Chapter 693 Intense schedule
The league rankings are very anxious. After the match against Arsenal, Levi did not go on vacation with Emilia Clarke this time either.
On the contrary, Emilia Clarke knew that Levi was under a lot of pressure, so she specially asked the director for a day and a half of vacation. She came to Liverpool from Northern Ireland to stay with Levi for a day, and then had to return to Northern Ireland from Liverpool in a hurry.
Fortunately, Liverpool and Northern Ireland are not far away, otherwise Emilia Clarke would be exhausted.
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On April 23, Liverpool played against Birmingham at home.
Manchester United against Everton.
Because April 28 is the date of the first round of the Champions League semi-finals, Levi decisively rotated this game.
The game against Real Madrid is first host and then away. This time against Barcelona, I don’t know if Platini feels that he seems to have treated Levi a little bit badly, so this time the semi-finals gave Liverpool a small advantage. Guest first, then main game schedule.
In other words, on April 28th, Liverpool played at Barcelona's home stadium, Camp Nou.Generally speaking, this kind of long-distance away game is to arrive at the destination one day in advance.
Therefore, Liverpool's schedule is very tight. In order to ensure that they can go all out in the game against Barcelona, Levi carried out a large-scale rotation, except for the goalkeeper, all of them were rotated.
It's also thanks to the thickness of Liverpool's bench, otherwise they would have been overwhelmed by their opponents if they switched to another team for this kind of rotation.
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It is worth mentioning that Gerrard finally returned from injury.In fact, Gerrard could play against Arsenal, but Li Wei considered that Gerrard had recuperated for more than a month, and his competitive state would definitely decline significantly, so he asked Gerrard to play in the reserve team first. District League.
The reserve team match was held the day before the match against Arsenal. It was naturally impossible for Gerrard to participate in a high-intensity Premier League match the next day after finishing the reserve team match.
So Gerrard didn't return to the Premier League until today.
His partners are Moussa Sissoko and Lallana. This season Lallana has performed quite well and once occupied Liverpool's main lineup, but he is immature after all and was taken back by Nainggolan.
The forward midfielder Levi used the teenager Sterling. Although this black boy will be called a traitor by some Liverpool fans in the future, he is a talented player, and there is no need for Levi to abolish him.What's more, no matter what Sterling said, when he left, he also brought the club a transfer fee of 500 million pounds plus 400 million floating bonuses.
On the striker, Li Wei chose Lambert to partner with Griezmann.
Lambert has played very little this season, as a role player (broken dense weapons) his chances of playing are not many, especially when Liverpool are out of the FA Cup and League Cup, let Lambert as a substitute There are very few opportunities for players to train, and Levi will often send Lambert to the reserve team to participate in games.
Of course it is not to exile Lambert, this is to keep Lambert in a competitive state.
And Lambert has never let go of this in front of the media. He trained honestly. When Li Wei asked him to play in the reserve team, he went to the reserve team to play. Although he is capable, he has a good attitude.
This time Li Wei chose Lambert to start, which is also a reward for him.
In the game, Birmingham did not unexpectedly choose to defend and counterattack.
Birmingham is currently ranked No.18 in the standings, and this ranking is in the relegation zone. Even one point is very important for Birmingham, which is now on the verge of relegation.In fact, if it is not a fluke, I hope to get a three-pointer. Birmingham's iron nails this time are iron barrel formations, not defensive counterattacks.
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As soon as the game started, Liverpool used his offense to tell Birmingham not to take chances when playing against a team like Liverpool.
In the 7th minute of the game, Liverpool scored.
Lambert made the ball and passed back through the middle, Moussa Sissoko followed and fired a powerful right-footed shot from the edge of the penalty area.Birmingham goalkeeper Foster barely made a save, but Liverpool attacked wave after wave. Before Birmingham's defenders could clear the siege, Sterling had already relied on his nimble advantage to grab the Birmingham defenders before they destroyed the football. Shot on goal.
Foster was still on the turf at this time, and he could only defend with his eyes against Sterling's poke.
Without accident, Sterling scored easily!