football killer

Chapter 143 Training Match
The 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, for the UK, is still the same as usual, and cannot escape the tragic fate.In one-eighth of the games, he met the world champion Brazil team, and was finally defeated by the Brazil team with a score of 2:1. Sadly, he packed up and went home.

However, the situation in the UK is not bad. Although they were eliminated, the opponent is at least the Brazilian team, 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. They were defeated by South Korea.

Of course, Britain is no exception. Coach Keegan resigned, and Keegan was replaced by Swede Eriksson. You must know that this is the only foreign coach in Britain since World War II.Regarding Eriksson's appointment, British fans are also divided into two parts, one is trust and the other is doubt.

(Eriksen finally came on stage and Keegan stepped down. I said it last time. I also know that Eriksson came on stage in 2000, but in order to pave the way for the protagonist, Keegan was allowed to continue to be the head coach of England. Now back on the track of history, Eriksson came on stage and explained again.)
The final of the World Cup is finally over. Brazil defeated German Chariot with a score of 2:0, thus winning the cup for the fifth time. At the same time, Ronaldo, the top scorer of the Brazilian team, scored 2 yuan in the final, finally broke the curse of scoring in the World Cup, and won the top scorer with 8 goals.

The British team was eliminated, and the players in the team took advantage of being eliminated now and started their vacation. They wanted to take advantage of the last period of time before the start of the league to relax.It's a pity that the Liverpool players didn't have such a good life. Owen, Gerrard and others returned to Liverpool non-stop and began to continue training, trying to make a good impression on Benitez in front of the new coach Benitez.

In fact, Owen, Gerrard and others don't want to come back, but there is no way. The club has expressed its position. If you want to become the main player in the new season, you need to come back to train and let Benitez understand your strength and characteristics. Otherwise, no one can guarantee your main position.

Sure enough, with Liverpool signing Leeds midfielder Kewell, Benitez is satisfied with the team's current configuration after a period of observation, but the characteristics and strength of the players have yet to be verified.

"Michael, why are you so poor? I was injured and didn't go to the World Cup this time. I originally wanted you to replace me to score a few more goals. I didn't expect you to be eliminated so quickly. You really let me down."

Running slowly around the training ground with the players, George looked at Owen with a wicked smile and said.Hearing George's words, Owen immediately wanted to refute, but he didn't make a sound for a long time.

"George, I don't know if you weren't there at the time. At that time, everyone in the Brazilian team seemed to be taking Viagra. They were all fierce. Even Leo was pushed over by that dwarf Carlos. Think about the situation at that time."

Owen didn't say anything, but that doesn't mean that Gerald didn't say anything. Hearing that George gloated and looked down on Owen, Gerald felt that he was also on the list that George despised, and immediately retorted.

Hearing Gerrard's words, a picture suddenly appeared in George's mind. Carlos, who was less than 1 meters tall, and Ferdinand, who was strong and nearly 7 meters tall, entangled for a ball, and finally squeezed Ferdinand over.No matter how strong Carlos is, no matter how animal he is, this is too exaggerated. Thinking of this, George doesn't know what to say.

"Phil, what do you think about the current configuration of our team, and who is the ideal starter? You are an old man on the team. I believe you know better than me about this." Benitez, who was standing on the sidelines of the training field and watching the players jogging to warm up, asked the assistant coach Thompson beside him.

"Hehe, this kind of thing is hard to say. How to put it, the team's current goalkeeper is naturally Dudek, but our substitute goalkeeper Kirkland is not bad. Similarly, as for the backcourt, Hyypia and Henkez are the central defenders that Ray can't beat, and Riise and Carragher are also capable of full-backs. Regarding this, I believe there are not too many problems. The main problem of the team at present is that it appears in the midfield and forwards, especially the forwards. Since you have spent a lot of money to buy the Australian in the midfield, you should know his strength. I believe You won’t use Kewell, who spent a lot of money to buy, as a substitute, as long as he can show a certain strength. The biggest problem for the team now is the front line, Michael, George, Baros, and Husky. Who is the best main striker.”

Regarding coach Benitez's question, Thompson said with a smile.Of course, Thompson still has to speak out about his own opinion, which can be regarded as a reference for head coach Benitez.

"Since this is the case, how about we have a team training game?" Benitez thought for a while after hearing what Thompson said.

Indeed, the current main players in all aspects of Liverpool can be well determined, but it is difficult to decide on the front line. The training game is undoubtedly the best way.

"Hehe, you are the head coach. For things like this, of course you have the final say. What's more, it's good to have a training match. It can let the players play to their fullest, and at the same time, it's easy for you to understand the characteristics of the players."

For Benitez's proposal, Thompson has no objection at all, not to mention that the training game is undoubtedly the best solution.

As soon as you think about it, do it immediately. This is a characteristic of Benitez. After a short arrangement, the team immediately divided into two groups of players and started the training game within the team.

The main players are all the main players of last season, goalkeeper: Dudek, defenders: Hyypia, Henkez, Riise and Carragher.Midfield: Harman, Gerrard, Murphy and Kewell.The forwards are Irving and Husky.

George watched depressedly as he was assigned to the first team of substitute players by the head coach Benitez, and he was somewhat unhappy in his heart.Because George knows that although this is just a training match within the team, not only George, I am afraid that all Liverpool players know very well that the result of this training match will directly determine whether you will be a substitute or the main force in the new season.

George is depressed because he is in the first team as a substitute. The reason why the substitute is a substitute is that he is not as strong as the main players. If George is placed in the main team, George believes that he can rely on his own strength and the strong help of the main team to create opportunities for himself.

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 that of the main players at all. A certain substitute player can perform brilliantly in the game and is easy to be discovered.This is normal. The whole substitute team performed very normally, and the better a certain player performed, the more it could be reflected.

But the main team is different. It is normal for everyone to perform well. After all, they are the main players. It is normal to perform well.

.But it is precisely because everyone is the main player, strong and high-level, if any main player is out of form, it is easy to be discovered.When Benitez sees it, I am afraid it will leave a bad influence on the new coach's heart. This will undoubtedly bring a lot of pressure on the main players.

In any case, the game still has to be played. Assistant coach Thompson, as the referee, repeatedly emphasized to the players that this is just an ordinary match in the team, and everyone must not take it too seriously to avoid injury.But Thompson didn't think about it either. Benitez, who was sitting on the sidelines, was always paying attention to the situation on the court. How dare that player not be serious.

(End of this chapter)