"This is Wembley Stadium, and the League Cup final of the 2010-11 season is being held. The two teams in the final are Liverpool and Arsenal. Both teams have not won the championship for many years. This is the last time they have broken the championship.
Good opportunity.”
"Arsenal just played the Champions League knockout round with Barcelona. Although they defeated Barcelona at home, they injured their number one star Cesc Fabregas. They have to play the League Cup final five days later, which is a heavy burden for them. And
Liverpool doesn't have any Champions League duties this year, so there won't be any physical problems."
Arsenal has never won any championship since winning the Champions League in 2006. Wenger has been under a lot of pressure in recent years. The same is true for Liverpool, which has not seen a championship for many years. Benitez
After leaving, they couldn't even qualify for the Champions League. Therefore, both sides attach great importance to this League Cup final, hoping to win this championship and start the clarion call for revival.
"John, the head coach I recommend is good."
For the two established giants in England, although the League Cup has low gold content, they definitely hope to get it. After all, no matter how bad it is, it is still a championship.
List is familiar with Wenger, but he doesn't have much friendship with Arsenal's senior management. Therefore, List sat with John Henry. List is also very concerned about this game, because List wants Simeone to play well in Liverpool. If
Winning the League Cup can be considered a good start for him at Liverpool.
List has high hopes for Simeone. European football in the first ten years was the stage of Mourinho, Benitez, and Ancelotti. List hopes to introduce another outstanding coach in the next decade.
.That’s Simeone.
“Very powerful.”
John Henry was all smiles. John Henry was indeed very happy, because he had just joined Liverpool and Liverpool's results were very good. Simeone led Liverpool to currently rank fourth in the Premier League, overtaking Arsenal.
Clubs like Spurs and Southampton. And the lead is still huge. The possibility of getting a place in the Champions League next season is very high.
And he went all the way and entered the English League Cup final. Although the final result will not be known until the game against Arsenal is completed, John Henry is already very satisfied with the current results. His original idea was to use more than two years
, giving Liverpool another chance to get a place in the Champions League. But now it seems that Liverpool will have no problem playing in the Champions League next season.
"The Champions League is a cornucopia. As long as we qualify in the group, it is estimated that 40 million euros are certain. If the results are better, 50 to 60 million euros is not a problem."
"Yeah. It's more income than I originally imagined."
Before John Henry bought Liverpool, he had actually done a detailed investigation. But after actually joining Liverpool, he discovered that football clubs, especially Premier League clubs, have high incomes and there are really many places to make money.
Liverpool's current match day revenue is around 43 million pounds, and its commercial revenue is more than 80 million pounds. In addition, according to Liverpool's current league performance, the league broadcast revenue is around 60 million pounds. This season's revenue is estimated to be 1
More than 800 million pounds, if converted into euros, would exceed 200 million, reaching more than 230 million euros.
This is still the case when Liverpool has no Champions League income. If Liverpool can play in the Champions League, Liverpool's income will definitely increase a lot. It will reach 267 million euros, which is not a problem at all. This kind of income is far more than John's original income.
.Henry's plan.
More importantly, playing in the Champions League can greatly improve the team's commercial development. Liverpool can now have more than 80 million pounds in commercial income, all relying on Liverpool's performance that year. If Liverpool can play in the Champions League now, and it is the same as in 5 or 6 years,
If things were as good as before, it would not be a problem for business revenue to exceed 100 million pounds.
"Wilshere, Wilshere accelerated. Wilshere's touch was too good, and Gerrard tripped Wilshere. The referee warned Gerrard. Nineteen-year-old Wilshere
My ability with the ball is definitely the best among English players."
Arsenal's recent poor performance, the biggest problem is Cesc Fabregas' injury. Cesc Fabregas did not play in this game. Instead, he sat on the bench. Because Wenger did not dare to take risks, if this was not a league game
In the Cup final, Wenger would not even let Fabregas be on the bench because his injury was not completely healed.
But Arsenal fans have the next talent to praise. That is Wilshere, who is only 19 years old. Wilshere's performance is very good. Although he has just played in the Arsenal first team this season, he has no stage fright at all.
.Dare to take the ball and dare to break through.
"Press it up, press it up."
Unlike Wenger, Simeone is a more passionate coach. Seeing Arsenal taking control of the situation, he immediately stepped forward to let Liverpool press forward to grab the ball. Arsenal has strong ball control ability because of their style.
But the Arsenal midfielders who played in this game are not very strong. The midfielder is a combination of Denilson, Alexander Song, and Wilshere, and the three frontcourt players are Cazorla, Kalou, and Van Persie. Compared with the previous
The offensive strength of the field. The players in the midfield are really not good. Therefore, Simeone asked the Liverpool players to press forward, especially to put pressure on Arsenal's midfielders.
"Alexander Song, he handed the ball to Denilson. Denilson took two steps forward, and Vidal came up. Denilson turned around to protect the ball!"
Arsenal's lucky three treasures, Denilson's talent was the best at the time. Although Diaby is known as Vieira's successor, he teases the nurse in the hospital bed every day and has no time to play games. Alexander Song's skills are relatively rough, and
Denilson is completely in heaven and earth.
However, his development was very unsmooth. Because his position conflicted with Cesc Fabregas's position, he could only drop back as a defensive midfielder. And since becoming a defensive midfielder, he dribbled the ball too much in the midfield.
It was frustrating. It was the same this time. I took the ball two steps forward. Seeing Vidal's defense, I didn't want to give the ball to others early. Instead, I turned around and started to protect the ball from the midfield.
Denilson's skills were good. After protecting the ball, he was ready to turn around and break through again. Unfortunately, he overestimated himself and underestimated Vidal. He was just about to turn around when he was immediately stretched by Vidal behind him.
He broke the ball with his foot. Even Wenger on the sidelines couldn't bear to look at him. Denilson was so funny.
"Denilson, Denilson lost the ball in the midfield. Denilson didn't know what to think in the midfield. This ball passed Vidal in the midfield. What's the use? It's better to hand it to the back early.
Song."
"Vidal, Vidal's speed is good. Vidal, pass the ball to Royce!"
Stealing the ball in midfield is always the best opportunity to counterattack. After Vidal intercepted Denilson's ball, he immediately took two steps forward and then handed the ball to Royce. Simeone's Liverpool style of play is somewhat special.
Normally, Liverpool looks like a 4-4-2, a forward combination of Lewandowski and Reus. But Reus is very versatile. He usually moves on the left and attacks.
He looks like a forward when he comes, but when he comes to the left, he becomes a left winger. Anyway, the frontcourt formation is very flexible. Roig is like a free man in the frontcourt.
This time Royce was in the front. After receiving the ball from Vidal, he did not turn around forcefully because there was a defender behind him. He took the ball with his back and turned around. This is not his strong point. After all, he is not a real center.
.So he handed the ball to Lewandowski, and then immediately turned around and ran over.
"Reus, handed the ball to Lewandowski. Lewandowski, a beautiful one-two!"
When Lewandowski faced Royce's pass, he did not turn around, but gently passed the ball in again with the instep of his outside foot. He just completed a beautiful one-two with Royce. Vermaelen and
Zhu Lu was shaken by their coordination of hitting the wall this time.
"Jourou. He completely lost his position. He should have defended Reus, but after Reus turned around and ran, he did not keep up with Reus. This was not just a beautiful one-two against the wall,
It’s also a beautiful anti-offside move.”
"Roig, Roig is so fast. Vermaelen gave up on defending Lewandowski and came over to defend. Royce, pass the ball!"
Although Vermaelen wanted to come over to cover up the defense, it was already too late. Royce had already formed a one-man attack. With Royce's speed, Arsenal's defense could not catch up with him. Szczesny had already given up.
The goal was shot. But when Royce saw Szczesny coming out, he immediately knocked the ball gently to the right and handed it to Lewandowski who followed.
"An empty goal, an empty goal. Szczesny came out and Vermaelen went to cover. There is no one on Lewandowski's side. This is an empty goal, a completely empty goal."
"Lewandowski, Lewandowski! Lewandowski is Liverpool's top scorer this season and has scored 21 goals for Liverpool in all competitions so far.
Twenty-two-year-old Lewandowski is currently one of the best strikers in the Premier League."
Royce's pass is so good that Lewandowski doesn't need anything else at all. He just needs to kick the ball to the goal. For a shooter like Lewandowski
, this is simply too simple.
"Fabregas' injury has had a great impact on Arsenal. Arsenal had just played in the Champions League five days ago, but Liverpool did not have the ties to the Champions League. Liverpool, who are recuperating, seem to have an advantage over Arsenal.
Arsenal's midfielder was in a panic when faced with the pressing pressure of Vidal, Gerrard and Lucas, and could not control the ball at all."
How could it be an advantage? Originally, Wenger had been disappointed with Denilson for a long time. If Fabregas hadn't been injured, how could Wenger have hired Denilson, a big fool.
Denilson is too sticky to the ball in the midfield, but he does not have the absolute speed to get rid of the opponent. He just relies on his excellent skills to get rid of the opponent, but unfortunately his skills are not as good as those of the classic attacking midfielder Riquelme. Face to face comparison
A player like Dahl, who is relatively fierce and has good defensive skills, had the ball stolen directly. This also led to the loss of the ball this time.
Wenger looked at Cesc Fabregas sitting on the bench and frowned. The pressure on Wenger has increased greatly this season. In the league, he was squeezed out of the top four by the strong rise of Liverpool, and now the League Cup final is coming.
Falling behind. For Arsenal, whose current financial situation is very poor, once they miss the Champions League, the financial pressure will not be a little bit. In order to make up for the financial hole, Wenger can only sell players to get through. If it reaches that point
, it’s really a vicious circle.
"Denilson, it's Vidal again. Denilson, the referee blew the whistle. Denilson can't continue like this. If the referee hadn't thought that the ball was suspected of collision with Vidal, then this would be another good opportunity to counterattack. Denilson
Nelson is so good at sticking to the ball.”
It was another dribbling pass, but Vidal intercepted the ball. Vidal just bumped into Denilson and was given a foul by the referee. But even so Denilson was in a panic.
