Anfield Stadium is very famous in European football. After all, this is Liverpool's home stadium, and there have been countless classic games. As one of Europe's top giants, Liverpool has won four Champions League titles alone, and there are countless other titles. Therefore, their home stadium is as famous as San Siro and the Bernabeu. However, compared to the fame of Anfield, the current Anfield stadium is a bit shabby.

Rister was watching Anfield, while Benitez below stood up and watched the kick-off. Although Benitez has won the Champions League at Valencia, this is the first time he has become the manager of a big club. Liverpool and Valencia are not clubs of the same rank at all.

"Let's look at the starting line-up for Liverpool. The goalkeeper is Dudek, and the backline is Reese, Hyypia, Colo. Toure and Finnen, and Vicente and Gilberto in midfield. Silva, Hamann, Gerrard, and Owen and Jankoler up front. Coach Benitez chose Gilberto. Silva and Hamann were a midfield combination, while Steven Gerrard played at right-back. ”

Many people are curious about what Benitez will choose. Unexpectedly, in his first game of Liverpool, the lineup he chose was somewhat unexpected. The main combination of central defenders should be a combination of Hyypia and Henjoz, but Henjoz has been injured and has not been able to do well. Benitez in Colo. Among Toure and Carragher, Kolo chose the more flexible, explosive and faster Kolo. Toure.

In midfield, Benitez ditched Smitchell in favor of Gilberto. The defensive duo of Silva and Hamann. Then put Gerrard on the right.

Hoddle also got Liverpool's starting line-up not long ago. He is also very familiar with Benitez's coaching style. When in Valencia. Benitez won the Champions League by defending and counter-attacking. Of course, Benitez has always played a similar 4-2-3-1 style of play at Valencia, playing as a single centre-forward.

However, with Liverpool now in a 4-4-2 formation, Hoddle still needs to consider Benitez's style of play. What Hoddle doesn't know is that Benitez is light, very relaxed right now. There is no nervousness of entering a wealthy club for the first time.

Not because Benitez once won the Champions League, but because although Liverpool is the top giant in European football, it is a pity that since the "Heisel tragedy" and "Hillsborough tragedy", Liverpool's strength has dropped significantly. Liverpool have not won any league titles since the establishment of the Premier League, and the most glorious time was the five crowns in 2001. However, such a five-crown championship really doesn't have much gold content.

Owen was able to win the Ballon d'Or, definitely not just a five-time crown for the club. If only the club's five-time crown. Owen had no hope at all. Owen was able to win the Ballon d'Or even more because he faced his biggest rival Kahn twice. Twice victory over Karn. What's more, in the international game, a hat-trick humiliated Kahn.

The biggest reason why Owen was able to beat Kahn was because of the direct confrontation between the national team and the UEFA Super Cup. And Raul, another important opponent, had a very good personal performance that year. It's a pity to handball in the Champions League, and then denial. As a result, it was bombarded by many media. This incident greatly affected Raul's credibility.

Therefore, it can be said that Owen's ability to win the Ballon d'Or really has little to do with Liverpool's five crowns. Because the five-crown winner is nothing but good. The gold content is too low. If it was the FA Cup and the League Cup ten years ago. Then it's really, really outstanding. Unfortunately, by 2001, the gold content of the five crowns could not be lower. So overall, Liverpool is the top giant in Europe and even Shijie. It's just that at present, it is a relatively down-and-out top giant. So there's not much pressure on Benitez at all.

In addition, the style of the team left by Houllier is also very suitable for Benitez. Houllier didn't start out on the defensive counter-attack, but after Irving got better and better, he pinned everything on Irving. Liverpool's style of play has become an absolute counter-attacking style of play, relying on Owen's counterattack alone.

This style of play is despised by Benitez because it is too monotonous. But Liverpool's style of play, Benitez only needs to change a little to suit himself.

Poyet passed the ball to Anderton, who crossed...... Husky header. Under the interference of Hyypia, the top of the ball is deflected! ”

"Poyet got the ball and Hamann followed him. Poyet handed the ball to the retreating Robbie. Keane, Gilberto. Silva stepped forward. Robbie. Keane couldn't break through and handed the ball to Zieg on the left. Ziggy's cross is headed over by Toure. ”

After the start of the game, Tottenham dominated the opponents. In fact, in terms of lineup, Tottenham is really strong. Look at Husky, Robbie on the front line. Keane, and Rice on the bench. Ferdinand. There is Darren in midfield. Anderton, Poyet and other powerful generals. Even at the back, there's Ledley. Kim, Anthony. Gardner, Dean. Richards, the quality of the Premier League's centre-backs, and of course the German star Zigger.

It's fair to say that Tottenham have no shortage of good players. In addition, Tottenham's style of play has always been about control and coordination. During Graham's time, many neutral fans in London supported Tottenham. Because Graham's Arsenal play too ugly, while Tottenham next door is the epitome of artistic football. The same goes for Hoddle, who, although he is an England coach, has played very well with Tottenham.

Poyet, in particular, was very active. Poyet himself is at the heart of Uruguay's midfield and is very good at his feet. Although he is already thirty-four years old, his performance is still very good. Because Gilberto. Silva and Hamann dropped back, so Poyet was given more room to play.

However, after the start of the game, Benitez did not care about it, but quietly observed. After nearly ten minutes of observation, Benitez stood up and made a simple arrangement. Let Hamann step up and defend Poyet closely.

"Paco, remember the young captain of Real Sociedad, Xavi. Alonso? ”

Benitez pulls back and looks at his assistant coach Paco. Jesterdam asked softly.

"Of course. Nineteen-year-old captains of La Liga clubs are rare. It's not that he told John that he believed in himself. Look at how well Real Sociedad did last season. ”

Benitez nodded. The John in Paco's mouth is Liverpool's famous John. Toshak, he is a very successful coach in Spanish football. Just last season, Tosak was the manager of Real Sociedad when he promoted Xavi. Alonso, who made Alonso the captain of Real Sociedad. At that time, Real Sociedad Zuihou in the relegation circle had very good results, all of which were in the second half of the season. Alonso played brilliantly.

"That's him. You see what Liverpool's biggest problem is right now. Hamann and Gilberto, both are better defenders than offense. We still need a midfielder who can attack and defend well, a player who can comb the midfield. ”

Gilberto. Silva and Hamann are good defensively, but their playmaking skills are still lacking. At Liverpool, there is a midfielder with good organisational skills, and that is Smitchell. It's just that Smitchell is too prone to injury, so Benitez thought of Xavi, who is currently playing at Real Sociedad. Alonso.

"What, you want to bring him in?"

"Next season."

Benitez said as he watched the game on the pitch. Looking a little passive, he asked Gerrard to retreat a little. Steven Gerrard is a player Benitez has seen so far, completely different. Benitez has seen a lot of players so far, but Gerrard is completely different, he is just too well-rounded. As a result, Benitez didn't know what position Gerrard should play in the best. So he kept trying out Gerrard's position.

Steven Gerrard looked to be a right-sided midfielder, but he raced all over the pitch. Hearing Benitez's arrangement, he retreated.

'Poyet had the ball and Hamann followed him all the time. Poyet had good possession and Gerrard ...... Gerald knocks Poyet down. ”

Harman followed Poyet and didn't make a move, but Gerrard was different. Gerard came up to get into a slot, and then knocked Poyet out with his body. Poyet was definitely a physical midfielder back then. It's a pity that he is thirty-four years old, and his body is completely insufficient, so he was directly knocked out by Gerald.

Poyet fell to the ground and complained to the referee. But the referee didn't say anything, because in the Premier League this kind of collision is too common, if every collision blows, the Premier League game does not need to be played.

"Gerrard gave the ball to Hamann, who passed it to Gerrard again."

Gerrard grabbed the ball and immediately ran to the right. Gerrard got his hands on the ball quickly and then immediately accelerated. Gerrard's absolute speed may not seem very fast, but his explosiveness and movement with the ball are absolutely superb.

'Gerrard was very fast, Ziggy defended Gerrard. Ziggy can't keep up with Gerrard's pace, Gerrard crosses! ”

When Ziegy debuted, he was on the same level as Carlos and Maldini, but his subsequent development was indeed not smooth at all. Now at the age of thirty, Ziggy's abilities have declined too much in all aspects. Gerrard was very explosive and shook off Ziggy in one fell swoop. Of course, Gerrard is not a winger or a serious wide attacker. So he just shook off Ziegy and then it was a cross.

Gerrard's cross doesn't look like any other wide player. Gerrard's crosses are fast, not just crosses, Gerrard's passes are all very fast types.

"Jankoller, it's Dean who defends Jankoller. Richards. Jankoller, head at goal! ”

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！” (To be continued......)