The Ball at Your Feet

The coming of the new year

Updated: 2013-06-06

Relying on two goals from Morientes, Liverpool defeated Charlton 3-2 away. After three days of rest, Liverpool ushered in the twenty-sixth round of the game against Fulham.

In this game, the process was much easier. After all, facing the underdogs, Liverpool also played a lot easier.

Ten minutes into the first half of the game, after Zhao Yaning broke through the middle, he picked up a pass and found Morientes directly. Morientes' front goal post in the penalty area jumped high and headed the goal, and the ball went straight into the far corner. Liverpool, which played at home, led 1-0.

"Only eight minutes into the game, Morientes scored a goal. This is Morientes' third goal since joining Liverpool, but this is the first time the Spaniard has scored at Anfield."

Martin Taylor was surprised that Liverpool could use Morientes so quickly. Although Morientes was known as one of the three major centers in La Liga when he was in Spain, the physical confrontation in La Liga is really not very good in the Premier League. If you play a center in La Liga, you may not be able to succeed in the Premier League.

But Morientes is still playing pretty well now, except that the game against Manchester United is really restricted, both of which are pretty good. Although a player's ability can't be seen in a game even if it is fixed, but at least, his post shows that he still has a certain strength, and it is also worth looking forward to.

But this happiness hasn't lasted long before Liverpool made another mistake. The midfielder Biscayne made a pass error and was successfully intercepted by Clark. The ball was uploaded to the feet of Boamote on the left. After Boamote broke through, Cole was in the penalty area but left unattended. Such a serious missed situation made him a calm header and the ball went straight into the net, and the score on the court became a 1-1 tie.

Carragher looked at his mistake a little annoyed, and made an apologetic gesture to his teammates.

The teammates could only accept this apology silently-what else could be said? Carragher hasn't rested a league game this season. It's normal to make a mistake after playing so many games.

It doesn't matter if you make a mistake, just win it back.

But in the constant offensive, Zhao Yaning also discovered something not quite right.

First, Liverpool got the opportunity of a free kick in the front court. Zhao Yaning drove the ball into the penalty area. Carragher headed for the goal, but Van der Sar easily confiscated the ball. Then, Morientes made a pass from the bottom, Zhao Yaning took the ball back in the penalty area, and Biscayne responded with an angry shot outside the penalty area, but the ball was confiscated by Van der Sar. In the 42nd minute, Liverpool got a corner kick, Zhao Yaning took the penalty, and Finnan shot from the outside of the penalty area with his right foot. The ball bounced back on the opposing defensive player.

Throughout the first half, Van der Sar's defensive arrangement was excellent. What surprised Zhao Yaning most was that his set-kick technique was already very good, but Van der Sar was repeatedly saved.

When watching Serie A before, why didn’t you find Van der Sar’s defense so good? At that time, I always felt that he was a colander. This is not Zhao Yaning’s ban. At the time, Juventus fans complained about his colander and low-level mistakes. Even Buffon had just arrived at Juventus at the time. When he didn’t play well, he was still caught by Juventus. The fans are dubbed'Vander Buffon'...

But now that Van der Sar has arrived in the Premier League, his performance has stabilized. This kind of play is better than some giants in the future.

"He has a lot of experience and special characteristics. It's normal that your free kick can't produce results." When he arrived in the locker room, Benitez explained to him in detail, "Don't do it yourself, we Set up a tactic and you will be able to break the goal very well."

Zhao Yaning agrees with this point. Although Van der Sar is easy to make mistakes when he is at Juventus, his experience is still sufficient after all. Defensive free kicks rely more on tactical cooperation than on personal ability. Van der Sar is a goalkeeper from Ajax after all, and his height and arm length are not to be mentioned. What is even more rare is his wide range of activities and his feet. Outstanding technology, can be used as half a scavenger. Such a goalkeeper, when he is young, is likely to appear reckless or even a colander because of his finer skills. However, relying on the accumulation of experience, he will become more stable when he is older, and his strength will increase instead.

At this time, Benitez made gestures on the tactical board, telling him how to use free kick tactics against Van der Sar, and Zhao Yaning quickly understood.

In the second half, in the 64th minute, Liverpool once again got the opportunity of a free kick in the front court. Zhao Yaning took a free kick from the left and right-footed, and the ball passed into the penalty area. Morientes and Carragher ran away and pulled out. After being empty, Hypia inserted the header in front of the goal to catch the goal, and the ball went into the net. Liverpool at home again led 2-1.

Relying on such a ball to take the lead gave Zhao Yaning a lot of new ideas: when in Monaco, Deschamps did not arrange the offensive tactics of free kicks. After all, Zhao Yaning was in it, so he could shoot directly or find a high point. Okay, so Deschamps doesn't do much in command of the set ball.

But Benitez was able to make the deployment so quickly. Obviously, he must have carefully thought about his free kick before he was able to deploy his tactics. This coach is exactly what Moreau said: He rarely praises players, but he pays more attention to players than anyone else.

In the 77th minute, Liverpool ushered in another opportunity. They fought a quick counterattack. Morientes passed the ball to Riise on the left, and after Riiser made a pass, it leaned against Morientes. The ball movement opened up the space, Zhao Yaning easily pushed the ball into the net after receiving it in front of the goal, and the score on the field became 3-1. This game is also coming to an end.

Two consecutive victories have allowed Liverpool to sit firmly in the third position of the league standings, and even show signs of approaching second place. And at this time, Gerrard is about to make a comeback soon.

But at this time, Benitez had to let Zhao Yaning go back to China to play the first match of the World Cup-the date of the match is February 9th, plus the time to travel back and forth, I am afraid that it will be when he comes back, right He couldn't play in the Newcastle game either.

But think about it, Liverpool’s original task was just to compete for the top three. Now the top four armies have already left the fifth place Everton a lot. Even if it slips, it will not be overtaken by Everton. Although Manchester United is likely to overtake... but if it is overtaken, it will be overtaken. , Anyway, the third and fourth have to play in the play-offs, and there is not much difference.

And Zhao Yaning, who returned to China, was also preparing for the first World Preliminary match against Uzbekistan at this time.

After all, Uzbekistan’s strength is weaker than China’s. Before the game, the Uzbekistan coach publicly stated that he would lose. Although in the dressing room, Zhao Yaning warned everyone not to take it lightly, but he himself I feel that Uzbekistan is indeed not an opponent of China.

China is not good at all, this time it is also the new champion of the Asian Cup. Although compared to Japan and South Korea, Iran may not be able to win the game, and it is difficult to predict against Saudi Arabia, but against other teams, as long as the team does not break the chain by itself, the problem is not big.

This group is known as the death group-anyway, the Chinese media is used to calling the group that the Chinese team joins as the death group-but it is also for Saudi Arabia, China, and South Korea. Uzbekistan is here to contribute points.

This game, if there is anything worth noting, it is the time of this game, which is still very special: the game time is February 9th, the 30th of the year.

This is the first time for Zhao Yaning to celebrate the Spring Festival in China in recent years.

This game can't be kicked. Those who celebrate the New Year can't disturb the mood of the fans.

And the game was just as Zhao Yaning expected, there was hardly any pressure at all. Not only Zhao Yaning thinks that Uzbekistan is here to play, but even the Chinese team thinks so. What is more tragic is that even Uzbekistan itself thinks that they are here to play... Such a group, even the third. They don't have to think about the playoffs.

In the 20th minute of the first half, Hao Dapao received a pass from Shao Jiayi and scored a goal for the Chinese team.

In the second half, after Hao Dapao was replaced, Zhao Yaning broke into the penalty area again and scored for the Chinese team.

I thought that a 2-0 victory would be enough, but in the final stage of the game, Uzbekistan's counterattack still scored a goal. If it weren't for Li's outstanding performance in the defense, he might even be tied by his opponent.

And what the problem is, Zhao Yaning can naturally see it. After returning to the locker room, Zhao Yaning immediately became angry, "Why did the physical training go down again? When it comes to the last moment, the legs are weak, are you all a rice bucket!"

"Anyway, I won, what else to say..." Li Yi complained.

"You kicked it like that, just talk nonsense." Zhao Yaning scolded, "Kick me well, stop sneaking and skiing! You won the Asian Cup, and you benefited from it. You won a prize in the Olympics, and someone ate it Good. How come now, in less than half a year, do you have this kind of virtue? Do you remember to eat or not? Or is it so difficult for you to practice?"

Looking at the locker room, Zhao Yaning still spoke, "Ge Hao is getting old~www.wuxiaspot.com~ I don’t have that physical strength, so I can’t force it. If any of you have Ge Hao’s skills, I’m not reluctant. But if you don’t. , Just give me a good practice! Haibo will start with you, isn’t the next match still a month away? If you don’t improve in physical strength, you should not enter the national team."

After saying these words, Zhao Yaning also left the national team. Now that he has enough status, he is fierce in the national team, and no one dares to fight against him. Now Zhao Yaning is enough to give orders to anyone in the national team.

This group of guys is really not worrying, just after a good round this summer, they started to fall again. If this continues, even if there is Zhao Yaning, the Chinese team will not be saved. Maybe it will be difficult to even enter the World Cup finals.

Zhao Yaning did not want to go fishing at home in the summer of 2006. I don't dare to think about winning the championship, but if I haven't even led the team to the World Cup once, it would be a bit regretful.

And this group match is actually dangerous everywhere. Not to mention the strength of Saudi Arabia and South Korea, but one thing is enough to make Zhao Yaning scold his mother: The AFC stipulates that every group match is held at eight o'clock in the evening local time.

If this is the final round and the outcome is not decided, Saudi Arabia will play in the East Fifth District and China and South Korea will play in the East Ninth District. When the China-Korea game started at 8 o’clock, Saudi Arabia’s side was still at 4 in the afternoon. The game was over here, but the other side did not start. This clearly means that the Chinese team is going to be tricked. ? When playing with the system, they are unambiguous.

However, that also requires you to have that strength. If you want to plot against me in the last round, you have to be careful too, don't move the rock and hit your own foot!