Chapter 17: Warm-up Match
The arrival of Tov has increased the pressure on Alonso, who can finally be arrogant at Real Sociedad at this time, but definitely not at Liverpool, because he is not qualified for this, at least for now.
At the same time, the arrival of Titov made Alonso feel a lot of pressure, because the arrival of Titov made Liverpool more inclined to Titov than himself in terms of arrangement. After all, Titov is a player who can attack and defend, and he has far more game experience than himself.
What's more important is that Titov has a good personality, as soon as he came to Liverpool, after the first training camp, he invited all the players to have a good meal and a few glasses of wine, and all the players in Liverpool have accepted Titov as a bold man.
Feeling his more and more embarrassing position at Liverpool, Alonso finally became honest and no longer as arrogant as he was at the beginning. In training, he also honestly completed the tasks arranged by Lao Bei, and at the same time began to pass the ball like in Real Sociedad.
Of course, the happiest about this is naturally the head coach Benitez, after all, Lao Bei himself does not want to admit that he insisted on it, and Alonso, who spent eight million pounds to buy, will become a parallel import, which undoubtedly shows that he has no vision in selecting players, and at the same time, he also slaps himself in the face.
Looking at Alonso's performance, Lao Bei was anxious and took a lot of time to chat with Alonso in private, hoping to change Alonso's arrogant attitude, but it had little effect.
Now it's okay, with the arrival of Titov, Alonso also obviously feels a lot of pressure, and he has begun to restrain his arrogant attitude and start to be honest.
Not to mention, to be honest, Alonso's strength who started to pass the ball is really good, although Owen and Gerrard and others don't say it, but in fact, they still admire Alonso in their hearts, at least Alonso has the kind of capital to make friends with Owen and others.
At this time, Lao Bei's heart is proud, don't say, there is basically no problem with Liverpool's backline and forward, the only problem in the midfield, at this time, with the addition of the experienced Titov and the change of Alonso, the strength of Liverpool's midfield has increased greatly, at this time, Lao Bei is more confident in the coming of the new season, and believes that Liverpool can achieve better results in the new season.
However, Lao Bei also understands that a simple intra-team competition is not enough to test the strength and characteristics of the players, as well as the mutual cooperation between teammates. Don't look at the current confrontation match within the Liverpool team, the two sides are playing hot, which is very exciting, but Lao Bei understands that if it is placed in the real game, I am afraid that the wonderful scene will not be visible.
After all, they are all teammates of the same team, so in the game, it is difficult to play sparks and excitement, let's just say that the defensive team led by Hyypia is opposed to the offensive team, and they all lose more and win less. This is not to say that Liverpool's back line is poor, after Lao Bei's careful observation to understand, after all, it is only a confrontation within the team, and the defense of Hyypia and Carragher and others is also very serious, and rarely makes some dangerous tackles, which naturally reduces the pressure on the attacking side, and can calmly break through the pass or \ is the goal.
Come to think of it. Lao Bei feels that Liverpool needs to be before the new season officially starts. Find a few warm-up opponents. Come to think of it. Lao Bei told Liverpool general manager Parry what he thought. Let Parry take care of the arrangements.
Liverpool won the league title last season. So after getting the old Bedi requested. Parry also appears to be very positive. It took two days to be stunned. Liverpool found three good opponents. The three opponents are England Charlton. Spartak Moscow, Russia, is named after the English Championship team Gudbergsen.
After getting a reply from Parry. Lao Bei is very satisfied with Parry's arrangement of three warm-up opponents for the team before the new season. You have to know the big teams before the start of the new season. Picking a warm-up opponent is also a rather literary problem.
First: The opponent's strength is too strong. Try to avoid the opponent's strength not much different from your own. Because the warm-up match is, to put it bluntly, an ordinary friendly match. The main purpose is to test the team's run-in. It's impossible to fight each other. Relatively too strong. It's not about asking someone else to insult. There is not much difference in strength. This will also allow Liverpool to burst out a lot of tactics and characteristics. You know, though, it's just an ordinary warm-up game. When Lao Bei believed. Liverpool's warm-up matches for the new season. It will definitely be taken seriously by Arsenal and Manchester United. Lao Bei doesn't want to have a time when he hasn't met his opponent in the new season. was very well understood by the opponent about his own team.
Second: the opponent's strength should not be too bad. If it's too bad, there's no way to test the current team's local effect. You must know that the warm-up game is also when Lao Bei is preparing for the warm-up game. Find out Liverpool's potential vulnerabilities and shortcomings. Good timely remediation. If the opponent's strength is too poor. There is no way to test the team members at all. Especially to what extent the run-in between the new and old players has become. As for what shortcomings and loopholes. Not to mention.
This is normal. The difference in strength between the two sides is too great. Liverpool pressed each other for the whole game. Keep playing
, then it is impossible for Lao Bei to see Liverpool's backline and holes in the game.
Third: the opponent's style of play is a problem, that is, the warm-up opponent you are looking for does not have to be honest, at least not the mentality that everyone in the team is a butcher. For this kind of opponent, Lao Bei is respectful and stays away, nonsense, I'm afraid that no head coach has seen that in an ordinary warm-up game, his players are injured and have to be suspended.
So it can be seen that the three warm-up opponents that Parry is looking for for Liverpool have also worked hard, and the Charlton team needless to say, is a British team, although there are no big names, and the strength is not very good, but it is enough for Liverpool to test the team. After all, no matter how bad Charlton is, it is also an English team, even if it upsets Liverpool, this is normal, at least Charlton has the kind of strength that can allow Liverpool to experience the effectiveness of the team.
Spartak Moscow, this is because of Titov, because of Titov, so that Liverpool FC and Spartak Moscow FC have established a good friendship between the two sides.
The match against Spartak Moscow is not only a taste of the tough Russian team in Liverpool. At the same time, it can also make Liverpool familiar with the Russian team earlier, so that Liverpool can learn more about the style of Eastern European teams in the new season of the Champions League.
Of course, the devil's home stadium of the Russian team, especially the damn cold climate, is also a reason that any team has to consider, so Lao Bei strongly requested that the warm-up match with Spartak Moscow be placed at the home stadium of Spartak Moscow. This will allow the Liverpool players to better understand and familiarize themselves with the atmosphere at home in Russia.
As for Spartak Moscow, they also want to find a few good opponents to play against, and it seems that before the official start of the new season, it has almost become a potential rule to find a few opponents to have a warm-up match.
Now the English league champion Liverpool has found himself and wants to hold a warm-up with Spartak Moscow, if it is in normal times, even if Spartak Moscow wants to invite Liverpool, I am afraid Liverpool will not agree.
Playing against the English championship team, this is naturally something that Spartak Moscow Club is willing to see, so when Parry said that Liverpool meant this, Spartak Moscow Club did not hesitate at all, and directly slapped the table to give this matter a decision.
As for the Gudbergsen team, although it has always been a middle-class team in the Championship, the Gudbergsen team has been staying in the Championship, although there is no way to qualify for the English League, but it will not be relegated, why, all because the Gudbergsen team has a very good defense.
Such a warm-up opponent, Lao Bei naturally welcomes it, so that he and the Liverpool players can find a few ways to score in the face of opponents who defend like iron buckets.
For Liverpool to find three good warm-up opponents before the official start of the new season, this matter naturally reached the ears of Liverpool players. Compared with Alonso and Titov, who were excited and expectant, George and Owen and Gerrard and others seemed very laid-back and didn't take the news seriously at all.
Because George and others understand that the main purpose of this warm-up game is to test the ability of new players, and it has little impact on themselves and others. It is impossible for Lao Bei to play the main position because in the warm-up match, Alonso and Titov's sudden explosion and tie level allowed the two to play the main position.
So George and Owen and others don't care about this matter at all, in short, life is still the same as before, how to live, anyway, George and others don't need to worry about losing their position as Liverpool's main players. Let's not talk about the rest, let's just say that Titov and Alonso are both midfielders, and even if they have an impact, they can't affect George and Owen as strikers.
Finally, the time for the warm-up game came, and Liverpool first welcomed the Championship side Gudbergsen on their home turf, and then rushed to cold Russia after receiving Charlton Athletic's visit, where they went to play a friendly match against Spartak Moscow, and began to prepare for the new season.
Although it was just an ordinary friendly match, because Liverpool won the English League last season, even if it was an ordinary friendly match, Liverpool fans were very enthusiastic and came to Anfield Stadium to watch the game. Of course, Liverpool fans also know that this game is just a game for new players to wave, but even so, Liverpool fans are very enthusiastic, with more than 40,000 actions, basically filling the eight floors.
And Liverpool FC is also unceremonious, since there are so many Liverpool fans to cheer, in order to thank the fans for their support to Liverpool all the time, this time the ticket fee will be charged a symbolic one-fifth of the usual ticket price, and the money obtained from the two warm-up games at home, Liverpool Club is also ready to donate to charity in the name of the club. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please post 6 sections more, support for \, support genuine reading!) )