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Chapter 38 first release?

"Plop." As soon as Duncan finished speaking, a reporter lost his grip on the camera, and the equipment worth thousands of euros fell to the ground.

But no one paid attention to him. For a moment, everyone's brains froze.

Even those journalists who lowered their heads to record also raised their heads with surprise on their faces.

"Uh, hug... Sorry, Mr. Duncan!" The reporter was a little incoherent: "Did I not hear clearly just now? Or I heard it wrong..."

After all, sports journalists are not entertainment journalists. When reporting news, they must at least have some solid evidence.

"Within halftime, I'll let Liverpool go without a fight." Duncan smiled: "You heard me right."

Nima, are you too arrogant?

The reporters looked at Duncan like they were looking at an idiot.

Do you really think that if you win five weak teams and win five consecutive victories, you can beat Liverpool?

too naive!

Manchester City's entire team does not have a Gerrard worth as much!
A Dirk, the striker combination of Cordilla and Samaras is over!

With such a big gap, do you still dare to speak wildly?

The reporters couldn't help but start complaining: It's okay to say this kind of thing in private or with the team members.But tell the reporter, that is to be published in the newspaper, okay?That's what you say to the entire British people, right?

"Are you joking, Mr. Duncan?" A reporter asked.

"That's right, that's what I mean." Duncan nodded.

"So for the press release, we just wrote the original words?" A reporter kindly reminded.

"What? You are all journalists on your first day? Can't write a press release yet?" Duncan cast a doubtful look.

The reporters were almost suffocated: Of course we will write the press release, we are thinking of you, okay!Do you know what the consequences will be once such news hits the newspapers?

Reporters have complained.

So the next day, Duncan's arrogance and arrogance made headlines on the front pages of major media.

"He is more arrogant than Mourinho! "

"Duncan: Solve Liverpool at halftime! "

"Man City: Liverpool not worth the effort"

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The overwhelming remarks and arrogant words made Duncan an instant celebrity.

What followed was abuse and criticism from all sides.Duncan's words are completely the performance of the kind of head coach who is arrogant and arrogant.

Everyone believed that after five consecutive victories, Duncan was in high spirits and started to wag his tail.

After all, he is still a new head coach and has some achievements, so it is understandable to be complacent.There are comments like this.

Five consecutive victories really gave Duncan the capital of arrogance?

No.

In truth, Duncan was pretty cool.

To have such a remark, Duncan has done a lot of deliberation.

Gerrard, Crouch, Bellamy, Alonso...any one of these players is enough for Manchester City to drink a pot.

So prescribing the right medicine is what Duncan has to do.In recent days, Duncan has worked hard to study Liverpool and Benitez.

After many days of tough battles, Duncan finally found some strategies to defeat the enemy.

This starts with Liverpool's schedule.

Entering April, there are still a lot of Liverpool game tasks.

Naturally, there are both the Champions League and the league. There is also a league that was postponed because of the Champions League. A make-up match is scheduled for this month.

5 league games + 3 Champions League games + 1 make-up match, Liverpool will play 9 games throughout April.

That is to say, there is a game every 3.4 days on average.

The introduction of players such as Bellamy and Mark Gonzalez last season guaranteed the thickness of Liverpool's bench and no longer stretched it.

You know, when Benitez played in the Champions League last season, there were only 14 players left in Liverpool's first team, and the four midfielders couldn't even get together.

But everyone else has a substitute, and only one person is indeed irreplaceable.

Gerald!
As an excellent product of Liverpool's youth training, Gerrard at this time is not only the captain and the core of the field, but also the spiritual leader of the team.Gerrard's indomitable spirit will always be the driving force for Liverpool to move forward!
Liverpool with Gerrard and Liverpool without Gerrard are two completely different teams.

Last season, as a midfielder, Gerrard even scored 23 goals, won the season's top scorer, and was elected as the most valuable player by the players union.

This season, Liverpool lost 8 games, and in these 8 games, the Jie team did not appear in 7 games.In the 32 games Liverpool won, Gerrard started every game.

The importance of Gerrard to Liverpool can be seen.

On the one hand, this shows the importance of Gerrard to Liverpool; but on the other hand, Liverpool's reliance on the Jie team is a bit too big, right?

A high attendance rate must bring a high load.

Every week in April, Liverpool played twice a week, and this week they played three times a week.

Three days ago, Liverpool just defeated Watford in the Premier League supplementary match, and three days later, they will travel to Italy to challenge Inter Milan.

Prior to this, Gerrard's physical fitness had already turned on a red light.But in the game against Watford, Gerrard still played the full 90 minutes and scored all three points for the team.

In the Champions League six days later, the Jie team is naturally indispensable in the starting lineup.

In this case, in the game against Manchester City, even if Gerrard appeared, I am afraid that Benitez would not let him play the whole game.

Therefore, it is necessary to speculate whether Gerrard will start in the first half or come off the bench in the second half.

Duncan doesn't speculate, but he pushes.

He said that the battle ended in the first half, so that means that Manchester City will definitely attack wildly in the first half.

In the last five games, Manchester City's offensive firepower is quite sufficient!

If Liverpool does not have Gerrard, whether it can be defended is still a question.The battle ended in the first half, so even if Gerrard appeared in the second half, I am afraid that he will be powerless, right?

So Duncan's intention was to force, to force Benitez to send Gerrard on the field in the first half.

As for whether Benitez believes it or not, it is not in Duncan's consideration.

In fact, sitting behind a large desk at the Melwood training base, Benitez is indeed a little entangled.

Recently, Gerrard's physical fitness is indeed a bit insufficient.

The report of Liverpool's physical fitness coach shows that because he has played all the games in a row recently, if he wants to maintain a good state in the game against Inter Milan in the middle of next week, then Gerrard should not play more than 60 minutes in this game. Control the time at halftime.

Originally, Benitez intended to let Gerrard appear in the second half of the game against Manchester City.If the team leads at that time, then play a few minutes less; if the team falls behind, Gerrard can also use his abundant physical fitness and tenacious fighting spirit to make the team reverse.

For Duncan, Benitez attaches great importance to it.

Benitez believes that a guy who can lead the team to five consecutive victories will not be so simple.So Benitez can easily see through that Duncan's actual intention is to force him to start Gerrard.

Do you think I will be fooled?I would still play Gerrard in the second half.

But right away, Benitez realized something was wrong.

Duncan made it clear that he wanted to attack in the first half. If he sent Gerrard to play in the second half instead, wouldn't it show that Liverpool was afraid of Duncan?
Although Benitez did not intend this, but from the outside world, Benitez was afraid of Manchester City and did not let Gerrard start.

This is a matter of face.

Putting face aside, Benitez also has a headache tactically.

Taking a step back, Manchester City's offensive has been quite fierce recently. Without Gerrard's pivotal scheduling in the midfield, maybe Liverpool would have really lost?

To start or not to start?
In fact, when thinking, Benitez has already made a choice in his subconscious, so the final decision is not difficult to make.

Gerrard, start!

(End of this chapter)