6. Pre-season warm-up matches
Mascherano's injury forced Benitez to train on new tactics ahead of schedule, and after the physical training, the team began to practice tactics, especially the new players, and Benitez hopes that they will be able to adapt to the team's tactics as soon as possible.
Benitez expects a lot from Qiu Ze and Fernando Torres, and he hopes that these two guys can adapt to his tactics as soon as possible, after all, they Liverpool have spent a lot of money on both guys, and they certainly want to get paid off as soon as possible.
After a day or two of training, Qiu Ze has gradually become familiar with Liverpool's tactical play, in fact, Liverpool's tactical play does not have too many special beginnings, the origin is defensive counterattack, whether it is in Bellamar or Benfica, Qiu Ze has mentioned this, and he will not be unfamiliar.
The only thing that is unfamiliar to Qiu Ze now is the characteristics of the Liverpool players, as the playmaker and linker of the midfield, Qiu Ze must be familiar with the characteristics of his teammates as soon as possible, so that he can better integrate into the team and form a whole with the team, rather than being outside the whole team.
Because Qiu Ze is now in the position of the front midfield, he and Fernando 61 Torres have a lot of cooperation, and now they are trying to understand the characteristics and habits of the other party, so that they can cooperate better and establish a touch faster.
Qiu Ze and Fernando 61 Torres have been seen in their efforts, and Liverpool's players have been quick to embrace the two young players.
And Qiu Ze's progress is also very fast, which makes Liverpool's players exclaim: "What a talented player." ”
Seeing the progress of Qiu Ze and the two, Benitez is the happiest one, after a week of nearly two weeks of training, now these two guys have basically integrated into the team, although not fully integrated into the team, but Benitez is full of expectations for them, he firmly believes that these two guys will become an indispensable part of Liverpool.
As time goes on, it won't be long before the league starts, and Liverpool are starting to play pre-season warm-up games, which they need to play to test the results of the team's training during this time, and hope to catch the warm-up games to find out what the team still has problems.
It's much better to find the problem now than it is after the league starts, so they still have time to fix it. If the problem is discovered after the start of the league, then Liverpool will be hanging in the air this season.
It didn't take long for Liverpool to finally usher in the first warm-up game of the new season, their opponent was Turkish giants Galatasaray, because Liverpool finished third in the Premier League last season, so they will participate in the Champions League qualification round in the new season, and they have found such a warm-up opponent, which is their warm-up for the Champions League qualification.
Galatasaray's strength is actually not weak, they are still very strong, they are regulars in the Champions League, and they can't do it without two brushes.
After the start of the game, Galatasaray performed much better than Liverpool, and their attack was very fluid and very characteristic. Liverpool, on the other hand, were pressed by Galatasaray from the very beginning of the game.
But Liverpool's defense is still very good, Qiu Ze often returns to the half to defend, and his strong defensive ability is undoubtedly displayed, which makes Benitez very satisfied. Of course, Benitez is very unhappy with the team's attack, and Liverpool have not had a decent attack so far.
However, this is understandable, after all, this is the first game of the new season for Liverpool, and Qiu Ze and others are also working with Liverpool's players for the first time, so it is reasonable to play like this.
As time went on, Liverpool's defence became more solid, and the attack began to improve. Qiu Ze was able to hold the football in midfield and was very successful in linking up the front and back of the field, allowing Alonso to organise attacks more freely.
Gradually, Liverpool's attack became bigger and more fluid, and the attacking threat became bigger and bigger, which made Liverpool manager Benitez very satisfied, nodding his head on the sidelines, which was much better than he expected, and he was certainly satisfied.
In the 39th minute of the first half, Qiu Ze played a delicate combination with Fernando 61 Torres in the front, and the two made a series of one-two in front of Galatacere's penalty area to enter Galatasaray's penalty area, and Qiu Ze assisted Fernando 61 Torres to score.
Liverpool led 1-0 and it was Fernando's first goal since joining Liverpool at 61. It was also Qiu Ze's first assist after joining Liverpool.
This ball Fernando 61 Torres scored very easily, Qiu Ze's pass was very good, as long as Fernando 61 Torres stretched his leg to block, the football will undoubtedly score.
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez was thrilled to see the goal, knowing that the summer was worth the money, and although it was only a warm-up game, he was convinced that Qiu Ze and Fernando 61 Torres would lead Liverpool to success.
At the end of the first half, Liverpool temporarily led Galatasaray 1-0. Liverpool fans are very happy to see the performance of Qiu Ze and Fernando 61 Torres, and they also know that these two guys are likely to be Liverpool's attacking combination in the new season.
The second half of the game started quickly, Liverpool's attack became more and more powerful, the Galatasaray team seemed to be a little overwhelmed, Qiu Ze's speed in the front court was very fast, full of impact, and the foot jishu was also very good, Galatasaray's defenders seemed to have no way to Qiu Ze, which made Liverpool's attack more sharp.
Qiu Ze took turns with the ball to attack Galatasaray's penalty area, and Galatasaray's defense was really precarious, which made Galatasaray's fans nervous.
In the twenty-first minute of the second half of the game, it was Qiu Ze again, this guy took the ball in the front court and quickly dribbled the ball forward, and the Galatasaray team immediately rushed up and two people surrounded Qiu Ze and prevented Qiu Ze from advancing. Meanwhile, in the penalty area, Galatasaray defended Torres closely.
At this time, when all Galatasaray fans thought that Qiu Ze would have nothing to do, Qiu Ze and the guy suddenly slammed the football under their feet to their diagonal back with their heels, and before Galatasaray's defenders could react, Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard rushed up and shot a long shot against the football.
Gerrard is very good at long-range shooting, and even Qiu Ze, a guy who is good at long-range shooting, has to admire Gerrard, which shows that Gerrard's long-range shooting ability is very good.
Gerrard's kick was very good, the part was well eaten, and the ball flew close to the turf and flew towards Galatasaray's goal, like a flying on the grass, as fast as an arrow, and flew directly into the bottom left corner of Galatasaray.
2-0, Liverpool easily beat Galatasaray to get the new season off to a good start, and Qiu Ze performed very well in this game, providing two assists and threatening the ball many times. And Fernando 61 Torres also performed very well, scoring a goal and creating a threat on many occasions.
Seeing the result of the game, Benitez was still relatively satisfied, and when he was more satisfied, Qiu Ze and Fernando 61 Torres were able to integrate into the team so quickly. Although there are still some problems between them and the team, they are very happy to be able to do this.
A week later, Liverpool ushered in their second warm-up match opponent before the new season, this game their opponent was an opponent from League One, the opponent was not very strong, but the action was very large, the aggression was very strong, the reason why Benitez accepted the invitation of this game was to test what Qiu Ze would perform under such a strong defense and even a fierce defense.
Qiu Ze's performance in this game did not disappoint Benitez, Qiu Ze was not frightened by the opponent's fierce defense, but Qiu Ze was more fierce than others, Qiu Ze was like an angry lion at the time, eager to tear the opponent off, which surprised the opponent.
The jishu content of this game is really not high, but the game is very intense, there is a lot of physical contact, and the movements of both sides are also very large, fortunately, no players are injured, otherwise Benitez really would have the heart to cry.
Qiu Ze didn't save face for his opponent in this game, this guy exploded in this game, handed out two assists, scored two goals, and helped the team win 7-0.
It's not the result that matters to Liverpool, it's the process that matters, and that's what Benitez wants.
Two days later, Liverpool welcomed their third warm-up opponent of the new season, Ajax from the Netherlands.
The Ajax team is not a weak team, Liverpool is still very optimistic about this game, Benitez is very cautious, the jishu content of this game may even be higher than the first game, Benitez has to pay attention to it.
For this game, Liverpool is preparing a lot, and they still attach great importance to the victory of this game.
However, in the game, Liverpool's performance did not meet his expectations Benitez, in this game, Liverpool's attack and defense were exposed, which made Benitez very angry, he did not expect it to be like this.
The result of this game was a 1-1 draw, and the only goal scored was Fernando 61 Torres, which came from a through ball from midfielder Alonso at the back, which went straight through the Ajax defence, and Fernando 61 Torres scored with a single goal.
Qiu Ze's performance in this game had some ups and downs, and his performance was not as good as the first two games, but there were no mistakes, which was not bad. However, Qiu Ze still did not perform well, that is, when Alonso was stared at death, he did not step up and take the role of the second organizational point, which made Benitez a little dissatisfied.
However, the problem can be found in this game, and this warm-up game is still very rewarding, and Benitez is relatively satisfied. After this game, Liverpool trained more seriously and more frequently, and they spent more time on the team's run-in, and Benitez did not want that to happen again today.
Four days later, Liverpool have their fourth warm-up opponent of the new season, and they will face Celtic from Scotland. Qiu Ze is still familiar with the Celtic team, after all, last season, the two sides were in the same group in the Champions League, and the two sides played two games.
Qiu Ze did not start in this game, Mascherano has recovered from injury, and at this time, Benitez wants to see which of the two is more suitable for this set of tactics?
Sitting on the bench, Qiu Ze felt a crisis, this is a giant, this competition is much more than Bellamar and Benfica clubs. Qiu Ze knows that if he doesn't work hard like this, it is very likely that he will spend this season on the bench.
However, in this match, Mascherano did not perform well, and even very unsatisfactory. Maybe it's because this guy has just recovered from injury and hasn't found the feeling of the game.