legendary worker

342 Unexpected

"Hi everyone.. Suimeng. High-speed update. This is the 00-01 FA Cup final. We are now explaining the game for you at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff."

After all, it is the FA Cup final.

There are some small activities before the game, but this is just an embellishment of the game.Fans are waiting for the game to start.

Andy Gray has already started explaining.

"The two teams in this final are Liverpool and Chelsea. The king of England, Liverpool, has not won a championship for five years. They must win the FA Cup final and the UEFA Cup final this time. Otherwise, it will be six years without a championship. crown."

"It has been three seasons since Houllier came to Liverpool. There is no championship this season, and Houllier's coaching position may not be secure. I believe there is a lot of pressure on Houllier now."

Andy Gray gave you a brief introduction to Liverpool.

In fact, fans are very familiar with Liverpool and Chelsea.So Andy Gray just introduced some of their current situation.

"Let's talk about Chelsea. This is Coach Su Yun's first season at Chelsea. He has already won a League Cup and a runner-up in the Premier League. Coach Su Yun's results are already very good."

"No no no."

Martin Taylor shook his head.

"Coach Su Yun will never think that such a result is outstanding. Young people are very ambitious."

"Hahaha!"

The two laughed.

While the two were bragging, players from both sides were already standing there.

They are all waiting for the referee's whistle.

"Let me tell you about the lineups of both sides first. Liverpool's lineup is goalkeeper West Wade, defenders from left to right are Ziger, Hyypia, Henjozi, Carragher, Danny Murphy, Hamann in the middle , Gerrard, Borg, Fowler and Owen up front."

"Looking at the Chelsea squad. Cudicini in goal, Sorin, Desailly, Terry, Panucci at the back, Didier Deschamps, Williams, Lampard in midfield, Zola up front. , Hasselbaink, Eto'o."

Andy Gray introduced the lineups of both sides before the game.

"Martin, look at Liverpool's lineup. The previous main midfielder McAllister did not appear in the list, and he didn't hear about McAllister's injury before the game. But now McAllister sits On the bench, Hamann appeared in the lineup instead. I don't quite understand what Houllier means."

Not only Andy Gray was puzzled.

Even Su Yun was stunned when he got Liverpool's list.

Liverpool's main midfielder, and even the scheduling of the midfielder, is in the hands of McAllister.McAllister is 36 and a half years old, quite old.Came to Liverpool for free last summer.

Nobody liked him at the time.

Because it's too old.

But this season everyone is looking at McAllister with admiration.He doesn't look like a 36-year-old veteran at all, and he performed extremely well as the core of Liverpool's midfielder.

Su Yun has made sufficient preparations for restricting McAllister's performance.

It's not like he hasn't played against him before.

Unexpectedly, Houllier was uncharacteristically, instead of sending McAllister, he went to Harman.

This surprised Su Yun.

What do you mean?

What the hell is Hollier trying to do?

McAllister didn't play this time, which made many of Su Yun's pre-match arrangements useless.For a while, Su Yun couldn't figure out what Houlier meant.

But Su Yun believed in one thing anyway.

That is, Houllier is more anxious than himself, and Liverpool players are more anxious than Chelsea players.

Su Yun is also under pressure now.

But even if Su Yun lost the champion, the pressure on Su Yun would not be too great.Moreover, Su Yun does not have the problem of losing his job. Ken Bates is very satisfied with Su Yun's achievements in Chelsea.

So do Chelsea fans.

Although Bates is the chairman of Chelsea, Su Yun doesn't communicate much with him.Among the club chairmen that Su Yun has worked with, only Sunderland chairman Murray is the most appetizing.

Su Yun didn't like Bates' flamboyant chairman very much.

But following Chelsea's loss to Manchester United, Betts called Suyun himself.Expressed great support for Su Yun.

So Su Yun is in a good position.

But Houllier is different.

Su Yun believes that if Houllier has no achievements this season, he will definitely be fired by Liverpool.Under such circumstances, Houllier must be anxious.

No matter how the lineup changes, this big situation has not changed.

Houllier must be anxious.

As long as Houllier is in a hurry, Liverpool will also be in a hurry.Their style of play will have problems when they are in a hurry.

Su Yun was convinced of this.

So Su Yun believed that as long as he could hold his breath, the victory in this game must belong to him.

…………

But after the game started, Su Yun realized that he was wrong.

It's really wrong.

Liverpool did not show any impatience, or Liverpool is very calm.

It didn't appear as Su Yun imagined.

"Martin, how long is it?"

"21 minutes..."

"It's only 21 minutes." Andy Gray yawned, and said slowly: "This game is completely a lullaby, and I fell asleep. Why is the ball still tossing and falling in the midfield? It's so boring."

"It's not dull, it's just unwatchable. I'd say it's the worst FA Cup final I've seen in years."

Andy Gray and Martin Taylor are both professional narrators.They have commented on not one thousand games, but eight hundred games.I have seen a variety of styles of play.

Among them is Graham's most dull team.

But they still couldn't help criticizing the game.

What are Chelsea and Liverpool doing?

Are they playing a game?

Before the game, Su Yun judged that Houllier would be in a hurry, so Su Yun had already made up his strategy.Su Yun wanted to play the most familiar defensive counterattack, using the fast Hasselbaink and Eto'o to counterattack.

And the midfielder is going to use Williams to completely freeze McAllister.

But I didn't expect that Houlier didn't follow Su Yun's thought at all.

Liverpool also played defensively.

Of course, Houllier's Liverpool played defensive counterattacks, but Su Yun bet that Houllier was more stressed and anxious than himself.So Liverpool will definitely come up.

But it was completely different from what was expected.

Liverpool has no intention of coming up at all.

Harman, Gerrard, and Danny Murphy lined up in the middle to intercept and defend.Borg's position is slightly forward, which is the point of exit when counterattacking.

Almost exactly like Chelsea.

Su Yun also lined up with Lampard, Deschamps, and Williams, and then Zola stepped forward to deliver bullets to Hasselbaink and Eto'o.

In this way, the two sides grind in the midfield, and the midfield becomes a meat grinder.

The midfielder keeps grabbing the ball.

Also contributed to what Andy Gray and Martin Taylor thought was a dull match.

The game is really dull.

Even Su Yun, the Chelsea coach, thinks so.

Have you ever opened a door?

Had.

In the 9th minute of the game, Chelsea got a chance to shoot.It was still a 27-meter long shot at the front of the penalty area, and it missed the target and flew away.Then it was No. 19 minutes before the second shot came belatedly.Under Hyypia's interference, Hasselbaink shot hastily.

In the 10 minutes of the game, Chelsea's shots only stayed at two.

Liverpool were no better.

They have only shot twice so far.

Once, Liverpool took advantage of a free kick and Borg shot directly.However, he took the ball and hit Panucci's body and popped out of the bottom line.Immediately after the corner kick, Hyypia scored with a header.

Because of Terry's defense, the attack was soft and did not pose any threat to Cudicini.

The game has been played for more than 30 minutes, and the combined number of shots from the two teams is only four.And neither team created any threatening shots, and the dullness of the game can be imagined.

Both sides put their energy on the defense in the middle.

All kinds of collisions, all kinds of fouls, of course, the fouls are not big.But those kinds of small fouls came one after another, and the game was interrupted by such fouls.

The referee was very helpless.

Those fouls are not very lethal fouls, but even pulling and dragging are very obvious fouls.This kind of foul can't be blown, but it's not enough for a yellow card.

So the game can only be intermittent.

After two goals were not passed, it was blocked by a foul.Sometimes the referee doesn't even want to call a foul, but wants to make the game smoother.But neither team on either side of the game was in a hurry.

That's how boring the game is.

Su Yun is not in a hurry.Su Yun wanted to see how long Houllier could endure.In front of the job, Su Yun did not believe that Houllier was not in a hurry.

So Su Yun was willing to wait.

And Hollier was not in a hurry.Of course Houllier made himself not in a hurry.

Houllier has already made up his mind.

He just wants to be more patient with Su Yun.He will not let Su Yun find any opportunities, and he will not let Su Yun see any anxiety in himself.He wants to go all out and compare his patience with Su Yun, a young man.

The head coaches of both sides think this way. Of course, the game is dull and boring.

If it weren't for the high-pitched singing of the fans of the two teams in the Millennium Stadium, no one would think that this was the FA Cup final.

"Dududu-"

Finally, this dreary first half is over.

"The first half is over. This is the ugliest FA Cup final I have ever seen. The total number of shots from the two teams in the entire first half is only five times. It is almost every 10 minutes. Even if the final is important, it is impossible Such an ugly scene shouldn’t happen.”

"Fortunately, the dull first half is finally over. I hope the second half will change, and it will not be as ugly as the first half. Otherwise, I believe fans of both teams who come to this stadium will feel that the ticket price is too expensive."

At the end of the first half, Andy Gray and Martin Taylor kept satirizing this ugly game.

However, Su Yun and Houlier were not very angry.Although there were some surprises in the first half, both of them could accept it.