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Chapter 1545: Chapter 433: Who Moved My Toad

Aquilani advised.

”It’s not too late, we’ll find it!”

Benitez said.

Aquilani: ...

Damn, finding a few centimeters of toad in a gigantic sports stadium is harder than finding a dad in the crowd.

”Don’t you want to?”

Benitez turned his head and asked.

Aquilani could only brace himself and say, ”Alright, let’s find it.”

The two of them bent over and started searching for the toad by the field.

The broadcast director specially gave this side a close-up; their action was simply too bizarre.

”Hehe, it looks like they’re looking for something.”

”I feel the same, did Benitez drop something? But I think he should be giving a proper explanation to the players on the field now, to boost their spirits. Three goals down at the start, there’s basically no chance of winning, but you can’t let the team collapse.”

”That’s right, if they keep playing like this, a tragedy could easily occur. Chelsea has had as many as nine matches this season where they scored more than five goals, their attacking power is the best in Europe.”

[Chelsea U18] right.

”Chelsea’s attacking power is really strong.”

”Yes, by the way, let me tell you a secret, the nine games that Zhang mentioned don’t even include the UEFA Champions League, they are just domestic matches in the United Kingdom.”

”Most of them are cup matches, right? The FA Cup and League Cup can face lower-tier teams.”

”There are cup games, but more in the league. Didn’t they just massacre teams like Stoke City, Portsmouth, and Manchester City before?”

”Now that you mention it, I do remember, damn, in many of those games, Huang Kaiwen wasn’t even there, and Chelsea’s attacking power is terrifying.”

”It’s impressive to score so many goals without Huang Kaiwen.”

”Huntelaar doesn’t seem impressive, but he’s scored more than 20 goals across all competitions this season, and Higuain has 17, Drogba has about the same.”

”Now that you mention it, Chelsea’s forwards are all very capable scorers.”

”That’s why it’s scary. Even though Higuain mostly comes off the bench, he sometimes starts a few games, his scoring efficiency is quite good.”

”Higuain does have the ability, after all, Real Madrid had their eyes on him.”

”Real Madrid has been wrong about people before, they even said Zidane plus Pavon.”

Gerrard receives Reina’s throw with his foot and continues to pass it forward to a teammate.

No reaction at all.

He’s already numb.

He’s not worried about conceding more goals, nor does he have the spirit to think about a comeback.

When he first heard Huang Kaiwen transferred to Chelsea, Gerrard was very happy.

Thinking he’d meet at least twice each season, he’d have a chance to avenge Istanbul’s grudge.

But he didn’t anticipate that it would be the beginning of his nightmare.

Time and again hearing Benitez’s pep talks, he also rallied the team to strive for revenge.

But after two years, Gerrard was exhausted.

His whole being was numb.

Some things are destined to be resisted in vain; although he won’t enjoy losing, he won’t have too many emotional fluctuations anymore.

This mode of escape is a bit shameful.

Gerrard self-mockingly smiled in his heart, considering himself a coward.

But escaping is very effective, though.

If he pretends this match doesn’t matter, it won’t affect his good mood.

Gerrard is a player who can break into the top ten for the Ballon d’Or.

Seriously.

Benitez rallying the team to strive for the Europa League is, in his view, itself a humiliation.

When had mighty Liverpool failed to even qualify for the UEFA Champions League, needing to fight for even Europa League qualification?

He saw such matches as dispensable.

The best players should be competing for the best trophies.

The Europa League is just selecting the least failing among the failures.

The coach bent over on the sidelines looking for a toad dealt a blow to the Liverpool players.

They didn’t know what the coach was doing, but it was not a good image.

After the restart, Liverpool was indeed unified in thought; no one tried to attack, all were passively back passing.

They didn’t have Barcelona’s ability to keep passing in the backfield, but they could delay things for as long as they could.

Liverpool players’ movements became increasingly bold.

Mourinho turned around to shout for Boas, finding he was not there.

With his arm still in a cast, Faria said, ”He went to the bathroom, that guy is something else, really should see a doctor.”

Mourinho shook his head helplessly and looked at the bench.

Suddenly, he was horrified to find Higuain not on the bench, his outstretched right hand suspended in mid-air.

Then Mourinho remembered, he arranged for Higuain to start today.

Old habits are hard to break; every time he turned his head, he wanted to get Higuain up to warm up.

On the field, Ballack delivered another long pass.

This kick was clearly too strong, directly into the penalty area.

Higuain positioned himself early on for the jump, followed by Mascherano.

Though a notable height difference, Mascherano managed to shoulder Higuain, the ball being headed into the penalty area.

The ball flew toward the left side of the area.

Huntelaar charged ahead from within the area, with Huang Kaiwen immediately giving way.

Kyrgiakos hurriedly jumped, limbs spread wide to increase coverage, preventing Huntelaar from getting near, for it was right there he aimed to interfere.

Headstrong, Huntelaar rushed forward to jump, only bumping into Kyrgiakos.

Influenced by Huntelaar, Kyrgiakos also failed to clear the ball out of the penalty area.

The ball fell towards the center of the big penalty area.

Huang Kaiwen, behind the penalty line, got the ball, turned, and instantly took a shot, with Carragher having no time to block.