Chapter 1345: Liverpool (3)

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As the referee's short and long whistle announcing the end of the first half of the game sounded throughout the stadium, the players of the two sides who had not been separated for the first 45 minutes had to walk off the pitch and wait until the second half of the game began to decide the winner.

Of course, although the score on the field is still 0-0, the mood of the Liverpool and Fiorentina players at this time can be said to be completely different. The former, who has been repeatedly blocked on the offensive end and has never been able to open the situation, breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. After all, in the first half of the game, Fiorentina put a lot of pressure on them at both ends of the pitch and defence, and if they were not careful, they would most likely end up with a defeat to Frankie and then go out of the Champions League.

The Fiorentina players showed more of an unwilling mood, because throughout the first half of the game, they were firmly in control of the field, and if Vieri and Di Natale did not take advantage of several chances without shooting boots, Fiorentina might have sealed the victory by now.

Jose Mourinho could see the displeasure with the scoreline on the pitch, so after returning to the dressing room, he praised the performance of the players in the first half and calmed the restlessness of the players because they were unable to break the deadlock. After that, Mourinho made several demands on his players, such as the midfielders to increase the frequency of cross-switching and running without the ball, and create more chances to score with ease.

'All in all, the initiative is in our hands and we don't need to rush too much on goals. Jose Mourinho said with a smile, and the confidence on his face gave the players a lot of confidence in his words, "So, the first thing we have to do is to defend. As long as Liverpool can't score in this game, then it must be Fiorentina who will qualify for the last four! ”

Mourinho's words made all the Fiorentina players present suddenly pause, and the brain, which had already reached a dead end, finally figured out the joints at this time. Vieri and Di Natale and others finally realized that in the first leg of the match, there is no need for them to be obsessed with scoring in this game, as long as the opponent has no way to score, then Fiorentina will be the winner!

Thinking about it this way, the originally somewhat unstable atmosphere in the dressing room suddenly dissipated, and the players listened to Mourinho's plan for the second half of the game, while whispering and laughing with each other, and the impatience between the eyebrows was completely gone.

On the other hand, the visiting dressing room where the Liverpool players were was in a gloomy and bleak scene. After 45 minutes of being held down by Fiorentina, they had little confidence left and were quite pessimistic about their team's chances of progressing to the last four.

And after walking into the visiting dressing room, Benitez's first words made the Liverpool players present even more depressed: "Guys, I'm very unhappy with your performance in the first half. ”

Especially as the team's single arrow, Barosz, the Czech striker couldn't help but have a fever on his face when he heard Benitez say this. After all, his performance in the first half was a bit miserable, not scoring a goal, and he became almost invisible on the pitch under the defense of Nesta and Lucio, almost making no contribution at all.

To be honest, the reason why Baros's performance at Liverpool will be very different from his time in the Czech national team is mainly due to the different positioning of the team. In the national team, Barosh is the knife that hides behind Jan Kohler, and he only needs to use his team-mates to find weak spots in the opposition's defence and deliver the fatal blow. At Liverpool, Barosh is not treated like that at all, often being used as a lone arrow by the manager. Such an arrangement not only failed to exploit Baroshe's strengths at all, but also exposed the Czechs' physical weaknesses and ability to seize opportunities.

It is not only necessary to score goals with defenders, but also to use his personal ability to cover other teammates behind him to create scoring opportunities, and Baros, who is not this material, wants to perform the same as he did in the national team at Liverpool, which is really unrealistic.

Therefore, Barosh's mediocre performance during his time at Liverpool is not only due to his poor ability, but also a very important reason why successive Reds managers have not developed tactics based on his characteristics and only used him as a replacement for Owen.

While Mourinho and Benitez were instilling in the dressing room the strategic approach of the second half and the deficiencies that needed to be corrected, the fifteen-minute half-time break had passed imperceptibly, and the second half was about to begin!

At the start of the second half, the Fiorentina players, who had been given the right to kick off, did not rush to attack the Liverpool goal, but rather cautiously upside down in the midfield to lure the opponent to take the initiative to press the formation, so as to create more space for Vieri in the front line. After all, Benitez's tactical attainments are still quite level, and even Mourinho, who has always looked down on the opponent, has to admit it.

Therefore, for the sake of insurance, Mourinho specifically put forward the requirement to adopt a steady counterattack tactic after the opening, instead of letting the players continue to play in the first half, so that the Liverpool players could not put too much energy into the attack by attacking instead of defending. In this way, Mourinho can minimise the chances of his team being caught off guard by the Liverpudlians with a sneak attack or two in the early stages of the second half.

Seeing the Fiorentina players behaving so vigilantly, the Liverpool players who were going to take the opportunity to play a quick counterattack in the purple wave couldn't help but curse, and then regrettably gave up this plan. After all, with the opponent already prepared and at the same time technically superior, it was difficult for the Liverpool players to get the ball in Fiorentina's half. If you accidentally press too much, you may even be attacked by Florence.

In this way, the Liverpool players, whose plan was discovered, had no choice but to play a head-to-head duel with Fiorentina on the pitch in a regular manner. And the gap in hard power between the two sides makes the balance of victory constantly tilt towards the Florentina side!