Football: The butcher in the midfield at the start, the magic bird stunned

Chapter 389 The top three in the standings are anxious, facing the biggest rival Liverpool!

After 2 days of training, save 8 training points (149→157).

Then Chen Xiaoliang encountered a bitter battle.

这是他在职业生涯中第一次在中场休息的时候花了80点训练值提升了自己1点射门能力（16→17），试图帮助球队在布莱顿的主场、能容纳31800人的美国运通社区球场全取3分。

Speaking of Brighton, this small Premier League team ranked first in European transfer revenue in the summer window. In the case of two-line battles in the league and the European war, it did not fall apart at all because of the departure of many generals. .

They did not take the old road of Leicester City winning the championship and going to collapse. They took the unique "Brighton Road".

Club owner Tony Bloom, a well-known poker player when he was young, won $380 million by playing cards, and this alone has won 99% of the people on the planet.

The love of gambling did not lead him to a bad path, but led him to set up his own gaming consulting company.

What to ask?Sports, the big head is football.

In the gaming industry, people who collect data and conduct analysis and calculations are called actuaries, but in the field of football, they have a different name-scouts.

But under Bloom, the two are really the same.

They not only recruit offline scouts, but also hire online scouts on the Internet of various developed football countries, and provide regular scout reports to a certain quantity and quality, and they can get a good salary.

It is precisely by relying on this huge scouting team that they can discover potential stocks in unpopular areas such as Kaoru Sanba, Gross, and Ferguson, as well as South American players who were far more powerful than famous before, such as Caicedo and McAllister.

Especially in the small days when the youth training was well-developed, when the fans of the Red Country would only rely on the impression of not knowing where they came from, when the league was full of match-fixing in the small days, Brighton, like many European teams, placed scouts in J2, In the J3 league.

Kaoru Misaki is not alone. Yoki Ito, who won the Bundesliga's best rookie, Yuito Suzuki, who was bought by Strasbourg, Soichiro Kazuki, who went from Kyoto Phoenix to Schalke 04, from Niigata Swan Zhien Honma, who went to Bruges, Belgium, plus the now well-known Kenhiro Fuan who came out of the Fukuoka Hornets, etc., are all players produced in the J2 league.

Can a league that is full of match-fixing and relies entirely on scripts produce so many outstanding youth players?
Of course, in the eyes of those fake fans who are capital and scripts, the five major leagues, the Champions League, the European Cup, and the World Cup are nothing more than more advanced scripts.

Even when Chen Xiaoliang was in the Glasgow Rangers' Red Country youth training camp, Brighton also arranged for online scouts to watch every U16 and U18 game, trying to find the next Chen Xiaoliang.

Brighton this season, without Caicedo, Yakub Moder stood up;
The 18-year-old winger Bunanot who has been selected for the Argentine national team has become popular again;

Without McAllister, there is Gross for the older ones and Gilmore for the younger ones.

More importantly, they have confidence and hard work.

In this stadium, they doubled Liverpool last season, beat Chelsea, won Manchester United, drew with Manchester City, and Newcastle. This season they only lost 1 goal to Manchester City. In this game, they continued to use familiar tactics. Control the ball on the field, attracting Manchester United to press high, and then widen the width through the two wings, and resolutely use the sideways to carry out concise attacks.

But this is not enough to help them repel the mighty Manchester United. After all, in the midfield, even Manchester City, Arsenal and Chelsea failed to contain Chen Xiaoliang.

But Brighton coach De Zerby abandoned all previous attempts and adopted a completely different strategy in defense.

Unlike the widening width in offense, they have shrunk significantly to the center in defense. Whether it is a winger, double midfielder or two full backs, they all shrink to the area within the ribs.

The three midfielders plus the three forwards all contracted, and even the two forwards Welbeck and Evan Ferguson who played in the first and second half retreated all the way to the central midfielder to participate in the defense, making these six people form a dense meat grinder in the middle of the midfield .

The dense crowding in the center makes Manchester United have the advantage of the wing in the middle of the attack, and they cannot effectively score goals.

You can shoot with the ball in the middle, or you can split the side, but you can only pass from the bottom. Even Chen Xiaoliang and Kewa made many inverted triangle back passes to form a shot, but they were directly blocked by the dense crowd.

In order to deal with this kind of full retreat defense, Manchester United is bound to increase the number of offensive players who press forward, but doing so will only leave a big gap for Brighton, who immediately spread out to the two wings and widened the width after the offensive and defensive transition. Take the opportunity to fight back.

Coupled with the trip to Rome in the middle of the week, the physical strength of some of the main players has not fully recovered, and Brighton's average age on the field is 23.9 years old, and he is waiting for work at home. He is obviously more active in terms of endurance reserves and running enthusiasm.

In addition, luck did not help, Chen Xiaoliang and Casemiro hit the goal frame one after another, making the more aggressive Manchester United unable to knock on the opponent's goal for a long time.

The goals of the game all occurred towards the end of the second half.

In the 82nd minute, Eriksson took a corner kick from the left. Brighton captain Dunk grabbed the first point and made a clearance. Rixon, the latter crossed again to the penalty area.

This time Brighton goalkeeper Steele jumped high on the edge of the penalty area and hit the ball again with both fists against Sesco who was fighting for the top.

This is his 7th save of the day.

On the penalty area line, Chen Xiaoliang leaned against the 19-year-old striker Evan Ferguson, who was returning to the defense. With his back, he unloaded the ball with his left foot.

Evan Ferguson stretched out his left leg to block, the ball changed direction, and hit the open right arm of veteran Gross impartially!

In an instant, all Manchester United players and staff on and off the field raised their hands and shouted to the referee for handball!
Players from both sides immediately surrounded the referee. Chen Xiaoliang yelled that this was definitely a penalty kick, while Gross explained that his hands did not open deliberately.

The referee Thomas Bramar drove away both sides, without even looking at VAR, and decisively awarded a penalty kick!

His judgment has also been supported by commentators on almost all broadcast platforms in various countries.

Chen Xiaoliang picked up the ball and walked towards the penalty spot. His teammates slapped Chen Xiaoliang on the back one after another!

He put the ball firmly and fixed his eyes on Brighton's goalkeeper Steele, his eyes were as sharp as if he was about to shoot a sharp arrow.

Steele also looked at him at first, refusing to give in to each other, but half a minute later, he felt uncomfortable when he saw the coercion in Chen Xiaoliang's eyes, so he pretended to twist his neck and arms, and took the initiative to look away.

"Beep!"

Referee Thomas Bramar blows the whistle!

Chen Xiaoliang suddenly used his mouth for a long stretch, took a deep breath, and started to run!
One step, two steps, three steps!
The right foot bursts into the middle!

Steele lunged to his right!
but!

After he exerted force to the right, he saw the line of the shot, pulled back force suddenly, and straightened his left leg, which was dragged at the end, blocking Chen Xiaoliang's penalty kick!

The Brighton fans immediately cheered!

Once again but!
Chen Xiaoliang, who was mentally prepared for the second supplementary shot, rushed forward immediately, raised the arch of his left foot against the bouncing ball and just gave it a hard push!
This time, Steele, who had already fallen on the turf on the right goal line, had no time to make a second save and could only watch Chen Xiaoliang shoot the penalty kick he missed into the net.

0 is better than 1!

Chen Xiaoliang's 16th Premier League goal this season!
Everyone believes that his first season in the Premier League will break his personal best of 22 goals in a single season in Serie A last season!
However, the game was not over yet, and the tenacious Brighton obviously did not accept that after struggling for more than 80 minutes, an unintentional handball ruined the effort of the afternoon.

They launched a crazy counterattack, but they were all defended by Chen Xiaoliang and his teammates again and again.

But fate obviously wants to present a reversal to everyone tonight.

In the 93rd minute, with less than 1 minute left in stoppage time, Brighton striker March, who came on as a substitute, received a pass from midfielder Enciso while moving from the right side of the penalty area to the center. At the moment of receiving the ball, he was tripped by Casemiro's left foot that was too late to take back, and the referee Thomas Bramar, who could see clearly from outside the penalty area, once again pointed to the penalty spot!
It's just that this time it refers to Manchester United's penalty spot!

The 29-year-old England striker March is about to take a penalty kick created by himself!

The two teams met in the FA Cup semi-finals last season. It was he who kicked a penalty kick in the seventh round and sent Manchester United into the FA Cup final.

Today, he wants to avenge his shame.

The whistle, run-up, De Gea judged the right direction!
But the power of March's left-footed shot was great, and the ball flew into the left side of the goal before De Gea's fingers could be stretched!

After the goal was scored, Brighton seemed to have won the final of the big game, and all the players rushed to the sidelines to hug each other!
When the ball kicked off again, the referee didn't give any more time, and directly blew the whistle for the end of the game.

Ten Hag, who participated in the press conference after the game, expressed regret for the result, but he didn't think the team's performance was poor, but Brighton played too well at the defensive level, and at the same time, his players had to go to the national team for another week Double match, too tired.

然而另一边2比1战胜狼队的曼城，虽然与曼联同为13胜2平积41分，但凭借进43球失11球，比进41球失11球的曼联多2个净胜球优势而排到了榜首，曼联在第一轮结束后第一次落到了第2。

This inevitably made Chen Xiaoliang feel a little irritable.

But there were still people who came up to add fuel to the fire.

"Turin Sports News", the media that Chen Xiaoliang has almost forgotten, and the female reporter Portman, whose breasts are bigger than her head, once again appeared in front of Chen Xiaoliang.

Since he made great strides in the third line and received overwhelming praise in the second season, his number one sunspot has no market for making troubles, and he can only play yin and yang occasionally.

But today, after a wave of consecutive victories, they were tied by Brighton. That was a huge opportunity for revenge.

In front of a large group of reporters, Chen Xiaoliang didn't want to get angry at first. After answering a few questions from the Sky Sports reporter, Portman moved forward:
"What do you think of Casemiro's stupid foul at the last moment? His reckless behavior makes your penalty meaningless."

This sentence was full of traps, and if she said it according to her meaning, it would be tantamount to admitting that Casemiro was reckless and stupid.

Chen Xiaoliang didn't even look at Portman in the ultra-low deep V-neck, this pretentious woman would only make him sick: "Anyone will have bad luck, Casemiro is tonight, he didn't do it Wrong with anything and it doesn't take away from how important he is to the team, he's a very important part of us."

After Chen Xiaoliang finished speaking, he wanted to leave. Portman hurriedly asked loudly: "So you still admit that he ruined today's game. Is the club buying Milinkovic to replace him?"

Chen Xiaoliang could no longer suppress his anger, and turned his head to look at this woman who was deliberately posing coquettishly in the camera and had obvious malicious intent in her eyes: "You want to hear the truth, right?"

Portman nodded immediately, and the reporter next to him also put the microphone to Chen Xiaoliang's mouth: "I believe the fans also want to know what you think of him."

A mocking smile flashed across Chen Xiaoliang's mouth: "Then let me tell you, I, FXXKING, will never blame any of my teammates. Casemiro Tamade is a great player, and you Tamade Just a complete idiot!"

After finishing speaking, Chen Xiaoliang turned around and left quickly.

Thirty minutes later, the video of the interview with the three swear words has been circulating the internet around the world, and the United players are making their way to the bus in the car park.

Of course, the Manchester United players with their mobile phones also saw this video. Anthony handed his mobile phone to the depressed Casemiro.

Like everyone else, Casemiro was a little surprised after watching it, because Chen Xiaoliang did not show any displeasure after returning to the locker room. Instead, he kept encouraging his teammates and kept saying that 13 wins and 2 draws are still the best start in the history of the Premier League. , although Manchester City temporarily overtakes, but there are still 23 rounds in the league, no matter how strong the opponent is, the real winner is the one who fights to the end.

They didn't expect Chen Xiaoliang to be so angry at the reporter. They hadn't been in Serie A in the past two years. Only Sesco and Kewa knew how many times Portman, a woman with a face, had blackmailed Chen Xiaoliang.

Casemiro immediately waited outside the door of the bus. After Chen Xiaoliang got on the bus, he got on the bus and sat beside him.

"Hey Chen, I saw your interview, thanks for speaking for me."

Chen Xiaoliang chuckled: "What are you doing, can we two elders stop saying such provocative things?"

The other players in the car had completely lost the enthusiasm after the game because they lost 2 points and lost the top spot. At this time, they were a little nervous to see Casemiro take the initiative to ask the captain to explain, but Chen Xiaoliang took the topic directly with a joke. Immediately, everyone laughed, and B Fei, who was sitting in the position of the vice captain in the second row, got up and patted Casemiro.

Chen Xiaoliang stretched out his hand: "Brothers! Who will you do next?"

Everyone: "Liverpool!"

Chen Xiaoliang: "Tamad, louder!"

Everyone: "Li! Wu! Pu!!!"

Of course, another group of reporters gathered around the parking lot did not miss this scene. Soon, the popularity of "Chen Xiaoliang was incompetent and furious, did not dare to hate Casemiro and turned to scold the female reporter" was overwhelmed by Sky Sports' video "Manchester United Frustrated by Juping, Chen Xiaoliang inspired the whole team to face Liverpool with high morale.

The Premier League also took great pains in arranging the date of this double red meeting. Before the Christmas schedule in December, it specially arranged a 12-day gap period without the Champions League and national team games, so that the two most successful clubs in English history have sufficient time. Prepare for the game during the rest time, thus kicking off the Christmas schedule in December.

The next game between the two sides is basically the highlight. After the double red meeting on December 12, Manchester United will play away against Emery's Aston Villa, host Newcastle on Christmas Eve, and host Newcastle on the last day of 10. Played against Tottenham.

Together with Brighton who just drew, 3 BIG7s, plus two top 10 teams in the standings, including a home game against Bayern in the Champions League, December will be the real test of Manchester United's quality this season.

On Liverpool's side, they beat Nottingham Forest 5-2 again in this round, allowing them to lead the Premier League scoring list with 46 goals, and they can be called the team with the strongest offensive firepower.

And because of Manchester United's draw, the gap between the two teams is only 3 points. In addition, in the second round of the league last season, Manchester United lost a century-old record 7-0 at Anfield. If there is a mistake in the next game, it will not only It is the addition of new and old grievances, and it will wipe out the 3-point advantage.

This season, Liverpool spent nearly 3 million pounds in the summer to buy Inter Milan's Barella, Brighton's McAllister and relegated Southampton's Ward-Prowse three midfielders. Leipzig Red Bull's Gwadiol and Wolfsburg's van der Ven are two defenders.

At the same time, seven high-paid players including Milner, Matip, Naby Keita, Firmino, Fabinho, Thiago and Chamberlain were released.

Opening up sources of income and reducing expenditure, removing the old and welcoming the new, this is no smaller than Manchester United, and it is also the largest investment by Fenway Group since it took over Liverpool.

At the moment when Chelsea's three transfer windows exceed 10 billion pounds, and Manchester United and Newcastle are buying and buying, club owner Henry also understands that if he does not participate in the arms race and adjusts the age structure and midfield lineup, the team will inevitably be Continue to miss the Champions League.

Nunes and Gacpo, who were bought last season, have been fully integrated into Klopp's tactical system this season after half a season of running-in and active preparations in the summer, forming a new team with Salah. The Three Red Arrows.

Due to the 6-day preparation period, after the team returned to Manchester on the second day, Ten Hag did not give the players on the field a holiday, but went directly to recovery training and physical therapy with a physiotherapist.

Brighton's narrow defense in the center in the last game sounded the alarm for Ten Hag.

In previous games, after Chen Xiaoliang held the ball in the middle, the opponent was forced to double-team. When the width of the two wings remained the same, there would be gaps in other areas.

In the last game, Brighton took the initiative to shrink the three lines and gave up the width of the two wings. Even if Chen Xiaoliang pulled to the side to attack, they still shrunk in the middle.

This is of course a helpless move thought up by the weak team, but it did have a very good defensive effect. Not only was Chen Xiaoliang trapped in layers of siege in the middle, he was unable to use his proud speed to open up space, and the large space on the wing Instead, it became useless.

After another two days of scheduled training, Ten Hag, with the help of van der Garhe, McLaren and other coaching teams, formulated a targeted training plan for this field, and while mobilizing the mentality of the players, he gave the whole team a hard time. Very strict gag order.

Although Liverpool, which scored 46 goals, is the king of the league's offense, they conceded 21 goals, a full 10 goals more than the Manchester City duo. They are only ahead of Tottenham, which is at the bottom of the BIG7, which means that they concede on average. 1.5 balls.

Of course Klopp also knew this, so when he was asked about 7-0 by a good reporter before the game, he said that that kind of score would only happen once in 100 years, and Manchester United this season was obviously even more terrifying.

But he, like Ten Hag, told reporters that the team is ready to win.

At 12:10 on December 15th, at 23:213 in the Red Country, the list of the highly anticipated [-]th England national derby was announced. The away team Liverpool:
Goalkeeper Alisson;
Four backs Arnold, Van Dijk, Gwadiol, Robertson;
Three midfielders Barrera, Bajcetic, McAllister;

Left winger Nunes, center Gakpo, and right winger Salah.

There are not too many surprises in this lineup. The only uncertainty before the game is who will partner with Barrera and McAllister in midfield.

Klopp finally chose the young Bajcetic, and simply blew up a youth storm.

On the Manchester United side, the fans' jaws dropped in shock, shouting that Ten Hag, like Guardiola, started to work hard!

Goalkeeper De Gea;
Four defenders Wan Bissaka, Varane, Lima, Dalot;

Double defensive midfielders Fred and Casemiro, central midfielder B Fee;
Left winger Kwa, right winger Rashford;

The one at the front is Chen Xiaoliang.

　Thanks to the executive director of the club [Pengzhou Kaneshiro Takeshi] for the 4 monthly tickets!
　　Thanks to the executive director of the club [I am an npc] for the monthly pass!

　　Thanks to the executive director of the club [Wang Dabaa] for the monthly pass!

　　Thanks to the executive director of the club [Squat Pit Big Boss] for the monthly pass!

　　Thanks to the executive director of the club [book friend tail number 33514] for the monthly pass!

　　Directors!Watching the game!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)