During the 97/98 season when he was in charge of Real Madrid, Heynckes led Real Madrid to the Champions League final that year, and defeated Juventus, who had reached the Champions League final for three consecutive years, in the final, Real Madrid reigned in Europe again after 32 years, and also began the era of Real Madrid's five years and three Champions League titles.

But after winning the championship, Heynckes was fired by Real Madrid, because Real Madrid fought on two fronts, and the La Liga championship collapsed in the last three rounds of the league and was snatched away by Barcelona, so Heynckes was dismissed.

This Champions League victory is the highlight of Heynckes' coaching career so far, in fact, he will lead Bayern to the treble in the future, but he is now in Liverpool, I don't know if he will go to Bayern.

Heynckes has only coached Bayern and Real Madrid, leading both giants to win the Champions League, and most of the other times have average results, some people think that Heynckes is just a second-rate coach, and some think he is a top coach.

Regardless of whether Heynckes is a top-tier coach or not, he has a skill set for reconciling the dressing room and reassuring the players.

This is also the reason why Liu Ting wants him to coach Liverpool, when Benitez left class, Liverpool was in turmoil and panicked, many players were considering a transfer to leave, and the arrival of Heynckes quickly calmed them, and a group of players did not lose a lot of money.

Liu Ting went to the training base every day to train, the national team game was over, and the Liverpool players began to come back.

"Brother Zheng, hello."

Liu Ting said hello to Zheng Zhi, who came back from the national team game, in fact, China was eliminated in the World Cup qualifiers before the start of the Olympics, and now the Chinese national team is also playing warm-up games, Zheng Zhi joined Liverpool to a certain extent and became famous to a certain extent, and was recalled by the Football Association to play.

"Hello, Liu Ting, I finally met your real person."

Zheng Zhi didn't expect Liu Ting to speak Chinese quite slipperily, unlike many Chinese living abroad who basically don't know Chinese, and those who know it also listen to it. Liu Ting didn't have this problem at all, and soon the two chatted.

The players who played in the national team came back one after another, and Torres suffered a small injury before the national team, and Torres has not been in good form since the beginning of the season, and he has not adjusted now.

Steven Gerrard is also not in great form, and Heynckes is having a headache for the upcoming league game.

Next is the fourth round of the Premier League Liverpool home to Manchester United, England Red Derby, this is Heynckes' first challenge since taking charge, and the game with Manchester United is followed by the first group stage of the Champions League, Heynckes must deal with it seriously.

Heynckes was discussing the match with his assistant Peter Herrmann, who he had brought with him from Germany.

Herman said: "Joseph, Steven [Gerrard] and Fernando [Torres] are really not in good form, we have to make some changes to the game against Manchester United to make sure we win the game, and now although the Chinese seem to believe in you, if you lose at home to Manchester United, maybe things will change," Herman said. ”

Heynckes said: "Don't worry too much, Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo hasn't recovered from injury yet, we actually have the advantage. ”

The two discussed on the sidelines, and the training on the field continued. Liu Ting is currently in the substitute camp, and the transfer came at the last moment, and the cooperation with other players in the team needs to be strengthened.

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After the training, Liu Ting and Zheng Zhi went to a Chinese restaurant to eat together and exchange feelings.

At the dinner table, after drinking two beers, Zheng Zhi said: "Liu Ting, I am different from stars like you, I know that Liverpool's purpose in bringing me in is to get more attention in China, and I also know that my strength is difficult to play in Liverpool, but the team management will ask the coach to give me opportunities in some situations in order to gain attention, I just want to seize these opportunities, don't be a mascot in Manchester United like Dong Fangzhuo." ”

Looking at Zheng Zhi, whose face turned a little red after drinking, he still knew his position very well.

Zheng Zhi gives the impression that he is always short-tempered and always causes trouble, and he was sent off for elbowing an opponent for a red card at this year's Olympics, and there have been many incidents on the pitch before.

It seems that last year's British sports magazine evaluated the bad guys on the pitch, and Zheng Zhi was shortlisted as one of the top ten bad guys in the world, which may be the highest ranking in the world in Chinese football.

The reason why he was shortlisted was that he attacked opponents a lot on the field, and in 06 he also abolished France's Cisse, and chased the referee on the field during his previous Chinese Super League play.

In fact, Zheng Zhi chased the first of the four black whistles of the Chinese Super League that was caught after the Chinese football crackdown, Wan University.

In general, Zheng Zhi is indeed hot-tempered, but it is undeniable that he has a tough style on the court, but these two years are approaching, Zheng Zhi has also begun to restrain himself, and last season he was the main defensive force in Charlton's midfield, and his tough defense has been praised by the British media many times.

Zheng Zhineng won the Asian Footballer of the Year in 2013, and he still has good strength.

However, Zheng Zhi's situation in the Liverpool team is not good, the starting team is definitely not his business, 7 substitute positions also need to compete, his advantage is to attract Chinese fans, and he can play multiple positions in the backfield, and the back defender can play is also an advantage, and there should be many opportunities to get substitutes.

Fortunately, the Premier League has also implemented a 7 substitution system since last season, and the Premier League can only have 5 substitutes per game in the past, and it is more difficult for Zheng Zhi to get a chance.

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On September 13, the fourth round of the English Premier League Liverpool's home match against Manchester United is coming, and the English red derby is naturally the most watched game in the Premier League.

Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo continued to be absent, while Liverpool's Fernando Torres, Steven Gerrard and Liu Ting were all on the bench to make the game a bit of a distraction.

Heynckes used a 442 formation, with Carragher and Skrtel at centre-back, Arbeloa at right-back, and Aurelio at left-back; The midfield four are Xavi Alonso, Mascherano, Israeli Benayoun and Spaniard Riera; The two forwards are Kuyt and Robbie Keane.

Liu Tingcai trained with his teammates for a week, and Heynckes chose to trust the other players.

Fans in China were dissatisfied, Liu Ting was on the bench, and Zheng Zhi was not in the squad at all.

"Is Heynckes, the striker partner, trying to lose?"

"Liu Tingke is a person who has scored a hat-trick against Manchester United, and he was actually put on the bench?"

In short, a lot of words scolding Heynckes appeared on the Chinese Internet.

Fortunately, Liverpool won the game smoothly.

In the second minute of the opening game, Manchester United's Carlos Tevez received a pass from Wayne Rooney and scored in the penalty area, giving Manchester United a 1-0 lead.

In the 24th minute, Kuyt hit the goal on the right side of the penalty area, and Manchester United defender Wes Brown was busy making a mistake and hitting his own goal, relying on this own goal, Liverpool equalized, 1:1.

The score remained unchanged after that, and soon after the start of the second half, Heynckes let Liu Ting, Gerrard and Torres all warm up on the sidelines, and in the 65th minute, Gerrard came on to replace Riera.

The substitution quickly paid off.

In the 76th minute, Gerrard passed the ball, Xavi Alonso burst into the penalty area and scored, Liverpool overtook the score, Liverpool 2:1 Manchester United.

Torres and Liu Ting, who warmed up intermittently for half an hour on the sidelines, were fine, and the score was maintained until the end.

Winning this game, Liverpool currently has 3 wins and 1 draw in 4 rounds of the Premier League, ranking second in the standings after Chelsea on goal difference, and Manchester United, which lost, fell to 14th place, mainly because Manchester United participated in the UEFA Super Cup with one less round, and only 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss in 3 rounds.

In the five games played by Manchester United since the start of the season, only one win, two draws and two defeats, the UEFA Super Cup defeat to Bordeaux and the League defeat to Liverpool, and the Community Shield can only draw 0-0 with Portsmouth on penalties.

After last year's Champions League, the English media who advocated Rooney to spare data for the team to achieve Ronaldo had nothing to say for a while, and Ronaldo played like this as soon as he was absent from the game.

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The whole Liverpool team was very happy to beat their rival Manchester United in this game, and Liu Ting, who returned to the dressing room, shouted: "Hey, guys, it's nice to beat Manchester United today, I invite everyone to go to the barbecue." ”

Peter Herman, the assistant teacher who had just come in, was about to say something, when Heynckes next to him grabbed him and shook his head at him.

Seeing that the manager did not object, everyone began to cheer in the dressing room, yelling "eat barbecue" and "kill Manchester United......

The players cheered and went to the shower to get ready to go out for supper, and the assistant coach Herman asked: "Joseph, why don't you stop them, the first group game of the Champions League is in four days, our group is not good, every game is important." ”

"Now they're happy, it's time to go out and have something to celebrate, and you can just let them know they're not allowed to go to the clubs and start training tomorrow afternoon," Heynckes said. ”

"In the past, Benitez coached, his management of the locker room was not qualified, many players did not have a good relationship with him, only the Spanish gang he introduced supported him, even the Spanish gang Xavi Alonso also turned against him, Benitez said more than once in front of the media that as long as there is a good successor, Xavi Alonso will be sold, his control of the locker room can be said to be a failure, I can smoothly appease the players."

"Blocking in this situation today will make the Chinese kid unhappy, and even many players in the team will be unhappy, and the game in a few days will not necessarily play well. And Liu is a player valued by the club, and his level is indeed very high, as long as he can adapt to the team as soon as possible, he will have a good performance, and the team's results still need his contribution. ”