rpbooks Chapter 183 Never Walk Alone!
Chapter 183 Never Walk Alone!
Chapter 183 Never Walk Alone!
Mu Jianfeng once thought that the meaning of that sentence seemed to be telling all the teams who came here to compete that the fighters here will never give up easily!
But not long after the game started, he had a little doubt about that sentence...
Because the morale of the current Liverpool team is really low, and everyone in the entire team seems to have lead on their legs on the court.
At this moment in the Premier League, they have only 13 wins, 6 draws and 13 losses in [-] rounds, and the difference from the leader Chelsea has reached [-] points!
In the Champions League, unless there is a miracle, they are only one step away from participating in the tasteless Europa League.
Liverpool, which once beat Real Madrid so helplessly, seemed to have suddenly lost its magic power, and the adjustments made by the master tactician Benitez no longer worked.
The defeat on all fronts not only disappointed the fans, but also ignited the contradictions in the locker room that had been suppressed by the victory.
Following the irreconcilable conflict with Benitez in the summer, Alonso left the Bernabeu, the team captain Gerrard and the fans' darling Torres were exposed to have quarreled with the coach.
In this game, Torres even sat on the bench, and at the same time sat on the bench as well as another team "big guy" Reina who made consecutive mistakes recently.
The replacement for Torres played, is the Dutch striker Dirk Dirk.
But Dirk himself is a player who is more than diligent but lacks talent. In the forward position, he is more of a defensive task.
There is no way to take on the heavy responsibility of Liverpool's final blow, and even rarely can run a good chance.
At the same time, Liverpool's starting two wingers in this game are No. 15 Benayoun and No. 38 Dossena.
Neither of them is the kind of winger with fast speed and strong breakthrough ability. Although they have certain passing ability, they both need the forward to have sufficient running skills.
Dosena even took on more defensive tasks, requiring the left back Insua behind him to step up and participate in the offense more.
This also led to the fact that in this game that was about whether Liverpool could appear in the final group, the Red Army Liverpool at home had nothing to do with the Fiorentina defense line full of injuries!
There was only one shot in the first 10 minutes of the first half!
This kick was still Gerrard trying a long shot in front of the penalty area, but it was higher than the goal, and it did not threaten the goal guarded by Frey at all.
Compared with offense, Liverpool's defense is better. In this game, their midfielder Mascherano sits in the middle, like a barrier, loaning Fiorentina to attack again and again.
People who don't know watch the game and seem to think that Liverpool is the one who has the initiative to qualify!
Correspondingly, Fiorentina did not send all the main lineup for this game, and the main team of the first team missed as many as 5 people due to injuries or suspensions!
Among them, Jovetic, Zanetti, Gobi and Gamberini were absent due to different injuries, while Dainelli was suspended due to a yellow card.
In other words, this Fiorentina defense line is basically pieced together, and the No. 14 central defender Natali is the first start this season!
But even so, Liverpool still can't come up with effective means of attack.
This not only amazed the on-site commentary, but even the audience in front of the TV were confused.
After the first two and 10 minutes of testing, after confirming that Liverpool was not playing a tactical counterattack, but a real offensive weakness, the Fiorentina players finally breathed a sigh of relief again, and they began to try to take the initiative to attack.
Mu Jianfeng also began to move more actively in the frontcourt, reaching out for the ball from time to time.
Seeing this, the other Fiorentina players began to gradually increase the frequency of forward passes.
For a while, Liverpool, who were playing at home, had a huge increase in defensive pressure. If Mascherano hadn't staged a world-class interception, Liverpool's defense would have become a sieve.
This scene made many Liverpool fans feel pain. Some old fans closed their eyes, and some rubbed their foreheads from time to time.
The anxiety, fear and confusion on their faces are like the true portrayal of Liverpool players on the field at this time.
At this moment, the Fiorentina team launched another attack!
Montorivo, who holds the ball in the midfield, is a little embarrassed under the marking of Mascherano. At the same time, he lacks the support of Zanetti, which makes this literary and artistic midfield commander less calm.
But at the moment, he is only surrounded by Donadell who is in charge of defense and the veteran Jorgensen, so the football can still only be passed to Montorivo's feet again and again.
And this time, in Liverpool's attack just now, Mascherano pressed up very rarely, which also caused Montorivo to have a rare space to launch a counterattack.
He glanced at the opponent's half court, and Santana on the left had already plugged in at high speed, so he made a pass and passed the ball to Jorgensen who was close to the center!
Jorgensen didn't take the ball too much, but directly pushed the ball to Mu Jianfeng at the front of the penalty area with his arch.
At this time, Gilardino has been in ambush in the restricted area, ready to look for offensive opportunities.
Seeing Mu Jianfeng receiving the ball, Liverpool's No. 5 defender Agger quickly leaned forward.
In this game, as long as the ball is on the ground, Agger is responsible for Mu Jianfeng's defense, using fast foot movements and predicting the position to cut off the connection between Mu Jianfeng and his teammates.
As for the high-altitude ball, Skrtel was in charge of competing with Mu Jianfeng.
It can be said that for defense, Benitez definitely spent a lot of time on tactical research.
It's just that in terms of offense, it's really constrained by the disadvantage of signings, and it's just a little helpless.
At this time, as soon as Mu Jianfeng got the ball, Ag quickly posted it, but he did not choose to fight Mu Jianfeng, but supported Mu Jianfeng's body with one hand, and at the same time concentrated all his attention At the foot of Mu Jianfeng.
In this way, as long as Mu Jianfeng dribbles the ball a little, the gap left is enough for Ag to break the ball under his feet. At the same time, this distance can also block Mu Jianfeng's shooting angle and prevent him from passing the ball.
This defensive action made Mu Jianfeng a little uncomfortable, because he couldn't rely on the action to exert strength on the opponent, and at this distance, if he had extra movements in his hand, then he would definitely be punished for a foul based on the principle of defensive advantage!
So as a last resort, Mu Jianfeng could only pass the ball back to Montorivo who stepped forward to respond.
But this time Mascherano has already chased after him. He had been waiting for this moment for a long time and threw a ferocious sliding shovel!
And Montolivo naturally noticed Mascherano's fierce tackle. Out of fear of injury, Montolivo suddenly passed the ball to Mu Jianfeng again!
It's just that the moment the ball was passed, Montolivo felt something was wrong, because the ball he passed was not only powerful, but also had obvious rotation.
As long as the person who catches the ball touches it a little, it is likely to bounce, and it is difficult to control the ball!
So when he avoided Mascherano's sliding shovel, Montorivo planned to apologize to Mu Jianfeng, but when he looked up, he froze in place!
I saw that the moment Mu Jianfeng received the ball, the ball did bounce and flew to about half a meter to the right of Mu Jianfeng's body.
But next, Mu Jianfeng's action surprised everyone!
I saw that after he found that the ball had stopped on the right side of his body, he didn't get stunned for the first time, but turned around and chased after the ball like an instinct!
The moment he turned around, Mu Jianfeng realized that there was a smooth road in front of him!
There seems to be only a goalkeeper between him and the net!
So, as a center forward, Mu Jianfeng made the decision to kick and shoot!
After turning around almost 180 degrees, he stepped on the lawn with his left leg, followed by his waist, and at the same time swung his thick right leg.
shoot!
"Oh!"
After a muffled sound, the ball flew to Liverpool goalkeeper Casilieri in the blink of an eye like an arrow from the string!
He was just about to make a pounce move, but he didn't expect the ball that was flying straight in front of his eyes to suddenly plummet!
It turned out to be a falling leaf ball!
This time, Casilieri had nothing to do, he made half of the saving action and stood there stiffly.
And the ball rushed into the goal from his side!
"..."
Suddenly, the originally bustling Anfield stadium was silent, and the fans who were still cheering as if they were comforting themselves lost their voices as if their throats were stuck.
Only a very small number of Italian fans and Chinese fans from afar are cheering for this wonderful and beautiful goal.
Many old fans are very familiar with Mu Jianfeng's goal, because the Chelsea player Didier Drogba, known as "Warcraft", once scored an almost identical goal.
The position is the same, but the left and right directions are reversed!
However, where did the Liverpool that once fought against it without losing the wind go...
"When you walk through a storm
as you walk through the storm
Hold your head up high
hold your head up
And don't be afraid of the dark
Don't be afraid of the dark
At the end of the storm
at the end of the storm
There's a golden sky
with golden sky
……
With hope in your heart
with the hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
you'll never Walk Alone
You will never walk alone
you'll never Walk Alone
You will never walk alone
You'll never walk alone”
I don't know when, some scattered singing voices came from the sky above Anfield. This singing voice is melodious but firm!
They seemed to be blown away by the wind in the next second, but they stubbornly got into everyone's ears!
Slowly, like a plague, the singing continued to spread, until the last sentence you will never walk alone resounded through the entire sky!
The Fiorentina players looked at this scene with some doubts, but they had to admit that they were shocked by the neat chorus of tens of thousands of people!
And the Liverpool players, especially Gerrard, their eyes gradually turned red at this time!
He knew, how could he not know!
As a member of KOP since childhood, Gerrard almost grew up listening to this song!
In those years, Liverpool fans were viciously labeled as evil by countless people, and they were powerless to refute!
In the past, when they returned to the top of Europe to lift the trophy!
Accompanied by the soul of KOP, this song will always resound in this land!
At this time, Gerrard seemed to understand the appeal of the fans listening to the melodious and firm singing!
Even the young player Insuya, who had just gained a foothold this season, was shocked by the singing of tens of thousands of people, and felt a tingling sensation coming from the soles of his feet!
Even if he doesn't understand the full meaning of the lyrics, he can still understand the desire of the fans in the singing!
The full text of the lyrics is in the work, if you are interested, you can take a look.
(End of this chapter)