With the referee's whistle, the Champions League final between Liverpool and Inter Milan officially began!

After Liverpool took the lead and Torres kicked the ball to Qin Xiong, Qin Xiong did not immediately launch an offensive, but passed the ball.

The two teams opened up the stage and the pace was not fast. After all, it was a final that was related to the highest honor.

It is nothing wrong for both parties to face it with a cautious attitude.

Liverpool passes in the midfield and backcourt, and the players are familiar with and adapt to the field, enter the game state, especially unify the rhythm of the players in the team. This is the most important thing at the beginning of the game.

Mourinho stood on the sidelines and observed Liverpool's formation.

Koeman did give him a big accident.

Kuyt, who performed well in the battle to eliminate Bayern Munich, actually sat on the bench!

Lucas was replaced.

Liverpool's formation can be said to be very similar to Inter Milan.

Mourinho placed Pandev on the bench for only one reason: he was afraid of Liverpool's attack!

If Pandev appears, then Inter Milan's attack group will be Sneider + Pandev + Etoo + Milito.

This is indeed very strong, but the defense lacks guarantee.

Mourinho will have confidence in playing against a strong team in general, but he can play against Liverpool and attack Liverpool, which has made many opponents terrified?

He still needs to add a layer of guarantee.

Three back midfielders!

Sanetti + Cambiaso + Mota.

Sneider was in front of the back midfielder, and Etoo was ambushing near Milito. If you really want to fight back, as long as the back midfielder can complete the offensive and defensive conversion and play, then the counterattack is actually not to mention three people, but two people may be enough.

This was Mourinho's deployment, but he did not expect that Koeman actually looked similar to his strait.

He also looks like he is a three-middle midfielder.

Lucas + Alonso + Mascherano.

Gerald stood in the middle in front of the back midfield, and then Qin Xiong and Torres became the vanguard of the attack.

Liverpool is obviously also afraid of Inter Milan.

At least that seems to be the case.

But when Liverpool's first shot appeared, Mourinho suddenly changed his mind.

That was in the 5th minute of the game.

When Gerald ran from the middle to the right side to meet Johnson's pass, then quickly passed the ball to the middle. Alonso, who was inserted behind the middle, passed the ball diagonally to the left side where Qin Xiong was.

Qin Xiong dribbled across the ball and dribbled past Sanetti. Before Cambiaso could press close, he kicked the ball!

Thirty-five yards away from the goal!

The football went around Lucio's head and began to fall. When he saw Cesar flying horizontally, he blocked the ball out of the baseline.

Liverpool's first shot came from a long shot, and it was very threatening!

Mourinho thought about the process of the shooting, and then he realized Koeman's real intention of deploying troops today.

Not 442.

But 433!

At least not extremely radical 433.

Qin Xiong and Gerald were moving around the side road near the middle road, Alonso was in the middle, and Torres suddenly came!

Torres' position is crucial because he always presses against the back line led by Lucio and Samuel, forcing Inter Milan's back line to prevent him from stepping forward, avoiding exposing the space for counter-offside to Torres.

This is a defensive instinct that doesn't need to be thought about.

Qin Xiong, Gerald, Alonso, all had the ability to pass through with one kick with great penetration!

Naturally, the back line cannot be pushed forward, otherwise Torres will be offside and a teammate behind him will send a subtle pass, so everything will be done!

Because Torres restrained Inter Milan's back line, the midfielder could not be too far from the back line.

Don’t forget that Qin Xiong has extremely strong ability to break through the wheel.

Only when the back midfielder maintains a sufficient distance from the back line can the dangerous situation of being defeated by Qin Xiong and facing the back line directly.

Because of this, the distance between the back midfielder and the goal is about 4o yards.

In this way, Liverpool used a deterrent force to shape the offensive situation, and then they began to unscrupulously shoot long shots!

Qin Xiong, Gerald, and Alonso, the three of them do not simply have the ability to deliver threatening balls, they also have one characteristic, that is, their long-range shooting ability is extremely strong!

It can be said that Koeman's arrangement of troops brought out two major advantages that the three people share very well.

Use possible threatening ball delivery to swing a long shot threat!

The most important thing is that Liverpool does not seem to be aggressive in playing like this, and the defense is very stable!

It will not give Inter Milan a wide range of counterattack!

Johnson and Aurelio will come to the midfield to support them at the right time, but will never advance.

Lucas and Mascherano guard the center and backcourt in a stable manner. They will be an important force to cut off Inter Milan's frontcourt counterattack trio.

In the 8th minute of the game, Mota passed the ball to Sneider, who encountered intensive defense in the middle and did not move the back midfield. Alonso and Gerrard alone made Sneider feel huge pressure. After being pressed by double-team, Sneider still passed the ball to Etoo who was pulling the ball.

Etoo's characteristics are more prominent in running and seizing opportunities. He is not a master of long-distance running dribbling. After he encountered Liverpool's full-back and midfielder pressing, he wanted to pass the ball to Milito in front of the penalty area, but after the football was passed, he was immediately snatched by Scotter.

When Inter Milan lacks open space for counterattack, Etoo's advantage cannot be wielded. Milito could have become a terminator or act as a fulcrum, but he was caught in the defense of Liverpool's multiple players and it was difficult to wield his role.

Mourinho told himself to be calm and he would continue to observe for a while to see if Liverpool would stick to this style of play for a long time.

Koeman stood on the sidelines and was calm.

Facing this final, what he considered first was not how to play Liverpool's advantage.

But how to limit the opponent!

Although Liverpool has been trying to score goals all the way, and it is bombarded with indiscriminate bombing to make the opponent feel overwhelmed, but in the finals, Koemann will not take it lightly.

Inter Milan has no capital to play against Liverpool. It’s not that Inter Milan’s offense is not strong enough, but that Mourinho is too cautious. He should have thought first that once Inter Milan plays against Liverpool, can Inter Milan’s defense line withstand Liverpool’s lightning counterattack?

Because of this, Inter Milan's tactical strategy of playing defensive counterattacks is not difficult to predict, so Mourinho simply admitted this before. It is not a secret at all, nor is it full of mystery.

In order to curb Inter Milan's counterattack, first there was space, followed by the number of defenders. Based on these two points, Koeman formulated the tactical strategy for this game.

During the game, Koeman looked at Mourinho inadvertently and thought to himself: I won’t give you the chance to lead like six years ago! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!