Volume One: Heroes Haunt, People Pay Attention Chapter 374 The Only Way to Defeat Liverpool (First Update Guaranteed)

The FA Cup is over, the leagues in England are over, and across the continent, major leagues are over.

The entire European football world... no, the entire world football world has its eyes focused on the UEFA Champions League final. .

Although there is a World Cup in Brazil this year. But the glory of the Champions League final cannot be concealed.

Even the most nostalgic fans have to admit that the Champions League has now caught up with the World Cup in terms of quality and commercial value. The only thing inferior to the World Cup is the political significance. After all, the Champions League is a competition between clubs, while the World Cup is a competition between countries. As long as the country is involved, it will definitely be related to politics.

"Football keeps politics away" is just a beautiful slogan, but in reality it can never be possible.

The World Cup's huge influence is inseparable from its political significance.

The battle between countries is not only reflected on the battlefield.

The Champions League is a bit more pure.

Football is the only theme.

Before the arrival of the World Cup, the Champions League final was a major event in European football, and even in world football.

Everyone’s attention is focused on the two teams participating in the Champions League final.

Real Madrid and Liverpool.

These are the two teams with the highest level in today's football - Barcelona was eliminated, so I won't mention it.

Major bookmakers have offered odds for this final. Judging from the odds, bookmakers are generally more optimistic about Liverpool.

After all, this team's performance this season has been convincing.

They have won six championships. This season has been simply unstoppable.

Even teams like Barcelona were ultimately defeated by Liverpool. And it failed so miserably.

Liverpool beat Barcelona 6-0 at home in the semi-finals, which was impressive. It also made many people change their previous views. They thought that if Liverpool could enter the final and meet Real Madrid, then it would be a close game.

But as soon as the first round of the semi-finals ended, everyone changed their views. They feel that with Liverpool's strength, if they go all out, it will be easy to defeat Real Madrid.

It was after this game that the bookmakers revised their odds on the final victory of the four teams.

Real Madrid defeated Barcelona in La Liga and won the league title. But their performance was normal, and the score they beat Barcelona by was also normal. If Liverpool also beats Barcelona with a normal score, then the two teams will have similar winning odds in the end. But who made Liverpool's performance so outrageous? It's almost like turning on a plug-in.

Faced with such a terrifying Liverpool, no matter how good Real Madrid performed. Not as good as the other party.

In fact, the same is true within Real Madrid.

Liverpool is doing well in both European and English competitions this season. To say that Liverpool is not afraid of them is to tell lies with open eyes.

Mourinho is indeed called a "madman", and his style is also full of arrogance. But he is not a fool, so he will not turn a blind eye when facing a strong enemy, saying that Liverpool is not a threat.

This kind of self-deception is of no use in defeating your opponent.

In fact, from the moment Liverpool reached the Champions League final, Mourinho started research and investigation work on Liverpool.

He is not worried about his team's ability to pass the semi-finals. He is confident that Real Madrid will definitely appear on the stage of the Champions League final. This is the embodiment of his madness.

But in preparation for war. Not only is he not crazy, he is also very careful.

Sending scouts to stay in Liverpool to follow every game of Liverpool and observe the status of their players.

However, the effect was not great, because after eliminating Barcelona, ​​Liverpool sent half of the first team substitutes and half of the reserve team players to play in the next game.

Therefore, this kind of follow-up observation can only observe a very limited number of people, and the information collected is of little reference significance.

Fortunately, television information is now very developed, and the Internet is even more developed. Therefore, Mourinho can easily collect videos of Liverpool's past games.

Since having Chen Yingxiong. Liverpool and Real Madrid have played each other three times. One was in the European Super Cup. Liverpool had just won the Europa League that year. They met Real Madrid, the Champions League champion that year, in the European Super Cup. In the end, Liverpool defeated Real Madrid in a penalty shootout and won the European Super Cup. Chen Yingxiong scored twice in that game.

The other two were in the Champions League. It was in the Champions League quarter-finals of the season they won the European Super Cup that Liverpool met Real Madrid. Relying on Chen Yingxiong's outstanding performance and Pepe's mistakes. Liverpool knocked out defending champions Real Madrid.

After that game, Pepe's personal destiny also changed dramatically. He came under huge pressure and then moved from Real Madrid to Liverpool.

This year's Champions League final was the first time Pepe met his old club after leaving Real Madrid.

There are only records of these three encounters, and they were all a long time ago. In these three encounters, Real Madrid did not take any advantage, losing two and drawing one.

Therefore, Mourinho, the head coach of Real Madrid, attaches great importance to the opponent Liverpool.

His attitude is also very upright.

Very very correct.

Because he placed Liverpool as a strong team from the beginning and regarded Real Madrid as a challenger.

He was thinking about how not to lose to Liverpool, not how to beat Liverpool.

In fact, it's the same. As long as he doesn't lose to Liverpool, he has a way to beat Liverpool.

His method is very simple, but most people don't think of it.

In fact, someone thought of it before Mourinho. Mourinho's approach was also based on the other party's.

He figured it out after watching a ton of Liverpool games this season.

He was watching the second leg of the League Cup semi-final between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool. He found out that Tottenham drew 2:2 with the Liverpool reserve team at home in the first round.

Then when we go to the away game. Tottenham chose to stick to the tie.

Mourinho, who has coached in the Premier League for many years, knows the rules of the League Cup very well.

Unlike the Champions League, there is no such thing as away goals in the League Cup.

In other words, even if Tottenham doesn't score a goal in this game, as long as they don't concede a goal, they have a chance to drag the game into overtime, and then... a penalty kick.

By the way, this is Tottenham's plan.

Tottenham obviously wanted to use a penalty shootout to offset Chen Yingxiong's ability alone.

After all, no matter how powerful Chen Yingxiong is, he is just one person. One goal by him in a regular game can determine the final outcome. It can be said that he may score two or even three goals with one goal. But in the penalty shootout, one goal from Chen Yingxiong equaled one. It's impossible for him to count two or three after scoring a goal. So even if he can put the football in the goal, it doesn't mean anything as long as his teammates don't perform well. Winning the game will naturally belong to Tottenham.

After Mourinho figured out why Tottenham Hotspur did this, he found that this was really a good way to deal with Liverpool.

Especially Real Madrid, which suits him very well.

Because Mourinho is a coach who likes to defend at his core.

His Real Madrid will play very aggressively when facing weak teams because he knows that weak teams cannot really pose a threat to his victory. So he doesn't mind using his offense against weak teams to please the discerning Real Madrid fans.

But when he encounters a strong team that can really threaten him, he will choose a more conservative strategy. First defend firmly, then wait for opportunities to counterattack.

Although such a game is still very beautiful. But the core is still defense.

So if you want to stick to the tie, Guardiola's Barcelona cannot do this, but Mourinho's Real Madrid is very handy.

In fact, Mourinho did this in the last match.

When Real Madrid visited Liverpool's home court in the first round, Mourinho's Real Madrid relied on defense. Waiting for an opportunity to counterattack.

Both sides played cautiously in that game. Because both sides know that the other side is good at defensive counterattacks.

Although it was boring, Real Madrid did not change their tactics.

Martin O'Neill also knew how much Mourinho controlled this team.

Mourinho's strategy is to drag the game directly into a penalty shootout.

Although this is not good-looking from a scene perspective, it may even be ugly. But nothing is more important than a championship.

He helped Real Madrid win a Champions League title, and he now wants a second one.

He has always been a person who chooses the most suitable way for victory and championship. If the offense can win the championship, he will stick to the offense, just like he did at Chelsea. Football with both wings flying together is very beautiful. If the defense can win the championship, he will decisively park a bus in front of the goal. Just like when he led Inter Milan to win the Champions League.

Now this penalty shootout is also analyzed and analyzed, and it is believed that the only way to defeat Liverpool is.

His reason is the same as Tottenham's. Chen Yingxiong has the ability to single-handedly determine the outcome of the game in regular games. But if the game enters a penalty shootout, his advantage will be wiped out.

He scored a goal. It doesn't affect other people either.

At that time, the two teams will not compete with Chen Yingxiong, but with the abilities of both penalty kickers and goalkeepers.

in this regard. Mourinho is confident.

Real Madrid have excellent penalty takers in their ranks. There is also the current world number one goalkeeper Casillas.

This is Mourinho's biggest reliance.

In addition, there is mental arithmetic but no intention. At most, Liverpool will conduct a penalty kick training the day before the game.

And what about his Real Madrid? Special penalty kick training will be conducted every day a week before the game!

When the prepared Real Madrid meets the unprepared Liverpool in the penalty shootout, Real Madrid's players will be full of morale and confidence.

What is the penalty shootout about? Isn’t the comparison about psychology?

What is psychology?

Psychology is confidence and morale.

As long as the game can be dragged into a penalty shootout, Mourinho will be confident of defeating Liverpool and ending their unbeaten season this season.

As for how to drag the game into a penalty shootout...that's what Mourinho is best at.

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