The match on the Bulgarian Army stadium had completely gone into garbage time, with at least half of the fans in the stadium crowd gone, and the scoreboard showing the score at '7-0', and after Zhang Tiehan went off, Alonso stepped in to assist Gerrard to score another goal, and the score was rewritten again.

But when Steven Gerrard scored, no one shouted and excited, there were so many goals that everyone was used to it, even the Liverpool fans.

This may have disappointed Gerrard a bit.

It was his second goal of the game, but it was the team's seventh...... When the goal was scored, Gerrard looked at the bench with a look of grief...... Of course, this was Zhang Tiehan's malicious speculation, when Gerrard was waving at him, as if to say, "Look, I scored the second goal and you are gone." ”

The feeling of sitting on the bench and watching his teammates score goals is really not very good, even though Zhang Tiehan has scored four goals, he still has that feeling.

In short, CSKA Sofia's goal turned into a funnel.

7:0, which is also the final score.

The game is over, but everyone knows that this is not over, everyone is discussing the racial discrimination in the game, although the Bulgarian fans do not seem to take advantage of the 'war' with Zhang Tiehan, but the racial discrimination is real, and this kind of thing happens in the game, especially against a player, it is always very strict.

That is, the tragedy of CSKA Sofia is not over either.

They lost the game by a big score, but it was only a game, and because of what their fans did, they also had to bear some consequences after the game, such as the condemnation of various media outlets, and then waiting for UEFA punishment.

At the press conference at the end of the game. Benitez said Liverpool would write the matter into their report to UEFA.

In response to a reporter's question, Benitez said angrily, "There is nothing wrong with the fans supporting their team, but why use this method? Regardless of UEFA's handling of the matter, Zhang's four goals in the game are the most powerful response to such provocative behavior by the fans! ”

"The supportive atmosphere of the fans throughout the game was good, but the monkey-like screams cannot but be said to be a pity. We should learn to respect others. You shouldn't do something like that, because it's definitely not good for football. ”

A Bulgarian journalist defended himself by saying, "Zhang made a provocation to the fans. ”

Benitez shot back, "That's an extremely stupid statement. Scoring a goal is not a provocation to the opposing fans, and everyone has seen it clearly. ”

UEFA representative Bono, who was also present at the press conference due to the issue of racism, told Liverpool general manager Mollison: "I am extremely concerned about the incessant monkey cries from CSKA Sofia fans. I would like to take this behaviour of the Bulgarian club to UEFA to UEFA for this kind of behaviour. ”

Liverpool thanked UEFA for their support and lavished on the Bulgarian fans' behaviour at a press conference. At the end of the first qiē, the whole Liverpool team quickly packed up and left Bulgaria.

The reason for this is, naturally, not to get into trouble.

After all, Zhang Tiehan did that in the game, which annoyed many Bulgarian fans, who knows what these angry fans will do, and it will be safe to leave early and return to Liverpool.

Back in Liverpool, UEFA has responded to the racism in the game, with UEFA's press officer telling AFP, "We are already aware of the racist behaviour against Cisse in that day's game. And is waiting for a detailed report from UEFA representatives on the matter. ”

"Once the evidence is conclusive, we will take disciplinary action against CSKA Sofia."

A reporter revealed. At present, UEFA has been informed of what happened during the course of the match, but is still waiting for a written report from the special official, and the regular meeting of the UEFA Disciplinary Committee will be held on the 18th of this month, when the results of the punishment will be announced to the public.

In short, what awaits CSKA Sofia is a strict punishment, and no one is still punished severely, because UEFA has never been soft on fighting racial discrimination.

Zhang Tiehan, who returned to Liverpool, was also interviewed. However, many of the reporters who came to interview him asked about the conflict between him and Bulgarian fans, and some reporters even thought that Zhang Tiehan should not 'do that', Zhang Tiehan disdained this, and it didn't happen to them, so they could naturally say something cool. He ignored these journalists and just said what he thought on Liverpool's official website.

"It's so sad that something like this is happening."

"Ever since I scored, they've been laughing like monkeys. It's a shame that something like this happens, there are so many stupid people and you can't do anything on the pitch as a player. ”

"I haven't had this kind of problem yet. It's the first time I've ever experienced this in my career. All I could think of was to beat them with goals and I did it, but they have to be punished badly or the same thing will happen to everyone else in the future. ”

Zhang Tiehan has a bit of a fearless spirit for the sake of others.

Many Liverpool fans left messages on the website to express their sympathy and support for Zhang Tiehan, as if he had been greatly wronged, but many Liverpool players who knew the process of the incident were really difficult to express any sympathy, especially when they thought of Zhang Tiehan's very 'cool' appearance after the game, they couldn't sympathize with it, but had some sympathy for CSKA Sofia.

Because of what their fans did, they annoyed Zhang Tiehan, and as a result, they lost seven to one, and then they had to accept UEFA's punishment, and Zhang Tiehan, the 'victim', scored four goals in the game, was supported by a large group of people, and was also full of smiles after the game...... In short, judging from this result, Liverpool's teammates just can't sympathize with Zhang Tiehan, the 'actual victim'.

At the same time, they also used this incident to warn themselves - they must not provoke Zhang Tiehan!

Many teammates agreed on this matter, but when training the next day, Zhang Tiehan suddenly found that the atmosphere of the team was surprisingly good, and everyone smiled at him, even those who had never said a word, but this is a good thing, Zhang Tiehan didn't think much about it, and it would be best to have a good relationship with his teammates.

Then a new round of training began.

Now the intensity of training has been reduced, not that the Champions League qualifiers are over, but that the Premier League is about to begin.

The Premier League tends to be more than half a month earlier than other leagues, and this year's league kicks off on August 13, which means that Liverpool has less than three days to prepare, and Benitez's training plan is also all for the league, and the tactical training is also for the first opponent, Middlesbrough.

But Benitez's job doesn't stop there.

While arranging the team's preparation for the game, he also worked out the next tactical changes to allow Zhang Tiehan to adapt to the team and give Gerrard, Zhang Tiehan and Alonso the most room to play.

This work is quite important.

Gerrard's personal ability is quite strong, Zhang Tiehan's personal ability is also quite strong, Alonso, as the best player in the three, the strongest passing ability, he can play a good ability no matter what position he is in, but Liverpool also had the problem of zài before - Gerrard and Alonso led the midfield, Gerrard's space suppressed Alonso's play.

If all three can play to their full strength, then Liverpool will be the strongest.

The only way Benitez came up with it was to make more passes, which was the best way to make room for each.

But 'multi-passing' is not easy to do.

Because of the position of each player, because of the running of each player, coupled with the opponent's defense, if you want to pass the ball more, you need the players who pass the ball to have tacit cooperation, and excellent individual passing and receiving skills, among Gerrard, Alonso, and Zhang Tiehan, Benitez is most worried about Zhang Tiehan, not only his skills, but also Benitez considers that the task of Gerrard and Alonso does not change, just let Zhang Tiehan run more and pass more.

If he can do that, the team's tactical problems can be solved perfectly.

Space is limited, but football games are sports games, more running, more space, if Zhang Tiehan can increase running, increase passing and receiving cooperation, when his position retreats, he can form a triangle with Gerrard and Alonso, and the three can pass each other, so that Liverpool's offensive formation has a triangle core, and Liverpool's attack and defense will be composed of Gerrard and Alonso's core, and become a trio of Zhang Tiehan, Gerrard, and Alonso.

This is the transition from dual-core to triple-core......

There is no doubt that the trio is more dynamic than the duo, and can also play more effective and complex tactical coordination, if Liverpool have three cores, the opponent is simply unable to defend, they cannot hold three points at once, so the team's offensive ability will be greatly improved.

In the combination of the three, Zhang Tiehan is the most important when attacking.

He's positioned higher up the two and in the middle of the two, he has more opportunities and is easy to be targeted, but with two great players behind him, he also has more passing options and doesn't get caught lightly.

But the most important thing for the team is still Steven Gerrard.

Steven Gerrard is an attacking and defensive player, he is in the middle of the formation and he has been at the heart of the team's transition between attack and defence.

That's the solution Benitez came up with.

Triple-core ......

If the tactics are successful, Liverpool's formation will become 451, and Zhang Tiehan's position should be said to be the front midfield, which requires Zhang Tiehan's personal skills and coordination ability to be much higher, so Benitez had to observe Zhang Tiehan's table before that, if it is like other media reports, 'Zhang's personal skills are rough and he can't cooperate well with his teammates', then this tactic itself is impossible to achieve.

But in the game and in training, Benitez saw that Zhang Tiehan has improved very quickly in this area, he has the potential to play as a midfielder, all he needs is more training and games. (To be continued......)