Football coach

"When you walk through a storm,

hold your head high;

Don't be afraid of the dark,

At the end of that storm is a golden sky;

And the sweet song of the lark,

through the wind, through the rain,

Your dreams may be shattered;

But go forward with the hope in your heart,

you'll never Walk Alone!

you'll never Walk Alone! "

Liverpool's home stadium, Anfield.

When Chen Ping walked out of the player tunnel, he heard the singing of Liverpool fans at Anfield Stadium. They were singing the Liverpool team anthem.In his previous life, Chen Ping still yearned for Anfield.Because when Chen Ping just became a coach, the Istanbul Miracle happened, an exciting game.The Liverpool fans at that time can be said to have shocked the world of football.Their performance really became Liverpool's No.12 player, which made everyone who watched the game sigh.Liverpool fans used their unyielding performance to add more color to this game.

It is precisely because of the performance of Liverpool fans that Liverpool, which has been silent for many years, is once again famous in world football.Speaking of which, Anfield Stadium has always been famous in world football, and it is a very good stadium in European football.

Especially their team song "You will never walk alone", has been following the Liverpool fans.I think back when the English league was extremely strong and Liverpool was the overlord of European football, the team song "You will never walk alone" followed Liverpool to European football and set off a red storm.

The Liverpool dynasty is inseparable from this team song.

Therefore, Chen Ping has always had a high appreciation for Anfield Stadium and has a very special emotion.It's just that the last time I came here, the experience was not very pleasant.At that time, West Ham performed strongly in the league, but they did not expect to be taught a lesson by Benitez at Anfield.

This is Chen Ping's second visit to Anfield.

"Tread-tread-tread-"

"Chen! Chen! Chen!"

"West Ham! West Ham! West Ham!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Champion! Champion! We want champions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

When Chen Ping came out, the fans who followed the team to Anfield immediately chanted Chen Ping's name and West Ham's name.They stepped on the pitch with the rhythm, just trying to suppress the Liverpool fans.

West Ham fans have always been the most famous fan organization in the Premier League. Although they came to the away game, they are not willing to lose to Liverpool fans.But Liverpool fans are not easy to mess with.How could they make West Ham fans so arrogant in their own stadium.

"Liverpool! Liverpool! Liverpool!!!!!!"

"Long live Liverpool! Long live Liverpool!!!!!!!!!!"

Tens of thousands of Liverpool fans far outnumber West Ham fans, so when they exerted their strength, they quickly overwhelmed West Ham fans and defended the dignity of Anfield.

"Hello everyone, this is Anfield Stadium. The first game of the League Cup semi-final is being broadcast live now. Liverpool vs. West Ham at home. My name is Andy Gray."

"I'm Martin Taylor."

Andy Gray and Martin Taylor introduce themselves before the game begins.

Although everyone knows it's the two of them as long as they hear the voice, introducing yourself is one of the procedures of the commentary.Ordinary League Cup games, of course, cannot attract a big-name commentator like them.But in the League Cup final, the commentators are also very famous.

The gold content of the League Cup in all competitions in England is only higher than the Community Shield Cup, which is almost the bottom cup.Although the Community Shield is of the same nature as the Super Cup of other leagues, the Community Shield in England is actually a semi-friendly match, and the status of the League Cup is higher than that of the Community Shield.But that's all.

Not to mention that compared with the European League and the Premier League, even compared with the FA Cup, the status is several grades lower.The FA Cup is the oldest competition in England. For some Premier League teams, the FA Cup is even more important than the UEFA Cup.So one FA Cup can even be compared to two or three League Cup champions.

This is the status of the League Cup in English football.

However, although the gold content of the League Cup is very low, it is still a cup after all, so the semi-finals of the League Cup still received a lot of attention.In particular, the semi-finals of the League Cup this season are all strong teams in the Premier League.The semi-finals of the League Cup are Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and West Ham.

This kind of strong dialogue in the League Cup is rare.

Many strong teams in the Premier League actually don't pay much attention to the League Cup at all, so it is very rare for such four strong teams to enter the semi-finals of the League Cup this season.Therefore, it has received a lot of attention.

"This is the third time West Ham and Liverpool have played against each other this season. In the first two meetings, Liverpool and West Ham have achieved one win and one loss, and the water did not take advantage. Speaking of which, Coach Chen Ping and Coach Benitez both It is the first time to play in the Premier League, and they are all freshmen in the Premier League. However, judging from the performance of this season, the performance of the famous La Liga coach Benitez, who has won the La Liga championship and the UEFA Cup championship, is far inferior to Chen Ping Coach. West Ham is currently at the top of the league table and has achieved very good results in the league. Its goal is to be the Premier League champion. It wants to create a legend as a newly promoted horse. Liverpool's performance in the league this season is so-so, even without Coach Houllier. He performed well when he was playing. Liverpool is currently only sixth in the Premier League, and Benitez's first season in Liverpool is not very good so far."

"Before the start of the game, let's take a look at the lineups of the two sides. The Liverpool goalkeeper at home is Dudek, the defense is Finnan, Carragher, Hyypia, Riise, the midfielder is Hamann, Alonso, Gerrard, Luis Garcia, Kewell, Baros up front."

"West Ham's goalkeeper is Van der Sar, the defense is Chimbonda, Pepe, Southgate, Baines, and the midfield is Martin Anthony, Leo Cork, Carrick, Ma. Scherano, Ribery, and Lambert as the striker. Judging from the starting lineup, Chen Ping taught

Lian didn't completely abandon the League Cup competition just because he wanted to win the Premier League championship.The biggest change is that Franck Ribery, a left winger, came to the right, and Martin Anthony, a player who has always been a left back, played as a left forward in this game.In addition, West Ham played a three-back midfielder of Leo Cork, Mascherano, and Carrick in this game.This is a very rare style of play in West Ham games this season.It can also be seen how much West Ham attaches importance to this game. "

"The choice of both sides is very interesting. They both chose a style of play with five midfielders. The two sides should compete in the midfield."

The selection is pretty much the same.

Because both sides have similar ideas.Since Benitez entered Liverpool, Liverpool started their journey of "being strong when they are strong, and weak when they are weak", and this process has lasted for more than ten years.There are many reasons for this.

An important reason is that Liverpool's bench thickness is poor.

Among the current strong teams in the Premier League, Liverpool has the worst bench thickness and the least funds in their hands.The result is that Benitez can only scratch in the transfer market, wanting to buy some outstanding players with very little money.

Too bad it's not what it was ten years ago.

Today's talented players have already been paid attention to by giants just after they became famous, and there are already a lot of teams eyeing them.As a result, the prices of these talented players are very high, where they can be purchased for a small amount of money.The result of Liverpool's scratching game is that not only did they not replace talented players, but they bought a lot of useless players.

When the lineup is not thick enough and the strength of the substitute players is poor, Benitez has a lot of rotations.But the bench lineup is too poor, after every rotation, the performance is not very good.During Benitez's several years at Liverpool, he claimed to have made 99 different combinations, which means that Benitez is a player who likes to rotate.Only when facing a strong team, Liverpool will use their main force.

Too many rotations will not only affect the team's running-in, but also affect the team's combat effectiveness.The result is that at the end of the season, some players did maintain good physical strength.But the results of the league are very unstable.Which of the strong teams that can win the Premier League championship in the Premier League has a stable main lineup, and no one will change the starting lineup as frequently as Liverpool.

Of course this is only one of the reasons.

More of the reason is that it has something to do with Liverpool's style of play.Liverpool's offensive strength is not very strong, and Liverpool's offensive line does not have any outstanding abilities.The first is their striker Baros. Although Baros performed well in the 2004 European Cup, his strength is very weak among the forwards of the Premier League teams, and he can even be said to be at the bottom.Manchester United's Van Nistelrooy and Rooney, Arsenal's Henry and Bergkamp, ​​Chelsea's Drogba, these people are more than one grade better than Liverpool's Baros.Compared with these forwards, Barosh was not a star and a half behind.

There is also Kewell, one of the sharpest Liverpool offensive line ever.Kewell, who was in Leeds United back then, was really majestic, with excellent breakthroughs, passing and shooting.However, as the number of injuries increased, although he did not completely become a glass man, more and more injuries occurred.As a result, Kewell's speed and explosive power have dropped a lot, including his ability to pass people.Without Kewell's speed, explosive power, and extraordinary ability, his strength is half of what he was at his peak.Luis Garcia, while doing well, isn't exactly the top winger either.

Then there are two core Liverpool midfielders Alonso and Gerrard.Although Alonso is a West Ham midfielder, he is not like Barcelona's Xavi.Alonso became famous in La Liga, but compared to his delicate short pass, his long pass scheduling ability is even more powerful.And Gerrard is an England midfielder, his impact and long-range shooting ability are very strong.But it is not the kind of midfielder who surpasses people and passes the ball in a small area.

The midfield combination of Alonso and Gerrard is very suitable for the open and close style of play.Alonso can dispatch long passes, and Gerrard uses his impact and long-range shooting ability to smash the opponent's defense.But what Liverpool lacks the most is delicacy, that is, passing and passing in a small area.

In other words, Liverpool's offensive ability is relatively poor.Among the several strong teams in the Premier League, Liverpool has the worst ability to break the opponent's dense defense.For example, Arsenal can tear apart the opponent's defense with wonderful pass coordination, Manchester United use the most English-style winger cross and Ruud van Nistelrooy, the king of the restricted area, to break through the opponent's defense, Chelsea has Robben This explosive point breaks through the opponent's defense line by point.And Chelsea also has a strong center like Drogba.

Benitez is a master tactician.

Clearly aware of your own shortcomings, and understand that your ability to break through the opponent's defense line is insufficient.So as long as they encounter a strong team, Liverpool will play a defensive counterattack.Although Liverpool's offensive ability is poor, it is a strong team after all, and the personal abilities of the main players are still good.Gerrard is very suitable for counterattacks. His speed, impact, and passing ability are very good in counterattacks.In strong dialogues, Benitez always lowers his posture, and Liverpool counterattacks very pragmatically, so the results are always good in strong dialogues.

But not against weak teams.

No matter how you say Liverpool is a strong team, you can lower your posture when playing against strong teams, but it is completely reversed when playing against weak teams.You can't defend against a weaker team.If you defend and counterattack, what will you do to the weaker team on the opposite side?Many weak teams survive on defensive counterattacks.At this time, the problem of Liverpool's insufficient offensive ability is very obvious.Playing against weak teams, Liverpool can't always score.Instead, they were repeatedly successfully counterattacked by weak teams.

These factors have caused Liverpool to "be strong when it is strong, and weak when it is weak".

Arsenal are completely different in comparison.

Arsenal usually focuses on offense, with strong offensive ability and many offensive methods.So in the face of those weak teams, there are many ways to score goals, and the most fearless thing is the defense of these weak teams.But once you encounter a strong team, those methods will not have much effect.

It is precisely because of the careful analysis of Liverpool's characteristics that Chen Ping launched the five midfielders.Chen Ping wants to compete with Liverpool for the midfield, and he is also ready to fight back.Martin Anthony and Ribery are on the wing, just to counterattack.

After playing for half a season, Chen Ping is getting more and more familiar with the Premier League teams, and he is becoming more and more familiar with the Premier League teams.Although Liverpool is a strong team, Chen Ping has already found a way to defeat Liverpool.Because compared to Benitez, Chen Ping has more players in his hands, so he has more choices and more tactics to choose from.

"Dududu-"

"The referee blew the whistle for the game, and the first game of the League Cup semi-final officially began. Liverpool, who are playing at home, kicked off first, let's see who can win this game."