Super Coach

In the third round of the FA Cup, defeated Swindon 5:2.

In the first leg of the League Cup semi-finals, Liverpool defeated Wigan 2:1 away.

In the 22nd round of the league, the team defeated Tottenham 1:0 at home.

On January 22, Liverpool defeated Manchester United 1:0 in an away game thanks to Gerrard's goal.

The Red Devils drew 1:1 at home with Blackburn Rovers in the first leg of the League Cup. Ferguson saw that the league was hopeless and hoped to win the cup championship. Therefore, he did not give his best in the game against Liverpool, but he still created a lot of trouble for the Red Army. trouble.

However, after losing to Liverpool in the league, Manchester United defeated Blackburn 2:0 in the second leg of the League Cup semi-finals and successfully entered the final.

Liverpool defeated Wigan 1:0 at home and defeated Wigan 3:1 on aggregate to reach the League Cup final.

After the game, Yang Cheng directly shouted the slogan when being interviewed by the media, February 26th, Millennium Stadium, welcome to witness our Liverpool's another cup championship in the new season!

Regarding the provocation from Yang Cheng, Ferguson said that he would go all out in the League Cup final.

They will have to fight on multiple fronts next, and they will definitely not be able to continue their previous outstanding form. This is inevitable. Chelsea will put huge pressure on Liverpool in the league, which will make them less interested in the League Cup.

After a pause, Ferguson talked about the biggest problem facing multi-front operations.

Everyone thinks that the most terrifying thing about multi-front operations is the intensive schedule. In fact, it is not, it is the pressure!

Why do you say that?

Whether it is a player or a coach, they will want to gain something on multiple fronts. Back then, we at Manchester United played very well in the FA Cup and the league, and the same was true in the European Champions Cup. We insisted on fighting on three fronts. Originally, we There was an opportunity to play on four fronts but the game against Tottenham gave us a wake-up call.

In that game, Manchester United lost 1:3 away from home, and Tottenham were directly eliminated from the League Cup, and the latter eventually won the League Cup that season.

The pressure is too great. It's almost not something people can bear. You know, it's tense all the time. There are a lot of people behind you chasing you and staring at you. Everyone wants to Everyone who stops you hopes to beat you, you have no secrets, and you will feel that every game is very hard.

But in this case,

You are not willing to give up just like that. In every game, you will think about how hard it is to get here and how hard it is to defeat so many opponents... Ferguson waved his hand, You are not willing to give up, so you want to fight. , but you will forget it once you get there. Everyone has their limits.

When the reporter heard Ferguson recalling his own psychological journey in 1999, he to some extent heard some of the views of professional head coaches on multi-line combat, and couldn't help but nod his head. This is indeed something that many people have ignored.

Is there anything you want to say to your old friend, Mr. Yang Cheng? the reporter asked.

Ferguson smiled and said, You should learn to choose!

When Ferguson's words reached Yang Cheng's ears, the Chinese laughed, Is he asking me to show mercy to him? If so, then I might consider it!

I don't deny that what Ferguson said is true. The pressure of fighting on multiple fronts is definitely enough to crush anyone, no matter how strong he is. But don't forget, I have won three crowns in the Bundesliga and Serie A. King, I know very clearly what is most needed for multi-front operations.

When facing the TV interview camera, Yang Cheng looked very serious.

I will not tell my players what we must do or what we must be able to do. I will not say that. On the contrary, I will be very neutral and let them understand the risks that we have to bear in multi-line operations. It is possible for us to Will lose, not just lose one or two championships, but even lose all championships, just like Kaiserslautern in 2002, they fought on three fronts but lost three championships, but if they win Yes, that’s perfect!”

I told my players that we shouldn't always think about what will happen if we don't do it, what if we can't do it. That's a lack of confidence and a lack of fighting spirit. If it's me, facing this kind of situation situation, I will tell myself without hesitation that I can do it and I can win!

What if you can't do it? the reporter asked.

Yang Cheng smiled, Then I will try my best to achieve it!

People are like this. If you keep worrying, doubting, and telling yourself that I can't do it, then you will never be able to do it. But if you can give up worrying, give up doubt, and tell yourself, I can do it. If you get it, you can do it, and no matter how difficult it is, you will do everything possible to do it.

So you announced before the season that you wanted to win four crowns? the reporter asked.

Yang Cheng nodded, Yes, I don't care if I can do it or not, I will tell you my goal and then move towards it!

After hearing this, the reporter nodded repeatedly, Many Liverpool fans like your character very much. They all said that your character is very consistent with Liverpool's creed of never giving up, so it created the miracle of Istanbul.

I am grateful to the fans of Liverpool. The character of this team and this city has also given me a lot. I have been here for almost three years and I have learned a lot. Although Yang Cheng does not like it here The weather is bad, but he likes the golf here.

But many people are worried that you have not renewed your contract with Liverpool so far.

According to the previously signed contract, Yang Cheng will be a free agent by this summer.

As soon as this issue was mentioned, Yang Cheng laughed and said, I have not considered renewing the contract for the time being. My mind is full of games now. I hope to wait until the end of the season to sit down and talk with the club.

Yang Cheng's character is still very trustworthy. At least in the past three years, Mourinho has mentioned a salary increase, the Glazer family has also raised Ferguson's salary, and Wenger has also received a salary increase, but he is the only one. It's still the same contract as three years ago, without a penny increase. This made his salary surpassed by Mourinho and became the second in the world.

But he has never mentioned anything about salary, which is something many Liverpool fans talk about.

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On January 28, in the fourth round of the FA Cup, Liverpool challenged Cheltenham away from home. With the outstanding performance of Kuyt and several young players from the youth team, Liverpool defeated Cheltenham 2:0 away from home and entered the game. Reached the last 16 of the League Cup.

But after returning to the league, Liverpool still showed signs of fatigue.

First, Hyypia made a poor clearance when returning to defense and scored an own goal, giving Birmingham the lead at Anfield.

After that, Liverpool was beaten by Birmingham and played very embarrassingly.

At the critical moment, Drogba and Gerrard scored two goals in just 5 minutes in the 62nd to 66th minutes of the second half, helping Liverpool reverse Birmingham 2:1.

After surviving the busy winter break, Mourinho's team finally showed signs of fatigue.

As early as the 23rd round, they drew 1:1 with Charlton at home, and now in the 24th round, they drew 1:1 with Aston Villa away from home, two consecutive draws, and the points gap with Liverpool has changed from the original. 1 point, now 5 points, and Liverpool still has one game less.

Therefore, in the make-up game between Liverpool and Arsenal, Yang Cheng arranged for all the main lineup to play. At Anfield, with Ronaldinho's direct free kick, he defeated Arsenal 1:0, extending the lead to 8 points. With this game, Liverpool also broke the longest winning streak in Premier League history set by Arsenal in the 2001/02 season, extending it to 15 games.

But in the 25th round, Liverpool was a guest at Stamford Bridge. First, Vidic broke through Chelsea's goal in the 35th minute, but in the 68th minute, substitute Kressbō used a ground-breaking long-range shot that penetrated the goal of Chelsea. The Spanish goalkeeper was injured as a result of the goal guarded by Na.

In the end, the two sides drew 1:1, Liverpool's winning streak ended, and Chelsea failed to shorten the points gap.

In Yang Cheng's words, The 8-point gap can give us more room!

Many people in the outside world don't understand what this means, but many people also know that neither winning streak nor unbeaten streak can last long, but these 8 points can give Liverpool some opportunities to make mistakes without having to worry about being caught up by Chelsea at any time. .

On February 11, in the 26th round of the league, Liverpool defeated Wigan 1:0 away from home. This time it was Hyypia who scored for Liverpool.

For three consecutive rounds of games, Liverpool's powerful offensive firepower was completely misfired. No goals were scored in sports battles, and they all relied on set pieces to win. This made the outside world see Liverpool's fatigue, especially Yang Cheng's opponent. The team's rotation was carried out very thoroughly. In this game, all players such as Trident, Gerrard and Carrick were refrigerated.

On February 18, in the FA Cup round of 16 knockout round, Liverpool still arranged for half of the youth team players to start. They defeated visiting Colchester United 3:1 at Anfield Stadium and successfully advanced to the next round.

This time Liverpool will challenge Birmingham away in the quarterfinals.

After finishing the FA Cup, the team immediately left for Germany to challenge Werder Bremen away from home. As a result, in Germany, Liverpool, who had been exhausted for a long time, lost directly to Werder Bremen 2:3 and suffered a defeat.

This defeat also caused the outside world to criticize Yang Cheng's multi-line strategy. Many media published articles one after another, believing that Yang Cheng's stubbornness would cause Liverpool to gain nothing this season, and the promotion situation would be in jeopardy.

The success of Kaiserslautern and Inter Milan is full of chance. We should also see that the Kaiserslautern and Inter Milan teams back then were both in terms of team strength and personnel configuration. It is stronger than the current Liverpool, but Yang Cheng is blindly optimistic and thinks that Liverpool can be compared with the two teams he coached before, which is a big mistake.

We will not deny Yang Cheng's excellence. He is outstanding in terms of skills, tactics, and training of stars. It is even difficult to find a head coach as outstanding as him, but he cannot violate football because of this. rules.

This defeat is just a wake-up call for him. If you want to fight on multiple fronts, wait until you are strong enough to have this kind of strength. Before that, the best and safest way is to focus on one or two fronts.

In addition to the report in the Sun that was a direct slap in the face, a series of other reports also expressed concerns about Yang Cheng, believing that such a defeat before the League Cup final would definitely be a blow to morale. a major influence.

If it is not handled well, losing to Werder Bremen will be like lighting a fuse. The real breaking point is the final at the Millennium Stadium. Once it fails, it will announce that Yang Cheng will fight on multiple fronts. Strategic bankruptcy will have a fatal impact on Liverpool like knocking down dominoes.

Ferguson stood up again, smiled and started his own hindsight, Look, I was right at the beginning!

Many players in the Manchester United team also stood up and made trouble for Liverpool. After Keane was expelled from Manchester United by Ferguson, the newly appointed captain Gary Neville said that Manchester United would go all out to defeat Liverpool at the Millennium Stadium and win the League Cup.

The last time we won the League Cup dates back to 1992. We were not yet playing for the team at that time, so we had never won the League Cup in our career. This gave us great desire. We We all hope to win the League Cup.”

Yes, we have not won any championship in the last two seasons, which makes us very regretful, but we are very confident in the League Cup final.

Ferdinand said, We will definitely bring the League Cup trophy back to Manchester!

Somewhat surprisingly, Yang Cheng chose to deal with it coldly after losing to Werder Bremen and did not respond to any questions from the outside world. He even faced reporters' questions at the Melwood pre-match press conference before heading to Cardiff. , he was very cautious in answering questions, saying that there were no problems within the team, and outside speculation was seriously inaccurate.

One party's low profile gives the other party the opportunity to be high-profile.

When the outside world was generally concerned about Yang Cheng's strategy, even doubting and criticizing it, but the Chinese chose to remain silent, Liverpool players, including captain Gerrard, took the lead in standing up to defend their head coach.

He is a great head coach, and he has been proving himself for a long time in the past, so I can't understand why there are always some people who don't give him understanding and support when he encounters difficulties. Instead of encouraging, what about adding insult to injury?”

What Gerrard is attacking is some media. This is also the current situation, because the media wants to gain eyeballs and attention, but it can also be seen from this point that the current environment has indeed become very impetuous. Either you will praise the sky or step into hell. , no intermediate buffer.

I will not disclose any internal problems of our team to the outside world. I even didn't want to be interviewed originally because the boss asked us to talk less and do more, but I really can't stand it.

Gerrard looked very excited, I want to remind everyone who accuses and doubts our head coach, use your brains to think about it, did we lose? We lost to Werder Bremen 2:3 away, but we are still There was a home game and we had two away goals, did we lose?

All our players unconditionally support our leader, and we will guard him. The multi-line combat strategy was discussed by several of our captains and the coaching staff. It is not the decision of the leader alone. If in the end We really have nothing, we are willing to bear all responsibilities together with the head coach, and any criticism and doubts about our head coach cannot shake our internal unity!

Finally, I reiterate once again that in our locker room, we are full of confidence in the multi-front battle plan. We firmly believe that we will have the last laugh and we will definitely win!

Gerrard's words seemed to be a signal, and the two vice-captains, Carragher and Hyypia, also stepped forward to support their head coach, especially Hyypia.

Anyone who says that I have a conflict with my boss for the main position must be an idiot. I respect our head coach very, very much. I think he is the best head coach in the world!

Nemanja (Vidic) took away my main position? Hyypia sneered at this, We have good competition. I also hope to play the main position in every game, but I am 32 years old. I have to take into account my age and my physical fitness, not to mention, I think Nemanja performed very well and he deserves to be the main player.

Obviously, having just signed a lifetime contract with the club until 2009, Hyypia is in a very good mood, and although the main position was taken away by Vidic, it does not mean that he cannot play in the game. He and Agdu will be able to get ample opportunities to play.

When the team arrived in Cardiff, faced with the siege of reporters, Robben refused to be interviewed. He just said that the coach did not want them to be disturbed. Originally, Ronaldinho did not accept an interview, but was told by a Portuguese reporter After being entangled, I had to say a few words.

I won't doubt our head coach. To me, he is both a generous elder brother and a kind and caring father. Who would doubt his brother or father? No, right?

Drogba simply stopped and accepted an interview.

The Ivorian shook his head with a smile and said that all the remarks about the head coach being questioned within Liverpool are false.

Look at us, do we seem to be in conflict? Drogba sneered.

From getting off the plane to walking out of the gate, Yang Cheng and the players were talking and laughing all the way, and it didn't look like they were having a conflict at all.

For this game against Manchester United, I don't think it is a problem at all. You know, Ferdinand is afraid of me the most!

This silly guy's laughing expression amused everyone.

In every confrontation between me and Ferdinand, he is inferior to me. The only way he beats me is that he talks a lot before every game, and then says he wants to beat me, and then after the game , he will come up with a lot of excuses for himself to justify his failure, and his eloquence is indeed better than mine!

Drogba's words were also confirmed by Vidic.

The Eastern European who recently replaced Hyypia as the main central defender couldn't help but nod, For any central defender, Drogba is a nightmare. He is becoming more and more cunning in playing football and is not as clumsy as before. , becomes more difficult to catch and defend, I think he is the best center in the world.

We will definitely have no problem with our boss. As for Hyypia, well, there is a little problem. He always wears socks in the room, which is very smelly. I hate him doing this, but he likes to live in the same room with me. ! Vidic laughed.

In the end, all Liverpool players expressed the same idea when interviewed.

For us, the quadruple crown is not an unattainable dream, and we will do our best to achieve it!

Start with Manchester United!! .