Dynasty reappears

Chapter 154 The Winter Break Arrives

The UEFA Champions League round of 16 knockout rounds has been drawn, and the first round will only start in February 08. Li Lin will also focus on the league again.

On the 22nd, Anfield ushered in the strong team Portsmouth.Li Lin considered that he had to suspend one game for this game, and Portsmouth was not weak, and Liverpool might stumble if he was not careful. Therefore, although the main players were very tired, Li Lin still sent his main players on the stage and tried his best Win the game, and then let the substitute players participate in the next League Cup game. Of course it is good to advance, but it doesn't matter if you can't. Anyway, Li Lin didn't take the League Cup as his main dish at all.

Portsmouth has always played the role of shit stick in the Premier League and is notoriously difficult to deal with.After the start of the game, taking advantage of their sufficient physical strength, their frantic running and pressing made Liverpool make mistakes again and again.Fortunately, their striker's shooting skills are superb, very superb, not ordinary superb, either hitting the crossbar or hitting the post, which made Reina so happy that he wanted to hug the Portsmouth striker and kiss them hard.

There is a saying on the football field, "Frequently wasted opportunities will always be punished!" Portsmouth is like this. After wasting excellent opportunities in a row, Liverpool seized a quick counterattack opportunity in the 22nd minute.Torres dribbled the ball into the penalty area and scored from the far corner alone. This is already Torres' 15th goal in the league this season, surpassing Owen and becoming the top scorer in the Liverpool team. Yes, second only to Manchester United's Ronaldinho with 17 goals and Chelsea's Didier Drogba with 16 goals, ranking third.

Seeing Torres celebrating with the team, Li Lin felt more and more that Torres had gradually matured and had the temperament of a world-class goalkeeper.

Liverpool, who scored a goal, gradually regained the situation on the field. The bigger the game, the smoother it was. They could play however they wanted. They also forgot their physical fatigue and fully enjoyed the fun of the game.

In the 43rd minute, at the end of the first half, Liverpool scored another goal. This time, Nani made a cross from the right. The Portsmouth defender made a clearance error, and Modric seized the opportunity to score from a long distance outside the penalty area. .

In the second half, the head coach of Portsmouth also seemed to know that it was difficult to score goals at Anfield, but he didn't want Liverpool to continue to score, so he would be very embarrassing.So the Portsmouth head coach simply replaced a striker with a midfielder, and at the same time let the midfielder retreat, putting on the legendary 9-0-1 tactic.

For a while, Portsmouth's half was densely packed with people. Although Liverpool's small-scale cooperation has played very well, they still seem helpless.As long as a Liverpool player breaks in with the ball, three Portsmouth players will immediately appear beside him to flank him.

Seeing the team's current predicament, Modric quickly took over the control of the team, continuously cooperating with his teammates, falling backwards, and pulling Portsmouth's defense.

As a result, the Portsmouth players immediately felt the defensive pressure doubled. Finally, in the 24th minute of the second half, their goal fell again. Modric passed through. Owen quickly inserted a burst shot from the near corner and scored, completely sealing the victory for Liverpool.

In the end, Liverpool defeated Portsmouth 3-1 and won the penultimate game in 2007.

On the 24th, in the quarter-finals of the League Cup, Li Lin returned to the court.In this game, Li Lin sent almost all substitute players to the game, and even sent Luke and Daniel on the midfielder and forward to let them exercise.Now Chelsea's situation in the league is not very good, so Grant puts the team's focus on the league and the Champions League. Therefore, in such a tasteless game as the League Cup, Grant also sent all of Chelsea's substitute lineup, the poor man Ben Hay Tom is also impressively listed.

At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea players are always full of fighting spirit, running tirelessly on the court.But these small players from Liverpool are also newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers, especially Luke and Daniel, who are very excited, and they may also want to perform well in this kind of official game to give Li Lin a good impression.But in any case, this mentality is still very good.

Despite this, these young players from Liverpool still failed to withstand the crazy bombing of Chelsea. They were swept out of the top four in the League Cup by Chelsea 2-0.

The loss of this game made Li Lin once again see that Liverpool's lineup is not strong enough, and it also increased his determination to sign in during the winter break.

Leaving London, Liverpool went to Derby County for an away challenge.This game will also be the last game in 2007. Li Lin issued a military order before the game, and this game must be won.

The players did not let Li Lin down either. After falling behind by one goal in the away game, they quickly equalized the score and took the lead in the second half. They successfully won the last game of 2007 and drew a successful conclusion to 2007.

As the saying goes, good things come in pairs. At the moment of Liverpool's victory, from the scores of other games displayed on the big screen in the stadium, Arsenal's away game was tied by Liverpool's opponent Portsmouth in the last round. The unexpected loss to Boro in the first round of the game, Liverpool has narrowed the point difference to 16 point.

After he was happy, Li Lin said loudly to Keegan: "Haha, it seems that Arsenal has fallen into the old problem again and cannot bear the pressure. Well, we will be watching Liverpool from now on, haha..."

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Back in Liverpool, Li Lin spent another day with Rowling, and then devoted himself to the team.

In the head coach's office, "Kevin, the winter break is here, and the team's difficult days are finally coming to an end. These are the players I want to introduce. Take a look. If you have any opinions, please bring them up. Let's discuss them together." .” Li Lin took out a stack of documents and handed them to Keegan.

Regarding the team's signings, Keegan carefully reviewed the information, "Lin, as for the central defender, I have also heard of Kompany from Belgium. He is indeed very good and very stable. I think it will work. And At only 22 years old, he is already a regular visitor to the Belgian national team, and the work permit is easy to handle, which can make up for Jamie’s absence. Alas, I feel helpless when I think that Jamie will be rested for 5 months. That game was really bad.” After saying that, Keegan shook his head again.

Li Lin was also quite helpless. Who knows what happened, but three players were injured in one game.But fortunately, Agger can already train with the team, and it is estimated that he will be able to play in a week. Gerrard has also recovered, which is already a blessing among misfortunes.

"Centreback Kompany has decided. As for the midfielder, I want to bring back Juan Mata, who is out on loan. I have seen the tracking and evaluation data of his club scouts, and it said he played well in Mallorca. , is already the main player in Mallorca's midfield. And most importantly, there are already many teams wanting to introduce him. You see, this is Valencia, this is Sevilla, this is ours The next opponent Schalke 04, and some other teams, they have already sent us a fax asking about Mata's transfer intention. So, I want to bring him back to supplement the lineup, but also want him to adapt as soon as possible team."

After listening to Li Lin's explanation and seeing the transfer faxes one by one, Keegan looked at Li Lin very hotly, "Lin, I really admire you, Ferguson, Wenger, they all It's Fuyun, you are the real bole of young players, none of the players you are optimistic about is a genius, look, Valencia is willing to spend 1000 million pounds for Mata. Hehe, now I believe that as long as you are here, Liverpool It is entirely possible to return to the top, oh no, it is definitely possible to return to the top and dominate the Premier League and even the entire continent of Europe again."

Being praised by Keegan, Li Lin's face is thicker than a city wall, but his face is still hot and red. Only Li Lin knows how he discovered these players, "Okay, don't brag. I'm sorry, I'm even embarrassed, the rise of Liverpool requires us to work together, doesn't it? Hehe..." Li Lin stretched out his right hand and held Keegan tightly.

"Look at these two faxes again." After shaking hands, Li Lin took out another stack of papers.

Keegan didn't understand Li Lin's meaning, but after reading the fax, he immediately fell into thinking, "What did they say?" Keegan spoke in a confused tone.

Li Lin also understands Keegan. After all, the team has reached the most important moment of a season, and there are players who want to transfer, but this is football. When someone comes, someone goes, isn't it? "Their agent also applied to the club for a transfer. It seems that he is determined to leave. Dudek said that he did not get enough opportunities to play before leaving. This is really funny. Is it possible to go to Real Madrid? He had St. Cassie pressing him before, and his chances of playing will be less. I don’t think this is the real reason. Real Madrid paid him a higher salary than us. It is true that he is a substitute. Of course they choose salary The high side. Olic, I can understand his situation. Our team used to have three authentic forwards, Torres, Irving and him. Now that Pato is added, he will have fewer chances to play. He He is in the golden age, so he naturally wants to go to a team that can give him the main position. Bayern is not in a good situation now, and it is estimated that Olić will be in the position soon after he goes, and we can't block his future." Speaking of here Li Lin suddenly felt unable to speak.

But Keegan took his words and said: "So, now we are not only as simple as introducing Kompany and recalling Mata, we also need to buy another goalkeeper and a striker, and it is best for this striker to be able to play multiple games. position players."

"Yes, I have two documents here, take a look." Li Lin took out a stack of documents again.

Li Lin didn't think much of it, but Keegan grinned, "I said, can you take out all of them at once, instead of stacking them one after another, are you annoying? Take it out." As he spoke, Keegan ran to search under Li Lin's seat.

"Okay, it's really gone this time, that's all." Li Lin also felt a little funny, and smiled and slapped Keegan's tumbling hand.

"Forget you. Let me see if you selected the two lucky ones again. Dirk Dirk? Well, he is indeed very comprehensive. He can play in multiple positions in the midfield, but his skills are not very good. But it says he is very hardworking, do you think he is good at running?"

"Yes, I think we need a frontcourt stirrer." Li Lin nodded meaningfully.

"Go, I don't know what's going on in your head. Goalkeeper Joe Hart? Could it be that guy from Manchester City?" Keegan was a little shocked. How capable a player who can't be the main player in Manchester City can be, Keegan doesn't know. I know why Li Lin is interested in Joe Hart.

Seeing the doubt in Keegan's eyes, Li Lin still replied with certainty: "Yes, it is him, and if you don't want to hear something, I'm sure this young man will be able to put Reina on the bench in the future. , Believe it or not, anyway, I absolutely believe in it."

Hearing that Li Lin gave such a high rating to a young goalkeeper who was frequently loaned out by the club, Keegan once again chose to believe in Li Lin's vision and agreed to Li Lin's signing.

Although Li Lin can buy these players without discussing with Keegan, Li Lin doesn't want that. He doesn't want the team to become his monopoly. What he meant, he didn't dare to raise his opinion. If this goes on, it's absolutely impossible for Li Lin to succeed.Moreover, he was still a monk halfway through. Before that, he was just a fan, nothing more, and he didn't understand anything.Therefore, it is not difficult to see why Li Lin always has a good relationship with his subordinates and never puts on airs with them, because he knows that these are the people with real skills, and only by uniting these people by his side can he gain success.

After agreeing on the signing list with Keegan, Li Lin called Ferretta over and gave him the list, and asked him to handle the transfer matters.And he and Keegan began to prepare for the next game away to Manchester City on January 2008, 1.

PS: Today's update has been delivered, Xiao ing begged my brothers to count the tickets and collect them!

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