U8 Update Fastest Reading Network After the match with Manchester United, Liverpool ushered in the next opponent, that is, Birmingham.

In terms of strength and weakness, Liverpool are certainly stronger than Birmingham. But when it comes to last season's record, Liverpool don't have much of an advantage. Robbing the rich and helping the poor Liverpool was also a great spectacle of the Premier League last season.

But this season, Liverpool are clearly not prepared to continue robbing the rich and giving to the poor. If you want to win the league championship, you have to be consistent when playing a weak team, otherwise, how can you win in a long-distance run?

Liverpool also made a rotation for this game: Garcia replaced Figo so that he could stay in action for the Champions League game in midweek.

And the progress of the game was also unexpectedly smooth. Less than a minute into the game, Zhao Yaning was brought to the ground by Birmingham defender Cunningham and Liverpool were awarded a free-kick opportunity.

"This season has been played seven rounds, Zhao Yaning still has not scored a free kick, let's see how this goes...... Free kick to the back post, Hyypia! The ball went in!!!! In the opening minute, Hyypia scored!!! Liverpool's set-piece scores! ”

Hyypia happily hugged every team-mate who came up to congratulate him, and it was a good thing to score a goal from the start of the game.

"It seems that Zhao Yaning's free kicks now prefer to be passed into the penalty area and let the defenders fight for the top rather than do it alone. It's better that way, and maybe it will give Liverpool more goals. Rafa Benitez is a very focused set-piece coach and his Valencia side don't have any particular free-kick players, but they have always been a team that scores a lot of goals from set-pieces. Let's see if Liverpool can have a better set-piece attack under him......"

While Martin Taylor was still talking, Liverpool had already launched a second attack. This time, Zhao Yaning directly chose to go down on the left side, and then, after a simple smash to get rid of the ball, he passed the ball into the penalty area. Milito faced the football, and when he caught up, it was a top ball!

“gooooal！！！！ In the opening five minutes, Liverpool scored the second goal! It's incredibly fast! ”

At this time, Zhao Yaning was also very happy. In the last game, against Manchester United, he relied on his breakthrough to cause a lot of problems for Manchester United. And in this game, from the very beginning he was thinking about adjusting the style of play, as Benitez instructed, such a game where the opponent is not very strong, more often than not, he retracts the kick a little and tries to mobilize his teammates. After all, football is a team sport, and only when your teammates play well can you be considered a good team. Moreover, no matter how strong he is, he can't guarantee that he will be invincible at every critical moment, and his teammates are strong and can stand up when they need help, so that they can make the league results more stable.

And the results of his experiment are obviously very good, Liverpool's players are not weak, give them more opportunities, they can do better.

Liverpool's strength is very strong, but no matter how strong the team is, it has to continue to tap the potential to make the team stronger. What Zhao Yaning is doing now is how to tap into the team's other offensive routines and make the team stronger.

Liverpool's current lineup, although it has the problem that the bench lineup is not too thick, but the starting lineup is indeed enough to play sè. And Benitez's tactical thinking is very good: Liverpool's eleven players, all of whom are over 180cm tall, are full of strength and body, and are definitely not afraid of any team when it comes to fighting against xìng. In terms of technology, although there is still a gap with extremely technical teams like Milan, they can have the upper hand compared to most Premier League teams.

Of course, what they need is a very important thing: they need someone to connect them.

In fact, modern football has developed to this day, and many times, the formation of a midfielder is already a new thing. Compared with the previous era, modern football has a faster rhythm and needs more offensive and defensive conversion passes launched at the first time, therefore, there are extremely high requirements for the ability of the back waist to play the ball, and at the same time, because modern football has increased running, more pressing, and stronger confrontation, those frontcourt players who rely on technology to eat and are thin are often difficult to hold the ball, and give the ball to the backcourt players, so that those in the backcourt are stronger, and face less pressing players to take the ball a lot, and the frontcourt players run more without the ball, It's a good way to reduce mistakes.

The reason why Andrea Pirlo is considered to have changed the history of football is precisely because of this: his appearance has given a new way of thinking about the use of technique against the body. The four talented midfielders before him are also very technical players, but their task is still to steal, launch counterattacks, cut forward, and assist with long passes. However, the emergence of Pirlo has made the midfielder's style of play different, and his task is to take the ball, control the tempo, master the team's pressing and contraction, and at the same time organize the attack and launch the attack.

What he did was basically to postpone the task of the organization of the front midfield, which was something that no one before him could achieve.

Alonso, on the other hand, may be inferior to Pirlo in terms of consciousness, but he is definitely one of the top three in the world. His big-picture vision and awareness allow him to take the ball, pass the ball, and organise well. His weakness lies in his poor ability to get rid of the tasks he inserts well, but his strength is that he is tough enough defensively to take on part of it

Defensive missions. Half organization, half defense, he can take on some of both tasks.

No matter what team he is in, he should be the core of the organization. But at Liverpool, he's playing in two ways now.

When he encounters a weak team, he really plays the role of the core of the organization. Zhao Yaning is responsible for relying on his own running and deterrence to create a threat in the front court, and then let the team get a chance. But when it came time to play a strong team, Alonso took the initiative to reduce the organization and scheduling, as the hub of offensive and defensive conversion, and was responsible for handing over the ball to Zhao Yaning as soon as possible. And the organization is still left to Zhao Yaning to complete.

The reason for this is also very simple: although it is also able to hold the ball, pass the ball, and complete the task of organization. However, Zhao Yaning's range of activity is between 15 meters and 25 meters in front of the penalty area, while Alonso's range of activity is near the midfield. The closer to the penalty area, the greater the chance, this is an immutable truth, Zhao Yaning can hold the ball in the front court, which means that he can find more opportunities in the front court, once the fleeting opportunity appears, it is always easier to grasp the people who are close to the goal. When you're playing against a strong team, more chances mean you're more likely to score, and that can't be changed.

But against Manchester United, Zhao Yaning needs to attack even if he eats four or five tackles, but when he meets Birmingham, it is very unnecessary to play football. In the face of such a team, Alonso is enough as a playmaker.

But now, Alonso is also trying to make some new attempts, which is to make more people work at the same time.

After all, Zhao Yaning's ability to handle the ball is superior, and when he is in the front court, his ability to make the last pass is also higher than others. When he gets the ball, a lot of not very good chances can become very good, and the attack can be more smooth, which makes Alonso also willing to give the ball directly to him to deal with - such a complement between the two people before and after, so that Liverpool's attack can become much more fluid. The two cores are better to be able to play together. Otherwise, it is always a bit wasteful to simply run the effect of one core and another person to play a supporting role.

However, such a change has to be slow, from single-core to dual-core, and it is not so easy to be overly successful. Fortunately, the tacit understanding between the two people has already been established, and it will not take long to find the most suitable rhythm.

Liverpool's pressure on Birmingham was not over, and towards the end of the first half, Liverpool finally found another chance.

After Alonso kicked the ball to Zhao Yaning on the left wing, Zhao Yaning began to run sideways along the top of the penalty area. After combining with Steven Gerrard to make a one-two, and on the right flank, he still didn't see any chances in the opposition back line, and they looked at themselves very seriously, whether it was attacking or passing. He gave the ball to Garcia on the flank, then pointed to Alonso, who was behind him. Garcia played the ball to Alonso and Gerrard ran out of position on the left side of the box.

Alonso played a pass straight to Gerrard's feet.

Raise your feet, shè door!

“gooooal！！！！ Liverpool's third goal!! Stephen Gerald! It's still violent, it's still so pleasing to the eye! With Liverpool three goals ahead, their advantage is even greater! ”

Although it was a three-goal lead, this time, Martin Taylor did not shout that he had won. Last year's Champions League final had an impact that was not as simple as a game.

This goal made Zhao Yaning also very happy: in addition to goals and assists, he can also do other things. Like just now, it was good to attract the defence at the edge of the box and create chances for your team-mates.

And in the second half, Liverpool's attack began again, and this time, it was Reeser who attacked. After he plugged in on the left side, Zhao Yaning went down, he cut inside, and at the same time gave the ball to Zhao Yaning, Zhao Yaning kicked the ball back to him, and wanted him to pass a kick to himself, so as to complete an impact on the penalty area, but what Liser chose was to raise his foot, thirty meters away, and suddenly hit the goal!

"John Reeser has scored again! Liverpool are clearly prepared today! 4-0 up! Zhao Yaning has already completed three assists in the fifty minutes of the game! It's only been 50 minutes, we still have time, let's see if he can do anything more! ”

And by this time, the singing of Liverpool fans had already resounded throughout the stadium. Although this is an away game, although they are not the masters here, their players are using their efforts to conquer these other lands.

And at this time, another attack from Liverpool also came. Steven Gerrard was fouled by an opposing player in a scramble and Liverpool won a free-kick.

Carragher and Hyypia both ran to the front of the pitch to grab the spot, and at this time, the Liverpool fans all celebrated in advance as if they had seen the penalty.

The fans' celebrations couldn't be wasted - Zhao Yaning only took one step and kicked the ball out.

The ball is high and the pass is far away...... Goalkeeper Mike Taylor looked at Hyypia and didn't dare to relax in the slightest. However, the football suddenly plummeted and went straight to the goal.

Damn shè door! Mike Taylor pounced, but he was already a step too slow. The ball swirls into the net and Liverpool scores again!

“5-0！！！！！ Zhao Yaning's first free kick of the season! It seems that he hasn't forgotten how to score a free-kick! Liverpool has a big lead, and they have proved that with Zhao Yaning here, they are an unbeatable strong team! ”ω· u(8) Update the fastest reading network