Just when Manchester City was making crazy moves, there was another huge earthquake-level deal in European football. Barcelona used Eto'o and 40 million euros in cash to buy Ibrahimovic from Inter Milan.
Traded over.
Barcelona spent a lot of money this time. Eto'o is now worth at least 20 million euros, and Barcelona's official website has priced Eto'o at 26 million euros. That means Ibrahimo
Vic's worth has also reached 66 million euros, which is more than the 60 million euros Kaká paid for his move to Real Madrid.
Barcelona saw Real Madrid desperate to recruit, and they couldn't sit still. This big move has indeed caused a big sensation in European football. Now almost all eyes are on Real Madrid.
When facing Barcelona, everyone wants to see what big movement Barcelona and Real Madrid can make.
At this time, Qiu Ze left Portugal and flew to Gelsenkirchen, Germany, because the Liverpool team will meet here, and the Liverpool team will train with the German team. The Liverpool team will stay here for three weeks.
More than ten days.
Here, the Liverpool team will first play three warm-up matches, and then participate in a football business competition called the "Audi Cup" in Munich, Germany.
This competition only exists this year, that is to say, this is the first "Audi Cup" competition. Because this year is the 100th anniversary of the Audi brand, Audi decided to hold the first "Audi Cup" before the Geneva Motor Show to commemorate the 100th anniversary.
Birthday fun.
Now Qiu Ze has learned that the four teams participating in the Audi Cup for the first time are the host Bayern Munich, the Italian giant AC Milan, the Premier League giant Liverpool and the South American giant Boca Juniors. These four teams are all
He is very well-established and can be called an established wealthy family.
In the memory of Qiu Ze's previous life, among the four teams participating in the first "Audi Cup", there was actually no Liverpool team, but Manchester United. Now, perhaps due to the influence of his little butterfly, Manchester United has been replaced by Liverpool
, because the current performance of Liverpool team is much better than that of Manchester United.
However, before participating in the "Audi Cup", Liverpool will have three warm-up matches in Germany. The first match is Dusseldorf of the German Football League, and the second match is Gelsenkirchen.
A local amateur football team's opponent in this third warm-up match is Schalke 04.
The stronger of these three teams is Schalke 04, but everyone does not think that Schalke 04 can threaten Liverpool. Now they have set their sights on the upcoming "Audi Cup", then only
That's what they should be paying attention to.
After arriving in Gelsenkirchen, Qiu Ze finally joined the Liverpool team. Qiu Ze arrived neither too late nor too early. He came to the center. After reporting at the club's hotel, Qiu Ze met his new teammate.
Teammates Glen Johnson, Khedira and Maxi Rodriguez.
It is said that these three guys came very early and were the first batch of guys to report to the team. Qiu Ze could see that these three guys were very energetic. It seemed that they could come to the Liverpool team to make them feel
I am very excited. In the new season, they will have the opportunity to compete for the Premier League championship and the UEFA Champions League championship.
Qiu Ze did not see Gareth Bale. This is not because this guy was late. Because Gareth Bale was not on the list at all. Gareth Bale had surgery after the end of last season.
Now he is still recuperating from his injury and will miss all Liverpool's warm-up matches before the new season.
This should not be good news for Gareth Bale. After all, he has moved to a new club. If he cannot integrate into the team as soon as possible and get the main position, then after he recovers from his injury, this guy will
Opportunities to play will certainly be limited.
However, at this time, Qiu Ze did not have the leisure to think about Gareth Bale. Now he is thinking about the club's tactical issues in the new season. After all, this summer, they lost Xavi Alonso and Aveiro
Ya, the tactics will definitely change in the new season. He doesn’t know whether this will affect Liverpool’s performance and competitiveness in the new season.
Therefore, now Qiu Ze urgently needs to participate in the team's training. He wants to know the team's strength so that he can be more confident about the upcoming new season.
At this time, new news came from European football. Real Madrid introduced French striker Benzema from Lyon for 35 million euros. This transfer naturally caused a great sensation. Benzema
This young striker actually reached a price of 35 million euros, which would have been unimaginable in the past.
Think about it, when Qiu Ze joined Liverpool, it was only 30 million euros. It seems that the price of the players was really exorbitant. Fortunately, Liverpool made the move earlier. If it had been later, it would be impossible for Liverpool to do so.
The team will pay a higher price.
Manchester City did not stop their pace. They introduced Gareth Barry from Portsmouth for 12 million. This time, Manchester City's investment this summer exceeded 100 million. Manchester City sees
We are here to really have a big fight.
The Liverpool team started training. During the training, Qiu Ze felt that the team was in very good condition. The Liverpool players were not worried because of the departure of the two main players such as Xavi Alonso and Arbeloa.
, they seem to be full of confidence in their future.
Seeing the state of the Liverpool players, Qiu Ze was relieved. During the training, the Liverpool team started a new tactic. During the training, Benitez took turns partnering with Khedira and Mascherano.
Among these partners, Gerrard pays more attention to offense.
Of course, this is not absolute. At some point, Gerrard will still be asked to come back to defend, and then his partners Khedira and Mascherano will go to attack. This is Benitez's attempt to enrich the Liverpool midfield.
The changes make it difficult for the opponent to prepare for them.
In the first few trainings, the Liverpool players did not adapt, so the midfield seemed very chaotic. However, when the football came to Qiu Ze's feet, the Liverpool midfield began to flow smoothly.
The offense has also improved.
Of course, this is because Qiu Ze and his opponents are not very strong in training. If they encounter a really strong team, Liverpool's offense will be easily restricted. Therefore, what Liverpool have to do now
There are many things.
Now they first need to adapt to this new midfield configuration and style of play. Khedira is better. He is a new player and is not familiar with the previous Liverpool team's tactics. He has quickly entered the role and followed the rules.
He did it according to the arrangements of head coach Benitez, and he did a very good job and performed very well.
This makes Benitez very satisfied. Now Benitez really feels that he has found a treasure. This Khedira is definitely a very powerful player. They can introduce him to this team for a price of 7 million euros.
It's simply worth it.
Benitez believes that after one season, Khedira's value will more than double. After seeing Khedira's performance, Benitez couldn't help but pay attention to another guy Qiu Ze is optimistic about, Gareth.
?Bell has more expectations.
However, Benitez still has a lot of troubles now, such as the problems with Gerrard and Mascherano. Both of them are too familiar with Liverpool's previous tactics, and they seem to return to it unknowingly.
With last season's tactical system, Liverpool's midfield is prone to chaos.
However, after these days of training, Gerrard and Mascherano have made obvious progress. After all, these two guys are experienced players, and their football intelligence is not low. Gradually, Liverpool's new tactics have also improved.
There is some clue.
In the new season, Liverpool's two full-backs will provide a lot of assists, which is very obvious. Therefore, during training, Benitez paid great attention to the newcomer Glen Johnson. This guy originally provided assists.
With outstanding abilities, he quickly integrated into the new system.
Glen Johnson really likes to play like this. He feels very comfortable playing here. Therefore, he performed very well in recent training. Benitez is very satisfied with him.
At this time, Benitez thought of Gareth Bale again. If Gareth Bale can also have such strong strength in the full-back position, then Liverpool will really have to fly on both wings in the new season.
In that case, he will have more confidence in the Liverpool team.
However, Gareth Bale is still recovering from his injury. I wonder if this guy can be integrated into the team's system as soon as possible after recovering from his injury?
At this time, Liverpool ushered in their first warm-up match in Germany, and their opponent was Dusseldorf of the Bundesliga League.
In this game, Benitez is the main force. He is going to try out the team's new tactics for the new season and see how it works.
Among the new players, only Glen Johnson has entered the main lineup. Khedira, Maxi Rodriguez and others are on the bench. The defensive midfield partners are Gerrard and Mascherano.
After the game started, Liverpool didn't play very smoothly at the beginning, which gave Dusseldorf many opportunities. However, the strength of the team from the Bundesliga League was limited after all, and they did not break through Liverpool's goal.
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After that, Liverpool played more and more smoothly. By fifteen minutes after the first half, Liverpool had completely found its form and suppressed Dusseldorf in the half. Liverpool defeated their strong team.
The temperament is fully reflected.
In the 40th minute of the first half, Qiu Ze broke the deadlock for Liverpool. He received Gerrard's through ball at the front of the penalty area and simply accelerated and changed direction to score in Dusseldorf.
He went in and scored with a volley.
This corner kick opened the door to victory for Liverpool. Before the end of the first half, newlywed Fernando Torres scored with a header from the pass of winger Glen Johnson.
Two to zero, at the end of the first half, Liverpool took a two to zero lead. Dusseldorf was really not difficult for Liverpool.