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At this time, the players from both sides took their ball boys and walked into Wembley Stadium under the leadership of the referee team.

The Red Army fans and Saints fans in the stands cheered wildly!

After the two sides lined up and shook hands, the captains of both sides came to the referee to guess the coin.

Liverpool's captain Gerrard guessed right or wrong and got the priority to pick the side, while Southampton's captain Davis got the priority to kick off for Southampton.

The captains of both sides shook hands in a friendly manner and exchanged team flags.

Players from both sides went to their respective halves to take photos and then formed their formations.

What Southampton put in today is still the 4231 double midfielder formation they have been accustomed to recently.

The forward position is still played by Lallana, but in fact Lallana more often retreats to the center, forming a four-forward direction with the three forward players.

The three forwards are Chamberlain, Lambert, and Schneiderlin.

The two defensive midfielders are Gu Ran and Mikel.

Southampton's formation seems to have no striker, but in fact the real striker is hidden in the defensive midfielder position.

The four defenders are Hammond, Richardson, Font, and Jaidi.

The goalkeeper is captain Davis.

Southampton's lineup is the best combination finally obtained after a season of running-in and changes.

Needless to say, the core of this Southampton team is Gu Ran.

Therefore, in theory, as long as Gu Ran is restricted, the entire Southampton team can be restricted.

But the problem is that in addition to being very strong, Gu Ran is also positioned behind the forward and in the defensive midfielder position. If Liverpool wants to restrict Gu Ran today, it is very likely that Gu Ran will pull the formation apart. Empty time.

Look at Liverpool again.

Liverpool's current formation is completely different from the formation in Hodgson's era.

Hodgson is the master of the 442 British classical long pass, rushing and flying with both wings. After arriving at Liverpool, he changed from 442 to 4231, which is the formation currently used by Southampton, which emphasizes both offense and defense.

But this formation is actually not Liverpool's traditional style. Liverpool's traditional style is offense.

Therefore, when Hodgson dismissed get out of class and legendary superstar Sir Kenny Dalglish took over Liverpool again, Liverpool's formation was changed to an offensive 433 formation.

This formation is the same as the current formations used by Barcelona and Manchester City. Both have four defenders. The midfield is a small inverted triangle positioning combination, and the frontcourt is a large triangle combination composed of two wingers and a center.

Of course, Liverpool does not play pass control, but presses and attacks.

Because of the tactical changes this season, it took Liverpool players a long time to adapt, and it was not until the second half of the season that their results improved.

Liverpool, which has won three consecutive victories, also appeared confident in today's game against Southampton.

Liverpool's starting center is No. 1 Luis Suarez, the Uruguayan superstar who just transferred from Ajax in January this year.

Suarez, 24 years old, is 181cm tall and weighs 81kg. He is a typical South American tank center. But Suarez doesn't just rely on body and impact.

Suarez, who was born in Ajax, has very comprehensive skills and abilities. He can not only play as a center, but also as a forward, left winger, right winger, shooting, passing, smell in front of the goal and coordination awareness. He is world-class. of.

When Suarez was playing in the Eredivisie, he was already a well-known star in the Eredivisie.

At that time, Suarez and Miralem Soleimani were known as the twin stars of Ajax.

Later, Suarez broke out about the biting incident and was severely punished by the Eredivisie officials and the club. Suarez began to think about leaving Ajax.

Ajax, the star-making factory, was completely indifferent to Suarez. After all, Ajax produced too many stars, and there were too many more famous than Suarez. What's more, at that time, What Ajax really likes is not Suarez, but Miralem Soleimani.

Soleimani is defined by Ajax as a world-class super genius, a super star who can replace Messi and Ronaldo.

Therefore, Suarez moved to Liverpool for 2500 million pounds with almost no obstacles.

As for Soleimani... he died not long after.

When Soleimani fell, Suarez relied on the South American's fierceness to make a name for himself in the Premier League and won the European Golden Boot. Later, after moving to Barcelona, ​​he helped Barcelona win the Champions League and the 13 championship awards including La Liga championship.

Ajax club's intestines are filled with regret.

When Suarez moved to Ajax that year, he was worth 700 million pounds. Later, he moved from Ajax to Liverpool and was worth 2500 million pounds. Later, he moved from Liverpool to Barcelona and was worth 6500 million pounds. British pounds, and liquidated damages of 2 million pounds!

From the increase in transfer fees alone, it is not difficult to see Suarez's peak journey.

The current Suarez has not yet cooperated with Messi, so he is not at his peak yet, but even without meeting Messi, Suarez's strength is enough for him to gain a foothold in a highly confrontational league like the Premier League. .

When Suarez first transferred to Liverpool in January this year, Liverpool's performance was extremely poor, falling to 1th place in the Premier League standings, and was even in danger of relegation. However, Suarez quickly integrated into the Kings Suarez scored on his debut for Kenny Dalglish's side.

Later, in the game against Manchester United, Suarez used acrobatic passing skills to tease Manchester United's entire defense and assisted Kuyt to score.

This kind of playing style is definitely rare for a strong center player, and it also gives great confidence to the Red Army fans in Liverpool.

If we have to find shortcomings, Suarez's shortcomings are that he is not fast enough and lacks rhythm and explosiveness when dribbling the ball.

But in fact, having said that, with Suarez's skills and physical strength at his feet, he does not need excessive speed to bring the ball into the penalty area and finish.

With a body, skills, awareness, movement, and a sense of smell, a center like this is the best center in the world in this era.

Of course, biting is wrong after all. Suarez's wife Sofia is also one of the victims, even the most frequent victim, but Sofia has never complained.

It was also with Suarez's wonderful performance in the midfield and frontcourt that Liverpool was able to catch up from the lower reaches of the standings all the way to the BIG6 area.

Therefore, in today's game, Suarez is also the target of Southampton's focus.

Suarez will definitely have a lot of head-on confrontations with Gu Ran, who is a defensive midfielder.

Coupled with the participation of Gerrard and Mikel, the excitement of this game will definitely be no less than any previous game.

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