Reborn Liverpool

Chapter 209 The Windy First Bullet (Thanks to Lingnan Lone Wolf for the monthly ticket)

英国当地时间1月21日12：30，2016/17赛季英超第22轮一场焦点战在安菲尔德球场展开角逐。

Liverpool's home game against Swansea will also be Klopp's first round of youth storm in the Premier League this season.

Zhang Mai came to the club very early in the morning because the club wanted to add a major pre-match tidbit to the official game at noon-the official announcement that Gerrard, the former team soul, would return to Liverpool as the youth training coach.

The 36-year-old Gerrard is considered the banner of Liverpool. He joined Liverpool's youth training at the age of 7 and made his first-team debut at the age of 18.In Liverpool's 17 seasons, Gerrard played 710 times for the team and scored 186 goals. The Jie team can rank third in Liverpool's team history appearance list, and also ranks fifth in team history scorer list.

On November 2016, 11, Gerrard officially announced his retirement.After retiring, Gerrard also watched the game in the stands of Anfield many times. Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson also nominated Gerrard as an honorary citizen of Liverpool.

As Liverpool fans have come to expect, Gerrard's future was formalized today as he returned to Liverpool as a manager.

Liverpool announced that Gerrard will serve as a full-time coach at the Youth Academy. He will officially take office in February, which will mark Gerrard's official start of his coaching career.

Gerrard, who returned to Liverpool, is also very, very happy. Gerrard said:

"When I come back to Liverpool, it's like completing the cycle and going back to the beginning of my career. I hope to contribute to Liverpool, not just out of emotion. I also want to make sure that I can be substantive and contribute to the club. critical help."

Klopp put it more directly:
"One reincarnation in 18 years, Gerrard came back to encourage this 18-year young Red Army to move forward, and taught the next 18-year young Red Army fighters to grow up, so that Liverpool's heritage can be well continued."

Zhang Mai, as the representative of the latest generation of the Red Army, also made a speech:

"Gerrard is the eternal banner of Liverpool, as well as our best base and arm. We will fully carry forward the fighting spirit of the Red Army on the shoulders of our predecessors, and achieve more in the Premier League and the European battlefield!"

Gerrard's return to Liverpool had a great impact on Zhang Mai's young teammates. Until the game at Anfield was about to start, the team members were still in the midst of intense happiness and joy.

Liverpool and Swansea have played 9 times in the Premier League before, with 9 wins and 7 draws in 2 games.

斯旺西历史上16次联赛客战利物浦3平13负未尝胜绩，双方历史交锋40场，利物浦22胜8平10负占据上风。

The big screen on the sidelines showed the starting lineups of both sides:

Liverpool: 4-3-3
13 - Pickford;

66-Arnold, 6-Lovren, 4-Van Dijk, 23-Robertson;
15- Chamberlain, 5- Wijnaldum, 10- Zhang Mai;

12- Mbappé, 11- Firmino, 9- Mane.

Swansea: 4-3-3
1 - Fabianski;
26-Norton, 33-Federico, 6-Mosen, 16-Olsen;
8-Fair, 42-Tom Carroll, 24-Jack Cork;

15-Routledge, 9-Lorente, 23-Sigurdson.

Unsurprisingly, Liverpool made yesterday's all-youth team lineup, which aroused the exclamation of the Red Army fans at the scene, followed by applause and cheers.

The South Korean player Ji Chengyong that Zhang Mai knew did not appear in Swansea's squad. It is said that it was due to injuries and fatigue between the club and the national team.

There was no familiar player in the opposing team, so Zhang Mai couldn't help turning his eyes to his own bench.

Historically, Liverpool has only won No.4 in the league this season. The biggest reason is the few unique players on the bench and Emre Can who has left for Rome.

When the media summed up the characteristics of Liverpool at the end of the season, they used words such as "strange! Liverpool was addicted to robbing the rich and giving to the poor, and was dragged to death by unsolvable weaknesses":

"The Red Army, which is almost incomprehensible in the strong dialogue, has repeatedly accidentally dropped points on the middle and lower teams. This has become the biggest weakness that drags down Liverpool's championship. Now I am afraid that no one is more angry than Klopp.

Under Klopp's training, Liverpool can be said to be the best team in the Premier League today.According to Sky Sports statistics, Liverpool is the team with the most stable performance in the confrontation between the top six Premier League teams this season.So far, in the top six confrontations, Liverpool has played 6 games, 5 wins and 1 loss, and 12 points are also ranked first in the top six small leagues.Among them, the team played many classic games, 4-3 victory over Arsenal, 2-1 victory over Chelsea, 3-2 victory over Manchester City, two wins against Manchester United, and only one small loss to Tottenham 1-2, the performance is quite stable.

It stands to reason that with such a convincing performance in the strong dialogue, Liverpool is fully capable of competing for the championship, and it is not an exaggeration to even rank at the top of the list.

But the reality is that the Red Army is now ranked third in the halfway point of the season, 3 points behind Chelsea, which leads the way and has one game less.

What is the reason?It is that Liverpool always lose points in games that should not be lost.

So far this season, Liverpool's three losses have been lost to Burnley, Bournemouth and Swansea, all of which are teams in the lower half of the standings. Among them, Swansea was still the bottom team before this round.

It has to be mentioned that Liverpool was also tied when facing another relegation team, Sunderland.These 4 games combined have lost 11 points.Undoubtedly somewhat disappointing.Just imagine, if you can win 3 of them, Liverpool should now be at the top of the list.

As a result, many fans ridiculed that Liverpool has now become a model of robbing the rich and helping the poor.

But if you want to win the championship, it is far from enough to perform well against strong teams. The long league is more about stability, and you should not lose points in games that should not be lost!
This is the basic quality of a championship-level team. Now it seems that Liverpool obviously lack this kind of stability.

How to solve the team's ups and downs when facing the mid-lower teams may be a problem that Klopp urgently needs to solve now. "

"I have helped Klopp solve this problem in advance, and it has been more than a year happier than Uncle Slag himself."

Zhang Mai is a little complacent:
"Lone stars like Coutinho, Emre Can and time bombs like Karius, Klopp only made up his mind to clear them after losing two or three Premier League titles and a Champions League. It was not until 2019 that it embarked on the broad road."

"Zhang Mai, today is my debut with Robertson in Liverpool, what do you have to explain?"

Pickford and Robertson came over, followed by Arnold, who was two months older than Zhang Mai.

"There is nothing to explain, just release your hormones as much as you want, Pique don't be afraid to attack, Robertson and Arnold should also go up the wing, Van Dijk and Chamberlain will pay attention to the space behind you, don't worry about mistakes, If you concede a goal behind, we will score +1 in front!"

Zhang Mai was in high spirits, and stacked the right hands of several friends:
"I am Stormboy, let today's Swansea be the first sacrifice of our Red Army youth storm!"

"Youth Storm!", "The First Sacrifice!"...

Several young boys gathered together and shouted in unison, attracting more and more teammates to join in...

Until the oldest No. 6 Lovren (27 years old) also integrated into this passionate youth regiment, the Red Army soldiers roaring at the same time became the most beautiful scenery in the audience.

The Red Army fans on the opening stage saw this exciting scene, and there were thousands of waves again, which sublimated the fiery atmosphere at Anfield again.

"Oh, it's good to be young!"

Klopp sighed on the sidelines, but his face was full of pride and pride that could not be concealed.

(End of this chapter)