243 is not very harmonious
After Trapani grasped the advantage, he continued to attack Liverpool's half, but since Master Bei has made up his mind to rush for a point, how can he not be guarded, their defense at the back is very tightly organized, Trapani lacks a breakthrough player on the side, Vucinic often goes to the side to respond, and he has not been able to play any eye-catching.
McCone and Jankulovski had to juggle the back, often delivering 456-degree crosses, and even with Ballack on the side, Liverpool's defence didn't give them much chance under the duo of Carragher and Ager, a young youngster.
Liverpool had a few counter-attacking chances from time to time, but they were more of a threat, with Kuyt hitting the post once in the 19th minute before Trapani would have been on the verge of a home break.
Premier League teams generally have strong air defense and confrontation capabilities, and crosses like Trapani are easy to defuse, while Vucinic and Ballack have failed to form a good tacit understanding with Toney, resulting in Toni feeling a little alone in the penalty area.
At the end of the first half, the two sides played 0:0, and in the second half, Trapani still did not improve.
"This kind of attack is too routine, people are waiting for you to kick like this!" Hugo shook his head dissatisfied.
Playing in the diamond-shaped midfield, such a new tactic makes everyone have scruples, the most important thing is the two full-backs, but Jankulovski's side is not the main point of attack, McConn's side is, but McCone is not fully adapted to such tactics, the risk is a little too much, the front point of contact is not the way he is used to, he has several passing errors.
Sometimes McConn's insertion is not very resolute, and there are very few people.
In short, the whole team only gained the advantage on paper, once they got to the front, their mistakes began to increase, relying on the interception ability of the midfield, they did not give Liverpool many attacking opportunities.
After playing for more than 80 minutes, the managers of both sides began to change, Gerrard and others came into play, and the commentators in the live broadcast room said that they were probably sent by Benitez to warm up.
Gerrard made a fatal mistake when he slipped on the ground after being pressed by a Trapani player and handling the ball decisively.
Toney and Ballack made a one-two on the edge of the box, Ballack fired a low shot from near the box line, the ball hit the post and went wide, it was Trapani's best chance, not one, but unfortunately still almost lucky.
When the referee blew the whistle, the match ended in a draw, which is certainly an ideal result for Benitez, so what's so bad about holding Trapani to a semi-substitute away from home? This is good.
Klinsmann was naturally disappointed, and he strongly despised Liverpool in his post-match interview.
'They were completely suppressed by us, I often saw them 90 men defending, we created some chances but it was difficult to get the ball into their goal! When an opponent comes here with the idea of taking only one point, it is difficult for the home team to know that they are one of the strong contenders for the Premier League title! ”
The responsibility for the lack of attacking strength lies in Klinsmann's own overestimation of the team's adaptability, and of course the poor form of the players, with Tony bearing the brunt of the problem.
Toney only scored five points after the game, and he didn't even get a passing grade, and it wasn't just him who was in a slump, his partner Vucinic also had only five points, and Ballack got six points, barely passing.
In the latter stages of the game, the fitness of both sides declined, and Klinsmann only used Paul . Fontano replaced Vucinic, while Trapani's other striker, Adriano, remained on the bench.
"Why didn't you send Adriano?! Can you give us an explanation? Reporters asked Klinsmann after the game.
"He's got some minor injuries and his physical condition hasn't recovered to the best yet, so I don't want to risk it!" Klinsmann is an understatement of the past.
"Is there some kind of contradiction between you and Adriano, he was on the bench for two games in a row and didn't get a minute!" The reporters continued to ask.
"I've already said that he's not physically fit to play!" Klinsmann had to emphasize.
The more you say that, the more journalists won't believe it, hurt?! Fool you, I've never heard of it before.
Failing to win against Liverpool, being held to a draw at home, and the dismal offensive line became the best excuse for the Italian media to pry Klinsmann.
"His change of formation was simply a failure, the position of the diamond-shaped midfield made Trapani, who originally liked to play on the wing, look a little awkward, but Ballack did not bring us the most familiar performance in the most familiar position!" Torino Sport criticised Ballack, and Toni, the arrowhead, was only brushed aside, as is their usual practice, and foreign players are more likely to be criticized.
"Why not use Di Maria, he is a future star of Trapani, he is flexible with his feet, he has a lot of breaking ability, he can attack Liverpool on the wings!" Roma Sport criticized Klinsmann for not valuing young people.
Di Maria has just been selected for the Argentine under-20 youth national team, and has become a good seedling in everyone's eyes.
"There was a controversy between Klinsmann and Adriano, and their relationship didn't seem to be so good from the start!" Milan's Sport newspaper has taken a unique approach to interpreting Klinsmann's lack of authority in the dressing room in Trapani.
The two lines of winless made Klinsmann immediately under great pressure, and the Milan sports newspaper specially selected the feud between him and Adriano to make a fuss, which embarrassed him even more, the players don't care about the outside media can do it, but he has to understand as a manager that the recent situation seems to easily affect Hugo's sense of him.
Everyone generally has the disease of soft ears!
He didn't expect that when he was condemned, Adriano's agent had already found Morek, Morek didn't want to support Klinsmann, but he didn't want to support Adriano, watching Adriano not play a game, but the salary was a lot, this guy was full of anger, and he casually perfunctory Rinaldi and forget it.
Rinaldi was extremely dissatisfied with such a perfunctory attitude, and immediately criticized Klinsmann's employment in a media interview, Adriano is a superstar, why are you Klinsmann pressing him?!
'I don't understand why Klinsmann doesn't use Adriano, he's a guy who can help Trapani, he can score! Late for training?! ”
"No, no, no, that's in the past! I'm sure he's not that kind of player! He's distressed right now, he can't get Klinsmann's trust, I really can't understand it! ”
Rinaldi said it was really too big, he thought he was acting for a superstar, and in the summer Trapani cried and begged Adriano to pass, and he could complain about the team casually.
Hugo soon found out about this, and he asked Giorgio what was the matter.
"What else could be going on?! He wasn't happy with Adriano's current situation! Giorgio replied.
"By the way, Giorgio, tell me about it! Why didn't Klinsmann use Adriano?! If you don't use such a strong striker, it's no wonder you can't win the game! "Hugo knew about Adriano's tardiness, Klinsmann complained, but that was in the past.
Now that the forward line is already short of people, why not use Adriano?!
"You still don't understand, he can't easily use Adriano, he and Adriano are fighting!" Giorgio said.
"There must be a limit to the fighting style, and it will not affect the stability of the team's results! Now is the time when people are needed and we have to win the next game! "Hugo is also dissatisfied, no matter how simple things are, you can't be harmonious.
Klinsmann is not without experience in struggle, in fact, his experience in the German national team is the history of struggle, first of all, he got the lion king Kahn down, and finally Kahn succumbed, because Kahn has Germany in his heart, and in the overall situation of the country, he has to give in, otherwise he doesn't want to appear in the World Cup on his home turf.