Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 1031 Community Shield Cup
Firmino came to Liverpool with the mentality of making contributions. Of course, he knows who is the boss of Liverpool's three-acre land. He must find a way to integrate into this team. Zhang Yuan must please.

He has no special feelings for Zhang Yuan. After all, as Brazilians, they have many idols worthy of worship in their history. Zhang Yuan is really not worthy of his worship, but he knows that Zhang Yuan is a boss if he can't stand it. No wonder Coutinho, a fellow countryman, said to him: "It is good to have a good relationship with Zhang Yuan. He is the small boss of the team!"

Firmino naturally kept it in mind. When he first came to the team, Klopp always put him in the winger position. As a result, he was not very comfortable with it. In fact, he can also play on the wing. Lopp finally wants to change his position. I have to say that there are also reasons for this. Firmino is not adapting well enough.

Firmino was very happy to return to the center forward position at the time. He always watched Zhang Yuan's attitude carefully in the training game, because he knew that this position was originally Zhang Yuan's, and he also frequently passed the pass on the court. Ball to Zhang Yuan!
Everyone is not a fool, Zhang Yuan also felt a little dumbfounded when he saw it, am I that dark? !It feels as if we are going to pass on small shoes!
But he didn't say anything, but often reciprocated in the training games, expressing his goodwill, telling Firmino that I will not target you!

In fact, Firmino did interpret Coutinho's words a bit too much. Zhang Yuan is very easy to get along with on the training ground. Mingle with everyone laughing and joking, how can you look like a brutal tiger!

The Premier League is often the earliest league among the major leagues. Since Liverpool won the FA Cup last season, they will compete for the Charity Shield with Chelsea, the new champion of the Premier League.

The Charity Shield is no longer called by this name accurately, but the Community Shield. This kind of game is of a friendly nature, and its actual significance is not very great, and there was a curse about it earlier , whoever wins this cup will miss the Premier League title in the new season.

But in fact, the teams participating in this event don't particularly care about it. This cup happens to be the new rivals Mourinho's Chelsea and Klopp's Liverpool, so a lot of gimmicks were added before the game.

Liverpool and Chelsea have not been very active in the transfer market this summer. Although Klopp knows that the new season is bound to be difficult for Liverpool, he is not the kind of head coach who has to spend a lot of money. In fact, he also pays attention to some players with relatively high prices, such as Vidal and Benteke of Villa. Benteke is just a substitute, and now he does not have to introduce Benteke.

Klopp was also very interested in Pogba, but thinking about the high price has already discouraged him. The pressure to buy such a player is very high. Geba and Klopp.

The way Klopp is doing now is more like a step-by-step approach to transforming Liverpool!

On August 8, the Community Shield match was held at Wembley Stadium. Zhang Yuan did not appear in the starting lineup. On the front line, Klopp put the new aid Firmino on top of the center position, while on the wings. It's Sturridge, with Lallana on one side.

Zhang Yuan was not included in the starting lineup because Klopp really didn't pay much attention to this game, mainly training. Midfielders Kanter, Emrejan, Ali, defenders Klein, Skrtel, Luo Fren and Moreno.

This lineup is basically full of new players. The purpose is simply to see the performance of the new players in the official game. Mourinho on the opposite side also doesn't pay much attention to such games. The main striker Diego Costa There was no starter either, and the loaned striker Falcao was used.

Falcao is not in the first year of the Premier League, he was loaned to Manchester United by Monaco last season, but under Van Gaal, his performance was disastrous, but Falcao very much hopes to break through in the Premier League, nothing more than to prove I, this season, was favored by Chelsea again, and was loaned to Chelsea again.

After the game started, Falcao worked very hard and wanted to impress Mourinho in such a game. After all, who doesn't want to play more time, even if he knows in his heart that he It's nothing more than a substitute for Diego Costa.

The head coach doesn't pay much attention to the result of this game, but he pays great attention to the team's running-in after summer training. Unfortunately, they seem to have forgotten that these two teams are often beaten to death after meeting. .

From the first second of the opening, the battle between the two sides was very fierce. Liverpool's new players naturally hope to let Klopp see how good they are in actual combat, and Chelsea played against each other in the second round last season. Unceremoniously disrupting their championship celebration, Mourinho's lack of revenge doesn't mean they don't.

This was a hand-to-hand battle. Anthony Taylor's whistle was helpless and kept ringing. In the first half, everyone played 0:0. In the second half, the battle was still fierce. Zhang Yuan's deepest impression on this game was the two people, One is Firmino and the other is Kante. Firmino's cooperation with his teammates is not tacit enough, and he seems very unfamiliar, but his attitude on the court is really nothing to say. He is very active in counter-robbing. The anti-grab coverage area is very large.

Kanter spliced ​​his good physical fitness, speed, and stealing ability, and built a very sturdy defensive wall with Emrejan in the midfield.

It is precisely because of their existence that Liverpool has a certain advantage in the scene, but what is worse about Firmino is his ability to solve problems. He often scored some wonderful goals in the past, and he also scored more than 20 goals in a single season. When I was [-], but generally speaking, my ability to seize opportunities was not very strong.

In this game, the partner between him and Sturridge was relatively unfamiliar, and everyone failed to help Liverpool turn this advantage into goals.

In the 70 minutes of the game, the two sides almost led to another major conflict. The dispute originated from Falcao and Skrtel. Under Taylor's strong suppression, the two sides calmed down.

In the 75th minute, Klopp finally made a substitution. This time Zhang Yuan was on and Sturridge was off. The midfielder Alli was replaced by Gerrard.

Mourinho has a little intention of consolidating his defense in the face of a disadvantaged situation, and Liverpool has therefore gained the advantage of positional battles many times.

I have to say that Klopp’s considerations sometimes are not unfounded. Zhang Yuan faces less pressure when receiving the ball on the side than in the middle. You have to keep a little distance from the forwards, which is not the case in the Premier League. They are more used to sticking to you like dog skin plasters. In the Premier League, the referees are relatively larger. Backing and pulling are often judged as normal physical contact. Very bad for technical forwards.

Therefore, many strikers are not used to this when they come to the Premier League. It is more necessary for forwards to have super confrontation ability or good running ability. You can see that the small forwards and technical strikers who are better adapted to the Premier League are not unreasonable. , Only by constantly retreating and pulling the sides can it be easier for them to get the ball.

Klopp's change is that Zhang Yuan can get the ball and be able to dominate Liverpool's offense. Coupled with Firmino's running position and Ali's forward penetration, Liverpool can achieve a three-dimensional offense in the position, while Zhang Yuan can play as a center forward and contain the ball. The ability is also very strong, but other people in Liverpool are not as powerful as Zhang Yuan. Maybe Zhang Yuan can run well, but his teammates may not be able to get the pass. What is the use of timely and good running positions.

This Zhang Yuan was almost the same when he was in the national team. The previous coaches of the national team seldom let Zhang Yuan play a single forward, because he didn’t pass the ball so well to him. Zhang Yuan still has room to display his power even more.

(End of this chapter)