Chapter 433: Opener

In the opening game of the Premier League this season, the matchup arranged by the FA is Liverpool, which has risen strongly in the past two seasons, and Stoke City, which has always been in the middle of the Premier League team and has its own team characteristics.
The season's Premier League opener will start at 19:45 on August 17th, Beijing time.
For the domestic fans who support Yang Feng, it is definitely a good prime time for the night.
Suarez’s 10 games ban last season is still 6 games to expire. He will miss all the games for nearly a month. In the TV broadcast before the game, Suarez can only be seen with his family in the stands. Cheer up the team.
In this game, Rogers sent a lineup that has been rehearsing during the training game.
Compared with the team tactics of the previous season, the team still has some changes.
Especially for the position on the right side, although Rogers is very optimistic about Sterling's offensive ability, but in the opening game, Rogers still wants to do a good job of the team's defense.
The starter at the goalkeeper position is Belgian Minholet. As Rogers's very optimistic goalkeeper, he also said before the game that with the support of Liverpool's better defense, he will strive to complete more zero covers this season.
There is no change in the defense line. Even if there are new aids, Rogers still chooses to believe in the original formula, hoping to get a familiar taste without making any changes.
Double defensive midfielder Lucas and Gerrard are still the most commonly used partners last season. Lucas is mainly responsible for defense and receiving the ball, while Gerrard can delay the organization and attack. In this position, more Give full play to your strength.
Coutinho got a starting chance in this game. Regardless of Coutinho’s very young age, Rogers’s rapid growth on the offensive end is in the eyes of Rogers, and he hopes his creativity can enrich Liverpool’s offense. .
On the right side, the priority is to solve the defensive problem, so Sterling did not play, and the starter is Henderson, who can use running to adapt to any position in the midfield.
Henderson occupies the position of the right winger, but more should be in the midfield, or find the opportunity to complete a 45-degree cross after receiving the ball from the right. The main responsibility should still be to do a good job in the team's defense.
The forward at the forefront is of course Sturridge. In the days without Suarez, Sturridge can only act as a bridgehead for Liverpool on the offensive end, and Aspers, who just transferred this season, this game It was lying behind Sturridge, acting as a shadow front.
In this slightly rear offensive position, Aspers can use the delicate foot technique unique to the Spaniard to complete certain frontcourt pass threats.
As for the visiting team, the coach Mark Hughes, who just took office at the end of last season, did not put out an iron barrel formation at Anfield as expected.
Instead, he arranged the 4141 lineup he wanted to play. The starting forward even put on the "high guy" Crouch. This forward option actually means that Stoke City still has the offensive end of the game. A little bit of thought, and will not be caught in the away game directly, and give the initiative to Liverpool completely.
It's just that Stoke's attitude towards the game is more in line with Rogers' wishes.
Liverpool's current offensive coordination has not yet been completely adjusted. If you are facing a "turtle shell", you may not have too good room to play.
In the friendly match against the Celtics a week ago, under the tenacious defense of the Celtics, Liverpool did not get a good chance of attacking. Instead, the opponent took advantage of Liverpool’s unsteady foothold after the attack. The grain counterattacked and scored.
At the beginning of the game, Liverpool started offensively, and the team's main attack point was Coutinho on the left.
In preparing for the new season, Coutinho is no longer a substitute choice in the hands of Rogers, but instead is cultivated by Rogers as the team's future midfield offensive commander.
And in view of the characteristics of Coutinho, Rogers designed many subtle offensive tactics to enable Coutinho to get the most out of play.
With two full-backs, Rodgers needs Coutinho to show his personal ability and tear away Stoke's defensive gap from the midfield.
Coutinho actually did a very good job, and he was able to guarantee a pretty good offensive success rate, but when the ball was sent to Stoke's penalty area, it was quite disrupted.
The personal defensive ability of Stoke City players may not be so good and perfect, but the players are tall and willing to run physically, and they have a good interception area by relying solely on their bodies.
And the defensive players are very tough on the physical confrontation of the Liverpool players.
And all of this makes Aspers who suddenly came to the Premier League very uncomfortable.
In La Liga, it should be called a foul, but the referees of the Premier League did not express much.
This has greatly affected Aspers' personal offensive rhythm.
In the team's offensive tactics, Coutinho tore open the offensive space. At this time, nearby Aspers should have come out to share Coutinho's offensive pressure, catch the ball or pass the ball again.
However, Aspers, the connecting point of the team's offense that Rogers expected, directly malfunctioned under Stoke's defense, ruining many of the opportunities created by Coutinho.
As a result, Sturridge received limited support from his teammates, and there was no way to create a good offensive opportunity.
Liverpool’s offense did not create too many good opportunities, but Stoke’s counterattack, as well as the organization’s offensive at an appropriate time, threatened Liverpool’s defense again and again in the away game.
Although Crouch's physical confrontation ability is not that strong, as long as he stands still, relying on his height advantage, he can also serve as a fulcrum for Stoke's counterattack.
It is entirely due to the height advantage, and Crouch's own excellent judgment on the impact point, even if Yang Feng is defending Crouch, there is no guarantee that he can control the impact of every ball.
This also made Stoke City's counterattack. Sometimes after the first place was scrambled, the wing could still attack, causing a certain threat.
Fortunately, under the command of Yang Feng, other players in the Liverpool defense can also complete their tasks well, and Mignolet, who is the goalkeeper, can also exert his due strength.
In the first half of the game, Stoke City's several counterattacks did not pose a full threat.
In the second half of the game, Rogers began to make Aspers's position more forward, allowing Aspers to return to the position of the finisher, even under the defense of a group of English big guys. , Aspers does not have many opportunities, but it can also play a containment role.
Then strengthen Coutinho's personal power to handle the ball, giving Coutinho more power to fire.
With Coutinho’s excellent long shot threat, Stoke’s defense had to be expanded further and Coutinho invested more defensively.
At this time, Coutinho showed maturity that did not meet his age. He did not greedy attack by himself and continued to fire indefinitely. Instead, in an attack, he dribbled the ball horizontally and shot long, attracting enough defensive players forward and backward. A short pass passed through the wicket of the defensive player who rushed forward in front of him and was caught diagonally by Sturridge, who was running off the ball.
Sturridge didn't make too many adjustments. He directly swayed his legs on the spot, relying on his own leg strength, and stepped in front of the big penalty area to complete a kick.
An unexpected kick to the goal, a quick draw, when the Stoke goalkeeper reacted and made a complete save, the ball had already rolled into the goal.
Sturridge scored the first Premier League goal in the 54th minute of the game.
It was with Sturridge's kick that finally Liverpool defeated the visiting Stoke City 1-0 at home, won the opener and won a good start.
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