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A Merseyside derby at Old Trafford - not many opportunities like that.How many years have the enmity between Manchester United and Liverpool accumulated? On Manchester United's territory, let the Manchester United people watch themselves happy as a bystander, and especially once this game is won, Liverpool can face the finals later. Things, enough to get people excited.

This also made Liverpool fans extremely excited: Is there anything better than going to the door of the arch enemy's house to show off your power?If you live well, you have to let the enemy know.One of the biggest reasons why people want to live a good life is to make people envious and jealous.

In this game, Liverpool's lineup is still Reina's starting goalkeeper, while the back line is Riise, Vidic, Bruno, Maicon, while the midfielder is Sissoko, Alonso, and Zhao Yaning in front. , Garcia, Morientes, Fowler.

"In Liverpool's game, Gerrard was suspended, Carragher was injured, and Hypia was no longer the main player. In this game, the man who appeared with the captain's armband was John Riise. Said Come on, he is now the oldest member of the team, and the armband is also worn on him."

Liverpool's personnel changes over the past two seasons are still very huge.From a French team to a Spanish team, they completed it in less than two years.From last season to this season, their style has changed a lot. [

At this time, their opponents still formed the same formation as in the previous game.

"The match between Liverpool and Everton was worthy of attention last season, but since this season, it has become one-sided. Whether Everton can withstand the blow of Liverpool is a big question, but, Everton's league performance this season has been difficult to improve, and their FA Cup is their last hope, this is the honor they have to fight for..."

This season, Everton's points are already in the bottom half of the standings-although the second half of the league played well, but in the first half, the score of 9 points in 4 league games was once impressive. Desperate Supreme Warrior.In fact, they were able to eliminate Chelsea with a penalty kick in the FA Cup, which is the only possible fig leaf left for them this season.

"Since David Moyes took over, Everton's performance has not been very stable. They once ranked fourth in the 02-03 season, and the final ranking was also among the best, but in the 03-04 season, they became the first. 17th, relegation. Last season they ranked fifth, this season, they began to become a team in the bottom half. David Moyes's team, playing like It’s like being on a roller coaster, the ups and downs are extremely erratic.”

Lineker's evaluation made Alan Hansen beside him laugh, "Such words are a bit too much. After all, Toffees is a small team. With Everton's investment, it shouldn't be asking too much. They don’t have money, and it’s pretty good to have such a result.”

"In terms of investment, Arsenal should be the one to talk..." Lineker's words made Alan Hansen speak.Indeed, compared to performance, investment, stability, and player development, Arsenal are better in every aspect.

However, Arsenal is a powerhouse in the Premier League, which is different from Everton.

And while they were talking, the game had already begun.Liverpool's attack this time was launched directly by Zhao Yaning from the left. Although his assault failed to break through immediately, it still caused a lot of defensive pressure on Everton.

"The last time the two teams met, Liverpool had one less player to fight, but in the end they won a 3-0 victory." Lineker said slowly. In fact, in the last game, Van der Meyde He was also sent off in the end, but when the score reached 3-0, he was indeed on the field. And we can see that although Liverpool played 442 in this game, they still insisted on attacking from the side. This kind of play is also very targeted for Everton. "

David Moyes, as a head coach, has always been considered to be closer to Manchester United in his coaching philosophy and style: a very traditional English football philosophy, insisting on wing attacks, rough defense, and counterattacks.But in fact, this mode of thinking was the mode of Manchester United before 2000, and he was only close to Ferguson's early thoughts.After entering the new century, Manchester United was kicked by European teams, and they have long realized their own shortcomings. Manchester United has always thought about continentalization, and has abandoned the outdated thinking of English football, but David Moyes , but still insist on this idea.

His tactical system has always been very fixed: there is a player in the middle of the midfield who has an excellent ability to split sides and help the wide players to attack.The wide players need to be able to pass from the bottom, and at the same time, the frontcourt and fullbacks in the center should be able to plug in. This is enough to make the frontcourt side attack have a two-to-one or three-to-two quantitative advantage. .On the front line, his regular substitution is to put on a tall forward in the second half to come up and smash his head, causing trouble for the opponent.This kind of thinking is actually very simple, but it is not easy to do the details well. It is already very good that Moyes can lead this team to achieve results.

And his defensive concept is actually very simple: the whole field is divided into 24 squares, and each frontcourt player has his own defensive area.For the backcourt players, the field is cut into six strips vertically. In his request, when the ball is on the wing, the four defenders move closer to the four strips on the side with the ball. Each takes one to put pressure on the attacking players.

Such an offensive and defensive strategy is sufficient for most Premier League teams.But the problem is that the four teams Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Arsenal are not ordinary Premier League teams.These teams are very aware of the backwardness of English football. For many years, these teams have been looking for ways to get closer to continentalization.Pure English-style football, no matter how much you pay attention to details and play well, it is difficult to fight against when the overall thinking of football is already behind.

Of course, if the strength is outstanding, it may be possible to suppress the opponent.But the problem is that the player composition of these teams is also much higher than that of Everton.For example, in Liverpool now, although Gerrard is suspended and Figo takes a break, Garcia and Zhao Yaning are enough to make Everton's defenders helpless.When facing Zhao Yaning, Everton had to let Osman continue on the wing, and the entire formation was also very right-leaning, and the consequence of doing so was naturally to completely expose the other wing to the threat of Garcia. Dragon legend.

For Garcia, who originally liked to play by running the ball, this kind of space is his favorite way of playing.

Soon, after a few shakes on the left, Zhao Yaning kicked the ball to the other side.

Garcia jumped high and unloaded the ball.Although he was already very close to the penalty area, the closest defenders to him at this time were all three meters away from him.This gave him a very calm space. After observing for a while, he kicked the ball into the penalty area and passed it to Fowler's feet.

Fowler didn't catch the ball very well. He rushed a little too fast, but the kick stopped too big.Everton's goalkeeper had blocked his shot angle, but Fowler twisted his body and knocked the ball sideways in an extremely uncoordinated posture.

He himself fell for the pass, but the ball went to Morientes instead.Morientes raised his foot, took a shot, and sent the ball gently into the gate! [

"Liverpool's goal came without difficulty!" Lineker sighed, "As imagined, they can easily break through Everton's gate!"

"Zhao Zhaogao has restrained the energy of Everton's attitude. To defend him alone, at least three people must pay attention. How can Everton play like this without problems?" Alan Hansen also said, "If one of them For a striker, being defended by three people and unable to play at a level may be considered a problem. But Zhao Yaning is now a winger midfielder, and his passing level allows him to pass the ball at any time when he is under siege. And the teammates who receive his pass can also turn the ball into a goal. This combination makes Liverpool's attack very difficult to resist."

"Speaking of which, it is still possible for Liverpool to win the treble this season, right?"

"It can be done by winning all the remaining games... However, it is difficult to win all the remaining games..."

"However, at least Liverpool still have hope of winning the treble."

Alan Hansen didn't speak, and he wasn't sure how far Liverpool could go.It stands to reason that Liverpool should be able to win, but the question is, who can say for sure about this kind of thing?There is only one point advantage in the league, not even a draw.The Champions League lost away and had to come back at home.Although it is said that the FA Cup has the upper hand in this game, it is still unknown how the final will be. The Triple Crown is a dream, after all, it is too difficult.

At this time, Liverpool had already started its second attack.This time, Zhao Yaning's breakthrough rushed directly from the left.After passing Osman who was defending him, Zhao Yaning rushed up with one foot, and Stubbs rushed over to intercept him. However, Zhao Yaning pulled the ball and turned around, leaning on Stubbs by his side and rushing into the penalty area.

This time, Stubbs did not dare to foul Zhao Yaning again.On the other hand, Zhao Yaning accelerated and rushed towards the middle, but this time, the acceleration under the confrontation made his pace not adjusted well, and he didn't have enough room to adjust the angle, so he could only poke the ball out with one kick.

Morientes followed up and kicked the ball into the goal!

"Morientes scored again! 2-0! This is what Mr. Scorer should do. With two goals, he defeated Everton! Liverpool also followed this goal and moved towards the final. Going one step further!"

After scoring two goals in a row, Zhao Yaning also looked at the opponent's lineup and let out a long sigh: Everton's style of play is outdated after all.

It has not been a year or two since England's football concepts have fallen behind. Everyone knows that England's football needs to be reformed.However, these old-school coaches are stubborn and refuse to change. This is also the biggest reason why they are behind.Wenger built Arsenal in just a few years, relying on his advanced tactics, excellent concepts, and then his vision and management.Mourinho led Chelsea to the championship, relying on this wave of tactical reform, and he happened to be on the cusp of the wave.The rise of Liverpool is also due to the tactical reform.

There are many changes in football, but all changes remain the same.Outdated concepts, no matter how you play, what new tricks can you play?Fundamentally, we have already surpassed you.