Football: Starting from the Ronaldo Template

Chapter 160 Neville and Carragher’s bet (third update)!

"Why are you thinking about so many problems? You just try your best to win today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and the next game!"

"If my injury hadn't healed yet, how could you have done it?"

Ibrahimovic walked to the center of the locker room and looked around like a lion.

At the end, he made a joke: "This is the season where we have the best chance to win the championship. If we fail to win the championship in the end, I will give each of you a few punches."

Mourinho stopped outside the locker room door, with a smile on his lips.

Are you starting to inject chicken blood yourself now?

Soon the players from both sides came to the tunnel. There was no communication between them, and the atmosphere was depressing and dull.

Like a powder keg about to explode.

Salah took a deep breath.

Although he didn't have much resentment towards Mourinho, seeing how much Mourinho valued Chu Feng still made him feel a little dissatisfied.

Why are you willing to give him so many opportunities, but ignore me when I first arrived at Chelsea?

He wanted to completely defeat Chu Feng in this game, establish his absolute advantage in the scorer list, and at the same time complete the "proof" that was three years late.

Arnold looked at Chu Feng with his peripheral vision, and there didn't seem to be anything special about him.

He recalled what Klopp had said to him before the game and felt that the blood in his body was flowing faster and his emotions were aroused to the highest peak.

"You will become the strongest full-back in the Premier League in the future!"

"You will never be David Beckham, you will always be Alexander-Arnold!"

"Go fight for Liverpool!"

Soon, under the leadership of the referee, the queue started to move.

The faint light in Chu Feng's field of vision continued to magnify, and finally bloomed into red all over the sky. At the same time, he heard cheers like a roaring mountain and a tsunami.

He clenched his hands tightly.

Even if he has started the game countless times, he will still lose consciousness at this time, and then his heart will surge.

Maybe this is persistence and love.

At this time, the Sky Sports commentary box was in the stands.

"Mane's speed, Firmino's vision, and Salah's efficiency, when they move forward, no one can stop them!"

Carragher held up the microphone with a wild expression.

"Then why did Manchester United 2-1 Liverpool last game?"

Neville asked rhetorically.

"That's because you have good luck. Lady Luck will not always stand by your side! Don't forget the bet we made. If Chu doesn't score twice, you will wear this for me on the spot!"

Carragher took out a Liverpool No. 11 jersey and spread it flat on the table.

Neville's eyes couldn't stop twitching.

If I really put on a Liverpool jersey in front of tens of thousands of Manchester United fans, I am afraid that I will be bullied by the Internet after the game and doubt my life.

He suddenly regretted it.

But now that we have reached this point, it is definitely impossible to give in.

So he also took out a Manchester United No. 7 jersey and said through gritted teeth: "Same for you!"

"Let's wait and see!"

Carragher's throat kept rolling when he saw this, and he snorted heavily.

"Um, don't just quarrel. Let's introduce the starting lineups of both sides to the audience."

Sky Sports host David Jones said helplessly.

"It is Manchester United who are attacking from left to right in the red jersey. They have the most used formation this season, 4-2-3-1, with the goalkeeper."

"Unlike the last Champions League knockout match, Mourinho chose David Luiz and Smalling to partner as a double central defender, and chose Mata as the right midfielder. This should be to strengthen the ball control and secondary organization in the frontcourt."

"Let's look at Liverpool's starting lineup again. Klopp arranged a 4-3-3 formation. The goalkeeper:."

"Liverpool currently has two goalkeepers, Karius and Mignolet. Klopp has been wandering between them before, and now he has made a decision to rank Karius as the number one goalkeeper. "The main reason for Liverpool's failure in the last game was the goalkeeper. All 11 shots on target were saved by De Gea. I wonder how he will perform today?"

"Let's wait and see!"

Beep!

With the referee's whistle.

The game officially begins!

Liverpool turned away from home after kick-off.

The formation switch was completed quickly, and Emre Can, who was at the center, sank into the defense line to form a three-back position with Lovren and Van Dijk.

The two full-backs quickly drew in, forming two passing channels in the ribs.

And Manchester United also made a strange move.

They did not build a low defensive system as before, but the entire formation pressed forward and launched a crazy stranglehold in the midfield.

The football passed continuously and came to Arnold's feet.

The Prince of Liverpool was very confident. After continuously swaying to deceive Chu Feng's center of gravity, he found Salah on the wing with a diagonal pass.

"This is our talented player!"

"Does Liverpool want to score at the start?"

Carragher didn't finish his sentence.

Salah was double-teamed by Matic and Ashley Young.

Pharaoh of Egypt has been honed over several seasons.

His various abilities, such as retracement series, single-point breakthrough, back to the wall, running without the ball, etc. are all among the best.

Therefore, Liverpool's offense basically starts from the right wing.

Salah kept touching the ball with his left foot, pushed the ball hard at the right moment, and flashed at the same time.

The ball passed!

The cheers of the Liverpool fans stopped suddenly, and Ashley Young forcibly twisted and fell to the ground, destroying the ball out of the baseline.

"Beautiful! A neat tackle!"

"Both sides contributed to a wonderful offensive and defensive contest!"

The fans thought this was just the opening scene of an exciting game, but the situation on the court was very dull.

Liverpool's high press was stopped by Manchester United's midfield stranglehold.

The ball is constantly overlapping in the midfield.

Salah and Chu Feng, the core offensive players on the wing of both teams, were severely targeted and failed to find any good opportunities.

For Salah.

Mourinho activated the long-established "classical defense mode", which is to arrange for Ashley Young to follow Salah in the half, without even considering the participation on both ends of the offense and defense. His duty is to exchange points with Salah.

For Chu Feng.

Klopp's targeting was even more clever. Through a focused high-position press, he forced Manchester United to choose the right side when playing the ball, thereby reducing the frequency of Chu Feng getting the ball.

As for Mata, it was difficult to hold the ball under strong confrontation and was constantly ravaged by Van Dijk and several strong men.

Seeing this, Chu Feng could only retreat slightly, and this was already the limit distance.

If he goes further, he will encounter three lines of defense composed of Salah, Chamberlain and Arnold, and it will be too difficult to rush through.

The 8th minute of the game.

Liverpool changed the direction of attack, and Chamberlain made a long diagonal pass to find Mane on the left. Valencia's defensive ability was much worse than Ashley Young.

Mane used his speed to force a breakthrough. Since Liverpool did not have high-point players, he directly swept the low ball into the penalty area.

There was no chaos in the Manchester United penalty area.

David Luiz performed brilliantly as he got stuck in front of Firmino and made the first clearance.

(End of this chapter)