I don't know where the Sun got the information, and there are even photos of Suarez's family party: the Liverpool players did not waste this holiday, they gathered together to spend all day drinking, barbecue, champagne, they are more like a group of college students on vacation than the athletes, they have a good appetite and mood, but after returning to the team, Benitez may not be happy in the face of the soaring weight.

As an old rival, The Sun never showed mercy.

However, when he returned to the team, the team had no problem with the weight of a few players, and Benitez did not make a big move.

Because the World Cup is coming soon, even if there is a winter window, it is impossible for the players to move.

This window, Torres is the biggest news-making machine.

Fleet Street chases Spain's Golden Boy and his teammates.

Frank Lampard: Fernando Torres is a natural killer, he's shown in two high-level teams in a row that he can adapt to any style of play, and I think he's ready to conquer the Premier League with us.

Drogba: Torres and I'm not the same type of striker, but he's really good and we're going to be a very good partner.

Torres himself swore that "I am ready for everything, Chelsea are a more united team, I believe that my team-mates and I will put in a performance that will satisfy the fans, and I will prove that £50 million is not a high price for me but worth the money!" ”

Under the disturbance, Liverpool finally ushered in the 22nd round of the league away to Stoke City.

Stoke City are not a strong team, but their style of play is unique in the Premier League, and many of the best teams have suffered from them, including Liverpool's old rivals Manchester United.

It's a fantastic team, last season, in 38 rounds, they didn't play a single game, and they had more than 50 per cent possession.

The fewest shots, the fewest shots on target, the fewest successful passes, the lowest possession, and the lowest pass success rate are all labels of Stoke City.

Any game is easy to set the record for the shortest effective time in the history of the opposing club, with only 50 minutes of effective time in the second round against Blackburn, which is almost equivalent to playing one minute and resting for one minute.

It is said that the best way to treat cervical spondylosis is to swim or fly a kite, as this will allow the cervical spine to be relaxed by raising the head.

If that's the case, why not go to Britannia and sit on the front row to watch Stoke City play.

Or a little more directly, become their opponent. Throughout the game, you'll find yourself looking up at the sky with your head up, looking up at the sky at an angle of over 45°, watching the football fly around on both sides of the pitch.

When the ball is out of bounds and you are thankful for a little respite, you are wrong. The ball boy on the sidelines quickly dried the ball with a large wrap and handed it to the bombardier Delap, and a new round of high-altitude bombardment was about to begin.

In short, against Stoke City, they must not be given too many opportunities for set-pieces, let alone a defender less than 180 cm tall, so he can easily become a breakthrough, so in this game, Suya was rarely excluded from the squad.

Benitez's chosen defensive combination is: Gilgiacos, Degen, Ager and Karadze, all of whom are taller than 180 centimeters, and Gilgiacos is as tall as 193 centimeters.

Wu Sanshi, who has played almost two games in the country, was placed on the bench, replaced by Babel, Benayoun on the right, and the midfield trio of Steven Gerrard, Mascherano and Lucas all made the appearance.

As for Stoke City, they form a 4-5-1 but that's not the point.

Stoke City's height is, their striker, Duff Kitson, 193cm, such a striker, with their ball-full tactics, is a real headache!

Their five midfielders, Dean Whitehead 183cm, Liam Lawrence 180cm, Glenn Whelan 180cm, Matthew Etherington 178cm and Rory Delap 183cm, have an average height of over 180cm.

As for Stoke City's back line, not to mention, 1.83 meters Amdi Faye, 1.83 meters Danny Collins, 1.90 meters Robert Hout and 1.83 meters Ryan Shawcross, height and Benitez's improvised patchwork back line is not inferior, their Danish goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen is as high as 1.93 meters, Wu Sanshi even doubts that if Stoke City is behind, their goalkeeper will rush to the Liverpool penalty area to participate in the set-piece attack.

Of their 11 players, one of them was highlighted by Raleith Benitez before the game, Rory John Delap!

Rory Delap, with a terrifying throw-in skill, his outstanding arm strength allows him to send the ball directly into the opponent's penalty area from 30 meters away, and the accuracy and strength are suitable for teammates to compete for the top, repeatedly staged assists, Rory Delap's tricks can eat the entire Premier League, and he has become the first person on the football field to be more expensive than feet.

David Moyes's side were equalised by Delap's throw-in, and after the game he called the Irishman a "mechanical boom"

In 08, before Chelsea played Stoke City in the sixth round, Scolari repeatedly watched the video of Stoke City's game, asking the players to give the opponent as few throw-ins as possible.

For a player like this, you can't be too careful.

Before the game, Benitez also asked Liverpool to make corresponding tactical preparations for the opponent's high-flying style of play.

However, seeing the height of the other party, Wu Sanshi really doubted that the game with Stoke City was not as easy as he imagined.

As he thought, as soon as the game began, Stoke City, which was sitting at home, gave Liverpool a dismount.

Liverpool don't want to give Stoke City a throw-in, but who can say for sure, especially if the opposition is looking for a throw-in. Throw-ins, corners, free-kicks, these are the usual weapons in Stoke's attack, and they know how to create set-pieces.

Stoke City, who took the lead in kicking off, passed back under the pressure, Faye made a long pass to the front, Kites only jumped slightly, but the height advantage made him easy in the face of Lucas, a little like adults bullying primary school students, very happy.

"David." The bored Wu Sanshi took the initiative to talk.

"Huh?"

"They're hard to do."

"That's true."

"Then you say that if Stoke City reaches the Champions League, will they go crazy in the face of Barcelona Guardiola?"

David Enger made up the picture of the Barcelona Dwarves fighting against Stoke City, it was so beautiful that I didn't dare to watch it!

But he's still looking forward to it!

Hehe smiled, punched Wu Sanshi and said, "It's really interesting, but Stoke City can't enter the Champions League." ”

After thinking about it carefully, Stoke City really didn't seem to have played, and the two boring teenagers felt very regretful, and if they could fight for a place at Arsenal, it would definitely be very interesting.

Delap received Kitson's header and rubbed it back, ran directly to the side to dribble the ball, saw Lucas grabbing it, and kicked the ball to Lucas's leg without saying a word, a throw-in!

"They're so speechless!"

"No one can do this kind of hooliganism of Stoke City, all the teams in the Premier League don't want to run into them, even those low-league teams who are known for their toughness have no good fruit to eat when they meet Stoke City."

'Liverpool are going to be in a tough battle today.'

"Stone is still on the bench, but his fitness is worrying, he has flown tens of thousands of kilometers, and I don't know if he will have a chance to play."

Stoke City's caddies have clearly been trained to quickly wipe every piece of leather off the ball with a towel.

Just seconds later, the caddie handed the new ball to Delap in a routine that stunned Benitez on the sidelines.

The fans at Britannia Stadium were extremely excited,

"Rory!"

"Rory!"

"Rory!"

They chanted the name of Rory Delap, the "grenadier" who was apparently in the Stoke City team, very popular.

Lucas turned his head to look at the sidelines, saw that Benitez's face was as black as dirt, and hurriedly ran to the penalty area, ready to make amends.

After giving a coded gesture to his teammate, Delap took two steps back, lifted the ball above his head with both hands, and ran two small steps, and the ball was thrown out by his arms.

Sou

Fly straight into the Liverpool penalty area.

Wu Sanshi, who was sitting on the bench, was dumbfounded!

40 meters!

It's 40 meters, so you can throw it wherever you want?

Did this guy play shot put before?

His guess is close to the truth, but Delap didn't practice shot put before, when he was a child, he practiced javelin, and also participated in javelin competitions at the county level in Ireland!

There was panic in the penalty area.

The throw-in found Kitson accurately, and Carragher shook his head at goal, and Reyna knocked the ball off the line with both fists.

Although he escaped, there were still corners.

Etherington took a corner from the right, Gilgiacos headed the ball straight out of the box at the front post, Mascherano quickly split the side, and Benayoun took the ball and launched a counter-attack on the right.

Beep

Fouled.

The foul tactics were executed quite neatly, and Stoke City would have done that.

Benayoun got up angrily and found the referee to protest, but today it was at the home of Stoke City, and the scale had to be relaxed, so Benayoun returned in vain.

Gerrard took out a set-piece, and Suarez looked like a boat in a storm, and was cleared by the opponent before he could jump.

"It's not a good idea to fight Stoke City for the top."

'Gerrard might as well shoot straight at goal, even if it's a little farther away, it's more reliable than a free-kick cross.

The Liverpool midfielder counter-attacked and was fouled by the opponent again.

The game was played in pieces, and Benitez stood next to the fourth official on the sidelines to complain, but to no avail.

Stoke City's style of play is so distinctive, if you don't let people play like this, you won't play, what else to play?

In desperation, he called Gerrard to the sidelines to explain, speed up the pass, reduce dribbling, and the opponent can't foul without the ball, so the referee has to give a card.