Lord of Greenery

Chapter 561 Taken!
There is basically no grievance between Liverpool and Naples.

The two teams are not in the same league, and the only way to meet is in the European competition.

For a long time, Liverpool has played in the Champions League most of the time, and Naples is rarely seen in the Champions League.

It is already a rare performance to be able to steadily enter the top four in the league.

At the same time, when Naples has the strength to play in the Champions League, Liverpool is in deep trouble and can only play in the Europa League.

The two teams missed perfectly and basically never played against each other.

It is also because of this that the two sides do not understand each other very well.

The only exception might be Li Ze.

He has played in Serie A for so many years and was once a player of Naples, so he naturally has a certain understanding of this rising strong team.

But if he really wanted to say something, Li Ze couldn't say it very well.

After all, it has been almost a season since he left Serie A.

One season is enough to change a lot of things.

The current head coach of Naples is the top coach Ancelotti, he is not so easy to deal with.

On the original trajectory, Liverpool's performance against Naples in the past two years has not been good, and the overall situation is still at a disadvantage.

Now, the most famous player in the Naples lineup is not the outdated Hamsik, nor Insigne on the front line, but Coulibaly on the back line.

This player is considered to have a very close strength to Van Dijk, and was once favored by the major giants.

Why he is willing to stay in Naples is also something that puzzles many fans.

Liverpool's offense often creates opportunities on the wing, but it is the central players who ultimately seize the opportunity.

If Ancelotti uses Coulibaly to choke the defense in the middle, Liverpool's chances of winning are not as great as it seems.

After asking the players for their opinions, Klopp decided to let Firmino and Li Ze switch positions.

Let Li Ze stand at the center position and face Coulibaly, who has the strongest personal ability.

After meeting Li Ze again after a season, Coulibaly looks very motivated.

When he was in Serie A, Coulibaly was educated by Li Ze.

Rather, there are basically no defensive players in Serie A who have not been educated by Li Ze.

Even if the strength and state have declined a lot, there are not many players in the league who can guard against Li Ze.

During Coulibaly's growth period, Li Ze was the devil he couldn't defeat!
How many times has Napoli looked like a contender for the title, only to lose miserably.

That Coppa Italia championship was also the only time Naples defeated Inter Milan and Li Ze to win the championship.

It can be said that Coulibaly's career in Naples has witnessed Li Ze step by step from invincible to the altar.

Now, Coulibaly has become one of the best central defenders in the world. Although Li Ze has regained his life in Liverpool, Coulibaly's impression of him still stays at the moment when the opponent left Serie A sadly.

It's time to bring back the old place!
On the other hand, Li Ze was not very impressed with Coulibaly.

I don't know how many defenders he has defeated in the past ten years, how could he remember every one of them?
Li Ze was not confused when he saw Coulibaly looking at him eagerly.

In the past, many people looked at him like this, and he was familiar with this look.

Looking from the bottom up, the eyes are full of fear and fighting spirit.

The overall strength of Naples is also that the defense is stronger than the offense.

Rather, this is a characteristic of many Italian teams.

For such a team, having an excellent center can often have a restraining effect.

For example, Atletico Madrid's defense is very strong, and generally they are not very afraid of good headers.

But when facing Ronaldo, Atletico Madrid is always prone to problems in air defense.

Ronaldo also won the nickname of "Atletico Madrid Killer" for this reason.

In the original trajectory, Ronaldo's team defeated Atletico Madrid in the Champions League knockout rounds five times, including two Champions League finals.

Klopp switched Li Ze's position to take advantage of Li Ze's header.

If it weren't for the Egyptian pharaoh Salah being a little shorter, Klopp would slowly transform him into a center forward.

Because, Liverpool is not very short of wing breakthroughs.

Mane, Arnold, Robertson and even Chamberlain can all create opportunities on the wing.

In Liverpool's starting lineup, there are only two positions missing, namely the attacking midfielder and the center forward.

Firmino can play in both positions and perform decently in both positions, but neither is particularly good.

Li Ze is different, in these two positions, he is the top player.

Coulibaly soon discovered that with his 187cm height and strong physique, he still couldn't hold down Li Ze with the header.

Liverpool combined side and center to create opportunities continuously.

Only 15 minutes into the opening game, Coulibaly worked as hard as he had played halftime.

Ancelotti also found that something was wrong. Coulibaly, who was regarded as the pillar of the defense by himself, seemed to be completely unable to stop Li Ze.

With Li Ze's scoring efficiency, they will lose the ball sooner or later.

An Pang just had a bad premonition, and Li Ze got a good chance here.

In the 17th minute, Arnold's cross from the bottom was very tricky, and the angle seemed to pass and shoot. The Naples player may also have an own goal if he catches the ball.

Li Ze took off one step ahead of Coulibaly, stayed in the air with his strong physical ability, and shot the ball towards the far corner with a rhinoceros watching the moon.

Kanezis reacted quickly and barely saved the ball.

The ball returned to the penalty area, and Li Ze, who had an excellent awareness of making up shots, grabbed the spot and successfully made up shots.

1: 0!

On the original trajectory, Liverpool's problems are obvious, but obviously it does not mean that they can be solved.

Really good center forwards and attacking midfielders are scarce throughout Europe, and they are not so easy to buy.

Players like Li Ze who can play well in both positions are very rare.

Ancelotti didn't expect that Klopp would do this to him, or even if he thought of it, he didn't expect Li Ze to be so powerful!
Obviously looking at Inter Milan in the first two seasons, he was going downhill.

After leaving Inter Milan, his reputation fell off a cliff.

I don't know how many fans, whether they are Inter Milan fans or not, are snickering and waiting for Li Ze to be in Liverpool's Waterloo.

At that time, not many people thought that Li Ze could stand up again.

Even now, there are quite a few voices in the media who believe that Li Ze has been honored by the entire Liverpool team, which is completely contrary to the opinions of other European divisions.

Perhaps the most unacceptable thing for them is that Li Ze, a native of China, can rule in Italy for such a long time.

For many extreme racist fans, this fact takes their breath away!
They didn't know how happy they were when Li Ze led the team's performance to decline.

And these people are often the ones who like to speak in the media the most.

Italy's overall evaluation of Li Ze was misled by these people!
Ancelotti secretly hated, hated himself.

He didn't expect that even he would be misled by this trend, and he really thought that Li Ze's level had dropped a lot.

Looking at it now, he is clearly still a superstar!
(End of this chapter)