Chapter 650： .650 Alternate New and Old

After the end of the first game of the International Champions Cup, Liverpool came to New York from Chicago.

Liverpool’s popularity here is much better than in Chicago. After all, New York’s population is the densest city in the United States. An international metropolis has a population of hundreds of millions, and the US city with the largest investment in Premier League promotion is New York. In the square, Gareth Bale’s huge poster of the Premier League’s number one star was published there.

New York Yankees Stadium, Liverpool will play Manchester City in the second game.

In fact, European teams came to the United States to play commercial games, in the final analysis, to train or make money!

It doesn't make much sense to fight against anyone at this stage, even if it is a battle between rivals who have absolute hatred in the eyes of fans all over the world, it will not be true.

The Fleet Street following the report of the Premier League team was curious about Liverpool's new aid Sane. In the first game, Sane did not get playing time. I don't know how Situ Yunbing arranged the young rookie.

In this contest with Manchester City, Situ Yunbing sent Sane in the starting lineup.

And put out a relatively weak lineup.

Goalkeeper: Ter Stegen.

Defenders: Azpilicueta, Van Dijk, Coulibaly, Robertson.

Midfielder: Eriksson, Gerrard, Casemiro.

Forwards: Mahrez, Lewandowski, Sane.

Situ Yunbing's starting lineup is a combination of young and old, with Gerrard as the veteran and Sane as the young.

There are not many players on Manchester City's side that need to run in. It's now an adjustment.

Sterling, who Pellegrini arranged for the starting lineup, is somewhat eye-catching.

After all, this is Sterling's game against his old club.

After Sterling left Liverpool, he and his agent made some comments that were not friendly to Situ Yunbing, mainly claiming that Situ Yunbing did not receive enough trust and attention in Liverpool.

For such remarks, Situ Yunbing did not need to make any response.

The drool of Liverpool fans is enough to make Sterling and his agent shut their mouths obediently.

In this game, Situ Yunbing is not so much a test of the young Sane, but more to see if the combination of Van Dijk and Coulibaly will make Liverpool more aggressive!

The advantage of Coulibaly over Benatia lies in his vitality and ability to confront.

The combination of him and Van Dijk will give people a very powerful visual impact!

When the game started, Manchester City center Aguero's performance was relatively flat, but Sterling was very active. He repeatedly rushed to make waves, but was restrained by Liverpool's defense.

It is difficult for Liverpool players to say what they have to say about Sterling. After all, his own importance in the team before is very low. If he insists on targeting him and being hostile to him, then he is a bit exaggerated.

It's just that everyone tacitly doesn't want Liverpool's exodus to hurt Liverpool in turn. This is more about face disputes than personal grievances, so it is only natural for Liverpool players to stifle Sterling's performance with a tough defense.

Liverpool’s offensive performance is not very good today. Gerrard has been slow to recover after a summer vacation. This is related to his age. The 34-year-old veteran, Situ Yunbing really cannot expect too much from him, especially Gerrard. The type of player itself is more dependent on physical fitness, rather than the type of players like Zidane rely more on technology.

At the end of a player’s career, the motor function of the body begins to decline from the peak, but the skill is the slowest deteriorating aspect, so you can often see some retired players playing some charity matches or commemorative matches and still show off. Ball skills.

Mainly depends on the characteristics of the peak period of the player's career.

A player like Kaka, because his biggest threat comes from his explosive speed, so after the injury, the decline in explosive power is most obvious, causing his threat to plummet.

On the other hand, even though Ronaldinho's threat has declined after the fall, in slow-paced leagues, such as his return to La Liga, in a more skillful competition environment, Ronaldinho can still be coquettish. The pace is rising.

Situ Yunbing has not discussed his future positioning with Gerrard. He also hopes to watch his situation through pre-season preparations. If Gerrard can maintain his courageous momentum after the second peak of his career. , Situ Yunbing will not insist on removing him from the main lineup immediately, and can wait for the right opportunity to execute. After all, it is very difficult for a 34-year-old veteran to maintain good condition throughout the season!

Judging from the current pre-season warm-up match, Gerrard may also have signs of weakness in his own energy.

This is not surprising at all. For Gerrard, who has dedicated his entire career to Liverpool, is the same as those of Liverpool fans. He is thinking of the Premier League champion. After winning, he will further hit the Champions League. His career is at the club level. The words are very complete!

Two Champions League champions, two Premier League champions, two Europa League champions, how much more can you pursue?

At his age, he himself knew that it would be impossible to accompany Liverpool to a long-term rule as an absolute main force.

Sometimes the driving force that supports the advancement of the top stars is often a burst of energy, a breath that lasts for a long time, and the energy is slightly discouraged, and it begins to decline.

Ronaldo is a typical representative of this kind of player. His fighting spirit is getting stronger every year. At the age of 23, he can say that the best player in history is himself, because he has been with this belief throughout Struggle and use your entire career to achieve this goal!

Gerrard’s problem is not that big, but Sane, who played for Liverpool for the first time today, still needs to be polished.

Faced with opponents like Manchester City, and against an experienced star like Sabaletta, Sane's attitude without stage fright made Situ Yunbing very satisfied, and the occasional breakthrough of driving at a fast speed is also impressive.

But the indifference to defense and the shallow sense of confrontation were the main problems Situ Yunbing discovered.

Of course he will not be furious on the sidelines to remind Sane what to do. This is only his first game, and he is only 18 years old. Even if Situ Yunbing cannot be as generous as he was in the first year of leading Hamburg, he will not. Suddenly became unkind.

Give young players as much space and time as possible, this is what he has been reminding himself recently.

Liverpool and Manchester City were evenly divided in the first half of the game. The threats of the two teams' offensives were low, and they ended peacefully temporarily.

Liverpool took the initiative to make substitutions in the second half.

Coutinho, Eriksson, and Gareth Bale appeared together, and Sane, Gerrard, and Mahrez were replaced.

Liverpool's offense was immediately different.

In the International Champions Cup tournament during this trip to the United States, Liverpool's main training goal is to integrate Lewandowski into the tactical system and to cooperate with the whole team.

The power of Liverpool now is that they are not looking to rely on anyone, no core players are absolutely dependent, so this will greatly reduce Lewandowski's pressure.

When Gareth Bale made a threat, Liverpool suddenly turned to Lewandowski to create opportunities, which allowed Lewandowski to play better and create threats.

In the 70th minute of the game, it was Lewandowski who received Eriksson's through shot from a small angle in the penalty area and shot through Manchester City's goal!

Liverpool lead Manchester City 1-0.

Pellegrini was somewhat helpless after the score was behind.

It's not how bad Manchester City's performance is, but Liverpool's continued strength last season is itself a situation that makes him feel depressed.

This will make him more stressful for future challenges!

The cliché of turning stress into motivation sometimes makes it easy to overlook the risks behind too much stress.

Being able to withstand pressure can indeed become motivation.

If you can't stand the pressure, you will collapse, and the consequences will be disastrous!

A strong team can make other teams feel desperate. This kind of despair can be said that Pellegrini did not feel too much last season, but he once had a deep feeling when he coached Real Madrid. Real Madrid that season The performance is already very strong, but it was suppressed by Barcelona, ​​who performed almost perfect!

So people will not remember how good he led Real Madrid, they will only classify him as a loser, and even wipe out his credit for leading Real Madrid to progress.

The reality may be too cruel, but competitive sports is the case. At the level of giants, only the champion is valuable, and beyond the champion, nothing is worth it!

When the balance of the game was broken, Situ Yunbing replaced Lewandowski with Vardy.

Then came the pressure of Manchester City eager to tie the score, Liverpool played steadily, Coulibaly was very active today and made many key interceptions, and it was his backcourt steal in the 82nd minute of the game. Elva broke the ball at his feet and quickly launched a fast attack. Robertson advanced from the side. Coutinho sent a pass through the frontcourt and Gareth Bale quickly completed the anti-offside goal and scored a single goal!

Liverpool has another city!

Situ Yunbing is very satisfied with the team's performance. At least it proves that his vision of selecting players in the past is correct. The vast majority of players in Liverpool's team are not the kind of people who can be rich as long as they have a little achievement. The most professional spirit and attitude to face the game, to make your career climb to a higher peak!

In the International Champions Cup match at the Yankee Stadium in New York, Liverpool won Manchester City 2-0 within 90 minutes. Liverpool, who won two consecutive victories, also advanced to the semifinals of the tournament ahead of schedule.

Next they will face AC Milan.