Confidence is really elusive.

It is difficult to build it up, but once you have it, it will be really different.

After the team eliminated Barcelona with a total score of 5-1, Liverpool drew 0-0 away by Aston Villa in the subsequent 30th round of the Premier League.

Benitez tasted the sweetness from the rotation system and continued to rotate the team's lineup.

Yang Yang, Crouch, Harvey Alonso and others were all placed on the bench, which seriously restricted the team's offense.

The midfielder has a combination of Mascherano and Sissoko. Benitez seems to have the intention of examining the players and also the idea of ​​training the team. After all, as the Champions League deepens, the opponent will become stronger and stronger.

The result was that the team had a mess in the first half of the offense.

After the second half of the game, Harvey Alonso came on as a substitute in the 60th minute, then Crouch also came on the 72nd minute, and Gerald did not come on the bench until the 83rd minute.

In the end, Liverpool failed to break the goal of Aston Villa.

Martin O'Neal's team defended very strongly at home, especially in the second half, which could almost be said to be airtight.

Both Benitez and Liverpool fans expressed satisfaction with this result and felt it was acceptable.

Although, after this round, Liverpool was two points behind Manchester United.

Everyone knows that there are eight rounds in the league, but the next knockout round is crucial and there is no mistake in every step.

Two-line combat, especially the two-line combat of Premier League teams, is really very difficult because there is no winter break here.

Liverpool does not have enough bench thickness, so they must make some choices appropriately.

Manchester United beat Bolton four-to-one home with the second score between Park Ji-sung and Rooney.

Chelsea also won Sheffield United at its own home court, but Arsenal was defeated by Everton 0-1 away.

The Gunners' current situation is indeed full of regrets, and they can't even see the performance of the second place in the Champions League last season.

In the Premier League, he withdrew from the championship team early, and the Champions League quarterfinals were in two rounds, with a total score of 2-1 to Eindhoven, and stopped in the quarterfinals.

It can be said that the Gunners' state has indeed fluctuated greatly, but this is not a bad thing for Liverpool.

Because of the 31st round of the Premier League, Liverpool will face Arsenal at home.

This is the only Premier League team that Liverpool has not defeated so far this season.

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Although he was tied by Aston Villa away, the atmosphere in Melwood is still quite good.

Winston Bogard returned to Beijing after only one week at Liverpool. He was worried about his gym in Beijing.

Since training with Winston Bogard, Aurerio and Mascherano have come to Melwood early every morning. They will follow Yang Yang to train in the gym, but the programs are different.

After an hour of gym training, the rest of Liverpool players have arrived. They will start a lap training, which is more like a warm-up exercise, mainly moving muscles.

Every morning, captains Gerald and Carragher always come to the training ground first, and they call this the leading demonstration effect.

Players who came early would form a circle with Yang Yang and other players who practiced in the gym and conduct training for circles.

Now, Yang Yang no longer volunteers to enter the circle and grab the ball. He trains like others, and it is not easy for others to get him into the circle.

This kind of training is not very intense, and the players are relatively relaxed, and they don’t forget to chat while training.

For example, in the game against Aston Villa yesterday, Mascherano played well, performed quite well, and almost scored with a long shot, but unfortunately it was still a little bit worse.

If he scored, this would be his first goal in his career!

Since the Argentine midfielder joined Liverpool, his overall performance has indeed been rising, especially in the past half month, after training with Winston Bogard, he seems to have become more and more confident on the court.

Yang Yang could also feel the urgency in his heart, after all, it was the end of March.

With only more than two months left before the end of the league, how could Liverpool spend 10 or 20 million pounds to sign him without showing a decent performance?

Yang Yang also found an opportunity to ask about Paco Yesterdam's situation. Gerald and Carragher both said that Yesterdam was still considering it and Benitez wanted to keep him, but the specific details were not clear.

No one has a good idea for this.

People go to high places, and water flows to low places.

Yesterdam is trying to help Benitez at Liverpool. He must have the idea of ​​developing by himself. For example, Queros, who was an assistant coach for Ferguson, ran to Real Madrid to coach for a year, and after his failure, he came back to continue to be an assistant for Ferguson.

But Yang Yang's concerns are mainly Benitez. Without the lubricant of Yesterdam, Benitez can really control the locker room? Can he really continue to get along so well with everyone?

Sometimes, people will change.

Yang Yang believes that when Barcelona players send off iron-blooded coach Tencart, they must be cheering. Everyone is thinking in their hearts that they will be able to continue to maintain self-discipline and do not need the supervision of a guy like Tencart.

But what is the result?

Rijkaard did not try to keep him, which must have been enthusiastic support from the players, but now, do the players still support Rijkaard so much? When Etoo criticized Rijkaard on the spot, how many people stood up to accuse the Cameroon striker?

Managing a team well is not much different from managing a company well.

No one is perfect, Ferguson is like this, Rijcard is like this, and Benitez is like this.

But now, everything at Liverpool is really good. If the bench was not thick enough, the team would have really insisted on fighting on both sides.

Yang Yang’s concerns were not caused by mediocre people. Gerald, Carragher and others also had such concerns. Therefore, after Yang Yang made it privately, they immediately communicated with the coaching staff and management.

But if Yesterdam really wants to leave, no one can stop him.

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"By the way, against Arsenal on the weekend, Javier and Fabio will both be there, and Alvaro will do it."

Speaking of this, Gerald looked at Mascherano and Aurelio, "You guys perform well, there is a rare opportunity, and you play well. Maybe you will also play in the Champions League in the middle of next week."

As soon as the captain finished speaking, Mascherano and Aurerio were both happy.

Aveloa is not here, otherwise, he would probably be full of expectations.

These three players joined the team last summer or this winter, but have not yet fully proved themselves.

Needless to say, Mascherano has played only a handful of games; Aveloa has played two games against Barcelona in the Champions League, and has performed very well, but his position is the left back he is not good at.

It can be said that this is a countermeasure to limit Messi and it will not last long.

In the long run, Aveloa's competitor should be Finnan.

As for Aurerio, he was constantly competing with Riser, but in the two rounds of the game against Barcelona, ​​Benitez chose Avero, which somewhat made Aurerio, who was the left back, feel the pressure.

This is not a bad thing.

Appropriate pressure can keep players alert and make them more likely to maintain their condition.

Liverpool draws the opponent in the quarterfinals by Roma from Serie A, who first and then away. Therefore, this home game next Wednesday is crucial. The team must do their best to win in order to play away in a more relaxed environment.

Benitez will definitely consider making players in better form.

As for Yang Yang, Benitez had given special advice during training that when playing Arsenal on the weekend, he would arrange for Yang Yang to play for an hour, and then he would be replaced to prepare for the mid-week Champions League.

Yang Yang is very clear about his task. The most important thing for him now is to maintain his own state and try to help the team go further, whether in the Champions League or the League.

The only difference is that the Champions League is more imminent.

If possible, Yang Yang of course wants both the Champions League and the League, but if he doesn't choose one of the two, he will choose the Champions League.

He has been eager to have his own Champions League for four years!

Liverpool this season is undoubtedly the year that makes him feel the most confident, and he really doesn't want to miss it.

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Relatively speaking, the situation for Arsenal is not very good.

This season, the final result was that Arsenal was eliminated on all fronts one after another, and was destined to be empty in March. What's even more tragic is that there are many injuries in the team.

Henry was injured, Van Persie was injured, and now even Gilberto Silva was injured.

In recent times, Wenger has not had any good news. The only thing that is more gratifying is that Togo center Adebayo has returned after lifting the ban.

Now, Arsenal's situation is very similar to Liverpool's experience in the first match between the two sides, and they are in a trough due to injuries.

But in thirty years, Hexi has been in Hedong for thirty years, now it is Liverpool's turn to be lucky. Of course, he is taking advantage of his illness to kill him. How can he be polite?

The last time he lost to Arsenal away, and this time at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool obviously did not intend to let his opponent go back safely, even if the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals will be held in the mid-week.

Yang Yang still clearly remembers that when he was in Ajax, Ronald Koeman and the coaching staff once told him that the biggest problem of Arsenal is their physical fitness, because they have to maintain their own pass and ball control system.

Passing and controlling the ball is difficult, and it is not difficult.

However, this style of play requires high demands on players' running, and running requires physical fitness.

Especially in the tactical environment of the Premier League, if you have to face the impact of your opponent, players need to run more and consume more physical energy. Therefore, Arsenal collapses around the winter break every season, which is definitely not accidental.
Chapter completed!