football career from scratch

Chapter 494 Before the Double Red Meeting

Having been in Liverpool for so many years, Klopp certainly has his own direct line.

"I heard that when you were in China, your scoring rate exceeded one goal per game, but I didn't see you perform like this in training."

After this day's training, Cuneo curiously asked about the progress.

"Isn't that going to give you more chances? Otherwise, I scored too many goals, wouldn't you be overwhelmed by my performance?" Bu Qingyun replied with a smile.

Cuneo and Ferno booed Bu Qingyun at the same time, and the other players immediately asked curiously, and then heard Cuneo's embellished report.

"We really hope that you can show this in the game against Manchester United." Held said to Bu Qingyun with a smile.

"That's no problem, but you have to help me draw the attention of the defense, because Manchester United's defenders will definitely focus on me. If you don't perform better, they won't relax on my defense, although I can also score in that way. Ball, but I'm too tired." Bu Qingyun replied solemnly.

Listening to the conversation between Bu Qingyun and others from a distance, Klopp shook his head. He had never seen such a confident player, but thinking about it carefully, what he said really made sense.

In fact, in this game, Klopp wanted to push Bu Qingyun to the frontcourt. In addition to feeling that his personal skills could play a greater role, he also wanted to target Manchester United's psychology—whether Bu Qingyun Whether the performance in that game was accidental or a manifestation of strength, the Manchester United players must have a deep impression and deep fear of his performance. Under such circumstances, Bu Qingyun's position at the front can attract enough fans. Defensive attention creates opportunities for other Liverpool players.

But Manchester United's defensive players are not fools, they will not leave Liverpool's other attackers unmarked, maybe in the end, they still have to rely on Bu Qingyun's personal performance.

"For the two goals against Manchester United, Bu Qingyun relied on his personal skills to break through all the way. Such goals are almost impossible to replicate... However, when he was in China, most of his goals were scored after cooperating with his teammates. Yes, so, in the previous two months of competition, he cooperated more with his teammates, is it to get more familiar with his teammates?"

Klopp, who was in deep thought, suddenly began to have more expectations for the next game.

Although this game is very important, in fact, even if they lose, Liverpool is not without a chance to enter the semi-finals-Klopp did not expect to win the league championship, although it is only seven points away from No. It doesn't look hopeless for the nine-round competition, but they are still only ranked fifth. The closer to the end of the league, the fewer teams will lose the chain. Even if one or two teams may lose the chain, it is impossible to collectively lose the chain , unless Liverpool can be strong enough to beat Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea in a row, and win all the remaining games.

If they can win [-] consecutive victories, of course Liverpool has a great hope of winning the league championship. However, Klopp has passed the age of fantasy. He clearly knows that it is actually quite difficult to achieve this.

Although Liverpool has an advantage in terms of schedule and physical fitness, but now Liverpool has reached a peak period, and will gradually decline in the future. It is not for nothing that the Premier League is the most difficult to play. Turning the boat over an unremarkable team - Manchester City will lose to Burnley is a typical example.

Klopp watched that game carefully. It can be said that Burnley was lucky to win, and Manchester City could be said to have lost unjustly. They hit the post at least five times in the whole game, and there were no less than five threatening shots. Being bravely saved by the goalkeeper who was beaten by Liverpool in the last round, Burnley did not attack a few times in the game, but used a counterattack to score the only goal of the game...

The whole game was shrouded in a very weird atmosphere. No matter how you look at it, Burnley should not win, and Manchester City should not lose, but Burnley won and Manchester City lost.

Such situations are not uncommon at the end of the Premier League, so Klopp doesn't want to have too many expectations now, lest the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

It is only right to play well one game at a time.

But now, Klopp began to have more expectations for this game. He wanted to see if Bu Qingyun could release his full offensive ability in such an important game, and if he released it, what he could display Such a standard!

Now Liverpool has a good momentum, and one or two losses will not bring any fundamental impact to Liverpool, but if you can see clearly the upper limit of an important player, it will be of great benefit to the next season!

Klopp doesn't mind building the entire team around Bu Qingyun - Bu Qingyun is young and has outstanding strength, so he has the qualifications, not to mention that he was introduced by Klopp, as long as he can show enough outstanding performance Strength, then building a team around him will have great benefits.

Liverpool now needs a new core. Helder is not young and is gradually transforming into a defensive player. Lana has left. Although Cuneo is playing properly and performing well, his organizational skills are slightly lacking and can be used as a defensive player. A good rusher rather than a core, Stulge is too unique...

In the final analysis, Liverpool does not have a good core now. Although modern football is overall football, in overall football, a good core is also needed to bring sufficient improvement to the entire team.

Known as the most powerful system in the history of football, Barcelona's performance dropped a lot after Xavi Messi and other important players retired and their status declined, which is enough to prove that no matter how good the system is, it needs Only top players can improve enough.

Liverpool now has a lot of good players, but these players are not enough to reach the height of the top core.

As for whether Bu Qingyun can reach such a height, Klopp does not know. Although he knows what kind of performance Bu Qingyun had in China, it is still an old problem. He can be superior in the Asian arena. will struggle.

Bu Qingyun only showed his adaptability before, proving that he can play well without playing the core. He is not the kind of player who must be able to perform well in a certain environment, but just like this, isn’t it? can get too much attention.

There are many players who can do what he can do, but they can't reflect the unique importance and height in the Super League.

For Manchester United, this is such a good opportunity.

In this game, Liverpool has a physical advantage, while Manchester United has an advantage in the thickness of the bench.

At the same time, Manchester United is playing against Liverpool at home, and their Champions League match is also at home. The physical consumption is virtually reduced to a minimum, and their performance is still guaranteed enough.

As for Liverpool, the advantage is that they can adjust the game state of their players so that their state can reach its peak at the weekend.

For this game, the outside world has maintained a very cautious attitude. The only certainty is that both Liverpool and Manchester United will strive to win this game. Whoever wins will be able to enter the top four, top four and fifth, but there is a huge gap !

"Judging from the recent state and physical fitness, Liverpool has the upper hand, but Manchester United's psychological advantage over them is unparalleled. Even when Manchester United did not win the league title in a row, they still had a high winning percentage against Liverpool. Even when Liverpool was robbing the rich and giving to the poor, their performance against the two Manchester teams was relatively mediocre, but they have already broken the embarrassing record against Manchester City, now against Manchester United, can they conquer Manchester in one go?"

"The addition of Chinese player Bu Qingyun is the key to Liverpool's catching up in the second half of the season. They are unbeaten in [-] rounds and won five games in a row, allowing them to launch a strong impact on the top four again. Will this momentum be overwhelmed? Manchester United beat? Let's interview the managers of both sides..."

"Liverpool has recovered? We have also recovered. The difference is that in the first half of the season, neither we nor Liverpool were in very good condition, but we still maintained the top four and have been attacking in the Champions League, while Liverpool are in the top four. In eighth, losing all the cup games at the same time, that's the difference between us and Liverpool." Jose maintained his acerbic style.

"After the new year, we scored 26 points in ten league games, while Manchester United only scored 21 points. This is the difference between us and Manchester United. We played worse than them in the first half of the season, but after the new year, we played better. Better. Champion? We haven’t thought about it yet, because we are No.5, and the closest goal is fourth, then third, second... and finally the champion. We will achieve this goal step by step ’” Klopp’s counterattack was full of needles.

"There is a big gap between the involvement of the Champions League and the absence of the Champions League. I didn't expect that Klopp didn't even know this." Jose continued to attack.

"Yeah, so we got better results to make up for that. Bu Qingyun? He was an important signing for us and he had a good experience against Manchester United, I think Mr Jose will agree with that. .”

"Why is Manchester United great? Because we will not change because of a certain player. Obviously, Liverpool's backwardness is all-round. Under this advantage, Manchester United's victory is a matter of course. At Old Trafford Germany, no team can escape unscathed. Manchester United's goal this year? There is no doubt that the treble, we are still very competitive in the league, Champions League and FA Cup, and some only play in the league. The team is different."

After Klopp led the team to Manchester, the war of words never stopped. It was not until the arrival of the match day that the two sides quieted down.

Everyone also fell silent, looking forward to the start of this double red meeting.