After Xiao Di returned to China, Mo Yang resumed his boring life of three o'clock and one line.
Sometimes, in order to facilitate training the next day, he would stay in the players' dormitory without even going home. It was simply a beautiful scenery in the training base.
His current physical training has entered the final stage of Elena's plan, so there is no need for Elena to be with him all the time to monitor changes in his physical condition.
So Elena has been staying with Reid in China during this period.
It is only necessary to make some adjustments to Mo Yang's training and diet every week based on Mo Yang's physical examination report and the team's training plan.
Mo Yang's current body fat rate is 7.8%. At first, he wanted to continue to gain muscle and increase training intensity to make his body stronger.
But Elena's words made him retreat.
Elena told him that his body is still in the development stage and he cannot continue to increase the intensity, otherwise it may affect his physical development.
If you want to continue building muscle, you must wait for normal physical growth to stop.
But Elena said that even if her body stops growing, she would not recommend that Mo Yang continue to gain muscle.
Because Mo Yang's current physical condition is in a very perfect balance, while possessing high explosive muscles and strong core muscle groups, it hardly affects Mo Yang's flexibility.
But if Mo Yang continues to gain muscle, it will inevitably break this perfect balance and most likely affect his flexibility.
So Elena suggested that Mo Yang maintain his current physical condition.
Being able to not only have good physical strength but also maintain his original flexibility is crucial for a technical midfielder like him.
Mo Yang thought for a while and felt that what Elena said made sense.
Although he does not have an advantage in physical confrontations in the game now, as long as he does not encounter perverts like Traore and Bai Lele, he will not fall behind at all.
On August 20, in the second round of the Premier League, Liverpool faced the newly promoted Burnley at home.
Mo Yang sat firmly on the bench. This time, he was the only one. Robertson and Wijnaldum both started. He was the only one sitting by the water cooler.
After the game started, Mo Yang was very surprised by the changes after Burnley's promotion.
Burnley was the first opponent in his career, and Mo Yang was very impressed.
Although most of Burnley's familiar faces have disappeared now, Burnley's playing style has basically not changed. They still adhere to the traditional British style of play, but their tactical discipline and defense seem to be several times better than in the English Championship.
Then there is the overall coordination. Burnley's players on the front, middle and back lines have a very tacit understanding in offense and defense, which fully demonstrates the team's overall coordination.
Although Burnley had only two shots at the beginning of the first half and only had less than 35% possession of the ball, they defended Liverpool in a helpless manner.
From time to time, they also launched counterattacks through long passes, which they are best at. Liverpool has almost been scored twice.
In the stoppage time of the first half, Burnley took advantage of Liverpool's mistakes in the frontcourt and directly launched an attack with a long pass to the wing after getting the ball.
This is their best attack method, simple and direct, without so many complicated routines.
Hendrick struggled with Arnold on the left wing of Burnley, but Hendrick had the height advantage and jumped up to head the ball towards the center.
Danny Ings took the ball away before Henderson, but was caught up by Wijnaldum.
Wijnaldum, a Dutchman, is very good at both offense and defense and is a hexagonal all-rounder.
Danny Ings is troubled by Wijnaldum.
Seeing that Liverpool's defensive players were back in position one after another, they had to make a sudden stop and then distributed the ball to Hendrick from the wing.
After receiving the ball, Hendrick slowly advanced along the wing, and Arnold in front of him did not rush to grab it.
But at this moment, Mo Yang discovered that several Burnley players were pressing into the penalty area, and his heart suddenly tightened. It was such a familiar scene.
In the penalty area, Matip and Lovren also noticed it, and they immediately became vigilant and stared at the tall Burnley men.
On the left wing, Hendrick slowly brought the ball to the side ribs and suddenly started to accelerate.
Arnold was shocked, thinking that Hendrick was going to force a breakthrough and pass.
Arnold rushed to grab the ball, but Hendrick feinted a shot. After deceiving Arnold, he lost his center of gravity and directly changed direction to break through to the right, and then passed the ball directly into the Liverpool penalty area at an angle of 45 degrees.
The ball drew a long arc in the air. At the same time, Burnley's players were also entangled with Matip and the others in the penalty area, all stretching their necks to watch the ball flying from the sky.
Matip and Lovren, as well as Burnley's Keane and Marny, judged the landing point almost at the same time and took off at the same time. But none of the four touched the ball.
The ball almost grazed their scalps.
At the back point, Trippier suddenly broke in from outside the penalty area and hit the ball with a blast.
With a swipe sound, the ball hit the goal post and entered the net very neatly.
"Roar!"
After Trippier scored, he ran straight towards the baseline and then slid to his knees to celebrate. Other Burnley players rushed over to celebrate together.
The 50,000 Red Army fans present had a look of helplessness on their faces. They attacked wildly and couldn't score a goal in the first half, but they didn't expect that they conceded the goal first.
'The ball is in!'
"In the last minute of stoppage time in the first half, Burnley's Kelly made a long diagonal pass, and right back Trippier scored an extremely beautiful volley into Liverpool's goal!" Zhan Jun explained passionately in the LeTV live broadcast room.
"This cooperation is so beautiful. This goal completely reflects the characteristics of Burnley's team!" Zhang Lu began to explain the goal.
"Small teams have the wisdom of small teams. They really have unique wisdom and rich experience in how to play against wealthy teams!"
"If you look at the statistics of both sides in the first half, Liverpool blasted nearly fourteen shots, all of which were blocked. In terms of ball possession rate, Liverpool was 70%. It can be said that they have an absolute advantage, but they just couldn't score!
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"As for Burnley, relying on the traditional British style of playing high and high, they only had three shots in the first half, but all of them hit the goal frame. The last kick directly resulted in a goal. The efficiency was too high.
Got it!"
"So there has never been a truly weak team in the Premier League, especially a veteran like Burnley who has had ups and downs. If you don't pay attention, you can break your teeth." Zhan Jun grinned and continued.
"Burnley scored first, and Liverpool will probably be more difficult to play in the second half. It depends on how Klopp adjusts. Maybe he will play Mo Yang, but I don't know if Mo Yang's injury has recovered!" Zhang Lu said with a smile.
"Many fans must be very concerned about Mo Yang's injury. According to Liverpool's official report, Mo Yang's ankle is not seriously injured and is just a slight sprain." Zhan Jun turned to Mo Yang's injury.
During the last game, he and Zhang Lu were really frightened when they saw the terrifying replay screen.
Both of them thought that Mo Yang would be reimbursed for the season, but they didn't expect that the boy would go to London to pick up his girlfriend the next day.
"This is the talent I often said before. Mo Yang's body is a talent. Most people would have been hospitalized long ago if their ankles were twisted like that!" Zhang Lu added on the side, seizing the opportunity to praise Mo Yang.
Zhan Jun nodded quickly and smiled: "Yes, I hope Mo Yang can play in the second half and show me his magical power again!"