Fengba Greenery

Chapter 698

Chapter 52 Before the double red meeting
The sea breeze from the Atlantic blows into Manchester along the wide channel of the Manchester Canal.

The sun broke through the cotton candy-like clouds and sprinkled on the roofs of red brick buildings in Manchester.

What a beautiful day.

Ancelotti squinted his eyes and set up an arbor with his hands. The Italian, who is used to the warm sunshine, encountered the most annoying thing in England, which was the bad weather in England.

And of course England's food, booze, and swampy beaches
Ancelotti murmured in his heart.

At this time, Ancelotti was standing next to a large stadium at the Carrington training base, and beside him was the team's assistant coach Giggs.The time for the training session has not yet started, but the players have already arrived at the training base one after another.

Another international match day has passed. Compared with Manchester United's injury list after the last international match day, Ancelotti's mood is much better this time. The team did not add any new injuries, while Di Maria and Hume Ernes has also recovered from injury and joined the team's training.

Manchester United's next game will be their bitter rival Liverpool. One can imagine the importance of this game. Of course, Ancelotti hopes to send his strongest lineup to Anfield to score this crucial three points.

After Manchester United will complete the morning training session at the training base this morning, the team will take the team bus to Liverpool and Anfield after the players have a lunch break.

Tomorrow is the match day, so today the team did not arrange a large amount of training. In fact, there is not much to emphasize in terms of tactics. In the past few days, Manchester United has been preparing for this double red meeting. The details that should be emphasized It has all been explained. For the current Manchester United team that has matured, whether it is home or away, the tactics they use are similar. They may make some targeted deployments based on certain characteristics of the opponent, but There will not be much way out in the general direction of tactics.At this time, the team's fitness coach is leading the team to do recovery training, and has his own assistant in charge of the team's morning training session, so Ancelotti's work is not so busy at this time.

For a football head coach, there are seldom such leisurely moments.Those famous head coaches are basically workaholics. For example, Bayern winger Arjen Robben once complained that Guardiola once called him at three o'clock in the middle of the night to discuss tactical issues, and the football world is even more famous for workaholics. It belongs to Rijkaard. The Dutchman only sleeps two or three hours a day, and he is in a state almost all year round-during the interseason, players can go on vacation, and the coaches are busy with transfers. , Preparations for next season, etc.

At this time, a gust of wind blew, and Ancelotti, who was wearing a gray sports jacket, felt a chill in his body.The temperature in England in October is already very low.He looked outside at the sky with clouds floating, and at this time the sun was blocked by a bigger marshmallow.

Ancelotti turned his head and asked Giggs sitting next to him: "What does the weather forecast say?"

"Tomorrow will be cloudy, the wind will be relatively strong, and the temperature will be very low, but the possibility of rain is unlikely."

Ancelotti nodded. If possible, he hoped that it would rain tomorrow.In the past, Carlo Ancelotti always hated England's cold, wet and rainy weather, but when he had Li Qingshan in his lineup, he was always tolerant and even fond of such weather every match day.

"Then let Pogba, Herrera, and Kramer start in the midfield tomorrow!" Ancelotti smacked his lips. If there is a rainy game, he will let Fellaini replace Herrera in the midfield In the starting lineup, the three players in the midfield will all be taller than 190 centimeters, which guarantees that the opponent will not be able to cry.

It's just a pity that heaven failed to fulfill people's wishes.Ancelotti is still quite afraid of Liverpool as an opponent.

The lunatic coach Klopp must not be underestimated. This is his second season in charge of Liverpool. Many tactical concepts of this unique German coach have gradually integrated into the Liverpool team.Moreover, this season Liverpool also spent a lot of money on signings. In the summer transfer window, Liverpool spent more than 7000 million pounds to sign Mane, Wijnaldum, Karius, Klavan, Matip and others.Klopp's team strength can be said to have improved badly.

What makes Ancelotti more cautious about this game is the recent crazy state of Liverpool. Since September, Liverpool has started a crazy winning streak. First, the Premier League swept the defending champion Leicester City 9-4 at home. , and then beat Chelsea 1-2 away, beat Derby County 1-3 away in the League Cup and advanced smoothly. At the end of September, the Premier League beat Hull City 0-9 at home; on the international match day, Liverpool reversed Swansea 5-1 away .Liverpool currently has four consecutive victories in the Premier League and five consecutive victories in all competitions.The last time Liverpool won five consecutive Premier League victories was in the 2/1 season. From February to March last year, they defeated Tottenham, Southampton, Manchester City, Burnley and Swansea consecutively; In the 2014/15 season, Liverpool continued to win in the closing stages.

Of course, Liverpool in a crazy state is not without hidden dangers. Their consecutive victories rely on Liverpool's offensive ability in the frontcourt, but their defensive ability is not flattering. Since the new season, Liverpool's defense is like paper. Conceded goals in every game and conceded 7 goals.Counting the end of last season, Liverpool conceded nine consecutive rounds of the Premier League. The last time they had a clean sheet dates back to their 10-5 victory over Watford at home on May 8 this year.Looking at the Premier League standings this season, Liverpool is tied for the most goals conceded in the top ten. If Liverpool concedes a goal in the match against Manchester United, it means that after 2 years, it will usher in the shame of conceding goals in 0 consecutive Premier League rounds. The last time was in the 18/10 season, when the Red Army conceded a goal in 1997 consecutive Premier League games between February and April 98.The stubbornness of the defense is undoubtedly Liverpool's Achilles' heel.

For Ancelotti, the opponent's defense is so unstable, which of course gives Li Qingshan and other Manchester United attackers more opportunities. If it is better than the striker's offensive ability, Ancelotti will not be afraid of the opponent at all.

The morning training ended quickly, and after lunch at noon, the players had a two-and-a-half-hour lunch break.

At 03:30 in the afternoon, the players began to assemble, boarded the team bus, and headed to Liverpool.

Manchester and Liverpool are two adjacent areas. The center of Manchester City is about 55 kilometers away from the center of Liverpool. The team bus soon entered Liverpool, a city full of malice for Manchester United.

No Liverpool person likes Manchester United, the two cities have always been so hostile.

(End of this chapter)