The Era of Emerald

In the history of the European Champions Cup, the Red Army Liverpool is a team worthy of big.

After winning the Champions League trophy for the first time in the 1976-77 season, the English giants have successfully won the Big Ears Cup a total of four times in eight years.Had it not been for the Heysel tragedy that shocked the world in the Champions League final of the 1984-85 season, the English team would have been severely punished by UEFA (English teams at all levels were banned from participating in the three major European cups within five years) , Liverpool's glory may last longer.

After the Heysel tragedy, Liverpool, which has dominated European football for nearly a decade, began to decline. Although Liverpool also won three League One titles during the five-year ban The Premier League will not appear until the summer of 1992), but the Red Army's dominance in English football has actually begun to decline sharply.In the seven seasons after entering the 90s, Liverpool has completely stayed away from the championship trophy.

For seven years, the Red Army only won one League Cup and one FA Cup.Such a result, not to mention their lifelong rival Manchester United, is not as good as even Arsenal. After all, the Gunners have won at least one European Cup Winners' Cup in recent years.

Due to the brilliance that Bill Shankly and his successors led Liverpool to achieve in those years, the Liverpool Club has always regarded itself as the hegemon of English football.Therefore, although the Red Army has won the reputation of fans with its gorgeous offensive football, the reality that the team has not won heavyweight trophies for many years has made Liverpool, including fans, anxious.

It is not something to be happy about watching arch-rivals Manchester United go all out in the Premier League, while the team you support has never been able to win the title.

Out of the desire for the championship trophy, the top management of the Liverpool club began to gradually become dissatisfied with the team coach Evans, believing that his level is not enough to lead the Red Army to regain its former glory-in the next season, Liverpool will usher in another The resignation of Evans marked the end of Liverpool's offensive football era, and the all-powerful Little Tigers also quickly disintegrated in the following years.

However, these things will not happen until at least next summer. Now, the Liverpool team that Fiorentina will face is still the offensive team led by Evans represented by the "Little Tigers".

Liverpool led by Evans is famous for its gorgeous offense in the Premier League. The Liverpool Tigers composed of Robbie Fowler, McManaman and Redknapp are popular in the British Isles. Their fame and personal ability are almost as good as their rivals Manchester United's "92 Golden Generation" is comparable.

A few days before the start of the game, it seemed that he was very confident in the strength of his players. Liverpool coach Evans said in an interview with the media that he would let the Red Army that once conquered the whole of Europe reappear On the Frankie Stadium, let people remember the Red Army that dominated European football back then!

Although the Liverpool people are coming aggressively, Evans is also full of confidence in the interview, but the well-informed Capello is obviously not afraid-no matter how strong you are, can you still be as strong as the Fiorentina team under Lao Tzu?

Although I don't know why Evans, who sat at Anfield but failed to win against Real Madrid in the first round of the group stage, is so confident in the result of this game, but this does not hinder the players of Capello and Fiorentina I plan to teach Liverpool people a good lesson and let them know what is the determination to attack football.

So, at the Frankie Stadium on the night of October [-]th, Capello sent out a surprising starting lineup.

Goalkeepers Toldo, Carlos and Angloma are separated from the left and right, Ferrara and Stam are partnered in the central defenders, Redondo, Rui Costa, Effenberg and Ze Roberto form a midfield four, On the front line are Ronaldo and Inzaghi.

Not to mention whether Liverpool's defenders can handle Ronaldo and Inzaghi, the two dexterous forwards, this starting midfielder alone has already shocked everyone who is used to Capello's tactical style of play. up.

"Redondo, Costa, Effenberg and Ze Roberto...these four midfielders in Fiorentina's starting lineup do not have a full-time defensive engineer midfielder, what happened to Capello today? "It took a long time for the commentator who got the starting list to react. Because of his professionalism as a professional commentator, he didn't let the commentary appear cold because he was shocked by Capello's choice," Evan Liverpool is famous for its gorgeous offense in the Premier League, and Fiorentina, who are playing at home, have also arranged a starting lineup that pays more attention to offense this time. It seems that there will be a wonderful battle at the Frankie Stadium tonight. Blessed are the fans."

The process of the game was indeed as the commentator expected before the game. After the referee blew the opening whistle, the two teams immediately fought fiercely on the Frankie Stadium!

Except for Inzaghi who was living offside, the other ten Fiorentina players on the field are technically outstanding.Therefore, the Fiorentina players who took the lead in kicking off took advantage of this to continuously transfer the ball on the court. The players' a lot of running without the ball and fast passing on the court immediately stunned the Liverpool players on the opposite side - they never I have never seen a team that can play like this!

Well, it's no wonder that Liverpool players feel uncomfortable. After all, they haven't played many European competitions in the past ten years, and they have all concentrated in the UEFA Cup. It is normal that they have never seen this kind of tactical play.

Although Liverpool players also play offensive football, they are much worse than Fiorentina in terms of ball control-Liverpool's offense relies more on the players' personal speed and breakthroughs, and they are not good at controlling the rhythm of the game.

Therefore, Fiorentina, who has a greater technical advantage, easily controlled the rhythm of the game and played Liverpool players around on the court.

If it's just that, Evans can also order Liverpool players to shrink their defenses and use their speed and breakthroughs to attack the opponent's defensive counterattack... But the most terrible thing is that Evans' Liverpool is not good at defense.In other words, Evans himself doesn't pay much attention to defense, thinking that relying on a strong offense is enough to solve the opponent.

Therefore, facing Fiorentina, who are much stronger than them on both ends of the offense and defense, Liverpool players are completely defeated this time.

In possession of the ball, Fiorentina first opened the scoring in the 13th minute of the game by Inzaghi, who succeeded in anti-offside; then in the 30th minute, the alien Ronaldo made another air cut and broke through Carragher Partnering with Mateo, a pair of central defenders, they received Costa's oblique pass and scored a goal, rewriting the score to two to zero!

Only half an hour into the game, the once-famous Red Army in Europe fell behind by two goals at the Frankie Stadium!

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