Six Hundred and Twelve the Fourth Set of Plans

The former Real Madrid midfielder, Redondo, was highly regarded by Jose Ingenieros, a very famous thinker in Argentina at the beginning of the last century, who had a book: A Mediocre Man.

In this book, the author attempts to analyze two different personalities in the Argentine university reform movement at that time.

One is a poor man, the other an idealist.

Liverpool coach Benitez once used this to describe his current right-hand man Pellegrino.

The relationship between the two is very good, they have always been from Pellegrino to Valencia playing for Benitez, and they have a lot of common language, like-minded people and more importantly, they They are full of idealism.

Benitez even once said that if he was given eleven robots, he would be able to win all the games.

The idealism is beyond words.

As if to confirm Benitez's vision, after Pellegrino took office, Liverpool finished second in the league last season, succumbing to Manchester United, and almost won the league title.

Benitez is full of praise for the assistant who was originally from a central defender. He believes that Pellegrino's special training has a great impact on the team's defensive players and is an important factor for the team to show strong competitiveness on multiple fronts. Push hands.

As for former assistant Paco Yesterdam.

The Spaniard, who was popular with the players in the Liverpool dressing room, left Liverpool after falling out with Benitez. He first went to Real Sociedad as football director, but after less than a month, he went to Benfica as a fitness coach. Returning to Valencia this summer as a fitness coach.

Leaving Benitez, Yesterdam also lost its former glory.

Benitez even once spoke highly of his current assistant coach Pellegrino, believing that he is close to perfection in the position of assistant coach except for his poor English skills.

Therefore, this season, Benitez has entrusted the team's defensive training to Pellegrino. The Argentine assistant coach has not lived up to Benitez's high hopes, Liverpool has become one of the best defensive teams in the Premier League and even European football.

Even in the thirteenth round of the Premier League, against Manchester City at home, Benitez's team still showed a super defensive level, making Manchester City, known as the strongest attacking firepower in Europe, at Anfield again and again. hit a wall.

In the 45 minutes of the first half, Manchester City shot a full 16 shots, but failed to break the goal guarded by Reina. After changing sides in the second half, Manchester City still launched the offensive without listening.

Even in the 60th minute, Gao Shen directly replaced Giroud with the big center to further strengthen the attack.

But still to no avail.

...

"It's a pity, if Fernando can come, we have a chance."

Standing in front of the coach's bench of the home team at Anfield, Benitez watched the game on the pitch and judged the situation of the enemy and us. He was very helpless to the current situation of Liverpool.

Before the game, he once thought that Fernando Torres could play, because after the team doctor's test, Torres was in good condition.

Unexpectedly, Torres found him himself and said that he felt that his body was still not ideal.

In the end, Benitez had no choice but to let Torres rest.

If Torres can get on, Benitez believes that Gao Shen would never dare to attack so fiercely.

Pellegrino believes in Benitez's judgment, "Manchester City's performance is also quite good, Gao Shenyou is quite young, but there is still something of his own, and..."

After the Argentine paused for a while, he saw Benitez turned his head and looked over curiously,

He just smiled and said, "He is nothing like you, I really don't know how people in the outside world spread it."

Speaking of this, Benitez also found it very funny.

"When he coached Real Madrid, he played 4231, and his style was very conservative."

"I know that he can be conservative enough to make Capello curse his mother, which is not easy." Pellegrino laughed.

Capello is already notoriously conservative, and even he can't stand Gao Shen, one can imagine how conservative Gao Shen was at that time.

"Actually, he was not conservative at all, he was just pragmatic. Real Madrid at that time really should have played that way, and when he played Arsenal away, and some other games, when it was time to attack, he was not relentless."

After a pause, Benitez turned his head and glanced at Gao Shen in front of the visiting team's coach, "He is a real poor man."

This is another kind of person in the writings of Jose Ingenieros.

If the realist is water, the idealist is oil.

The two are inseparable in any way.

Therefore, Benitez does not hate high-level, it is very rare.

You know, he hates Mourinho very much. The trigger for his falling out with assistant coach Paco Yesterdam was because Yesterdam ran to shake hands with Mourinho and joked, and he was arrested. He got hit.

"Tonight, his false winning streak is coming to an end!" Benitez said fiercely.

Pellegrino nodded, in the current situation, Manchester City really has no good way to take Liverpool's defense.

The double midfielders of Biglia and Mascherano, Gerrard and Kuyt in front, Insua, Daniel Agger, Skrtel and Carragher in the back, plus A goalkeeper Reina.

Liverpool's defensive formation, whether in the Premier League or in European football, does not frighten any team.

Even Guardiola's Barcelona!

"Because of Suya, pay special attention to this point. Biglia has already received a yellow card, and the protection on his side will be weakened." Benitez warned.

If there is a weakness in Liverpool's defense, it must be the Argentine left-back Insua.

Since Aurelio is often injured, Insua has gradually gained a firm footing after emerging this season, but his problems have also exposed a lot, especially today, in front of Robben, he is also very difficult to deal with. It was broken and cut inside by the Dutchman.

Fortunately, Biglia played well, but in order to help defend Insua, the Argentine midfielder also received a yellow card.

As for the other side, Carragher also received a yellow card under the repeated impact of Hazard.

It can be said that Manchester City's offensive still brought a lot of pressure to Liverpool.

Pellegrino also heard Benitez's concerns and immediately reminded Insua loudly.

But at this moment, Manchester City launched another attack on the right.

After Robben dribbled the ball away from Insujan, he suddenly scored the ball and returned to the right. Zabaleta plugged in along the right edge. After catching up with Robben's scoring, he made a cross from the bottom and hit the ball. On Daniel Agger, the bottom line rebounded.

corner.

Manchester City's attack still failed to create a threat in Liverpool's penalty area.

...

"Take the fourth plan!"

Gao Shen gave an order to Carlo, who quickly conveyed it to the court.

Rakitic ran to the corner on the right side of the pitch, and he was in charge of taking the corner.

All of Manchester City's tall players also ran into Liverpool's penalty area, which immediately made the already crowded Liverpool penalty area full of tall people.

Gerrard, Daniel Agger, Skrtel and Carragher on the home team are not short in size, but the double midfielder and Insua are relatively short. The Argentine left back is 1.8 meters and is already defending. point before.

In contrast, Manchester City still has a lot of tall people.

David Luiz, Kompany and Harvey Martinez are all relatively tall, and Gao Shen just replaced the big center Giroud, four tall players of 1.9 meters. A stop in Liverpool's penalty area is still very deterrent.

In the set-piece defense, the front point and the center of the small penalty area are two crucial points, but between these two points, other players also need to protect the defenders of the two points.

Insua guarded the front point, Carragher guarded the center of the small penalty area, Gerrard and Daniel Agger protected, and Skrtel was responsible for the back point.

In this game, Manchester City took several corner kicks, and Liverpool were all in this defensive configuration.

Benitez's regional defense system has been in confusion and running in for several years. In fact, it has cooperated very well. It's just that sometimes due to injury or absence, or rotation and other factors, they have made mistakes in cooperation.

At least in tonight's game, facing Manchester City, they have not made any mistakes so far.

Gao Shen was originally going to play Insua's front point, but Liverpool was well prepared for this, and Daniel Agger's protection was in place.

Although Carragher was embarrassed at the front of the penalty area, he did not make mistakes.

This caused Manchester City to return several corner kicks without success.

Therefore, Gao Shen only now wants to use the fourth set of plans.

...

After the Manchester City players on the field received the order, they immediately made a division of labor.

Whoever attacked the front, who attacked the middle, and who attacked the rear, all had very clear cooperation.

Liverpool have also felt the changes in Manchester City, and they are all facing the enemy.

Captain Gerrard is also in the penalty area, ready to protect the front point of Manchester City's key attack. At the same time, he is also calling out to his teammates, hoping that they can all cheer up.

"Come on! We are an unbeatable Liverpool!"

Gerrard's loud and loud shouts made the fans in the stadium listen, and they were all excited and shouted harder.

The players also felt the power from the captain and the fans in the stands, and they all cheered up.

"Come on!" The players responded in unison.

After the referee Phil Dodd arranged the penalty area, he also slowly stepped back with the silver whistle in his mouth.

In the corner area, Rakitic slowly showed his right index finger and conveyed it to his teammates in the penalty area.

When the crisp whistle came, the Croatian midfielder quickly took a run forward, and the football facing the corner kicked directly with a kick. direction.

Point ahead!

Almost everyone reacted immediately.

Gerald reacted quickly and rushed out immediately.

But no matter how fast he was, the Manchester City player who knew where he was going was faster.

Da Jirou jumped out first, got stuck in the position and jumped high, and rubbed directly against the landing point.

The ball was jacked up again by Giroud and quickly fell to the back of the middle of the small penalty area.

At this time, Carragher was standing forward, and Skrtel was attracted by David Luiz at the back point. The front of the small penalty area was on the left side of the center, and there was only one Mascherano left.