Chapter 591 Give me the ball!
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Chen Ai Ting
Chapter 591 Give me the ball!
Before playing against Arsenal, the away game against Besiktas was really exhausting for Liverpool.
From Liverpool to Istanbul, Turkey, the flight is [-] kilometers and takes more than four hours.
A round trip of [-] kilometers requires nine hours of sitting on the plane, departure and landing, plus away games...
This caused Liverpool to hardly arrange any decent training for Wednesday's Champions League away game. Even the team even familiarized themselves with Besiktas and Arsenal's information on the plane.
Yang Yang's situation is obviously better than the others, but recently, the whole team took turns to rest, and only he played in every game.
But there is no way, the whole team is in a sluggish state now.
On the defensive line, Hyypia made mistakes again and again, but at present Liverpool only have two central defenders, he and Carragher.
After the away game against Besiktas, Hyypia apologized to everyone on the return flight. He really tried his best, because he did have some abnormalities recently. Maybe it was because of too much pressure in the game, or his body was gradually unable to keep up with his consciousness.
In short, he is old.
No one can blame a 34-year-old veteran who has worked hard at the club for nearly ten years and dedicated the best years of his career to the club. What's more, everyone knows that the team's poor performance is not just Hyypia's problem.
After returning to Liverpool, the team failed to take a good rest, and there was a lot of pressure from the outside world.
Because the weekend ushered in Arsenal again.
Liverpool currently ranks first, followed by Arsenal. Both teams have started the season quite well and have maintained an unbeaten record so far. Arsenal has eight wins and two draws, while Liverpool has nine wins and one tie.
But as long as this game is lost, the top spot belongs to Arsenal.
This is something that no one wants to see.
A draw at home, this is Liverpool's bottom line.
But it is clear that Arsenal have seen through Liverpool's sluggish state. They are not satisfied with an away tie, they want to win.
Yang Yang doesn't complain about Liverpool or Benitez's use of him. This was already mentally prepared when he joined the Premier League. In this league, everyone must learn to overcome and adapt to the difficult schedule.
Not only because of the Christmas schedule of this league, not only because they have an extra cup, but also because of the football environment here.
What they admire is an iron-blooded tough guy like Gerrard!
What's more, in today's professional league, double matches a week can only be regarded as the norm.
This is the minimum requirement for current professional players.
Therefore, when Arsenal aggressively attacked and wanted to eat Liverpool in the final stage, the team was absolutely passive, and when the singing of "You Never Walk Alone" filled the sky at Anfield, even though Yang Yang was exhausted, what he thought most about was not rest, but how to score goals.
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"Liverpool's current situation is indeed very unsatisfactory, and the players are generally in a sluggish state."
"The reasons for this situation are also more complicated. There are injuries and schedules, and Liverpool's start is too early, but the team's bench thickness is obviously insufficient, especially the position of midfield organization."
"After Harvey Alonso was injured, the team failed to find a suitable substitute player. The last few games basically relied on Yang Yang looking for opportunities in the frontcourt and making goals."
"But Yang Yang does look tired tonight."
"Traveling a long distance, traveling thousands of kilometers back and forth, playing so hard away, and coming back to welcome Arsenal at home, even if Yang Yang is an iron man, I am afraid it will be difficult to hold on."
"In this situation, no one is entitled to ask him to do more, because he has done enough."
Andy Gray was obviously also worried about Yang Yang's situation and took the initiative to defend him.
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Benitez also showed a worried look.
There is still a substitution in his hand, and he is hesitating.
Arsenal is attacking too aggressively. If Yang Yang is replaced at this time, Arsenal will no longer have any scruples and press aggressively. Liverpool will be very dangerous, and the possibility of conceding a goal will be very high.
But Yang Yang was indeed too tired.
In the same city derby, he played the whole game against Everton, helping the team reverse Everton with one pass and one shot; in the away game against Besiktas in the middle of the week, he played the whole game again and scored twice to help the team draw away with the Turkish team.
Even if Benitez has always been as calm and rational as Benitez, he has to be full of respect and apology to Yang Yang.
He is Liverpool's most played player so far this season, more than captain Steven Gerrard.
Of course, this is mainly because of Gerrard's toe injury.
"Replace him!" Benitez sighed.
Yesterdan nodded, he knew who to replace without asking.
But when the chief assistant coach turned around and went to the bench, signaling Benayoun to warm up immediately and prepare to play, Benitez saw Yang Yang on the court waving at him.
Yang Yang noticed the movement of the home team's coach bench because he was on this side.
I didn't make a sound, just told the head coach with gestures, I'm okay, don't need to change.
In an instant, the entire Anfield stadium erupted into thunderous cheers, and more and more Liverpool fans were chanting Yang Yang's name, as if he had scored a goal.
"What's going on?" Yeserdan was taken aback.
Benitez shook his head, "He still wants to persist."
Liverpool's chief assistant coach was a little taken aback.
Now everyone can see that Yang Yang is indeed too tired, and his physical energy is almost exhausted.
But at this time, he still hasn't given up!
Benitez's eyes were slightly red, he gritted his teeth, "Don't change."
In a word, the Spanish coach changed his mind.
After coaching for so many years, there are only a handful of players who can change his mind.
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"Liverpool fans are shouting Yang Yang's name."
"Head coach Benitez wanted to make a substitution just now, and Benayoun was about to get up and go out to warm up, but Yang Yang didn't seem to intend to leave the game. He probably felt that he could persist."
"At this point in the game, there is not much time left, but Yang Yang is still full of tenacious fighting spirit."
"Liverpool fans obviously felt this too, they were shouting for Yang Yang."
"Arsenal can't be careless in the slightest. Even if his stamina is about the same, Yang Yang is still the most threatening player on the field, because no one will know when he will suddenly give a fatal blow."
"This is what Everton coach Moyes said after the game. I hope Wenger will pay enough attention."
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Wenger does take it seriously.
As long as Yang Yang is on the court, he doesn't dare to let the defense press too much, because he is worried about his back.
Arsenal's defense is not solid, Yang Yang is like a dagger in front of their throats, as long as they take a step forward, their throats may be cut at any time.
This game was able to freeze Yang Yang, and Arsenal also paid a huge price.
At the very least, the entire right and Flamini are deployed around Yang Yang.
But even so, Yang Yang still did not give up at this moment. Faced with such a player, Wenger would not dare to be careless anyway, so he walked to the sidelines and signaled the players to be careful and not to press blindly.
He wanted to win, but first of all he had to keep the tie.
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The game time is passing bit by bit.
Arsenal created some dangers in the frontcourt from time to time, which made the Liverpool fans in the audience exclaimed.
The Red Army also performed very tenaciously. Benitez was always holding on to the last substitution. He was obviously worried that there would be changes.
But Yang Yang patiently looked for opportunities ahead.
Harvey Alonso, who was very mediocre in the audience, finally got a chance and sent a good pass.
Crouch stopped the ball with his chest but had no chance and passed it back to Gerrard.
The captain of Liverpool took the ball to the left and gave the ball to Yang Yang.
After Yang Yang got the ball, he tried to take a few steps. Both Sagna and Flamini were closely guarding him, but Yang Yang quickly passed back to the left and handed it over to Aurelio who came in from the edge.
The Brazilian left-back rushed forward with the ball close to the left, and quickly came to the left side of Arsenal's big penalty area.
The Gunner also returned to the defense very quickly. Sania followed Aurelio all the way without giving him the slightest chance.
Aurelio stopped on the left side of the penalty area and made a sudden dunk.
If he goes to the bottom again, he can only rush out, or directly lead out of the bottom line.
Just when the Brazilian left back was hesitating how to pass the ball, he suddenly heard a familiar and undeniably firm voice behind him.
"Give me the ball!"
Aurelio was too familiar with this voice because it came from Yang Yang.
But Yang Yang rarely spoke to him in such an orderly tone.
The Brazilian passed the ball directly without thinking.
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After Yang Yang received the ball around the left corner of the penalty area, he immediately slanted towards the middle, and the whole person started at the fastest speed.
In the past two or three years, he has been carrying sandbags for extra training and running. The advantage of this is that even when his physical strength is close to exhaustion, he can still control his legs and movements steadily, so that they will not be out of shape and make mistakes.
Just like this time, Yang Yang suddenly dribbled the ball diagonally into the penalty area from the left corner of the penalty area. Both Sagna and Flamini were taken aback.
However, Yang Yang made the stride, distance and point of each step just right, and the strength of each kick he waded out was also very well controlled. This caused Flamini to react and when he wanted to grab the ball, Yang Yang had already taken a step forward and lightly poked it.
Flamini snatched an empty space, but Yang Yang caught up with the ball and passed between the French midfielder and Sagna.
Kolo Touré reacted quickly and grabbed the ball at the first time, but Yang Yang caught up with the ball with his left foot and made another trip. The whole person quickly cut into the middle of Kolo Touré and the ball.
Gallas was near the penalty spot, and Gilberto Silva was at the front of the penalty area. When they saw Yang Yang dribble into the penalty area, and dribbled the ball out of the extremely narrow gap between the three Arsenal defenders, they were shocked and rushed towards him.
Yang Yang knew that Gallas was a left-footed player. Just after approaching, his right shoulder sank, and he wanted to continue cutting inwards, scaring the French central defender to block it.
In the penalty area, even if Yang Yang is given a little gap, he can score.
Gilberto Silva also reacted very quickly, with a sliding tackle, the ball came towards Yang Yang's feet.
He knew that at the front of the small penalty area, Yang Yang must not be given any chance to kick.
Absolutely not!
(End of this chapter)
Before playing against Arsenal, the away game against Besiktas was really exhausting for Liverpool.
From Liverpool to Istanbul, Turkey, the flight is [-] kilometers and takes more than four hours.
A round trip of [-] kilometers requires nine hours of sitting on the plane, departure and landing, plus away games...
This caused Liverpool to hardly arrange any decent training for Wednesday's Champions League away game. Even the team even familiarized themselves with Besiktas and Arsenal's information on the plane.
Yang Yang's situation is obviously better than the others, but recently, the whole team took turns to rest, and only he played in every game.
But there is no way, the whole team is in a sluggish state now.
On the defensive line, Hyypia made mistakes again and again, but at present Liverpool only have two central defenders, he and Carragher.
After the away game against Besiktas, Hyypia apologized to everyone on the return flight. He really tried his best, because he did have some abnormalities recently. Maybe it was because of too much pressure in the game, or his body was gradually unable to keep up with his consciousness.
In short, he is old.
No one can blame a 34-year-old veteran who has worked hard at the club for nearly ten years and dedicated the best years of his career to the club. What's more, everyone knows that the team's poor performance is not just Hyypia's problem.
After returning to Liverpool, the team failed to take a good rest, and there was a lot of pressure from the outside world.
Because the weekend ushered in Arsenal again.
Liverpool currently ranks first, followed by Arsenal. Both teams have started the season quite well and have maintained an unbeaten record so far. Arsenal has eight wins and two draws, while Liverpool has nine wins and one tie.
But as long as this game is lost, the top spot belongs to Arsenal.
This is something that no one wants to see.
A draw at home, this is Liverpool's bottom line.
But it is clear that Arsenal have seen through Liverpool's sluggish state. They are not satisfied with an away tie, they want to win.
Yang Yang doesn't complain about Liverpool or Benitez's use of him. This was already mentally prepared when he joined the Premier League. In this league, everyone must learn to overcome and adapt to the difficult schedule.
Not only because of the Christmas schedule of this league, not only because they have an extra cup, but also because of the football environment here.
What they admire is an iron-blooded tough guy like Gerrard!
What's more, in today's professional league, double matches a week can only be regarded as the norm.
This is the minimum requirement for current professional players.
Therefore, when Arsenal aggressively attacked and wanted to eat Liverpool in the final stage, the team was absolutely passive, and when the singing of "You Never Walk Alone" filled the sky at Anfield, even though Yang Yang was exhausted, what he thought most about was not rest, but how to score goals.
…………
…………
"Liverpool's current situation is indeed very unsatisfactory, and the players are generally in a sluggish state."
"The reasons for this situation are also more complicated. There are injuries and schedules, and Liverpool's start is too early, but the team's bench thickness is obviously insufficient, especially the position of midfield organization."
"After Harvey Alonso was injured, the team failed to find a suitable substitute player. The last few games basically relied on Yang Yang looking for opportunities in the frontcourt and making goals."
"But Yang Yang does look tired tonight."
"Traveling a long distance, traveling thousands of kilometers back and forth, playing so hard away, and coming back to welcome Arsenal at home, even if Yang Yang is an iron man, I am afraid it will be difficult to hold on."
"In this situation, no one is entitled to ask him to do more, because he has done enough."
Andy Gray was obviously also worried about Yang Yang's situation and took the initiative to defend him.
…………
…………
Benitez also showed a worried look.
There is still a substitution in his hand, and he is hesitating.
Arsenal is attacking too aggressively. If Yang Yang is replaced at this time, Arsenal will no longer have any scruples and press aggressively. Liverpool will be very dangerous, and the possibility of conceding a goal will be very high.
But Yang Yang was indeed too tired.
In the same city derby, he played the whole game against Everton, helping the team reverse Everton with one pass and one shot; in the away game against Besiktas in the middle of the week, he played the whole game again and scored twice to help the team draw away with the Turkish team.
Even if Benitez has always been as calm and rational as Benitez, he has to be full of respect and apology to Yang Yang.
He is Liverpool's most played player so far this season, more than captain Steven Gerrard.
Of course, this is mainly because of Gerrard's toe injury.
"Replace him!" Benitez sighed.
Yesterdan nodded, he knew who to replace without asking.
But when the chief assistant coach turned around and went to the bench, signaling Benayoun to warm up immediately and prepare to play, Benitez saw Yang Yang on the court waving at him.
Yang Yang noticed the movement of the home team's coach bench because he was on this side.
I didn't make a sound, just told the head coach with gestures, I'm okay, don't need to change.
In an instant, the entire Anfield stadium erupted into thunderous cheers, and more and more Liverpool fans were chanting Yang Yang's name, as if he had scored a goal.
"What's going on?" Yeserdan was taken aback.
Benitez shook his head, "He still wants to persist."
Liverpool's chief assistant coach was a little taken aback.
Now everyone can see that Yang Yang is indeed too tired, and his physical energy is almost exhausted.
But at this time, he still hasn't given up!
Benitez's eyes were slightly red, he gritted his teeth, "Don't change."
In a word, the Spanish coach changed his mind.
After coaching for so many years, there are only a handful of players who can change his mind.
…………
…………
"Liverpool fans are shouting Yang Yang's name."
"Head coach Benitez wanted to make a substitution just now, and Benayoun was about to get up and go out to warm up, but Yang Yang didn't seem to intend to leave the game. He probably felt that he could persist."
"At this point in the game, there is not much time left, but Yang Yang is still full of tenacious fighting spirit."
"Liverpool fans obviously felt this too, they were shouting for Yang Yang."
"Arsenal can't be careless in the slightest. Even if his stamina is about the same, Yang Yang is still the most threatening player on the field, because no one will know when he will suddenly give a fatal blow."
"This is what Everton coach Moyes said after the game. I hope Wenger will pay enough attention."
…………
…………
Wenger does take it seriously.
As long as Yang Yang is on the court, he doesn't dare to let the defense press too much, because he is worried about his back.
Arsenal's defense is not solid, Yang Yang is like a dagger in front of their throats, as long as they take a step forward, their throats may be cut at any time.
This game was able to freeze Yang Yang, and Arsenal also paid a huge price.
At the very least, the entire right and Flamini are deployed around Yang Yang.
But even so, Yang Yang still did not give up at this moment. Faced with such a player, Wenger would not dare to be careless anyway, so he walked to the sidelines and signaled the players to be careful and not to press blindly.
He wanted to win, but first of all he had to keep the tie.
…………
…………
The game time is passing bit by bit.
Arsenal created some dangers in the frontcourt from time to time, which made the Liverpool fans in the audience exclaimed.
The Red Army also performed very tenaciously. Benitez was always holding on to the last substitution. He was obviously worried that there would be changes.
But Yang Yang patiently looked for opportunities ahead.
Harvey Alonso, who was very mediocre in the audience, finally got a chance and sent a good pass.
Crouch stopped the ball with his chest but had no chance and passed it back to Gerrard.
The captain of Liverpool took the ball to the left and gave the ball to Yang Yang.
After Yang Yang got the ball, he tried to take a few steps. Both Sagna and Flamini were closely guarding him, but Yang Yang quickly passed back to the left and handed it over to Aurelio who came in from the edge.
The Brazilian left-back rushed forward with the ball close to the left, and quickly came to the left side of Arsenal's big penalty area.
The Gunner also returned to the defense very quickly. Sania followed Aurelio all the way without giving him the slightest chance.
Aurelio stopped on the left side of the penalty area and made a sudden dunk.
If he goes to the bottom again, he can only rush out, or directly lead out of the bottom line.
Just when the Brazilian left back was hesitating how to pass the ball, he suddenly heard a familiar and undeniably firm voice behind him.
"Give me the ball!"
Aurelio was too familiar with this voice because it came from Yang Yang.
But Yang Yang rarely spoke to him in such an orderly tone.
The Brazilian passed the ball directly without thinking.
……
After Yang Yang received the ball around the left corner of the penalty area, he immediately slanted towards the middle, and the whole person started at the fastest speed.
In the past two or three years, he has been carrying sandbags for extra training and running. The advantage of this is that even when his physical strength is close to exhaustion, he can still control his legs and movements steadily, so that they will not be out of shape and make mistakes.
Just like this time, Yang Yang suddenly dribbled the ball diagonally into the penalty area from the left corner of the penalty area. Both Sagna and Flamini were taken aback.
However, Yang Yang made the stride, distance and point of each step just right, and the strength of each kick he waded out was also very well controlled. This caused Flamini to react and when he wanted to grab the ball, Yang Yang had already taken a step forward and lightly poked it.
Flamini snatched an empty space, but Yang Yang caught up with the ball and passed between the French midfielder and Sagna.
Kolo Touré reacted quickly and grabbed the ball at the first time, but Yang Yang caught up with the ball with his left foot and made another trip. The whole person quickly cut into the middle of Kolo Touré and the ball.
Gallas was near the penalty spot, and Gilberto Silva was at the front of the penalty area. When they saw Yang Yang dribble into the penalty area, and dribbled the ball out of the extremely narrow gap between the three Arsenal defenders, they were shocked and rushed towards him.
Yang Yang knew that Gallas was a left-footed player. Just after approaching, his right shoulder sank, and he wanted to continue cutting inwards, scaring the French central defender to block it.
In the penalty area, even if Yang Yang is given a little gap, he can score.
Gilberto Silva also reacted very quickly, with a sliding tackle, the ball came towards Yang Yang's feet.
He knew that at the front of the small penalty area, Yang Yang must not be given any chance to kick.
Absolutely not!
(End of this chapter)
