Benitez arranged tactical training for the Champions League final against Chelsea, he asked each player to stand in a tactical position according to the tactics, divided the defensive area for each person, and then let a few front-court players attack, which was also like a half-court offensive and defensive drill, and the process was more rigorous.

Whenever the whistle blew, the game would come to a halt and Benitez would step up and point out some of the players' running and defensive problems.

This kind of defensive formation training is boring.

Shen Yang still watched patiently, until a player shot with his feet in the penalty area, but the ball flew far away from the goalpost.

Shen Yang pointed at the player, shook his head and said, "That player is in very bad shape, I don't think he is even suitable to be a substitute with his condition." ”

"You mean the one who shot the goal...... Walsh? ”

"Nope. It's the player who passes the ball. ”

"Josemi?"

"I guess so." Shen Yang said, "From just now, I found out that the state he showed was quite bad, I think he must have been in very poor form recently, even in half a month or a month, it was very poor." ”

Edwards was stunned for a moment before he said, "How do you know?" ”

"Am I right?"

'It's true that Josemi's form is terrible, and in the last league game a week ago, it was because of his mistakes that the team conceded a goal, otherwise we would have had a chance to finish in the top four.

"I'm sorry."

"But how do you know?"

Shen Yang said, "We have to carry out 'state training' for players, and if we can't see the state of a player, how can we enter 'state training'?" ”

Edwards was right when he thought about it, but he always felt that something was wrong, he shook his head and said, "Last month, Josemi fell out of love, his girlfriend went to the hotel with other people, and was photographed by reporters, he just broke up with his girlfriend, I think this is the reason for affecting the state." ”

"Poor fellow." Shen Yang shook his head with a smile.

After watching the training for a while, he got up and said, "That's all for today, thank you, Michael, tomorrow we will be at the training ground at eight o'clock on time to prepare, and some training work is still troublesome for you to communicate with the team's coaching staff." ”

Edwards laughed, "Of course, it's my job. ”

Shen Yang and Wang Jian left early, which disappointed many Liverpool players, and they were looking forward to some novel training more than boring tactical training.

But in the afternoon, it was definitely gone.

When they saw Shen Yang again, it was already the morning of the next day.

Steven Gerrard is a very hard-working player, he is already the absolute main force of Liverpool, the absolute main force of the England team, and the world-renowned star, but Gerrard has always been strict with himself, and he will not slack off every day, in the Liverpool team, he is the most disciplined and hard-working player, and in terms of family, he is also a good husband and father, in the eyes of many Liverpool fans, and even England fans, Gerrard is a perfect professional player.

As usual, Gerrard arrived at training early.

Liverpool's first-team training starts at 8.40am, with the sun rising earlier and 10 minutes earlier than last month.

Gerard came earlier.

At 8:15 a.m., Gerrard was already on the training ground.

At this time, none of the team's assistant coaches have started work, and only the staff who manage the stadium will be earlier than him.

However, today was different from usual, when Gerrard arrived at the training ground, the field was already very lively, and from a distance, several staff members were carrying equipment, and there were strange Orientals talking about something next to them.

"Is that the 'Sheep Football Training Group'?" Gerard walked over suspiciously.

When he walked in, he realized that he was carrying gym equipment, which was a piece of equipment in the gym that was used to exercise arm muscles.

Gerald went over to help the staff and put the equipment on the grass, and then couldn't help but ask, "What is this for?" We're going to build muscles on the training ground? ”

"This is for 'state training.'" Wang Minghao gasped and explained, "You're Steven Gerrard, right?" Can I teach you Steven? "In the UK, people who are generally close to them are called by their first names, otherwise they are called by their surnames.

"Absolutely."

Wang Minghao smiled, "Steven, you came so early, thank you for your help just now, I feel no strength in my arm." He shook his arm as he spoke.

Wang Minghao is not a strong person.

Gerald continued, "Can you tell me what this is for?" ”

"'State training', I just explained, but why, you have to ask the director of the sheep, oh, no, it's Shen Yang, go and ask him, he understands this."

Gerald nodded and walked towards Shen Yang.

Shen Yang was holding a stack of documents and counting, it was the training plan for the players today, there were twenty-three players in the Liverpool first team who participated in the training, and he wanted to ensure that the plan was also accurate.

"Hello, Shen."

Gerald said hello.

"Hello, Gerald." Shen Yang looked up at Gerald, then pulled out a page from the document and handed it over, "This is yours." ”

"What is this?"

Gerard took the file, flipped through it and glanced at it a few times, then looked up in confusion, "Is it a training plan?" ”

"Yes, it's training you're going to do today."

Gerald looked down carefully for a long time, then then raised his mouth and asked, "This is training?" Are you sure. ”

"Of course."

"But...... It's no different from relaxing. ”

"That's right." Shen Yang smiled, "More than two months ago, I was working at Manchester United, and everyone's favorite thing at that time was our training. I think you'll love it soon, too. ”

"Okay." Gerard smiled wryly, "I think I'm in love with him now." But will this have an effect? ”

Shen Yang smiled and said, "That's what we have to think about." ”

Gerrard talked to Shen Yang, and then went to the field to train alone, and it didn't take long for other players to come to the training ground one after another, and they were very interested in the 'state training' of the 'Sheep Football Training Group', and for a while the training ground was talking about new training everywhere.

At half-past eight, the assistant coaches in charge of the first-team training were all on the training ground, and this morning, in a rare move, the head coach Benitez also came.

Shen Yang walked over to Benitez to talk to him about training.

"By our standards, each player needs to go through an hour to two hours of 'form training', which can be in the morning or in the afternoon."

Shen Yang briefly explained the training.

Benitez was looking at the field, and he asked the assistant coach to assemble the team first, and he didn't even reply with a reply, "As long as it doesn't affect tactical training." ”

"Of course."

Shen Yang didn't care, he knew that Benitez was this kind of character.

After understanding Michael Edwards, Liverpool's tactical training only takes up to three hours in the morning and afternoon, and it is easy to 'not affect tactical training', and the time of the two sides does not conflict.

After talking to the manager, things are easy to do.

But soon Shen Yang ran into trouble again, Liverpool's training is not Benitez alone, it's not that he has no authority in the team, it's that he doesn't care about other training, the general training is decided by the assistant coaching team, Sami Lee is a diehard guy.

"Can't affect the normal training time!" Sammy Lee said with great certainty.

Shen Yang shook his head helplessly, "You must leave us enough time, otherwise the state training cannot be carried out, do you have to take up the time of tactical training?" ”

"Then I don't care, you can go and ask Raphael." Sammy Lee played the scoundrel.

Shen Yang shrugged, "We have a cooperation with the Liverpool club, and we can get the training fee anyway, and it doesn't matter to us whether Liverpool wins or not." If you don't give us plenty of time to train, then we'll go back to the hotel, Mr. Morse asked, and I said your coaching staff didn't cooperate with the training and didn't need our help. ”

Sammy Lee opened his mouth wide when he heard this, embarrassed for a while, his face was a little helpless, and he said angrily, "Okay! Good! How much time do you say it will take! ”

"One to two hours per player." Shen Yang said with a smile, "When we assisted Manchester United in training, it started at 11 o'clock in the morning and lasted until lunchtime, and in the afternoon it was in the last hour, and we had to give the players a massage to relax, I think this time and training are not conflicting." ”

Sammy Lee thought it over.

If it's just the end of the morning and afternoon, it really doesn't conflict with training, and taking a little 'tail' time out won't affect the team.

But Sammy Lee still has scruples, "We need to let everyone conserve their energy, otherwise it will affect the ...... of form"

Shen Yang laughed, "Li, we're here to help the players stay in shape, if you still need to be reminded, let's just pack up and go back." ”

Sammy Lee tugged at the corners of his mouth and said, "I hope your training can really help the team." ”

"You won't be disappointed."

After negotiating the training time with the Liverpool coaching staff, it is only necessary to make simple preparations, and from the beginning of Liverpool's official training, the 'Sheep Football Training Team' will wait to rest by the field.

Shen Yang and Wang Jian still had time to go around the restaurant at the base and buy two bottles of Liverpool's locally produced drinks.

The Liverpool players in training have also begun to look forward to 'state training', they all know that training starts at eleven o'clock, and when it comes to half past ten, after the tactical training is over, many players frequently ask about the time.

This makes the assistant coaches who support the training very irritated, and they can see that many players are training without intention, they are more coping and killing time.

"It's all the damn team!" Jimmy gritted his teeth and said to Sammy Lee.

Sammy Lee didn't say anything, there was still some dissatisfaction in his eyes, but he couldn't help it, the team training was really boring, and the players wanted a new kind of training, and anyone could understand it.

Finally, it was eleven o'clock.

Sammy Lee didn't stop the training, he had the players line up and went to the sidelines together.

Shen Yang greeted the players, "Hello, probably some of you know what my name is, but now I still have to formally introduce myself, my name is Shen Yang, from Huaxia, you can call me Shen, or coach, or Shen Yang, you can do it, the next thing we have to do is 'state training', fundamentally each of you is different, you will have your own training plan, and Coach Wang will send you the plan below." If you have any doubts in the middle of the training, you can refer to the plan, and if there are any mistakes or omissions in the training, you can also check the plan......"

When Shen Yang was still explaining, Wang Jian had already sent the plan to everyone, and the way he distributed it was a little embarrassing, just read the names on it to the plan, some players' names were fine, but some players' names were very complicated, and his pronunciation was not standard after he read it, so that a group of people around him couldn't figure their heads, and after a few laughs, the plan arrived in everyone's hands.

"You should practice your English more." Shen Yang sighed.

This sentence made Wang Jian, who had always thought that his English had improved greatly and could communicate normally with foreigners, was hit by a 120-ton hammer.

Then the training begins.

The "Sheep Football Training Group" organizes training together, all of which are projects that everyone has, such as collective jogging, taking turns to stretch arm muscles, and learning auxiliary training movements together, especially the third point, which makes all Liverpool players very interested, and they can't help but laugh at the 'strange movements' of their teammates while learning, and many people laugh along for a while, which also makes the atmosphere of training very relaxed.

Office building in the distance.

In front of the window of the manager's office, two people stood there watching the training from afar, none other than head coach Rafael Benitez and chairman David Morse.

"Looks like fun." David Morse asked, "Rafael, do you think this kind of training will help the team?" ”

Benitez thought about it for a moment, but finally shook his head, "I don't know. The way they train is special, but at least it makes the atmosphere relaxed, but whether it has an effect or not may only be verified by time and competition. ”

"I hope it works." David Morse sighed, "I really hope Liverpool can win the title, that's the dream of all Liverpudlians, and that's my dream." I've been thinking that if Liverpool can win the title, I can start thinking about stepping down. ”

"Why?" Benitez was a little confused.

"Don't you think the club has too little money on transfers?" David Morse smiled wryly, "Also, Anfield Stadium should be renovated, but we don't have the funds, even if we win the Champions League, it will only make the summer transfer easier, but we still don't have the funds. ”

Benitez pursed the corners of his mouth, but finally nodded.

In fact, he didn't quite understand David Morse's thoughts, perhaps because he had never coached a 'rich' team, and Liverpool was already the richest team he had ever coached.

First of all, in Liverpool, he doesn't have to worry about transfer funds, as long as he doesn't buy those super top stars, ordinary players can buy whoever they want, and the club absolutely supports this.

What if it's a 'huge transfer spending' or 'refurbishing Anfield', why not just think about it when you have more money?

In Benitez's view, David Morse could not be the best chairman, the other party does not interfere in the affairs of the team at all, he has always been very supportive, and he has no pressure to work at Liverpool.

When David Morse steps down as chairman, his successor will not necessarily be the same.