Volume II: Chapter Seventy-Five: The Night of the Core

“Goal… al… Al, Mark's beautiful free-kick, he equalised for Liverpool Under-18s just before half-time, the crucial goal, the perfect blow", Walker's passionate voice sounded on the TV.

In the second half, the black-haired teenager in the red jersey was still on the left and right of the midfield, and although it had only been a year, the teenager on TV was noticeably more youthful.

He waved his arms from time to time and seemed to be directing his teammates, the red side was not dominant on the field, and most of the time they were suppressed by white.

"What's that? Mark ......", and a shout full of surprise came from outside the screen.

I saw the red-clad black-haired boy hanging upside down with a golden hook, and the ball flew across the half court from the edge of the penalty area they defended, heading straight for the left side of the team.

“Goal… al… Al, Liverpool's overtake of the scoreline, unparalleled counter-attack, genius imagination", the voiceover reached a boiling level, full of disbelief.

The glory of the past gradually faded, with the unfinished youth, with the parting of young teammates.

Everything he has now can be said to have been brought by that Champion Youth Cup, and he won the Most Valuable Player of that Champion Youth Cup, officially entering the field of vision of many people.

Makqin sat on the couch and watched the footage of the game that had been stopped, recalling what it was like to be at the heart of the Under-18 midfield.

Hugh McAore's trust and reliance on him has given him the freedom to unleash his talents in the Under-18 squad, with everyone's rhythm beating to his pace.

He is the heart and brain, supplying the blood to all parts of the body on the field, sending instructions for their actions.

But in the second leg, he couldn't play like this, not to mention that the team was star-studded, he couldn't command at all, and it was enough for him to have a headache to say that the whole team had adapted to Alonso's style of play as the core.

So he was thinking about how to solve the problem, and in the past two days of training, the problem has been exposed, he thinks that his teammates didn't come when he should respond, and he thinks that his teammates retreated when they should run.

It's impossible for the whole team to get used to him now, the core position is different from the last pass in the front court, hundreds of feet on the field may seem meaningless, but the passes that keep the team running have to pass through him, he is stuck here, and the whole team is facing failure.

Alonso is good at long passing, but he can actually be more effective in teams that rely on impact, such as Liverpool, Chelsea, and Real Madrid under Mu Bird.

Later, when he and Xavi were on the field in the Spanish national team, his presence was very low, because he was out of step with the rhythm of the whole team.

Mackin is also facing this problem now, and the rhythm of the whole team has been raised by Benitez and Alonso to be open, direct, and efficiency-oriented, and not on the same channel as Mackqin's preferred rhythm.

Mackin's control philosophy is more like the mature Real Madrid midfielder in later generations, combining fast and slow, long and short.

Barcelona during Uncle Gua's period pursued possession rather than control too much, although it was very good, but Macqin always felt that they played too much in the Jiangnan water town, in fact, half of the credit of the team at that time should be credited to Messi, who no one could prevent.

In the same way of playing, Uncle Gua failed at Bayern, and the power of the wingers on both sides to tear the space decreased, and the possession became ineffective.

So he added speed to Manchester City, added quick long-distance passes both vertically and diagonally, and here he has to say Tintin, without Tintin, Manchester City would have been half as powerful.

What Mark Qin is thinking about now is how to control it without changing his teammates' passing and running habits!

The game with Arsenal is ultimately a battle for control and counter-control, although they now have away goals, but the advantage is not big, with Arsenal's attacking ability, breaking the Liverpool goal is a high probability event.

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Melwood, the gate is closed, the surrounding fence is closed, and the security guards patrol from time to time to block out all eyes that try to peep inside.

Countless paparazzi and reporters gathered outside Melwood, trying to find out the military situation, this Liverpool lineup is the focus of their attention, Alonso is not there, how to fight?

Li Wei and the film crew also failed to get the permission to interview, in order to maintain the relationship with the domestic media, Liverpool's senior management took good care of them, but this time it was Benitez who directly ordered all interview requests to be closed.

Because they needed to urgently grind in on the new lineup and tactics, the reason why Benitez did not withdraw Gerrard was because it completely sacrificed Gerrard's strengths.

And Gerrard honestly doesn't organize, he only deploys, he's a world-class attacking midfielder, but not a good enough number four at the top level, otherwise England would have taken off long ago.

"Stop", Mackin stepped on the ball and stopped Enrique, who was running on the side.

"Jose, you're running a little early, Dirk (Kuyt) is in front, your positions will overlap, I can't find the point of contact on the left"

Jose asked: "Do you want me to pick you up at midfield level?" ”

"Yes, why do you need to control the scene at the back, if there is no obvious gap, you have to maintain a good attacking formation"

Benitez gave Mack the right to stop this training session, not expecting to be seamless as soon as he came up, at least to ensure that the midfield was not chaotic.

Mackin only told his teammates about the general concept, and now it is impossible to run in in detail, and on the basis of maintaining the original rhythm that has not changed much, his teammates and himself have some mutual adaptation, which is the only way he can think of.

In addition to Mascherano and Lucas, who are now partnering Mackin in midfield, they are training in the main team today.

Rafa Benitez is also torn between who replaces Mack in the nine-and-a-half play, with Kuyt returning to the front line and Benayoun playing at left wing-back.

But in this case, the midfield defense is too thin, and Benitez thought about it for a while and denied it.

Then he thought of returning to 451 and partnering with Mackin in the midfield, Lucas and Gerrard.

Another dilemma, Gerrard went back to the middle, and the two wings could only be handed to Benayoun and Kuyt, who was worried that he would not be able to pull the width.

Lucas, as for him, has been the main substitute rotation, but he has not played as many important games this season as Mark Qin, who is five years younger than him, and he is a little uneasy.

There was no way, he had to look at the state of various combinations in the training session, as well as the tacit understanding with Mackqin.

After a full day of training, he has a little confidence in Lucas, first of all, he and Mackin have a tacit understanding.

Secondly, it seems that Cesc Fabregas and Flamini in Arsenal midfield are both small...... bar.

Mainly on the two wings, Gerrard and Kuyt's round-trip ability is too strong, so that Liverpool's wing defense is stable, and the impact on the ribs is also strong, and he easily does not want to change.

The most unlucky is Benayoun, since Mackin took the position, he has completely changed from a wing core to an ordinary rotation role, and the psychological gap is very large.

This is the giants, and the competition is everywhere!

……

In front of the camera, several faces are exposed to crazy shouts, holding "You will never walk alone", and "KOP" scarves are swaying with wanton cheers.

"This is the picture we just sent back from the scene, and the protagonist of our football show is the Red Army... Liverpool," said host Zhang Bin on the stage of the recording site.

'Tonight they will host Arsenal in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals......

"A hundred years ago, there was a bloody battle between British soldiers from Liverpool and South Africa for a hill called 'KOP', so KOP became synonymous with the Liverpool club that was founded at that time, and he was born with an iron-blooded ......"

As night fell, Anfield was lit up and buzzing with people, and the stadium, which could only accommodate less than 50,000 people, roared like thunder.

"Gooner, Gooner, welcome to hell"

"Hey, wash your fancy shirts because they're going to be splattered with blood tonight"

"We walked through the storm together...... Seeing the light of day."

That's our turf, that's our home stadium, that's where we should play.

The Liverpool bus drove by, and when it was far away, Mackin heard a loud noise coming from inside the stadium.

Kind, warm, and enthusiastic!

Tonight, it will be decided whether they can reach the top four in four years, which is enough to write a good story and imprint a memory.

"We saw Liverpool's bus come in, last night Manchester United, Barcelona has both won, tonight Chelsea will also have a high probability of qualifying, Liverpool and Chelsea this is the focus of this round, no matter who advances, the top four England dominates the third"

Peterson and McManaman sat behind Sky Sports' live stage early and started hosting the show.

Last night's game, Mackin also watched it, not to mention Messi, who didn't play, that Ronaldo, who began to be perverted this season, scored again.

Manchester United eliminated Roma cleanly 3-0 on aggregate with a score of 1:0 at home, and will meet Barcelona with Messi's return in the semi-finals.

If Liverpool can win this game, maybe they will meet the world's No. 1 bucket formation.

This season they have drawn both games, and the boredom will make people want to die!

Mackin put aside the messy idea, let's win this game first, now Ronaldo is two goals ahead of him, it's really hard to chase.

Now he feels the despair brought to the opponent by the heroes of this era, and how chilling it is to score Messi who can suppress Ronaldo!

"Ah......h

Makqin stepped down from the bus, habitually waved to the fans, and took advantage of the short distance to the aisle, he signed a few more names for the fans who were stopped outside the railing.

"Mark is very patient with the fans, he will take every opportunity to take pictures and sign autographs for the fans, and he will come to pay his respects after every away game," said Peterson.

McManaman smiled with satisfaction, "It's so much better than when we were younger, we spent so much energy on alcohol and women when we were younger, and I admired Mark's self-control."

"He and Isabella never had any lace or gossip, but he was a very simple person who didn't even look like a young man," Peterson said

'I really want him to put all his energy into football and I'm really looking forward to seeing how much he can achieve in the future'

They walked to the dressing room to change their clothes and get ready to go out to warm up, and Benitez finally confirmed Lucas's starting XI for the day, which made him feel a lot of excitement.

Seeing Makqin who joined the first team ride away, he can not be in a hurry, but Alonso and Mascherano are in a rock's position.

He once regretted that he hadn't practiced a few more positions, such as winger and full-back.

"Holy Child, Holy Child..."

"Prince, Prince..."

"Gemini, Gemini..."

The Liverpool fans in the stadium were particularly united today as Hillsborough Anniversary was just a few days away, and many people had already come to the monument in front of Anfield to lay wreaths and memorials.

On April 15th, the whole Anfield Lounge was flooded, year after year.

Every year at this time, all Liverpool fans will be more united in hatred and blood boiling......