Chapter 178: Filling in the Gaps for Liverpool
Almost at the same time as this acquisition, the Pinault family completed the acquisition of Parma for 80 million euros, and unlike Liverpool's change of ownership, Parma's influence was destined to be broadcast only as a newsletter between news. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Reeves felt that the Pinault family had done a big deal, and Parma's current market value was only about 4,000w, and the price of this deal was fully doubled. However, in the world of local tyrants, perhaps no matter how much money there is, it is just a numbers game.
But what intrigued Reeves was that the Pinault family almost copied Reeves' idea, and after the deal was completed, they immediately fired Pioli and hired Lasli as the manager, which was not surprising to Reeves, because historically Parma was bought by Italian machinery businessman Ziraldi for 30 million euros, and also hired Ranieri. To Reeves' surprise, the Pinault family hired Marotta, the former manager of Sampdoria, as the general manager of Parma, which is not consistent with the previous life, but the same idea as himself, and the hero sees the same thing?
Reeves had no way of knowing why, so he simply stopped thinking about it, and there was no intersection anyway.
After the dust settled on the next foothold, Reeves put all his energy out of training on Liverpool.
The first thing to look at is Liverpool's current squad set-up.
Main lineup (4-4-2)
Goalkeeper: Reina
Defenders: Finnan, Carragher, Ager, Reese
Midfielders: Pennant, Gerrard, Alonso, Luis Garcia
Forwards: Kuyt, Crouch
Main subs: Dudek, Hyypia, Aurelio, Zenden, Mark Gonzalez, Bellamy, Robbie Fowler
Winter signings: Arbeloa, Mascherano
In Liverpool's squad, Reeves believes that the strongest are the back line and midfield.
First of all, the back line, defensive solidity has become a tradition for Liverpool, as early as the Houllier era, Liverpool's Hyypia + Henjoz combination was considered the best centre-back combination in the Premier League. After Benitez arrived in the team, Carragher gradually succeeded Henchoz, and Hyypia continued to play the role of "striker nightmare". This season, Hyypia can finally rest in peace, because they have Ager again. What's more, the winter transfer also brought in the strong Arbeloa, who is the main full-back of Real Madrid in the future.
The backline of Reina, Reese, Finnan, Ager and Carragher was key to Liverpool's 82-point tally and long-term second-place finish in the table, conceding just 25 goals all season, the second-fewest in the Premier League that season. The result of Agger's smooth transition to Hyypia this season has been that they have continued their defensive strength: they have conceded 28 goals all season, second only to Chelsea as they did last year, while conceding just seven at home, four fewer than Chelsea, who have conceded the second-fewest at home.
And on this reassuring defensive line, except for the 31-year-old Finnan who is slightly older, everyone else is at the peak of their careers or even on the rise, and I believe that through two seasons of tempering, Liverpool's defense will be trustworthy for a long time in the future.
The second is the midfield.
There is no doubt about the strength of Liverpool's central midfield, from Steven Gerrard to Alonso, from Sissoko to Mascherano, four different types of midfielders have trained Liverpool's "abs" extremely strong. And Gerrard is 27 years old, Alonso is 26 years old, and Mascherano is 23 years old, and these three are Liverpool's greatest assets.
The midfield configuration of these three men is one of the top three midfield configurations in Europe in the 21st century in Reeves' opinion.
Steven Gerrard: The leader of Liverpool, after years of Benitez's transformation, put him behind the striker, completely unleashed his attacking talent, and at the same time he has a rare all-round ability in football, with a large running range, balanced left and right foot technique, accurate shooting, good arc and speed of crosses, and he has a strong ability to break through, and when there is plenty of space, the big stride forward is almost unstoppable.
Alonso: One of the strongest brains in European football midfield, with accurate long passes, combing the team's offensive master-level level, and his ability can be reflected in the two identities of Real Madrid and Bayern's tactical core in the future.
Mascherano: Before he went to Barcelona to play as a defender, Brother Ma was a world-class defensive back, the perennial first in the steals rankings, and the defensive sapper that all teams dream of, of course, the transformation of the short back into a defender is only done by Barcelona's football style, and the inability to take away Buzkec's back position is only for tactical reasons, in terms of defensive ability alone, Little Pony is much stronger than Buzkec.
Of the three, Gerrard is the main attacker, Alonso is the main organization, and Mascherano is the main defense, which is luxurious enough.
It is with this midfield configuration that Liverpool excel in every strong conversation.
With such a backline and backfield, Liverpool should have been able to regain the Premier League title a long time ago, but they were dragged down by the perennially weak wing and forward line.
The lack of tactics in the Red Army's attack was its biggest problem.
Liverpool score the fewest goals in the top four each year, and it hasn't been a Liverpool player in the top scorers for many years.
That's why Benitez always says: "We need a striker who can score more than 20 goals a season. ”
Liverpool's current main strikers are Kuyt and Crouch,
Kuyt's dominance in the Eredivisie is not inferior to Reeves's performance in Ligue 1, scoring 20+ goals in four consecutive seasons, and 10+ assists in each season, but the experience after arriving at Liverpool is a history of the evolution of defensive strikers. Reeves has made statistics in his previous life, and Kuyt's Reds have scored 0.2 goals in his career, with an average of only one goal in every five games. However, his desperate Saburo's style is highly admired by Reeves.
Another striker, "The Taller" Crouch, is also not up to the post of a big striker, and although he regularly scores spectacular goals, his thin body and poor heading ability are not enough to be a consistent killer.
This group of strikers has been better in recent years, and the past Baroshe, Cisse said a lot of tears.
Reeves believes his arrival will bring more goals to Liverpool than he did in his previous game, Torres.
Compared with the striker, Reeves is more worried about Liverpool's wing, the Reds' side is the biggest shortcoming outside the striker, which is also Liverpool's criticism for many years, since Barnes left in 1997, Liverpool has never had a world-class winger, which is also one of the cruxes of Houllier and Benitez always close to winning the Premier League title. In the context of the Premier League, if you want to challenge for the champions, you must have a good wide attacker. Pennant, Colwill, Garcia, Aurelio, Zenden and others obviously have a big gap with the championship-level wide attackers.
Now that the club has finished the season, Reeves intends to fill in the gaps for Liverpool's wings.
It's time to take advantage of the respawn benefit. (To be continued.) )