Coach, I want to play football!

Roma's performance in the last two or three seasons has been a bit renaissance, having finished second in Serie A for two consecutive seasons.

Although there were some surprises last season, fortunately, the team made a decisive change in coaching, and the bald man Spalletti, who took over at the critical moment, lived up to expectations, and the Red Wolves finally finished third in the league.

They can finish second and third, and the goal is naturally to challenge Juventus' dominance of Serie A.

Therefore, the Red Wolves have recruited a lot of players in recent seasons. Last season, they introduced big center Dzeko, who could not play the main role in Manchester City, as well as German defender Rudiger and local young genius El Shaarawi.

Although there are no big purchases this season, the signings are still quite strong.

The first was to buy out Egyptian forward Salah, who was not being reused at Chelsea, and then loaned out former Arsenal number one goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, former Arsenal captain Vermaelen and the former Sevilla main center back. But Fazio was not reused after moving to Tottenham.

Although Liverpool does not spend as much in the transfer market, the players on loan are very capable, and their main purpose is to spend a small amount of money to do big things.

In this friendly match, Klopp certainly wants to fine-tune his tactical lineup.

Therefore, Ye Qi did not get the starting position. The starting frontcourt trident was Sturridge, Firmino and Mane, and Coutinho was in the attacking midfielder position.

Players such as Ye Qi, Ings and Lallana all sat on the bench.

Because it was just a friendly match, there was no mainstream media broadcast on China's side.They focused the broadcast on the first round of the Premier League, and the opening game of the Premier League was Liverpool vs. Arsenal.

Many Chinese fans also knew through the Internet that Ye Qi did not start. Although they did not understand why Klopp did not start with the European Golden Boot he bought for a lot of money, considering that this was an insignificant friendly match, he did not think too much about it. many.

Liverpool adopts a high-pressure style of play, and the players in the frontcourt press very hard. In addition, the midfield combination is Wijnaldum and Emre Can, and the two almost take turns to intervene.

Roma took their time at home, solidifying their defense in the backcourt and then waiting for opportunities to counterattack.

Sitting on the bench, Ye Qi watched his team's frontcourt trident create opportunities, but failed to score, and his feet felt a little itchy.

Szczesny and Vermaelen still have the ability to become Arsenal's main goalkeeper and captain.

Szczesny just can't compete with goalkeeper Cech, but judging from the current situation, it is estimated that Szczesny will have a hard time returning to Arsenal.

As for Vermaelen, after he moved to Barcelona, ​​due to injuries, his attendance rate was too low. He finally recovered from the injury, and needed a long period of games to find his form. When he was almost in form, he was injured again. .......

In two seasons at Barcelona, ​​he played no more than 15 La Liga games in total...

It is worth mentioning that Vermaelen and Pique are the "two kings" of Barcelona.The two of them almost took turns getting injured, one was just fine, and the other was injured.

The reason why Pique currently has many injuries is because of the hidden dangers left by Ye Qi's previous shovel. As a result, although Pique will not be a glass man after recovering from the surgery, the chance of injury has indeed increased a lot.

In the past two seasons, Pique has played no more than 30 games in all competitions for Barcelona, ​​which can only be said to be better than Vermaelen.

You must know that Pique is only 29 years old now, which is the golden age of defenders.At that time, his appearance rate in La Liga alone was 25+ in one season, and the minimum number of appearances in all competitions in a single season was 30+.

So now Barcelona fans hate Ye Qi because of this, which directly caused "Chairman Pi's" attendance rate to drop by 50.00%...

But Ye Qi didn't think there was anything wrong with what he did, because it was Pique who did it first.If he didn't have a system, he would probably be ready to retire after the cruciate ligament tear in that foot.

Because of Vermaelen's physical condition, Roma coach Luciano Spalletti obviously has no intention of letting the Belgian central defender play the main role.That's why Fazio was loaned out, and now Roma's main center back partners are Rudiger and Manolas.

Together with Fazio and Vermaelen, these four central defenders are enough for the Red Wolves to cope with multi-line operations.

I have to say that the current center back of the Red Wolves is quite luxurious.

Throughout the first half, Liverpool controlled most of the possession, but Roma's threat was even higher.

The two wings formed by Shaarawi and Salah flew together to counterattack, and combined with the high center forward Dzeko in the center, they created a lot of pressure on the Red Army Liverpool's defense.

The spirited young man Shalawi is of Egyptian descent, so his cooperation with Salah is somewhat tacit. Moreover, the two have already cooperated for a season last season.

In the 30th minute, after Salah broke through, he made a wall kick with Dzeko in the middle, and then kicked the goal from the ribs of the penalty area.

The Red Army Liverpool, which occupied 60.00% of the four possessions, fell behind by one goal in the first half.

Liverpool, which was one goal behind, were even more keen on attacking. The starting full-back combination in this game was Klein and Moreno. Both of them are good at full-backs who like to drop in and join the attack.

Especially Klein, as he plays, you find that he has become a winger...

"There is still danger, we are too empty in the second half!"

Seeing this situation, Ye Qi said subconsciously.

Sitting on his left and right sides were the two guardians, captain Henderson and vice-captain Milner.

Veteran Milner glanced at Ye Qi and said nothing.

Henderson was also a little surprised. Many young players, not to mention their observation skills, were a little absent-minded even when they were sitting on the bench.

For example, Ocho is chatting and laughing with Gomez at the moment, and it is obvious that neither of them takes this friendly match to heart.

He is worthy of being the top scorer in the Premier League and the European Golden Boot last season. Not to mention other things, his professionalism and keen tactical insight are quite good.

"Then what do you think we should do?" Henderson asked subconsciously.

"Me? If I were the head coach, I would first control the rhythm, stabilize the midfield and backcourt defense, and then increase the number of long-range shots and passing and cutting movements from behind the midfielder." Ye Qi said subconsciously.

Because Coutinho and Firmino are there, their skills and movement are quite good.Sturridge should make some sacrifices at this moment to help his teammates in the frontcourt pull the central defender and create opportunities for the three behind him.

Then Wijnaldum and Emre Can took long shots from behind, especially Wijnaldum, who has the ability to attack from behind.

When opponents focus their defensive attention on Mane, Sturridge, Coutinho and others, Firmino's flexible movement and Wijnaldum's back-breaking attack are good options. .

"Good guy, normal players just think about how to get the main position at the beginning of the season, but you are interested in the position of head coach."

Henderson said jokingly.