champion professor

Chapter 461 A tie can advance ([-])

Both Henry and Ronaldo were unable to play, and Shao Bo was destined to change the formation for the next game.

The game is about to start in one day, but fortunately, before that, the coaching staff has discussed a solution.

This is the inspiration Shao Bo found in the formation of the German national team!
Henry can't play, which means that Bergkamp can start, and, if Klose is brought forward, Bergkamp can still play the role he played in the past.

Flexible passing, adjust the team's offensive direction.

As a sharp hidden behind the striker!
And Klose will never waste Bergkamp's passing ability. When he was in the German team, Klose often needed to play a single arrow as the main center forward to attack the team.

It cannot be said that he kicked the head and kicked the German team, which was in the process of replacing old and new players, to the finals of the World Cup in Japan and South Korea, and the semi-finals of the European Cup in 04, but the role Klose played in it, No one dares to underestimate it.

Besides, Hyypia will not play, and after hearing the latest information, Carragher seems to have been injured after playing the game, so Liverpool's defense will be even weaker, and it is very likely that Arsenal will penetrate it easily .

Faced with this situation, Klose continued to advance, replacing Henry as the first row of Arsenal's pioneers.

And Bergkamp is behind Klose, passing the shells for him. At the critical moment, maybe Bergkamp can also shoot a wonderful goal.

Pires will still play on the left, and he and Ashley Cole will ensure that Arsenal's left will not have any major problems.And Ljungberg and Lauren on the right are enough to make Shao Bo trust.

Although on weekdays, the left will launch more attacks and they will create more goals, but this is not a big problem. After all, Arsenal has an extremely powerful ability to pass laterally. After launching an attack from the right side, pass the ball to the right side, and then hand it over to the right side player to shoot or create an assist.

A top team, if there is no great teamwork, how can it be possible to reach the top of the world football!

The game is about to start. The Arsenal players have only done relatively easy passing exercises these days, because consecutive games consume too much energy. Even if Shao Bo tries his best to ensure the rotation without affecting the combat power , Players in key positions will also play forty or fifty games this season.

And the closer to this late stage, the more intensive the important games, the less you can lose.

This caused Arsenal to perform fairly well during the Christmas schedule, but in April, when the spring is blooming, it is in jeopardy.

Fortunately, now they are only two points away from the top of the list, and they also have a one-goal lead at home in the Champions League semi-finals.

In the only two remaining fronts, Arsenal have a chance to ensure that they will not lose their fighting spirit because of the loss of hope of winning the championship.

In the competition, when the competitive ability is similar, the mentality actually occupies a large proportion.

Only when you have a good attitude can you play well, cooperate well, and play well!

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Cold air blowing in from the north-west Atlantic blanketed Merseyside, colliding with hot and humid air from the south and raining heavy rain.

At first, it was dripping rain hanging in the sky, and Shao Bo led the players to make final preparations at Everton's training ground.

Even if it rains, it can't affect the excitement of the players. As long as they can win this game, even a 0:0, 1:1 draw... Arsenal will be able to advance to the semi-finals.

Draw to advance!

Arsenal's players got ready to change out of their clammy training clothes in Everton's refurbished bathroom, hoping the nasty drizzle would stop by the next night.

According to the weather forecast, the light rain will stop tomorrow afternoon.

Although still very annoying, but at least, this rain will leave before the game starts.

At this time, in the studio, Arsenal's coaching staff had already begun to modify the preparation plan according to the temporary light rain.

In general, the tactics will not change. After all, this is based on the settings made by the opponent's players. It doesn't matter whether it rains or not.

But because of the rain, it will inevitably affect the turf situation in the Anfield stadium, and the players can't affect their state because of the muddy turf that is doomed.

Also, some details had to be changed.

It's like the original Arsenal players who have done a good job of possession of the ball. While delaying time, they firmly hold the possession of the ball, preventing Liverpool players from getting the ball and preventing them from having offensive opportunities. Change.

Because of the muddy lawn, when it comes to the game, the accuracy of the pass will definitely be affected to a large extent.

Shao Bo didn't want the players to enter the field full of confidence, only to find that they would lose to their opponents because of the venue.

This is not a problem with the players, it is a complete dereliction of duty by the coach!
Shao Bo doesn't want to be a dereliction of duty head coach. Isn't he working so hard for Arsenal's second Champions League trophy?
Isn't he working so hard for the team to have a better development prospect?

Sometimes it is the details that determine success or failure. No matter what the light rain looks like tomorrow, at least it will definitely affect the turf on the Anfield stadium.

So even if the underground water leakage and geothermal system made by Liverpool Club are very good, it will certainly not be able to turn the lawn into the original dry and green state.

For this, the studs on the sneakers must of course be prepared to be replaced.

The weather forecast said that the light rain will stop around tomorrow afternoon, but no matter which country on the earth it is in, the weather forecast is not something worthy of 100% trust.

Maybe, the light rain will stop tomorrow and tonight, maybe the light rain will continue to drip.

No matter what, Shao Bo must be prepared.

Just a few kilometers away at the Liverpool training ground, Benitez also summoned his assistant coaches to discuss tomorrow night's Champions League game.

The two head coaches are destined to make sufficient preparations for this game to advance to the semi-finals.

After that, whether it is victory or defeat, it is not something they can really grasp.

Otherwise, the head coaches don't need to watch the game anymore.

The most important thing is the performance of the players of the two teams on the field the next day!

A light rain can not only affect the players and the head coach.

Many fans who are going to watch this Champions League game these days have gathered in Liverpool.

Because it is a UEFA Champions League game, although this is only a Premier League civil war, according to the rules of the UEFA Champions League, Liverpool must also distribute a large proportion of the tickets to neutral fans.

Among them, although many of them were bought by fans of both sides, some of them were bought by foreign fans.

For example, for the match between Liverpool and Arsenal, there is no need to worry about not being able to sell tickets. Even if you stand at the gate of Anfield Stadium and shout for scalpers, people will snap up tickets at three to five times the price.

Of course, if you really stand at the gate and sell scalper tickets, then wait for enthusiastic citizens to call the police to report!
Scalpers are repeatedly banned, but at least this can make them restrain themselves a little.

Although it is raining, it is still very hard to think about it.

In people's expectation, this rainy night was spent.

In the morning, Shao Bo led the players to do adaptive training, and carefully answered a few questions at the press conference.

Now that the game tonight is not far away, it is meaningless to do any more psychological warfare.

Shao Bo was also nervous, even though they had the upper hand.

But wouldn't it be more tense at this most critical moment?
What if you lose the game?
The psychological warfare of winning is called psychological warfare, and the psychological warfare of losing can only be ridiculed as funny.

Shao Bo is not afraid of being called funny, but what he is more afraid of is that the team loses.

That would mean the Champions League line would be shattered, leaving only the Premier League, which needs to catch up with at least two points in four games.

They have won a lot of Premier League champions. Although they are still a little short of Liverpool's [-] top league championship trophies in England, in Shao Bo's view, the goal is not too far away.

Thanks to the championship trophies that Arsenal had in the trophy showroom in the past, these backgrounds helped Shao Bo save a lot of effort when leading the team to the peak.

If Arsenal were a club like Princeton, Reading, Leyton Orient, and Nottingham Forest, then Shao Bo would definitely spend a lot of effort to get the team slowly promoted to the Premier League first, and then expand the overall size of the club. In the end, the team can qualify for the Champions League.

In the end, maybe it is time for them to win the Premier League and Champions League trophies.

That means that Shao Bo will have to work hard for at least ten years longer than at Arsenal!
Because there are quite a few players that Shao Bo is familiar with, it is impossible to be attracted to the club by him in the early stage.

Arsenal in the mid-90s, even without Shao Bo, still had the foundation laid by Graham, with a foundation of more than a hundred years!

Liverpool seems to have more background than Arsenal, and this time, Arsenal needs to step on Liverpool to win more rich background for themselves.

For the championship trophy of the Premier League, for the championship trophy of the Champions League-shock!
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The rainy night did not dampen the enthusiasm of the fans to watch the game, and although the heavy rain has gradually increased since the morning, everyone began to doubt the true accuracy of the local weather forecast in Liverpool—even if their The data has also been matched with London's weather monitoring centre.

It is very frustrating that by noon, the light rain has turned into heavy rain, and by the afternoon, the authenticity of the weather forecast has been completely dropped on the muddy ground.

The sewers on the side of the road are barely draining the accumulated water on the ground, and the road leading to Anfield Stadium is not easy to walk.

After setting off from the hotel, the Arsenal players waited quietly in the bus to arrive at the stadium.

Some people listen to music with headphones to relax, while others flip through some magazines or read the news.

Shao Bo, on the other hand, was leaning against the window of the bus, watching the city of Liverpool under the pouring rain.

With such heavy rain, Arsenal may not be able to fly directly back to North London by plane tonight.

The weather is bad, unless you don't want to die, you will set off in this kind of weather.

After playing this game, go back to the hotel and rest for a night!
Only then did Shao Bo realize that he had forgotten whether he had charged the PSP that was still in the hotel.

After returning to the hotel, what should we do?

Lamenting the undeveloped technology in this era, Shao Bo drank silently, thinking that if he couldn't play games, he could only choose to go to the bar in the hotel for a drink.

It is Shao Bo's confidence to book rewards for himself in advance for the victory of the game, and it is also his encouragement for himself.

If you lose, you will be punished accordingly, for example, you won’t go clubbing or play games until you win the next game^….

This much-anticipated game has not yet started, but most of the fans have already entered the stadium early.

Thanks to the roof of Anfield Stadium, which shelters the fans from the wind and rain.

Players can no longer enjoy this kind of treatment, and there are few stadiums with movable roofs in Europe and the world.

Such a stadium is too expensive, and no one can afford to build it unless they are super rich.

Even for a team like Real Madrid, it is impossible to put a roof covering the lawn on the Bernabeu, which has a roof around it.

This cost too much.

Even for a club like Barcelona, ​​because of the history of the Nou Camp, it is impossible to even install a roof around it.

Not to mention thinking about the players, even those fans, if they encounter windy, rainy or snowy weather, they can only wrap their clothes tightly, put on umbrellas, and put on raincoats.

However, the players played a game and got a lot of money. They played in the rain without rest because of historical reasons. When people watch football games, they want to see the players show the tenacity of men. , Fearless spirit - in the very beginning, women were actually not allowed to enter the stadium to watch the game.

In the past, if you didn’t enter the stadium, where would there be TV for people to watch the game?

After years of reform and opening up, it has long been a society where men and women are equal.

However, the stadium is still dominated by men, and a small number of women are particularly easy to attract attention.

The bus slowly drove into the parking lot next to the stadium, and the players had to walk a long distance before they could enter the stadium.

It's a pity that this Anfield stadium is too old, with a history of more than 110 years. Although it has undergone many reconstructions, the main body has not changed much.

The money Liverpool spend on maintenance and refurbishment and adding seats is probably almost enough to bring them a new stadium.

However, how many clubs are there that can raise hundreds of millions of funds in one go like Arsenal?

They have been able to flatten these funds for decades, and take them out immediately. No club has this ability.

Even for Chelsea, Abrahimovic would have to think about it for a long time if he asked Abrahimovic to spend more than [-] million at once, and he might be delayed for a long time because of his company's cash flow problems.

The new Wembley Stadium built by the FA is also entangled with the builder due to funding issues-thinking of this, Shao Bo can't help being proud of their successful construction of the Emirates Stadium.

Now, of course, he's cursing the damn weather here.

Even holding an umbrella can't stop the downpour.

As soon as he got off the car and was walking towards the stadium, Shao Bo felt that his thin top was getting wet.

Fortunately, he was wearing a set of sportswear today, and when he got wet, there was a staff to clean it specially, and he also had spare clothes.

Shao Bo estimated that the heavy rain might not stop in a short time, so he simply didn't plan to change. After the game was over, it would be too late to change into a set of dry clothes.

On the way from the bus to the stadium, there were many dedicated reporters filming the players who were walking down.

Shao Bo couldn't help feeling sorry for these seemingly expensive equipment.

Anyway, these reporters are all for work, for salary, and for news that sells.

Even if the weather is bad, because Shao Bo has dealt with them for many years, he will not have any sympathy for the reporters now.

"Hey, are you ready?"

At the door of Arsenal's locker room, Bod Gage, the fourth official sent by UEFA, greeted Shao Bo. The two of them had met many times in the game recently, and they were a little familiar.

Now that Bode saw Shao Bo, he handed him a form by the way.

"Here's the damn weather, here you go, take a look at these, fill in the starters quickly, and I'll go get a cup of coffee."

Shao Bo took a few forms with a smile and said, "I can't delay you for a few minutes. Isn't the game going to start in half an hour? Why worry?"

"Anyway, I am still the fourth official in this game, so don't expect me to be biased. After this game, I may have the opportunity to officiate the next Champions League semi-finals. If I have the opportunity, I may meet again. Alright, let's get ready for the game."

In order to avoid suspicion, the two of them chatted briefly and then walked away.

After all, the head coach of the team, talking with the fourth official who is connected to the referees, does not look so good.

It is extremely easy to cause people to associate with conspiracy theories and gray deals.

Shao Bo didn't want to be smeared with fishy smell even though he hadn't eaten the fish yet.

He walked into the locker room and clapped his hands. Seeing that the players had already changed their training uniforms, he asked them to go out and do some warm-up exercises.

The game is about to start, and as long as they win this game, there will be more than one month left for Arsenal this season.

In the last month or so of this season, he hopes to go through it perfectly.

(End of this chapter)