PFC Chapter 165 The Big Mouth British Media
Chapter 165 The Big Mouth British Media
Chapter 165 The Big Mouth British Media
After Ronaldo and Beckham left the UK, they both hated the British gossip media.
Britain is ahead of continental Europe in this aspect. Of course, this aspect is a good thing, but there are also many bad aspects.
For example, the bridge formed between Liverpool and The Sun, as we all know, everyone in Liverpool boycotts The Sun.
The Sun newspaper is also not polite to Liverpool. After the first game, the Sun newspaper teased Benitez and his players, especially some of the new players bought in the summer.
One of them is Li Qiao.
"Is Liverpool's 1200 million pounds (1500 million euros) in vain? The Chinese are invisible in the first game. Maybe he doesn't know what the Premier League is like."
Li Qiao's performance in the first game was indeed not good, which also gave the media a lot of complaints. For example, Li Qiao did not send a threatening pass.
Coupled with the prejudice of the British media, the writing is quite ugly.
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Dudek himself was scolded, but he still comforted Li Qiao.
"Joe, that's the way the Brits are, but they'll give you a lot of credit when you're good."
"Hehe, I don't care about these."
Although what Li Qiao said was a lie, these are indeed very eye-catching. No wonder many players are dissatisfied when they come to the Premier League.
On the second day of training, Benitez had a dark face. For a team that wants to win the championship, this kind of performance is obviously not enough.
Li Qiao was placed in the substitute group. After running-in, Li Qiao is now able to adapt to the passing of his teammates.
Of course, there must be awkwardness, and it is completely adaptable when the rhythm of training is slow.
Benitez was relieved to see that the rookies were doing well, so he called Alonso over.
"Harvey, you are behind Gerrard, and the defensive task is entrusted to you."
Alonso nodded.
Alonso is a relatively trendy midfielder, that is, a midfielder who passes and controls the ball, not a disruptive midfielder like Gattuso and Davis.
However, at this time, Alonso is still a little unsuited to the high confrontation of the Premier League, but once he adapts, Alonso will be an indispensable offensive hub for Liverpool.
For Gerrard, Benitez has nothing to say, this is a player like a model pacesetter.
For the two forwards - Baros and Cisse, Benitez is dissatisfied in his heart, because both of them have problems.
The talents of Baros and Cisse need not be said, but their biggest problem is laziness.
It is impossible for them to finish training like Gerrard, and more importantly, neither of them is willing to learn the language well.
Benitez still relies on translators to communicate with them now, which is also something the coach is very annoyed about.
Not being able to speak English may not have much impact in modern football, because now the club's translation is very professional, but the perception left to the coach is very bad, such as Veron at Manchester United.
When the Argentine was at Manchester United, he did not communicate with the coach in private. Ferguson remembered that the only thing Veron would say was good morning. In the end, he did not do well in the Premier League and returned to Argentina early.
Li Qiao glanced at Benitez from time to time during training, hoping that the coach was watching him.
The next game is home to Manchester City and he would love to start at Anfield but it won't be easy.
Li Qiao would definitely not be so stupid as to take the initiative to pat Benitez on the shoulder and say, "Head, let me do it."
But he has to fight for it. In his previous life, Li Qiao has seen too many players like this. Basically, if you don’t perform well in one or two games, you will lose your chance. The most typical one is Forlan of Manchester United.
Later Martial was actually such an example. It might be good to change to another club, but there is no way, the pressure in the Premier League is too great.
So after the training, Li Qiao practiced alone.
Dudek said with a smile: "Joe, do you know that this is useless? Because the coaching staff has left, no one saw you practicing more."
"Hehe, I'm here to improve myself, it doesn't matter if the coach doesn't see it."
"Then I will accompany you."
Li Qiao set up the wall, and kicked the arc ball over the wall. The angle was very tricky, and Dudek couldn't make a save.
"really not bad."
"Haha, but the human wall can move."
Li Qiao's free kick has improved a lot, but he still lacks arrogance. This cannot be achieved in training, but can only be achieved by scoring goals again and again in actual combat.
Just like Ronaldo later, standing in front of the ball, the opponent's goalkeeper was muttering in his heart.
Dudek was right. Benitez couldn't see Li Qiao's extra practice. The Spaniards got off work on time, but Gerrard, who was also a workaholic, saw this scene.
"This kid is really good."
Compared with other players, each of them runs faster than a rabbit. This is very similar to when we were in school.
The scumbag ran away in a [-]-meter sprint as soon as school was over, while the bully student stayed behind to pester the teacher to ask questions.
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In the second round of the home game against Manchester City, facing Kevin Kigan, this goal must be difficult to play, but in the first game at Anfield, Benitez seems to have no choice.
Everyone knows that the Premier League fires coaches as quickly as a local tyrant changes his girlfriend. This is the first time Benitez has played at home since he became the Liverpool coach, and it is the holy land of Anfield, which means a lot.
Even before the game, the media was hyping that if the game is lost, then Benitez's days at Anfield may not exceed Christmas.
Under tremendous pressure, Benitez did not dare to take risks. Neither Li Qiao nor Alonso started the game.
Benitez sent the German veteran Hamann in the midfield, and the German was still useful at critical moments.
Before the game, "You'll Never Walk Alone" sounded again at Anfield. Li Qiao glanced at the KOP stand where the loyal fans were, and thought to himself: "When will I conquer the fans in that stand?"
At this time, Manchester City is not yet the local tyrants, but its strength is not bad. The goalkeeper is the national goalkeeper James.
There is Wright Jr. in the midfield, and the striker is the famous Anelka.
Don't even think about this Manchester City team wanting to make any big waves in the Premier League, but they have repeatedly become giant killers.
Benitez's team attacked halftime violently in the first half, but the effect was mediocre. Cisse got many chances, but none of them broke through the gate guarded by James, and Baros also wasted several good chances.
It is said that wasting opportunities on the football field will be punished. Sure enough, before the end of the first half, Manchester City seized the opportunity. Fuller sent a through kick. Carragher couldn't catch up.
Dudek threw himself to the limit but was unable to stop the ball, only to see the ball slowly rolling into the goal.
(End of this chapter)