Chapter 596: Volume 5: Red Enemies Meet

Perhaps some teams will regard the European Super Cup as the last important warm-up match before the season, but Twain will not do so. Unlike participating in warm-up matches like the Railway Cup and the Amsterdam Invitational, Twain attached great importance to this championship, otherwise he wouldn't have had such a big verbal battle with Liverpool before the match.

And Liverpool's Benitez will not think this is just a slightly more important warm-up match. He made the most detailed arrangements for this game.

UEFA said that this is "the opening drama of the new season of the European League."

But turning into a civil war in England is somewhat boring. Sevilla fell short in the UEFA Cup final and was reversed by Gerrard at the last moment and scored a key goal.

Benitez's team seems to be particularly good at reversal.

In the 2005 European Champions Cup final, Liverpool reversed AC Milan's three-goal lead to win the championship. Created the most classic reversal in the history of the 50-year final of the European Champions Cup. In the 2006 FA Cup final, Gerrard pierced the gate of West Ham United with a shocking long-range shot at the last moment, equalized the score, dragged the game into a penalty shoot-out, and finally defeated his opponent with a penalty kick. Reversed, won the FA Cup for the seventh time in history. In 2007, in the UEFA Cup final, Liverpool also reversed and defeated the defending champion Sevilla without an advantage in the whole game.

The first and second times are coincidences, but the third time cannot be justified by coincidence anyway.

Tang En has studied these few games, and Liverpool seems to be particularly good at playing against the wind. The more unfavorable the situation is for them, the more energy they will rebound. This is a point that must be paid attention to. He doesn't want his team to be the object of the opponent's miracle in the game. For him, that is a great shame.

The match was held at Stade Louis II, which can accommodate 18,500 people, and will witness who will become the king of European football in the new season.

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The stands of 18,500 people are full of seats, all of them are fans from England. Since the traditional color of Liverpool is red and the representative color of Nottingham Forest is also red, the stands of this stadium have become a sea of ​​red. Looking around, it was impossible to tell which ones were Forest fans and which ones were Liverpool fans.

You can only tell which team they are supporting from the singing.

Those who sang "You'll Never Walk Alone" must be Liverpool fans, while those who sang "The World Is In Our Hands" must be Nottingham Forest fans.

The Stade Louis II was transformed into Vienna's golden hall by fans from England.

The two teams have finished warming up and entered the locker room to make final preparations before the game. At this moment, the protagonists of this stadium are the fans of the two teams.

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The players are sitting in the locker room, listening to the head coach making final arrangements. Whether it is the Forest team locker room or the Liverpool team locker room, this is the scene.

This is the first championship of the new season, and no one wants to hand it over to others.

Especially when it comes to the grievances between these two teams.

Who allowed Liverpool to only participate in the UEFA Cup this season? Who allowed Liverpool to only participate in the UEFA Cup for three consecutive seasons? Just to compete for a second place in the league, he kicked Liverpool mercilessly into the abyss. Is there any difference between second and third in the league? Let Liverpool take fourth place in the league once and be allowed to participate in the Champions League. Are you going to die? There is no more boring excuse in the world than "I'm sorry because we are going to finish second in the league", you might as well just say "in the spirit of sportsmanship and fair play".

Well, let's go back a little further. Thirty years ago, who snatched away the league title that belonged to Liverpool? And who knocked Liverpool out in the first round when they were aiming to lift the Champions League for the third time in a row? Or is it the "Red Army" Liverpool who snatched the League Cup from the Liverpool people and lost twice within a year?

Nottingham Forest! This beam, our two families can grow up!

Beating you, even if we can only participate in the UEFA Cup this season, it is worth it! We want the whole world to know that you can win the Champions Cup just because we can't participate!

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Twain thought about it for a long time in the past few days, and finally decided to stick to the defensive counterattack that the Forest team is good at. If Liverpool were irritated by his psychological success, they would do whatever it takes to counter his previous humiliation with more goals. In this case, defensive counterattack is undoubtedly the best weapon against them.

But if Benitez's old fox is not fooled and continues to grind with the Forest team in a leisurely manner, then there will be no fatal loopholes in the defensive counterattack that lead to conceding the goal. No matter what the situation, solid defense is always right.

When Tang En couldn't guess the intention of the other party, he planned to respond to all changes with the same. You want to draw a circle for me so that I can't jump out? I don't go into the circle to play with you at all!

Arsenal head coach Arsene Wenger's coaching philosophy is no matter who the opponent is, how strong or weak he is, and no matter what the current situation is, we at Arsenal will only play our own football and will never be led away by the opponent. So, while Arsenal's failures have sometimes been "Arsenal" - meaning having the upper hand but not winning - they are still a formidable force in English football.

Twain also decided to deal with Benitez in the same way. Regardless of whether the opponent was affected by his psychological warfare, he let the Forest team stick to their best style of play.

"Defend firmly first, and then wait for an opportunity to sneak attack." Tang En's words could be memorized by many members of the forest team. Seeing him raise an index finger at this time, he knew what he was going to say.

But no one showed any signs of impatience, no hippie smiles. Tang En has absolute authority in this locker room. Beckham is currently the biggest star in the team. On the first day he came to the team, Twain could even punish him for running laps because he was late. It can be seen that there is no one in this world that Twain dare not control.

Anelka's example is still vividly before everyone's eyes. If anyone dares to fight against Twain, it will not be as simple as being sold off-you will sit on the bench for a season first, and sit until the popularity drops sharply, and the competitive status and The level cannot be guaranteed, and then when it is forgotten, it is sold at a low price.

"If Liverpool come up and attack, this is the situation we want to see the most. But I think it is unlikely. Benitez will definitely not choose such a risky approach. He will slowly deal with us in the midfield. If If that's the case, let him move around. Set-pieces are the key, and I hope you can seize every set-piece to create a threat to your opponent." Tang En stood in front of the players, thinking about what might happen in the game There is a blank space on the tactical board, and what he said does not need to be messed up on that white board. That kind of work was done as early as last night's tactical meeting.

"In addition, the back line and the midfielder should not be too far back, do not break in the middle, and do not give the opponent too many long-range shots."

Everyone nodded to show they understood.

Liverpool is a team with great long-range shooting ability. Their captain Steven Gerrard has an excellent long-range shooting technique. In the FA Cup final and the UEFA Cup final, his long-range shots set the team up for the team. He made great achievements in battle. Another long-range shooter is Liverpool's full-back Riise. In the Charity Shield last season, Chelsea lost to Liverpool because of Riise's long-range shooter after a long-distance attack.

If he puts himself in a defensive formation, Benitez will definitely ask his players to strengthen long-range shots. Maybe they will increase long-range shots in the training a few days before the game.

So you can't give the opponent space to kick a long shot.

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On the other side, Benitez has already arranged the specific tactics of this game. He looked at the players of this team and suddenly wanted to say something other than tactics.

He has been in Liverpool for three seasons. Except for the first season where he miraculously won the Champions League, the next two seasons were not satisfactory. He didn't play well in the league, so he had to switch to the cups. He won one in the FA Cup and one in the UEFA Cup. Although there is a championship every year, for Liverpool fans, this is not enough. The "Red Army" is the number one club in England, and their goal is not something like an FA Cup or UEFA Cup every year.

Either the league champion, or the Champions Cup champion, or at least qualify for the Champions Cup next season, right?

This season, the new American boss has increased his investment and bought people everywhere. He himself took advantage of being a Spanish coach to attract many Spanish players to join and continue to transform Liverpool. His proudest transfer was convincing Torres to join the team.

In fact, it was a bit difficult for Liverpool, which did not even qualify for the Champions League, to buy Torres. But Benitez's identity as the Spanish coach played a key role. He flew to Madrid, found Torres, had a long talk with him, and told him his grand plan, letting him know that joining Liverpool is still very promising. .

At the same time, Torres is deeply disappointed with Atletico Madrid this season, and he has long wanted to leave this hopeless team. In particular, Atletico Madrid did not hesitate to lose to Barcelona at home in order to prevent Real Madrid from winning the championship. The person who worked the hardest in that game was Torres, but he couldn't do it alone. It was this game that made him realize that there was no future in a team like Atletico Madrid.

The appearance of Benitez made him decide to take a gamble. Many Spanish players have been unsatisfactory after going abroad. The most famous example is the former Valencia midfielder Mendieta. This has something to do with Spanish players not adapting to the football style of other national leagues.

Liverpool is different. First of all, the head coach of this team is Spanish, so there are many Spanish players in the team. Torres can save the trouble of adapting to the team and the language barrier. Playing football is obviously better than going to a team that is completely unfamiliar from the head coach to the teammates.

So Torres chose Liverpool, which did not even qualify for the Champions League, instead of Serie A giants such as AC Milan and Juventus.

With the addition of Torres, Benitez is confident that he will set off a red storm in the Premier League this season and bring Liverpool back to the top ranks of English football.

Of course, Benitez must have never heard of the Chinese proverb "a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step", but he also knows how important a good start is to Liverpool now.

He recovered from his contemplation and saw that the players were preparing for the game, and the locker room was not always filled with music and laughter. It seems that the players, like themselves, know what the meaning of this game is.

He is not good at agitating like Tony Twain, each home league has its own good and bad things. I've heard that Twain is not very good at training, and his assistant coach is in charge of this. But Tang En's emotional mobilization method is absolutely top-notch.

Benitez looked at his players, fortunately this game did not require him to make a passionate speech.

"Do you still remember the last game of last season?" Benitez asked calmly, "For me, it was a shame."

He didn't want to represent Liverpool because he wasn't qualified to represent anyone. But he knows that Liverpool's players think the same as he does. In the last minute of the last game of last season, the qualification for the Champions League was lost. Can Nottingham Forest, as an enemy, understand the huge gap in mood?

No, they cannot. So it's up to us to let them experience the sense of loss in today's game.

Didn't that egomaniac Tony Twain declare before the match that Nottingham Forest would definitely win? Since he boasted such a big mouth, let him lose face in front of all Europeans.

"I don't want any other results other than victory." He unintentionally uttered that famous quote from Twain that often appeared in newspapers.

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"Besides victory, I don't fucking accept any other results!" Tang En waved his arms and said the "unharmonious" version of this sentence.

"I'm sure you all remember the last game of last season? We stripped Liverpool of the Champions League this season because we won. They were very disappointed and angry, of course I understand their anger and disappointment, and wanting to borrow This idea of ​​revenge. I bet the current Liverpool players are full of the idea of ​​​​beating us in the Super Cup and completing the revenge. Anyone can be dissatisfied with this. If we lose the qualification for the Champions League, there is With this kind of opportunity, I will teach the people on the opposite side a good lesson." Tang En put his hand in front of his neck and scratched it, causing the team members to laugh.

"Actually, there is no way. We are a professional team, not philanthropists. If we want to win, our opponents can only accept defeat. No one wants to be a loser. I don't want to, and you certainly don't want to. For example, Liverpool want to be in Let us be losers in this game, but they can't let them do what they want. I know there are people in the team who joined the team this summer, so you have to understand and accept my set of football ideas. Nottingham Forest is in English football and There are many enemies in European football, and these enemies only appeared after I became the head coach of this team. Since you have chosen to join the Forest team, you must have this awareness-we are not popular in many places Listen to the boos outside, it will only be bigger if you go to Anfield. George has a full say on this." Dunn pointed at Wood, and everyone laughed even more happily. That's right, every time Wood goes to an away game, he will be booed by the opponent's fans from beginning to end. If his mental quality is not strong enough, his legs will be weak, let alone the game.

"I say so much, but I just want you to understand. Of course Liverpool have a reason to seek revenge from us, but whether they can get what they want is not up to them. There are countless teams who want to seek revenge from us, but they have never It’s never been successful, and this time is no exception.”

Tang En said it very confidently. He didn't say that on purpose to reassure the players at all. Today's Twain is not the fledgling rookie back then, and the current Nottingham Forest is not the same Nottingham Forest that could sweep Liverpool 4:1 back then.

It's not certain who wins...