Football: The butcher in the midfield at the start, the magic bird stunned

Chapter 434 Three decisive battles and three champions - the anger of revenge burns to the sidelines

Who was the last Ballon d'Or in the Premier League?

Ronaldo was at Manchester United at the time.

What about the previous one?

It was Liverpool's Michael Owen.

Both found success in the Premier League before moving to Roma, but their subsequent trajectories have been polar opposites.

What's the reason?

In addition to skills, environment, luck, competitors, etc., a very important one is injuries.

Owen played the main role in the national team and club prematurely, so that his physical development and physical training could not keep up with the increase in the intensity of the game. In the end, his legs and knees were buried with lifelong hidden dangers, making the former "golden boy" The peak period is short and short.

Looking back on his career, all injuries originated from the torn hamstring in the high-speed rush after the confrontation against Leeds United at Elland Road on April 1999, 4.

If this kind of injury is changed today, it will definitely be sent to the operating room for surgery, and then it will take about half a year for a thorough recovery. A typical example is Durant in the NBA. Restored to almost the same level.

However, suffering from the medical level at the time and the needs of Liverpool and England for Irving led him to pay hastily after receiving the wrong conservative treatment. Since then, the unbalanced strength of his legs has led to his career. Battling injuries.

This is obviously not a good thing, but it was once brought out by many people to alert the current rising football stars - naturally including the former Chen Xiaoliang.

Under the age of 20, he has to play more than 50 games in a season, and most of them will play the whole game. The average running distance per game is more than 14 kilometers. In addition to attacking and organizing, he also has to undertake a lot of defensive tasks. Many people wonder whether Chen Xiaoliang will become the next Michael Owen if he continues his career with such intensity for a long time.

Among the doubters is Klopp.

Regardless of whether it is out of sincerity or because he hopes that Chen Xiaoliang will play less at Manchester United, Klopp once told reporters in an interview that if he were Chen Xiaoliang's head coach, he would not let him play under such a load, and hinted Mourinho and Ten Hag's use of Chen Xiaoliang is unscientific and even inhumane.

Although except for these two head coaches, and even Gerrard have responded to the outside world, under the monitoring of modern scientific methods, Chen Xiaoliang's health level has been in a good state, and he is very talented, and his body is far stronger than ordinary people. , Forcibly pressing him on the bench will only make him and his teammates feel uncomfortable.

But these words still sound like excuses to many people, and of course "these people" also include Klopp.

He has always firmly believed that there is no such thing as Wolverine in this world. Chen Xiaoliang only needs a strong confrontation to trigger a lifelong injury like Owen.

In that case, whether it is tonight's game or future games, the team will reduce the huge threat.

In the locker room during the halftime break, he clearly issued instructions to the players to greatly strengthen the physical confrontation in the second half, and designated the key area of ​​the confrontation in the midfield. Card".

As a conceited champion coach, he doesn't bother to bluntly say to the players such things as abolishing XX, but Barrera, who has long been resentful, is the first to "understand" Klopp's true intentions.

Anyway, it's the last game at the end of the season. Even if the referee does something wrong, it will be a relatively unimportant game at the beginning of next season. He can also accept the suspension for a few games.

In this regard, starting from the second half, the taste of the game began to change.

In the 46th minute, Timber intercepted Lavia's through ball and passed the ball long to Milinkovic who went forward at the first time.

Lavia, who is 181cm tall, is no match for the burly and tall Milinkovic, who is 191cm tall and tall, in the header, but in Southampton's one and a half seasons, he is like the midfielder of all relegation teams. In the same way, I also learned what is called dirty work.

Milinkovic leaned on Lavia with his back and took off to head the ball, and Lavia jumped directly behind him to hit his man, but because there was no incidental action, even though this hit firmly hit Milinkovic The referee did not blow the whistle immediately because the ball rolled to the feet of Chen Xiaoliang, who was keeping up with him, which was a favorable state for offense.

Chen Xiaoliang received the ball, glanced at Milinkovic who fell to the ground to see if he was injured, and paused for a moment while handling the ball, unexpectedly, Barrera, who was chasing after him, had rushed over.

Since the score is currently leading 1-0, and the referee has already made an offensive gesture, and the position where Chen Xiaoliang catches the ball is not in any threatening area, once Milinkovic really has something to do, he can choose not to move forward Advance, or simply kick the ball out of bounds, to allow the referee to make up for the penalty and give teammates the opportunity to be checked by the team doctor immediately.

But he didn't expect that he wanted to wait. Varela didn't want to wait for a moment, and rushed to Chen Xiaoliang's back to grab the ball, and his knee hit the back of Chen Xiaoliang's thigh.

The pain was so great that Chen Xiaoliang subconsciously retracted his legs and fell to the ground. The Manchester United fans in the stands and the Manchester United bench on the sidelines erupted in dissatisfaction immediately.

The referee Paul Tierney had no choice but to stop the game. Players on both sides surrounded him, and the angry B Fei even came up and hit Barrera with his chest.

Seeing that the game was about to go to the "King of Fighters" competition in the first half of the season, the protagonists were still B Fei and Barrera who were sent off, and the players on both sides hurried over to pull people.

The referee Paul Tierney called all the players involved aside and gave a stern warning, but finally did not choose to play the card.

Pain is pain, Milinkovic and Chen Xiaoliang did not feel any other discomfort after getting up.

The game continues.

Less than 5 minutes later, Ten Hag asked Casemiro and McTominay to warm up quickly. At this time, not only him, but even the players on the field could see that Liverpool came prepared for the second half. And it has the meaning of vowing not to give up until the goal is achieved.

It’s okay to meet other Manchester United players. Fighting and fighting, grabbing and grabbing, although the movements are big, but when they collide, they will pay attention to retracting their hands and legs to avoid injuries to themselves and opponents.

But once the target of pressing becomes Chen Xiaoliang, the situation is completely different.

In the 48th minute, Dalot sent a diagonal pass from the right. Chen Xiaoliang caught up with the ball, but Lavia, who was intercepted, stepped on his feet.

In the 50th minute, Luke Shaw made a long pass from the backcourt to find Chen Xiaoliang who was going forward. Chen Xiaoliang competed for the header with Konate who was grabbing up. Barrera pretended to be unable to take off and bent down under Chen Xiaoliang, causing The falling Chen Xiaoliang landed on his back, lost his balance and fell to the ground.

The referee awarded a free kick, but this kind of passive physical contact will still not give a card.

Now Chen Xiaoliang himself understood that he was being missed.

But this is not the first time he has encountered such a thing.

He got up and glanced at Barrera. Barrera's eyes did not meet his. He still looked at the ball and his running position, as if concentrating on defense.

However, B Fei took a free kick and Sesco headed back. When Chen Xiaoliang wanted to catch the ball and shoot from a distance, Barrera intercepted it horizontally. This time, his outstretched right foot directly stepped on Chen Xiaoliang's left ankle.

"Beep!"

This time, Paul Tierney finally took out a yellow card to Barrera, but at the same time, he also received the card from B Fee who rushed over and slammed Barrera.

Klopp looked up at the time, feeling uneasy and anxious.

But he didn't know whether he was upset about his decision or because there were 40 minutes left in the game. In short, he saw Ten Hag in the opposite command area complaining loudly to the fourth official, but he ignored it.

Ten Hag replaced B Fee with Casemiro, let him and Chen Xiaoliang form a double midfielder, Milinkovic played as a central midfielder, and specially asked Casemiro to give Chen Xiaoliang a message, so that he would reduce the number of forwards Frequency of participating in offenses.

This is Ten Hahe, who is clearly a bystander, making active adjustments, in order to protect Chen Xiaoliang from being targeted by the opponent.

After taking the initiative to retreat, Chen Xiaoliang did make Barrera calm for a while. After all, it is impossible for a central midfielder to rush to the opponent's backcourt to stare at the opponent's midfielder.

However, the unlucky one soon became Milinkovic.

Klopp's upper body strategy in the midfield was not a whim, it was what he originally used to deal with Arsenal and Newcastle.

Arsenal's midfielder is relatively weak in confrontation. Once they have an advantage in the confrontation, it will greatly improve the team's control in the midfield, while Newcastle is the opposite. The midfielders Joelinton and Longstaff , Those are all hard stubble, and confrontation must be used to slow down the advance of Newcastle's positional warfare.

Therefore, at this time, Milinkovic, who was in charge of transferring the ball in the middle, became the focus of Barrera and Lavia, and fell to the ground twice in 3 minutes.

With the improvement of midfield control, Liverpool did get more ball possession time in the frontcourt, but because of Chen Xiaoliang and Casemiro, even if Liverpool's midfield can be pressed, it is still a problem to penetrate positively. very difficult thing.

However, in the 63rd minute, someone was still tricked.

Dalot received the ball from Chen Xiaoliang from the wing and went in. The ball was a bit too big in one step. His body was entangled by Zimikas and he wanted to catch up with the ball, but Barrera rushed over laterally. The ball tackled out of the touchline.

After shoveling the ball, Barrera didn't retract his leg, and his knee tripped on Dalot's calf. Dalot, who was rushing forward at high speed, fell straight forward and fell to the ground, covering the ball in front of the benches of both sides. His left leg calf.

The team doctor came into the field to check, and it didn't feel good. Two substitute players went up and set up Dalot one by one and walked into the player channel. Ten Hag immediately replaced him with Wan Bissaka.

There is nothing wrong with Barrera's ball in terms of rules, but from the player's perspective, his movements are dirty anyway.

Varela, who was walking back with an outsider's face, suddenly felt that someone was grabbing his shoulders, and he turned around in anger, and it turned out to be Chen Xiaoliang!

This undoubtedly ignited his anger!

Chen Xiaoliang's left hand just grabbed Barrera's right shoulder, and after Barrera turned around, Chen Xiaoliang pushed him directly: "You're fucking from Italy to England, isn't it over?"

Varela just wanted to fight back, but when he realized that he already had a yellow card, he held back immediately and pointed at Chen Xiaoliang: "Shut up, you don't want to lie in the hospital for half a year, so get the hell out of here."

Chen Xiaoliang pushed him again, even though the referee's whistle had already sounded for him at this time, and Casemiro had already run over to hold him back.

"You idiot, remember what you are talking about now, don't regret it later, only your mouth is hard."

Barrera was also being held back by McCaulist, pointing at Chen Xiaoliang while stepping back: "Wait and see, you idiot."

Paul Tierney called Chen Xiaoliang aside: "Chen, you shouldn't be like this."

Chen Xiaoliang: "Then what should I do? Just watch them make trouble?"

Paul Tierney: "But you can't solve the problem by deliberately provoking him, don't you understand? I can only show you a yellow card if you do this."

After all, he raised the yellow card he had drawn out to Chen Xiaoliang.

Chen Xiaoliang smiled coldly: "It's okay, just do your job well."

As he walked back, he turned to Paul Tierney and said, "I promise I won't get another card today, but if something happens later, I hope you can be mentally prepared."

As superstars, whether it is the Premier League, La Liga, or the Champions League, the referee committee will pay more attention to these superstars when studying precedents.

After all, they will receive a lot of attention from opponents on the court, and from the perspective of the event organizers, properly protecting these superstars is a good thing for everyone.

And Chen Xiaoliang's reputation among the English Referees' Association is very good.

Although his defensive actions are sometimes very tough, whether it is on-site penalties or after-the-fact analysis, his defensive actions are fast, accurate and ruthless without additional actions, which makes him almost unstoppable after a season. to a few cards.

Referees also need to preview the game before the game, and also know the playing style of the players, especially the main players, in advance, which will help them control the scale during the game and prevent the game from getting out of control.

And Chen Xiaoliang is undoubtedly a top student, so what he said to Paul Tierney just now, to this experienced referee, was just a harsh word to vent his emotions.

But he is just a referee after all, unlike Chen Xiaoliang's teammates who know that he is really angry.

Because he almost never took the initiative to find someone, and went up to warn him at the cost of taking the initiative to take the card.

Casemiro pulled Chen Xiaoliang aside: "Chen, don't conflict. If anything happens today, if it goes too far, it will not only affect today, but also affect the weekend league. The team cannot live without you."

Chen Xiaoliang patted him, and a blunt smile flashed across his face: "Don't worry, I won't be so stupid as to let that idiot take advantage of me."

Casemiro: "Later, I will step forward to help Savage (Milinkovic) share, you help me stay behind, remember, the team really can't live without you."

Casemiro had good intentions. Moving forward at this time means that he will take the initiative to help Milinkovic and Chen Xiaoliang share the defensive pressure of the opponent, which is equivalent to letting Barrera's people foul him.

But he was really worried. Many people said that Chen Xiaoliang surpassed Roy Keane and was the best captain in Manchester United history. People, it's just that his skills are much more comprehensive than Roy Keane, and his attention is attracted by those goals, assists and rushing forwards.

Who can guarantee that he won't make a leg-breaking action like Roy Keane did to Harland's father, Alfinger Harland, in a fit of anger?

Chen Xiaoliang nodded and didn't say anything else, but he had already made up his mind:
"The team will not be without me, but I must make this idiot disappear in front of my eyes today."

When he said this in his heart, he was naturally looking at Barrera.

But the most urgent task right now is to kill the game completely first.

In fact, on Liverpool's side, even though the midfielder was killing fiercely, the players were also vain.

The victory in the confrontation must be transformed into an advantage on the scene, and then a shot can be formed through passing to truly become a goal.

What kind of thing is it to have a confrontation without a shot, and the time is still passing.

After the game continued, Casemiro was forced to retreat to defend after just a few times, because he found that Chen Xiaoliang did not listen to him at all, but was running forward as usual, and even Milinkovic was trying to give He fills in and is forced to step back and join the defense.

Ten Hag simply replaced Milinkovic with McTominay, forming a double midfielder with Casemiro, which is equivalent to supporting Chen Xiaoliang's decision with a substitution.

His decision paid off in the 71st minute.

Chen Xiaoliang stepped in, and Casemiro, who was in possession of the ball on the left rib, passed the ball across to him. Before the ball arrived, Barrera had already rushed towards him from the penalty area line.

Chen Xiaoliang flicked the ball to the right with his right foot, then jumped forward slightly, avoiding Barrera's extremely fierce and fast sliding tackle with his legs.

Varela quickly covered his head with his hand, he was afraid that Chen Xiaoliang would retaliate against him, so he stepped on his head with his fallen foot.

But Chen Xiaoliang, who jumped over, ran directly into the penalty area.

Rashford, who received the ball on the right, stayed put, adjusted a step and passed the ball directly.

At this time, Chen Xiaoliang, who had rushed into the penalty area, took off from the position between the penalty spot and the small penalty area line!

The ball flew over, and on his right, Sesco had already jumped, but the ball passed over Cesco's head, and Gvadio, who was defending Sesco, missed it!
Konate defended Chen Xiaoliang, but facing Chen Xiaoliang who sprinted to run up and take off, his takeoff seemed so weak and lagging behind.

Chen Xiaoliang shook his head, put his left forehead on the ball, and sent a fast cross to the lower left corner of the goal.

The moment the ball flew across the goal line, Alisson, who failed to catch the ball, knelt on the ground and felt that he could not hear a sound, despite the loud cheers of the United fans in the stands.

2 is better than 0!

McAllister and Gwadiol are also shaking their heads. They don’t agree with the intentional body instruction put forward by midfielder Klopp. Although Klopp didn’t say anything, the players are not stupid. They know Klopp's real purpose is to change the situation by injuring Chen Xiaoliang.

Chen Xiaoliang did not celebrate, but walked to Liverpool's bench, stared at Klopp, then raised his right hand and made a gesture of closing his mouth.

Seeing their captain blatantly humiliating the head coach of their arch-enemy, the fans of Manchester United shouted even more joyously. On the other hand, the fans of Liverpool were also furious, but at this moment they could only hold up the sign with the score of 7-0 last season. Brand responded weakly.

Teammates ran over and patted Chen Xiaoliang to express their congratulations. They knew that they were very close to the FA Cup championship.

But Casemiro always felt that what Chen Xiaoliang said to Paul Tierney just now was not just as simple as hitting back at Liverpool with a goal.

In fact, he is not the only one who can see it. Kwa and Sesco on the field, Gerrard in the stands, and even Gwadiol in the opponent team, Mourinho and Dior who are watching the game on TV in Paris are far away. Bala also saw it.

Mourinho: "If my name is Jurgen Klopp, I will not provoke him, and then I will pray, pray that Ten Hag will stay strong for the league and the Champions League final, and quickly replace him. "

Gerrard was also full of anger. He really wanted to rush to the bench and question Klopp: "Who are you messing with? Why are you messing with this guy?!"

Back then in Rangers, Guqiao Hengwu provoked Chen Xiaoliang, who had just got a chance to start, but he chased and defended him throughout the game, preventing the top scorer of the Soviet Super League from even touching the ball, let alone shooting.

At that time, Gerrard knew that this guy had no overnight revenge, and he had to repay it twice.

But most of the grievances before were limited to the scope of football. Obviously, Barrera's behavior in the second half of today has exceeded the limit.

Gerald was also praying in his heart:
"Mad, although I don't want you to win on behalf of Manchester United, but you boy, don't do stupid things! I also bought a ticket for the Champions League final, and I'm still waiting for Paris to win you..."

"Forget it, don't lie to yourself..."

"Boy, I'm still waiting to see you create new miracles!"

(End of this chapter)