Ace Young Marshal

Chapter 461 This is the Premier League

Stepping into October, the unstoppable Liverpool will also be distracted from the European war.

In the second round of the Europa League group stage, Situ Yunbing led his team to face the visiting Udinese at home.

In this game, Situ Yunbing did not send a substitute lineup, but the main lineup continued to start the game!

He has enough room to rotate, but at this stage he needs to grab time to run-in the team, so it is necessary to properly let the main lineup play double games a week.

Anfield was packed and the atmosphere was warm.

A banner was hung from the stands on the second floor, with an image of Situ Yunbing's upper body on it, and a line of words behind it.

"Lead Liverpool back to the throne!"

This is what Situ Yunbing said to the media before the England derby, and is now regarded by Liverpool fans as the team's goal.

This will inevitably increase the team's confidence and momentum. Whenever a player sees this sentence inadvertently during the game, he will know what Liverpool's ambition is!
Even though Udinese has such good players as Pastore and Di Natale, the Serie A team still showed some discomfort when fighting against the fast-paced Liverpool at Anfield.

If the overall fast-paced play of the Premier League team has an advantage over which top league in European football, then it is undoubtedly against Serie A!

Against Ligue [-] is the crushing of the overall strength of the lineup, while against Serie A it is more about rhythm.

Juventus and Naples are the most ambitious Serie A teams today, but this cannot conceal that the overall decline in Serie A is not over yet!

Teams like Udinese don't say that facing Liverpool, teams of the same level may not be able to get rid of the disadvantaged situation in away games, unless the Premier League team adopts a moderate attitude towards the Europa League.

Don't doubt the Premier League's disregard for the Europa League.

Before the reform of the Europa League, the champion did not qualify for the UEFA Champions League next season, and the prize money of this competition is also very low. It may be very attractive to the small league teams, but the Premier League teams will focus more on the league. middle!
In two years, even the Championship play-offs will be labeled as a "[-] million pound battle". One can imagine how much broadcast fees the teams that survive in the Premier League will get. Premier League teams don't want to be distracted by the Europa League Thereby reducing their income in the Premier League.

The more intuitive phenomenon is that the teams that can rank in the upper reaches of the Premier League are more eager to qualify for the Champions League next season in the league, rather than go all out in the Europa League.

And once some teams are in an unsatisfactory situation in the Premier League, they are even less likely to invest too much in the Europa League.

It's almost enough to get the prize money for the group stage, no more will go much.

Situ Yunbing's emphasis on the Europa League is mainly because this stage can be used for training, and he has never considered the issue of bonuses at all.

For Liverpool, which spends hundreds of millions of pounds every year, even winning the championship is just a drop in the bucket.

While adhering to its own style, it also confronts more opponents with different styles and a certain strength foundation. This is also a key part of Liverpool's growth.

For example, the young opponents in the first round of the Europa League group stage are not good. It is not that they have similar styles, but that they are not strong enough. If Liverpool enters the main lineup, they will directly crush the opponent, and the experience gain will be pitiful.

Udinese played aggressively at Anfield, but as Coutinho and Gareth Bale scored successively, they honestly retreated back to the fence and played a typical Italian defensive counterattack .

Different from the current mainstream counterattack that still pursues speed, Serie A teams have always displayed ingenuity and richness in tactics, so even in defensive counterattacks that sound clichéd, they can still play some tricks, such as controlling the rhythm and organizing links. The speed changes, and then plugs in the player's unexpected attack.

Casemiro performed poorly in such a situation, because it requires more experience to judge the development of the situation, and a better vision to have a more detailed understanding of the overall situation.

The old demon Di Natale helped Udinese get back a goal before the end of the first half, and it seemed that the game was still very suspenseful.

During the intermission, Situ Yunbing asked the team to be more delicate and patient in the coordination of positional battles.

In the league a few days ago, they used long-range bombing to kill Norwich City, but today Situ Yunbing deliberately reduced the team's long-range shots, and asked the team to pass and cut on the ground as much as possible in positional battles. To tear apart the opponent's defense.

Long-range shots are strong, but if you are really used to always using long-range shots to break dense defenses, this is not a good trend, and it is easy to reduce the creativity and vitality of the team.

The combination of Coutinho and Eriksson in the middle of the midfield gradually brought Liverpool to life in positional battles, especially when the full-backs also started to come alive.

Liverpool tore through the opponent's defense through a combined attack from the side and the center, and then delivered a penetrating threat through a subtle through ball.

Gerrard has been active on the offensive end since the new season, and Situ Yunbing's tactical requirements today also make him feel like a fish in water. He frequently goes forward to respond to teammates' passes and then inserts unexpected offensive points, which makes Udinese's defense line hard to defend. .

The Reds captain's one-pass-one-shot performance in the second half won him applause, and also helped Liverpool beat Udinese 4-1 at home.

In the Europa League group stage, Situ Yunbing led the team to two consecutive victories, and the qualifying situation is very good.

In the new season, Liverpool has won 13 consecutive victories in all competitions, and Situ Yunbing's team seems to exude a sense of terror.

At the pre-match press conference before the weekend league, Stoke City coach Tony Pulis released rhetoric and declared war on Liverpool!
"Liverpool has undergone some changes. They rely on superstars to continue to win, but in my opinion their midfield is much weaker than before. We will focus on using this to stop Liverpool's winning streak!"

Pulis has his ambitions, and I don't know if he is taking advantage of Liverpool's popularity. Anyway, Situ Yunbing ignored it, and just responded before the game: "I also expect Stoke City to perform well, to the fans. We gave a wonderful game, if Liverpool failed to win the game, it must be our own problems, I think this is a good thing, it will let me find the problems of the team and improve the team's performance!"

Situ Yunbing seems to be only interested in those famous coaches who are famous all over the world, but he deliberately keeps a distance from some coaches with mediocre coaching achievements, neither as an associate nor an enemy.

But Liverpool fans didn't think so. They were very disgusted with Pulis' remarks, probably because they felt that the other party was a bit arrogant.

Anfield, the 7th round of the Premier League, Liverpool played at home against Stoke City.

The Red Army and Liverpool have played their best, and the main team playing this league also hopes to keep the golden stature of the league winning streak when the FIFA match day comes in October.

Stoke City may be the most quintessentially traditional English team in the Premier League today.

Some fans in China call them "Sky City".

Because Stoke City is playing high and high, and at the same time pays great attention to physical confrontation. Almost every position in the team is a tough guy role, who can fight and run, and then play the punching attack to the extreme!
Liverpool against such a team, the only problem is confrontation!
Tony Pulis enjoyed the contemptuous boos from the Liverpool fans. He must pay for his words and deeds, which must have been realized before he spoke.

In fact, Tony Pulis also hoped to conduct an aggressive game to see if Situ Yunbing would fall for it.

Stoke City is really not absolutely sure of taking all 3 points at Anfield, and even taking away 1 point is pessimistic, but if Situ Yunbing orders Liverpool to attack wildly, maybe Stoke City will have a chance to win. The away game took away 1 point or even 3 points through a counterattack!
Just as Ferguson has enough confidence and capital to ridicule Situ Yunbing for using the media as a result of his playing, Situ Yunbing's current status and height, if he gets angry with Tony Pulis' remarks, then he will be more active The more I went back.

Liverpool played steadily at home and took advantage of the field, but the players of Stoke City continued to interrupt the game through rough fouls!

Pulis was very strong before the game, and the players of Stoke City were also very strong on the field!
Once they annoy Liverpool's players, maybe they can still get Liverpool's players down.

Situ Yunbing frequently protested to the fourth official that the referee's penalty scale was loose, but this caused him to be warned by the referee.

The bad picture happened in the 39th minute of the game. Gareth Bale was knocked to the ground by the old Liverpool player Charlie Adam from the side during the breakthrough. Although Gareth Bale stood up, he felt muscle discomfort. can be forced out.

Situ Yunbing replaced him with Coutinho.

The most strident boos were given to Charlie Adam by the Reds fans at Anfield.

Perhaps because of the appearance of the wounded, the referee finally began to tighten the penalty scale.

Until the 60th minute of the second half, Stoke City had as many as seven players with yellow cards, while Liverpool paid the price of Gareth Bale and Eriksson due to injury.

Probably because there are many players with yellow cards on their bodies, the actions of Stoke City players have restrained in the confrontation, which makes Liverpool's creativity in positional warfare begin to play a threat, at least the game is much smoother.

After Henderson replaced Eriksson on the field, he was full of fighting spirit. He was able to gain an advantage in the confrontation, and he also performed well when connecting the midfield.

In the 67th minute of the game, Liverpool's continuous attack was effective. Suarez's shot in the penalty area after receiving a pass from Coutinho was saved by goalkeeper Begovic. Gerrard was surrounded by opponents after controlling the ball outside the penalty area. Quickly knocked the ball across the front of the penalty area to the right, and Henderson, who was striding forward, volleyed the ball and blasted the ball into the lower right corner of the goal!
Liverpool finally broke the deadlock at home!
Pulis looked a little disappointed.

Stoke City's tactics didn't work. They always wanted to provoke Liverpool, but they didn't succeed.

After the goal, Liverpool's performance became more stable. Situ Yunbing used up the last substitution in the 70th minute of the game.

Sterling came on to replace Gerrard, and Liverpool began to shrink the front to fight back.

It is more important to keep the victory than to take risks to expand the victory!

Stoke City's counterattack still put a certain amount of pressure on Liverpool. Crouch's two shots almost pierced Ter Stegen's ten fingers.

In the 83rd minute of the game, Sterling quickly inserted in the wing to respond to Coutinho's oblique long pass, and then rushed all the way to the front of Stoke City's restricted area. After hitting the wall with Suarez, he cut into the restricted area to form a solo game. , his volley looks like just a blind shot!

But the victory lies in the speed of the ball, and the football flew straight to the lower left of the goal. Begovic subconsciously made a save and failed to touch the football!
Two substitutes, Henderson and Sterling, scored for Liverpool to score a win.

Although he won the game, Situ Yunbing couldn't be happy. He still shook hands with Pulis in a very gracious manner after the game.

Then he went to find out about the injuries of Gareth Bale and Eriksson.

When interviewed after the game, people will naturally pay attention to the injuries of these two players.

Situ Yunbing said in a natural tone: "This is the Premier League, how can it be the Premier League without players being injured?

The good news is that Bale only needs to rest for a week, and the bad news is that Eriksen needs at least four weeks to recuperate. "

This is already a relatively good result.

Especially with FIFA match day coming up.

(End of this chapter)