463 The Captain's Storm(1/2)
The last few minutes at Old Trafford were completely a nightmare for Manchester United players.
Although it was only a few minutes, the pressure Liverpool put on Manchester United was enough to make the Red Devils scared, because they completed 6 shots in less than 10 minutes, with a total of 4 shots on the target.
It’s hard to imagine that such data is almost crazy!
Faced with such crazy and unreasonable attacks, Manchester United can only use crazy defense to stop them.
In the end, they held a 1:1 draw.
But at Old Trafford Stadium, Liverpool once again won respect and won a victorious draw.
It was after this game that when Ferguson shook his head and sighed when he asked the reporter, "We should have won this game, but unfortunately, Liverpool is better luck because they have a Gerald."
After a pause, he seemed to not want to admit it, but he had to say, "But Manchester United have better luck because Liverpool has only one Gerald!"
It was obvious that he thought it was Gerald who changed the situation in this game.
After he finished speaking, Yang Cheng nodded with a smile, "Then I believe that Manchester United will start to be unlucky, because we will have countless Geralds from now on!"
The reporters immediately laughed and understood Yang Cheng's hint.
The temperament and domineeringness of a team are slowly shaped by constantly challenging strong enemies, constantly defeating strong enemies, constantly trampling strong enemies under their feet, and slowly shaping them. Those teams that bully the weak and fear the strong will never last.
To use what Yang Cheng said before, destroy you when you are in good condition, destroy you when you are in average condition, and destroy you when you are in bad condition. This is what domineering!
Liverpool was in a bad state in this game. Two or three important main players were absent, but Manchester United failed to win such a Liverpool team. The blow to Manchester United's morale can be imagined.
A highly praised 1:1 game was taken away from Old Trafford. Liverpool beat the promoted Manovic 4:1 after a week. Larson performed well again, scoring twice, Gerrard and Robben scored one goal each, Liverpool's attack power was the best in the Premier League.
But the defense has been criticized, especially Hypia's performance this season is very unstable.
After 7 rounds of league matches, although Liverpool fell behind Chelsea and Arsenal in the top spot in the standings, the Reds' goals were twice that of Chelsea. Mourinho's team always performed very steadily, with poor attacks on the front line, but the defense was very solid and he could always score points steadily.
The 7-game winning streak of Chelsea this season is really crazy!
On September 29, Liverpool challenged Olympiacos away.
Just 7 minutes into the game, Liverpool announced that they had lost the ball. Hepia made a mistake in passing the ball and was seized by the opponent's forward and pushed the ball into the empty goal, taking the lead.
After that, the home team defended tenaciously, and Liverpool chased and fought hard, but it was difficult to score a goal.
Seeing that time was getting less and less, Yang Cheng had no choice but to arrange Gerald on the bench to play.
As soon as the Liverpool local midfielder appeared, he immediately led the team to a round of attack. In the 81st minute, with his long shot from outside the penalty area, Kuyt's supplementary shot equalized the score for Liverpool.
In the end, Liverpool returned to England with a 1:1 result.
It was at noon the next day that Haipia found Yang Cheng.
On the corridor on the first floor of the Liverpool Training Building, Yang Cheng followed the phone while walking.
"Uncle, didn't you say you wanted to give me a ticket?" Avril's voice came from the phone.
Yang Cheng was a little sensitive to the title of uncle and smiled bitterly, "On the way to get the ticket."
"Haha, I knew that uncle was a good person and loved you so much!" The other party smiled charmingly.
"Don't do this with me, I have no love for little girls!" Yang Cheng refused to admit his spoof without hesitation.
In Yang Cheng's impression, this little girl movie has a very crazy and chaotic personality. Judging from her usual appearance, it is hard to imagine her persistence in music. But it is normal. People have two sides, and everyone will have something they insist on.
"By the way, how many pictures do you want?" Yang Cheng came outside Norman Gader's office.
"One, two, three... three!" Avril replied.
Yang Cheng nodded, hung up the phone, and walked directly into Norman Gad's office, "Hey, Norman, give me......... five tickets!"
Norman Gad looked at Yang Cheng and laughed, "Is there a princess who wants to watch the game?"
"Look at your head, Norman, you have become Zidane!" Yang Cheng pointed at Norman's head and scolded.
"The genetic problem!" Gad smiled and took out five tickets from the drawer and handed them to Yang Cheng.
In every game, Liverpool will leave some tickets, either for players, relatives and friends, or for people to give them away. There will be fewer tickets for away games, so it is generally more restrictive and no one can get more.
Just as Yang Cheng was about to walk out of Norman Gard's office, Hypia also happened to come over.
"Hi, Sammy!" Yang Cheng greeted.
"Hello, boss!" Haipia didn't suddenly seem to have it, as if he had come here to find Yang Cheng.
Yang Cheng didn't pay attention, turned around and walked out.
"How many pictures do you want, Sammy?" asked Norman Gad.
"Sorry, Norman, I'll look for the boss!" After saying that, Hypia turned around and went out.
What is this guy doing?
"Boss!" Haipia caught up with Yang Cheng in the corridor.
Yang Cheng stopped and looked at Haipiya Jueli.
The Lanren is a little strange today.
"Can you talk?" asked Hypia.
Yang Cheng shrugged, "Go to my office."
But Hypia shook her head, "Go outside and have a walk."
"No problem!" Yang Cheng collected the tickets.
The two walked out of the training building and slowly strolled around the training ground area of Melwood.
The greening here is done well. After Yang Cheng came, he wrapped the original walls with greening. He could not see the hard cement walls, but only the vineyards were full of vitality, which was much more comfortable.
The two walked side by side. Haipia didn't say anything, and Yang Cheng didn't ask. He was waiting for each other to speak first.
"Boss!"
"Um?"
The two walked about three or four hundred meters before they made such a sound.
"Do you think I'm an unqualified captain?" Hepiya asked
Yang Cheng smiled slightly, "How could it be? Since I saw you stand out for Davis and Keane last season, I thought you would be a qualified captain."
Yes, qualified!
"What about... what about Steven?" Hypia stopped and asked with a serious look on her face.
Finns rarely have such seriousness. He seems to have always been a person who is more likely to laugh at when he is on the court.
"What do you want to say?" Yang Cheng was not good at criticizing one player in front of him, and he was not as good as another player, which was a kind of harm to the player's self-esteem.
Haipia lowered her head and sighed, without answering, but looked at the turf that was watering in the distance. The staff were preparing for the afternoon training under the scorching sun.
"I've never been the kind of person who walks ahead of others. I'm not very good at talking......" Had Piya spread his hands and smiled bitterly, "Sometimes I feel strange, why did Hollier choose me as the captain?"
The sun was a little dazzling. Yang Cheng narrowed his eyes and looked at Haipia in front of him, "It seems that you didn't see your own strengths."
After Haipia came to pay attention, Yang Cheng said with a smile, "Yes. Maybe you are quiet and don't talk much. But you have professional ethics. You are always diligent on the court. You have high tactical execution, steady and trustworthy. You are the type of player that all head coaches will appreciate. I believe that Hollier chose you as the captain because of this."
After hearing this, Hepiya was a little excited, after all, all these came from the mouths of his head coach.
"But I really feel more and more that the captain's armband is a burden to me."
Yang Cheng was stunned and didn't know how to deal with it.
"When the team is in a bad situation, I don't know how to boost morale; when teammates are having trouble with each other, I don't know how to resolve it; even when new teammates come to the team, Steven sends them a welcome message as soon as possible, so that they can feel the club's attention to them and the locker room welcomes them."
"And I... always feel guilty and always blame myself..."
The captain's armband may represent an honor for some people, but for some people, it represents responsibility, a sustenance, an expectation, and even a pressure.
Haipia is an honest man and a good person. He has a very good reputation in the team and can get along with everyone, but this does not mean that he is an excellent captain. Yang Cheng knew it in his heart, but he didn't say it because he respects Haipia.
However, if he is the captain, and when the only captain in Liverpool's history who is not a British captain, becomes a burden for Hypia, then Yang Cheng would respect his opinion.
"I've been a man for almost two years. I didn't think so before, but now... "Hepia looks a little overwhelmed.
With Liverpool's championship and media attention, more and more people have focused on Liverpool. As the team's captain, Hypia has also been questioned a lot recently, especially in the two games against Manchester United and Olympiacos. He made stupid mistakes, while Gerald performed well and played a key role.
The problem did not appear before, and everyone thought it was not seen. Hepia continued to be his captain, and Gerald continued to be his deputy captain. But now the problem has arisen, so we can only solve it.
"What do you want me to do?" Yang Cheng asked.
Haipia lowered her head, "Let me be an ordinary player."
Watching Hepia return to the training building, Yang Cheng squinted his eyes and felt that the Finns were tall under the dazzling sunlight.
Perhaps, professional football is full of cruelty, but professional football is always full of true temperament and countless unknown people, expressing their love for football and the team in a low-key manner.
Hypia's personality is really not the kind that can inspire people. He can only work diligently and interpret his responsibilities with his actions on the court.
He is right. The captain's armband represents a burden to him, which will affect his performance on the court.
Thinking of this, Yang Cheng also figured it out and immediately called Paul Bayer.
"Paul, let them have a meeting before training in the afternoon!" Yang Cheng explained.
"Celebrate?" Paul Bayer was surprised by this sudden order.
To be continued...