Zhang Yuan and they came to Anfield Stadium an hour and a half in advance, and there were already many fans wearing red jerseys walking towards the stadium one after another, in fact, usually two hours before Anfield Stadium was surrounded by fans, it was like a big bazaar, selling everything. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhang Yuan and his teammates got off the bus from the special passage, and went directly into the locker room, Liverpool's dressing room is very large, and there are some record posters of past classic games on the wall, and the positions of the players in the locker room are said to be arranged according to the Shankly era, goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, and forwards are displayed in turn, and Zhang Yuan and Sturridge's positions are together.

Sturridge and Luis Suarez formed the SAS duo that were the biggest names in the Premier League last season, and the pair combined to score a number of goals, although he suffered a minor injury earlier in the game and had to sit on the bench for this game.

Although it was the first game of the new franchise, Zhang Yuan also had a lot of expectations in his heart, but he was not nervous, he believed that he could do well.

The players changed their jerseys, first went to the pitch to warm up, and they had to pass through the well-known players' tunnel, the players' tunnel at Anfield Stadium was very distinctive, because it was very narrow, it was said that this design was designed to give the away team some sense of depression, and when Zhang Yuan came out today, he asked Gerrard, and Gerrard said that it was about like this.

Anfield Stadium was established relatively early, and Zhang Yuan didn't know if it was designed this way, but he didn't think it was such a reason, it just felt strange, and he didn't say that he felt very uncomfortable after walking by.

When the players go to the stadium to warm up, there are not many fans in the stands, very few, they usually get drunk outside and then enter the stadium more than ten minutes early, which is also a characteristic of many English fans.

England is rich in football hooligans, Zhang Yuan once watched a movie starring Elijah Wood that was dedicated to football hooligans in England, and felt that football was like everything they had that could not be blasphemed.

After a while, the players of Southampton also came out to warm up, and the people in their team, Zhang Yuan, basically did not know, and the opponents were Wan Yama and Boruc, Wan Yama used to play for Celtic, and Boruc had a conversation with Zhang Yuan when he was Fiorentina.

However, these two people are not familiar with each other, Zhang Yuan only knew when he looked at the other party's list that he was warming up seriously at this time, who was going to say hello?!

After the warm-up, back to the locker room, Zhang Yuan felt hungry and had to eat a banana to satisfy his hunger, he couldn't eat too much before the game, but the energy that should be replenished should be replenished, he didn't feel nervous, but in fact, because he was a little nervous, he was hungry.

Rodgers began to explain the tactical arrangement to everyone, in fact, there is little change compared to last season, the lack of Suarez, with Zhang Yuan joining, Rodgers uses a two-striker combination in pre-season training, Zhang Yuan and Sturridge are the main strikers.

However, in this game, Rodgers had to change the formation of 433, to be precise, it was not a big deal, Sturridge was more active in the position last season, Coutinho played as a striker, he played as a striker, but Coutinho and he will often be involved on the wing, incarnating as a winger.

Sturridge's place was replaced by Raheem Sterling, a young player picked up by Rodgers, who was gradually given a chance at this time when Rodgers was in charge, and he was very capable of breaking through, fast and flexible.

Here's how Liverpool's starting XI looked.

Goalkeeper: Mignolet

Defender: Johnson, DeGansh, Ketel, Mankilo

Midfielder: Lucas Gerrard Henderson

Forwards: Philippe Coutinho, Raheem Sterling

In this lineup, except for Manquillo and Zhang Yuan, the others are the old men of the team, Manquillo is a player on loan from Atletico Madrid from Liverpool.

On the other side, Southampton Koeman lined up a 451 formation.

Goalkeeper: Foster

Defender: Klein Maya Yoshida von Bertland

Midfielders: Tadic Vanyama Schneiderlin, Davis Prowse

Forward: Pelle

Debuted three new signings, Pelle also stayed in Serie A before, and Zhang Yuan also played against him, Zhang Yuan has obviously forgotten, he used to mix in Parma, but he only stayed for one season and went to Feyenoord, and then came to Southampton, saying that Koeman's poaching this summer is basically poached in the Eredivisie, and Tadic is also from the Eredivisie.

Brendan Rodgers finished his tactics and applauded: "Today is the first day of the new season, I hope we leave Anfield with joy and go home, I think you think the same way, right?

A group of players responded aggressively, in fact, they didn't play for two months, and everyone really missed the feeling of the game.

Led by referee Clattenburg, players from both sides walked through a narrow tunnel to the pitch.

The stands at Anfield Stadium are divided into four parts, and Zhang Yuan's grandstand is the main stand, with the TV studio, press box, VIP box, players' lounge and bench stands, which can accommodate about 12,000 spectators.

On the right is the famous kop stand, this stand was to commemorate the British soldiers killed in the Spionkop battle in the second Boer War, in fact, the British are used to doing this, all kinds of war-related memorial buildings, as many as a cow's hair, the glory of the past is not there, as if to miss the old days like this, the same name of the stand in Britain is not a few, but later evolved into Liverpool such a only one, this stand can accommodate about 30,000 at the beginning, all are standing, and later because of security reasons, changed to sitting, it can only accommodate more than 10,000 fans。

Opposite the main grandstand is the Centennial Stand, which Liverpool bought nearby Kemling Road to build the stand, which was the centenary of Liverpool's establishment, so it was called the Centennial Stand, which can also accommodate more than 10,000 people.

To the left of the main stand is the Anfield Road Stand, which can accommodate around 9,000 spectators, and this is also the away team's stand, where the seats allocated to the visiting team's fans are located.

When passing through that narrow passage, every Liverpool player will reach out and touch Shankly's famous quote, this is Anfield, Zhang Yuan also touched it, sorry, I really didn't absorb much energy, he said that he was a Liverpool fan, but he couldn't say how dead he was.

At the end of the pre-match ceremony, Clattenburg's whistle blew, and the game officially began.

Liverpool took the lead in kicking off, Southampton was not scared of Liverpool at all, this is the characteristic of the Premier League, the top in the front of a few crazy to go up to force, and then forced Liverpool players to open big feet, the Premier League - British rough, sure enough, Liverpool players in the front field passed a few feet, under the siege began to open a big foot, what is the safest of course is to open a big foot to keep the ball away from their own penalty area is the safest.

Shktel slammed a big foot directly to the frontcourt, Zhang Yuan ran and ran, standing in a position to compete for the top, Font ran with him, and pressed Zhang Yuan down with a shoulder pressing action, preventing him from jumping, and using his strength to push the ball back.

Sorry Clattenburg didn't react, the other players didn't react, and the game continued.

Zhang Yuan scolded secretly in his heart, are you, you don't blow it so obviously?!

But he was angry at all, he knew that the Premier League referee was like this.

Brendan Rodgers has always wanted the team to attack from the ground to the front, that is, short passes, but Liverpool's group he has been adjusting for a long time, and it has not been very effective, so he will reuse Coutinho, and then buy Joe Allen, who is his proud son at Swansea.

Gerrard and Henderson are actually a bit similar, typical England midfielders, with hardness and long passes, if you want to say short passes, hehe, it is a little less meaningful, for rhythm control, passing people are not very good, so many people in the outside world know that Liverpool's real decline is after Alonso's departure.

Southampton's crazy start is also a disadvantage, the Premier League team is no longer what it used to be, and Koeman is not a native sect in England, but knows how to master between attack and defense.

Zhang Yuan is seen very deadly, Coman attaches great importance to him, as long as Zhang Yuan is active in the middle, Wundt who didn't say anything follows closely, even if you go to the midfield, I will follow, anyway, I don't let you take the ball comfortably.