Ace Young Marshal

Chapter 649 Fight hard!

Liverpool airborne to the United States to participate in the International Champions Cup!

Although there was a certain upsurge after coming to the United States, Liverpool's popularity is obviously not the highest.

Americans' enthusiasm for football has not yet reached the level of fanaticism. It can even be said that they are just waiting and watching, with a very limited level of appreciation.

Just like last season's final game of the Premier League broadcast in the United States that hit the peak ratings, fans all over the world would definitely guess that it was a match between Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, and Arsenal.

The results of it?
Unexpectedly, most viewers in the United States chose to watch the "Wales Derby" between Cardiff City and Swansea in the final game of the Premier League that opened at the same time period!
To be honest, the gimmick dubbed Derby is just a game between a mid-lower Premier League team and a Premier League relegated team. Naturally, it will not be too entertaining because there are no stars!

But the Americans watch it with relish, which makes it impossible for the outside world to understand what the Americans' aesthetic perspective on football is.

Liverpool's reputation in European football in the past two years is enough to make them famous all over the world, but Americans pay more attention to Liverpool because the Beatles were born here. The Beatles can become global pop culture, and the United States has the greatest credit!
So if Liverpool thinks they are a star, I am afraid Americans will not agree.

Perhaps what they care more about is Real Madrid, which has superstar C Ronaldo, or Manchester United, which first opened up the American market.

There are also negative factors on Liverpool's side, and that is Situ Yunbing.

In the United States, a country of white supremacy, Situ Yunbing is not black, but it can be said that because he is not white, or he is a yellow-skinned Asian. In the sports industry, the United States has fully recognized the innate genetic strength of black people. But still won't look at the yellow race differently.

The NBA can only rank third in the United States, while American football ranks first in the United States.

In football, who is the most important?
quartile.

This is very similar to the No. [-] position that Cruyff passed on to Guardiola in football.

It's the brains on the field, responsible for instigating the offense.

Quarters in football rely on the overall situation, vision, situational insight, and precise passing ability.

In American football, the quarterbacks are largely filled by white players, determined by their values ​​and culture.

As for the other running backs, the teammates who are responsible for intercepting and colliding can be thick and strong, or blacks with scud speed, and they can lead them to victory. Just white people.

It can be seen that when Situ Yunbing, a man of yellow race, led the Premier League and European champions to the United States, the Americans would not necessarily look at Liverpool differently, and their preconceived and colored eyes would carefully examine him behind his back, even if no one dared to declare it to the United States. Although he commits a big taboo by mouth, he will definitely show one or two in action.

Situ Yunbing didn't mind. He would be discriminated against and threatened in Europe. Did he come to the United States to seek equality and justice?

His brain was not flooded.

He came here to lead the team to play commercial games and train the team.

Just do your job well.

Thanks to his skin color, even if he does not attend sponsorship activities, he will not attract too many protests from sponsors.

There are eight teams participating in the International Champions Cup this time, divided into two groups. After playing a single round-robin match, two teams will enter the semi-finals, followed by knockout rounds, and finally determine the champion.

Liverpool are in the same group as Manchester City, Olympiacos and AC Milan.

July 7, Chicago Soldier Field.

Situ Yunbing appeared in the stadium wearing a POLO shirt with the Liverpool team logo on it. In the stands, some Chinese fans from Chicago gathered in the stands to cheer for him. They may not be complete fans, just because Situ Yunbing is The influence of the Chinese in the world football came to the scene to cheer.

In the words of overseas Chinese, Situ Yunbing is the pride of the Chinese people.

In a sense, Situ Yunbing's influence definitely surpasses those Chinese athletes who won gold medals for China in the Olympics, because football is the number one sport in the world, and the exposure rate every week is too high.

You must know that when Situ Yunbing resigned as the coach of Monaco and Hamburg, the news of his resignation will enter the world news ranking of the day, and its influence can be imagined!

If Situ Yunbing suddenly announced his departure from Liverpool, and there were no particularly important events in the world that day, then the news of his resignation might become the number one news in the world!
Because Chinese fans will pay attention, European fans will also pay attention, and a small number of fans in other parts of the world will also pay attention. Its breadth is unmatched by other sports.

Liverpool is here for training, but Situ Yunbing's attitude towards training is stricter than ever, because there are not many particularly young and immature players in the team!

So for players who have matured and need to take the lead, let them find the state of the game quickly!
This point cannot be sloppy.

Before the expedition, Situ Yunbing delivered a speech to the team: "Forget everything we won last season! We have started a new long march!"

International Champions Cup opener against Olympiacos.

Liverpool's starting list is outrageously strong.

Goalkeeper: Ter Stegen.

Defenders: Azpilicueta, Van Dijk, Benatia, Robertson.

Midfield: Eriksson, Kante, Casemiro.

Forwards: Gareth Bale, Lewandowski, Coutinho.

There was only one change to Liverpool's starting XI for the Champions League final, with Lewandowski replacing Suarez.

As for Lewandowski, Situ Yunbing no longer needs to have many new requirements for him, he only needs him to adapt to the team, integrate into the team, and then adapt to the Premier League.

That's it.

Klopp has trained him well enough.

If it weren't for Situ Yunbing's achievements in the Bundesliga and the European competition last season, maybe Lewandowski would have gone to Bayern Munich this summer.

This can also be regarded as the influence of Situ Yunbing's personal charm to win the hearts of players.

After the game started, Situ Yunbing clearly felt that the atmosphere in the stands of the stadium was a little deserted.

He looked around the stands. Those fans in the United States basically sat on their seats and watched the game with their legs crossed. They might even feel a little lazy. On a sunny afternoon, they looked like they were watching a training session.

It was not surprising that Situ Yunbing shrugged.

It's the same gesture that a British fan might go to watch American football.

The Premier League is still in the stage of developing the American market. After all, in this country with a well-developed sports industry, the big cake in the sports market has been divided up by rugby, ice hockey, NBA, baseball, etc. Want football to get another share?To put it bluntly, it's just the leftovers left over from eating.

Situ Yunbing was satisfied with Liverpool's state in the game.

Although the pace of the game is not fast, the players are still very serious in passing and receiving the ball, interspersed with running positions, and there is no hasty and easy loss of the ball or mistakes.

When Eriksen or Coutinho make a good pass, Gareth Bale, Azpilicueta make a quick break, American fans will give a little applause, but they always Like outsiders watching a football game, not fully engaged in the game.

In the 25th minute of the first half, Gareth Bale sent the ball into the upper left corner of the goal with a strong shot from the front right of the penalty area!

This goal seemed to ignite the passion in the stands of the stadium.

American fans began to cheer.

Gareth Bell, who is now strong and strong, is currently required by the team to further improve his shooting skills. As the best player in the Champions League final last season, Gareth Bell also has the most impact in the world. Strong Throne Will and Consciousness.

Even if Gareth Bale, whom Situ Yunbing doesn't think is the strongest, can't shake the super high efficiency of Ronaldo and Messi who started the season with 40 goals, but he will never hit his disciples, he will still give full Enthusiastic encouragement.

Before the end of the first half, Lewandowski responded with a header from Robertson's cross to help Liverpool make another victory.

Goals from new signings are always something to please a manager, and Lewandowski's is no exception.

There are some differences between Lewandowski and Suarez in terms of characteristics, except that they are almost equal in shooting skills, but in terms of running positions and personal skills, Lewandowski is relatively inferior to Suarez, but in terms of tactics In terms of discipline and tactics, Lewandowski is better than Suarez.

So in general, both of them are top centers, it just depends on how the coach uses them.

It can also be said that the comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of the two happens to be the most typical difference between South American players and European players.

At the beginning of the second half, Liverpool completed a big lineup rotation!

Vardy, Mbappe, Mahrez, Gerrard, Henderson, Koulibaly, Flanagan, Trent, Skrtel.

Situ Yunbing replaced 9 people in one go!

Such a spectacular substitution probably made the opponents a little confused.

But what makes Olympiacos intuitively feel that Liverpool is strong is that even if Liverpool replaces 9 players, they can still have an advantage on the field!
And the trident on the front line still maintains a threatening impact.

When Olympiacos tried to fight back to get back the score, their defense was blown by Mahrez with a straight kick from the wing, and Vardy went to the meeting and easily scored.

Liverpool seal the victory!

Olympiacos is really a bit aggrieved and unwilling. They were originally the best at defending and counterattacking, but they just turned the whole army into a crazy attack!

As a result, the last 20 minutes of the game became a confrontation!

Mbappe seizes the opportunity to add icing on the cake for Liverpool!
Olympiacos scored two goals in the last 10 minutes!

At the end of the 90-minute battle, Liverpool defeated Olympiacos 4:2!
(End of this chapter)