green showman

Chapter 818 Pre-Match Deployment
On December 12th, the UEFA Champions League group stage came to an end. There are five teams participating in the Premier League this season, four of which stand out and enter the knockout round. Only Arsenal failed to qualify by one point and can only play in the Europa League. .

Professor Wenger was once again denounced by the fans for this. It is said that the club’s board of directors is not on Wenger’s side this time. Failure to enter the knockout round means that a large amount of income will be lost, and the advertisers behind will be stingy stand up.

Manchester United was the first to qualify, qualifying two rounds ahead of schedule and locking in first place in the group one round ahead of schedule.

Manchester City is getting better after the Manchester Derby, sweeping their opponents in the next three games, second only to Barcelona and qualifying second in the group.

Chelsea avenged their revenge by sending last season's knockout opponent Paris to play in the Europa League. Mourinho defeated Bayern Munich at home in the last game, and also qualified second in the group.

But Liverpool was the first to qualify in the group. After Sun Wu left Anfield, Sturridge, who returned from injury, scored twice as a substitute and finally locked the score at 8-0. Real Madrid was defeated by Juventus at home. draw.

Sun Wu glanced at the second-ranked teams, who will Manchester United draw?
Now the UEFA Champions League knockout rounds have to be drawn for each round, and only the first round of draws has restrictions. Those in the same group in the group stage will not be drawn, nor will they be drawn in the same league.

Therefore, Manchester United's opponents may be Shakhtar Donetsk, Morocco, Basel, Benfica and Real Madrid.

Still thinking about it, suddenly Mike Phelan at the door shouted, "Best, where should you appear now!?"

Sun Wu threw away the information quickly, and ran downstairs to the training ground. In fact, Pochettino and the others didn't care about Sun Wu sitting in the office, and Sun Wu himself didn't care. After all, he knew that he, a traveler, had the ability to self-regulate. , staring at him is mainly Mike Phelan, an old man who is loyal to the Red Devils.

7VS7 training was going on on the training ground, Sun Wu roared and ran straight in without even wearing a vest.

"He shares it with both sides." Jesús nodded at Sun Wu, "Best, no matter which side you are in, you are responsible for organizing the attack."

Just 2 minutes after stepping on the lawn, Sun Wu sent a beautiful oblique ball. Lukaku ran over poor Blackett like a tank, and broke into the penalty area like a winger with a curve ball to score.

Three minutes later, Sun Wu sent a cross to another penalty area. Klose threw off McNair, leaped high before Smalling, and shook his head in front of the goal guarded by De Gea.

"The state has obviously improved." Miguel whispered on the sidelines: "After two games of rest, it seems that the effect is very significant."

"Well, he has a lot of smiles on his face, and his brows are no longer frowning all the time." Jesus said with a smile: "Mauricio used to say that Best is busier than him..."

Sun Wu and Klose clapped hands, and glanced at Smalling out of the corner of their eyes. This central defender who was valued by Ferguson back then is now in an embarrassing position in the team.

The main positions of Alderweireld and Phil Jones are very stable. Smalling was originally the first substitute, but he performed poorly in several rotations and often made inexplicable mistakes. In yesterday's Champions League match, Schalke 04's Both goals are directly related to him.

The most terrible thing is Ashley Young. After Rojo got a red card against Arsenal and was suspended, Professor Yang in the contract year took advantage of the momentum and is now the main force of the left back. Even if Luke Shaw recovers from injury, it may not be Can take the position.

In this case, after Alderweireld was injured in the last round of the league, Pochettino chose Rojo instead of Smalling, and he has become the fourth choice of central defenders.

In addition, there are rumors in the transfer market that Manchester United will strengthen the central defender during the winter transfer period, and Michael Keane, who is on loan to Cardiff City, may also return early. This kind of thing happened last season...Januzaj returned early , Smalling has already considered leaving the team, after all, he is still in his prime.

After playing the Champions League yesterday, we will resume training today, fly to Anfield tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow will be the double red meeting, so the tactical meeting is scheduled for this afternoon.

What surprised the players is that Sun Wu did not come on stage today. In the past, Sun Wu would stand on the tactical board and point out some details in this kind of course, perhaps to make a certain teammate be more vigilant, or let everyone be careful of a certain player of the opponent.

"Firmino is a key figure. He has a wide range of activities and can appear anywhere in the frontcourt." Jesús nodded the No. 19 piece, "When he retreats to get the ball, the full-backs on both wings should pay attention to the two sides of Liverpool. The winger comes in.

Moreover, Firmino may not only go to Coutinho. Both Gerrard and Henderson are capable of sending pick passes, which is the focus of defense in positional warfare. "

Sitting quietly and listening to Jesus' tactical deployment, Sun Wu looked carefully at the tactical board. Klopp's tactics are still somewhat different from his previous life.

In the previous life, Coutinho left very quickly, which directly led to the lack of creativity in Liverpool's midfield. Klopp chose to let the two full-backs press forward to assist. Arnold and Robertson both had double-digit assists in a single season. This is the first time in the Premier League.

But now Coutinho is still there, and the left back Moreno is a pit. The wing attack basically relies on Di Maria in front of him, and the right back Piszczek on the other side is very good. This is Liverpool's attack. One of the key points.

In other words, Klopp's tactical thinking does not have both wings flying together, but it can combine the middle and the middle. Sun Wu glanced at Ashley Young, and he didn't know if he could stop Piszczek's impact .

In the end it was Miguel who announced the starting lineup for the game.

"De Gea, Phil Jones, Rojo, Valencia, Ashley Young, Schneiderlin, Best, Herrera, Lukaku, Thomas Müller, Griezmann."

Sun Wu frowned slightly. Herrera is relatively balanced and can help both offensively and defensively. But facing Liverpool, who are very fierce in the high position, Herrera is easy to lose the ball, but the position is better. Leaning back, Carrick, who has a better pass, is more suitable.

However, Sun Wu soon understood that Pochettino was unwilling to shrink his head and fight back. It can be seen from the fact that he used Erwa instead of Mane.

"Substitute Lindegaard, Mane, Coleman, Klose, Lingard, Blackett... Fletcher."

Sun Wu was first surprised that Smalling did not enter the squad, and then delighted at Fletcher's comeback.

The Scot is back from injury, but has been playing in the reserve team for the past two weeks, and it seems that he has now reached his first-team appearance status.

Leaving the conference room, Smalling looked very lonely. He is now ranked after Blackett, although he knows in his heart that Blackett is on the bench because he can play as a central defender and can also play. left back.

(End of this chapter)