Young Football Player

No. 17, the 17th round of the Premier League, Liverpool vs. Arsenal at home.

　　 Before the game, Sterling accepted the award from the Italian "Torino Sport" and became the new European golden boy.

　　 Sterling's performance in 2014 was indeed remarkable. Although he didn't score many goals, he often made breakthroughs on the wing and created opportunities for the team.

　　In fact, being able to become the absolute main force of Liverpool and England's national team at the age of 20 is an ability in itself.

　　 Nowadays, there are two generations of golden boys in the Liverpool team: Jackie Lee and Sterling. Lee was the European golden boy in 2012 and Sterling was the European golden boy in 2014.

　　 Regarding age, Li Chenglong is only one year older than Sterling.

　　 Before the start of the game, Li Chenglong deliberately went to have a polite sentence with Wenger, so he was an old acquaintance.

　　 But after the game officially started, the two sides didn't mean to give in at all.

Liverpool currently has three major players: Sturridge, Lovren and Glenn Johnson, but Arsenal is not optimistic. They also missed Ozil, Ramsey and Koscielny. And Arteta and other important players.

　　 In the case of neither side taking advantage, Liverpool, which has a home court advantage, still took the initiative.

　　 Mainly in the absence of Özil, Sanchez seemed to be a little alone and completely lost at Anfield.

　　 Liverpool had a complete advantage in the first half, suppressing Arsenal throughout, but the ability to seize opportunities was insufficient.

　　 Mainly because Sterling won the Golden Boy Award, it seems a little drifting.

　　 He kept wanting to express himself in the game, but he played happy football again and again.

　　 Before Sterling was almost locked in this year's European Golden Boy Award, the English media was helping him brag, saying that he would be the next Bruce Lee, to win the Golden Boy Award this year, and to hit the Golden Globe Award the following year.

　　 Indeed, after Jackie Lee won the European Golden Boy Award in 2012, he then jumped up like a rocket, and now he is going to compete for the Golden Globe Award in 2014.

　　 The English tabloids were so ostentatious that Sterling really seemed to take it as a tonic.

　　 Now he is in a state of inexplicable excitement, with an eager urge to prove his identity as the future Golden Globe winner.

　　 After Sterling wasted several opportunities in a row, Jackie Lee began to take the ball and stopped letting the kid mess around.

　　Young people can make mistakes, but they must have a degree.

　　 So finally in the 41st minute, Lee Chenglong sent a good arc pass after breaking through Gibbs on the right, successfully bypassing Chambers and found Coutinho at the back point.

　　 Coutinho received the ball with a low shot to help Liverpool break the deadlock.

　　 In this way, Liverpool scored only one goal in the first half with a full advantage, and returned to the locker room with a score of 1:0.

　　 During the intermission, Rogers caught Sterling spitting wildly.

　　 But if it hadn't been for the kid to waste non-stop in the first half, Liverpool might have led 2:0 or 3:0.

　　 But Rogers's violent spray made Sterling directly depressed.

　　 In the second half of the game, Sterling's performance became completely sluggish.

　　 Under such circumstances, Rogers made another substitution, allowing Italian forward Borini to replace Sterling in the first half.

Unexpectedly, this Italian was also a pit. As soon as he came on the court, he had a conflict with Cazorla for some reason. In the next ten minutes, he infringed and then pedaled. He received two yellow cards and was fined. .

　　 It's all right now, the good situation will directly become one less hit.

　　 Arsenal took the opportunity to start, Giroud and Debusi scored two goals to reverse the score.

　　 Fortunately, in stoppage time, Lee Chenglong shot a corner kick from a long range, and then the Slovak iron guard Skrtel made a header, which helped Liverpool barely save a point.

　　 In this way, Liverpool played a strange ups and downs match at home, and finally drew 2:2 with Arsenal.

　　 After a tie in this round, Liverpool's league ranking again declined.

　　 Tottenham surpassed Liverpool smoothly after winning. At present, Liverpool's Premier League ranking has fallen to eighth, and it is 5 points away from the fourth-placed West Ham United.

　　 Liverpool scored only one point in two consecutive rounds against Manchester United and Arsenal, which led to repeated declines in the rankings. The voice of Rogers's dismissal has begun to appear in the English media.

　　 But in general, this voice is not mainstream.

　　 For the time being, Liverpool could not find any decent coach to take over. Secondly, the current situation in Liverpool is not as bad as imagined.

　　 At present, Liverpool is 5 points behind West Ham United, who is fourth, but everyone knows that West Ham United and Southampton, who are fifth, belong to the dark horse team. It is impossible to maintain this ranking until the end of the season.

　　 After a while, they should fall down by themselves.

　　 So it is Arsenal and Tottenham that really compete with Liverpool for the Champions League qualification.

　　 But now Liverpool has 26 points, Arsenal and Tottenham are both 27 points, only one point difference, not much.

　　 The only thing to worry about is to compete with Arsenal, the four junior masters, who may not be better than others in the four experience.

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　　 After playing against Arsenal, the Christmas schedule of the Premier League is here.

　　 The Christmas schedule is the most intensive time period in the Premier League, and it is also a feature of the Premier League.

　　 The overall commercial value of the Premier League is high. In addition to good business operations, the annual Christmas schedule also has a certain bonus.

　　 When the fans are busy with the Christmas break, other leagues are also resting. Only the Premier League still has games to watch. This is of course an alternative promotion.

　　 As Christmas is approaching, the Liverpool club officials also organize some activities.

　　 Jackie Lee, Gerrard, Henderson and other popular players, dressed as Santa Claus went to a local children's hospital in Liverpool to visit young fans.

　　 In the hospital, Jackie Lee wearing a Christmas hat has undoubtedly become the most popular person. The children are vying to take a photo with him.

　　 "Bruce, can we score in the top four this year?" The group photo is almost done, and the little fans began to care about the team's results again.

"Of course."

"you promise?"

"I promise."

　　 "Then can you help the team win the championship?"

　　 "It's totally possible, don't worry, as long as I am here, the team will have a championship."

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　　 Liverpool really haven't won any decent championships in recent years. The team's last championship was the League Cup championship of the season, three years ago.

　　 Liverpool's overall performance this season is not very good, but Lee Chenglong still has to fight to lead the team to win the championship.

　　 The Premier League champion is hopeless~www.NovelMTL.com~ At present, Liverpool is 16 points behind Chelsea, which is impossible to catch up. Liverpool's goal in the league is to ensure that it enters the top four.

　　 But in other events, Liverpool can work hard.

　　 League Cup, FA Cup or even the Champions League, Liverpool still have a chance.

　　 The FA Cup hasn't started yet, so you can ignore it for the time being.

In the League Cup, Liverpool has reached the semi-finals. As long as the Chelsea level is passed, the probability of winning in the final is still quite high, because the opponent in the final is at most Tottenham, and it is also a turbulent team. .

　　 As for the Champions League, Liverpool currently draws Porto in the 16th round. As long as you be careful, it is basically no problem to enter the quarterfinals.

　　 But after the quarterfinals, it is time to see the overall state of the team.

　　 Champions League knockout matches are not as important to stability as the league.

Some teams played badly in the group stage, and even said that they played badly most of the time, but when they faced strong opponents in the knockout round, there was a sudden explosion, which is enough to give the so-called favorites to the strong teams. Sent out.

　　 Accidents and upsets, which in themselves is a major attraction of the Champions League.

　　 Looking back at the Champions League every year, everyone will find that the so-called first favorite teams to win the championship at the beginning of the season, in fact, there are not many that really won the championship, and even few of them have reached the final.

　　 Most of the favorites to win the championship, basically died on the way to the finals.