Chapter 27 Half-way Champion

In this confrontation with Liverpool, Wigan Athletic's tactics and previous opponents have a little less obvious, but there is actually a change, that is, the selection of players.

That's right. In the game, Vigan Athletic, no matter how aggressive Liverpool attacked, they left at least three offensive players in the front court from beginning to end and fought back at any time. And even in defense, Wigan Athletic did not shrink in front of the door. They pushed their first line of defense very forward.

Although Li Yi was given several direct chances because of the premise of the front line, resulting in the loss of the city gate, the effect of their counterattack was no less than that of Liverpool.

They fought hard for 90 minutes, and in the end, the two sides scored 3 goals and tied 1-3.

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"Bang, bang, bang!" He clapped his hands and attracted everyone's attention to himself. After the game, Rogers, who returned to the locker room for the first time, smiled and said, "What's your expression? Isn't it just a flat game? In my opinion, this is a good thing. What are you depressed about? Or do you actually want to create a world record for winning the whole season in a row?

"Well?" Hearing Rogers' words, including Li Yi, was forced to be tied by the weak brigade, the very unhappy Red Army members were suddenly shocked. Yes, it's just an ordinary league draw. It's not the end of the world. It seems to be true. There is no need to be depressed.

Although it is very exciting to really create a league record to win the championship, but with a little brain, this idea is too absurd and impossible!

The Premier League points record is 95 points set by Chelsea in the 04-05 season, led by Mourinho. That year, Chelsea achieved a proud record of 29 wins, 8 draws and 1 loss in 38 rounds of the league.

And even this season, doesn't Chelsea have 8 draws and 1 loss? In contrast, after 15 rounds of the league, Liverpool, with 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, is not weaker than the former in terms of record alone!

In view of this, the Red Army member who finally figured out the joints finally had a smile on his face.

He squinted and glanced at his disciples. Rogers continued with a smile, "Hmm. In fact, strictly speaking, this draw came very timely. Because if we continue to win in a row and force the remaining opponents to play against us with the iron barrel array, the team's current staffing is not enough to support the whole season of the third-line battle. In my opinion, our winning streak has been interrupted, and our opponents in the future should not be so desperate! Well, don't think about this game anymore. You have been working hard recently. I will give you a day off tomorrow.

After saying that, Rogers left the locker room first and left the space for the players.

"Atus, am I right? The coach said that there will be a day off tomorrow?" In front of Li Yi, Balote asked in a funny tone.

"Oh, Mario, what's wrong with you? It's not a fever, is it? Or is there something wrong with your head? What a pity. You have hallucinations at such a young age. The coach just asked us to come to the training early tomorrow, and you can actually listen to it as a rest. Well, I'm really defeated by you!"

He said the above words with a serious face, and Li Yi rushed into the bathroom with her stomach that was about to explode with laughter.

According to the staff, it seems that at about 8 o'clock the next morning, Balotheli ran to the training ground with a sleepy face. It was not until 10 o'clock that no teammates showed up, so that Ba Shen knew that he had been cheated!

Because of this, Li Yi was blackmailed by Ba Shen after the event. However, there is another one more thing for the teammates to talk about after dinner. And from time to time, people use this to make fun of Balotelly.

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On December 8, 2012, the 16th round of the Premier League began in full swing.

The focus of this round of the league is the Manchester Doubles, which is temporarily ranked second and third in the table.

In the end, in this focus battle, with Rooney's two goals and Van Persie's injury time, the Red Devils successfully broke Manchester City's unbeaten at home this season and scored 3 points.

Moreover, it is with these three points that the Red Devils surpassed Liverpool, which has played one less game, to the top of the league table.

However, the Red Army, which is no longer what it used to be, will naturally not fall at this critical moment. A day later, they reversed West Ham United 3-2 away from home. With the advantage of goal difference, Liverpool once again pulled down Manchester United, which was not yet hot, from the top of the table.

So far, after 16 rounds of the league, the Premier League 3 is as follows.

1st place: Liverpool, 12 wins, 3 draws, 1 loss and 39 points.

2nd place: Manchester United, 13 wins, 0 draws, 3 losses and 39 points.

3rd place: Manchester City, 9 wins, 6 draws, 1 loss and 33 points.

The Reds in the league currently occupy the top of the list. In the Champions League, Liverpool is not ambiguous. Three days ago, on December 5, in the last round of the group stage, after defeating Schalke 04 2-1 at home, Liverpool successfully broke out from Group B with 5 wins and 1 draw in 6 games.

League, UEFA Champions League, Liverpool are infinitely strong, but in the League Cup and the FA Cup, it's a little painful!

First, they lost to a Championship team 0-1. After being eliminated from the League Cup, the Reds stopped in the third round of the FA Cup on December 19.

Of course, in these two games, the Reds are all substitutes and lose, which is not incomprehensible.

In the 17 and 18 rounds of the Premier League, Liverpool's main team fully continued their strength in the 17 and 18 rounds of the Premier League Cup. After two consecutive 4-0s, the Red Army expanded its lead in the table.

Due to the unexpected draw by Swansea in 18 rounds, the Red Devils were temporarily in points, 2 points behind Liverpool, ranking second.

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"Wow!" A backpack was thrown aside. After returning home, Li Yi didn't even bother to change his shoes and lay directly on the sofa.

I have to say that the high-tech of the Premier League is really a must. Nima's schedule is really too close! What's more speechless is that the Premier League schedule is not only close, but also the only one of the five major leagues without a winter break.

In the past four months, Liverpool have been a weekly double match almost every week. When they are unlucky, Li Yi and others have not tried three games a week.

In this tense situation, he is as strong as Li Yi, but he is also tired to death.

"Li Yi, are you back?"

Hearing a voice behind him, he twisted his neck with difficulty and put on a smile that was worse than crying. Li Yi laughed and said, "Yes!"

He came to Li Yi and sat down. Lei Ting hesitated and said, "Well, I have a question. I don't know if I should ask you?"

"Say it."

Put your hands on your lap and rubbed it uneasily for a while. When Li Yi couldn't help asking again, Lei Ting said, "Well, on December 31, the end of the world, I don't know if it's true?"

"Puff!" He straightened up and looked carefully at Lei Ting. It seemed that he was not joking with him. Li Yi cried and said, "The end of the world? Do you also believe this thing?

"Isn't that what they say on the Internet?"

"Well, as an atheist, I don't know how to answer your question. But I know. Now that we live on this earth, it's a small matter to insist on tens of millions of years! All right, I'll go up and squint for a while. Call me at dinner. After saying that, Li Yi picked up his bag and went upstairs to make up for sleep.

On the 26th, the first day of Christmas. Liverpool welcomed their 19th opponent in the league, Stoke City.

It is said that this is originally just a very ordinary game, but because it is mixed with some factors, the Red Army fans look particularly hard on this game!

This factor is the half-time champion of the league.

Although Liverpool has won 18 top League titles in England and is the second most successful club in England, it is a pity that the last time they won the cup dates back to the 1989-1990 season, more than 30 years ago.

Although in the early years, Liverpool also had a good time. They won the Champions League many times and were given the title of King of the European War by the world. However, all this can't make up for Liverpool's lack, that is, since the Premier League was restructured in 1992, they have never won the league championship!

That is to say, although there are 18 league trophies in Liverpool's award showroom, none of them belong to the Premier League!

Therefore, although the half-way champion does not have any practical significance or persuasiveness, it is just a term speculated by the media, and the Red Army fans who have already looked through the autumn water of the Premier League champion are still happy.

In order to witness this historic moment for the first time, as many as 15,000 Red Army fans spontaneously organized and went to Stoke to completely turn this game into the Red Army's own home court.

And now Li Yi, who has successfully taken over the baton from the Jie team and brought the captain's armband, will naturally not disappoint this group of fans from afar.

One assist in the first and second half, plus a penalty kick. In the end, Li Yi used her perfect performance to help Liverpool successfully take 3 points from Stoke's home court.

With this victory, the Red Army won the half-time championship of the Premier League!

The shortcoming is that Manchester United's luck is not bad in this round of competition. When Li Yi and other teammates thought that Manchester United would definitely capsized, no one would have thought that with a kill in injury time, Manchester United magically reversed Newcastle 4-3 and continued to chase the Reds in the table.