Inter Milan players warm up before the game.

"Juan!" Juan Mata shouted at Carlos, who turned his head to see the flying football, Carlos chose to try a volley, but the ball was high and floating, flying straight into the stands, which caused boos from the Liverpool fans who had already entered the stands.

Carlos didn't care about it at all, the young man who was about to turn twenty-one had a big heart, and the boos of the fans were far less annoying to him than being honked by the car behind him.

"Hahaha. Seeing Carlos hit the plane with a shot, Mata laughed unceremoniously.

Carlos rolled his eyes and ignored it, he had been practicing long-range shooting, and he was still improving, of course, he didn't know that it was due to the skill card of head coach Leon. However, Carlos's long-range shots, most of them are the kind of powerful shots, football is like a cannonball, the ball speed is extremely fast, the power is great, such a long-range shot, either a handjob, but, as long as it is in the range of the goal frame, it is very threatening, however, Carlos's current level is still limited to near-ground shooting, the football is higher than the knee volley, whether it can pose a threat to the opponent's goal, it depends on character and luck.

Not far away, Inter Milan goalkeeper Cesar was practising his quick reflexes to turn and make sideways saves, accompanied by Balotelli, who was not included in the squad and was left in the stands when the game began.

Balotelli played a trick, double-crossed, and shot with a flower foot, which deceived Cesar, and he pounced in the opposite direction, however, the ball did not go into the net, the ball bounced off the ground, went over the crossbar, and then landed on the net.

Banderas shook his head on the side, young players always like to play this kind of tricks, show themselves, in fact, really in the game, such technical moves are not practical, to put it mildly, if the striker dares to choose to shoot with his feet in front of the goalkeeper in the game, if the ball goes in, it will be all right, win the praise of the media, but if it doesn't score, it will be bad. Not to mention the criticism of the media, at least Li Ang will be furious.

Diego Milito is also doing shooting practice to find a feeling, and Balotelli's flowerwork, Milito's shooting practice is very simple, volley, low shot, occasionally a volley or two or two exercises, the Argentine knows that for a goalscorer, the most important thing is stability, in front of the goal, in the most appropriate way, to hit the football into the opponent's goal, this is a striker's most professional job!

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Liverpool's players were also warming up in the other half of the pitch at this time, and unlike Inter Milan's goalkeeper Cesar who was practising quick reflexes for turning and sideways saves, Liverpool goalkeeper Reyna was working hard to save high balls. The rest of Liverpool's squad is basically doing the traditional warm-up events: jogging, grabbing laps, dribbling the ball.

"Hey, look at that shot!" Babbel said to Lucas at Nunu on Inter's side, "He's got that shot that knocks the plane down! ”

"Are you comparing Carlos to me?" Lucas flattened his mouth and glanced over there, as if he was a little unhappy that Babel was taking Carlos's marksmanship compared to his own.

With that, Lucas motioned for Babbel to pass the ball to him, and then he also came with a volley, and the ball flew beautifully into the net guarded by Reina, who gave a thumbs up to Lucas, who has a long-range shot. The Liverpool fans in the stands also applauded when they saw this scene.

"Did that guy mean it?" said Mata as he scrambled Carlos.

"I'm not good at shooting in the first place. Carlos glanced coldly at Lucas, who was a little proud, and said.

Juan Mata laughed happily, he likes to fan the flames, and he can guarantee that if that kid is in Liverpool's starting list today, Carlos will definitely teach that kid a good lesson.

The cheers of the Liverpool fans also caught the attention of Leon, who glanced at the blonde Liverpool player.

"Lucas Reva, a Brazilian player that Liverpool brought in last summer. "In today's game, Mascherano is suspended and Lucas has a good chance of starting. ”

Leon nodded, of course he knew Lucas, Brazil Gerrard. In fact, in the tactical plan for today's game, there is also a plan for how Inter Milan will respond if Lucas starts.

In the summer of 2007, Brazilian prodigy Lucas Rewa arrived at Melwood with the title of MVP of the Brazilian Liga League, with long flowing blond hair and a slightly shy but confident smile - the newborn calf, the ambitious Brazilian was highly expected by Liverpool fans, and when he was in Brazil, Lucas already had the nickname 'Brazilian Gerrard'. It is said that this is one of the reasons why Liverpool took a fancy to Lucas and eventually brought in the Brazilian.

After Lucas, who was originally Steven Gerrard in Brazil, arrived at Liverpool, he was transformed from a forward midfielder into a sapper midfielder by coach Rafael Benitez. However, Leon knows the player well, and he knows that in fact, when Lucas became the MVP of Gremio in the Brazilian league, he also appeared in a B2B form as a midfielder in some cases. At that time, Lucas's characteristics were not only Europeanized awareness, excellent tactical discipline and good at shooting backwards, but also a characteristic of accurate grasp of the timing of the steal, with his good athleticism, in the larger space of the Brazilian league, Lucas can be seen accurately stealing the ball at the opponent's feet and directly smashing the ball directly into the Huanglong blast to break the goal.

Leon once considered bringing in Lucas, but considering Inter Milan's non-European quota, he finally gave up, and in the end, the Brazilian teenager joined Liverpool according to the historical trajectory.

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However, the period when the Brazilian youngster came to Liverpool did not seem to be the right time, and it was at the peak of Liverpool's midfield control: in attack, Alonso was very dominant in the midfield competition and offensive and defensive rhythm through precise scheduling on the wings, coupled with Gerrard and Mascherano with their physical and speed advantages, and in defense through the high position of the front court to press the opposing defenders, coupled with Alonso, Mascherano and the back line.

So what is Benitez's position for Lucas under the classic midfield combination? At the same time that Mohamed Sissoko, who moved to Barcelona, was previously cold-mailed by Benitez, Lucas officially became a jack-of-all-trades rotation player who could rotate three midfielders: when Mascherano was absent, he was entrusted with the heavy use of his good tackling, and the specific tactical arrangement was that Spanish midfielder Xavi Alonso dragged back to intercept and dispatch, Lucas pressed and tackled in front of Alonso in the form of a central midfielder and made a simple connection; when Alonso was absent, he also stood in front of Mascherano to connect the pass, waiting for the opportunity to insert the shot; when Gerrard was absent, Benitez did not often use Lucas as Gerrard's direct stand-inAs Lucas's physique, skill and explosiveness are not enough to play in the attacking midfield position in the Premier League, Benitez seems to be more interested in his attacking and defensive balance and ability to shoot from behind.

In a word, Lucas was used as a panacea by Benitez, which is both lucky and sad for a young player. Luckily, the jack-of-all-trades means you get more minutes to play, but, sadly, it's not good for the development of young people, who have been developing in such a 'multifaceted' way that they don't have their own characteristics and even become mediocre players in every way.

Lucas continued to flaunt his long-range footwork, drawing a round of applause from Liverpool fans.

"Young people, love to express themselves, normal. Banderas said.

"Love is good. Leon smiled slightly and said, he looked at Lucas deeply, and a cruel smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

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Leon didn't wait for the players to finish their warm-ups, he went back to the dressing room early.

In the corridor of the Anfield dressing room, Leon stared at the plaque of the Scottish architect Archibald Leitch, who designed most of the Premier League stadiums, such as Anfield, Old Trafford, Stamford Bridge, Highbury and many more.

Liverpool's away dressing room is spacious, with commemorative boards hanging on the walls of home wins over Real Madrid, Barcelona, Chelsea, Roma and more, detailing the time and overview of the game.

This is a very unpleasant design, and I believe that these teams that have been defeated by Liverpool will be very popular when they visit Anfield Stadium again, and see these commemorative editions.

The dressing closets in the away dressing room at Anfield are arranged in a similar order to the home dressing room, and since the Shankly era, the goalkeeper, defenders, midfielders and strikers have been seated from left to right. Such a relatively fixed distribution method can eliminate the hierarchy and allow the players to get along more harmoniously.

Leon didn't have much dissatisfaction at this time, anyway, these items that were treasured by the Liverpudlians as show-offs had nothing to do with him, but he admired the Liverpudlians' approach very much, and began to wonder if they should do the same in the dressing room at Inter Milan.

The players finished their pre-match warm-up and rushed in.

Leon waited for everyone to quiet down and began to speak.

'Passing and technique to tear apart the opposition's defence, that's our tactical advantage and we have to make good use of it. Try to keep the ball at your feet, I don't want to see blind long passes and clearances. If the opponent has a numerical advantage in a small area, it means that once we tear their encirclement, we will achieve the advantage of playing more and less in the other direction......"

'You have to be steady on the ball, the Liverpudlian will emphasise pressing and be prepared for that. ”

"Liverpool may send a young Brazilian Lucas Rewa in midfield, I have already said about the targeted arrangement of this player, now I want to emphasize a little more, this player may be called Liverpool's weak link, then, what we have to do is to press him, make him panic, if necessary, destroy him!" Leon showed a 'cruel' smile, "I believe that Mr. Carlos will be very motivated for this!"

There was a burst of laughter from the scene, there was Mata's gossip mouth, and everyone knew that there was a guy named Lucas on the Liverpool side who deliberately volleyed the goal to make fun of Carlos's handjob.

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Later, Li Ang talked about some tactical details, and then he crossed his hands and looked at his players, "Do you have any tactical problems? ”

Everyone shook their heads, signaling that there was nothing more to ask.

"Very well, it seems that everyone has no problem!" Leon said with a smile, "Actually, I don't think there will be any problems, I'm glad that you are all players with a strong understanding ability, well, the ball quotient is very high, that's the word." ”

His words amused many people.

"Some people say Liverpool are going to cause us problems, some of the guys who are waiting to see our jokes are clamoring, they want us to fall at Anfield, and here, I want to say that these guys are destined to be disappointed, because we are the strongest, you are the best, the sweat on the training ground and the passion on the playing field, the glory that belongs to us!

"I still want to remind everyone, cheer up, keep your fighting spirits high, and don't give your opponent any hope! Remember, guys, let them despair, and from the very beginning of the game, take control of the pace of the game in their own hands! The strong are the most tolerant of failure, because failure is shameful! This sentence, especially for the strong! Please remember this sentence in mind, and then, after 90 minutes of the game, leave Anfield with your head held high amid the desperate wails of your opponent!"

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From the dressing room to the pitch, Anfield is famously narrow for the players, and it is said that this is designed to put more psychological pressure on the away players.

Above the players' crossing is the famous 'This is Anfield' signage. The mark began in the days of Bill Shankly, when the legendary Liverpool manager of the 70s and 80s wanted to remind his players who they were playing for and who their opponents were playing against. It has almost become a tradition for many Liverpool players to raise their hands and pat the mark before entering the stadium in search of good luck.

Whenever a player walks through the aisle to enter the hallway, he can always see this marker hanging there, and in the days when Liverpool swept the world in the 80s, this is a constant reminder to the terrified visiting players: this is your hell.

Leon led the coaching staff and substitutes through the players' corridor, and he stopped in front of the sign and took a deep look at the world-famous sign:

This is Anfield!

I'm Leon!

I'm coming, I'm conquering!

The supreme glory of the past, the glory of the past, in the face of today's powerful conquerors, the greatest contribution is nothing more than - let the conqueror add the former noble lady to the ground to rub and conquer the fast!

Then, the Chinese coach bowed slightly and walked through the narrow tunnel of players, and in front of him was a narrow exit, and outside the exit, there was a lot of noise.

More than 50,000 Liverpool fans are chanting in unison: You'll never walk alone......