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Chapter 218 Liverpool

However, Liverpool finally ushered in their rise again last season. The 2000-2001 season can be described as the brightest moment for Liverpool in the past ten years. They won the Community Shield, League Cup, FA Cup, UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup. A full five championships!Although the gold content of these champions is not the top in Europe, almost all of them are champions in the Premier League system and champions of sub-level European competitions.

But this is enough to make Liverpool fans excited and crazy, they think their home team has the ability to compete with Manchester United in the league.And when the league started, Liverpool's rising momentum also proved the thoughts of their fans. Now they have met Leeds United, which is at the peak lineup, with their ambitions for the Champions League and the league championship. A battle of absolute passion.

The atmosphere at Anfield at this time also proved this point, and the fans who were excited before the game could not wait.Tens of thousands of fans from both sides are clearly distributed in the stands of Anfield Stadium. The passionate red and the quiet white will have the most intense collision at this moment.The KOP stand, where Liverpool's most loyal fans gather, has pulled up a huge banner. The standing KOP stand can accommodate 1 spectators, but their momentum is the loudest and eye-catching in the audience. of.

"When you walk through a storm, you are never alone. The highlands hold their heads high, and are not afraid of the dark. At the end of a storm, there are golden skies, and the sweet silver song of a lark. Walk on the passing wind , walk on through the rain, though your dreams are thrown and blown keep going, keep walking, with the hope in your heart, and you'll never walk alone. you'll never walk alone. keep walking, keep walking, because in Your heart's hope, and you'll never walk alone. You'll never walk alone!"

There is no doubt that in direct proportion to its brilliance is Liverpool's impressive team anthem. When Kenny stepped on the field and felt this shocking song coming from all directions, even if he is not a Liverpool player, he still I can feel the heartfelt emotion when the Liverpool players around me walk onto the pitch with their heads held high.Indeed, with such fans, which club and team members are not proud?
You must know that this song was originally one of the British pop hits, and it was not specially created for Liverpool, but in the past few decades, he has become an integral part of Liverpool. For fans of other clubs, it seems It's hard to understand how a song can have so much special meaning.But in the glory days when Liverpool dominated England and dominated Europe, this song was the best channel for fans to show their inner pride. In the dark years after the Hillsborough tragedy, this song also provided the best channel for those wounded hearts. Good soothing, the song has also become a way for Liverpool fans to greet each other, deeply integrated with the history and culture of the Liverpool club.

"Ladies and gentlemen, as the song You Will Never Walk Alone sounded on time, players from Liverpool and Leeds United stepped into the field one after another. The starting players include strikers Viduka, Kenny, midfielders Kewell, Ducourt, Batty, Bowyer, the defense is Hart, Woodgate, Ferdinand and Gary Kelly, and the England goalkeeper One of the Martins!"

As a famous player stepped onto the court, various TV media commentators also started a heated discussion around the starting players of Leeds United.Because in this game, coach O'Reilly gave up the two-wing forward tactics.

In this game, Leeds United formed a 4-4-2 lineup. This time O'Reilly put Viduka and Kenny at the forefront and Keane on the bench.The reason why Kenny was chosen instead of Keane to play double forwards is naturally very simple, because Kenny cooperated very successfully with Neuville in Leverkusen last season.With such a successful experience, O'Reilly would of course choose Kenny.

This also made Kenny lined up with the four midfielders standing parallel behind Viduka. Therefore, Dakot and veteran Batty, who were placed in the two central midfielders, would have a heavier defensive task.In O'Reilly's vision, the main direction of Leeds United's offense in this game will also be concentrated on the sideways assault, especially the left side where Kewell and Hart are located.Because Kewell's bottom and inside cuts and Hart's 45-degree cross are very threatening, coupled with Kenny's flexible movement, O'Reilly believes that he will cause great trouble to Liverpool on the side.

At the same time, midfielders Duckett and Batty will also step in appropriately, but under O'Reilly's deployment, they generally step forward in turn to form mutual protection for the team's depth.And the most important thing is that both Duckett and Batty are very good at moving the ball, so the attack on the two wings of the midfield can be spread out, which will make Liverpool's defense more diffuse, and it is difficult to focus on a certain point. .

Of course, O'Reilly also left a small change in between, that is, the right back Bowyer prefers to lean in the middle in his own style and habits, looking for good opportunities to shoot, so the side behind Bowyer Defender Gary Kelly can have more space to press and dribble, and in this case there will be a very strong attacking point on the right.Because Gary Kelly can cooperate with Kewell and others on the left to hoist the ball to the center, and there is Leeds United's strongest offensive point, Australian star Viduka.

Center forward Viduka is the core of Leeds United's positional attack. All high balls will find him. At the same time, many ground balls must wait for him to respond with his back before passing them to Kenny or other players who find open opportunities through active running. .

However, a team that can only attack is incomplete. In terms of defense, the 442 formation can also display another characteristic of Leeds United players, that is, youth and fierce fighting.Because when Liverpool is ready to attack, the counterattack from Leeds United's frontcourt will be very active. You must know that Kewell and Bowyer are both masters of tackles and interceptions.

Such a tactical lineup can be said to be the most suitable lineup that O'Reilly came up with after thinking hard about the existing players of Leeds United.Of course, this lineup also has its flaws. After all, no tactical lineup is perfect, but whether it can be found and successfully cracked depends on the ability of the current Liverpool coach.

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