Six Hundred and Eleventh Liverpool's Achilles Heel

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Today's Gao Shen has long been regarded as a world famous coach, the gold medal coach of two Champions League champions, and an outstanding figure who has been used by countless fans to be juxtaposed with top coaches such as Ferguson, Wenger, Mourinho and Ancelotti.

But in his mind, there are two seniors who are the most special.

Needless to say, one is Ferguson.

The influence of the Godfather of Manchester United on Gao Shen is very profound and comprehensive, so that Gao Shen has always felt that he has a deep trace of Ferguson on his body.

Because of this, the 8-0 away slaughter of Manchester United has a unique stimulus for Gao Shen.

That kind of feeling is like personally destroying the big man who stood up in the mountains, which is really enjoyable!

Another is Benitez.

Back then, when Gao Shen just came over and coached Real Madrid, the first thing he did was to establish the 4231 tactic that the team would play Benitez, because this tactic could bring stability to Real Madrid at that time.

In order to form a better double midfielder, Gao Shen also specially dug out De La Reid from the youth team and asked him to form a double midfielder with Gravesson to protect Real Madrid's back line together.

Facts have also proved that Gao Shen's choice at that time was correct. With this style of play, Real Madrid not only counterattacked Barcelona, ​​but also won the double crown of La Liga and the Champions League.

Since then, Gao Shen has truly stepped out on his own path.

Times have changed, and today's Gao Shen is no longer playing four, two, three, one, but he still vividly remembers everything he experienced in Real Madrid back then.

De La Reid fainted on the court in 2008, and Gao Shen also flew to Madrid to visit him.

According to the history he knew in his previous life, De La Reid would retire in 2010, and then Gao Shen would try to invite him to join his coaching staff, which could be regarded as a good end for the year.

Later, when Gao Shen coached Naples, he still used the 4-2-3 formation, so that many people at that time said that Gao Shen was Benitez II.

It can be seen that Benitez's influence on Gao Shen is also very large.

Whether it is a past life or this life, the head coach of Liverpool is a very successful and great world-famous coach in Gao Shen's mind, although he has encountered Waterloo in many places later.

Especially after coaching in person and seeing too many cases of Waterloo in European football, Gao Shen knows clearly why the head coach is hailed as the most dangerous profession in European football.

It can be said that the success of every head coach is inseparable from the right time and place.

Sometimes even a little luck is required.

In that year, Benitez left Liverpool, which itself has nothing to say. Selling Xavi Alonso and introducing Aquilani, this decision-making mistake, coupled with Liverpool's failure to make up for the team's loopholes and weaknesses for many years, Benitez has an inescapable responsibility, and it is a matter of course to dismiss the get out of class.

But taking over Inter Milan is obviously not a very wise choice.

On the one hand, after the peak of Inter Milan at that time, the aging of the team was exposed, but on the other hand, they were unwilling to sell a group of players who were in their prime in exchange for a sum of money for restructuring, and Moratti had no money. Continue to invest.

In this case, no matter who takes over Inter Milan, it will be a mess.

As for him taking over Real Madrid, this is even more interesting.

If you look closely at the tactical play of Benitez and Zidane, it is not difficult to find many similarities.

So why did Benitez fail and Zidane succeed?

Because he is Zidane!

The answer is so simple and rude.

Ordinary fans can easily ignore the attempts and contributions made by Benitez because of Zidane's success.

It's as if many Chelsea fans will remember Mourinho's success, ignoring the foundation and contributions laid by Ranieri.

You know, Ranieri's Chelsea is a team in the Champions League semi-finals.

A lot of times, professional football is realistic, cruel, and victorious.

But as a practitioner, Gao Shen knows clearly that in professional football, failures are the vast majority, and successes are often very few.

It is precisely because of this understanding that Gao Shen is still full of expectations for this battle with Benitez.

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After twelve rounds, the league was suspended again, and it was another two weeks of national team game days.

Today's Manchester City is more wealthy, the treatment of players is significantly better, and the logistics services are more guaranteed.

For example, during each national team game day, the club will charter a flight to pick up the international player from South America.

Of course, Manchester City will choose to share the cost with several other giants in the Premier League.

But this is also a lot of money, and there are still many teams that are reluctant to pay.

During the past two weeks, Gao Shen was monitoring the games of the internationals while training the left-behind players in Carrington, and at the same time researching and collecting information and information about Liverpool.

In the end, there were nearly 200 pages of information about Liverpool in this game, and there was a large stack on Gao Shen's desk. Next, Gao Shen and the coaching staff needed to combine the two hundred pages of information with the team. The report is further analyzed, screened and condensed, and finally handed to each player, there is basically only the content of an A4 piece of paper.

This is the most important job of the Lucas analysis team before the game.

In many cases, if there is too much information and content for players to refer to, it will easily cause their confusion.

So, at most it is a piece of paper, and sometimes it may even be half a sheet.

And this requires very careful preparation and screening by Gao Shen, the coaching staff, and the analysis team before the game, and at the same time, it is necessary to come up with a set of tactics for Liverpool early.

It's been a bit of a mess for Liverpool lately because they've started to have injuries.

"At present, it is very certain that Torres will be out, and the two wingers, Riera and Benayoun, may not be able to start. "

Lucas reported on Liverpool's current situation, which can be described as mixed.

The absence of Torres has a great impact on Liverpool's attacking power. Benayoun is also one of the best wingers this season, but the return of Agger and Gerrard can greatly improve Liverpool's defense and midfield. .

It is conceivable that Benitez is now in pain and happiness.

Manchester City are not faring much better either.

On the one hand, the South American internationals travel long distances. On the other hand, with the improvement of the team's performance, there are more and more international players, and their role in the national team is becoming more and more obvious, and playing for the country is what every player should do. obligations.

In this regard, Gao Shen is impossible to stop.

Therefore, he can only study how to defeat the opponent from the technical and tactical level.

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"Tomorrow, after the players come back, we will be training for set-piece attacking."

Gao Shen made arrangements for the tasks of the coaching staff.

Brian Kidd, Carlo and Sarri, among others, recorded the high requirements very carefully and carefully.

"In the past few years when Benitez coached Liverpool, he has always insisted on using zone defense in set-piece defense. This time, Liverpool became the team that conceded the fewest set-piece goals in the Premier League, so it was very successful, but now it is gradually exposed. There is a disadvantage."

In fact, there has always been controversy about Liverpool's set-piece defense.

The so-called zone defense is to require each player to guard his own area when defending from set pieces, rather than staring at his target player.

This defensive system has a very obvious advantage, that is, it can ensure that the best defensive players always stay in the most dangerous areas.

Another type of set-piece defense is man-to-man.

As the name implies, the man-to-man system is that the defensive player is only responsible for keeping an eye on his target player. Wherever the opponent runs, he will follow to ensure that the target player will not be left alone.

Both systems have pros and cons.

The problem with man-to-man is that the player with the best defensive ability is likely to be pulled out of his defense zone by the opponent's players, resulting in the formation of players who are not strong enough in the dangerous area to guard, and then be used by the opponent and attacked.

The problem with regional defense is that there will inevitably be gaps between defenders in each area, especially in the defense of secondary balls similar to ferrying, the shortcomings are very obvious.

So, some people may think that since each has its own advantages and disadvantages, is there a way to effectively combine the advantages of zone defense and man-to-man?

The answer is, yes.

That is zone marking.

But the problem is that this defensive system is not perfect. There are also advantages and disadvantages, especially the switching of players in the ever-changing game, which is a very big problem.

In fact, strictly speaking, there are no clear boundaries between zone defense and man-to-man.

Every team is using a hybrid set-piece defense, but a lot of times, the ball is conceded, and the media and fans always have to find some reasons and crux.

But one thing is very obvious, that is, the current Liverpool, the protection of the three most important key positions is insufficient, this is the biggest dead spot of Liverpool's current positioning ball defense.

And these three positions are the front point and the center of the small penalty area, and between the two positions, the players who protect them.

Gao Shen specially asked Lucas to collect the highlights of all Liverpool's set-piece defense in the past two seasons and this season, watched and analyzed with all the coaching staff, and sorted out and recorded Liverpool's set-piece defense. .

For the upcoming Anfield battle, while Gao Shen attaches great importance to it, he is also mentally prepared to fight a tough battle.

No one knows Biglia's strength better than him, so he also clearly knows the power of the combination of Biglia and Mascherano's double midfielder, plus a Gerrard.

It can be said that Liverpool's overall strength is far stronger than the Liverpool team that Gao Shen knew in his previous life.

Even with Manchester City's current strong attacking power, they may not be able to attack Liverpool's defense at Anfield.

Torres' absence can only weaken Liverpool's offense at best, especially the frontal impact of the counter-attack, but the Reds' defense will be a very big problem.

Gao Shen predicts that set-pieces are likely to be the decisive factor in changing the trend of the game.