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Chapter 55 Benitez's Loneliness (Three Requests for Politeness)

Benitez's most glorious days were in his last season in Valencia and his first season in Liverpool. In those two years, he led Valencia and Liverpool to dominate Europe respectively.

03-04 Europa League champion, 04-05 European Champions Cup champion.

Let Benitez become the second coach after Mourinho to win the Europa League and the Champions League in two seasons, and also the second coach in active service.

At that time, Benitez was full of vigor, high spirits, and boundless scenery.

Those years were his most successful years and also his most memorable good time.

No one is good for a thousand days, and no one is good for a hundred days.

The Champions League champion seems to have used up all of Benitez's luck. In the next few years, the Liverpool led by him will be more and more difficult every year.

Last season, that is, the 08-09 season, Benitez had a great opportunity to lead Liverpool to the first Premier League title in Premier League history.

But Ferguson broke up his dream. In the final sprint, Liverpool still lost, losing to their old rival Manchester United.

Rafael Benitez was born in Madrid, the capital of Spain in 1960. In the player era, Benitez was still a youth player of Real Madrid, and also started his player career in Real Madrid's second team.

Like Ferguson and Wenger, Benitez's player era was lackluster, and he announced his retirement at the age of 26 due to a knee injury.

In 1993, Benitez started his coaching career in Castilla, then served as assistant coach of Real Madrid, head coach of Valladolid, then Ossacona, Estremindura, Tenerife , and finally the clubs that let him take off, Valencia and Liverpool.

In his first year as Valencia's head coach, he let Valencia win the team's first La Liga title in 31 years from the rule of Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Even more miraculous was the Miracle in Istanbul in the 04-05 season. In the case of 0:3 in the first half, Liverpool fought back vigorously, making the Milanese feel that the champion they had won flew away.

However, in the next few seasons, the performance of Liverpool led by Benitez became worse year by year. Even in 08, Benitez's coaching position was almost poached by Klinsmann. Sman has come to Liverpool's hotel.

Benitez, who was insulted, drove the Germans away from Liverpool with a wave of winning streak.

Perhaps it was from this time that Benitez suddenly found that his status in Liverpool was far inferior to that of Ferguson to Manchester United and Wenger to Arsenal.

At that time, he was very sad. He began to fight with the ECO and the owner for the right to speak in the club. He was no longer limited to the team's tactics, and he was more of a club manager.

Unlike Manchester United and Arsenal, Liverpool have a manager.

It is a pity that Benitez lost. In front of the boss, he did not obtain more transfer rights.

In the summer, the team lost key players such as Alonso, Mascherano, and Jermain Defoe one after another. Benitez may have broken the can, the stronger the stronger, the weaker the weaker.

他可以2：0击败曼联，也可以3：1输给富勒姆，6：0大胜赫尔城，也可以1：3输给维拉。

In the 12 rounds of the Premier League, Liverpool has 6 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses, and only scored 19 points. It is as many as 12 points behind Manchester City, which is at the top of the list. The season's championship competition, they only hope to keep a Champions League seat after the league ends.

Ranked sixth in the league, Manchester City, Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal and Tottenham are in front of them. Liverpool is closest to Tottenham with 6 points, followed by Manchester United and Arsenal with 23 points.

If Liverpool wants to get to the top four in the league, they must kill two of the top six. It is difficult, too difficult.Only Tottenham's recent deteriorating state allows Liverpool to see the possibility of overtaking.

The voice of Benitez being called out of class is getting louder and louder. If Su Bai remembers correctly, Benitez will be dismissed from Liverpool this season.

"I haven't communicated with Su," Benitez attended the press conference before the game. Facing reporters' questions, Benitez replied calmly, "Su is a very good coach and a very lucky coach. Manchester City's luck is very good, they ushered in the best boss, and they also waited for their best coach."

"I am at Su's age, and I am still working hard for my coaching certificate. I hope that tomorrow will be a wonderful game."

"Of course we are confident, this is Anfield."

"I don't mean to be sarcastic to the team owner. Our cooperation is very good. It has been several years. I believe we will continue to cooperate."

"Javier Mascherano? Like Alonso, he is a world-class player. Every head coach hopes to have such a player, but they also have their own choices. Anfield welcomes them back."

"The goal is still the championship. Every ambitious Premier League team is aiming for the league championship. Although we are 12 points behind Manchester City, I believe that as the league progresses, the team will get better and better. .”

I have been coaching in the Premier League for many years, and I am very familiar with Benitez, the reporters in England. Is it unclear what kind of urine they are?

Benitez has no plans to become a hot spot in the news for the time being.

After a round of Tai Chi, Benitez returned to his tactical analysis room, called all the assistant coaches, Gerrard, Reina and other players together, looked at Manchester City's lineup, and estimated their possible starting positions .

"Petrov was injured in the national team game, so he probably won't play in this game. Adding Robben, they will lose two main players. Lewandowski has been on the bench in the last game. He will play in this game. Definitely going to start.”

Benitez said while writing their names on the tactical board.

Benitez is a head coach who believes in data very much. He has two assistant coaches who specialize in analyzing the current situation of each team, which is a bit like an intelligence agency.

"The goalkeeper is Hart, this should not change, and the changes in the defender and midfield will not change too much," Benitez wrote the names of Kompany, Marcelo, David Silva and others.

"The question is who will Su use to replace Robben and Petrov?"

One of the assistant coaches said, "Su used Royce to play before, completely replacing Robben, and also used double centers, with Negredo and Lewandowski on the court together."

"No matter who they are, they are not the starting point of Manchester City's offense and defense. The midfielders Mascherano and David Silva are the core of Manchester City. Steven," Benitez told Gera De Dao, "Your midfielder must be able to at least tie with the opponent, and don't let their pass and reception be completed easily."

"Defensively," Benitez said, pointing to Bale and Royce, "Manchester City's forwards are very fast. If you can't stop their starting speed, try to foul in the midfield to suppress their speed. , our defense is much better."

Then he pointed to Cahill and Marcelo, "Everyone knows that Manchester City's defenders, especially these two defenders, like to step forward and participate in the offense. This is also the focus of our counterattack. Behind them, there are only ours." Former teammate Mascherano, so try to take advantage of the space behind them when countering."

It is well known in the Premier League that Manchester City's defenders like to rush forward to assist and score goals, so it is especially important to play when they have not had time to return to defense.

It's just that your team can pass the ball to Manchester City's backcourt when the Manchester City players are pressing in the frontcourt and counter-robbing quickly?

So Benitez also emphasized that after stealing the ball, the ball should be passed to the frontcourt teammates in the simplest way.

(End of this chapter)