Reborn Liverpool

Chapter 406 Zhang Mai's Offsite Affair (Thanks to Nie Shi for the monthly ticket)

On January 1th, the 4st round of the 2018/19 Premier League season began. Manchester City defeated Liverpool 21-2 at home. Aguero broke the deadlock, Firmino equalized, and Sane made the final lore.

Liverpool suffered its first loss of the season, and the 20-game winning streak in the league was also ended. Liverpool still led by 11 points after their first defeat of the season.

In addition to Chelsea's 0-0 draw with Southampton at home, the other Premier League giants in this round, Arsenal, Tottenham and Manchester United have defeated their respective opponents.

The strong dialogue between Liverpool and Manchester City ended in the defeat of the invincible Red Army, which shocked the British football world!
Before Manchester City fought Liverpool, people generally had a concept: Liverpool beat Manchester City.

However, in the end, Manchester City defeated Liverpool 2-1, and people were suddenly in a trance: Can Liverpool beat Manchester City?

In fact, Liverpool has never defeated Manchester City. Any team has failures, but Manchester City happened to lose to Liverpool last year, and Liverpool itself is not bad.

It's hard to say who wins and who loses in a strong dialogue. If Liverpool wins, it will be Kerman City?Must it be a coincidence that Manchester City won?
In fact, Manchester City was very wronged when they lost to Liverpool in the previous two times. The defender's mistake, the opponent's fairy ball, and the referee's misjudgment...

But the final result is that Liverpool wins, and people think that the undefeated Manchester City finally has a nemesis. This kind of information is constantly being spread, and it is reported by everyone, and finally becomes the mainstream.

Liverpool's loss this round was not unjust. Zhang Mai, the team's number one star, was absent, and Manchester City's running man just ran down Liverpool, who was able to run.

In this game, while Bernardo Silva sent an assist, the running distance reached 13.7 kilometers, creating the most in the Premier League this season.

Liverpool was originally the best running team in the Premier League, but was suddenly killed by Manchester City's No. [-] runner in the Premier League.

According to OPTA statistics, the Portuguese midfielder’s running distance in this game was as high as 13710 meters, creating a single-game running distance record in the Premier League this season. At the same time, it also broke the record he created when facing Tottenham. A running distance record of 13650 meters.

After the game, Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola also knew the reason for the victory over the Red Army, and he was full of praise for the Portuguese midfielder:

"He's unbelievable, I've never seen him in the team like he did today, he's brilliant."

Liverpool, who lost the game, was naturally extremely frustrated, but Klopp took all the responsibility for the failure on himself, saying that the coaching staff made a mistake in their formation.

On the next day of the 1nd round of the Premier League on January 12, the second day after the Hua Guo team qualified for the group stage, Liverpool was tied 22-1 by Brighton at the Amex Stadium, and Manchester City beat Wolves 1-3 at home in this round. Taking advantage of the Red Army's nap and continued to approach the league leader, the Red Army's lead after two consecutive victories was reduced to 0 points.

There was an uproar in the British football world, and Klopp, who knows the media's urine, quickly came forward to explain, saying that the team showed the most mature performance so far today.

With a 1-1 draw with Brighton, Liverpool only scored a draw and are still at the top of the Premier League.

After the game, when talking about the game, Liverpool coach Klopp said that the draw was not easy:

"It was a hard-won draw and it was a great game, everyone knows how difficult it is to play against Brighton because of the way they play. I think we had 70% possession % or more, so you need to be more creative, and against a well-organized team, to enhance the wing attack and the long ball passing."

"I think my team has put out incredible, mature performances. I'm really not against draws in extreme situations because it's like a newly acquired skill that keeps us going when we're having a tough time. .”

Asked about the pre-match pressure on his team, Klopp replied:
"We are Liverpool and we have to win games, draws are nothing new for us so we should get used to it. You don't want to lose here so you need to take those moments but you need to work harder and go. Every step of the way. Keep the opponent busy and try to create chances."

"It was a really difficult game, Chris Hughton (Brighton manager) was like a clever fox, they squeezed the space perfectly. When you're always on the ball, you want to be 100 per cent in the game It's hard to stay focused. Then you try something at the wrong moment and they get the ball and we all start running. It's a challenge but it's a real game of football We didn't lose the game."

Klopp also praised Alexander-Arnold's performance, because Alexander-Arnold was injured in the warm-up, but still played the whole game.

Speaking about Arnold's situation, Klopp said:

"It was a shocking moment. It was the last warm-up event after the sprint and he wanted to do the full race, so he didn't say in the first place whether he was good or bad because he didn't immediately Said, that's why he didn't feel well. We thought he wouldn't be able to play, but the doctor's test came back to be fine. The decision made by the doctor and Alexander-Arnold was great, he played very well."

The British media didn't like Klopp's set very much, and they all exclaimed: Liverpool has changed!Learning to play ugly, Uncle Zha's Red Army's passion is frustrated?
Since only one draw was achieved, it means that Liverpool did not play easily today.

Throughout the whole game, Brighton's performance was actually very good, especially in the first half. The dense defense prevented Liverpool from having too many opportunities, and they could also play beautiful counterattacks from time to time and scored goals.

On the other hand, in the first half of Liverpool, the attackers led by Salah and Mane were not very excited.But Liverpool's state gradually recovered in the second half, and it didn't take long at the beginning to equalize the score with a penalty kick made by Salah and scored by himself.

The contrast between Liverpool's state in the first half and the second half can't help but make some fans worry about the current top position of the Red Army.

First of all, in terms of offense, Liverpool mainly relies on the players running in a large area in the frontcourt to drive the team's offensive rhythm, but the physical fitness of the players is also limited, so a reasonable allocation of physical strength has become a problem. One of the important factors in the championship.

There are still 16 rounds of games until the end of the season, and there are many strong dialogues with Manchester United, Tottenham, and Chelsea, and the players are more prone to fatigue as the season progresses, and Liverpool is a team that relies heavily on physical fitness team, so it is very important to allocate and store one's energy for the championship.

Last season, Manchester City was able to break the record with 100 points to win the Premier League runner-up. Not every game was able to crush their opponents. They also won many games by thrilling.

For example, in the third round of the Premier League last season, Manchester City relied on Sterling's 3th-minute lore to defeat Bournemouth; in the 97th round, Manchester City reversed and defeated Southampton. In the 14th round, Manchester City narrowly beat West Ham at home, this time the lore was Silva who scored in the 15rd minute...

Manchester City can be said to be extremely dominant in the Premier League in recent years, but they may not always be able to show their terrifying sense of oppression.

A season is not long, but it is not short. There will be many unknown situations such as player injuries. Of course, the prerequisite for winning the championship is to have high strength, but a certain strategy is also necessary. Less, learning to preserve a certain strength is not a smart tactic.

Liverpool has recently suffered two consecutive victories, and Manchester City and other teams have taken the opportunity to chase points. The Premier League's championship situation this season has become delicate again.

A thriving Premier League is not as good as a hundred flowers blooming. Many competitors and people who eat melons are eager to do so. Only the famous Red Army who misses his old club hates iron.

According to "Sky Sports" news, Red Army star Gary McAllister believes that this season's Premier League crown will continue.

Liverpool have recently lost a 5-point advantage, but Gary McAllister believes that his old club will start again in the league this weekend:
"To be honest, I wasn't too surprised to lose to Manchester City. I thought it was a very good game. Both teams played at a very high level. Whoever won and who lost was on the line. Then the FA Cup victory over Wolves The result is normal, but Liverpool drew with Brighton this week and they gave the chasers some confidence again."

"I think the title race will go on and on because I think Manchester City and Liverpool are going to take points and it will be very difficult for other teams to beat them."

Gary McAllister was one of the important members of Liverpool's five-time trophy in 2001. He is currently assisting Gerrard at Rangers.

Zhang Mai, who was in the UAE and was in the Asian Cup, was not distracted by paying attention to the Premier League, but his agent Croat did tell the truth about the British news as soon as possible, and informed Zhang Mai on January 1 that the madman Mourinho Ao is about to come to the Asian Cup, and he hopes to meet Zhang Mai.

It turned out that beIN Sports, a wealthy Qatar, invited Mourinho to Qatar and was in charge of explaining two games:
One is Qatar VS Saudi Arabia in the Asian Cup group match, and the other is the focus of the 23rd round of the Premier League against Arsenal VS Chelsea.

After Mourinho was fired by Manchester United, he is currently at home, and his future has become the focus of attention.

According to the British media "Daily Mirror", Mourinho is likely to participate in the commentary of the 2019 UAE Asian Cup as a guest commentator.

Mourinho's poor performance in coaching Manchester United this season was dismissed by Manchester United last month. Solskjaer replaced him as Manchester United's interim coach.

After Mourinho left Manchester United, many teams had scandals with him. It was previously reported that the Portuguese Super League giant Benfica intends to invite Mourinho to coach, but was rejected by Mourinho.

"Daily Mirror" previously had a special report that Mourinho's next job will be a football commentator on a TV station. Mourinho is even ready to join the TV station and appear on the screen as a guest commentator. , to bring fans relevant analysis of this Asian Cup, and comment on the performance of some Premier League stars, such as Zhang Mai, Sun Xingmin and others in this Asian Cup.

It is worth mentioning that this is also the first time Mourinho has appeared in front of the audience after leaving Manchester United. At that time, Mourinho may reveal his future whereabouts on the show.

According to news from the British media, after Mourinho dismissed get out of class, he no longer has any relationship with Manchester United, and the obstacles to the contract have been removed.

In order to fire Mourinho, Manchester United paid as much as 1500 million pounds in liquidated damages. Now Mourinho can accept another job independently, but he is not in a hurry to return to the coaching position. Oh is willing to wait until the end of the season to make plans.

When the news of Mourinho's coming to the Asian Cup first came out, the most excited people were the Chinese fans far away in Eastern Asia.

Lippi had cryptic news spread out before the Asian Cup, saying that Silver Fox had achieved great success in the Chinese football team, and that he might have thoughts of returning to Italy after the Asian Cup round.

This time, BeIN Sports, a well-known sports media headquartered in Doha, Qatar, specially invited Mourinho as a guest commentator, and Uncle Psy will comment on the game during the Asian Cup.

It is said that this will be the first time Mourinho has appeared on TV since he was sacked by Manchester United.

It seems that the restless Uncle Psy is trying to start a different life from before!
Speaking of it, this is probably the first time the 56-year-old Portuguese has come into contact with Asian football.

Some time ago, when Uncle Psy dismissed get out of class from Manchester United, it was just when the national football coach Lippi retired, and there were rumors that Mourinho could take over the national football team for the 2019 Asian Cup.

Someone even made up a decent joke about it—of course, it was for the fun of those Chinese fans who were as happy as the national football team for half a year!

In fact, it is by no means a whimsical idea for the jokers to link Uncle Psy and God Lippi together.

As early as when Comrade Lippi took over the Huaguo national team in 2016, the sky-high salary of the Italians was undoubtedly the focus of public attention.

For understandable reasons, the Chinese Football Association and the Guangzhou real estate owner who paid for it have not clarified a question to the obsessed fans and media all over China: What is Lippi's annual salary for coaching the national football team?

However, according to the statistics made by the famous European media "French Football" in early 2018, based on the coach's salary, bonus and advertising revenue in 2017-2018, Mourinho, who was then Manchester United coach, won the top spot, while the national football team Coach Lippi ranked second with a difference of only 300 million euros!
The top 5 annual salary coaches in world football are as follows:

1. Mourinho (Manchester United): 2600 million euros

2. Lippi (Chinese national team): 2300 million euros

3. Simeone (Atletico Madrid): 2200 million euros

4. Zidane (Real Madrid): 2100 million euros

5. Guardiola (Manchester City): 2000 million euros

After the end of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, we also know another fact:
The annual salary of the Lippi team that led the national football team to the semi-finals of the World Cup is higher than the combined salaries of the other 8 head coaches in the top 7 of the World Cup in Russia!
In addition, there is another fact: Lippi National Football Team played 2018 official games in 23, which is far lower than the average of 57 games per capita of the other four top five coaches.

If Uncle Psy learned about the income and expenditure of the national football team in the past year when he was preparing materials to comment on the Asian Cup, he would definitely feel envious of Lippi's lofty status in Chinese football!
——You can earn more than 2000 million by leading the team to play more than 2 games a year!Only won two "rookies" who participated in the Asian Cup for the first time and were praised like gods again!Where can such a job be found?

Where can I find such leaders, fans, and media?Take a look at Uncle Psy's sad experience at Manchester United!Half a year ago, Uncle Piao's team was still the runner-up in the Premier League, and they let the "baby face" boss fire Uncle Piao just because they lost a few games!Why is there such a big gap between Uncle Psy and Lippi!
From the perspective of career income and risk costs, it is entirely possible that Mourinho will not leave after watching the Asian Cup!

He wants to follow the national football team to China to take over Lippi who is about to leave get out of class!It doesn't matter if the salary is less, the key is: Moisturize!hehe!
If Lippi retires, will Uncle Psy come to China to take over the national football team?hehe!Zhang Mai doesn't know!
But after answering the call from Crott, Zhang Mai knew that Mourinho, who was at home, started to make up his own mind.

(End of this chapter)