Playing at centre-back? ”

Mascherano thought he had misheard, Benitez actually called him to play as a central defender, a position he had never played before, except when he was in the youth team of the Argentine domestic club that year, he was temporarily placed in this position.

"Chief,"

"Can I?"

"Are you really sure?"

Mascherano is really not sure, this kind of temporary cramming, he has no bottom in his heart, mainly as a central defender, he must be responsible for the entire defense of the team, he is a rookie egg, although he has been a professional player for many years, if he concedes a goal, can he afford that responsibility, he doesn't even have the opportunity to practice together.

Benitez's idea is too immature, not like a manager's mature approach.

"Javier, you can."

Wu Sanshi also encouraged beside him.

"A good midfielder is born a good centre-back, but the opposite is not necessarily true. So you go for it. ”

"The team needs you!"

Brother Xiao Ma pondered Wu Sanshi's words, "Really? ”

"Are you sure?"

"Of course, have you heard of Mateus? It's the one who defended Maradona from having no temper in the World Cup. ”

A black line flashed across Little Pony's face. "Man, can I not know Mateus? You don't have to say Maradona. Maradona is the best player in the world, and what he can't defend against is all scribbled by the media. ”

In his heart, Maradona is a god, and Mateus is a fart.

But...... Mateus did play well. Matthaus played as a midfielder and scavenger at Bayern Munich, and he is indeed world-class in both positions.

"Okay,"

"What he can do, I can't do?"

"Yes,"

"You're sure you can."

……

……

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The KOPs arrived at Anfield early, still unfurling banners and singing the team anthem as usual. A number of Blackburn Rovers fans passed by and talked about it.

"We have the potential to win here,"

'With Liverpool's current squad, we could have played a little bit more aggressively here.

"Whether it's their defense or their attack, the strikers, the midfielders and the defenders, the whole central axis is finished."

'We'll see, we'll score, it's definitely a day to look forward to.'

……

……

"What?"

"These damn guys,"

"What did you think of Anfield? Still want to win here? Where do they think they have come? ”

"The second-best team in the Premier League, despised by them? Did they take the wrong medicine? ”

The KOPs are really upset when they listen to these discussions, Liverpool's recent situation is not good, but Liverpool's record is very good, isn't there a few people missing? Why is it that people feel that they can't do it?

At the scene, Anfield Stadium was still very hot, the whole stadium was full, the scene read out Blackburn's starting lineup, Liverpool fans immediately sent huge boos, in fact, they didn't care about Blackburn's starting lineup at all, what players to send on the field, because they didn't have stars, no really awesome players, just habitually booing them.

After reading Liverpool's starting lineup, Liverpool fans didn't feel anything, and after several big players were injured, everyone guessed how Benitez would choose the starting players, but when the players were in a good position on the field, the KOPs were dumbfounded.

"What?"

"Playing at centre-back with Mascherano?"

"This ...... Is this guy reliable? ”

"Just his height?"

“1.74？ The same height as stone, woo~"

KOPs can't imagine this arrangement, "Didn't Benitez wake up?" Is this really going to give Blackburn a point? ”

"Any attacking player can crush him with a header, it's a stupid arrangement."

The same is true for the fans, and the same is true for the commentators.

Even Hansen couldn't help but scold.

"Damn, what is this. Is Benitez now going to push himself and Liverpool into the fire pit? It's the shortest centre-back I've ever seen......"

Hansen was not optimistic about Benitez's operation, "His head must have been caught in the goal this morning, and Liverpool were bound to concede in the first half today. ”

The BBC's Lineker almost dropped his eyeball, too.

"Rafa is crazy,"

'Absolutely insane, otherwise he wouldn't have done it, no manager would have done it.'

"Can't explain why he did this, I can't think of any reason."

The Blackburn coach was naturally the happiest, he immediately made tactical adjustments on the sidelines, and with the weakness of Mascherano, could he not take advantage of it?

……

……

Amid the crowd of doubts, the Liverpool vs Blackburn match officially began, with Mascherano appearing in his unfamiliar position for the first time.

Blackburn took the lead and immediately wanted to hit Mascherano's side, but Mascherano was not a central defender, he was still ahead of Carragher, so although Mascherano was not tall, he had a position, which was not as simple as everyone imagined.

Blackburn Rovers were awarded a corner in the first minute, which was taken by former Liverpool player Diouf and the ball touched the front post of Ag in the middle, and Samba's header from close range was weak, and Reyna confiscated the ball.

Mascherano takes the ball! As a central defender, he will definitely have more opportunities to get the ball at the back, although Diouf came up to press, but Mascherano calmly and Agger did a wall-hitting cooperation, and the forward's pressing did not put any pressure on him at all.

The continuous hitting of the wall made him suddenly feel that appearing in the position of central defender is actually a good choice, at least very calmly, unlike in the midfield, where the ball may be broken by the opponent at any time.

He simply organised the attack at the back, and his team-mates still habitually passed the ball to his feet, and he constantly roamed in the central defender and midfield positions, playing with ease. Blackburn pressed up and pressed hard. However, Liverpool's midfield has the ball firmly at their feet because of Mascherano's presence.

However, Suarez and Wu Sanshi had a lot fewer chances to get the ball in front. Didn't touch the ball in the first five minutes.

"Huh,"

"It looks good."

"It's steady,"

"It doesn't seem to be useless?"

Liverpool's defence was good, and although Blackburn pounced hard, there were few chances. They are draining the enthusiasm of the Blackburn players.

It wasn't until the 7th minute that Liverpool played a quality attack, Lucas curled the ball to find Wu Sanshi, who continued to move forward past Givet and was finally pulled down by Enzoc.

But Mascherano's set-piece was no threat. The tempo of the two sides has not increased, but they have fallen into an incomprehensible rhythm, or have they not seen a game that Liverpool played so patiently?

In the 12th minute, Blackburn Rovers found another good chance when Agger headed in a cross from Kalinic and Peterson's long-range shot from 25 yards out on the left was held down by Reina. One minute later, Benayoun headed Suarez from Lucas's pass, who scrambled to volley with his left foot, but the ball went to the stands in a ridiculous way.

Blackburn almost opened the scoring in the 15th minute, Lucas was cut off by Petersen at the back, Blackburn formed a 2-on-2 in front, Kalinic got the ball into the penalty area, and a shot was slightly wide of the far post. One minute later, Suarez dribbled past Samba and Salgado near the center circle, and Salgado immediately tackled Suarez, only to be yellow carded by referee Waley.

Suarez passed the ball back to Benayoun, who passed the ball further back to Mascherano further behind.

Suddenly, Mascherano sent a long ball at the back!

Wu Sanshi rushed up between Salgado and Samba! Salgado couldn't react, and he couldn't even pull Wu Sanshi's jersey, and the anti-offside position was successful!

It was so unexpected, I didn't expect Mascherano to send such a coquettish pass from the back!

Although Samba's speed was very fast, he couldn't fill the position in an instant, but Wu Sanshi directly met the ball with his left foot and volleyed angrily, not giving Samba a chance to touch him at all.

Knock –

The ball slammed into the top left corner of the goal!

It was incredible that Wu Sanshi seized such an opportunity at the beginning......

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