"It will be cloudy tonight, the possibility of rainfall is not high, the wind is level 3, and the temperature is 18℃. It is recommended to wear short suits, T-shirts, thin jeans, casual clothes, professional suits and other clothing made of single-layer cotton and linen fabrics...
There may be serious traffic congestion near Field Stadium, and police hope that people can use public transportation..."
On the TV screen, the beautiful blond host was broadcasting the weather conditions at night. The possibility of rain was relatively low, and the weather could be said to be quite good. This was good weather for the fans who were going to the stadium to watch the game.
But this news made Liverpool's head coach Benitez frown slightly. In fact, it had been raining in Liverpool in the past few days. However, just after the Inter Milan team arrived in Liverpool yesterday, it rained for less than half a week.
It stopped, which disappointed Liverpool, who had been preparing to play in the rain. In fact, England's teams have always been good at fighting in the rain.
"What is the weather station doing?" Benitez couldn't help complaining. Previously, the club specially arranged for people to go to the weather station to check the weather. The weather station said categorically that it will be rainy in the next week or so, and it may even be rainy on match day.
There was going to be moderate rain or above, but it's better now. It's game day and the rain has stopped.
"I just called the weather station again, and they said there is still a certain chance of rain," the assistant said.
"Adopt plan B." Benitez looked at the sky outside and shook his head. The meteorological department was unreliable. Although the sky was gloomy, there were no dark clouds and it was not too hot. It would be strange if it rained.
Naturally, Benitez cannot only prepare tactics for rain games. He has prepared several plans for the team, and now he is going to adopt plan B.
Contrary to Benitez, Li Ang was quite satisfied with the weather on the match day. For his Inter Milan, this is a non-mainstream Italian team, or this is the link between Li Ang's technical flow and the Italian team.
A team with a good combination of defense. This Inter Milan advocates ground attack more and has a smooth attack. In addition, their defense is also quite tough. Such a team is indeed difficult to deal with.
Of course, even if it is a rainy day, Li Ang will not frown. Inter Milan is also good at fighting in the rain or even in chaos.
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The entire Inter Milan team is leaving their hotel and preparing to head to Anfield Stadium.
In this game, Inter Milan was playing away from home, and there were not many tickets available to Inter Milan fans. Therefore, those Inter Milan fans who had not bought tickets gathered outside the hotel to see off their team.
Inter Milan fans attach great importance to this game. Liverpool is known as the cup expert. In the Champions League, this team is in trouble. It is really not easy to deal with. Inter Milan plays away from home in the first round. If
Being able to achieve a better result is crucial to Inter Milan's promotion.
Seeing the Inter Milan bus slowly driving out, the Inter Milan fans waiting on both sides of the road became excited. The reporters also pressed the shutters frantically, and suddenly the flashes went off.
In the first half of the season, Mario Balotelli, a young man who got the chance to play when Diego Milito, Aguero and Cassano were injured, and won the admiration of Li Ang, also entered Inter Milan's European team.
On the match registration list, and having the opportunity to accompany the team to Liverpool's away game, Balotelli opened the window, stuck his head out, grinned widely, and waved to the fans.
The fans saw Balotelli's actions and responded with loud screams, applause and cheers.
"Mario, be honest!" assistant coach Banderas shouted.
"I'm just experiencing too much, and I'm not allowed to play. I have to find a way to vent." Balotelli made a face and sat down reluctantly, but Mata, who was sitting next to him, still
I heard his little murmur.
Mata bit his cheek, afraid that he would laugh out loud.
That's right, facing the cheers of the fans, Balotelli was the most active. This guy just received a "gift" from head coach Li Ang and was taken away to experience the atmosphere of the Champions League game. After the game started, Balotelli
Lotelli will be watching from the stands at Anfield - he has not been included in the squad at all.
"How about you tell the coach later that you are injured and let me play." Balotelli suddenly said to Mata.
Mata stroked his forehead, what was going on in this guy's mind? How could he have such a weird idea? To say the least, even if Mata was injured, Arshavin or Deco would replace him.
It's not Balotelli's turn.
"How's it going? How's it going? How's it going?" He stretched out a finger and suddenly poked Mata's butt, once, twice, three times, and said with a smile as he poked again.
"Not very good." Mata shook his head and saw that Balotelli was still poking, and said unhappily, "Don't poke me."
"Then stab me." Balotelli said, turning his body to the side and raising his buttocks. Then when he saw Mata didn't move, he turned his head and said, "Come on, come on."
There is a black line on Mata's forehead: MMP!
Aguero, who was sitting in the seat behind the two of them and had been silent and watching them quietly, couldn't help it anymore and burst into laughter.
"Why are you laughing?" Balotelli was unhappy and turned to look at Aguero, "How about you try it?" He said, raising a finger and demonstrating a piston movement obscenely.
Aguero's face turned green.
"Hahaha!" Now it was Mata's turn to laugh.
"How about two butts, one for each of you." Balotelli looked at Mata and Aguero seriously and said.
Mata and Aguero looked at each other and started to rub Balotelli's head angrily. This bastard is so disgusting.
"Quiet!" Banderas shouted casually, but that was all, and no further action was taken to stop him.
Li Ang didn't pay any attention to the nonsense of these guys. Although Li Ang was strict in running the army, he was not a particularly rigid coach. When the players were usually having fun, he not only would not stop them, but would encourage them. This was to liven up the atmosphere.
Accelerator. As long as these guys don't make too much noise, he won't interfere.
He was leaning back in his chair with his eyes closed to rest. In order to keep a clear mind during the game, he needed to take adequate rest. The head coach definitely had a very, very hard job. The whole game lasted for ninety minutes, although the head coach did not have to play.
However, the mental consumption is huge, not to mention that a passionate coach like Li Ang has to jump up and down on the sidelines.
Over the years as a coach, Li Ang has developed an admirable skill, that is, no matter how noisy the surrounding environment is, no matter how noisy it is, as long as he wants to sleep, he can fall asleep. Of course, the sleep mentioned here is not
In deep sleep, you close your eyes and relax, letting your whole body relax, like soft marshmallows, floating and floating, making people very relaxed, both psychologically and physically.
For such a stressful job as a head coach, you must learn to self-regulate. Otherwise, the huge pressure will sooner or later lead to a nervous breakdown or even an emotional breakdown.
Halfway through the journey, Li Ang opened his eyes and closed them again. He began to think about Liverpool, his opponent in this game.
Beside him, his assistants Pablo Banderas and Mihajlovic were chatting quietly, and the topic they discussed was Liverpool head coach Rafael Benitez.
The focus of the discussion is why Benitez is a master tactician and what makes him so strong.
Perhaps because he is also a Spaniard, Banderas admires Benitez very much and believes that Benitez is a true tactician. He also used "Night in Istanbul" to prove it.
On the Miracle Night in Istanbul in 2005, Liverpool, which was trailing by three goals in the first half, scored three goals in the second half, leading to a penalty shootout, and finally defeated AC Milan and won the Champions League trophy. What happened in this magical second half? We
Let’s take a look at Benitez’s changes. After the start of the second half, Liverpool only made one personnel adjustment, which didn’t seem to have much impact on the game. This substitution was crucial. Hamann came on to replace Finnan, a midfielder.
Substitute a central defender. Benitez used a very strange tactic... They changed from 4-4-1-1 to 3-5-2, which changed the balance of the midfield. Gerrard had
With more freedom, Cafu and Maldini were suppressed by Riise and Smicer in the advanced position. The change of game gave the Red Army's two full-backs more space, and Gerrard continued to move for them.
It opened up a gap. It was also Gerrard who scored a header. When the score was 2-3, Benitez's team still moved the ball from the right to the left. The situation at that time was already very serious.
It was clear that AC Milan's midfielders had a big defensive problem. Liverpool were more aggressive and played more concisely. Afterwards, Gerrard and Baros cooperated to create a penalty kick, and a shocking reversal was achieved.
This happened.
"This game is the most convincing," Banderas said.
Mihajlovic nodded. He acknowledged the magic of 'Istanbul Night', but he had a different view. "But apart from that miraculous game, aside from the European Champions Cup, Bennett
He was not very successful at Liverpool."
An argument ensued between the two men.
Li Ang was 'awakened' by two assistants, and then he spoke.
"Mr. Benitez is indeed a very good coach. The reason why Benitez can be called a master tactician is because of the variability of tactics rather than the depth of tactics. He is good at adapting to the opponent's playing style.
To create tactics that are most suitable for limiting opponents, this approach without a fixed style of play has achieved good results in the cup, but it cannot score points stably in the league. This is why Liverpool can perform well in the cup, but,
The reason why it’s always unsatisfactory in the league!”
"You mean, Benitez's tactics are more about adapting to the opponent's tactics, but his team does not have a fixed and excellent tactical style." Banderas asked immediately.
road.
"In a sense, it can be understood this way." Li Ang nodded and said. Benitez's tactics have not changed much in the past ten years: the Spaniard hopes to follow his own technical and tactical play and formation.
When it comes to selecting players, the eternal 4-2-3-1 is his philosophy. He requires the frontcourt to press immediately after losing the ball, and the backline to press close to the half-court position, preventing the opponent from being able to
He needs a midfielder who can handle the ball comfortably at the first time; he needs a midfielder who can distribute the ball and dispatch in time, so that the team can arrange and organize the team at the first time during the attack; he needs a midfielder who can sweep the entire court——
He makes his opponents uncomfortable all the time and steals the ball; he needs an all-around center who can play the ball, score goals himself, and stand in the penalty area.
Moreover, the tactics he created have higher requirements for the midfielder. Benitez needs players like Alonso. Just like in Liverpool, when Alonso was injured and missed the game, or during the suspension, the Red Army seemed to be unable to survive overnight.
This is true when it comes to playing football. The midfielder he needs is an all-around player with near-perfect execution of tactics.
"Mr. Benitez is indeed a very good coach. The reason why Benitez can be called a master tactician is because of the variability of tactics rather than the depth of tactics. He is good at adapting to the opponent's playing style.
To create tactics that are most suitable for limiting opponents, this approach without a fixed style of play has achieved good results in the cup, but it cannot score points stably in the league. This is why Liverpool can perform well in the cup, but,
The reason why it’s always unsatisfactory in the league!”
"You mean, Benitez's tactics are more about adapting to the opponent's tactics, but his team does not have a fixed and excellent tactical style." Banderas asked immediately.
road.
"In a sense, it can be understood this way." Li Ang nodded and said. Benitez's tactics have not changed much in the past ten years: the Spaniard hopes to follow his own technical and tactical play and formation.
When it comes to selecting players, the eternal 4-2-3-1 is his philosophy. He requires the frontcourt to press immediately after losing the ball, and the backline to press close to the half-court position, preventing the opponent from being able to
He needs a midfielder who can handle the ball comfortably at the first time; he needs a midfielder who can distribute the ball and dispatch in time, so that the team can arrange and organize the team at the first time during the attack; he needs a midfielder who can sweep the entire court——
He makes his opponents uncomfortable all the time and steals the ball; he needs an all-around center who can play the ball, score goals himself, and stand in the penalty area.
Moreover, the tactics he created have higher requirements for the midfielder. Benitez needs players like Alonso. Just like in Liverpool, when Alonso was injured and missed the game, or during the suspension, the Red Army seemed to be unable to do anything overnight.
When it comes to playing football, this is the truth. The midfielder he needs is an all-around player with near-perfect execution of tactics.
