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Chapter 470 The Stumbled Champion

The reason why Wilshere cares so much is in the League Cup final in February:
"Dududu-"

"Here is Wembley Stadium, and now the 13-14 League Cup final is being held. The two sides in the final are Liverpool and Arsenal. One of the two teams has not won the championship for many years. This is their best chance to break the championship, while the other is striving to defend the league and hit the Champions League."

"Arsenal played in the knockout round of the Champions League. Although they beat their opponents at home, they injured their number one star Li Yuxin. Five days later, they will play the League Cup final, which is a heavy burden for them. Liverpool has no Champions League mission this year, so there is no physical problem."

Since Arsenal won the Premier League last year, they have been aggressive, but the League Cup is no longer important.Wenger was under a lot of pressure in the past few years, but now Wenger's attention is no longer on the League Cup, so this time it is a substitute.The same is true for Liverpool, who have not seen a championship for many years.After Benitez left, he couldn't even get a place in the Champions League.Therefore, Liverpool attaches great importance to this League Cup final, hoping to win this championship and start the horn of revival.

"John, the head coach I recommend is not bad."

For the two veteran giants in England, although the League Cup has low gold content, they definitely hope to get it.After all, no matter how bad it is, it is still a champion.

Mendes is familiar with Wenger, but also has a lot of friendship with Arsenal's senior management.But in order to develop influence, Mendes sat with John Henry.Mendes is also very concerned about this game, because Mendes hopes that Klopp will play in Liverpool.If he wins the League Cup, it will be a good start for him in Liverpool.

Mendes has high hopes for Klopp.European football in the first ten years was the stage for Mourinho, Benitez, and Ancelotti. Mendes hopes that the next decade will introduce another outstanding coach.That is Klopp.

"awesome."

John Henry was all smiles.John Henry was indeed very happy.Because just after he replaced Rodgers in Liverpool, Liverpool's performance was very good.Klopp leads Liverpool to the No. 4 position in the Premier League, overwhelming clubs such as Manchester United, Tottenham, and Southampton.And the lead is still huge.The possibility of getting a place in the Champions League next season is very high.

And all the way through, entered the English League Cup final.Although the final result will be known after the match against Arsenal, John Henry is already very satisfied with the current result.His original idea was to use more than two years to give Liverpool a chance to win the Champions League again.But now it seems that Liverpool will have no problem playing in the Champions League next season.

"The Champions League is a cornucopia. As long as the group qualify, it is estimated that 4000 million euros is a certainty. If the results are better, 6000 to [-] million euros is not a problem."

"Well. More income than I thought at first."

Before John Henry bought Liverpool, he actually did a detailed investigation.But after really entering Liverpool.He just discovered the football club.Especially the income of Premier League clubs is very high, and there are really many places to make money.

目前利物浦的比赛日收入在四千300万英镑左右，商业收入是8000多万英镑。加上按照利物浦现在的联赛成绩，联赛转播收入在6000万英镑上下。本赛季的收入估计在一亿8000万英镑以上。换成欧元就会超过两亿。达到两亿3000多万欧元。

This is when Liverpool have no Champions League revenue.If Liverpool can play in the Champions League.At that time, Liverpool's income will definitely increase a lot.Reaching 7000 million euros is not a problem at all.This kind of income far exceeds John Henry's original plan.

more importantly.Playing in the Champions League can greatly improve the team's commercial development.Liverpool can now have more than 8000 million pounds in commercial income, all relying on Liverpool's achievements that year.If Liverpool can play in the Champions League now, and it is as good as it was five or six years ago, it will not be a problem for commercial revenue to exceed [-] million pounds.

"Wilshere, Wilshere speeds up. Wilshere's touch on the ball is too good, Gerrard tripped Wilshere. The referee gave Gerrard a warning. Young Wilshere's ability to hold the ball is absolutely the best among English players."

Arsenal's poor performance this time, the biggest problem is Li Yuxin's injury.In this game, not only Li Yuxin did not play, but also Bell and the others did not play, but sat on the bench.Because Wenger didn't dare to take risks, if it wasn't for the League Cup final, Wenger wouldn't even put them on the bench.Because his injury has not fully healed.

But Arsenal fans have another talent to tout.That's the young Wilshere, and Wilshere's performance is very good.Although he has just played in the Arsenal first team this season, he is not stage frightened at all.Dare to take the ball and dare to break through.

"Press it up, press it up."

Unlike Wenger, Klopp is a more passionate coach.Seeing that the situation was controlled by Arsenal, he immediately stepped forward to let Liverpool press up to grab the ball.Arsenal have strong ball control because of their style.

But the Arsenal midfielder who played in this game is not very strong.The midfielder is a combination of Denilson, Pogba and Wilshere, and the front three are Cazorla, Chamberlain and Aduriz.Compared with the offensive strength of the frontcourt, the players in the midfield are really not that good.Therefore, Klopp asked Liverpool players to press forward, especially to put pressure on Arsenal's midfielders.

"Pogba, he gave the ball to Denilson. Denilson took two steps forward, Lallana came up. Denilson turned to protect the ball!"

This is Denilson who has been on loan for two years, and Wenger hopes to give him a chance to bring him back to the team
Arsenal's auspicious Sambo, Denilson's talent back then was the best.Although Diaby claims to be Vieira's successor, he molested nurses on the hospital bed every day and had no time to play games.Song's skills are relatively rough, and he is completely on the same level as Denilson.

But his development was not smooth.Because his position conflicts with Fabregas' position, he can only retreat as a midfielder.And since he became a defensive midfielder, he has been too abrasive in the midfield.It was the same this time. I took the ball and took two steps forward. Seeing Lallana's defense, I didn't want to give the ball to others early.Instead, he turned around and started to protect the ball from the midfield.

Denilson's skills are good.After he protected the ball, he was about to turn around and break through again.It's a pity that he overestimated himself and underestimated Lallana too much.As soon as he was about to turn around, Lallana stretched his foot behind and broke the ball.Even Wenger on the sidelines couldn't bear to look directly at him, Denilson was so funny.

"De Nilson, Denilson conceded the ball in the midfield. Denilson didn't know what to think in the midfield. Even if he passed Lallana in the midfield, what was the use of the ball. It's better to hand it to Pogba in the back early."

"Lallana, Lallana has good speed. Lallana. Pass the ball to Sterling!"

Midfield interception is always the best opportunity to counterattack.After Lallana breaks Denilson's ball.Immediately took two steps forward, and then handed the ball to Sterling.There is something special about Klopp's Liverpool style of play.

In normal times, Liverpool looked like a 4-4-2.It is a striker combination of Suarez and Sterling, but Sterling's position is very active.He is generally active on the left.Looks like a striker when attacking.But when he came to the left, he became a left winger again.Anyway, the frontcourt formation is very flexible.Roeg is like a free man in the frontcourt.

This time Sterling is at the top.After receiving Lallana's ball, he did not turn around hard because there was a defender behind him.Turn around with the ball behind your back.It's not his strong suit, he is not a real center after all.So he handed the ball to Suarez, and then he turned around and ran over immediately.

"Sterling, give the ball to Suarez. Suarez, beautiful two-two cooperation!"

Facing Sterling's pass, Suarez didn't turn around, but gently passed the ball in again with the outside instep.It just happened to complete a beautiful two-by-two with Sterling.Both Vermaelen and Mertesacker were swayed by their collision with the wall.

"Mertesacker, he was completely out of position. He was supposed to guard Sterling, but after Sterling turned and ran, he didn't keep up with Sterling. It was not just a beautiful two-two hit the wall, it was a beautiful anti-offside."

"Roig, Roig's speed is really too fast. Vermaelen gave up on Suarez's defense and he is coming to defend. Sterling, pass the ball!"

Although Vermaelen wanted to come to defend, but it was too late.Sterling has already formed a single-handedly. With Sterling's speed, Arsenal's defense can't keep up with him.Szesny had already abandoned the goal, but when Sterling saw Szesny coming out, he immediately knocked the ball gently across the right and handed it to Suarez who followed.

"Empty goal, empty goal. Szesny comes out, Vermaelen goes to defend, there is no one on Suarez's side. It is empty goal, completely empty goal."

"Suarez, shoot!"

"goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Suarez, Suarez! Suarez is Liverpool's top scorer this season, and he has scored 21 goals for Liverpool in all competitions. The 22-year-old Suarez is currently one of the best shooters in the Premier League."

Sterling's passing was so good that Suarez didn't need anything else.All you have to do is kick the ball to the goal, which is so easy for a striker like Suarez.

"Li Yuxin's injury has had a great impact on Arsenal. Arsenal had just played in the Champions League five days ago, but Liverpool did not have the fetters of the Champions League. Liverpool, recharging their energy, seems to have an advantage over Arsenal. Arsenal's midfielders are very flustered when facing the pressure of Lallana, Gerrard and Lucas, and they can't control the ball at all."

How is it an advantage.Originally, Wenger had been disappointed with Denilson a long time ago. If it wasn't for the more important league and the Champions League, how could Wenger use Denilson, a big fool.

Denilson is too sticky to the ball in the midfield, but he doesn't have the absolute speed to get rid of his opponent.Just relying on his excellent skills to get rid of his opponents on the spot, but unfortunately his skills are not as good as the classical midfielder Riquelme back then.Facing a more aggressive player with good defensive skills like Lallana, the ball was directly intercepted.Also caused this conceded goal.

Wenger looked at the main players sitting on the bench and frowned.The pressure on Wenger has increased significantly this season, and he has maintained the first place in the league, so he is not in a hurry to fall behind in the League Cup final.For Arsenal, which is currently in a good financial situation, the current League Cup is just an appetizer.

"De Nilson, it's Lallana again. Denilson, the referee has blown the whistle. Denilson can't continue like this. If the referee didn't think the ball was suspected of colliding with Lallana, then this is another good opportunity to counterattack. Denilson sticks the ball too much."

It was another dribbling with the ball, and the ball was intercepted by Lallana.It's just that Lallana hit Denilson and was fouled by the referee.But even so Denilson panicked.

Simeone adopted a very active midfield defensive approach.Constantly putting pressure on Arsenal in the midfield, Arsenal made frequent mistakes in the midfield.Whether it was Wilshere or Denilson, it was the same.After Vidal cut off Denilson's ball again, it was handed over to Gerrard who plugged in behind.

Although Gerrard retreated to play in the midfield of the organization, his explosive power and speed are still there.When he came back to break through Pogba, the young man couldn't keep up with Gerrard at all.Pogba is not a defensive midfielder who is good at speed. Facing the explosive Gerrard, he lost his position directly.

"Suarez and Sterling, they spread out to give Gerrard a chance. Gerrard, shoot!"

Suarez and Sterling pressed forward, making Arsenal's defense dare not come out at all.Because both of them are fast, explosive and powerful forward players, as long as they let them go, Gerrard will pass the ball and there will be a shooting opportunity immediately.So they didn't dare to go up to grab it, which just gave Gerrard a huge space for long-range shots.

"goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"The League Cup final, there is no suspense. Three to zero, Gerrard's goal at the end of the first half sealed the victory of the game. Liverpool will win this year's League Cup."

However, Liverpool was too happy too early. In the second half, Wenger let Cazorla return to the midfielder and replaced Ozil and Bale.

Entering the penalty area in the second half, facing Skrtel's defense, Bell made a breakthrough with speed.Skrtel, a player with good health and bravery, made him defend those Premier League high center forwards one-on-one, and the effect was very good.

But Skrtel's shortcomings are more obvious.The sense of position is not good, and it is easy to be confused by fake moves when facing flexible players.Bell simply made a breakthrough appearance, and Skrtel was immediately fooled.When Skrtel moved to the right, Bell immediately smashed the ball with his left foot and pulled the ball back.Suddenly there is a huge shooting space.

"Bell, he passed Skrtel. Bale, shoot!"

“goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Arsenal began to catch up, the game was exciting, and finally in the penalty shootout, Wenger replaced Buffon before the end of the game, Arsenal defeated Liverpool 6-4 on aggregate and won their first championship, but Wilshere was sent off during the game, so Li Yuxin has been paying attention to this kid during this time!
(End of this chapter)