v4 Chapter 713： Not enough brain

It has been half a year since joining Liverpool, but sometimes Gareth Barry still feels like he is dreaming.

For example now.

On March 1, 2009, at three o'clock in the afternoon, Wembley Stadium, London.

League Cup final!

This is the first final of Gareth Barry's career. Although it is only the League Cup final, it is still the most important game of his career so far. None of them.

The League Cup is tasteless, but that is relative to the giants. For Gareth Barry, who has played for Aston Villa for a long time in his career, the League Cup is not tasteless, but a respectable honor.

What made Gareth Barry more fortunate was that he was qualified.

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A week ago, the team defeated Real Madrid 4-0 away, Gareth Barry played the left midfielder, played very stable.

Three days ago, the team defeated Middlesbrough 2-0 away. Gareth Barry was rotated by the head coach and did not get any chance to play. The purpose is to let him play in the League Cup final tonight.

Also hidden by the snow are Yang Yang, the core of breaking Real Madrid, and Mascherano in the midfield.

Gerald and Xavi Alonso, who came back from injury, with the help of Lucas Reiva, directed the victory of defeating Middlesbrough 2-0 away, and both players sat on the bench .

In the face of Manchester United, Liverpool coach Benitez made a change and took a four-for-two formation. Yang Yang and Crouch, who came back from the injury, partnered with double forwards, and Gareth Bell played with Benaillon. Spalli and Mascherano partnered with a double back.

The coach's game strategy is very obvious, and that is to die with Manchester United.

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Ferguson was also not idle.

Manchester United is currently a lot behind Liverpool in the Premier League standings. With the time entering March, the possibility of Manchester United reversing is getting smaller and smaller, and the time left for Manchester United is getting shorter and shorter, so Ferguson attaches great importance to the cup.

The Red Devils godfather knows very well that Manchester United must keep the cup first to avoid empty hands after the season.

Therefore, in the middle of last week, after a zero-to-zero draw with Inter Milan, Ferguson returned to the Premier League and carried out a rotation. He defeated Portsmouth at home by two to zero, and all the main players were left to the League Cup final.

Rooney, Tevez, Cristiano Ronaldo, Scholes, Carrick, Anderson, Vidic, Ferdinand ... Manchester United will do their best in this game, and the goal is also very clear. That is to kill Liverpool. .

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Half a year after joining Liverpool, Gareth Barry has become an important rotation role for the team.

He was basically satisfied with the treatment he received, but he also wanted to go further and prove his strength and value. Therefore, every time he played, he tried his best to come up with his best state.

Unlike Aston Villa, Liverpool are a rich team, gathered a group of outstanding top stars.

Such as captain Gerrard, deputy captain Carragher, and like midfielders Xavi Alonso and Mascherano, all are top stars in the world, even center Crouch and forward Kuyt are very European star with characteristics and advantages.

But what surprised Gareth Barry most was the team's top star Yang Yang.

All professional players are not unfamiliar with Yang Yang.

Gareth Barry was already familiar with this player when he played for Aston Villa. Even as an opponent, he played against Yang Yang several times. But as a teammate, he really felt why Yang Yang could come to today.

work hard! Self-discipline! Tenacious struggle! never give up!

Outside media reporters and fans often just see the surface, see Yang Yang present, and show them, but only as a teammate, as the closest comrade-in-arms on the court, Gareth Barry can really feel Yang Yang ’s heart.

He is the best player in Melwood's popularity!

Not only that, the two sides must fight side by side on the court, Gareth Barry also needs to know Yang Yang better than others.

For example, he needs to know how fast Yang Yang's extreme sprint is. He needs to know how to pass a more comfortable ball to Yang Yang. He also needs to calculate how much advance is given to best show Yang Yang's threat ...

From small to large, everyone said that Gareth Barry is a very smart player, good at thinking with his brain.

But after arriving in Liverpool, he found that when facing Yang Yang, his brain always seemed to be insufficient.

It's like tonight.

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After the opening, Manchester United was in a hurry.

The opening offensive, first to grab people, this is Ferguson's good show, but also the customary trick of Manchester United.

The Red Devils Manchester United are domineering in the Premier League. This is the hegemonic temperament accumulated by the long-term ruling Premier League. Even if there is some recession in the past few years, Manchester United is still Manchester United and Ferguson is still Ferguson.

Gareth Barry is the core of Liverpool's midfield. As a left-footed player, he appears in the left-back area of ​​the double back.

Faced with the pressure and strangling tactics of Manchester United midfielder, Gareth Barry is difficult to create opportunities.

Liverpool's situation was the same as Gareth Barry faced and was suppressed by Manchester United.

In the first 17 minutes, Manchester United created six good offensive threats, but Liverpool did not even hit an attack.

Yang Yang and Crouch fell into a lonely situation in front, the ball is difficult to pass.

Ferguson is not Juan Dramos. Manchester United coach is Europe's top tactical master. Facing Benitez with the same tactical ability, Ferguson has not fallen in the lineup.

Of course, although Liverpool missed the first opportunity, but also did not give Manchester United an opportunity to attack.

The two sides fought very fiercely. Liverpool didn't create an opportunity by Benaillon on the right until the eighteenth minute, but Ferdinand took the ball before Yang Yang.

Nine minutes later, from the right pass of Benayong, Yang Yang got a kicking opportunity on the left side of the penalty area, but his body was forcibly suppressed by Ferdinand. The shot failed to hit the force and the ball was easily confiscated by goalkeeper Vandersall .

Obviously, Ferguson specially arranged Ferdinand to focus on Yang Yang tonight.

Even if Benitez did not change Yang Yang's position, there was O'Shea on the right side of Manchester United.

The old Scotsman learned the lessons of Juan Dramos, fearing he would repeat Real Madrid's mistakes, so he was also more cautious in his targeted defense.

After the opening, there was no chance for a long time, and then two consecutive opportunities were created, but they were suppressed by the opponent's central defender. If they were replaced by other players, it would be somewhat emotional, but Yang Yang seemed to be as usual.

When he watched him go back, he did not forget to applaud his teammates, shook his head with a wry smile, it seemed a bit lost, but there was not much anxiety or panic.

When he walked back and came near the center line, he suddenly walked towards Gareth Bari and said quietly, "Take the right side and pass the ball to the left."

Gareth Barry is a little skeptical about this, because Manchester United is heavily deployed on this side, Oche and Ferdinand are on this side, but on the right side, Evra likes to plug in the offense, so the opportunity on the right side is instead More.

This is why Liverpool's two offensives were planned by Ben Bernonne on the right.

Although I was a little puzzled, Gareth Barry still nodded and agreed, because he knew that Yang Yang was the team's number one star and the offensive leader on the court. Not to mention him, even if Gerald was present, many times He must listen to his opinions and attack around him.

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Soon, the game started again.

Liverpool still tried to launch the offensive from the right, but because of a tacit understanding before, this time, Crouch immediately received a pass from Benaillon on the right and immediately returned to Mascherano. Passed to Gareth Barry.

At this time, Gareth Barry was just facing the left side of the Manchester United penalty area, stopped the ball, looked up and found that the situation in front had changed.

Vidic was walked away by Crouchella, Yang Yang appeared on the middle road, Ferdinand and Oche sandwiched him in the left and right, but Yang Yang was squinting at him, beckoning him to pass behind him.

Gareth Barry is not an idiot. On the contrary, he is very smart and immediately realizes the problem.

After Manchester United's defense is pushed up, Yang Yang's speed will allow him to get a chance between the two players.

Just a moment of hesitation, Gareth Barry made a straight pass from his left foot.

Carrick was supposed to come up to snatch, but he was one step late.

The ball slipped over Carrick's side, over Oshe, and landed on the left side of the penalty area.

Yang Yang turned around at the fastest speed and slanted behind O'Shea.

Manchester United's right-back responded passively, and just turned around, Yang Yang flung away.

Only Ferdinand, who has been paying attention to Yang Yang, has been chasing Yang Yang all the way. Oxie ran to the middle road, ready to help defend Ferdinand behind him.

And at this moment, Gareth Barry suddenly felt regret for a while, because he hesitated a bit, and let experienced Ferdinand see the clue. If he believed Yang Yang, the first time he received the ball was straight behind him, this would definitely be A wonderful single-handed ball.

But now, Yang Yang was entangled by Ferdinand again.

The strength of England's central defender, Gareth Barry, who is a national teammate, is very clear, and Ferdinand put on the captain's armband of Manchester United in this game, showing extreme excitement.

The first two times one-on-one, Yang Yang failed to take advantage of Ferdinand, this time it was entangled again, it is estimated to be choking.

In the final analysis, if this attack is not good, it is Yang Yang who dragged him down.

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Yang Yang didn't think too much about it. When he saw Gareth Barry passing the ball, he diagonally inserted behind O'Shea.

Ferdinand responded quickly, wasn't slow, was hotly pursued, and even secretly pulled a Yang Yang jersey behind him, which caused Yang Yang to slow down.

But in the end position, Yang Yang took the lead to catch up with the ball one step forward, the ball was controlled by him, and the people rushed into the penalty area.

It's just that Ferdinand has been inside him, pressing his shoulders with his hands while squeezing him with his body.

As an experienced top defender in the world, the Manchester United captain clearly knows how to limit his opponents.

But Yang Yang is not a fuel-efficient lamp!