"Fletcher's header was so weird, I can't even figure out why it went in"

'Oh my God, Cech must have collapsed, he couldn't have thought of a header like that'

"Even more devastating was Terry, who was headed in front of Fletcher to score, haha, those guys at Chelsea must have wanted to cry, but their later comeback was very strong, but Van der Sar was too demonic."

"The funniest thing is Mourinho's expression, do you see that scene on the TV screen, I want to laugh when I see it"

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The next morning, at the Melwood base, it was so lively that there was a large wet market in the city of Liverpool, where all the Liverpool players gathered to talk about Manchester United's 1-0 win over Chelsea last night, and they all looked happy and excited because Liverpool had become the leader of the Premier League.

It was indeed a result that no one could have guessed, as United had just suffered a 4-1 defeat at the hands of Middlesbrough and Chelsea had been putting in a solid sense of performance, who would have thought they would lose.

The mood of the players is not unpleasant, as Chelsea have been dominating in the Premier League since last season, with all but five defeats to Liverpool last season, all of which were ravaged by other Premier League rivals, and the Reds were beaten away by Chelsea last season.

Now that the situation has been reversed, their group is naturally excited.

Yang Cheng walked out of the office in the training building with his assistants and went straight to the training ground.

They all heard the shouts of the players from afar, and your words, my words, spread far away at the Melwood base.

"I guess if someone who doesn't know the situation came in, and thought it was a group of old ladies discussing the plot of those boring sitcoms that aired on BBC TV last night, they must not have thought that a group of players could gossip like this"

Yang Cheng stood in front of the player and shook his head with a smile.

The players were silent one by one, and the queue that was originally standing in a mess was consciously aligned.

"Just being the leader, it's worth your joy to be like this?" Yang Cheng accentuated, "Or is your goal just to have a few days in a long season, taste the first taste of the league, and then be kicked down, and watch others take away the championship trophy in May next year?" ”

"If that's all there is to it, then you guys are really too ambitious," Yang Cheng waved his right hand forward.

After a pause, the guy raised his right hand and made a gesture to look forward on his forehead, "People, we should take a long-term view, what do we want?" Champion"

"The Champions League, the Champions League, the League Cup, the FA Cup, so many trophies are waiting for us, if you are only the leader for a while, you will be so happy that you can't find your way home, then you have never seen the world." ”

The players were sarcastic by him, and some couldn't help but laugh.

This kind of laughter is very contagious, they all laughed, and finally even the coaching staff behind Yang Cheng laughed, and the Chinese themselves couldn't hold back, and then shook their heads and laughed.

'I'm going to be honest, guys, the leader is only temporary, it's easy to get up there, but it's hard to sit on it, and I don't want us to be like Chelsea, to be the leader for a while, and then be kicked in the ass and rolled down.

"Since I've sat down, I'm not going to come down again," Yang Cheng became very serious. ..., the players all nodded in unison.

"In the league, the most important thing is to attack, we have to try to minimize draws, especially against the middle and lower teams, but also to strive for three points, so each of you has to have a belief that we have only one goal in every game, three points"

After speaking, Yang Cheng waved his hand, disbanded the team, and let them each go to training.

With the World Cup just around the corner, there are two weeks of training days for the national team in November, with the players reporting to the national team in the afternoon after a morning training session.

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"You guy, obviously you're happy in your heart, but you always like to pretend" After the start of training, Paul? Bayer said to Yang Cheng with a smile.

Yang Cheng looked ahead with a serious face, "Happy is happy, but the taller you stand, the more you should be cautious, who knows if we will be in which game, like Chelsea, will be a 0:1 by Manchester United?" ”

It was a game where Chelsea could have lost unjustly, Fletcher's header was completely unjustified, and God knows how he got in, but Chelsea did lose.

"I have to get them all to come to terms with each other, I don't want a draw, I want to win every game"

To be honest, in a long season of league championship competition, a draw is not the key, the key is to win, a win is worth 3 draws, so the so-called undefeated is not very important, what really determines the championship is how many games can be won, how many three points can be won.

That's why Yang Cheng always says that the league championship depends on offense.

Only a good attack can ensure victory

This, of course, is built on a relatively solid foundation in defense.

As for last season's Chelsea title, it may seem like a solid defence is key, but in fact they are also very good in attack, otherwise how can Jose Mourinho's side get the three points from other teams?

Paul? Bayer understands Yang Cheng's idea and takes precautions, which is definitely what every head coach should have, if he always blindly waits for problems to arise and then thinks about how to solve them, it is too passive.

'After two weeks of international games, we don't have strong opponents in the next few league games, so I'm going to make sure we get three points in every game on a rotational basis, it's a game of points, whether it's us, Chelsea, even Manchester United and Arsenal, we're going to grab points and make sure we have the advantage.

Any strong team that wants to make a difference in the league must have to grab as many points as possible against the underdogs, which is inevitable.

"We have to fight to qualify first in the Champions League group, and only then will we be able to meet a relatively weak opponent in the round of 16." Yang Cheng already has a detailed plan for his championship strategy this season.

Even his plan is detailed down to what the team's focus is on each week, and it also includes leaving room for the team to make mistakes, but the ultimate goal is to ensure that the team remains as competitive as possible on every front and continues to go hand in hand.

"There's no guarantee they'll give us another team in the round of 16," Paul? Bayer laughed.

Seven of the eight groups are strong and weak, and only Liverpool is the group of death, which shows the magnitude of the deviation.

"Don't worry, they won't do things that are too obvious, they are all a group of guys who stand on the archway as BZ, although they are not good birds, but at least they will not put this kind of thing on the table" Yang Cheng didn't see it that way.

Now there are rumors throughout Europe that a certain UEFA senior executive is talking about killing Liverpool, although UEFA has vigorously denied it, but this is also a non-public fact, that is, UEFA will not let any team defend the Champions League for two consecutive seasons. ..., this is an inevitable means to maintain the competitiveness of the Champions Cup, if a team is allowed to defend the title in a row, it is not the same as revealing the suspense in advance, who will pay attention to it then?

Whether it is from the point of view of commercial promotion or fan attention, this is very unfavorable.

But they also have to think about a balance, not too obvious, firstly, the fans will not be satisfied, secondly, the club will also be cold, and they also have to consider the market appeal of the strong combination of Liverpool and Yang Cheng.

Looking at European football, the difference in strength between all the strong teams is often only between the two teams, and the gap is not as big as the scores of some games reflect, so many times, as long as the style of play is restrained, or the referee's slight bias misjudgment, it may lead to a complete change in the outcome of the game, and as for how to create this situation, everyone knows.

In other words, it doesn't have to be obvious to want to get rid of a team.

"The top 4 is the threshold, Paul," Yang Cheng said with a smile.

The top 4, taking into account both the appeal of the defending champion and the risk of the final, especially after seeing the miracle of Liverpool's 4:3 reversal of Juventus, if someone really wants to do Liverpool, it will definitely not let Liverpool enter the final, it is too risky

"You should go and run with Platini for UEFA presidency" Paul? Bayer was persuaded by Yang Cheng.

Yang Cheng laughed, "I want to too, but unfortunately, I'm not European"

It's just a joke, how is it possible for someone like him, who is not even willing to change his nationality, to run for UEFA presidency? And the precedent of Yang Cheng's bad deeds has long been known in the streets, and if he really does it, it is estimated that European football is going to turn upside down.

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After two weeks of international breaks, the league is back in action.

On November 19, Liverpool defeated Portsmouth 3-0 at home and won three consecutive Premier League wins.

However, Chelsea also beat Newcastle 3-0 at Stamford Bridge, and the Magpies have been really bad this season, although they have brought in strong stars such as Owen, but the overall fighting power has become very weak, especially against strong teams, and it is almost impossible to form a resistance.

Manchester United and Arsenal have also won their opponents, of which Arsenal almost overturned in the gutter on Wigan away from home, and in the case of a 2-0 lead, they were forced back by two goals, and finally it was Henry's critical savior at a critical moment to help Arsenal retreat from the away side.

Compared to the Arsenal side that was strong two years ago, the Gunners have slipped too much this season.

On November 22, in the 5th round of the Champions League group stage, Liverpool sat at home and defeated the visiting Villarreal 2:0, the yellow submarine was slowed up by Liverpool from the beginning, Riquelme was specially arranged by Yang Cheng for Essien to mark, Villarreal's midfield was suppressed by Liverpool, and finally swallowed the bitter fruit.

Due to Juventus' 0:0 draw with Benfica at home, Liverpool qualified from the group as the first in advance with a record of 11 points in 5 rounds, Juventus and Villarreal shared 6 points and competed for the second place in the group, and Benfica was definitely eliminated.

The final round will be a crucial match, with Liverpool hosting Juventus and Benfica hosting Villarreal, which will determine who will finish second in the group between the Bianconeri and the Yellow Submarines.

Back to the Premier League, in the 14th round, Liverpool defeated Manchester City 1-0 away with Gerrard's goal in the 45th minute, won 4 consecutive wins in the Premier League, and continued to occupy the league leader.

Chelsea followed suit with a 2-0 win at Portsmouth, with Manchester United and Arsenal both winning.

In the 4th round of the League Cup, Liverpool faced the English League One team Doncaster away, Yang Cheng continued to arrange many youth team players, plus some first-team substitutes, defeated Doncaster 3:0 away, and successfully entered the top 8 of the League Cup. ..., the main squad got a week's rest, Liverpool at noon on December 3, at home against Wigan, played an almost crazy offensive in one fell swoop, 6:0 at home to beat Wigan, won the Premier League 5 consecutive wins, Gerrard even scored a hat trick in this game.

Chelsea and Manchester United won back-to-back, Arsenal lost 2-0 at Bolton Wanderers and dropped out of the top four, and Tottenham Hotspur followed suit in the Champions League qualification zone, which was also a big surprise, and the young players Wenger relied on were still unable to take on the responsibilities at crucial moments.

That is, after the 15th round of the league, Liverpool welcomed their long-lost rivals Juventus at Anfield.

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Before the game, the atmosphere between the two teams was not bad, with the Juventus management troika coming out in full swing, Liverpool also giving the Bianconeri the highest level of reception, and even when the Bianconeri arrived at Anfield to settle into the venue, Liverpool arranged for the fans to send a gift to show the club's friendly attitude.

After the Heysel tragedy of that year and the Istanbul miracle of last season, the grievances between the two teams have been diluted a lot, although the antagonistic emotions between the fans are still there, but there is no too fierce conflict, and the Liverpool Police Department also attaches great importance to this, so the atmosphere between the two sides before the game is very good.

But when it comes to the game, it's a different story.

Liverpool played a rare 4231 tactic in this game, with Reese, Vidic, Carragher and Finnan on the back, Davies and Carrick at the back, Arshavin at the front, Robben on the left, Gerrard on the right, and Drogba at the center.

Ronaldo played the whole game against Wigan, so he was rested in the game against Juventus, Robben was replaced by Yang Cheng on the left, and Gerrard occupied the right.

Liverpool were keen to keep possession of the ball in midfield from the start, making the most of Arshavin and Michael Carrick's midfield possession, with the help of Davies, Steven Gerrard and Arjen Robben.

Although it has come to the back of the battle, Capello still adheres to his usual tactical strategy and pays attention to defense, but everyone knows that his goal is not for a draw, but to seize the opportunity to seal the blood and directly give Liverpool a fatal blow when he does not lose the goal.

That's how Capello has always won.

Yang Cheng also knows the key point of the game with Juventus, and knows that he can't let Capello drag the rhythm into a steady one, which will only make the team lose the last trace of sharpness and wait for Juventus's sudden shot.

So he actively pressed from the beginning, took advantage of the home advantage, took the initiative to attack, used the advantage of possession in the midfield, and calmly launched an attack on the Juventus goal, but Liverpool's attack was more about playing two wings, giving full play to the impact ability of Robben and Gerrard on the side, and using Drogba's high point to make a fuss.

After the first 20 minutes of testing, Liverpool took the lead in the 21st minute, Robben formed a one-on-one breakthrough on the left, a clever pass into the middle, Drogba pressed Thuram's header to the back post, Gerrard cut in on the right, pushed the score, opened the scoring for Liverpool.

After conceding the goal, Juventus began to consciously step up the attack, and the two-striker combination of Trezeguet and Ibrahimovic began to hope to play more up front, but within 10 minutes, Liverpool took advantage of a breakthrough on the right flank, Gerrard shook off Panucci and his cross was blocked, and a corner was awarded.

Arshavin sent in a corner kick and Vidic headed it over the net at the near post to make it 2-0

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, Capello replaced Piero to strengthen the attack, Juventus began to actively play a round of attack, Liverpool was taken advantage of the kick-off opportunity by Juventus, and was suddenly beaten a little overwhelmed, but Vidic performed very well at the critical moment.

He first calmly and decisively blocked Ibrahimovic in a one-on-two situation in the face of the threat of Ibrahimovic and Trezeguet, cut off the ball at the Swede's feet, and defused an attacking threat from Juventus.

Then it was he who put Trezeguet's close-range shot and used his body to block the bottom line, defusing a crisis in front of Liverpool's goal, and then he and Carragher formed a very solid backline, defusing Juventus' attacks again and again.

As Yang Cheng said before, although a strong team like Juventus pays attention to defense, it does not mean that they will not attack, once the Bianconeri press out to attack, the lethality is very amazing, especially at the last moment, Capello almost went out to fight, and even forced Liverpool to retreat on the third line.

But even so, Trezeguet still pulled a goal back for Juventus in the 87th minute, but in the end it was difficult to prevent the team from taking away a 1-2 defeat from Anfield, which also made Juventus eliminated from this season's Champions League group stage and had to accept the result of playing in the League Cup.

However, Liverpool, while ensuring the first place in the group ahead of schedule, did its best to send Juventus out of the Champions League, which once again ignited the fire of hatred among the fans of the two teams......