420 Leader(1/2)
With a 2-goal lead, Liverpool's locker room looked very excited. All the players were discussing the entire first half, especially Drogba's counterattack against Campbell, which was talked about by his teammates.
"It's better to piss that bastard off to death and kill them directly!" Davis said arrogantly.
In Liverpool, he and Drogba and Essin are quite good at getting along, perhaps because of their similar skin colors.
But this atmosphere disappeared immediately after Yang Cheng walked into the locker room.
"I want to say that you performed very well in the first half and I am proud of your performance, but I have to remind you that the real test of the game has just begun now!"
With these games since the start of the league, Yang Cheng has conquered Liverpool's locker room with his on-site command and tactical arrangements. Therefore, when he said this, all the players immediately paid attention to it.
Everyone hopes to win and win at their own home court.
"I believe everyone knows how much strength you have in your body now, and you know it clearly!"
Yang Cheng's words made many players in the locker room laugh awkwardly.
The running in football matches is not as strong as ordinary running, and the intensity is many times higher than that in ordinary running, because the running in football matches has more emergency stops, steering, acceleration, speed change, etc. Therefore, for 1 kilometer, the physical energy consumed by 1 kilometer in football matches should be several times more physical energy consumed by 1 kilometer in normal uniform running at a speed.
Moreover, Liverpool attacked very hard in the first half, and almost all players were in sprinting and changing speed, which made them even more physically consumed.
"So, we have to make adjustments in the second half, and we must also make adjustments!"
Yang Cheng's words were nodded and recognized by everyone.
Even Davis, who has the best physical fitness, may not be sure to guarantee that he can continue to rush and play like in the first half, let alone other players?
"Vladimir, I'm sorry, we have to adjust our tactics in the second half, you have to end up!" Yang Cheng said bluntly.
Smitchell nodded. His role in the first half was not very big. Yang Cheng gave him the task to sort out the midfield well, but under the noses of Vieira, Gilberto and others, he did not make much contribution in this regard, but it was OK.
"Ditmar, you'll be in the second half!"
After hearing this, Haman nodded immediately, he was ready.
"In the second half, we will shrink the situation and don't press it up. We will play defensive counterattack. Davis, Harman plays in the middle, Kuyt, stare at Ashley Cole, Gerald looks at Pire, and Henry is handed over to Finnan!"
Arsenal's offense is more focused on the left side. The left side channel composed of Ashley Cole, Pire and Henry is simply a nightmare for all Premier League teams. Yang Cheng used Kuyt, Gerrard and Finnan to freeze them.
"Robben, you will continue to be in the front in the second half. Our counterattack depends on you, especially paying attention to Lauren on the opponent's right. Don't let him come up, do you understand?" Yang Cheng explained solemnly.
Robben nodded. As long as he was leaning against the opponent's defense line on the left, Lauren would not dare to go up because he had to guard against Robben's counterattack at all times. At the speed of the Dutch, when Lauren stepped up and was beaten to counterattack, he could not come back at all.
"Rise, look at Yongbery carefully!"
After assigning the task, Yang Cheng clapped his hands hard.
"Everyone, I'm very satisfied with your performance in the first half, but that's only 45 minutes. We have reason to believe that Arsenal will make a big counterattack in the second half. You must remember the defensive routines we practiced in training, and cooperate with each other to fill in the position. Our defense must start from the forward and from the front line!"
All the Liverpool players stood up and said in unison: "I understand!"
"If the first half is testing our offense, then the second half is a test of our will. Whoever desires to win more and whoever has a stronger will will be able to win this game."
Speaking of this, Yang Cheng smiled, "I just received the news that Manchester United is lagging behind at Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester. I believe everyone knows better than me."
As soon as he heard this news, the entire locker room was in full swing.
If Manchester United loses, Liverpool will be able to top the Premier League as long as they defeat Arsenal.
Gerald suddenly had red eyes and gritted his teeth and said, "I'll fight, ***, my mother, let's fight with them!"
"Yes, we're fighting, we're going to win the championship, we're going to win the Premier League!" Carragher yelled gritting his teeth.
As Liverpool natives, they have longed for championships since childhood and were eager to recreate the glory of the Liverpool Red Dynasty in the past, but year after year, the final results they got were disappointing.
Fowler, McManaman, Irving... Kirkby's children left Liverpool, leaving their most beloved team with regret and sad helplessness, but none of them remained bravely assumed this responsibility.
"Everyone, we're going to fight!" Hypia stood up, clenched her fists and waved her.
"For many years, we have never been at the top of the league. This time, we have to fight hard, even if we only stay for a week, a day, or even a minute, we have to fight hard!"
"Yes, let's go out and fight them!" Gerald shouted.
Seeing these local players' high fighting spirit, even Davis, who has been baptized by countless professional leagues, was moved. Once upon a time, he was like them, full of hunger for championships and honors.
Now, the championship is nothing to him, but he still wants to help Liverpool succeed because it is the best way for him to prove himself, let Moji, let Lippi, let the Juventus see him, and the Boar Davis, is the fatal mistake they have made!
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Wenger stood next to the court, watching the enemy and us fight back and forth on the court, his expression was filled with a feeling of depression or even anger.
The bastard named Yang Cheng was so shameless. In the second half, he actually played a defensive like an iron prison. Even Drogba frequently retreated to the midfield to participate in the defense. A fast-moving Robben was left in front to fight back.
After crazily attacking in the first half, he gained two goals advantage, but in the second half, he hurried in his half like a soft ball to play against the counterattack. Is there any more annoying opponent than this?
"This is fucking like a hedgehog!" Wenger cursed.
Pat Rice wanted to laugh, but couldn't, because he knew that Arsenal's situation was not good now.
If it's just behind the score, it doesn't matter, but it's not just behind the score, but the opponent also starts to shrink the defense.
I have to admit that it was the head coach who had succeeded in Serie A. Liverpool, coached by Yang Cheng, was very organized and targeted in defense. Arsenal's most relied on the entire left offense, which was completely unable to open the situation.
"They have very sufficient restrictions on space and do not give us enough space to display it!" Pat Rice analyzed depressedly.
Without space, Henry can't rush up, Pire and Ashley Cole's role is also limited, and Virtod in the penalty area is even more watched, and Arsenal's entire left side has been completely destroyed.
As for the right, although there is a Lone Berry, Robben always roams on the left side, and Liverpool's counterattack is also relied on Robben to fight, which makes Lauren dare not easily press on. Lone Berry is helpless in front alone.
From the beginning of the second half to now, Arsenal has taken the initiative, but Liverpool's defense has always been organized and without any confusion. Once the ball enters the key position, it will be immediately resolved by Liverpool, either hitting a counterattack or directly clearing the ball with big feet.
"Damn it, why didn't he just put 11 people in the penalty area?" Wenger sweared in anger.
Such a game is undoubtedly the most devastating thing. In the first half, they fought with you for 45 minutes. You took the lead, but in the second half, they turned against each other and directly fought a steady counterattack. Isn’t this going to make people vomit blood?
After a pause, Wenger turned his head and asked, "When is it?"
"It's 61 minutes!" Pat Les responded.
"Fuck!" Wenger swears again. This gentle professor has already made countless swear words in the second half. Fortunately, no one has discovered it. Otherwise, it would probably become big news.
Pat Rice also knew that the trouble was in big way, so he looked at Wenger and waited for his latest instructions.
"Let Borgkamp and Kanu go to warm up and go in 65 minutes!" Wenger took a deep breath and made up his mind.
When Pat Rice heard this, he immediately knew that Wenger was going to fight hard. He changed all the attackers in the frontcourt and immediately took the order.
Four minutes later, taking advantage of the opportunity to die, Arsenal replaced Gilberto and Pire, who performed poorly in the game, and replaced Borgkamp and Canu!
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"Wow, can you scare people to death by relying on too many people?" Yang Cheng laughed.
After hearing this, Benitez, Paul Bayer and others shook their heads together. This guy is so nouveau riche.
However, Yang Cheng quickly issued an order, "Let Essin go warm up and prepare to go on stage!"
"Who is replaced?" asked Paul Bayer.
"Robben!" Yang Cheng said seriously.
Benitez was stunned at first, then laughed, shook his head and said, "Wenger will be so angry that he vomited blood!"
"It's better to piss him to death!" said Yang Cheng.
Not long after, Essin replaced Robben, Liverpool began their 451 tactics, leaving behind a Drogba torture Arsenal defenders. Kuyt was still suppressing Ashley Cole, but the midfielder suddenly piled up four beast-level midfielders, including Davis, Essin, Harman and Gerald.
"If I were Wenger, I would have collapsed!" Paul Baier smiled, "I was dead even if I ran away!"
"You are so shameless!" Benitez smiled.
Yang Cheng also laughed. He had also studied this set of tactics. The midfielders are all good at physical fitness and a group of wild beasts. Let them go. Not to mention being nonsense, they can kill Arsenal's midfield and make them unable to organize effective attacks.
"So I often say that football matches are different from fighting. They are not something that can be done with too many people!" Yang Cheng said with a smile.
Benitez really feels defeated. He really wants to ask him, you don’t rely on many people, why are you doing so many guys who can run in the midfield?
But he didn't say this because he knew very well. Once he said it, Yang Cheng would definitely make it difficult for him to live.
This guy must be reported by the neighbor, not a good bird!
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Liverpool's midfield fully utilized Yang Cheng's tactical intentions, embracing the defensive principle of dividing the opponent's midfield and fully occupying space, not leaving even a single seam for Arsenal.
Once they really can't stop it, they will decisively choose to foul in a non-risk place, but they are basically small fusses. Although Davis received a yellow card for this, everyone else survived.
When the connection between the midfield and the forward line was cut off by Liverpool's midfield, Wenger would tragically discover that no matter how many people piled up in front of him, he could not create a threat, so he had to start to let Borgkamp and Henry retreat more.
In this way, we went back to the previous situation.
In the 79th minute, Wenger couldn't help it and replaced Virtod with Palor. Obviously, he wanted to use his run to connect the center frontcourt, but the effect was still very average.
Yang Cheng had another substitution on hand, but he simply didn't need it.
Time passed slowly like this.
For Wenger, he wished he could get longer and longer, and it would be better to extend it as much as possible, but he also found that this was useless because his players had already become unsustainable.
To be continued...