Revive Liverpool

Chapter 227 Defeating Naples
Back to the game between the two teams.

"Dear viewers, good evening everyone, welcome to the second round of the 2013-2014 UEFA Champions League group stage match, now we are at Liverpool's Anfield Stadium, here we will broadcast a live commentary on the focused dialogue between Liverpool and Naples.

Both teams defeated their opponents in the first round of the group stage, Liverpool beat Marseille away, and Naples beat Dortmund at home!

They all took the lead in this group of death.

The referee for today's game is Milorad Mazic from Sevilla. "

(An aside, fans of the Chinese Super League are familiar with Mazic, the best referee of the Chinese Super League in 2019.)
"The list of personnel for both sides of the match:

Liverpool: Goalkeeper: Navas.

Linebackers: Glenn Johnson, Manolas, Kolo Toure, Danny Rose.

Midfield: Gerrard, Kante, De Bruyne, Coutinho.

Forwards: Lewandowski, Suarez.

And Naples' lineup for this game: Goalkeeper: Reina.

Defenders: Britos, Mesto, Albiol, Zuniga.

Midfielders: Inler, Behrami.

Midfielders: Callejon, Hamsik, Insigne.

Forward: Pandev. "

The Three Musketeers before Naples: Cavani, Lavezzi, Hamsik.

In the summer of 2012, Lavezzi left, and Paris Saint-Germain signed Lavezzi from Naples.

In the summer of 2013, Cavani also left, also going to Paris Saint-Germain.

Only Hamsik stayed.

Among the Three Musketeers, Ravitch and Hamsik eventually came to the Chinese Super League.

And only Cavani stayed in the five major leagues.

With Neymar, Mbappe formed another trident.

Not to mention the old version of the Three Musketeers,
Talk about the new version of the Naples Trident in the future: Insigne, Mertens, Callejon.

Now all three have come to Naples, but Mertens has not yet played the main position of the team.

The UEFA Champions League play-offs have just welcomed the Liverpool fans who have returned from the return of Kevin Dirk, Meireles, and thanked Reina and Rafa Benitez for this game.

Only 8 minutes into the game, Lewandowski backed the ball from the right, Glenn Johnson made a high-speed pass, Suarez pushed and hit the dead corner on the left, and Liverpool led Naples [-]-[-].

In the 15th minute, Glenn Johnson made a pass from the sideline, and Lewandowski outflanked the goal in the small penalty area and made a goal. Liverpool expanded its lead [-]-[-].

Although Benitez was very familiar with Liverpool before, except for Gerrard and Glenn Johnson, he was more familiar with this game, and he had never coached other players in Liverpool.

After more than three seasons and three head coaches, the style of the Liverpool team is very different from before, so today's game Benitez can be regarded as playing against a strange club.

However, based on Benitez's love for Liverpool, it is estimated that he is still familiar with some of Liverpool's tactics, so Klopp also made some changes in this game.

For example, in this game, Liverpool will mainly play Glenn Johnson on the right.

Although Glen Johnson is a veteran of Liverpool, Benitez also knows him very well.

In addition, Liverpool has been focusing on Danny Rose on the left before. Danny Rose is young, has physical strength, and can frequently attack.

On the right, Glenn Johnson seemed to be old, weak and unable to run.

These two reasons may make Benitez feel that Liverpool will still focus on the left side of the game in this game.

Thereby moving the team's defensive center of gravity to the right side of the team.

But Klopp did the opposite today and changed the team's main offensive direction to the right.

Although the team's main attack direction has changed, judging from the results of this game to the present, Klopp's arrangement is still very successful.

There was no offensive maladaptation.

If you think about it carefully, how can a team rely on only one wing to carry out its offense? It must fly with both wings and fully mobilize the width of the court in order to better complete each offense.

It's just because of the team's formation, and according to the characteristics of the team's players, the team's tactical arrangement may make some choices in terms of offensive direction. The team will focus on a certain side, but the other side will definitely not be abandoned!

The field on the football field is so big, if one sidewalk is abandoned, the space on the field will be reduced by nearly one-third.

Therefore, Liverpool must have practiced the attack on the right on the training ground, but it is not commonly used on the playing field.

Not often used does not mean that it is not available. No, Liverpool took it out in this game.

Liverpool scored two goals in a row in less than 10 minutes, which fully shows that Liverpool made a good choice.

This performance also made the Liverpool fans who came to Anfield very happy.

At the end of the first half, Liverpool led Naples [-]-[-] at home.

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again. In the 61st minute, Naples made a substitution adjustment and Mertens was replaced.

Benitez began to make adjustments.

In the future, the Naples Trident finally appeared on the court at the same time.

In fact, Naples had another choice, but Naples had a better choice, Higuain.

But Higuain was unable to participate in the game due to injuries.

Higuain was going to join Arsenal this summer, but was robbed by Naples during the medical examination.

Of course, the reason why it is so easy to be snatched away is also the reason why Arsenal cannot participate in the Champions League.

And now they are backed by Hamsik, the only remaining former Naples Three Musketeers, to provide support.

So, in the 71st minute, Mesto launched an attack with a long pass from the backcourt. Mertens, who had just replaced him, entered the penalty area at high speed and volleyed vigorously from a small angle to break the net, two to one!

Napoli saw the possibility of scoring points away from home.

Benitez's substitutions in the second half had an effect.

It is not without reason that Benitez is called the "Master of Tactics". The adjustments on the team's field are always very successful.

Not only this goal in the second half was the result of Benitez's tactical adjustment.

After losing two goals in the first half, Benitez made adjustments to Naples on the spot.

In the following time, Naples did not continue to concede the ball, which proved that Benitez's tactical adjustment was effective.

In the end, when Marzic blew the whistle for the end of the game, Liverpool beat Naples [-]-[-] at home.

(End of this chapter)