Red Rebels

The night after the draw was completed, the European Super Cup against Liverpool was held at the Stade Louis II in Monaco.

Although neither side is willing to spend everything they have just for a Super Cup, in fact, no one is willing to give up this trophy easily. After all, only teams that win the Champions League and UEFA Cup are eligible to enter the European Super Cup. , and both of these trophies are not easy to get.

After failing to win the Super Cup for two consecutive years, the media joked that Mourinho's team suffered from Super Cup phobia. This season, they even lost to Chelsea in the English Community Shield. Now we have Liverpool in good form.

Just like the tight schedule, Liverpool's schedule is also tight. They played a league game with Charlton before the Super Cup, and they have to face the strong Arsenal team after the Super Cup, so Benitez's team is also They are not prepared to give their all in the Super Cup, and they also arranged some substitute players.

The goalkeeper is Reina, the left back is youth training player Warnock, the center back combination is Carragher and Hyypia, and the right back is Spanish star Josemi and Aaron who joined Liverpool last season but did not have many playing opportunities. Seau, Hamann, Garcia, Pongler and Gerrard formed the midfield, with Cisse as the forward.

Benitez is obviously preparing for the league match with Arsenal three days later. After all, compared to the heavyweight league, the Super Cup is undoubtedly tempting, but it is more important to score all 3 points in the league and continue to lead the standings.

Like Benitez's calculation, Mourinho's starting lineup is also filled with many young players.

The goalkeeper is Casey Keller, the defense from left to right is Lahm, Vidic, Curtis and Alves, the three midfielders are Mikel, Michael Johnson and De Rossi, and the two wingers It's Ribery and Robben, and the lone forward is Villa.

Mourinho's 433 tactic is actually adjusted from 4231, moving the original attacking midfielder further back, but moving De Rossi's organizational attacking midfielder forward, allowing Michael Johnson and De Rossi to take turns advancing forward. In order to attack Liverpool's defense, Mikel served as a single defensive midfielder, but in fact his task was more to sort out the ball.

The Nigerian star performed well in the World Youth Championship. He served as the core midfielder in the Nigeria National Youth Team. He has excellent skills and a good passing ability. Although he has assumed a lot of defensive responsibilities, Murry Neo's team advocates frontcourt pressure, and the defensive task of the defensive midfielder is not heavy.

By leaving Mikel at the end, Mourinho hopes to further stimulate his offensive and passing skills while maintaining his defensive level. This can also be regarded as a trick Mourinho learned from Van Gaal.

Under the coaching of Van Gaal, Yaya Toure's offensive potential has been tapped. He now even overwhelms Vieira and becomes Manchester City's core player, responsible for the team's organization, and performed well, which made Mourinho reflect. , I have to admit that I did underestimate Yaya Toure.

In fact, Xiao Yu once mentioned to him the offensive potential of Yaya Toure and Mikel. Even De Rossi and Essien were mentioned by Xiao Yu. Mourinho was very fond of Essien and De Rossi. Xi Jinping attaches great importance to it, and the offensive potential of the two players has also been tapped. Although they now bear a lot of defensive tasks, their mid-road advancement and back-row insertion are one of their most valuable weapons.

After letting go of Yaya Toure, Mourinho had to pay attention to Mikel, especially after the World Youth Championship. Mikel's outstanding performance made Mourinho feel that if he was only allowed to serve as a As a sweeper, his offensive talents were undoubtedly wasted.

Of course, this is not to say that Mikel's offensive ability is strong, but he should not just be a defender.

…………… During the game, Liverpool pressed heavily from the beginning and took advantage of a mistake. Cisse scored the first goal in the 11th minute. This goal greatly boosted Liverpool’s morale. .

But after Mourinho's team experienced a chaotic start, the players gradually found the feeling. Michael Johnson and De Rossi played as central midfielders.

While taking care of defense, they also worked hard to find opportunities to participate in the offense. In addition, Villa, Ribery and Robben in front had a wide range of activities, which quickly stabilized the situation.

During Liverpool's aggressive attack, Mikel showed the courage and perseverance that a qualified defensive midfielder should have in front of the defense. In the 16th minute, if he hadn't tripped Gerrard with his decisive foot, , I am afraid that the Liverpool team will have to win another victory. By then, the game will be difficult to play.

This foul resulted in a yellow card, but Mikel's performance won Mourinho's praise. The Nigerian's defensive skills have improved a lot, but the young man's performance is not stable enough and lacks consistency. Last name, which makes Mourinho dare not use them boldly.

After gradually stabilizing the situation, he began to incorporate the rhythm into his favorite process. Michael Johnson, De Rossi and Mikel's passing ability was not weak. The three of them went one behind the other, forming a strategic depth. Michael? Johnson and De Rossi took turns stepping forward to assist, while Mikel was responsible for sorting out the ball and passing the ball behind them.

Mikel's passing is different from Michael Johnson's. Both are good at controlling the rhythm, but Mikel prefers lateral passes or back passes, while Michael Johnson is good at launching medium and long passes and can also pass them. Through ball, and his offensive ability is better than Mikel.

It is precisely because of this that Mourinho placed Mikel at the back and encouraged the two full-backs to move forward boldly.

After stabilizing the situation, Mourinho's series of adjustments immediately suppressed Liverpool's attack, especially on the two wings. The forward penetration of Alves and Lahm caused Liverpool's wing attack to completely collapse.

In the 37th minute, Alves passed a diagonal pass from the right. Carragher's prediction was accurate and he beat Villa to push the ball out, but it was intercepted by Michael Johnson.

The England midfielder made several passes with De Rossi to slow down the offensive rhythm. After several adjustments, he suddenly passed the ball diagonally to the right and hit Warnock behind.

After half a season of recuperation, Robben has indeed not returned to his best condition, but his speed is still there, and his tacit understanding with his teammates is still there. After a sudden start, he catches the ball and drives straight down to the baseline. A low pass was passed.

Villa also started when Robben countered offside and poked Robben's pass into the gate guarded by Reina, 1:1!

After tenaciously regaining the score, they pursued the victory and completely overwhelmed Liverpool in terms of momentum.

In the 43rd minute, before the end of the first half, Mikel intercepted the ball and handed it to De Rossi. The Italian midfielder sent the ball into the penalty area. Ribery volleyed the ball. Spanish goalkeeper Reina performed well and saved the ball. , but it caused chaos in the penalty area.

In the chaos, Villa appeared in a key position and shot the ball towards the goal before Hyypia, but Reina saved the shot from close range again like a god.

Robben took the ball on the right and hit the goal, but it was slightly higher than the goal.

This was also the best opportunity in the first half besides scoring a goal, but who would have thought that two consecutive sure-fire shots would be blocked by Reina.

The first half ended in a 1:1 draw. Both Mourinho and Benitez were very dissatisfied. Both sides' midfielders made slight adjustments. Although there were no substitutions, they all made arrangements to target the opponent's tactical loopholes. .

At the beginning of the second half, the two sides directly entered the stage of bayonet fighting. No one gave up, and no one was timid. They frequently created threats through the two full-backs, but the center backs composed of Carragher and Hyypia, coupled with Behind Reina, these three players performed well and resolved the attack time and time again.

Time passed by, and the score on the field was still 1:1. The attack became more and more urgent. Liverpool was suppressed by the fierce offensive for a while, but it was still unable to shake the door of Liverpool.

Mourinho took the lead in making adjustments. He replaced Robben, who was obviously physically exhausted, with Aguero, and asked Aguero to play as an attacking midfielder, specifically responsible for harassing Alonso in the middle, not allowing the Spaniard to easily Organization and passing, as for the right, Mourinho gave Alves absolute freedom.

When he was at Benfica, Alves often performed wonderful performances of playing the entire right wing by himself. He first played as a right midfielder, and his speed and skills were not bad. Although he switched to a full-back, he did not dare to be like before. He was so wanton, but he still had the ability to turn the entire right wing into his own corridor.

……………………Mourinho’s adjustments soon brought results. Under Aguero’s interference, Alonso was under greater pressure than before, especially the midfielder was also exerting Pressure, which caused Liverpool's midfield organization to be slightly chaotic.

If there is a player like Aimar who can hold the ball and come back to support Alonso, I believe the situation will improve, but Garcia is obviously not such a player.

On the other hand, after giving up the entire right wing, Alves frequently staged the drama of running into Liverpool's half and crossing the ball. Liverpool's left wing was completely suppressed, and the balance of victory gradually tipped in favor.

After Mourinho saw that the situation was tilted, he turned back to the coaching bench, folded his hands on his chest, was not in a hurry, did not say anything, just watched quietly and waited.

Sometimes, scoring goals in football matches is a natural process, rather than you thinking that you will be able to score if you want to score. Therefore, you can often see that one side attacks wildly but never scores, and the other side only occasionally scores. He made a sneak attack but succeeded with one blow.

This is the situation now. With the advantage on the court, all Mourinho has to do is wait.

Benitez also saw that the team's midfield was suppressed and the left wing could not stand out. Unfortunately, in order to allow Aimar to conserve his energy and deal with Arsenal, he did not bring him to Monaco. In addition, Owen did not come, which resulted in He now has fewer substitution chips on hand.

After all, not every team's player configuration can be as abnormal as this. Every player is either a first-class star or a quasi-first-class rookie in the future. This means that Mourinho can always have all the players on hand when needed. Have a steady stream of chips.

After a season of running-in, Benitez has created a strong main lineup for Liverpool, but it is only limited to that lineup. On the bench, Benitez has two positions The biggest headache is that one is the substitute for attacking midfielder Aimar, and the other is the substitute for organizational midfielder Xabi Alonso.

It can be said that the characteristics of these two players determine that their substitutes are not easy to find, so Benitez originally wanted to change his tactics and try a style of play without Aimar. The result was obvious. When Alonso was restricted, At this time, Liverpool's offense was disrupted and did not pose much threat.

In the 83rd minute, Alves dribbled the ball from the right and entered Liverpool's half. He was immediately harassed by Pangler, but Alves immediately passed the ball to De Rossi, who passed it to Aguero.

Facing Sissoko, the Argentine youngster rolled a curve ball and passed it to the right side of the penalty area. Alves rushed into the penalty area without knowing when. After unloading the ball with his right foot, he decisively hit the goal with his left foot.

Reina was very focused and jumped up to hit the ball with one hand.

The ball didn't fly too far, but not far away, a white figure appeared behind Carragher like a ghost, touched the ball before him, and with a hard knock, the ball rolled directly into the unguarded gate. 1:2!

It's Villa!

The Spaniard appeared at a key position like a prophet, and he scored the go-ahead goal!

At this time, the entire Louis II Stadium was completely boiling!

No one knows why Villa appeared in that place at that time, and perhaps even he himself couldn't tell the reason, but his shooter's instinct told him that only by going there would he have a chance.

The results of it?

The ball shot by Reina really came, and what he had to do next was simple!

But such a simple thing is undoubtedly arduous for the United States, and it is definitely a blow to Liverpool. Sister-in-law {half-/-floating=(.*)+生-Red Rebel

From leading 1:0 to being overtaken 1:2, Liverpool seemed very passive during the whole process, especially after being suppressed in the midfield, Liverpool could hardly plan a decent attack.

After being overtaken, many Liverpool players, including Gerrard, tried their best to counterattack, but Mourinho switched from the original offensive state to a steady defense with a wave of his hand, and finally maintained the score until the end.

1:2, after missing out on the European Super Cup for two consecutive years, they finally got a taste of the trophy.

After the game, after the awards ceremony of the organizing committee, when everyone at Liverpool was happily celebrating winning the trophy, Gerrard said in an interview that everyone at Liverpool felt sad for losing the first championship trophy they could compete for in the new season. But the team's focus is on the Premier League.

"The setback last season was a surprise for us. I believe we can avenge our disgrace this season. We performed well in the first three rounds. I firmly believe that we can get a satisfactory result against Arsenal!" "

Benitez said the same thing as Gerrard, but he said it more firmly.

"Against Arsenal, we have only one way to go: victory!"