Super Coach

When Riley blew the whistle to end the game, all the players on the Liverpool bench rushed onto the pitch.

With a wild attack in the last 20 minutes and Ronaldinho's late goal in the 79th minute, Liverpool defeated Arsenal 1:0 and won the League Cup in the 2003/04 season.

Throughout the stands of Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, Liverpool's fans were singing excitedly.

When the referee blew the whistle, Liverpool players rushed into the field, while Arsenal players quickly left the field. Even in the stands, there were many vacancies in the area belonging to the Arsenal stadium. Obviously, there were already many vacancies. Many Arsenal fans could no longer bear the embarrassment at the last moment and left the Millennium Stadium early.

Anyone who has watched the game after Ronaldinho came on the field can tell that it is only a matter of time before Liverpool scores. They may even feel that Liverpool only scored one goal and Arsenal were too lucky.

If Riley hadn't read the explanation of the new offside rule thoroughly and blew the whistle for Gerrard's back-row shot, and if Lehmann hadn't saved Drogba's close header like a miracle, , maybe Arsenal will lose this game even more embarrassingly than now!

The whole game seemed to be going according to the process deduced and speculated by the media before the game. Liverpool defended first and exhausted Arsenal's physical energy. Arsenal was never able to find an effective way to defeat Liverpool. You can work in vain again and again, and finally watch the energy in your body being depleted bit by bit.

This situation became more obvious in the last 20 minutes. When Ronaldinho came in from the back row, Ashley Cole should have followed up, but the England left back lost due to lack of physical strength and could not keep up with Ronaldinho. With such speed, I could only watch helplessly as he rushed into the area where Toure was stationed and scored the Gunners goal!

After experiencing such a depressing defeat, should Wenger reflect on his employment strategy and be more flexible in the use of the main lineup, at least for talented players like Parlor and Wiltord? Stars should get more opportunities, so it will be easier for the team to rotate.

Yes, Wenger trusts Bergkamp, ​​but don't forget that the Dutchman is already 34 years old. As for Vieira, Pires, Henry, Ljungberg and other players, they need some trustworthy and stable substitutes. , at least so far, there is no trace of these.”

When we saw Henry dragging his exhausted body, and when Vieira struggled so hard that he could hardly run, but was still gritting his teeth and preparing to fill the holes in the defense, we could only sigh with emotion. Substitute Where is the substitute?

Of course, maybe this has a lot to do with Arsenal's progress in the league and Champions League.

But we all hope to see Wenger make some changes. At least with a lineup that is not generous, it is really difficult to ensure that Arsenal can maintain results on two or even multiple fronts. This has been true before the league. Many people have proposed it, and now it has been fulfilled!

Looking at Liverpool, after the reorganization, the players have become much younger, but the lineup has remained at around 23-25 ​​players to ensure the team's combat effectiveness. Obviously Yang Cheng himself knows very well that only in this way can Liverpool's multi-line operations be guaranteed. Although What he is facing is the UEFA Cup, which has relatively little competitive pressure, but should his actions be a wake-up call for Wenger?

Wenger may not be able to hear what the on-site commentator said, and the Gunners fans may not be able to hear it either, because they are all busy leaving Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.

After losing this final, this place is no longer their stage, this place belongs to Liverpool!

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Although the whole of England is calling for the importance of cup competitions and the tradition of English football, in fact, unfortunately, it cannot be done, because compared with the league and the European Champions Cup, which have huge interests, cup competitions are often nothing more than powerful. It's just a fig leaf for them, or something for the weak team to comfort themselves with.

Coupled with the tight schedule of the League Cup, everyone must rush into the competition for other events as soon as the game is over.

Even Liverpool locals are not very interested in the League Cup. When the team arrived at the airport, a group of die-hard fans came to greet them, but don't expect anything like a city tour. Think more realistically about the upcoming UEFA Cup and FA Cup.

On the contrary, on the bus back to Liverpool from Liverpool, Rick Parry talked about the youth training with Yang Cheng. He said that after consultation, the club decided to hand over the Kirkby youth training camp to Yang Cheng, hoping that he could Very good at helping Liverpool reorganize their youth training.

We all know that youth training is the future of the team, but we also hope that you can respect our team and respect our tradition! Rick Parry didn't look like he was supporting Yang at all. Cheng, on the contrary, is like a defeated rooster.

This gave Yang Cheng the illusion that he was worried or afraid of something.

But what happened, he didn't say.

Ian, what is the tradition of Liverpool? Yang Cheng thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure it out after sending Rick Parry away.

After listening to this, Ian Rush smiled slightly and was about to say the slogans of the Kirk Sailing Update Team Ghost Bi Youth Training Academy when Yang Cheng spoke first.

Don't give me those slogans, come with something practical!

This made Ian Rush look a little serious and nodded, Let's go to Sutton Bar!

Sutton Bar?! Yang Cheng had heard this name countless times. He heard that it was a favorite place in Liverpool, but he had always been busy and never had the chance to visit.

It's right at the Paisley Gate of Anfield, very close, just a few steps away! said Ian Rush.

Yang Cheng nodded, Where do you often go to drink?

I used to go there a lot when I was a player, but now... less often!

Then after training tomorrow, let's go have a drink! Yang Cheng said.

He was suddenly very interested in knowing all this.

Ian Rush was stunned for a moment, but quickly nodded in agreement, Okay, I haven't been there for a long time. I wonder if Aurel is still here?

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Cheers, to the championship!

Everyone in the Sutton bar raised their glasses and shouted excitedly.

Although the League Cup final passed yesterday, there were still many people celebrating excitedly, especially in the Sutton Bar, where the atmosphere was even stronger.

When Yang Cheng opened the door of the bar, what came to him was not the kind of heavy metal music popular in many clubs, but a soothing and melodious music. When he heard it, he could tell it was the Beatles' Hey Jude ], which can often be heard on the streets of Liverpool.

This city is proud of football and the Beatles!

Wow, my God, everyone, look who's here! One of the first Liverpool players, who had obviously drunk a lot, saw Yang Cheng and was so excited that he seemed to have seen Audrey Hepburn, blowing in his mouth He gave a big whistle and shouted excitedly.

Caesar?

Oh my God, here comes Caesar!

It's really Mr. Yang Cheng!

The entire Sutton bar suddenly became a mess. Everyone stopped their celebrations and looked over one by one. They came over just to see Yang Cheng's true face, because it was this man who brought them yesterday. won a championship trophy.

Although they are more eager to win the league and the Champions League, who would dislike the championship trophy?

What a rare customer, Mr. Yang Cheng! A middle-aged man with thinning hair walked out of the bar and smiled at Yang Cheng.

Hey, Aurel! Ian Rush immediately greeted him with a smile.

Only then did everyone realize that Ian Rush had also arrived, and they were suddenly amazed again.

Okay, okay, everyone, let's go. Go and do what you have to do. It's not like you haven't seen it before. Don't scare our Caesar from coming here in the future! Aurel said with a smile.

It was obvious that he had a high status in the minds of the players. Everyone laughed at him for a while, but they all dispersed.

I thought you were gone! Ian Rush dragged his hands on the bar and said with a smile.

Aurel looked around, sighed, and said with a smile: I thought about retiring, but I can't calm down.

Ian Rush smiled and said nothing.

Hey, Ian, where's your beard? Orrell realized at this time that Ian Rush always had a thick beard when he was a player, but now he is clean and smooth.

Shave! he said, without explaining why.

What a pity! Aurel just smiled and didn't say what he was regretting.

The guy knocked on the bar, looked at the surrounding Sutton Bar with interest, and asked: Okay, Mr. Yang Cheng, what would you like to drink? Carlsberg? Whiskey?

Come on Carlsberg! Yang Cheng said with a smile.

Same! said Ian Rush.

Okay! Aurel smiled and went over to pour the wine. Not long after, two full glasses of Carlsberg were placed in front of them.

Yang Cheng had no idea of ​​touching the wine glass. He was scanning around the Sutton bar, as if he wanted to find something different in this bar, but unfortunately, he didn't have any. Discover.

Do you think it's ordinary? Ian Rush asked.

Yang Cheng nodded. There is a staircase in the middle of the two floors. There are special seats upstairs and some standing seats downstairs. They are all for players to watch the game. They look like those on most streets. The bar is no different.

Everton and Liverpool were both born here! said Ian Rush.

Yang Cheng was stunned and a little surprised. After all, the two teams were mortal enemies of each other.

There was Everton first, but then they were unwilling to pay the wages at Anfield, so they moved to Goodson Park. Then Holding, the owner of the Sutton Bar at the time, founded Liverpool. He was also the owner of Everton. One of the founders and owner of Anfield Stadium.

At its peak, Sutton's pubs were open all over Liverpool. You could see them everywhere, on the docks and in alleys. But now, this is the only one left in the world.

When he said this, Ian Rush was also looking around the Sutton Bar, as if he was looking for something.

This bar has witnessed everything in Liverpool from its establishment to the present! Orrell came over and said with a smile, So many people say that if you have never been to Sutton Bar, you are not a Liverpool player.

Aurel specially knocked on the bar. It looked very old, but very strong. Most of everything here still maintains the appearance of the past. In the past, the players came here with a sense of reverence. The mood, because the greatest team in the world was born here, but now, it’s more with nostalgia.”

The two mentality are completely different, and they also reflect the current situation of Liverpool very well.

The glory of the past and the decline of today are all gathered in this Sutton bar.

Will Steve Heway leave? After a short moment of silence, Oriel suddenly asked.

Yang Chengzheng raised his glass and took a sip. After listening, he put it down and smiled slightly, Any questions?

No, of course not, you are the sole decision-maker of the team! Orrell explained for fear that he would misunderstand, I just asked casually, he... is actually a very poor guy!

Yang Cheng nodded. Although he didn't know why Aurel said that, he would not deny Aurel and others' judgment of him, because he didn't know Haiwei at all, but he only knew that he was a fiery person. The Englishman was once a famous star of Liverpool and was respected by Liverpool fans.

If it were from another standpoint, I can understand it, but I don't think his current football knowledge will be of any help to Liverpool's youth training. Football today is different from more than ten or twenty years ago! Yang Cheng said .

He doesn't understand why Liverpool people are so obsessed with the past?

Oriel smiled, nodded and said: ...You are right...

He obviously had something more to say, but in the end he held back.

Liverpool has been waiting for more than ten years and finally has a head coach who can lead the team to glory. He does not want anything bad to happen because of his words.

I believe this is also the decision made by Rick Parry and David Morse.

When the two things that everyone insisted on, the tradition and the competition for glory, conflicted, the club's management chose the latter. Perhaps that was because they felt that they hoped to win glory as soon as possible, get out of the shadow of the past, and then Revitalize the club's tradition.

Of course, if the tradition has been lost for too long, it will be impossible to get it back!

Ian Rush patted Oriel on the shoulder and said to Yang Cheng, Let's go upstairs and sit down!

Yang Cheng nodded towards Aurel and followed Ian Rush to the second floor from the wooden stairs on the side of the bar.

Aurel looked at Yang Cheng's back and smiled bitterly in his heart.

When an old team is so depressed that it needs outsiders to save itself, what qualifications and face do they have to ask an outsider to understand the persistence and contradiction in their hearts?

This kind of thing cannot be blamed on anyone, including David Morse and Rick Parry, because they are just doing their best to keep Liverpool and ensure that the Red Army will not completely fall, just like Nottingham in the past Forest are the same as Leeds this season.

If it really reaches the point where Leeds United is, will Liverpool still have glory to speak of?

This is a very real world. Everyone is staring at the top league and the wealthy clubs. In order to ensure Liverpool's status as a wealthy club, David Morse and others have done enough.

Yang Cheng sat on the seat on the second floor and looked at Aurel below. He always felt that the person in charge of the bar was a little strange.

Why do the people here seem to be so contradictory to me? Yang Cheng asked.

Ian Rush smiled bitterly and looked at the glass of beer on the table. It was yellow, just like a Beatles song.

When you have tried the peak of omnipotence, you will find that sinking into mediocrity is just like hell.

Yang Cheng didn't expect Ian Rush to say such a philosophical sentence. He was a little surprised, but after a closer look, he really felt that it was like this. It was as if he had reached his peak at Inter Milan and then came to Liverpool. He sometimes has an unbalanced mentality, so he often connects with Natalie across the ocean to seek help from the psychiatrist.

The two of them were sitting on the seats on the second floor, putting down the wine and listening to Ian Rush introducing the original grudge between Liverpool and Everton. Only then did he understand why Everton's Goodson The Park Stadium will be built next to Anfield Stadium, and why do the two clubs have so many grievances and grievances.

The clubs downstairs also come and go, especially as night falls, the workers get off work, and the bar becomes lively, crowded, and the atmosphere becomes more lively.

The only thing that hasn't changed is that the Beatles songs are still playing in the bar, which is very nostalgic.

At this moment, a bang was heard downstairs. Yang Cheng and the others visibly trembled upstairs, and saw Steve Haiwei rushing in aggressively, cursing something in his mouth.

Aurel, give me a glass of whiskey! he shouted, hammering the bar with his right fist.

Aurel came out and saw Steve Haiwei. He couldn't help but look up at Yang Cheng on the second floor. Yang Cheng happened to look down as well and obviously noticed Haiwei's arrival.

Drink less and be more sober! Aurel advised. He knew Haiwei's temper and became unscrupulous when he drank.

Mind your own business! Haiwei looked very arrogant, obviously mad.

The bartender quickly brought a glass of whiskey. Haiwei picked it up and poured it, then knocked it heavily on the bar, One more glass, damn, it's not enough!

The TV in the bar hall was playing the recording of last night's League Cup final. The fans at the scene were very excited to see it, especially when Ronaldinho scored, the scene even shouted a burst of cheers. Voice.

This Portuguese is really great, really outstanding. After being trained by Caesar, his performance is getting better and better! A young football player shouted excitedly.

Yeah, his skills with his feet are really enjoyable. And Robben, they are definitely the two sharpest double forwards in the Premier League this season. I just don't know why Caesar refuses to let them start at the same time! shouted another young player. road.

I think the same young players are much better than our youth training players in Kirkby. I always feel that they play very strictly. Look at Ronaldinho and Robben. Their skills are so good. Lian An Dee Gray said that by watching them play, you can understand how big the gap is between our youth training in England and others!

Just as he finished speaking, he heard a bang. Haiwei slammed the beer glass in his hand to the ground, smashing it into pieces. His eyes were wide open and bloodshot, Fart, fart... Shit!

Undoubtedly, these words revealed his defiance! ! .