Shen Yang used the metaphor of 'Venus with a broken arm', and also ushered in many Liverpool supporters.

In the past, Liverpool fans' public impression of Shen Yang was just to help Liverpool train, not an unusually expensive 'Chinese profiteer', no matter what his contributions to the field of sports science and medicine, fans didn't care at all, whether the 'Sheep and Sheep Football Training Team' would help Liverpool win the championship was what they cared about, but for this, most fans held negative opinions.

Now Shen Yang's image has improved a little.

"This Chinese profiteer is at least on Liverpool's side! And dare to face hard steel Mourinho. "A lot of fans think so.

For Liverpool FC, especially for head coach Benitez, what ordinary fans think, how the media comment, is just a matter of the outside world, he only cares about the final, and the most troublesome thing before the game is still the arrangement, Liverpool's third-line starters, the back line, the midfield line don't need to think too much, the most important thing is the striker starter.

Liverpool's forward quality is a real headache.

Unlike Manchester United's forward line, Liverpool's forward line has always been a problem, since Michael Owen transferred to Real Madrid last year, Liverpool began to have a headache for the striker, and the summer transfer brought in Cisse, but Cisse's efficiency is not so high, his individual skills are not so outstanding, and his performance has been lackluster.

Smitchell has a good efficiency, but he is a veteran who can't keep up with his physical strength and a lot of the time he can't keep up.

Czech centre-forward Barosz is a tactical centre-forward with not very good technique at his feet and has a limited number of touches per game.

Not to mention Nell Melo as a fringe striker, his scoring efficiency on the pitch was so low that he was only sent on in a very helpless situation.

Rafa Benitez is struggling with the striker, with none of the strikers being able to pick up the lead.

This is also the reason for Liverpool's embarrassing league results.

For a whole season, various statistics also show that Liverpool's midfielders score more goals than forwards, and the team's top scorer is Gerrard, who is the core of the team and the captain on the field, which may show that Gerrard is excellent, and it also directly proves the weakness of Liverpool's forwards, otherwise the player who is a midfielder and takes care of many defensive tasks in the position cannot become the player with the most goals.

When faced with major competitions, Liverpool's forward line becomes very awkward.

The combination of Cisse and Barosh is Benitez's first choice, a fast and agile striker, combined with a tactical centre-forward, can also pose some threat to Chelsea, but when you think about the talented Chelsea front, Benitez feels no confidence at all, but he doesn't seem to have any other options.

'I think Smitchell should be played.

Shen Yang was also included in the coaching staff meeting to determine the starting candidates, and Benitez needs to take into account the opinions of others.

When asked about his starting thoughts, Shen Yang immediately introduced the veteran Smitchell, "I don't know the tactics or anything, but Smitchell's form is very good, he is also one of the best in the team, only Gerrard can compare." ”

Assistant coaches such as Sami Lee were dismissive of Shen Yang's opinion, they couldn't see the state of the players, but Benitez pondered after hearing it.

Benitez hesitated for a moment, "Smitchell? It's true that he's more efficient than Cisse, but he's too old to support such a high-intensity game. ”

"No problem." Shen Yang said, "Smitchell is old, but his physical fitness has not declined much, I believe there has never been a situation before when he couldn't run and had to get off the field, right?" You all think the veterans can't support it, but it also depends on which veterans may be more trustworthy than the younger players in this kind of tournament. ”

This sentence made many people nod their heads.

Often, when it comes to big games, any manager likes to send a veteran player on the field, and Smitchell is almost 33 years old, but he has been doing well, and he is indeed a good choice.

Benitez thought about it for a moment and finally nodded, "Then let Smitchell start." ”

"So decided?" Sammy Lee felt incredible.

In this kind of pre-match start-up meeting, the suggestion is adopted to show that the manager takes it seriously.

Benitez asked each of them for advice, but in the end he took the Chinese boy's advice, which made him feel secretly unhappy.

Benitez looked at Sami Lee suspiciously, "Shen is right?" Mitchell has been doing really well, and this game we will focus on the defense, sending a veteran up front to help the defense in the middle, and Smitchell is a good fit. ”

Sammy Lee was stunned for a while, and could only nod helplessly.

After the coaching staff meeting, Shen Yang left directly, he was not interested in what starting lineup Liverpool chosen, he didn't know enough about football tactics, Benitez asked him to make suggestions, he just put it up from his own point of view, he didn't feel it mattered if he adopted it or not, anyway, he wouldn't continue to stay in Liverpool.

The next morning, Shen Yang formulated a training plan for all the players on the squad related to the schedule.

"It's training to be done when you get to Istanbul and everyone has to do it."

After Benitez spoke, Shen Yang distributed the training plan to each player and said to them solemnly, "As long as you complete these trainings, I believe you will perform well in the game." ”

After a week of training, all the players in Liverpool are in very good shape, and they don't know exactly what to play in the game, but at least they all feel that they are very energetic, so everyone has become more and more trusting of Shen Yang.

Sammy Lee and the rest of the coaching staff are still not satisfied with Shen Yang's arrangement.

In the afternoon, the whole Liverpool team will fly to Istanbul, Turkey, and the Champions League final will be held in Istanbul.

The day before the final, the daily training was definitely affected and the players didn't have much time to train.

If you want to complete the training of the 'Sheep Football Training Group', it will definitely take up other training time.

For this reason, Sammy Lee took the initiative to stand up and question, "I don't think they have time to finish your training. ”

Shen Yang said solemnly, "Those trainings are very necessary. He turned to look at Sammy Lee, "On the contrary, I don't think it's necessary to complete a lot of your daily training, which is duplicative of mine." ”

Sammy Lee was immediately a little annoyed.

Benitez said, "Shen is right, I have seen their training, such as some physical training, and there is repetition of daily training, I think it can be appropriately reduced to allow time for state training." ”

"But ......"

Sami Lee was very annoyed that Benitez supported Shen Yang, but he couldn't say anything, what the two said was the truth, and there was indeed a conflict between the training of the two sides, because in fact, the daily training is to keep the players in shape, and with the 'state training', what else do you need to do in daily training?

In the end, Benitez decided to make time for the 'Sheep Football Training Group' to train.

When everyone disbanded and packed their bags and was about to leave for Istanbul, Shen Yang walked up to Sami Lee and said, "Mr. Li, I don't know why you always train for us, but after the Champions League final, we are leaving, and you can train as much as you want, and it has nothing to do with us." ”

Sammy Lee looked at Shen Yang's back and sighed helplessly.

Why would he want to target the other party?

Since the arrival of the opposing team, he has been neutral at first, especially when he hears the other party talk about the knowledge of scientific training, he knows that the other party must be proficient in training.

But the 'Sheep Football Training Team' has made the entire Liverpool coaching staff have a huge sense of crisis, especially when the 'state training' shows its effect, their sense of crisis is even stronger.

The coaching staff of professional players is responsible for leading the team in training.

These include physical training, specific skills training and tactical training with the manager, but it's the day-to-day training that keeps the players in shape and that's the real thing.

What's the point of a training group if there's a training group that can help a team stay in shape?

Maybe the future ...... They will face layoffs!

This is the worst crisis!

Sammy Lee is not worried that he will be laid off, but he also has a sense of crisis in his heart, not to mention other coaches who are not particularly capable, they all have the same sense of crisis.

So when the 'state training' had an effect, they subconsciously rejected the 'Sheep Football Training Group', and it was the same just now.

They don't want to recognise the effect of 'form training' and they don't want the players to continue doing 'form training'.

But the facts are in front of you!

Sammy Lee has some hope that the 'Sheep Football Training Team' will leave Liverpool soon.

"Hopefully they won't come back in the future!"

He thought.

But if this training team appears in the opponent's coaching staff, it will definitely be very bad news for Liverpool.

For a moment, Sammy Lee felt panicked.

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With the UEFA Champions League final Chelsea vs Liverpool just around the corner, the eyes of the world are on Istanbul, Turkey.

Istanbul is one of the most famous cities in Turkey and a city full of historical sites.

Also known as Constantinople, it was once the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and the Ottoman Turkish Empire, and in 1923 the Turkish Republic moved its capital from Istanbul to Ankara, and has always played a prominent role in history.

At this time, Istanbul was already filled with the atmosphere of the Champions League final.

In addition to the promotional images of the Champions League final visible on the streets, there is a large influx of foreigners in the city, mainly British.

This is a feast of Turkish football, but also a carnival of English football.

Liverpool, Chelsea!

Liverpool's return to the Champions League stage after 20 years has made Liverpool about to usher in its most glorious moment in recent years.

Chelsea reached the Champions League final for the first time in their history.

Both teams are very famous, but both teams stand on the stage of the Champions League final, and they both look so strange.

According to UEFA regulations, Liverpool and Chelsea were each allocated around 20,000 tickets to the final, which were snapped up by crazy fans in the shortest possible time.

Each team has 20,000 fans, which adds up to 40,000 fans.

Transporting such a large number of fans to faraway Turkey became a small problem, and Liverpool eventually used John Lennon Airport, which was not often used before, and there will be about 40 flights from this airport to Istalpur, which will take away an estimated 10,000 fans.

It's much easier for Chelsea to be in London, where a fan tunnel has been opened at London International Airport, guaranteeing the transport of 20,000 Chelsea fans.

A number of England fans, who arrived in Istanbul a week before the final, came here to soak up the atmosphere and prepare in advance to cheer on their teams.

The confrontation between Chelsea and Liverpool, which is also the confrontation between the north and south of England, will certainly appear intense, but the 'external contradictions' are even more troublesome.

With England fans notorious for their history and numerous feuds with Turkish fans in recent years, the law and order situation in Istanbul is in the spotlight.

On the British side, the police are closely monitoring the list of fans who have traveled to Turkey in the past few days to prevent football hooligans from entering the land of right and wrong, and various airports have also said that they will refuse to allow drunk fans to board.

Three days before the start of the game, fifteen fans were already detained by the police during the boarding process, and interestingly, there was a fan named Christopher Oakley, a Liverpool supporter, Chinese New Year's Eve, he knew that the police would not allow him to go to Istanbul, so he planned to go to Germany first and then transfer from there to Istanbul, but because his name had long been on the FA's "blacklist" against football hooligans, the Leicester police stopped his attempt at the airport, And confiscated his passport.

The UK police have also repeatedly urged fans who do not have tickets not to travel to Turkey, with Merseyside Police Chief David Lewis saying: "All tickets for the final have been allocated and we don't want fans who do not have tickets to go to the final venue. According to the Turkish side, they will check the tickets of British fans as soon as they arrive. If it is found that some people do not have tickets, then they are likely to be repatriated to the UK. ”

However, judging from the past situation, no matter what the appeal is made, there will still be a small number of British fans who will travel to the away stadium in various ways and create a series of incidents there.

The British consulate in Istanbul is now on standby and believes that UEFA, Merseyside Police, London Police, Chelsea FC, Liverpool FC and the local Turkish government must work together to avoid another stadium tragedy that has caused a stir in international football.

In such an atmosphere, the whole Liverpool team arrived at Istanbul International Airport.