green waist king

Chapter 376 Rome's Decision

On April 4th, in the 28th round of the Premier League, Liverpool ushered in the challenge of Stoke City, the bottom one in the league at home.

The league has played a full 35 rounds, but Stoke City only has a pitiful 20 points and has already booked a place for relegation in advance.

For the semi-finals of the second round with Rome on May 5, Klopp used a half-rotation lineup for this match.

Although Klopp looked confident that he would never let Roma come back at home when facing the media, he was still a little hypocritical in private.

After all, Roma are not some dark polo teams with insufficient background and relying on luck to get to the present. This is a real Serie A team, and it is one of the few teams in Serie A that hold high the banner of offense.

The last team that thought it had eliminated Roma in one round and advanced had already returned home.

The lesson of this blood is right in front of your eyes, Barcelona's body is still hot.

So in this game, Klopp rotated most of the main players, including Mo Yang, based on the medical examination report submitted by Rodri.

As for the Premier League championship, not only Klopp doesn't think about it, but even the Red Army fans don't mention it anymore. It seems that everyone has collectively forgotten it.

Without the fetters of the Champions League, Manchester City, which is focused on the league, is invincible.

Therefore, Manchester City's winning the Premier League title this season is already a very high probability event.

Salah was originally on the rotation list, but this guy found Klopp directly and strongly demanded to play.

Because he wants to continue to create his own scoring record in a single season.

Before the game, seeing the fighting spirit of Salah, Moyang hesitated to speak several times in the locker room.

He felt that Salah's eagerness was wrong, but seeing the excitement of this guy's eagerness to try, he held back his words.

Some things can only be experienced by oneself, and what others say will only be annoying, and may cause misunderstandings.

Not long after the start of the game, Stoke City sought an opportunity to attack on the right side of the front field, and a full eight players crowded the sideways to respond.

On Liverpool's side, there were a total of nine players, and a big trap and a small circle surrounded Stoke City's offensive players.

After Henderson and Arnold teamed up to steal the ball, taking advantage of the emptiness on the left side of Stoke City, they directly kicked through.

Henderson's kick was accurate and fast, and it was directly stuffed into the left rib area of ​​Stoke City, allowing Salah to fully increase his speed.

After getting the ball on the right side of the top of the arc, Salah got a one-handed goal.

Facing Stoke City goalkeeper Butland, Salah finally chose to lob the shot, but he stuck to the goal post and inexplicably picked the ball out of the baseline.

Seeing Salah waste an excellent opportunity, Klopp jumped angrily on the sidelines.

All the fans in the stands on all sides were full of disbelief.

This kind of ball can be said to have no difficulty for Salah, but he missed it by mistake.

On the bench, Mo Yang shook his head helplessly. He can probably guess what happened to Salah. Sometimes paying too much attention to certain things will have the opposite effect. Salah is just too anxious now, and his mentality is wrong. .

Next, the performance of the Liverpool team cannot be said to be bad, but the feeling of scoring goals is always a little bit worse.

In the 33rd minute of the first half, Liverpool had another great opportunity.

Moreno swept the ball in front of the goal from the left, and Salah outflanked it from the back, but pushed the ball into the stands in front of the goal. He competed with the happy boy Sterling, causing countless fans to be in an uproar. Salah laughed to himself.

In the second half, when the game came to 70 minutes, seeing that the team still failed to score, Klopp began to make substitutions.

Although there is no hope for the league championship, the game that should be won must be won, otherwise there is no way to explain to the fans.

What Mo Yang replaced was Arnold, who went away to the right central midfielder in this game.

Soon, Liverpool's goal came.

After Mo Yang came on the field, the first thing he did was to stabilize the team's impatient offensive rhythm.

He sorted out for four or five minutes before starting to organize the offense.

In the 78th minute of the game, seeing that Stoke City's midfield position was a bit loose, Mo Yang started the single-player mode.

After dribbling the ball from the middle, he broke through continuously and attracted Stoke City's defensive center line to the top of the arc. After that, he used Henry's coquettish fake shot and real pass to suddenly distribute the ball to the right.

Salah took the ball in the upper corner of the penalty area, which was his favorite shooting position, and shot directly into the far corner of the goal.

This time Salah seized the opportunity. He asked for a dead end, which made Stoke City goalkeeper Butland sigh.

Rewriting the scoring record in a single season to 33 goals, Salah slid and kneeled directly in front of Mo Yang, hugging his thighs!It made Mo Yang dumbfounded.

In the end, Liverpool beat Stoke City 1-0.

And Manchester City also slaughtered West Ham United 5-1 in an away game a day later.

……

At the Trigoria training base, Di Francesco is having a meeting with the coaching staff to discuss the tactical arrangements for the second round.

The disastrous defeat in the first round made Di Francesco wake up from the joy of reversing Barcelona and fully realized that he had underestimated Liverpool's pressing strength and counterattack speed.

Although this formation worked very well against Barcelona, ​​it was just a surprise soldier after all, and it was their last blow standing on the edge of a cliff.

Liverpool's ultra-fast attack speed that hit the front of the penalty area in a blink of an eye made him terrified even thinking about it during this time.

terrible!

There is also Liverpool's No. 8 midfielder. Every long pass is like a precise guidance with positioning. As long as the kick is bound to hit their weakest defensive point, he is scalp numb.

"In the first round against Liverpool, we had three central defenders and five midfielders in the backcourt. The vacuum area in the middle was completely cut off by the positions of several Liverpool players in the frontcourt. The Liverpool players' personal skills are outstanding. It is very prominent, once there is a situation of playing more and playing less, we are very passive, so I suggest giving up the three-center back system."

"I agree!"

"I suggest returning to the four-back system! Otherwise, our two side ribs will continue to be the target of Liverpool's attack!"

"Yes, facing a team like Liverpool that is extremely good at counterattacks, I think the formation should not be too high and leave too much space behind, otherwise Szczesny will need to frequently attack outside the penalty area , Once or twice is okay, once a mistake is made, it may be fatal."

After assistant coach Simmons spoke, other members of the coaching staff also echoed collectively, expressing their suggestions one after another.

Hearing that the members of the coaching staff had a unified opinion, Di Francesco nodded, "Then how about calling 433?"

"Florenzi and Kolarov are used as full-backs. They are both full-backs with strong assisting ability. When they step in and participate in the offense, they can even be used as wingers. This will enrich our offensive methods!"

"Absolutely! Head!"

"What about the midfield?" Di Francesco asked.

"Stroman has some minor injuries. He probably won't be able to keep up. Head, I suggest Pellegrini, Nainggolan and De Rossi."

"That must be Dzeko up front."

"..."

Then the conference room was full of discussions and brainstorming, a scene of enthusiasm.Di Francisco also discussed with several assistants with a straight face, actively seeking new tactical changes.

No change, because they have been pushed to the edge of the precipice once again.

(End of this chapter)