Chapter 478 Thank you!

Liverpool fans have no confidence in the team, let alone Liverpool's players. Even if they have Gerrard, a general and have a team spirit that never gives up, it's just a league. There is no need to fight desperately. It's completely different from the Champions League final. If they lose, they just lose three points. Pu has no strength to win the league championship this season. Now it ranks fourth in the league, and its results are not bad. Under the suppression of strong Chelsea and Newcastle United, Liverpool is only less than points.

The players' ideas are shown on the surface. If in other teams, the players have no fighting spirit and no confidence in the game will not show on the surface so that the coach can see it, then they may not get a chance to play in the next game.

But Liverpool is different because their coach is Benitez.

Benitez is very good at platooning. He is much worse at managing players, interpersonal relationships and so on. Even if the players don't have the fighting spirit, he will still only arrange the lineup according to his own requirements. This is almost the most unbearable point for Don Jack. His departure from Liverpool has a lot to do with Benitez's indecisive decision, so How can a coach without authority lead a team to prosperity?

There is more than enough to defend the city and less enterprising. This is Don Jack's evaluation of Benitez.

His evaluation may not be standard, but it also illustrates a certain problem. The psychological estimates of Liverpool players are similar, but most of them are not super stars, and they don't have much intention to stand at the top of the world. Naturally, they feel very idle to play under Benitez.

People stand from different angles, and naturally they have different views.

After three goals, there was a helpless atmosphere in the gorgeous home team's locker room at Anfield. Many players came in without saying anything. They lowered their heads and thought about their own affairs. In order to adjust the atmosphere, Gerald, as the captain, talked about the game. Alonso followed, and then said Don Jack. As a result, Morendus, the old man on the football field, actually mentioned the love story of Don Jack and Vanessa, which aroused the laughter of Liverpool players.

Crouch, as a bystander, doesn't understand, but in fact, none of these Liverpool players have a good relationship with Don Jack. Of course, except for Carragher, the big man Don Jack never regards him as a friend, and the two have no contact in private.

Such an atmosphere is still mobilized by the trend of Don Jack. When reacting, Liverpool players feel embarrassed. Many of them miss last season. In the last season, even if the team lost the ball in the first half, the locker room atmosphere was very good.

"We have to play hard in the second half. Don't let them underestimate it!" Naturally, they refer to Owen and Don Jack. Gerrard's words didn't work. Everyone still did their own things. Since the beginning of this season, Liverpool's locker room has been very loose, and Gerrard has little to do. After all, he is just a captain, not a head coach.

Head coach Benitez came in, followed by assistant coach Dial.

The two were still talking about the game. When they walked in, the locker room became silent. Benitez felt that he should encourage everyone. He said a few words about the first half of the game and praised a few players, but this obvious show is that it is difficult to lose the players' enthusiasm for the game. Nitesse's shortcoming is that he lacks external personality charm.

In fact, Benitez doesn't know his shortcomings, and no one has ever talked about it. As soon as he saw that he could not provoke everyone's enthusiasm for the game, Benitez was a little flustered. He felt very weak. In fact, it was related to his own ideas.

If they are world-famous coaches such as Mourinho and Ancelotti, they will definitely hide their ideas under facial expressions, but Benitez will not do so, saying that he is honest and honest, and is not a good word in the coaching industry.

Benitez's expression was very stiff. While encouraging the players, he was very unconfident.

He really didn't have self-confidence. He was confident that he was scored three goals by Newcastle United in the first half. Theoretically, there was a possibility of turning over in the first and second half, but won't the opponent score? Benitez can't guarantee at all. Unless the opponent's No. 10, the former Liverpool No. 10, is almost impossible. That guy is like a Superman and plays the whole game every time. Unless Liverpool replaces Gerrard and obviously gives up the game, Sonnes will consider replacing Don Jack. Otherwise, he will be sincere. Don't even think about it.

Then Newcastle United has a complete lineup, and there is basically no hope of winning this game.

Benitez felt desperate. This thought spread to the whole team. All the players also have this feeling. Some players think that Benitez came to the locker room, and the atmosphere was not good. Just now, they were very happy to talk about Don Jack's private life. At least they can forget the game, but now they don't have this opportunity. They still want to Facing the game.

Unlike Liverpool's locker room, the shabby visiting team's locker room is full of laughter. They played 3-1 in the first half of the away game. This is still the most difficult Anfield Stadium to conquer. The players are naturally overjoyed, and no one is under pressure.

Sones did not arrange any tactics. He only said one sentence: "Keep fighting like this, boys. The first victory after Christmas belongs to us!"

"Okay!"

The neat answer shows the fighting spirit of the players.

The half-time break seems to last 15 minutes, but it is actually very short. Some fans go to the toilet and come back to the game.

In the second half of the game, the number of fans in the audience did not decrease. Although more Liverpool fans have little confidence in Liverpool's victory, they still want to continue to see the results and see Don Jack's performance, Owen's performance, and the performance of the Liverpool team. Although Don Jack and Owen left Liverpool, two People are also English fans. Without a sense of victory or defeat, watching their performance is also something that English fans want to do.

It's good to leave without fans. Newcastle United players feel that it is an honor to score goals at Anfield, especially in front of so many fans, so the second half of the game began, and everyone was very motivated to attack.

Results..... Newcastle United's offense was very chaotic.

Don Jack kept shouting to let his teammates pay attention to his position, but there were many players who advanced in this mentality. Liverpool's head coach Benitez, including all the fans present, did not expect that Liverpool scored in the first three minutes of the second half!

The goal is midfielder Harvey. Alonso, taking advantage of a counterattack, Alonso took the ball to break through Taylor and shoot directly from a long shot at the goal. The ball was very tricky, and the goalkeeper tried his best to save but failed to save the ball.

"Gooooooooooal!!!!!!!!! Harvey!"

After scoring, Alonso's performance was very indifferent. He didn't seem to be happy about the goal at all. He just patted his teammates. Alonso felt that he couldn't catch up with one. There were many Liverpool players with this idea.

However, this goal reminds Newcastle United players that they can't take it lightly. Anyway, the opposite team was the European champion last season, and the consequences of the rival are very serious.

Sure enough, in the next game, Newcastle United returned to the first half and silently looked for opportunities with a solid defense. The game between the two teams was in a ttaining stage. Liverpool could not find a chance, and Newcastle United was also difficult to get a chance.

Time passed little by little. In the eighty-first minute of the game, Jack Don's shot missed the post and covered his face with some chagrin. However, Liverpool's coach Benitez couldn't stand it, because Liverpool had no chance during this period, except for Alonso's goal in the second half. In addition, the most threatening shot also deviates more than two meters from the goalpost, so that it is impossible to score at all.

Benitez gave up. He replaced Gerard and Crouch, which indicates that the game was a garbage time, and Sones also immediately replaced Don Jack, Owen and Scott. Parker, the departure of the three shows that there is nothing to watch in the game, and the fans in the audience have also begun to leave one after another.

However, a large number of fans persisted to the end.

"Bing..."

A long whistle sounded, and the game was over. Newcastle United players hugged and celebrated each other. At this time, many fans still did not leave. When Don Jack and his teammates were about to walk into the player's channel, the nearby fans began to applaud fiercely.

"Thank you, Jack!"

"Jack, thank you for bringing the championship to Liverpool!"

......

Various slogans sounded one after another, so that Jack Don couldn't help stopping at the entrance of the player's channel. Looking at the Liverpool fans who thanked him one by one and his supporters who applauded fiercely one by one, he was very moved. Jack Tang kept waving to the fans, "Thank you! Thank you!" That's all he can say.

"I didn't expect Jack to be so popular in Liverpool." Owen's words were a little sour.

Owen has played for four years in Liverpool, but now the fans have almost ignored him and are all thanking Don Jack. His contributions in Liverpool have been almost forgotten. Before the game, even Liverpool fans showed their 'spit' Owen in an interview. Such an experience is similar to the treatment that Don Jack received. It's different from the world.

It was also the first time to face the old boss, and the two felt completely different.

Owen said that it is false that he is not envious. He knows himself. Owen knows that his skills can definitely not grow any more. He just hopes to win one or two championships and some other honors at Newcastle United to enrich his career.

But there is such a teammate on top...

Owen is under a lot of pressure. First of all, the scorer list of the Premier League and the League Cup is destined to miss him. The highest honor Golden Globe Award for European players also falls on Don Jack. As for the World Footballer, Owen is not even qualified to be on the list in Newcastle. In the United Club, all he can compete for is team awards, that is, to follow the team to compete for championships one by one.

Unfortunately, he is just a supporting role. He always has a 'Jack' on his head.

Owen shook his head with a wry smile. He felt that it was actually a little biased. In other Premier League teams, it was not the same. In Newcastle United, he could score more goals, which was actually enough.

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Defeated Liverpool, Newcastle United won the first victory in the Christmas game, but for them, the post-Christmas sprint was only the first step, and Newcastle United's direct rival Chelsea also won.

However, there were some small accidents that made the media gossip, that is, Chelsea's core Lampard was absent from the game. Lampard entered the starting list, which was just a commonplace, but when the game whistled, people could not see him on the court, which was a little strange.

In the match between Chelsea and Manchester City, the name of the Blues Iron Man had been included in the list. At that time, no one could realize that a record would be ended.

After the start of the game, Lampard disappeared, and Icelandic Gudeyangsen appeared in the midfield.

Everyone thinks it's a position adjustment. Some shrewd media think it's strange, because Lampard's position is very fixed, and he is almost Chelsea's iron man. Mourinho once said that any position and any player in the team can find a replacement, and only two are irreplaceable. One is Captain Terry. The strength of the English Iron Man, who always blocks the ball with his body, does not need to be expressed in words. With Terry Chelsea's defense has increased at least half of its power; the other is Lampard, as the core of the midfield, his position is irreplaceable.

Lampard also set a record for consecutive starts at Chelsea.

But he really couldn't find Lampard among Chelsea's starting 11. He did miss the game. Finally, the news came that Lampard was infected with the flu virus before the game. He had hoped to persist, but his physical condition did not meet the requirements of the game. However, Lampard still informed Mourinho that he could not play, so Chelsea made a temporary adjustment. Goodensen was replaced, and Ferreira, who was not on the list, sat on the bench.

This means the end of a record. Previously, Lampard made 164 consecutive appearances in the Premier League and became the well-deserved first iron man. He himself said that he hoped to hit the milestone of 200 games. "I like to play every week, and I don't want to rest now unless my body is really I can't stand it. As long as I maintain good living habits, I believe I can continue. Unfortunately, under the cruel schedule of the eight-day and four-day competition and the double resistance of the flu virus, Lampard, the iron man, finally fell down, but the number "164" he left behind is already proud enough. This record journey began on October 13, 2001 and has been more than four years. This span is quite amazing, and Lampard's contribution to the team is also remarkable. In these 164 games, he scored 46 goals and assisted 33 times. In the last round, he had just scored Fulham's goal with a long-range shot.

2005 has passed, and this year is also memorable for Lampard. The record and the repeated gains on the scorer list are secondary. He also welcomed the birth of his daughter Luna this year, and even Don Jack congratulated Lampard.

"For me, this is the greatest moment of the year. Seeing her smile every morning is better than anything on the football field." Lampard said.

In this year, he also tasted the taste of the Premier League champion. He was named the Premier League Player of the Year by the Federation of Football Journalists, the best player of England in 2005, and ranked third in the World Footballer of the Year selection at the end of the year.

In a word, for Lampard, this year is a bumper year. Now, the record has been fixed and has become history. At Manchester City Stadium, Chelsea relied on Joe. Cole's goal beat Manchester City. Reuters released two pieces of news 90 minutes apart, "Illness has stopped Lampard" and "Unstoppable Chelsea continues to move forward". Although Lampard's footsteps have been temporarily delayed, Chelsea's victory is still the same, which is an invisible pressure on Newcastle United.

The game was scored in the 79th minute. Previously, everyone thought that the two sides would draw zero, but when talking about the progress of the game after the game, Mourinho said that he had always been confident that Chelsea's goal, and he believed that the goal would come sooner or later.

"I have always been confident that the goal will come," Mourinho said. "But at the same time, one point in such a game is also a result. I told my players that if you don't lose the ball and make mistakes in defense, then according to our strength, we can score a goal and win the game." One point will also be a positive result, but I think we deserve to win, because our defense is amazing, Lampard is not here, and the midfielder has responded well to this. In the attack, we have used five players in succession, and it seems that we can always score goals.

"The opponent can't make mistakes or lose the ball, otherwise he will lose. If we can't score a goal, then take one point away. If we score a goal, there will be a good result, just like tonight.

Mourinho also praised Joe, the hero of the goal. Cole." At present, Cole is so excellent. He is very strong and can control the ball under pressure. He has strong one-on-one ability and is full of desire to score goals. He is incredible. He is such an excellent player.

Newcastle United also won easily. After the game, many media compared the past rounds. Obviously, Newcastle United's overall performance is much better than Chelsea. In the first half, they scored three goals to win. There have been a goal game, which is the most popular among fans. In fact, authoritative data According to an online survey conducted by Exrloety, there are more than five times more non-team fans who watch every round of Newcastle United games than non-team fans who watch every round of Chelsea. It's a little complicated. To put it simply, on the Internet, the number of neutral fans watching Newcastle United's game is five times higher than Chelsea's. This data shows that the two teams' game is obviously more enjoyable than Newcastle United.

In fact, whoever watches the game, if they don't really like a team, it must be a goal. Chelsea actually scored a lot of goals in the game, but their absolute strategy of defending first and then scoring goals makes the game look boring. Although Newcastle United is also pursuing defense now, in fact, The offense is still much more than that of Chelsea, and Newcastle United's offense looks gorgeous. Don Jack's personal performance is also very outstanding. Everyone likes to watch good games.

"In terms of performance in this round, Newcastle United is more likely to win the league championship!" The Sun commented.

However, the reporter talked about the follow-up match of the Christmas war. Newcastle United's schedule is very unfavorable. After playing against Liverpool, they will face the North London Twins: Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur!

The two teams are from North London, and their styles are very similar.

The ratings of the North London Derby are extremely high, but in fact Arsenal are still a little more famous. This season, both Arsenal and Tottenham's performance is very far-fetched. Arsenal are still working hard to win a place in the Champions League. They are still behind Charlton, and Tottenham is even worse, but in the 17th round of North London Dundeby's ratings are still high, which is precisely because the similar offensive style of the two teams has attracted more neutral fans. Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspur. From an ornamental point of view, this game is a hundred times better than Manchester United VS Chelsea!

Throughout the historical confrontation, the match between the two teams ended with a big score every time, which is an example!

Newcastle United will face these two teams next. The 19th and 20th rounds have completely become a test of Newcastle United's offensive ability, because Newcastle United is also an offensive team. Although Newcastle United's poor performance in recent years has caused the team's offensive reputation to decline a lot, this game The strength of the season is still the focus of fans' attention.

Both of these two games are favored by the English media. The FA is promoting the game at any cost, even more popular than the confrontation between Manchester United and Chelsea. They all think the game will be very good, which is the best moment to show the appreciation of the Premier League.

In this era of utilitarian football, such confrontation is becoming more and less common. Taking advantage of Christmas, the promotion of the Premier League has always been one of the means for the Football Association to play the flag of English football. Just after 18 rounds, the publicity about the next two Newcastle United games has been fully launched.