"It's unbelievable that Liverpool, which once dominated European football, has declined to this point." After the halftime break, old Charlie, who stepped onto the court again, was still lamenting the situation of Liverpool. "Look at this Liverpool team now. How can it be seen that it is a top-class club? There is not even a top star in the team. How can such a club be called a wealthy club? "
Perhaps someone will mention Basturk's name. But objectively speaking, despite his outstanding performance in the Turkish national team, Bayer Leverkusen and Tottenham, and winning many honors with the team, in the eyes of fans and media, Basturk can only be regarded as a quasi-first-class player. Just stars - Turkey won third place in the World Cup, and the biggest contributors were Rustu and Emre. Basturk's brilliance was not even as bright as Hasan Sass and Ilhan; Leverkusen won Sanya In Wang's season, the team's mainstays were Ballack and Ze Roberto; not to mention when he played at White Hart Lane, the year when Tottenham won the Champions League, his main midfield position was even replaced by The veteran Davis took it away!
Even the most famous Basturk is like this, not to mention other players of Liverpool. As a result, Liverpool, with its poor record and lack of stars in the team, is naturally difficult to be regarded as a top club on the same level as Manchester United, Real Madrid and other clubs!
Although other G14 members have also had record lows, such as Inter Milan, which has also not won the league championship in more than ten years, no matter how disastrous the Nerazzurri's record is, there will be no shortage of top stars at the Pinetina training base - —Ronaldo, Roberto Baggio, Vieri, Zanetti, Toldo... These players did not help Moratti regain the glory of the "Big International Era", but they also helped Inter Milan at its trough. The signature of the top wealthy family has been preserved!
In George's previous life, with the Premier League's huge television broadcast revenue and stable Champions League seats, although Liverpool's appeal was not as good as the other three "BIG4", it was enough to keep it alive and maintain the status of the top giants. block signboard. It was not until clubs such as Manchester City and Tottenham emerged one after another, and generals such as Alonso and Mascherano switched to other teams, that the Red Army, whose strength was seriously weakened, lost its top four position in the league. In this life, the only top star Gerrard left the team, and there are no top stars such as Mascherano, Alonso, Torres, etc. Liverpool, with a poor record and lack of star flavor, will naturally not be able to survive like Inter Milan. Disaster!
"In my opinion, this problem is actually not difficult to solve." Unlike old Charlie who felt sorry for Liverpool's experience, George seemed very disapproving of this, "As long as Liverpool is willing to put down the airs of the top giants, it will be more serious." Give Benitez some time to integrate the team and accumulate strength in a down-to-earth manner. With Liverpool's background, it will not take a few years to return to the ranks of championship teams. Unfortunately, the current Liverpool is too Impatience is even serious enough to affect the atmosphere in the locker room and the mentality of the players. From the management to the players to the fans, there is no way to face themselves and correct their mentality!"
The negative impact of the Heysel tragedy on Liverpool was extremely huge, not only because of the five-year ban from European competitions imposed by UEFA on this incident, which prevented the English club from competing with the top teams in other countries for a long time. This in turn led to an overall decline in the competitive level of English football, and it was also because of this tragedy that burdened Liverpool with a heavy psychological burden, causing a team of kings to fall apart in an instant, and severely damaging Liverpool's vitality at its peak!
After that, the more eager Liverpool, shrouded by the cloud of the Heysel tragedy, was to return to the top, the further away they were from the championship trophy. The most important reason is that under the influence of this impatience, the people of Liverpool have lost their due composure and calmness!
Lack of technical and tactical play, insufficient funds to bring in strong reinforcements, and unwillingness to let go of the mentality and reserve of being the dominant player in English football. Liverpool's decline is naturally inevitable.
As a head coach, Benitez's coaching ability can already be regarded as first-rate. However, a good woman cannot make a meal without rice. The overall strength of the team is limited, and there are no big-name stars with outstanding abilities to lead the team. The Spanish coach cannot lead the Red Army further. Objectively speaking, Benitez can take Liverpool, who had a bad start, all the way to the fourth position in the standings, even pushing Arsenal below, which is already an extremely rare feat!
The winning miracles of Leicester and Kaiserslautern are certainly talked about by countless fans. But the reason why a miracle is called a miracle is because of its rarity and non-replicability. Not to mention, both Chelsea and Tottenham are in surprisingly good form this season, leaving other teams far behind in the standings. Under such a situation, even if Liverpool wanted to play a "snipe and clam fight, the fisherman wins" drama, they could not find a suitable opportunity at all!
Facing the unfavorable situation of being three goals behind, Benitez did not choose to give up the game. After some adjustments, the performance of Liverpool players obviously improved a lot in the second half. Crouch increased his movement without the ball and paid more attention to helping his teammates with the ball, instead of fighting with Ledley King and Vidic. In addition, Liverpool's number of post-attack attacks and inward shots have also begun to increase. They are no longer like the first half, where they only know how to hit Crouch's head with high balls from the wing.
Obviously, after realizing that there was no way to take advantage of Tottenham's defense with a direct attack, Benitez changed his strategy and planned to let Crouch take advantage of his technical advantages at his feet and attack Tottenham in another way. Thorny goal!
It has to be said that Benitez's adjustment is quite effective. First of all, although Crouch's containment effect is not as good as Drogba's, and his technical level is far from that of Ibrahimovic, as a tactical fulcrum, the England center is still quite qualified. Secondly, Kewell, Luis Garcia, Hamann and Basturk all have good long-range shooting skills. The combination of the two caused considerable trouble for Tottenham's defense - Basturk and Luis Garcia successively knocked off Cech's fingers with long shots, helping Liverpool to close the score. Only one goal missing!
However, just when the Liverpool people finally saw a glimmer of hope for a reversal and victory, Cristiano Ronaldo once again showed his strength as the new European Ballon d'Or winner, completely extinguishing the flames of Liverpool's counterattack with a goal - in Just one minute after Luis Garcia scored, Cristiano Ronaldo succeeded with a header from Drogba's pass, rewriting the score to 4-2, timely extinguishing the Red Army's counterattack momentum and regaining the initiative in the game. right!
Seeing that the team's morale was instantly gone, Benitez, who had exhausted all his methods, had no choice but to surrender and took the initiative to replace the main players such as Kewell and Basturk. George also cooperated very well and replaced Ronaldo and Alonso who scored twice with Lennon and Mendieta, and the game entered garbage time!
Tottenham's scoring momentum did not end there. In the 85th minute, Lennon's cross was cleared by Carragher's header. Mendieta got the ball outside the penalty area and made a decisive cross. Gerrard followed up and penetrated his old club with a trademark long shot. goal! Five to two!
Five to two! Tottenham defeated the Red Army at Anfield Stadium. While chasing Chelsea at the top of the standings, it added a new chapter to the history of grudges between it and Liverpool!
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