Reborn Liverpool

Chapter 98
Liverpool this season is very interesting. The original coach Rodgers led the team to play six games with 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. He was determined to be dismissed by the club. There are many backup candidates, and Ancelotti is ahead of Klopp ( The current head coach of Real Madrid), but Real Madrid has a higher position than Liverpool, and Ancelotti is naturally impossible to come to Liverpool, so Klopp became the new coach of Liverpool as everyone expected.

From Zhang Mai's point of view, there are currently many famous coaches in world football, each with its own characteristics, and the level of coaching cannot be said to be high or low, but they can generally be divided into two categories: coquettish and cheap.

Coquettish refers to those high-ranking coaches who sit in the giants, guide the super giants and superstars smoothly, and play well-known names. Before this category, there were Cruyff, Capello, and Lippi, and later there were Mu Niao and Guabald. , Zidane, etc. The characteristic of this category is that as long as it is useful, money is not a problem. We are a wealthy family and only buy the most expensive.

The sluts refer to those short and poor coaches who count the money to live and lead the civilian team to rise in troubled times. Ranieri is an outstanding representative. The former Liverpool coach Rodgers unfortunately also belongs to this category. Klopp before taking charge of Liverpool also fall into this category.

But Klopp is actually one of the rare coaches in the history of world football who can combine two types of coaches. Enough time.

Klopp looks bearded and unkempt on the outside, but in fact he has a clear heart, and he has a very high emotional intelligence and eloquence. From his rise in Dortmund and Liverpool, he can see that he is not the kind who forgets his last name when he sees a rich man. Idiots (like Rojipet who hastily jumped from the Spanish national team coach to Real Madrid), Liverpool can only be regarded as quasi-rich now, not to mention that compared with Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​and Bayern, they are all chased by Manchester City and Tottenham in the Premier League Come on, now no one is putting Liverpool on a par with Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea.

Being able to enter such a growing quasi-rich team and play under such a wise head coach is undoubtedly the best choice for Zhang Mai to win the laurels recognized by the system the fastest and most. In the UEFA Champions League, Zhang Mai wanted to laugh three times, "Ha!", "Ha!", "Ha!".

But this season, Klopp has just taken over Rodgers' mess, Gerrard retired and Firmino came again, and the rest of the original crooked melons are still there. It is a bit difficult to get good results.

At 12:26 on December 23th, Kyoto time, the 18th round of the Premier League will start. The Red Army Liverpool will host the league leader Leicester City at home.

Zhang Mai is still a substitute in this game, so he can sit on the sidelines and enjoy the great Anfield stadium.

Although he grew up in Liverpool, it was also the first time for Zhang Mai to see Anfield Stadium, the devil's home stadium of Liverpool.

Anfield Stadium (Anfield Stadium), also translated as Yanfei Road Stadium, is located in the Anfield District of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is a four-star stadium of the European Football Federation. The Anfield Stadium has a total of 54074 seats.

Before the game officially started, the atmosphere in the stadium was already very warm. The Liverpool fans all over the stadium began to sing loudly. The classic Liverpool team song "You will never walk alone" that Zhang Mai is most familiar with is the loudest.

The big screen on the sidelines displayed the list of players from both sides:

Liverpool (4-2-3-1):
22- Mignolet/ 2- Klein 17- Sacco 6- Lovren 18- Moreno/ 14- Henderson 23- Emre Can/ 20- Lallana 11- Firmino 10-Coutinho/27-Origi

Leicester City (4-4-2):
1-Kaspar Schmeichel/ 28-Fuchs 6-Huth 5-Morgan 17-Danny Simpson/ 11-Albrighton 14-Kanter 10-Andy King 26-Mahre S / 9-Vardy 20-Okazaki Shinji
"Brother Drinking Water" Drinkwater has not recovered from his injury, and Ranieri still insists on using the 10-Andy King with a thin body and average skills. From this, Zhang Mai guessed that Ranieri knew that he was going to leave after the season , This is to cultivate the regular lineup of Leicester City's direct lineup.

"Zhang Mai, what do you think will be the result of today's game?"

Sitting next to Zhang Mai, No. 23 Wu Luoya, a fellow player, said that as a player of the visiting team, everyone is a little afraid of the terrifying atmosphere at Anfield.

"Liverpool has a lot of problems this season. Originally, the strength of the two teams is comparable. Liverpool has a home bonus, and the chances of winning are slightly greater, alas!"

Zhang Mai looked at Klopp, who was less than 5 meters away from him, and he couldn't help but sigh because he couldn't go up to say hello in public.

"Yes, in the last six encounters, Liverpool has won 4 wins and 2 draws and remained unbeaten. I also failed to break through Liverpool's gate last season."

Wu Luoya agreed with Zhang Mai's prediction.

"Dear viewers, in the 2015th round of the 16-18 Premier League season, Liverpool's home game against Leicester City is about to begin. Liverpool has not won nearly three rounds, while Leicester City has been unbeaten in 17 league rounds. In this round, Leicester City Regardless of the outcome, the half-time championship of the Premier League will be locked in advance."

In the CTV live broadcast room, Huang Tao was introducing the league status of the two teams.

"Chinese player Zhang Mai is still sitting on the bench, but the relationship between Zhang Mai and the club has improved significantly. I believe Zhang Mai can get more playing time. Judging from Zhang Mai's scoring efficiency of 17 goals in the first 20 rounds, This season is likely to break the record of 34 goals in a single season in the Premier League, let us wait and see for Zhang Mai's coming off the bench!"

Zhan Jun added from the side, naturally he never left Zhang Mai.

The referee blew the whistle, and the game officially started. The red and blue armies were a little cautious at the beginning, and the midfield fight was fierce, and it was difficult for each other to break into the opponent's penalty area.

In the 3rd minute of the opening, Moreno dribbled the ball past halftime and split the sides. Coutinho dribbled the ball inside and then shot a cold arrow. The ball went straight to the right side of the goal, but went slightly wide.Immediately after Leicester City counterattacked, Mahrez took the ball from the right and went down to the bottom.

In the 11th minute, Liverpool launched a round of attack. The midfielder slammed Origi in the penalty area. The latter forced a shot and was blocked by Morgan. Then a corner kick was taken. The shot was blocked again.

In the 16th minute, Huth made a clearance error, Klein went straight forward, and his teammate made a pass from the bottom. Firmino failed to receive it in the middle, but Coutinho turned around and retreated to find the ball and then shot from a long distance. high.

Liverpool followed up with another wave of offensive. Henderson intercepted the ball and made a long pass. After Lallana succeeded in countering offside, he shot obliquely from the right side of the penalty area and hit the side netting.

In the 23rd minute, Klein cut in from the right and then knocked across the penalty area. Emre Can shot a long shot in the middle and was saved by the goalkeeper.Immediately after the corner kick was taken to the back point, Coutinho cut in and took a step to shoot. Sakho suddenly inserted a header, but unfortunately the ball was higher than the crossbar.

In the 24th minute, Origi received a long pass from his teammate's midfielder, entered the penalty area from the left and shot from a small angle near the bottom line, which was blocked by Schmeichel.

In the 27th minute, Lallana made a long pass, and Olic dribbled the ball forward from the right to single out Huth, then cut in and shot directly, but the ball was high; 1 minute later, Leicester City counterattacked, Albrighton left Lu picked a pass to the goal and Vardy headed high.

In the 32nd minute, Liverpool sent a free kick, and Lovren shook his head in the middle of the penalty area and was confiscated by the goalkeeper.

In the 38th minute, Origi, who was active for the first time this season, was injured and forced to leave the field, and Benteke came off the bench.

Zhang Mai on the sidelines was also the first time to see the Belgian fierce player who delayed his joining Liverpool a year earlier. At first glance, I thought it was a chimpanzee running into the green field.

Benteke, who had just played, was obviously not used to the high tempo of the team's frontcourt, which made Liverpool's offensive pause a little bit, and Leicester City's back line could also take a breather.

In the 42nd minute, Kanter intercepted the ball from the midfielder and came to the penalty area. After several small-scale passes, Mahrez continued to shake and dodge the defender. He hit the goal directly in front of the penalty area and was blocked by Mignolet with both hands.

After halftime, Liverpool 0-0 Leicester City.

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