Anfield Stadium is very well-known in European football. After all, this is Liverpool's home stadium and has hosted countless classic games. Liverpool, as one of Europe's top giants, has four Champions League titles and countless other titles. Therefore,
Their home stadium is as well-known in European football as San Siro and Santiago Bernabeu. However, compared to the fame of Anfield Stadium, the current Anfield Stadium is a bit shabby.
Lister was observing the Anfield stadium, while Benitez stood up and watched the kick-off between the two sides. Although Benitez has won honors such as the Champions League in Valencia, this is the first time he has become a wealthy club.
The head coach. Liverpool and Valencia are not clubs of the same level at all.
"Let's take a look at the starting lineup of the home team Liverpool. The goalkeeper is Dudek, the defense is Riise, Hyypia, Kolo Toure, Finnan, and the midfielder is Vicente and Gilberto Silva.
Hamann, Gerrard, and Irving and Janko Le Benitez are on the front line. Coach Benitez chose the midfield combination of Gilberto Silva and Hamann, while Gerrard plays the right midfield position."
Many people are curious about what Benitez will choose. Unexpectedly, in his first game with Liverpool, the lineup he chose was somewhat unexpected. The main center back combination should be Hyypia and Henchoz, but Henchoz
Zi has been injured and has not been able to play well. Between Kolo Toure and Carragher, Benitez chose Kolo Toure who has better physical flexibility, stronger explosive power and faster speed.
In the midfield, Benitez abandoned Smicer and chose the defensive combination of Gilberto Silva and Hamann. Then he put Gerrard on the right.
Hoddle also won Liverpool's starting lineup not long ago. He is also very familiar with Benitez's coaching style. When he was in Valencia, Benitez relied on defensive counterattacks to gain success.
Winning the Champions League. Of course, Benitez has always played a 4-2-3-1 style of play in Valencia, always playing a lone center forward.
But now Liverpool's formation is 4-4-2, Hoddle still needs to consider Benitez's playing style. What Hoddle doesn't know is that Benitez is very relaxed now, very relaxed. There is no one who has just entered the wealthy club.
of tension.
Not because Benitez has won the Champions League, but because although Liverpool is the top club in European football, unfortunately, since the "Heysel Massacre" and "Hillsborough Disaster", Liverpool's strength has dropped significantly. Premier League
Liverpool has not won any league championship since its establishment. The most glorious moment was the five-time crown in 2001. However, such five-time crown does not actually have much gold content.
Irving's ability to win the Ballon d'Or is definitely more than just the club's five crowns. If it were just the club's five crowns, Irving would have no hope at all. The more reason why Irving can win the Ballon d'Or is that he won two
When he faced his biggest rival Kahn for the first time, he defeated Kahn twice. More importantly, in the national team game, he humiliated Kahn with a hat trick.
The biggest reason why Irving was able to defeat Kahn was that he defeated Kahn in a direct confrontation between the national team and the European Super Cup. Another important opponent, Raul, also had a very good personal performance that year. Unfortunately, he suffered a handball in the Champions League. And then
His denial resulted in being bombarded by many media. This incident greatly affected Raul's credibility.
Therefore, it can be said that Owen's ability to win the Ballon d'Or has little to do with Liverpool's five crowns. Because apart from being nice to hear, the five crowns have too little gold content. If it were the FA Cup and UEFA Cup ten years ago, then it would be true.
Very good. Unfortunately, by 2001, the value of five crowns could not be lower. So generally speaking, Liverpool is the top club in Europe and even the world. It is just that it is a relatively poor top club at present. Therefore, for Bennett
Si's pressure is not great at all.
Furthermore, the style of the team that Houllier left behind is also very suitable for Benitez. Houllier was not a defensive counterattacker at first, but after Irving's performance got better and better, he pinned everything on Irving.
.Liverpool’s style of play has become an absolute counterattack style, relying on Irving alone to counterattack.
Benitez despises this style of play because it is too monotonous. But for Liverpool's style of play, Benitez only needs to make slight changes to suit him.
"Poyet passed the ball to Anderton, and Anderton made a cross... Heskey headed the ball. Under the interference of Hyypia, the ball went wide!"
"Poyet took the ball and Hamann followed him. Poyet handed the ball to Robbie Keane who was retreating, and Gilberto Silva stepped forward. Robbie Keane could not break through and took the ball
It was passed to Ziege on the left. Ziege passed the ball and Toure headed the ball out."
After the game started, Tottenham turned away. In fact, in terms of lineup, Tottenham is really strong. Look at Heskey, Robbie Keane on the front line, and Les Ferdinand on the bench. The midfielder has
Darren Anderton, Poyet and other powerful generals. Even in the defense, there are also good central defenders in the Premier League such as Ledley King, Anthony Gardner, Dean Richards, and of course
There is the German star Ziger.
It can be said that Tottenham has no shortage of good players. In addition, Tottenham's style of play has always been about control and coordination. During Graham's period, many neutral fans in London supported Tottenham. Because of Graham's Assen
Na's football was too ugly. But Tottenham next door is a representative of artistic football. The same is true for Hoddle. Although he is an English coach, he coached Tottenham to play very well.
In particular, Poyet is very active. Poyet himself is the core of Uruguay's midfield and has excellent foot skills. Although he is 34 years old, his performance is still very good. Because Gilberto Silva and
Hamann retreated, thus giving Poyet more room to play.
However, Benitez was a little passive after the start of the game. He didn't pay attention but quietly observed. After observing for nearly ten minutes, Benitez stood up and made a simple arrangement. Let Hamann step forward to defend Poyet personally.
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"Paco, do you remember Xavi Alonso, the young captain of Real Sociedad?"
Benitez retreated and looked at his assistant coach Paco Yesterdam and asked softly.
"Of course. Nineteen-year-old captains of La Liga clubs are rare. It's not that he told John that he believed in himself. Look at how well Real Sociedad performed last season."
Benitez nodded. The John Paco referred to was the famous Liverpool star John Toshack. He was a very successful coach in Spanish football. Just last season, Toshack was the head coach of Real Sociedad. At that time, he promoted
Xavi Alonso made Alonso the captain of Real Sociedad. Real Sociedad, which was in the relegation circle at the time, had excellent final results, all due to Xavi Alonso's outstanding performance in the second half of the season.
"That's him. You see what's the biggest problem with Liverpool now. Whether it's Hamann or Gilberto, both of them have stronger defensive abilities than offensive abilities. We still need a midfielder who can attack and defend well.
Players who can sort out the midfield."
Gilberto Silva and Hamann both have good defensive abilities, but their organizational skills are still lacking. Liverpool does have a midfielder with good organizational skills, and that is Smicer. But Smicer is too easy to get injured.
, so Benitez thought of Xavi Alonso, who is currently playing at Real Sociedad.
"What, you want to introduce him?"
"Let's go next season."
Benitez said while watching the game on the court. He looked a little passive and asked Gerrard to retreat a little. Gerrard is a completely different player than Benitez has ever seen. Benitez has never seen anything like this before.
He has played many players, but Gerrard is completely different. He is too comprehensive. As a result, Benitez didn't know what position Gerrard should play best. Therefore, he kept trying Gerrard's position.
Gerrard seemed to be the right midfielder, but he ran all over the frontcourt. Hearing Benitez's arrangement, he retreated back.
"Poyet had the ball and Hamann kept following him. Poyet had good control of the ball and Gerrard...Gerrard knocked down Poyet."
Hamann followed Poyet and kept making no moves, but Gerrard was different. Gerrard just stepped forward and knocked Poyet out with his body. Poyet was definitely physically strong back then.
A very capable midfielder. Unfortunately, at the age of thirty-four, his physical strength was completely lacking, so he was knocked out by Gerrard.
Poyet fell to the ground and complained to the referee. But the referee did not say anything because such collisions are too common in the Premier League. If every collision was whistled, the Premier League game would not be played.
"Gerrard passed the ball to Hamann, and Hamann passed the ball to Gerrard again."
After Gerrard grabbed the ball, he immediately ran to the right. Gerrard quickly got the ball and then immediately accelerated. Gerrard's absolute speed does not look very fast, but his explosive power and running with the ball
Absolutely one of a kind.
"Gerrard is very fast, Ziege defends Gerrard. Ziege can't keep up with Gerrard's speed, Gerrard makes a cross!"
When Ziger debuted, he was as famous as Carlos and Maldini, but his subsequent development was indeed not smooth at all. Now that he is thirty years old, Ziger's abilities in all aspects have declined too much. Gerrard is very explosive.
, and immediately got rid of the defending Ziger. Of course, Gerrard is not a winger, nor is he a serious wing offensive player. Therefore, he just got rid of Ziger and then made a cross.
Gerrard's cross is not like other wide players. Gerrard's cross is very fast. Not only the cross, Gerrard's passing is also very fast.
"Yonkoler, the one guarding Jankoler is Dean Richards. Yankoler, throw his head and attack the goal!"
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