Green Ace Marshal

Liverpool reached the FA Cup quarter-finals, fighting on the third line in the second half of the season, quite a trend of triumphant progress!

The Champions League knockout 1/8 finals are coming as scheduled.

Liverpool was a guest on an expedition to Ukraine to challenge Shakhtar Donetsk.

This time as a guest to challenge Shakhtar Donetsk. In the pre-match dressing room, Situ Yunbing, who was very energetic in suit and leather, issued a declaration of his oath for the second half of the season!

When the players were ready to fight, Situ Yunbing stood in the middle of the locker room with one hand in his pocket, speaking to everyone as usual.

"I have never defended the Champions League. In fact, after the restructuring of the Champions League, no team did it.

In the past 20 years, we have seen too many strong teams, many of which have impressed us today.

Such as AC Milan, such as Juventus, such as Manchester United, such as Barcelona...

But none of them were able to defend the title in the Champions League!

As the defending champions this season, we have the opportunity to break this curse and create a new history.

This is difficult, of course, if it is simple, then the team has already successfully defended.

This is like in school. If you are just an ordinary student, you need to put in a lot of effort if you want to be at the top of the exam. When you do, everyone around you will be surprised.

When you want to get full marks, other talents will be shocked and admire your dedication and performance, but those students who have been at the forefront before will work harder to perform better in the next exam. Beyond you.

So it is difficult to get full marks once, but it is even more difficult to get full marks continuously!

We are at this stage now. We have already handed in nearly perfect scores in the past two years. In the third year, can we do it?

Some people outside are watching, some are cursing, and some are blessing, but our opponents must also be working hard and trying to snipe us!

There are not many players who can be active in the Champions League for more than ten years. Therefore, for these players, they have 10 chances to become champions in their careers, allowing the highest honor to surround themselves.

Most players may only have 8 chances in their entire career, 6 times or less!

I know that some of you have won two championships, but you must understand that when you first receive this honor, you are successful, and when you receive this honor for the second time, you are in a place that is obvious to all. The glorious stage, but when you become the champion of the highest honor for the third time, this is your achievement, career achievement, if more, then you are a legend, it has nothing to do with age, it is only with your performance and play , The results you get are related!

As the Liverpool manager, I have won the Champions League three times and the UEFA Europa League once, but I am not satisfied. I will forget what I have won at the beginning of each season.

As you can see, I'm very young, and I think when most other coaches are my age, they will have more entertainment time and even have indulgent madness.

But I didn't. In addition to eating and sleeping, believe me, the time and energy I put in football far exceeds that of my wife, who was once my girlfriend.

I have dedicated my best years and most beautiful youth to football. This is already a part of my life, so I cannot tolerate failure!

People say that I am a great coach and legendary coach who rewrites the history of the Champions League and created the Champions League record. For me, this is just a sound for me to celebrate with a glass of wine and then to go to sleep.

if not?

I completely relaxed and let my opponent beat me down to see how terrible I died after being overwhelmed?

Or leave this circle, the rapids retreat?

Since I am still here, I can only win!

I am sure that you are the same people as me, and we will always win!

Because this is our attitude towards football, this is the way we love football, and this is our role in the football field: champion! "

Situ Yunbing's confession-like pre-match remarks were not just to give the players blood.

Players and coaches listened carefully and nodded in response from time to time.

After Situ Yunbing's voice fell, they unanimously said in a solemn voice: "Champion!"

Then they looked at each other with firm eyes and serious expressions, and said again: "Champion!"

Then it became everyone shouted in unison: "Champion!"

Situ Yunbing nodded with obvious pride in his eyes when he saw the passionate scene in the dressing room.

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Metalist Stadium.

The home fans of Shakhtar Donetsk have created a good momentum here.

They know that even if there is a home advantage, the team will face the defending champions, so they must give the team more help and momentum.

Liverpool still can’t come up with the strongest lineup today. Kanter and Eriksson are still recovering from their injuries, but Liverpool’s starting lineup is still very strong, strong enough to make any team in European football dare not underestimate it, even if it is. Liverpool played away.

After more than two seasons of growth in Liverpool, Ter Stegen can't say that he is the number one in Europe, but at least there is no problem in the top three in Europe.

Azpilicueta’s offensive and defensive capabilities are also among the top three in Europe. Whether it is the first depends on the specific performance. The combination of Van Dijk and Coulibaly needs more time to prove the power of the combination, but Fan Dick is definitely the best central defender in Europe, Robertson has been tempered for two years, and now he dare not compare it on the European stage, but the Premier League probably has no better left-back than him, especially In the age of Baynes.

Casemiro is often invisible, but without him, people would realize his importance. Henderson is progressing, it is almost difficult to give him an accurate position, because he seems It is a kind of modest posture, but under Situ Yunbing, he also played very well. There is a sense of sight of Manchester United players in the Ferguson era, which is not good when taken alone, but they performed very well in the team. it is good.

If Coutinho plays as an attacking midfielder, he is definitely in the top three in the Premier League.

Needless to say, the combination of Gareth Bale, Lewandowski and Mbappé is the best when taken out individually, and the power of the combination will be clearer than the Liverpool fans. .

Shakhtar Donetsk can be considered a local team, at least in the country.

They can attract players like Teixeira, Srna, Luis Adriano, Freddie, Douglas Costa, etc. to play for many years. You must know that Ukraine is not the favorite place for South American players, at least the climate here is not. They can adapt quickly.

There is no shortage of examples in European football where outstanding players who went to Ukraine or Russia to pan for gold were abandoned after two or three years in Eastern Europe.

In general, Shakhtar Donetsk's overall strength is good, and the players are also good, but they are limited to the level that can be promoted in the Champions League group stage. If they play well, they can enter the Champions League quarter-finals. If they do not play well, they will qualify for the group stage. It's all a bit hanging.

Liverpool played steadily on the road without underestimating the enemy. After all, the temperature here in Ukraine at night is almost 10 degrees lower than in the UK!

Although Situ Yunbing was very ambitious, he would not despise any opponent.

Shakhtar Donetsk started to strengthen the offensive after defending Liverpool's simple offenses.

As a result, they actually exposed the flaws in the line of defense for Liverpool to use.

In the 41st minute of the game, when Azpilicueta succeeded in stealing the backcourt, Henderson passed a long backcourt to directly instigate a fast break. Lewandowski's header flew to find Mbappe on the wing, the latter The ball moved quickly all the way to the bottom. Gareth Bale followed up quickly on the other side at the same time. When the two people swiftly speeded together, the visual shock to the audience was very exciting, as if the other players were obviously in slow motion. It seems that other people can't run!

It's because they are too fast!

When Mbappé went down to the wing and quickly passed the ball, the goalkeeper found himself unable to destroy the ball at all but found himself unable to destroy the ball in the middle of the attack. After he shoveled at the limit but was about one meter short of reaching the ball, the football rolled into the penalty area. Gareth Bale, who was followed up in the last point, easily pushed into the empty goal!

Liverpool took the lead in the away game!

When Gareth Bale and Mbappe came together and raised their hands to clap, the Shakhtar Donetsk fans were shocked by the speed of the two!

One left and one right, there was a tornado in the Metalist Stadium!

After losing the ball, Shakhtar Donetsk became conservative, avoiding the same mistake of losing the ball.

The second half of the game was relatively dull. In the two rounds, Situ Yunbing would expect to score more away goals. However, when the expedition to Eastern Europe and the venue and weather conditions are unfavorable for Liverpool, he also has to take advantage of the situation.

After Liverpool failed to expand the lead 70 minutes ago, Situ Yunbing began to make substitutions, Sane and Vardy got the opportunity to play, and Gerrard also came off the bench in the last 10 minutes.

Liverpool's intention to strengthen the defense is very clear. Shakhtar Donetsk speeded up the pace in the last 10 minutes, but could not break Liverpool's defense.

When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, the fans of Shakhtar Donetsk were slightly disappointed, but perhaps the one goal behind did not announce the death penalty of Shakhtar Donetsk. They still have the theoretical possibility of a comeback on the road, so Not to be completely discouraged.

But the European media understand that Shakhtar Donetsk’s Champions League journey is over!

Not to mention the strength of Liverpool in the Champions League, since Situ Yunbing coached the Red Army, Liverpool has never lost a game at home!

If Shakhtar Donetsk wants to advance, they must win at Anfield.

How easy is this?