Can Li Qiao and Barosh go?"

Benitez already had the answer in his mind, but he deliberately put smoke bombs, "I can only tell you in the middle of the week, I still have to wait for the final result, the team doctor will give me the final medical report the day before the game."

"If you lose, will you leave the team during the winter break?"

Benitez chuckled, "This is definitely not the case. I will definitely fulfill my contract. I will lead Liverpool to the league championship or the Champions League."

"Can you comment on your old rival Wenger?"

"Haha, it's a new opponent for me, I'm glad we won, but Arsenal is a respectable team, we just had better luck today."

For other questions, Benitez said that he would not answer, let's talk about the Champions League game in the middle of the week.

(End of this chapter)