Chapter 176 The League Unveils (Part 2)

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Let’s not mention Benitez’s wishful thinking on Hamann’s sudden outburst. After Andy Gray explained Liverpool’s lineup for this game, Martin Taylor naturally took over the introduction of Tottenham’s starting lineup. Task. 【爱↑去△小↓说△网wqu】

Compared with Benitez, who had to adopt the traditional British four-four-two parallel formation in this game due to players' habits, George, who has coached Tottenham for a full season, was more careful in his formation. The margin is obviously much larger - on the back line, the goalkeeper is Peter Cech, Ledley King and Vidic partner as central defenders, Patrice Evra and Stephen Carr are separated on the left and right; in the midfield, Mascherano stayed behind and served as a single defensive midfielder, while Xavi Alonso and Basturk formed a midfield duo in front of the Argentine; while on the forward line, Ribery, Drogba and C Luo forms a powerful frontcourt trident, and they will take on the important task of attacking the city in this game!

"Mascherano and Basturque partner Xavi Alonso... It seems that this should be Coach Nelson's main midfield combination this season." After reading Tottenham's starting eleven, Martin Taylor said in a deep voice, with a slightly puzzled expression on his face, "According to Tottenham's style of play last season, the last member of the midfield iron triangle should be Edgar Davis, who is tougher on the defensive end. Or Mendieta, who has greater coverage. I don’t know what coach Nelson had in mind before arranging Basturk and Alonso to partner in the midfield.”

Arranging Basturk, who has excellent dribbling and ball protection skills, as Xabi Alonso's partner was a decision made by George after careful consideration. On the one hand, it is because Tottenham now has strong players like Edgar Davis and Mendieta in the midfield, so they naturally do not need to let Turk and Alonso take turns as the playmaker like last season; on the other hand, , because Basturk and Alonso are more complementary in terms of technical characteristics!

Although Alonso has much better frontal defensive ability than most top organizing midfielders, world-class organization and scheduling skills, and an excellent long-range shot, the Spaniard is insufficient in the ability to get rid of the ball. This makes him an easy target for opponents to encircle and suppress. Therefore, George will make Basturk, who has better dribbling and ball protection capabilities, instead of Davis or Mendieta to partner with Alonso.

George doesn't believe that Benitez, who has been in La Liga for many years and has always coveted Alonso, doesn't know what Alonso's weaknesses are, and he doesn't dare to put his hope in the fact that the Liverpool player will not play in the game. Start to contain Alonso!

"Mendieta, Davis, Kompany, Villa, Klose..." At the same time, Benitez, standing in front of the visiting team's bench, silently looked at Tottenham's luxurious substitute. At the table, he took another look at the rough guys behind him, and couldn't help but lament in his heart, thinking to himself, God, it's really unfair, why do his opponents have so many talented stars playing for them, but he can only Relying on a bunch of simple-minded players with strong limbs to conquer the world?

At this moment, Benitez can be said to be extremely envious of George, and at the same time his dissatisfaction with his predecessor Houllier has deepened - after all, Houllier, you also served as the head coach of the French national team. Yes, why did he change his temper when he arrived at Liverpool, and his tactics were even less technical than those of local English coaches?

Look at Liverpool, which Houllier has managed for many years. The Red Army, which was famous for its technology and gorgeous offense in the Premier League during the Evans era, has actually turned into a team that can only dull defense and long-pass counterattacks under your leadership. [爱↑去△小↓说△网wqu] As a Frenchman who is famous for his romance and elegance, don’t you feel ashamed at all?

It has to be said that although Liverpool's technical transformation has just begun, and many tactical intentions have not yet been smoothly implemented, Benitez deserves to be a master tactician and just used the existing personnel to resist Tottenham's fierce attack after the opening—— Faced with the pressing pressure of Tottenham players after the start of the game, Liverpool players took the initiative to shrink their formation according to Benitez's arrangement, compressing the offensive space of Tottenham players and reducing the chance of being directly ripped open by the opponent's pass to the defense.

Since his favorite players are not in place and his time coaching the team is still short, Benitez can only temporarily use the tactical system left by Houllier to deal with Tottenham, a powerful enemy!

"It would have been better if we introduced Alonso first..." Seeing his players struggling to resist Tottenham's attack, Xavi Alonso even wore a Tottenham jersey and organized waves in the midfield. It can be said that Benitez has mixed emotions in his heart due to Bo's extremely threatening offensive. The Spanish coach now regrets his decision to pursue Robbie Keane, because without Robbie Keane, he still has strikers such as Cisse and Baros available; but he failed to win Xabi Alonso. Liverpool is missing the first and most important link in their attack!

However, after seeing Baros and Cisse sleepwalking on the offensive end, Benitez no longer had the energy to regret. Because he discovered that even if he got Alonso, he might not be able to lead this group of scammers!

Although Irving has attracted a lot of criticism for his poor performance in dealing with people, and for this reason in his previous life, his status in international football was not comparable to that of other major superstars, but at his peak, his personal ability Speaking of which, he is definitely the best among all forwards. Especially during quick counterattacks, Irving is simply a nightmare for all defenders!

What Liverpool lacks now is precisely such a big killer that can be used in counterattacks - although Cisse and Baros are also good at speed, they are still a notch behind Irving, which results in them having to Not allocating more energy to confront the opponent's defender. And the most terrible thing is that the physical confrontation ability of these two people is basically not very good!

At least, in this confrontation with Ledley King and Vidic, the performance of Baros and Cisse can only remind people of an idiom - the sheep falls into the tiger's mouth!

"Hmph!" David Morse, who was sitting in the VIP box watching the game, snorted coldly after seeing Baros lose the ball under Vidic's close pressing, causing Liverpool's counterattack to fail once again. With a sound, he immediately stood up and walked away - obviously, after watching Baros and Cisse perform like invisible men in this game, the Liverpool boss had a deep understanding of the situation that day at Boyd Leighton Manor. At the banquet, what was the sentence that George did not say due to Ferguson's obstruction.

However, it is clear that Morse has no intention of spending money to buy people for Liverpool to make up for the team's shortcomings - if he really had this intention, Benitez in his previous life would not have strengthened the team's strength. I was forced to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall all day long.

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