Chapter 14: The Defending Champion
On October 21, Liverpool travelled to Meacha for a match. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Regarding this stadium, if it is called Meacha, then Inter and AC actually agree. Because Meaza played for AC Milan for two seasons before retiring and performed well.
And if it is called San Siro, Inter fans will definitely object.
So, in fact, the official name of this stadium is called Meazza Stadium, but later, once one of the two teams is obviously better than the other, there will be new disputes about the name of the stadium.
As the defending champions last season, Inter's squad is still very strong.
Mourinho said before leaving: "I know very well that not attending the celebrations after winning the Champions Cup has deeply hurt the self-esteem of the majority of Inter fans and Moratti, for which I can apologize. There are three reasons why I strongly want to leave Italy - first, it is a God-given opportunity to coach Real Madrid, and losing such an opportunity is a lifelong regret for anyone living in the world of football; Second, I really don't want to go back to Meazza to celebrate with those who will denigrate me and the world as a pleasure, and it would be humiliating to hear them extolled them; Thirdly, no one loved Inter Milan more than me in the last two years, and leaving the International would have made me sad and sad, but I fulfilled my promise and I had a clear conscience. ”
These three reasons are indeed important, and the injustice of Serie A to Inter is indeed something that Mourinho has been angry about every day, but there is an important reason that Mourinho did not say.
That is, Inter's squad is rapidly aging, while Real Madrid's squad is younger, and Real Madrid has the funds to guarantee that plastic surgery will always be young.
However, today's focus is not here.
In June 2010, Rafael Benitez from Spain became the new manager of Inter Milan. Rafael Benitez led Inter Milan to a 3-1 Roma victory in the Italian Super Cup.
Rafael Benitez quickly established himself at Inter after leaving Liverpool, with Moratti believing Benitez was justified in taking over the stall that Mourinho had left behind.
First, he is also from the Premier League, he has a tough style of play, and he is a master tactician.
Second, Benitez was infinitely close to the glory of the Champions League, and his strength is not necessarily much weaker than Mourinho, and he is the only one of the few people who can suppress Inter players, and other people with this qualification have no tendency to leave the team.
On August 27, the 2009-2010 Champions League awards ceremony showed Inter Milan the absolute winner, with Giulio Cesar taking the best goalkeeper, McCone Douglas Cenado taking the best defender, Wesley Sneijder taking the best midfielder, and Diego Alberto Milito taking the best striker and best player.
What Liverpool are facing now is an Inter Milan team that has just won all the honours.
And their coach is Benitez, who knows Liverpool very well.
If this game follows the same things as last season, then Inter under Benitez will definitely make Liverpool look good.
So, Dalglish actually had everything ready in advance.
The change in lineup, which has taken place and has been forced to happen completely, has been due to injuries to Meriles and Aurelio.
"No. 1 is Reina, No. 11 Suarez, No. 9 Wang Zhen, No. 8 Gerrard, No. 10 Kaka, No. 7 Modric, No. 6 Gareth Bale, No. 2 Revere, No. 5 Diego Godin, No. 17 Carragher, No. 37 Skrtel."
On Inter's side, most of the squad has been based on what was last season, but the current Inter are in a sense stronger than Inter at the Bernabeu because Motta has come on.
Before last season's final, Motta was hacked and failed to participate in the final.
"No. 1 goalkeeper Julio Cesar, No. 9 goalscorer Samuel Eto'o, No. 22 goalscorer Diego Milito, No. 8 Motta, No. 10 midfielder Slejder, No. 27 right midfielder Pandev, No. 19 defensive center Cambiaso, No. 13 right-back McConn, No. 25 central defender Samuel, No. 6 central defender Lucio, No. 26 left-back Ziwu."
Although the director reminded Zhan Jun to pronounce Sneijder's name as Wesley, Zhan still maintained a large degree of Cantonese translation habits.
Wesley's translation is not too well-known in the Cantonese-speaking areas around Hong Kong.
"Although it will hurt the hearts of some Inter fans to say this, however, after winning the Italian Super Cup, Milan's form is obviously declining rapidly, on the other hand, Liverpool is rising strongly again, and I am optimistic about Liverpool."
Knowing fans, who doesn't know that Zhan Jun is a Reds fan? What's more, Wang Zhen is still in the Red Army.
"The game is about to start, the Meazza stadium is full, and most of the fans are chanting."
"One of the reasons why Liverpool are not very popular in Italy is that before the heyday of Serie A, it was the era of Liverpool's rule, and one of the two tragedies was related to a fan."
"Some time ago, the English police were forced to disclose the information of the two tragedies under pressure from all sides, and the results were very different from the previous media publicity, it turned out that the two tragedies, Liverpool fans were victims, which made a fan dissatisfied, of course, this is Inter's home stadium, this dissatisfaction has not translated into substantive behavior, if this is Juve's home stadium, then I am afraid the alert level will be raised by two levels."
Zhan Jun is like this, what do you say, the director has to remind Zhan Jun not to mention this matter.
After reading the message prompt on the tablet, Zhan Jun also gestured helplessly, saying that he would refrain from it.
Unlike Wang Zhen, who was very happy in Liverpool, Zhan Jun was very unhappy in CCTV.
He is on CCTV and has no independent commentary qualifications, and is always named an expert and cooperates with other anchors to comment, but in fact, Zhan Jun and other people's styles are incompatible.
"At the start of the game, Inter took the lead in attacking. Sneijder's diagonal pass, Motta through the ball, there was a coordination error, and the ball rolled off the baseline. ”
At the start of the game, both sides launched a three-minute wave of tentative attacks, and the time rushed to six minutes.
"Inter is very different from other Serie A teams, but after the arrival of Mourinho, Inter's defense has been greatly strengthened, but Benitez is trying to get rid of this style of play, Benitez is also a very capable manager, but Inter is currently in the throes of a tactical change, and correspondingly, Liverpool quickly completed the tactical change."
In fact, Zhan Jun was wrong.
The next game made Zhan Jun a little dumbfounded: "Liverpool's attack was launched, and it actually turned to the feet of Revee, which is not the same as the Liverpool we are familiar with, this has been three times in a row, it is definitely not an accident, or is it a smoke bomb thrown by Dalglish?" ”
Until the eleventh minute, Zhan Jun was convinced: "Liverpool has actually begun to fully abandon Benitez's tactical system, and they have completely stripped this season's tactics from last season's tactics, which is unbelievable." ”
In such an important game, a change of tactics is a risk, in Zhan Jun's opinion, if Dalglish continues the tactics of the previous games, the tough firepower should be able to win the game, and changing tactics at this time will only increase the variables.
In the twelfth minute, Liverpool launched another attack from the back.
Revee dribbled up the flank and was met by Luka Modric.
But instead of playing the ball for Modric, Revière shifted the ball to Gerrard, who was further away.
Gerrard didn't hesitate to send the ball directly to the left wing, and it was Kaka who was running fast.
'We can see that Liverpool's formation has changed dramatically, there haven't been more player changes up front, but the positions of the players have changed, and Kaka and Bale have one person up front at all times instead of Steven Gerrard.
In other words, Gerrard returned to the forward position, but played as a drag forward, and although Kaka and Bale are forwards, they are extremely forward and can be transformed into wingers at any time, in this situation, Liverpool maintains a 433 formation at any time, but the last person in the forward trio is left or right can change at any time, and in this situation, Suarez has to enter the penalty area and Wang Zhen to grab the position, if so, will Wang Zhen's role be weakened? If so, it's really not worth the cost. ”
After Kaka received the ball, he did not accelerate in the second stage to continue the impact, but stopped the ball and transferred directly with his big foot, and the football flew to the right side!
"The transfer of the ball across the whole field, the wide range of transfers, forced Inter to change the defensive position across the line!"
This is an important part of Liverpool's new tactics, which are inspired by Mainz's inspiration for moving the ball over a wide range of areas, forcing the opposition defence to adjust left and right, and finally tearing apart the defence.
Jurgen Klopp played pass-cutting, but Mainz had a large number of players who were good at long passes, so players on the field often involuntarily converted the side of the ball, leaving the opponent's defenders tired.
On the right flank, Gareth Bell burst out and got the ball.
'Bale is a very good player, Liverpool have found a treasure, he can add either side of the two wings at any time, and Kaka, who has been turned forward from a midfielder, can also move on both wings, which means that the traditional man-to-man defence does not work for them, they can switch sides at any time.
What happened next was even more stunned, because Wang Zhen and Suarez chose to run in the penalty area at the same time, and the two did not run out of the conflicting position.
"Suarez and Wang Zhen are also constantly changing positions, is this change the tactical change that Liverpool really wants to do this season?"
To put it another way, that is, in fact, these four people have the ability to switch to all positions in the frontcourt, that is, even if the four of them run and switch positions to pull the defense, it will not cause damage to their own tactical system, but it will tear apart the opponent's defense.
It's a scary change, but it's also a terrible change, but it's also a desperate need for the right players to play.
"It's certainly a direction for modern football, but there are too many constraints and Liverpool won't necessarily succeed."
Whether Liverpool can succeed or not, no one knows, but this one, Liverpool succeeded.
A large number of running positions made the Inter defenders stunned, and in the end, Wang Zhen received a short-distance through plug from Bale on the right side of the middle, and Wang Zhen quickly pushed after receiving the ball.
The ball passed through Julio Cesar's fingers and rolled into the goal.
“gooooooooooooooooooooal――! Liverpool lead Inter Milan 1-0! ”
(To be continued.) )