Chapter 73 The Advantages of Collaboration

Rafael Benitez is still somewhat confident in beating Derby County, or gaining an advantage in the first round of the two teams. Although Liverpool lost both home and away games to Derby County in the league, it was a well-rounded derby. County, not Derby County where the main core players are all injured.

For the analysis in the media, Benitez still believes.

More importantly, he thinks that Ivan Kru, who was injured last week, cannot recover so quickly. As for Kluivert, it is definitely impossible to play, Rafael van der Vaart... Benitez I didn't think about it at all. When Van der Vaart was taken off the field, everyone saw it. Even if it was a milder injury, it would not be recoverable in a short time. What's more, the Derby County club did not show up immediately after the game. Announcing Van der Vaart's injury situation, Benitez believes that this just shows that determining Van der Vaart's recovery time requires a long inspection, which is usually what he does.

Van der Vaart, Ivan Crewe, Kluivert, plus the one I mentioned before, Morris, now Derby County is too weak in the frontcourt, and these threatening players are all unable to play. In the home game, Benitez is confident of playing an advantage.

But if you want to decide the outcome of a battle, it is useless to have some advantages. The key is to score a few more goals. If you can't score more goals, such as ending the game 1:0, it is almost no different from a draw, or even a tie. , there is no difference between this score and loss. The knockout stage is the home and away two games to decide the outcome. At the home of Derby County, the opponent's lineup must be well-equipped, and the chance of Liverpool being eliminated is still very high. That is to say, they are trying to eliminate Derby County must go through a big battle, which is unacceptable to Benitez.

So this game must maximize the score advantage!

under consideration. Benitez is more certain about the tactics set up yesterday. In fact, Liverpool's tactics were determined a few days ago, but he has always been very conservative, the kind of offensive football that 'bets luck'. Not what he's good at. He doesn't know if that will lead to a good result, but if you want to win a football match, you need to be surprised. That is to say, thinking about this a lot now is just to let him have more confidence before the game and increase his heart. Just comfort.

Now that I see the analysis of the media, I feel comforted.

Benitez also took a deep breath.

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Before the game, the media did not get the Derby County starting roster. The media are used to it. Since Wan Sheng took charge of Derby County, he has never announced the squad before the game.

This one, of course.

Because of this, the media began to analyze the Derby County squad. In fact, there is no need to analyze too much. Among the main players, the players who have played in Derby County are all drawn, which can almost be said to be the squad.

Available two hours before the start of the two-team game. When someone checked the official website of the FA, they were completely taken aback.

According to the rules of the FA. For League Cup matches, the roster must be reported two hours before the game. The FA makes a record and announces the roster on the official website. Generally speaking, for large-scale events, the reporting time will be very long, such as Europe. In the knockout stage of the Champions League, UEFA stipulates that the reporting time is one day, that is to say, the media will know the roster one day in advance, and the League Cup is not taken seriously, so the detailed regulations are almost no different from the league.

Derby County has not announced the roster. The media can only check it through the content announced by the FA. It is better not to check it. It is really shocking to check it, because in the roster of Derby County, there are Van der Vaart and Ivan Crewe. name.

how can that be possible?

The media who saw the roster were all stunned. They couldn't believe that Van der Vaart and Ivan Crewe really "recovered very well" as Wansheng said, and even entered the roster for the two teams.

Are they all wrong? Did they fall for that Chinese trick?

Many media reporters gritted their teeth.

But soon someone put forward "consolation", "Even if they make the list, they can only be substitutes, because even if they recover, they won't have time to recover!"

There are many voices in agreement with this statement.

So the media put their hearts back to their original position. As for the previous analysis is wrong, they don't care at all. They reported the news of Derby County, and the analysis error was not once or twice. Many media have long been used to it. Their analysis of Derby County's 'weakness' is just for analysis's sake and has nothing to do with reality.

If they are Derby County supporting the media, naturally they will not do this, unfortunately most of the people here are not supporting Derby County, so even if the recovery of Van der Vaart and Ivan Crew is really like what the Chinese said it is not bad ,so what?

As long as it doesn't affect the game between the two teams!

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Rafael Benitez was also taken aback. He only got the news more than an hour before the game. At this time, the Liverpool team was ready to enter the stadium to warm up, and he was also ready to attend the pre-match press conference. Yes, and then an assistant coach told him the news.

Benitez looked at Derby County's roster carefully, his face hesitant.

He originally thought that Van der Vaart and Ivan Klui would not be on the roster, but both of them were on the roster. The only one who guessed right was Kluivert. Kluivert's injury is more than two If people are more serious, naturally it is impossible to recover so quickly.

Whether the two play or not has a great impact on Derby County.

As a head coach, especially the Liverpool coach of Derby County, who lost twice, Benitez still knows a lot about Derby County. The most important core player of Derby County now is Lee Morris, but Morris Still unable to play during the recovery, then another attacking core in the frontcourt is Van der Vaart, who is also Derby County's top scorer and is even expected to challenge Henry's scorer status.

Ivan Crewe is also very important. Although he is a full-back, he is also Derby County's second-highest goal scorer so far. His backstrokes and free kicks are quite threatening.

Such two players can't play, which is why Benitez wants a surprise attack, but if both players play... Liverpool and Derby County are fighting, is there really a chance?

Benitez has absolutely no confidence.

Not to mention how gorgeous and efficient Derby County's offense is, there are problems with Liverpool's own offense. Now their goals rely more on midfielders, especially the core midfielder Steven Gerrard, who is also the team's top scorer. This is an affirmation of Gerrard's ability, and it also proves that Liverpool's forwards have How bad. Liverpool with such a problem. It would not be wise to even go to attack against Derby at home.

Benitez knew this, so he started to have some concerns about the game.

However, he soon read the analysis of other media. The analysis pointed out that Van der Vaart and Ivan Crewe must not have recovered. They are most likely just substitute players. Seeing these analyses, Benitez secretly hopes that this is the case. Otherwise, the game will definitely be very difficult to play.

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Pre-match press conference. Wan Sheng appeared at the venue with a solemn expression.

It's completely different from the usual smile that gives people the feeling that way. Seeing Wansheng's expression, the media firmly believed that Van der Vaart and Ivan Crewe were not starters, otherwise the Chinese would definitely be smiling and the game would not be under too much pressure.

They thought so, but in fact, Wan Sheng was about to be happy.

He didn't expect these media to cooperate so much. Originally, he thought that after the announcement of the starting list, the media would definitely know that their analysis was wrong. Liverpool will also be vigilant about this, but the media found an explanation of "certainly not the main force". "That makes perfect sense."

This is really... so cooperative!

Thinking like this, Wan Sheng's face was only solemn. Sure enough, when he came to the venue, the first question asked by the media was about Van der Vaart and Ivan Crewe.

"Why did Van der Vaart and Ivan Crewe appear in the roster? They should all be injured." The reporter asked.

Wan Sheng looked at him like an idiot, and immediately said, "I said yesterday that they are recovering well."

The media in the audience was stunned for a moment, thinking about what this Chinese really said, but they themselves thought the recovery of the two was not good, and then kept making wrong analyses.

Still, they gritted their teeth.

They think they are being misled by the Chinese in front of them, why do they analyze it like that? It wasn't because the Chinese looked wrong at the time, so naturally they came to a conclusion.

"He must have done it on purpose!"

Many people thought, and then another reporter asked, "Will they appear in the starting list?"

Wan Sheng nodded affirmatively, "Of course, Rafael is the team's top scorer, and Ivan is the second-highest scorer. It's a waste for them to sit on the bench."

Even if he said so, the media in the audience were still noncommittal.

Especially when they saw Wan Sheng's solemn face, they thought he was worried about the game. Because of this, they felt that their analysis must be correct, "The recovery of the two cannot be so fast, so they can only sit on the bench. On the bench, as a player that Derby County has no choice but to send to gamble," I have to say that everyone's subjectivity is too strong, and it is difficult to change their views without actual evidence.

They felt that they were 'fooled' by Wansheng before, because Wansheng's expression at that time was unbelievable, and now they have been deceived by Wansheng's expression again.

If Wan Sheng knew what these media reporters thought, he would definitely not be able to stop laughing, "It's said that people can't fall in the same place twice, but these guys have all done it... It's not easy either. things."

Wan Sheng doesn't know, but he doesn't care. There is not much time until the start of the game. Even if Benitez knows everything, he must not temporarily adjust his tactics before the game. Otherwise, the temporary adjustment will definitely affect the performance of the game. Influence, that is to say, Benitez has no choice. After all, Liverpool is not Derby County. They must do a lot of targeted training to prepare for the game, and they do not have the tactical training effect of 'collaboration'. It is possible to be proficient in using each set of tactics.

This is also Derby County's advantage.

Don't underestimate this advantage. Generally, teams use the same tactics throughout the season. It's not that they don't want to have more means. The main reason is that they can't. There is so much time for tactical training, and the same is true for Derby County, but Wansheng has the 'collaboration' skill. One hour of team training is equivalent to two hours of training, and after being upgraded to a high-level skill, it also comes with a "spiritual attribute" The effect of "slowly improving game awareness" is not a big improvement, but the improvement is very objective over time. For example, the overall situation of all players in the team has increased by 1-2 points on average. Especially for those players with very weak mental attributes, the effect of improvement is very obvious.

In this way, not only the tactical training effect of the team's players is doubled, but the players' ability to adapt to tactics is also continuously improved.

Because of this, Derby County can change their tactics during the game, and even temporarily adjust their strategy before the game starts, and it will not be affected too much, while Liverpool is different. Benitez took over the team in the summer, and it is still not at all. It's impossible to tell the team, let alone adjust tactics temporarily before the game.

So now, what Wansheng needs to do is to lead the team to directly play against the opponent, and it is no longer necessary to perform some small moves. (To be continued ~^~)