Chapter 271, Strategies

On the afternoon of March 15th, the entire Liverpool team arrived in Manchester one day earlier and stayed in a quiet hotel not far from Old Trafford.

While they were staying at the hotel, Manchester United held a pre-match press conference in the press conference hall of the Old Trafford Stadium. I have won both times, and in tomorrow's game, I have absolute confidence that I can beat Liverpool at home and complete Manchester United's triple kill against Liverpool this season!"

On the morning of March 16, after Liverpool's adaptive training at Old Trafford, Liverpool coach Rodgers also held a press conference in the hotel. When the reporter asked about his goal for the game, Rodgers Instead of being arrogant in the past, he answered very cautiously: "Manchester United beat Liverpool twice this season, and they won the League Cup a few days ago. They do have certain strength, and this game is still in their At home, the game will definitely be difficult to play. Liverpool's first goal in this game is to hold steady and then look for scoring opportunities."

Hearing Rogers' words, all the reporters were a little surprised. They didn't understand why Rogers suddenly became so cautious. This didn't look like his style at all.

The reporter continued to ask: "Coach Rogers, Manchester United won you two games this season, don't you plan to take revenge today?"

Rogers waved his hand: "I am now the coach of Liverpool, trying to improve the team's league ranking and strive to get a place in the Champions League next season. This is my task, and nothing else is important."

When leaving the Liverpool press conference, all the reporters were a little baffled. Now the entire English football world knows that Kintag and Rodgers have a bad relationship, so when Rodgers said some soft words, everyone was very surprised.

In fact, no one knew what Rogers was thinking.

In the previous two games, Liverpool lost to Manchester United. Rodgers summed up the reasons for the defeat. He felt that one of the important factors was that Kintag used the aggressive method before the game, which made him lose his mind, while directing the ball. The team was too aggressive, which led to the final defeat.

And today is at Manchester United's home court. Rogers is very sure that Kintag will definitely attack aggressively and continue to catch up with the top Manchester City. In view of this situation, Rodgers formed a defensive counterattack 4321 lineup today, first defending firmly, and then waiting for an opportunity to counterattack and strive for goals. Rogers didn't dare to be too big this time. His minimum goal is one point. As long as he can score a draw in the away game, then he has achieved his goal.

Although the draw is a bit reconciled, at least we can't let Jin Taige's Manchester United kill themselves three times in a single season.

After attending Liverpool's press conference, Hall of the Manchester Evening News called Kintag.

Kintag, who answered the phone, was in a good mood. He joked about Hall: "Big reporter, the game is just a few hours away, and you can't get any news from me now."

Hall didn't answer the question: "Tiger, I just came out of Rodgers' press conference. Rodgers' performance today was a bit abnormal. He seemed to be retreating from today's game. I'm not calling you as a reporter now. , but to tell you these things as a die-hard Manchester United fan, I guess Rodgers must be brewing some evil ideas, I hope you must be careful."

"Thank you Hall, I will pay attention."

After hanging up the phone, Kintag smiled and said to Scholes beside him: "It seems that Rogers should be hooked."

Scholes nodded: "I hope the captain's plan can be implemented smoothly."

"I hope my strategy can be implemented smoothly and confuse Jin Taige, and then we will try to take away a victory.

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Before the game, in the locker room of the visiting team, Rodgers talked about his tactical thinking to the players under him.

"You should be able to feel during the warm-up just now that the fans at Old Trafford are in high spirits, and the Manchester United players are also full of confidence. They will definitely start a fierce attack and then strive for victory in this game. And my strategy for this game On the contrary, we play defensive counterattack!"

At this time, Captain Gerrard was a little puzzled: "Coach, we have been focusing on the technical flow of short passes on the ground this season, and we also prepared in the same way in the training two days ago. Why did we temporarily change the team before the game? 433 becomes 4321, and they also played a defensive counterattack?"

Rogers knew that this was not just Gerrard's question, I believe the whole team would have this question, so Rogers explained to the players: "Kintiger's team's morale is high in this game, they just won the League Cup , and there is not much difference with Manchester City at the top of the list. Kintegger definitely wants to win this game with all his strength, and then maintain the point pressure on Manchester City. If we play against them in this game, then we are likely to lose both sides, so I Speaking at the press conference today was very low-key, let them take it lightly, and then attack with all their strength. In this case, with our delicate attack, we can definitely catch them by surprise, and take three away from Old Trafford through effective counterattacks. Minute!"

After listening to Rogers' words, the Liverpool players all understood what he meant, but everyone had different thoughts in their hearts: Will such an impromptu change really work?

In this game, Suarez, Sterling and Sturridge originally formed a three-forward, but after Rogers adjusted, Sterling and Sturridge were all retreated to the front midfielder, and the two were in a certain position. Participate in the team's defense to a certain extent and just leave Suarez alone to advance forward, forming a single arrow.

Sterling and Sturridge were a little frustrated. They are forwards with strong offensive capabilities. Let them retreat to the front midfielder and participate in defense to a large extent. This made them a little depressed. They looked at each other. With a glance, he shook his head and didn't speak.

At the same time, in the locker room of the home team, the Manchester United generals were also sitting together, and Kintag was explaining the requirements of the game to the players. He looked around. Although there were many substitute players in this game, Kintag still had great confidence in them.

"Guys, I have explained the tactical thinking of this game to you many times in the past few days. I believe you must have been familiar with it. We must use it well to lure snakes out of the hole. Three points are more important, you must be patient, wait for the opportunity, kill with one blow, and use the smallest price for the biggest victory!"