spnEverton's training in the final stage was all maintained at one training session a day. Moyes made such an arrangement purely out of concerns about physical fitness.
The last game was said to not consume too much physical energy, and corresponding tactics were arranged. In fact, the Liverpool derby will still have a certain impact on the UEFA Cup competition. Moyes has been worrying about the matching of the next players.
Looking back at their opponent PSV, there are now three rounds left in the Eredivisie. They are also 4 points ahead of second place Ajax in the league standings. If nothing unexpected happens, they can completely guarantee the league championship. Their club's mission
They are going all out to hit the UEFA Cup semi-finals. In the last round of the league, they were tied 0:0 by ne Nijmegen in the away game because they rotated their main players extensively.
For Everton, facing an opponent who is fully prepared for war, it seems somewhat lacking in confidence. What makes Moyes nauseous the most is the British media.
Before the game, he thought it was a minor incident, but he kept chasing Li Yu's transfer rumors during the press conference.[
"The issue of Li Yu's transfer will have to be discussed after all the games this season. Now I can tell you with certainty that Li Yu is 100% still an Everton player!"
Moyes replied with this sentence and never said anything about Li Yu's transfer.
To add to the chaos, the media brought up Baynes' dinner party again, saying that the players seemed very relaxed and were still having dinner together, and that they were underestimating their opponents.
Heck, who dares to look down on the Eredivisie champions? In the last round of the UEFA Cup, they eliminated Tottenham before advancing. Moyes really doesn’t know if these British media are here to mess with him.
The Dutch media present were willing to see the British start fighting among themselves, and they were happy to sit back and watch Moyes having a fierce confrontation with the British reporters.
The media meeting before the game broke up in a disharmonious atmosphere. From beginning to end, Moyes did not give reporters a good look and answered questions ambiguously.
Throughout the whole process, Eindhoven head coach Ferguson was more like a spectator!
The unpleasant press conference did not affect the training session that day. Everton completely closed the training base and did not give the media any interview opportunities. This can be regarded as a small way for Moyes to retaliate against the British media. Since you don’t want to
Covering the game, then you don’t need to know about the training situation!
In training, the tactics from the last local derby were still implemented, but this time Moyes put more emphasis on the offensive combination of the two wings. Baines' timely return gave Everton more wing attacks.
room for change.
Crossing from both sides has become the main subject of the training session. Li Yu's task is to convert his teammates' crosses into shots. In order to make the training more realistic, Moyes sent two main central defenders to mark Li Yu.
Jade.
Yabo and Lescott are both central defenders with good headers, especially Lescott who is also physically strong. Coupled with their understanding of Li Yu, they adopted a very different marking strategy. Yabo fought for the top desperately, while
Lescott, who is physically stronger, acts as a protector. During the key shot, he organizes Li Yu to form a shot. Of course, small movements are necessary. As long as the pulling action is not too excessive, the temporary referee who acts as a staff member will not do it.
What will you say.
"You can't relax, why are you watching so closely!" Li Yu failed to hit the ball twice in a row, complaining to Yabo next to him.
"The boss is watching, I don't dare to relax!" Yabo waved his hand, indicating that there was nothing he could do.
"The guy at the back, there is no ball now, can you let go of your hand!" Li Yu really had no choice. It was not a real game, and he could still run around. Lescott behind him grabbed his hand.
The jersey never came loose.
"You can try taking off your jersey and playing naked, that way I won't be able to catch anything!" Lescott's answer was so direct that Li Yu jumped in anger. What did he mean?
Li Yu pointed at his collar and realized that the referee should take a look at it!
However, the temporary referee replied to Li Yu with an innocent look, "Bless yourself, I didn't see anything." He pointed to Moyes on the sidelines, "If you have any questions, go to him!"
Less than half an hour into the practice, Li Yu's jersey was torn. He had to change another one and continue. Today's training session was specially arranged for Li Yu.[
After changing clothes, Li Yu was once again taken care of by the two central defenders, and he remained until the end of the training session. Li Yu swore that this was the most twisted training session he had ever conducted, but in the subsequent confrontations, he also found the
A little trick, with his constant signals, the wide players finally showed signs of finding someone with the ball.
Moyes rehearsed all the situations that should come to mind in just 2 hours of training sessions, and now he is waiting for the game to officially start.
Li Yu finally realized that it was hard to guard against a domestic thief. These two teammates knew him very well. In many situations, as soon as Li Yu moved, they would block Li Yu's route to grab points. One person was fine, but two people
It doesn't work no matter what. In the header attack, Li Yu also realized his own shortcomings. He only moved after his teammates took the ball. This gave the defender too much time to react.
At least the central defender who is familiar with himself has time to find a way to intercept.
Many teams use wide players to watch the center move and then pass the ball. Everton's center tactic is the other way around. Li Yu watches the passing player move to grab points, which can easily waste opportunities.
Moyes knew Li Yu's shortcomings and that's why he had today's training subjects. However, he couldn't ask too much for the temporary changes in the tactical system. Being able to achieve this is already a good result.
Forward, Everton doesn't have much choice on the forward line, and only Li Yu is suitable for the high forward tactics. It would be okay if Johnson could temporarily fill the gap, and let him compete with the opponent's central defender for points in one game. Obviously,
It was a bit difficult for him. When he was placed in another striker, Albeche, Moyes didn't even think about it. His small body was not suitable for this job!
As a result, the major newspapers published every day in the UK were full of predictions about Everton's playing style, which were absolutely correct and fully confirmed Moyes' arrangement.
When Moyes saw the report, he yelled, "These grandsons!"
The Scots have also learned Li Yu's Chinese dialect. There are no secrets before the game. PSV can make corresponding tactical arrangements based on the last Liverpool derby.
Moyes has never hated the British tabloids so much. He doesn’t know what can and cannot be said. In order to gain sales, he even wrote out all the tactics of his own team. Although they were guesses, it was too detailed.
Or maybe Everton is not a team that changes at all. It's too easy to guess. A tactic that was used once became known to everyone.
No wonder the British media said that Moyes’ tactics lacked changes. This was due to many factors including personnel and physical fitness. With Everton’s current personnel composition, there are only a few sets of playing styles. You don’t need to be too professional to know that they are either new tactics or old tactics.
Tactically, this prediction is not too difficult.
Of course, Eindhoven will also know about Everton's situation. In fact, it has been exposed a long time ago, but Moyes's little fluke is still at work!
The game will be played at 8:45 local time on the 3rd in the UK. Chinese fans can only watch the game at 2:45 a.m. on the 4th. It will still be broadcast live on local sports channels.
"I am very happy to watch Everton's UEFA Cup quarter-finals with everyone again. The first leg was played at Goodison Park. Everton played first home and then away. Can Li Yu continue in this game?
Let’s wait and see about the good form in previous games!”
"Now let's introduce the lineup of the two teams, the lineup of the home team Everton, goalkeeper No. 24 Howard, defender No. 3 Baines, No. 4 Yabo, No. 5 Lescott, No. 18 Phil Ney
Weir, midfielder No. 26 Carsley, No. 16 Jakirka,
No. 21 Osman, No. 20 Pienaar, No. 17 Cahill, and striker No. 22 Li Yu. There are two differences from the lineup in the previous league. Baynes started the game, and Australian Cahill replaced Al.
No. Mendes, No. 19 Chulina, No. 7 Ifele, No. 9 Farfan on the striker, No. 12 Kouvermans."
The referee of the game is Italian referee Rizzoli, and with his whistle, the game begins.
Just one minute into the game, the home team Everton played a beautiful wing attack. Baines sent a cross from the wing. Li Yu jumped forward and shook his head to attack the goal. The ball was confiscated by goalkeeper Gomez.
Li Yu finished the shot amidst the sighs of the home team fans. What a pity. After finishing the shot, he gave a thumbs up and thanked Baynes for sending the cross from the wing.
Marcelis allowed his opponent to attack before he was fully on top. Gomez's roar was reminding his central defender to cheer up as soon as he came up. This No. 22 is not an ordinary person!
Regarding the reminder from his teammates, Marcelis nodded to express his understanding. Masan realized that Gomez threw the ball to him and did not kick it too much. The Dutch team has always been good at attacking. This may be influenced by his national team. The Eredivisie
The league is a league that advocates offense. Big scores are often scored in games, but when it comes to the European competition, it is a bit conservative. They used such backcourt passes to try to challenge Everton in the opening stage.
