The sweeping army of the greenery

Chapter 12 Opener

Tottenham Hotspur vs Liverpool

This is the opening game of the 0405 Premier League season.

At 8:14 on August 12th, the game officially started at the White Hart Lane Stadium in London.

"There are also those who play football at noon." Li Tiancheng got his wish and sat on the bench, but now he began to mutter to himself.

Today's weather is really good, Li Tiancheng squinted his eyes and carefully observed the situation on the field.

Benitez originally planned to let him play in the reserve team for a period of time, and then find opportunities such as the League Cup to gain experience, and finally become a league substitute. Fabregas is taking this path, which can be regarded as safe and reliable.

But Li Tiancheng's performance in the Champions League qualifying and training still made Benitez change his mind.

Of course, there may be a reason why the transfer was too slow, and the generals bought by Benitez could not keep up with this game.

Except for Josemi, the Spanish Legion planned by Benitez can't keep up with today's game.

One thing the two teams have in common in this game is that both teams are new head coaches.

Benitez, Santini, newcomers and new atmosphere, it is only natural for the two new head coaches to use newcomers.

Liverpool started the "post-Owen era", with Cisse and Baros partnering up front.

Because of the similar style with Owen, Cisse has become the focus of attention, and it is no surprise that he will start the game.

The Spaniard Josemi served as the right back, and the original right back Finnan was pushed to the position of the right halfback.

Tottenham's French coach Santini is more daring, and arranges the 17-year-old youngster Ifel to play right back. The Swedish left back Edman also made his Premier League debut. Naibet from Deportivo partnered with Ledley King Guard the middle.

Li Tiancheng looked at the 17-year-old Ifel secretly drooling: If only Benitez was so bold, if he started...

Forget it, such an assumption makes no sense.

Seeing Liverpool gradually gaining the upper hand, Li Tiancheng murmured to himself: Goals, score a few more goals, so I can go up and gain experience.

Although it was very embarrassing, Li Tiancheng also had to admit that now he largely only had garbage time to gain experience.

Not long after the opening, Tottenham's Sean Davies brought Barosch down, Kewell took a free kick, Gerrard's header went wide.

It was Liverpool's first shot.

In the 5th minute, Kanoute brought Haman down, and the referee Gallagher showed the first yellow card of the new season.

Liverpool's offensive was strong, and they kept pressing forward, completely suppressing Tottenham.

Li Tiancheng focused more on Kewell and Finnan.

Although Li Tiancheng is used to switching positions with his teammates when playing football, he can play in the frontcourt position, but the main position is undoubtedly the forward and midfielder.

But Benitez wants Li Tiancheng to play on the wing.

Benitez's assistant Ajestaran explained Benitez's intentions to Li Tiancheng.

Benitez believes that away from the opponent's defensive center of gravity and the center, Li Tiancheng can have more space to use his skills and speed to attack the opponent's defense. It is more suitable to look for a suitable opportunity and then insert the camera into the center or the penalty area The current Li Tiancheng.

Benitez also hopes that Li Tiancheng can play like a traditional full-back when defending, and can retreat in time to participate in the defense.

Li Tiancheng's performance against the Austrian Hurricane undoubtedly made Benitez firm in his mind.

It's not impossible, Li Tiancheng is very used to playing from the wing into the penalty area, and now he is just a little farther away from the penalty area, but...

"Paco, with this style of play, my physical strength is not enough to support the whole audience." Li Tiancheng frowned.

Paco Ayestaran: "Well, Lee, it's not a problem for now!"

Li Tiancheng: ...

Well, I'm speechless.

Therefore, now Li Tiancheng puts himself into Kewell and Finnan, watching the performance of Kewell and Finnan, and constantly thinking about what choice he would make if he were in their situation at the time, which is also accumulating experience……

In the 17th minute, Kewell stuffed the ball into the penalty area. Gerrard caught the ball and tricked the immature Ifel to shoot. Ifel grabbed Gerrard's jersey, Davis took the opportunity to clear the ball out of the restricted area.

But the referee Gallagher did not award a penalty, but signaled the game to continue.

"This guy went to the Chinese Super League to study!" Li Tiancheng frowned, it was too outrageous that such an obvious foul could not be seen.

Tottenham's foul actions continued to increase. After Redknapp brought down Gerrard behind his back, he was also shown a yellow card. This was Tottenham's second yellow card.

It wasn't until the 25th minute that Tottenham counterattacked, Jackson passed into the penalty area, and Sean Davies headed wide, which was their first shot.

In the 30th minute, Gerrard's pass went over the entire Tottenham defense, but Cisse again headed the ball high.

In the 37th minute, Kewell passed the ball and was pushed out of the crossbar by Tottenham defender Nebett.

"Why do you have the meaning of gaining power?"

At this time, Pangele took a corner kick, Canoute headed the ball out of the penalty area, Finnan got the ball and passed it into the penalty area again, Carragher headed the ball, Cisse calmly shot into the lower left corner with his right foot from the edge of the small penalty area , Liverpool lead 1:0.

"Finally a goal." Li Tiancheng heaved a sigh of relief.

At this time, the White Hart Lane stadium was full of boos, and it was unknown who it was for.

After the re-kick-off, Liverpool hoped to make persistent efforts, and Tottenham's style of play became more popular, and the scene of people turning their backs on their backs continued to be staged.

In the 40th minute, Gerrard volleyed beautifully just wide of the goal.

"What a pity." Hearing the exclamation from behind, Li Tiancheng shook his fist.

At the end of the first half, Liverpool, which had the advantage, only led by one goal. The ability to grasp the opportunity made Benitez scratch his head.

After the start of the second half, Liverpool's formation began to recover, giving Tottenham more opportunities to attack.

In the 52nd minute, Kanoute's header fell directly into Dudek's arms.

In the 55th minute, Defoe tricked Josemi and Carragher and shot slightly wide.

Being continuously threatened by Tottenham to the goal, Benitez couldn't sit still, standing on the sidelines and shouting loudly.

That's right, his arrangement was obviously to lure Tottenham out so that they could leave more space in the backcourt, but he didn't expect Tottenham to threaten them.

In the 63rd minute, Barosh pushed Tottenham's defense line into the small penalty area, and Kewell cut inside to the front of the big penalty area and almost succeeded with a cold shot with his left foot.

Tottenham goalkeeper Robinson didn't expect Kewell to shoot at all, and there was no reaction. Unfortunately, the ball went out of the goal post.

At this time, Benitez replaced the goal hero Cisse with Pangler.

"Ok?"

Not to mention that Cisse was a little unhappy when he left the field, Li Tiancheng was a little bit guilty: Cisse really didn't do much on the field except for that goal, but isn't Pangele just a small Cisse?Is there any essential difference between the two?
Just a few minutes after playing, Pangler was viciously shoveled away by Davis. Such a malicious foul caused Liverpool players to directly surround Davis. Of course, Tottenham players also had to help their teammates...

The referee Gallagher tried to calm the conflict between the two sides, and then when Pangler kicked Edman down to vent his anger, he suddenly remembered that there was something called a yellow card in his pocket.

　Ask for a recommendation
　　


(End of this chapter)