Reborn Liverpool

Chapter 227

After the 4rd round of the league on April 16, there is no suspense about the ownership of the Premier League champion. Except for the Red Army fans, the interest of the British people in Liverpool has greatly decreased.

There are still 5 rounds in the league, and it is really impossible to expect teams like Crystal Palace, Watford, Southampton, West Ham and Middlesbrough to stop Liverpool!

Since the reorganization of the Premier League in 1992, Liverpool has not won the Premier League championship, so the club and the fanatical Red Army fans value this championship very much.

Unlike his teammates who are eager to win the championship as soon as possible, Zhang Mai has already set his sights on the European battlefield in the same period.

As of April 4th, the last four finalists of the Champions League have all been produced, Real Madrid, Monaco, Atletico Madrid and Juventus, exactly the same as Zhang Mai's memory.

Monaco, which lacked Mbappe, still made it all the way to the top 4, with the corpses of Manchester United, Dortmund and other powerhouses lying under their feet.

The old woman Juventus, who is about to face Monaco, is even more brutal. The host wins and the guest draws and eliminates Barcelona to come to today. If there is no accident, it will point to the final.

The remaining two Madrid teams are regular visitors to the UEFA Champions League final. The last champion and runner-up will have an early decisive battle in this round, and Real Madrid is more likely.

In Zhang Mai's memory, the 16-17 season belonged to Real Madrid. La Liga beat Barcelona to win the championship, and the Champions League will also successfully defend the championship.

However, Barcelona's performance in the 2016-2017 season was not good. Neymar, who was interested in leaving last year, finally went to Paris firmly.

Although they reversed Paris 6-1 in the Champions League, they were eliminated by Juventus in the end. They could have won the championship in the league but they killed themselves. The Copa del Rey can only be regarded as consolation.

Although Barcelona spent a lot of money on signings this season, the effect was not great. Except for Umtiti, the performance of other players was not satisfactory.

The thinness of Barcelona's overall lineup is an important reason for the elimination of the Champions League. In addition, the control power has declined significantly. The exclusive tactics have been thoroughly understood by others, and the signings are not effective.

Although MSN's super personal ability made up for it to a certain extent, but against a strong team, the front and back courts are completely out of touch, MSN is locked up, and Barcelona will undoubtedly lose.

Mbappe finally joined Neymar in Greater Paris. Greater Paris paid a lot of money. Barcelona introduced Coutinho to replace Neymar. The price will definitely not be low. This huge transfer fee will eventually fall. into Liverpool's bag.

When Zhang Mai was looking forward to the changes in the transfer market in the summer, Klopp came to discuss the remaining rounds of the league with Zhang Mai.

"After the team secures the championship, it will divide the playing time between the usual substitute players and those two people, you know."

Uncle Zha said very clearly that the players who are about to leave the team should leave a stage for display.

"Understood! I will try to win Crystal Palace in the next round."

Zhang Mai raised 1 hands in favor of Klopp's decision. Anyway, he has won the Golden Boot and assists this season.

"Next year's Greater Paris will be an opponent not to be underestimated in the Champions League!"

After finishing his business, Klopp seemed to feel something.

"That's not necessarily the case! Ligue [-] can produce wealthy teams but not strong teams. Besides, Mbappé and Neymar's poor organization and single-defense capabilities are both icing on the cake."

Zhang Mai tactfully told Uncle Zha that in the next few years, Da Paris will just be a cowardly character.

"Even if you go to coach, Ligue [-] is already the most pretentious one among the five major leagues, and Paris can't become Liverpool's opponent."

Seeing that Uncle Zha, who had suffered from no money, was lost in thought, Zhang Mai quickly added another sentence.

Hearing Zhang Mai's last sentence, Klopp's brows really relaxed a lot.

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In the anticipation of the Red Army generals and the fans in the city, the match day of the 2016th round of the 17/34 Premier League season has finally arrived.

At 4:23 on April 16, UK local time, Liverpool played against Crystal Palace at Anfield Stadium, and the entire stadium had already become a sea of ​​red.

Liverpool is looking forward to double-killing Crystal Palace for the first time since the 1997/98 season, so as to win the league title four rounds ahead of schedule.

However, Liverpool have lost to their opponents in the past two home games, and Crystal Palace coach Allardyce has played 2 away games at Anfield as a coach, with 13 draws and 3 losses without a win.

The two sides have clashed 48 games in history, and Liverpool has the upper hand with 24 wins, 11 draws and 13 losses.

Klopp did not dare to neglect this crucial battle, and ranked Liverpool's current strongest lineup.

The enthusiastic Red Army fans cheered and cheered for every Red Army soldier who played, indicating that Liverpool will usher in another devastating victory at their home court.

The only thing that makes Liverpool fans more uncomfortable is that the old team player Benteke who was purged last summer is already the main striker of Crystal Palace at this time.

After Allardyce took over the team, Crystal Palace's performance has been steadily improving, and in recent rounds it has even played the role of "rich killer".

Arsenal 3-0 at home, Chelsea 2-1 away... Benteke had a brutal performance in these games, passing shots against Chelsea and fighting for the top 11 times against Arsenal.

The Belgian, who has been in excellent form recently, has 12 goals and 2 assists this season, and he is fully capable of ranking among the top killers in the Premier League.

It is also a bit ironic to say that Benteke was originally a tasteless one who was abandoned by Liverpool, and Crystal Palace and Allardyce were also ridiculed by people as "coaches who get out of class in seconds".

But who would have thought that the teams at the top of the standings would not be able to take advantage of Crystal Palace.

Adhering to the traditional British style of play, Allardyce successfully injected the winning gene into the team, and the old relegation belly has become a tough bone that no one wants to touch.

Just imagine that if Allardyce can adjust the team again in the summer window, it may not be a dream to go further next season.

Benteke, who left Liverpool with so much resentment, was already familiar with Liverpool's defense. His strong body and huge impact will definitely bring trouble to Liverpool.

Vengeful and brainless outside of its strong, cunning nature.It also made the Belgian fight against his former owner Liverpool before the game.

"My skills and characteristics have not changed, and I don't know why Klopp doesn't like me."

Benteke responded to reporters this way:

"Thank God for giving me the opportunity to participate in this crucial game. I will break their fantasy of winning the championship early!"

Klopp also knows that Crystal Palace is a tough bone, and Benteke, a mad dog, also has the ability to bite hard.

For this reason, on the basis of the original defense, Klopp formulated a new way to deal with Crystal Palace before the game-that is, run faster and more.

With the development of modern football tactics, the influence of running ability is increasing. In view of this, running distance has become one of the most concerned data of football coaches.

So which is the running distance of the Premier League team?

This season, the team with the longest running distance per game in the Premier League is Liverpool. The Red Army under Klopp has an average running distance of 116.9 kilometers per game.

Ranked No. 2 is Manchester City. Guardiola's team has an average running distance of 115.0 kilometers per game.

In terms of other giants, Chelsea ranked 113.1th with an average running distance of 8 kilometers per game.

Arsenal averaged 110.7 kilometers per game, ranking 11th, and Manchester United averaged 106.1 kilometers per game, ranking last in the Premier League.

So some fans ridiculed Manchester United as the "Premier League Pacers"!
Crystal Palace averaged 106.6 kilometers per game, which is only a little better than the "Premier League Pacers", so Klopp decided to use his strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses.

Among the players who played more than 500 minutes, Bournemouth player Gosling ranked first with an average of 13.22km per game, and Liverpool team Zhang Mai ranked second with 12.24km.

而曼联球员拜利（7.99Km）、菲尔-琼斯（8.89km）、伊布（8.95km）、马夏尔（9.16km）、斯莫林（9.21km）等，场均跑动距离都排名相对靠后。

(End of this chapter)