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Volume 1 Chapter 931 The disappearing deterrent

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    After the 21st round of the league, the FA Cup, England's traditional competition, also began.  There are no seeded teams in the English FA Cup, and the matchups and home and away games are entirely determined by drawing lots.  The competition is divided into eight rounds. The first two rounds are for amateur, English League One and League Two teams. The Premier League and English Championship teams join the competition in the third round. The competition is divided into eight rounds, except for the semi-finals and finals.  In addition, if each round is tied within 90 minutes, a replay will be required, and the two teams will switch home and away games in the replay.  If the rematch ends in a tie within 90 minutes, overtime will be required to determine the winner. If there is still no winner after overtime, a penalty shootout will be used to determine the winner.  Liverpool's opponent in the third round is Luton from League One. Luton is the deputy squad leader of League One and has a high possibility of being relegated. However, Liverpool does not care about Luton's performance in League One. It is a third-tier team.  , even if it is the leader, it will not be in the eyes of Liverpool. It is just that Liverpool has been in troubled times recently and is in average condition. Benitez does not dare to let all the substitutes come on. Although this is not the league, the FA Cup is also England.  The traditional competition is second only to the league. Once an upset loss occurs, the impact on morale will not be small.  Sure enough, Benitez¡¯s caution was justified. Although Luton only won 3 games in English League One, their players were physically strong and their style of play was so brutal that Liverpool was unable to do anything to them for a while.  But Liverpool is Liverpool, even if most of them are young players, they are not comparable to a team like Luton. In the 38th minute of the game, Aurelio passed the ball, and Lucas received Crouch and scored in the middle.  Liverpool took the lead.  Luton are playing very poorly in League One and it may be difficult to avoid relegation. For such a team, it is a great honor for them to compete with the double champions of the Premier League and Champions League. Therefore, Luton¡¯s players  They all let go of their performance, even if they were one goal behind, it didn't dampen their enthusiasm. They seemed quite organized in offense and defense, and they didn't look like a third-level team at all.  Liverpool originally thought that after breaking the deadlock, the rest of the game would be unstoppable. Who would have thought that the resistance of the small English League One team would be so fierce. Not only did they fail to equalize the score, but they were forced to scramble. At the beginning of the second half, they were supposed to stabilize their morale.  When the main player Riise scored an own goal, Liverpool fell into panic and was suppressed by Luton to attack in their own half.  For a team like Luton, the players are all inferior, and many of them even come from the wild. The tactics are also very monotonous. They mainly rely on physical strength. Even if they can gain the upper hand against Liverpool for a while, they still want to defend against Liverpool.  It was still difficult to seize the opportunity. After withstanding Luton's attack for more than ten minutes, Liverpool regained control of the situation, and Crouch quickly scored the go-ahead goal. After Liverpool's second attack  , Luton could no longer counterattack, and after the morale was low, such a team was useless. Even with the roar of the home fans, Luton still conceded goals one after another, and eventually lost 1:3 at home.  Originally, playing a League One team like Luton in the FA Cup was not worth mentioning at all, but the game turned out to have twists and turns, which made Benitez and Liverpool fans dissatisfied. Fortunately, the main players who played this time were  Substitute, and successfully advanced to the fourth round, the media did not criticize Liverpool in the FA Cup. They just said that Liverpool's young players are not capable of controlling the game enough and the substitutes are poor, which is a hidden danger for Liverpool. If Liverpool wants to defend the double title  Championship, or even more championships, we must work hard to replenish our blood this winter transfer.  The media all know that Liverpool needs to replenish blood, and Benitez certainly knows it better, but if the above does not provide transfer funds, he has no choice. Even if there are free players, he must be able to pay wages.  Unable to replenish blood from the outside, Benitez can only tap the potential from within, try to seal the victory as early as possible when playing against weak teams, and then train the newcomers and substitutes. The reason why the newcomers are not useful is that in addition to their ability, they can play well.  Too few games is also an important reason. If they can play more games, although they cannot be said to be on their own, at least they will make fewer low-level mistakes.  However, during this period, Liverpool was able to be defeated by Manchester United and tied with Manchester City due to their form. Even an underdog could make Liverpool uncomfortable for a while. This is an extremely strong signal to the Premier League teams that Liverpool is no longer that good.  The Red Army is invincible. If it is said that resistance against Liverpool was in vain, and it is better not to resist, then now the tenacious resistance may be rewarded. Not to mention getting points, it is just a draw or defeat of the defending champion.  The reputation is enough for the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League to take the risk and give it a try.  This is the case with Middlesbrough in the 22nd round. Middlesbrough is only the 12th-ranked team in the league. They are neither above nor below. They have no hope of entering the European competition and there is little chance of being relegated.  , in this situation, the defending champion who had little hope of winning would not have fought hard, but due to Liverpool's recent poor state, MiddlesbroughWith the intention of making Liverpool famous, he played very actively in the game, which once made Liverpool breathless.  Benitez on the sidelines frowned like the Chinese character Sichuan. He knew that Liverpool's recent state was average, but it also depends on who the opponent is. Those are all teams that have the hope of competing for the European war. Middles  Who are you? They dare to arm-wrestle with the defending champion. This clearly indicates the decline of Liverpool's deterrence. If it were left in the second half of last season or the beginning of this season, after the mid-to-lower teams encounter Liverpool, they will often be  He put on a show of resistance and then surrendered his gun.  Although it is difficult for these teams to prevent Liverpool from winning, there are too many ants to kill the elephant. Over time, Liverpool's consumption will be too great, and they will collapse at the last moment. Benitez decided not to give these  The defending champion took a look at the guys they looked up to, beat them hard, and humiliated them at Middlesbrough's home court.  Thinking of doing it, Benitez called Chen Yu and Gerrard to the sidelines during a dead ball time, quickly revealed his intention to them, and asked them to fight to the death, and they could score two goals but not two.  One, can enter three but not two.  Benitez had an angry look on his face when he said this, as if he had been violated, but Chen Yu and Gerrard secretly complained. It's not that they didn't try their best.  Being lazy and not playing well is a slander. After the two looked at each other, Gerrard still said: "We must score as soon as possible. Chen, shoot if you can. Be more decisive and I will try my best to break through and create opportunities for you."  Chen Yu said: "Me too, please shoot from a distance. I'm being watched closely. If you, Riise and the others shoot from a long distance, maybe I will have a chance to make up the shot." Gerrard said: "Okay, try to score as early as possible."  , For a team like Middlesbrough, if they score early, they will lose their fighting spirit. If they score late, they will fight harder. " This is the first time Chen Yu has heard Benitez say this.  orders, Benitez is not a ruthless person like Ferguson and Mourinho. He can speak like this, and combined with his expression, Chen Yu knows that the Spanish coach is angry, but what is the use of being angry? Now  The players are exhausted physically and mentally. It is very difficult to play with great momentum. It would be good to be able to curl up for three-pointers. However, Benitez treats him well. If Benitez wants to win so much, Chen Yu must also give ten points.  energy to support him.  It¡¯s not like Chen Yu doesn¡¯t try his best in an ordinary game, but he is also a human being, not a robot. He can get tired and get sick. In the entire Liverpool team, except for the three games where he was suspended, he basically played the rest of the time.  , He is not just a forward waiting for opportunities in front, he also has to drop back to help the midfielder from time to time. He can contribute much more than a pure forward. If he puts in a lot of energy in every game, Chen  Yu can guarantee that if Liverpool doesn't collapse, he will collapse first.  After Chen Yu and Gerrard agreed, when Gerrard got the ball, Chen Yu quickly ran in and out, moved closer to the penalty area, and was ready to make a follow-up shot at any time.  However, Gerrard's long-range shooting ability is famous in the world of football. Middlesbrough defended him very tightly and resolutely refused to give him a chance to shoot. Gerrard saw Chen Yu running out of position and reluctantly took two kicks.  But they didn't pose any threat.  Gerrard also saw that it was difficult to get a good shooting opportunity for a while, so he consciously passed the ball to Chen Yu who was constantly running in the frontcourt. Huo Zhuang inserted Riise from the side and asked them to shoot.  Move forward and look for opportunities yourself.  Gerrard and Alonso are the engines of Liverpool, and Chen Yu is the terminator of the game. It is expected that the three of them will be marked. Every team will closely mark these three people when playing against Liverpool this season.  Alonso and Gerrard are actually relatively easier to defend. Their speed is slower and their explosive power is not enough. As long as they are determined to foul, Alonso and Gerrard really have nothing to do.  Chen Yu is much harder to guard against. In addition to his technical advantages, Chen Yu's speed and physical fitness are also amazing. If he runs around the court as happily as he does now, no one will be able to keep up, especially Chen Yu.  The range of movement is so large and the degree of freedom is so high. If double-teamed randomly, it is likely to mess up Middlesbrough's own defense.  Seeing that they could not stop Chen Yu from catching the ball, Middlesbrough could only focus their defense on the moment when Chen Yu caught the ball, and double-teamed at that time to force Chen Yu to pass the ball out.  Although Middlesbrough is a mid-range team, their tactical thinking is very unified and their execution is very good. After discovering that Chen Yu could not keep up, they immediately changed their defensive strategy, hoping to prevent Chen Yu from shooting.  But how could Chen Yu let Middlesbrough's conspiracy succeed? He was not sticky at all when he got the ball. He would hit the goal when he had the chance, and pass the ball out before he had the chance to stop it again.  Reorganization is not a big threat to Middlesbrough, and they can see it. The only person in Liverpool who has the ability to score is ChenYu, even though Chen Yu was watched so closely by them, the occasional long shots still caused Middlesbrough's goalkeeper to suffer a lot, so Middlesbrough's attention turned more and more to Chen Yu.  Yu's body.
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