Reborn Liverpool

Chapter 352 The Red Army Ready to Go

利物浦在今夏安排了一系列地热身赛，前面的四场在英国国内，分别是7月7日对阵切斯特、7月12日对阵特兰米尔、7月14日对阵伯里和7月19日对阵布莱克本。

稍后利物浦会远赴美国参加国际冠军杯比赛，也将有三场热身赛，分别是7月22日在夏洛特对阵多特蒙德、7月25日在纽约对阵曼城和7月28日在安娜堡对阵曼联。

8月份回到英伦三岛，红军在8月11日新赛季开幕前还有两场热身赛，分别是8月5日在都柏林对阵那不勒斯，最后回到安菲尔德于8月8日对阵都灵。

Zhang Mai returned to Liverpool to report in late July. At that time, Klopp was leading a team to compete in the United States across the ocean.

After the Red Army returned to England, Uncle Zha continued to arrange for Zhang Mai to rest and recover, and he didn't even enter the squad for the last two warm-up matches.

As the time entered August, Liverpool's new season's roster and main lineup gradually surfaced, and players who failed to get a position all made other plans.

First of all, the original two goalkeepers, Mignolet did not want to compete with Pickford for the second goalkeeper in the new season, and joined the Ligue 7 champion team Bruges on July 30.

The 30-year-old Mignolet has played for Liverpool for 5 years and was the team's main goalkeeper last season. However, it is difficult to get the main position in the new season and he has to be forced to leave the team.

Another goalkeeper, Karius, had no chance to play in the Champions League final because of Zhang Mai, so he naturally avoided the "peerless oolong" that happened in his previous life.

But Karius himself is quite competitive. He was firmly held by Pickford as the third goalkeeper last season. Not to mention, he also performed amazingly in the summer warm-up match!

On July 7th, Liverpool's first warm-up match this summer, the final 7-7 victory over the low-level team Chester, but Karius let go again under the watchful eyes of everyone.

This move by Karius made Klopp, who had still had a glimmer of hope in his hometown, quickly make up his mind and exclude the German goalkeeper from the new season plan.

No one wants to transfer, and the players themselves don't want to leave. That's easy to do. The professional team of the Red Army is not vegetarian.

On August 8, Liverpool officially announced that the team's No. 1 goalkeeper Karius signed a two-year loan contract with Besiktas.

In Dublin on August 8th, Liverpool swept Naples 5-5, and the Red Army's kingship in the new season was fully revealed.

Although it was only a friendly match, Klopp did not save Ancelotti any face. After a bloodbath, the Red Army unknowingly killed Manchester City, Manchester United and Naples in the warm-up match.

Especially in the last 2 games, Liverpool scored 9 goals, the attack power is amazing, and the defense that was often criticized in the past has also become extremely strong.

Alisson, the world's most expensive goalkeeper of 7500 million, ushered in his debut in this game. His performance was impeccable and he completed a zero seal.

This also marks that Liverpool's new players have been well integrated into the team, whether it is Naby Keita before or Shaqiri and Alisson who joined later, they help Liverpool in various positions Completed the upgrade of the lineup, and even Sturridge, who returned on loan, performed well.

Today's Liverpool can really be said to be strong and strong. In the words of the "Liverpool Echo":

"Even if we put Zhang Mai on Mars, Liverpool will not fall out of the top three."

Liverpool's preparations this summer are also the most adequate among the Premier League giants.

Although the aces Salah and Mane in the team also participated in the World Cup, their team has already been eliminated in the group stage, so they will return to the team earlier, so that Klopp will have the opportunity to run the lineup. Chance.

As for Zhang Mai, who reached the semi-finals of the World Cup, the Chinese who has always been an avant-garde player won the Premier League Golden Boot three consecutive times.

In addition, the Red Army's new aids like Naby Keita do not need to participate in the World Cup. In this case, Klopp has a whole summer to explain his tactics to them.

Relatively speaking, Manchester City and Manchester United's summer preparations are not very good.Guardiola has 16 players at the World Cup.

Manchester City's previous trip to the United States can only be regarded as a baby soldier, which may have played a role in training, but it did not help the team's preparations for the new season. The team's main lineup has only returned to the team in recent days. Guardiola may have some trouble early in the season.

Manchester United's preparations were even worse. Even Mourinho said unceremoniously:
"This trip to the United States is meaningless to us, and it will not have the effect of preparing for war."

Preparations are not good, and Manchester United has not made progress in signings. Seeing that the transfer market will be closed in less than a week, the team still has not bought the players Mourinho wants. The relationship between Ba and Marshall and others is tense.

The British media is very pessimistic about Manchester United's prospects for the new season, and even believes that Mourinho is the most likely first Premier League coach to dismiss get out of class.

In addition, like Arsenal and Chelsea, who have just changed their coaches, they still have to go through a transition period. At present, it is still difficult to hit the Premier League championship.

No matter which aspect you look at, the new season's Premier League championship drama will be extremely fierce and exciting, and it will be difficult to reproduce the situation of Liverpool and Manchester City competing for each other like last season.

So under the current Premier League background, either Liverpool will be the best, or the giants will fight in chaos.

8月8日，18/19赛季利物浦季前第9场热身赛在安菲尔德球场展开争夺。

In the end, Liverpool beat Turin 3-1 at home, winning four consecutive warm-up matches.

In this campaign, Firmino passed a shot, Wijnaldum expanded the score, Belotti pulled one back, and Sturridge scored the final goal to seal the victory.

Prior to this, Liverpool played 8 warm-up matches this summer and achieved 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

利物浦最近三场比赛皆胜：2-1逆转曼城、4-1大胜曼联、5-0横扫那不勒斯，此役是与都灵交锋史上第一次对决。

In this game, Liverpool's new aids Alisson, Keita and Fabinho ushered in their Anfield debut, Van Dijk led the defense, Salah, Mane and Firmino joined hands to start.

Because of this summer's World Cup, although Lovren and Zhang Mai returned to the team, they were absent due to physical discomfort. Captain Henderson and new aid Shaqiri acted as substitutes; for Turin, Belotti led the starting lineup and Niang was a substitute. .

Liverpool's summer preparations have temporarily come to an end, and the personnel list and main lineup for the new season have also been settled.

Liverpool's 33-man squad for the new season is as follows:

Goalkeeper:

No. 13 Alisson Becker (Brazil, 26 years old),

No. 1 Pickford (England, 23 years old),

No. 62 Crowleyman Kelleher (Ireland, 20 years old, youth training),

No. 73 Camille Grabala (Poland, 19 years old, youth training).

Guard:

No. 2 Nathaniel Klein (England, 27 years old),

No. 3 Maguire (England, 25 years old),

No. 4 Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands, 27 years old),

No. 6 Dejan Lovren (Croatia, 29 years old),

No. 12 Joe Gomez (England, 21 years old),

No. 18 Alberto Moreno (Spain, 26 years old),

No. 26 Andrew Robertson (Scotland, 24 years old),

No. 32 Joel Matip (Cameroon, 27 years old),

No. 66 Arnold (England, 20 years old, youth training),

No. 47 Nathan Phillips (England, 21 years old, youth training).

Midfielder:

No. 10 Zhang Mai (Hua Guo, 20 years old),

No. 17 Fabinho (Brazil, 25 years old),

No. 5 Jorginho Wijnaldum (Netherlands, 28 years old),

No. 7 James Milner (England, 32 years old),

No. 8 Naby Keita (Guinea, 23 years old),

No. 14 (captain) Jordan Henderson (England, 28 years old),

No. 20 Adam Lallana (England, 30 years old),

No. 21 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (England, 25 years old),

No. 23 Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland, 27 years old),

No. 48 Curtis Jones (England, 17 years old, youth training),

No. 64 Rafael Camacho (Portugal, 18 years old, youth training),

No. 68 Pedro Chiribella (Spain, 21 years old, youth training).

forward:

No. 9 Roberto Firmino (Brazil, 27 years old),

No. 19 Sadio Mane (Senegal, 26 years old),

No. 11 Mohamed Salah (Egypt, 28 years old),

No. 15 Daniel Sturridge (England, 29 years old),

No. 27 Divock Origi (Belgium, 23 years old),

No. 24 Ryan Brewster (England, 18 years old, youth training),

No. 29 Dominic Solanke (England, 21 years old, youth training).

There are 9 youth training players in the above list, so Liverpool's first team actually only has 24 players in each field, and the task of attacking the fourth line is not light.

Liverpool's magic weapon is the "4-3-3" offensive formation, and the main force/rotation lineup for the new season will be released smoothly.

4-3-3 ：

goalkeeper:
No. 13 Alisson Becker / No. 1 Pickford;
Guard:

No. 26 Andrew Robertson / No. 2 Nathaniel Klein,

No. 3 Maguire / No. 6 Dejan Lovren,

No. 4 Virgil van Dijk / No. 32 Joel Matip, No. 12 Joe Gomez,

No. 66 Arnold / No. 18 Alberto Moreno;

Midfielder:

No. 10 Zhang Mai / No. 5 Jorginho Wijnaldum, No. 23 Xherdan Shaqiri,

No. 17 Fabinho / No. 14 (captain) Jordan Henderson, No. 7 James Milner,

No. 8 Naby Keita / No. 20 Adam Lallana;

forward:

No. 9 Roberto Firmino / No. 15 Daniel Sturridge,

No. 19 Sadio Mane / No. 27 Divock Origi,

No. 11 Mohamed Salah / No. 29 Dominic Solanke.

How many championships Liverpool can win in the 18-19 season depends on these 25 people. Solanke and Arnold, who came from youth training, became famous as teenagers, and Chamberlain was sidelined due to injury.

However, in the hearts of Klopp and Zhang Mai, they have a clear understanding of the importance of the major championships:

The Champions League is first, the Premier League is second, the FA Cup and the League Cup are tied for third. The Super Cup and the Community Shield are dispensable, and at most they are just a gimmick.

The Liverpool club has also introduced the competition goals for the new season: the top three in the Premier League, at least the top 8 in the Champions League, and it is best to win the FA Cup and the League Cup.

Sprinkle the water, Zhang Mai was surprised at the conservative management of the Red Army at first, but later realized after being instructed by Kroter, this is the club's management showing favor to Klopp, and at the same time, it can alleviate the team's various defending titles. pressure.

Let the Red Army ship set sail again, with me, Liverpool's glory will once again shine in European football!

(End of this chapter)