I just wanted to play football, but I became a Hollywood god

Chapter 288 The strength gap visible to the naked eye!Crush from Liverpool!

Southampton's formation uses their current familiar 442 formation.

Although head coach Adkins prefers a pragmatic 4231 defensive counterattack formation, Southampton's 4231 is still immature, not even a semi-finished product, so for a long time in the early stage, the 442 formation was still the main form , First play the 442 defensive counterattack tactics, and then gradually transition to 4231.

In Southampton's starting lineup, the two forwards are No. 11 Gurley and No. 20 Lallana.

Naturally, Lallana doesn't need to say much. As a product of the Saints' youth training, Lallana is also the core of Southampton's offense.

Lallana is not only fast, good footwork, wide vision, flexible running, can dribble and shoot with both feet, but also humble, easy to get along with, and more handsome, so he is also called Southampton team flowers.

In addition to the nickname of the team flower, Lallana also has the nickname "Lalala".

Lallana is very calm and calm when passing people, and can often perform wonderful scenes of pulling the ball to pass people in a small area.

Another striker, Guli Doprado, is from Brazil. He is 28 years old and 190cm tall. He is a typical high center forward.

Currently, Gurley is still on loan at Southampton. If his performance is good enough, Southampton will officially buy him out from Italy's Cesena Club.

He and Lallana's striker partner also took the path of one high and one fast.

Gurley's role is more to attract defensive firepower, help Lallana open the gap and make the ball.

As a striker, Gurley doesn't score many goals, but his role is not low.

The left midfielder is No. 21 Lee Holmes.

This player is not tall, only 170cm, but he is fast, flexible on his feet, very good in physical fitness, and good in passing, but his defense is average.

In Southampton, in the position of left midfielder, the young Chamberlain was actually stronger than Holmes. However, Adkins decided to consider Holmes' experience and Chamberlain's recklessness. Let the more stable Holmes start first.

The right midfielder is No. 4 Morgan Schneiderlin.

Schneiderlin can be regarded as Southampton's midfielder. His long pass transfer is very accurate, his vision is wide enough, his range of activities is relatively large, and his defensive interception and steals are also in place.

Putting Schneiderlin on the right is also considering that Schneiderlin can quickly assist in the defense of the center, so as to guard against the rapid raids of the "Little Ma" and "Biscuit" on the opposite side.

This time, Schneiderlin's task is also very heavy.

The two midfielders are No. 14 Dean Hammond and No. 36 Anthony Pulis.

Dean Hammond is also considered a veteran, with plenty of physical fitness, a good defensive position, and rich experience.

Anthony Pulis is also a veteran, but he is mediocre in all aspects, but his physical fitness is passable.

——It is worth mentioning that Anthony Pulis' father is the famous Tony Pulis, a master of sideline grenade tactics.

Tony Pulis played for the Hong Kong Yuyuan team when he was young. Of course, this is not the most awesome thing. The most awesome thing is that Tony Pulis had already obtained a British coaching license when he was 19 years old. At the age of 21, he passed the European coaching license.

When other friends wanted to play football and become a star, Tony Pulis wanted to be a coach since he was a child.

Currently, Tony Pulis is coaching Stoke City. He helped Stoke City succeed in the 07/08 season, and during his second term as coach of Stoke City, Stoke City Brought to the middle reaches of the Premier League.

Tony Pulis's tactics are very conservative, but the success rate is extremely high. In all his coaching careers, he has never been relegated. As long as Tony Pulis is invited to be the relegation coach, he can bring the team to the middle above.

Tony Pulis created the sideline grenade tactic, making the sideline throw-in a tactic as deadly as a corner kick. Major teams have followed suit, and players have also increased their upper body strength and waist core. strength.

It's a pity that with such an excellent father, his son Anthony Pulis is far behind.

Anthony has been playing in League Two all year round. He is still 26 years old and still doesn't want to make progress.

When the Southampton club signed Anthony, they really wanted Anthony to convince his father to coach the Southampton club.

However, Tony Pulis did not want to be with the club where his son was coached at all.

The Southampton club then settled for the next best thing and found Adkins as the new head coach.

The left back is No. 3 Dan Harding. He used to play in the British Championship, and he is indeed a bit capable.

The right back is Danny Butterfield-this person is also a 30-year-old veteran who has been in the League Two team all the year round. He seems to work hard during training and games, but in fact he is not working. contribute.

The two central defenders are team deputy No. 16 Paul Wharton and No. 15 from Tunisia's golden generation: Jedi Jaidi.

Paul Walton was born as a midfielder, and he is very experienced in connecting the midfield and central defenders.

The only problem is that Wharton is 33 years old this year, and his physical fitness and confrontation have declined sharply.

Jedi Jaidi, who is one year older than him, is much stronger than him. Jedi Jaidi has a tall physique, is fierce in frontal interception, has super confrontation ability, strong high-altitude energy, and good physical fitness , but it is too slow to chase and turn around. Once it is broken, it will basically stop.

In the end, the goalkeeper was No. 1 Calvin Davis.

Davis is the veteran of the Southampton team. He started from the Premier League team Sunderland, but he was only the second goalkeeper in Sunderland. After coming to the Southampton club, he quickly became the main goalkeeper. His biggest advantage is that he is very agile, very calm, has a fast reaction speed, has a strong ability to deal with single-handedly, and has rich experience, and is good at commanding his teammates loudly in the penalty area.

Although he is 33 years old this year, the position of goalkeeper is getting more and more demonic with age.

The Liverpool team on the opposite side, as coach Adkins analyzed before the game, sent out a 451 formation with clear offense and solid defense.

The front striker is "Viper" Milan Jovanovic.

Why is it called a poisonous snake?Because his speed is very fast, and he starts suddenly, one blow is fatal!
When he played at Standard Liege, he was punished by the head coach and forced to sit on the bench because of a fight with his teammates on the training ground, but even so, Jovanovic still scored 12 goals in extremely limited playing time .

The scoring efficiency is evident.

Liverpool's three forwards are "Little Ma" Maxi Rodriguez, Christian Poulsen and "Rejoice" Ngego.

In fact, the title "Little Ma" is not only available to Maxi Rodriguez. Mascherano, who is also an Argentine player, is also called "Little Ma".

In terms of fame, Maxi is of course not as good as Mascherano, but Maxi's engineer temperament in charge is actually more in line with Xiao Ma's positioning.

Maxi's skills are comprehensive, his attack speed is fast, his defense speed is also fast, and he has a strong desire to shoot. As a typical Argentine player, his dribbling is also very good, and he rarely loses the ball on the court.

Of course, Maxi's temper is hot enough.

"Brother Rejoice" David Ngego, in fact, does not have long hair of Rejoice, but a bald man.

It's just because he is very confident on the court, this kind of confidence fits perfectly with Rejoice's advertisement, he has the feeling of a monk washing his hair with Rejoice, so he was given the title of Brother Rejoice.

Ngego is a very talented French player. It is absolutely no exaggeration to say that he is a top-level talented player, but this guy has a common problem of black talented players-laziness.

Ngego is unwilling to train and often arrives late and leaves early.

With his talent, as long as he has half the efforts of Ronaldo, he can also become a world-class star.

It's a pity... not every genius can make it to the end and become a real star. Too many geniuses are lost in the end.

The two midfielders are "Little Joe" Joe Cole and Spilling.

Paul Konchesky at left back and a young Stephen Darby at right back.

The two central defenders are Sodirios Kyrjakos and Martin Skrtel.

The goalkeeper is Brad Jones, the substitute goalkeeper for the Australian national team.

Joe Cole is known as the "Midfield Magician". He has a strong ability to drive the ball, has a wonderful long shot, and is extremely good at running around the edge.

At the beginning, Joe Cole liked to show off his skills and played very fancy. It wasn't until Mourinho coached him that Joe Cole began to change his style of play, becoming more pragmatic and efficient. .

Joe Cole is also the perfect partner for Gerrard in the England national team. Gerrard's organizational ability and Joe Cole's scheduling ability make England's midfield coordination very smooth and beautiful.

Joe Cole was originally a Chelsea player, partnered with Chelsea's No. 8 Lampard, and was later persuaded by Lampard to join Liverpool.

Except for Joe Cole, the rest of them are basically Liverpool's substitutes.

——From Liverpool’s starting list, it’s not hard to see that Coach Hodgson doesn’t take Southampton seriously at all. Except for a few main forwards in the midfield, the back line is almost full of substitutes and newcomers Liverpool players.

On the other hand, the Southampton team almost sent all the main players.

The Liverpool players were relaxed, chatting and laughing with each other as they took their positions.

The Southampton players looked nervous and solemn.

After all, this is not a close game.

beep--

With the head coach's loud opening whistle, the pre-season friendly match between Premier League team Liverpool and League One team Southampton officially began!
All the Liverpool fans shouted wildly and waved the Phoenix LFC team flag wildly!

Southampton striker Gurley kicked off the ball and knocked the ball back to his right forward Schneiderlin, who organized the attack.

While observing Liverpool's formation, Schneiderlin steadily dribbled the ball forward.

Schneiderlin wanted to slow down the tempo and wait for his teammates to penetrate forward before passing the ball.

However, the Liverpool players who were still giggling just now quickly entered the state and forced them to come up.

The left midfielder Maxi went straight to the top of Schneiderlin who was dribbling the ball!

The game has just started, and Liverpool's rhythm has been brought up.

Although Liverpool did not have the ball, Liverpool defended very passionately!
The Southampton team failed to adapt to such a fast pace of the game for a while, and their positions were still a little slack.

Facing the turbulent tide of Liverpool players, Schneiderlin was not sure of his personal breakthrough and could only pass the ball back to Anthony Pulis, who was lagging behind.

Viper Jovanovic grabs Pulis.

Pulis obviously hasn't adapted to such a fast pressing rhythm, and he doesn't have enough confidence to go one-on-one with Jovanovic, so he hastily turned half-turned and passed the ball back to central defender Walton.

The ball was passed too hastily, the route was a bit off, and it was passed to the gap between the central defender and the left back in the backcourt.

Seeing the opportunity, Jovanovic immediately threw Pulis away and accelerated his sprint.

Pulis couldn't prevent Jovanovic's speed at all!

KOP fans excitedly raised their arms and cheered!
Fortunately, the center back Wharton is more experienced, he quickly went up and stabbed the ball to the left back Haldin.

Jovanovic, who had no hope of grabbing the ball, slowed down.

While returning to the penalty area, Walton yelled at Pulis for the pass error just now: "Fack you! Anthony! How the hell did you pass the ball? Did you pass shit?"

Pulis also knew that it was his own mistake, so he ran away sullenly, not daring to speak back.

Fortunately, the ball is still on Southampton's side, but it was so exciting at the beginning, and the Southampton team was a little hairy up and down.

Left back Jaldin drives the ball along the wing.

Liverpool's talented player Rejoice Ngego stepped forward to prevent Haldin from getting up to speed easily.

Haldin wanted to rely on his body and foot skills to get past Ngogo, but when there was a slight pause, Christian Poulsen, another forward player of the Liverpool team, quickly assisted in the defense.

Ngego and Poulsen teamed up to trap Haldin on the left touchline.

Under Liverpool's offensive and defensive tactics, Haldin couldn't even pass the center line, and the passing line between him and his teammates was completely cut off!
However, Haldin is also experienced. After some physical confrontation, Haldin kicked the ball directly on Poulsen's calf, and the football bounced out of the sideline.

The linesman immediately raised the flag and the referee awarded the ball to Southampton.

KOP fans booed wildly.

Nearly 2 minutes into the opening, Southampton, which had possession of the ball, only crossed the center line once when Schneiderlin dribbled the ball, and was always suppressed by Liverpool in their backcourt.

This is really a gap in strength.

This also reflects the horror of Hodgson's 451 formation.

Coach Adkins frowned slightly, stood up from the bench, walked to the tactical area on the sidelines, and shouted very fast: "Don't concede the ball! Don't concede the ball! Haldin, hurry up! Use The width of the pitch! Holmes go back, go back and run open! Hammond is ready for the second, Schneiderlin, you go forward!"

The Southampton players on the field were all in high spirits.

Unexpectedly, coach Adkins, who usually can't fart a fart, speaks so fast and talks so much when he is directing on the spot!

With Adkins' on-the-spot command, the Southampton players immediately regained some confidence.

Jaldin panted a few times, picked up the football, and quickly took a throw-in.

Holmes, the left midfielder who retreated, grabbed the football immediately. Before Joe Cole and Spilling on the opposite side surrounded him, he immediately transferred the ball laterally to Hammond in the midfield.

Schneiderlin on the right has already run out of space ahead of time——

However, Hammond made a mistake in stopping the ball, and the ball bounced two meters away!
Maxi, who had been ambushing around Hammond for a long time, immediately seized the opportunity and started sprinting to chase the ball!
Hammond quickly reached out to pull Maxi!

Maxi hit a shoulder directly, knocked Hammond away, and broke the ball in the first place!

The KOP stand boiled instantly!

Within 5 minutes of the game, Liverpool switched from defense to offense!

"Return to defense, return to defense!" Coach Adkins roared extremely fast: "Don't panic, don't panic, shrink back to defense, get stuck in the line, and stare at their forwards! Hurry up, Hammond! Don't be fooling around, Pulis! Go help defend Joe Cole!"

Both Schneiderlin and Lallana quickly retreated to intercept Maxi Rodriguez.

Faced with the double-team interception of the two, Maxi calmly made a Messi-style L surreptitious move.

Maxi first kicked the ball outward with the outside of his left foot, and then smashed the ball inward with the inside of his right foot. The speed was extremely fast!

Schneiderlin and Lallana's double-team defense was immediately opened a gap.

Maxi accelerated the breakthrough with the ball and passed between Schneiderlin and Lallana.

The speed and reaction of Lallana and Schneiderlin are already very fast, but they are nothing in front of Maxi.

Almost in the blink of an eye, Maxi had dribbled the ball to the 30-meter area of ​​Southampton's goal.

Southampton's defense also immediately shrunk.

The training sessions and defensive drills in the past few days have not been practiced in vain.

But the gap in personal strength is still visible to the naked eye.

Coach Adkins shouted eagerly, "Price! Pulis—"

Before he finished shouting, Joe Cole, who was being marked by Pulis, stepped up to the edge like a ghost and appeared on the right rib of the penalty area.

By the time Pulis reacted and followed up, Joe Cole had already thrown him away from the gap of three positions.

Maxi immediately split the side with one kick!
Joe Cole easily raised his foot to stop the ball, and then faced the joint defense of Haldin and Walton. He did not break through, but made an "internal step turn" on the spot, and his supporting foot landed behind the side of the ball. , drawing an arc with the other foot, stepping in front of the ball from the other side, and making a posture to be hard.

Haldin and Wharton really stepped forward to block.

Joe Cole turned around with a pull of the ball, passed Haldin smoothly, and then directly hit Wharton on the passing route!

This wave of operations is as dazzling as a magician, with both technical and physical confrontation!
KOP fans cheer wildly!
After Joe Cole passed the two, he didn't dribble too much, but before more Southampton defensive players double-teamed, he kicked low and straight to the goal——

(End of this chapter)