Young Football Player

On the 17th round of the Premier League, Liverpool played against Arsenal at home.

Before the game, Sterling accepted the award from the Italian "Turin Sports News" and became the new European Golden Boy.

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

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

Today, the Liverpool team can be regarded as having two generations of golden boys, Li Chenglong and Sterling. Li Chenglong was the European golden boy in 2012, and Sterling was the European golden boy in 2014.

But in terms of age, Jackie Lee is only one year older than Sterling.

Before the start of the game, Li Chenglong deliberately went to have a few words with Wenger, no matter what, he was an old acquaintance.

However, after the game officially started, the two sides did not intend to give in at all.

Liverpool currently has three main players missing, namely Sturridge, Lovren and Glenn Johnson, but Arsenal is not optimistic either. They are also missing Ozil, Ramsey and Koscielny. And important players such as Arteta.

With neither side taking advantage, Liverpool, which has home court advantage, still took the initiative.

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

Liverpool had a complete advantage in the first half and suppressed Arsenal throughout the whole process, but their ability to seize opportunities was insufficient.

The main reason is that Sterling, who won the Golden Boy Award, seems to be a little bit drifting.

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

When Sterling was almost locked in this year's European Golden Boy Award, the English media were bragging for him, saying that he would be the next Bruce Lee, who would win the Golden Boy Award this year and hit the Golden Globe Award next year.

Indeed, after Li Chenglong won the European Golden Boy Award in 2012, he rose like a rocket, and now he is going to compete for the Golden Globe Award in 2014.

The English tabloids touted it nonsense, and that kid Sterling seemed to really take it as a tonic.

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

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

Young people can make mistakes, but there must be a limit.

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

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

In this way, Liverpool only scored one goal when they had an overall advantage in the first half, and temporarily returned to the locker room with a score of 1:0.

During the half-time break, Rodgers caught Sterling spitting wildly.

But if it weren't for the kid's constant waste in the first half, Liverpool may have already led 2:0 or 3:0.

But Rogers' wild spray made Sterling depressed again.

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

In this situation,

Rodgers made another substitution, allowing Italian striker Borini to replace Sterling in the first half.

Unexpectedly, this Italian is also a pitfall. He clashed with Cazorla for some reason as soon as he came on the field. In the next ten minutes, he first violated and then stomped. He received two yellow cards in succession and was just fined. .

Now it's all right, the good situation directly becomes one less person to fight.

Arsenal took advantage of the opportunity, and Giroud and Debusch scored two goals to reverse the score.

Fortunately, in stoppage time, Jackie Chan made a long shot to create a corner kick, and then Slovak iron defender Skrtel scored a header to help Liverpool barely save a point.

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

After the tie this round, Liverpool's league rankings fell again.

After Tottenham won the game, they successfully surpassed Liverpool. Liverpool's current Premier League ranking has dropped to eighth, and there is also a 5-point difference from West Ham United, which is fourth.

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

But in general, this voice is not mainstream.

Firstly, Liverpool can't find any decent head coach to take over for the time being. Secondly, the current situation of Liverpool is not as bad as imagined.

Liverpool is currently 5 points behind West Ham United in fourth place, but everyone knows that West Ham United and Southampton in fifth place are both dark polo teams, and it is impossible to maintain this ranking until the end of the season.

After a while, they should obediently fall by themselves.

Therefore, Arsenal and Tottenham are the two teams that really compete with Liverpool for the Champions League qualification.

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

The only thing to worry about is that if you want to compete with Arsenal, a top four contender, you may not be able to compete with them in terms of experience in the top four.

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After the game against Arsenal, the Premier League Christmas schedule 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 doing a good job in commercial operations, the annual Christmas schedule also has a certain bonus.

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

As Christmas is approaching, Liverpool Club officials have also organized some activities.

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

In the hospital, Jackie Lee wearing a Christmas hat was undoubtedly the most popular person, and the children all rushed to take pictures with him.

"Bruce, can we make it into the top four this year?" The group photo was almost done, and the young fans started chatting about the team's results again.

"Of course."

"you promise?"

"I promise."

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

"It's absolutely fine, don't worry, as long as I'm here, the team will have a championship."

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Liverpool has indeed not won any decent championships in recent years. The team's last championship was the League Cup champion of the season, which happened three years ago.

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

There is no hope of winning the Premier League. Liverpool is currently 16 points behind Chelsea, which is top of the list.

But in other competitions, Liverpool can work hard.

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

The FA Cup has not yet started, so it can be ignored for the time being.

In the case of the League Cup, Liverpool has already reached the semi-finals. As long as they pass Chelsea, the probability of winning the final is quite high, because the opponent in the final is at most Tottenham, which is also in turmoil. .

As for the Champions League, Liverpool are currently drawn to Porto in the top sixteen. As long as you are careful, there is basically no problem in reaching the top eight.

But after the quarterfinals, we will see the overall state of the team.

The UEFA Champions League knockout round does not value stability as much as the league.

Some teams played badly in the group stage, or even played badly most of the time, but a sudden explosion when facing a strong opponent in the knockout round is enough to give those so-called favorites to the championship. sent out.

Unexpected and unpopular, which itself is a highlight of the Champions League.

Looking back at the UEFA Champions League every year, everyone will find that the so-called most popular teams at the beginning of the season actually won the championship, and few even reached the final.

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