This 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, for Britain, as usual, cannot escape the tragic fate. In the one-eighth match, he met the world champion Brazil, and was finally defeated by the Brazilian team with a score of 2:1, and returned home with a sad roll.

However, the situation of England is not bad, although it was eliminated, but the opponent is at least Brazil, which is recognized as a strong team in the world. However, compared with the United Kingdom, the fate of Spain and Italy is much more tragic, and it was defeated by South Korea, although there is a lot of greasy in this, but losing is losing, it is conceivable that the football of these two countries will find earthquakes, and the first to bear the brunt is naturally the head coach of the two teams.

Of course, England is no exception, with head coach Keegan resigning and being replaced by Swede Eriksen, who is the only foreign coach in Britain since World War II. For Eriksen's appointment, British fans are also divided into two parts, one side is trust, the other is doubt.

(Eriksen finally came to power, Keegan stepped down, I said it last time, I also know that in 2000 it was Eriksen who came to power, but in order to pave the way for the protagonist, Keegan continued to be the head coach of England, and now back to the track of history, Eriksen came to power, explain again.) ）

The World Cup final is finally over, Brazil won the cup for the fifth time with a 2-0 victory over the German tank, and the top scorer of the Brazilian team, Ronaldo, scored 2 yuan in the final, finally broke the curse of World Cup goals, and got the top scorer with 8 goals.

The British team was eliminated, and the players in the team took advantage of the current elimination to start a vacation, wanting to take advantage of the last period before the start of the league to relax. It's a pity that the Liverpool players don't have such a good life, Owen, Gerrard and others returned to Liverpool non-stop and began to continue training, striving to leave a good impression on Benitez in front of the new coach Benitez.

In fact, Owen and Gerrard don't want to come back, but there is no way, the club has stated that if you want to become the main player in the new season, you need to come back to training, so that Benitez understands your strength and characteristics, otherwise, no one can guarantee your main position.

Sure enough, with Liverpool signing Leeds midfield talent Colwill, Benitez is quite satisfied with the team's current configuration after a period of observation, but as for the characteristics and strength of the players, it remains to be verified.

"Michael, why are you so bad, I was injured this time and didn't go to the World Cup, I originally wanted you to score a few more goals instead of me, but I didn't expect you to be eliminated so quickly, you really disappointed me."

Running slowly around the training ground with the players, George looked at Owen with a smirk on his face and said. Hearing George's words, Owen immediately wanted to retort, but he didn't say anything for a long time.

"George, you didn't know if you were there at the time, the Brazilian team at that time was all like taking viagra, all of them were violent, even Leo was squeezed by Carlos's short man, think about the situation at that time."

Owen didn't say anything, but it didn't mean that Gerald didn't say anything, hearing George gloating and looking down on Owen a little, Gerald felt that he was also on the list of George's despise, and immediately retorted.

Hearing Gerrard's words, a picture suddenly appeared in George's mind, a Carlos who was less than 1.7 meters and Ferdinand, who was strong and nearly 1.9 meters, were entangled for a ball, and finally squeezed Ferdinand over. No matter how strong Carlos is, no matter how much he livestock, this is too exaggerated, thinking of this, George doesn't know what to say.

"Phil, what do you say about the current configuration of our team, and who is the starting pointer, which is the ideal. You're the old man of the team, and I believe you know better than I know that. Benitez, who was standing on the sidelines of the training pitch and watching the players jog to warm up, asked assistant coach Thompson next to him.

"Hehe, this kind of thing is not easy to say, how to say it, the team's current goalkeeper is naturally Dudek, but our backup goalkeeper Kirkland is not bad. Also at the back, Hyypia and Henkz are central defenders that Ray can't play, and Reese and Carragher can also play as wing-backs, so I'm sure there aren't too many problems with that. At present, the main problem of the team is to appear in the midfielder and forwards, especially forwards, since the midfielder has spent a lot of money to buy the Australian, then you should have an understanding of his strength, I believe you will not spend a lot of money to buy Colwill as a substitute, as long as he can show a certain strength. The biggest problem for the team now is the front line, who is the best striker for Michael, George, Barosh and Heskey. ”

In response to head coach Benitez's question, Thompson said with a smile. Of course, Thompson still has to say his opinion, which can be regarded as a reference for head coach Benitez.

"In that case, how about we have an intra-team training match?" Benitez thought for a moment after hearing Thompson's words.

Indeed, the current Liverpool main personnel in all aspects can be well determined, but it is a matter of the forward line, it is difficult to decide, and the training match is undoubtedly the best way.

"Hehe, you are the head coach, something like this, naturally you have the final say, not to mention the next training match, which can allow the players to play to their heart's content, and at the same time, it is also convenient for you to understand the characteristics of the players."

Thompson has no problem with Benitez's proposal at all, not to mention that the training match is undoubtedly the best solution.

It was a characteristic of Benitez to do it as soon as he thought of it, and after a short period of arrangement, the team immediately divided into two groups of players and began the training match within the team.

The main players are all from last season, goalkeeper: Dudek, defenders: Hyypia, Genkez, Reeser and Carragher. Midfielders: Hamann, Steven Gerrard, Murphy and Colwill. The forwards are still Owen and Heskey.

George was depressed and watched that he was placed on the first team of substitutes by head coach Benitez, and he was still a little unhappy. Because George knows that although this is just a training match within the team, not only George, but I am afraid all Liverpool players know very well that the result of this training match will directly lead to whether you are a substitute or the main player in the new season, which means that although this game is only a training match, the intensity will not decrease at all.

George is depressed because he is substituted in the first team, the reason why the substitute is a substitute, that is, the strength is not as strong as the main player, if George is placed in the main team, George believes that he can rely on his own strength, coupled with the strong help of the main team, to constantly create opportunities for himself, and there will be a wonderful performance, so as to touch Benitez's heart.

However, the substitute team also has the benefits of the substitute team, that is, the overall strength of the substitute team is not comparable to the main players at all. It's normal, the whole bench team is very normal, and the more a player plays well, the more it can be reflected.

The main side is different, everyone's good performance can only be regarded as normal, after all, it is the main player, and it is normal and appropriate to perform well

。 But it is precisely because everyone is the main player and has a high level of strength that if any of the main players are not in shape, it is easy to be discovered. When the time comes, Benitez will see it, I am afraid that it will leave a bad influence in the heart of the new coach, which will undoubtedly bring a lot of pressure to the main players.

Anyway, the game still has to be played, assistant coach Thompson, as the referee, repeatedly emphasized the players, this is just an ordinary confrontation game in the team, everyone must not take it too seriously, so as not to get hurt. But Thompson didn't want to think about it, Benitez, who was sitting on the sidelines, was always paying attention to the situation on the court, and that player dared not to be serious.