Witnessing the tragedy of the Red Army being torn apart by Tottenham at White Hart Lane, Liverpool fans were in a desperate mood at this time, and their dissatisfaction with Benitez was growing day by day. You know, during the years when Houllier coached the Red Army, although Liverpool was also suppressed by the arch-enemy Manchester United, the team was in the ranks of the championship group on the league battlefield most of the time, and even won the 2001 title. He won all the championship trophies other than the Champions League and the league, and won the extremely glorious title of Five Crowns!
Therefore, despite the fact that in the later period of Houllier's coaching, Liverpool fans criticized the French coach verbally and believed that he did not have enough ability to lead the Red Army to its true peak. However, when Houllier really resigned as Liverpool head coach, it was still There are many Liverpool fans who feel quite sad about this and think that the club made a wrong decision.
Especially after Benitez took office and the Red Army completely fell out of the Premier League's first group and missed the Champions League for two consecutive seasons, more and more fans began to question the Spanish coach's coaching ability, believing that Benite His success in Valencia was just due to good luck, and his real level is actually not as good as Houllier!
What made them even more desperate was that Tottenham still easily defeated Liverpool without sending out the strongest lineup. Since most of the players were called up by the national team, George based on the results given by the Tottenham laboratory. According to the report, a large-scale rotation of the starting lineup was carried out, and players who had no national team game duties and less physical wear and tear were put into the game roster. Even the front trident was replaced by Arshavin, Lennon and Larsson. The combination!
Looking back at Liverpool, Benitez not only made sufficient preparations before the game, but also sent all the main players in this game. However, even in the face of such a Tottenham team, Liverpool, which played with all its main players, failed to gain the upper hand in the game, and was defeated by the home team that retained its strength. How can such a result not make the proud Liverpool fans feel dissatisfied and desperate?
What has caused Liverpool's rapid decline in performance in the past two years? Obviously we have no shortage of well-known stars, and no English club can compare with us in terms of foundation. Why can't we compare with Manchester United and Arsenal? Now even Chelsea and Tottenham have surpassed us? This is a key question that all Liverpool fans are thinking seriously about after calming down!
While Benitez was struggling to keep his job, Tottenham ushered in the first round of the 2005-06 Champions League group stage after defeating Liverpool. Tottenham's opponent in the first round of the group stage was Udinese, the fourth-place finisher in Serie A last season, led by "peasant coach" Cosmi!
After seven years, Udinese once again set foot on the stage of the Champions League. However, Udinese did not spend heavily on signings in the summer transfer market to strengthen its strength like other mid-tier clubs that entered the Champions League. Instead, they replaced their main left back Janculo. Fitzgerald and playmaker David Pizarro were sold to the Milan duo respectively, and defense general Kroldrup was also sold to Fiorentina. French veteran Candela, whose contract expired, was only signed for free from Roma. This move by Udinese's senior management, coupled with the fact that the meritorious coach Spalletti, who led the team to fourth place in the league, switched to Roma in the summer, led to a sharp decline in the strength of the "Black Chicken"!
Although Udinese's strength has not increased but declined, George did not relax his vigilance because of this. You know, although Serie A clubs, except for the top three in the north, basically don't care much about their European results, before the Calciopoli incident, they were still quite strong. If they are not careful, they are likely to capsize. Therefore, George paid enough attention to this match with Udinese, and even did not hesitate to hide a large number of main players in the league match with Liverpool on the weekend, and also ensured that the players could show their best in the Champions League in mid-week. state!
George knows that if Tottenham wants to successfully qualify from this group of death, they must not place their hopes on Johansson's secret help. It is safest to take the initiative to advance to the knockout rounds in his own hands. Therefore, Tottenham must seize this opportunity to defeat Udinese, the weakest team in Group F, and ensure that the three easiest points can be collected!
Goalkeeper Cech, right back Maicon, center backs Ledley King and Vidic, left back Evra, midfielder Mascherano, Davis and Mendieta, frontcourt trident It is the combination of Robben, Ronaldo and Drogba. This is Tottenham's starting eleven for today's game!
Compared with Tottenham's starting lineup, which can be star-studded, Udinese's starting lineup has a more grassroots atmosphere - goalkeeper De Sanctis, and the three central defenders from left to right are Felipe Bey. Lo, Sansini and Bertotto, in the middle of the midfield are three engineering midfielders Muntari, Pingchi and Obodo, the wings are Candela and D. Zenoni, and the striker combination is Dimichele And Iaquinta!
After finally getting a chance to appear in the Champions League, Cosmi still wants to make a career. Therefore, facing Tottenham, the defending champions of the Champions League, he did not declare surrender in advance. Instead, he made careful preparations, intending to let the world see what he can do, and thus become famous in European football in one fell swoop!
It has to be said that although Cosmi's idea is good, his methods are a bit too hasty. You know, Udinese players have become accustomed to playing under Spalletti's tactical system, and Cosmi made rash changes, such as changing the 3-4-3 formation during Spalletti's period to 3-5- 2. It seems that there is not much change, but in fact it is very likely to destroy the team's original good chemical reaction!
Of course, Cosmi did this as a last resort. Now that Jorgensen and David Pizarro have left the team, Udinese's ability to control the midfield has plummeted, forcing Cosmi to solve this problem by increasing the number of midfielders. And this change will naturally inevitably weaken Udinese's offensive power to a certain extent!
At the beginning of the game, Tottenham players, who had the right to kick off, took advantage of their home court advantage to launch a fierce attack on Udinese's gate. Under the organization of Mendieta and Davis, Tottenham's offense was like a tidal wave, not giving the Udinese players a chance to breathe!
Slow-paced positional warfare is the favorite of most Serie A teams, and what they are least good at dealing with is fast-paced and strong confrontational games, and Udinese is no exception. Therefore, when George was making pre-game arrangements, the most emphasized point was that he must do everything possible to speed up the pace of the game and never give Udinese players a chance to think and slow down!
Once the rhythm of the game is brought up by their own side, it will be extremely difficult for Udinese to slow down - although Davis and Mendieta only have about 70% of their peak skills now, but With their strength, it is not a problem to deal with a team like Udinese that has lost its core organizer!
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