There is a dream called football

After leaving the UK, Ronaldo and Beckham both hated the British gossip media.

The UK is ahead of the European continent in this regard. Of course, this is a good thing, but there are also many bad aspects.

For example, the conflict between Liverpool and The Sun. As we all know, everyone in Liverpool boycotts The Sun.

The Sun was also rude to Liverpool. After the first game, the Sun made fun of Benitez and his players, especially some of the players newly purchased in the summer.

One of them is Li Qiao.

"Was Liverpool's 12 million pounds (15 million euros) wasted? The Chinese were invisible in the first game. Maybe he doesn't know what the Premier League is like."

Li Qiao's performance in the first game was indeed not good, which also gave the media a lot of things to complain about. For example, Li Qiao did not send a threatening pass.

Coupled with the bias of the British media, the writing is quite ugly.

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Dudek himself was scolded, but he still comforted Li Qiao.

"Joe, that's what these British guys are like, but when you do well, they will also give you a lot of praise."

"Haha, I don't care about this."

Although what Li Qiao told was a lie, it was really glaring. No wonder many players were acclimated to the Premier League.

On the second day of training, Benitez looked grim. For a team that wants to win the championship, this kind of performance is obviously not enough.

Li Qiao was placed on the bench. After running in, Li Qiao is now able to adapt to the passing of his teammates.

Of course, there is definitely some awkwardness, and this is completely adaptable when the pace of training is slow.

Benitez felt a little comforted when he saw that several newcomers were performing well, so he called Alonso over.

"Xavi, you are behind Gerrard, and the defensive task is left to you."

Alonso nodded.

Alonso is a relatively new kind of defensive midfielder, that is, a defensive midfielder who passes and controls the ball, not the kind of destructive midfielder like Gattuso and Davis.

However, at this time, Alonso is still a little uncomfortable with the high confrontation of the Premier League, but once he adapts, Alonso will become an indispensable offensive hub for Liverpool.

For Gerrard, Benitez has nothing to say. This is a player who is a model pacesetter.

Benitez was not satisfied with the two forwards, Baros and Cisse, because both of them had problems.

There is no need to say much about the talents of Baros and Cisse, but their biggest problem is laziness.

It is impossible for them to complete the life-threatening training like Gerrard, and more importantly, neither of them is willing to learn the language well.

Benitez still relies on translators to communicate with them now, which is something the coach is very angry about.

Not knowing English may not have much impact in modern football, because the club's translators are now very professional, but the impression left on the coach is very poor, such as Veron's case at Manchester United.

When the Argentinian was at Manchester United, he did not communicate with the coach at all in private. Ferguson remembered that the only thing Veron would say was good morning. In the end, he did not do well in the Premier League and returned to Argentina early.

Li Qiao glanced at Benitez from time to time during training, hoping that the coach was looking at him.

The next game is a home game against Manchester City. He really wants to start at Anfield, but it is not easy.

Li Qiao would definitely not be stupid enough to take the initiative to pat Benitez on the shoulder and say, "Head, let me get in."

But he has to fight for it. Li Qiao has seen too many players like this in his previous life. Basically, if you don't perform well in one or two games, you won't have a chance. The most typical one is Manchester United's Forlan.

Later, Martial was actually the same example. It might be good to change to another club, but there was no way. There was too much pressure in the Premier League.

So after the training, Li Qiao trained alone.

Dudek smiled and said: "Qiao, do you know this is useless? Because everyone on the coaching staff has left, and no one sees you practicing extra."

"Haha, I'm here to improve myself. It doesn't matter if the coach can't see it."

"Then I'll accompany you."

Li Qiao set up the wall and hit a curve ball over the wall. The angle was very tricky and Dudek couldn't make the save.

“Really good.”

"Haha, but the human wall can move."

Li Qiao's free kicks have improved a lot, but he still lacks domineering power. This cannot be developed in training. It can only be developed by scoring goals again and again in actual combat.

Just like Cristiano Ronaldo later, standing in front of the ball, the opponent's goalkeeper was muttering in his heart.

Dudek was right. Li Qiao was practicing extra, but Benitez couldn't see it. The Spaniard was very punctual when he got off work, but this scene was seen by Gerrard, who is also a workaholic.

"This guy is really good."

Compare other players, they all run faster than rabbits. This is very similar to when we were in school.

The bad students sprinted away in a 100-meter dash as soon as school was over, while the top students stayed behind to pester the teacher and ask questions.

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In the second round, they played Manchester City at home and faced Kevin Keegan. This goal was definitely not easy to hit, but in the first game at Anfield, Benitez seemed to have no choice.

Everyone knows that in the Premier League, coaches are fired as quickly as rich people change their girlfriends. This is the first time Benitez plays at home after becoming the coach of Liverpool, and it is the Holy Land of Anfield, which is of great significance.

Even before the game, the media was hyping that if the game was lost, Benitez might not stay at Anfield beyond Christmas.

Under tremendous pressure, Benitez did not dare to take risks. Neither Li Qiao nor Alonso started in this game.

Benitez sent German veteran Hamann in the midfield, and the German was effective at critical moments.

Before the game, "You'll Never Walk Alone" played again at Anfield. Li Qiao glanced at the Kop stands where the die-hard fans were, and thought to himself: "When can I conquer the fans in that stand?"

At this time, Manchester City was not the tycoon team it would become later, but it was quite strong, and its goalkeeper was national goalkeeper James.

There is Wright Jr. in the midfield, and the famous Anelka is the forward.

This Manchester City team doesn't even think about making any big waves in the Premier League, but it has repeatedly become a giant killer.

Benitez's team attacked wildly in the first half, but the effect was mediocre. Cisse had many opportunities, but they failed to break through the door guarded by James, and Baros also wasted several good opportunities.

It is said that wasting opportunities on the football field will be punished. Sure enough, before the end of the first half, Manchester City seized the opportunity. Fuller sent a through ball. Carragher was unable to catch up. The civet Anelka brought two After taking one step, he didn't look at the goal and relied on his shooter's instinct to shoot into the far corner.

Dudek threw himself to the limit, but was unable to stop the ball. The ball rolled slowly into the goal.