Chapter 672: .672 Back to Yong!

In the third round of the Champions League group match, Liverpool played at home against Zenit St. Petersburg.
Situ Yunbing showed no signs of relaxing his vigilance, and he carefully observed the situation on the sidelines from the start of the game.
The head coach of Zenit in St. Petersburg is Vilas Boas, who is no stranger to Situ Yunbing and once played against Tottenham when the opponent coached Tottenham.
To put it simply, coaching a team like Zenit in St. Petersburg requires a lot of coaches, especially how the team pursues performance and record in the European arena.
Because in the domestic competition, a team like Zenit in St. Petersburg has to be very strong, and the opponents are not fools. They must be very cautious when playing against them!
But when Zenit of St. Petersburg participated in the European war, they did not have the strength to obtain the advantage of the scene, so they needed to adopt a pragmatic approach.
This requires the team to master at least two contrasting techniques and tactics.
People often say that the skills and tactics are proficient and the style continues, which is only relative to the European strong teams, because the most concerned group of fans all over the world is the European giants.
Giants can honed and mature a style of play without looking at the opponent's face.
For teams like Manchester United, Barcelona, ​​Chelsea, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and so on in the Ferguson era, it’s okay to stick to one style of play in one season.
However, for non-top league strong teams, how to switch tactics freely is the biggest test for the coach. Can the team reasonably instill two technical and tactical concepts, build a technical and tactical system, and perform well in actual combat. Show up.
Situ Yunbing's success in the first four years of coaching was precisely because he was very timely in switching between skills and tactics. Crisis awareness and adaptability to the situation were both important factors behind his success.
This has been fully recognized by many critics around the world.
But Boas led Zenit of St. Petersburg to Anfield today but did not show such qualities.
In other words, he may have naive ambitions, hoping to win a tough stance at Anfield, where he will show off!
Regrettably, what he could not do with Tottenham in North London. What if he wants to lead a team from Seria to England?
The posture is too high, whimsical!
Situ Yunbing thought that Gareth Bale would need one or two games to fully recover, but he didn't expect to start racing after 20 minutes of the first half today!
In the 27th minute of the game, Gareth Bale dribbled in from the right, and the two broke into the penalty area and scored with a shot that made the Red Army fans excited!
Gareth Bale himself shouted passionately to announce his strong return!
Boas was still frowning.
Liverpool did not make him proud for even a minute!
Situ Yunbing turned and walked to Alonzo's side, and said solemnly to him: "Do you know what Boas's biggest problem is as a coach?"
Alonzo stared at Situ Yunbing with questioning eyes. He knew that Situ Yunbing expected to communicate more with himself to teach him experience and help him grow.
Situ Yunbing said seriously: "He is not a coach who knows the current affairs!
He thought he had 4 points in his hand and ranked second in the group and had a chance to hit the group first. Whether it was embarrassing Liverpool or laying the foundation for Zenit in St. Petersburg to advance to the top of 16, this is his personal vision. Above the external reality!
This is a taboo as a head coach. Why did Mourinho succeed?
Because he is strategically holding his head high, but tactically he is down to earth. He can keep his head down during the game, but he must keep his head high after the game! "
Alonzo nodded fiercely, remembering every word Situ Yunbing said.
In fact, Situ Yunbing knows the current affairs very well. When he bows his head tactically, he will never insist on sticking to it. Just like Liverpool's camp is full of wounded soldiers, high-position oppressive and frenzied attacks fail to retreat and retreat to deal with opponents. From the perspective of the game to establish a field advantage!
Before the end of the first half, Vardy responded to Robertson's cross in the penalty area and scored a volley!
Liverpool led Zenit St. Petersburg with two goals at home!
This score is enough to make Boas a little frustrated.
Think about his debut trajectory, from being Mourinho’s deputy to Porto coach, winning the Europa League and then entering Stamford Bridge and failing to get out of class, to Tottenham’s entrepreneurial frustration, now far away from the Russian Super League but failed European football has been further recognized.
Down this road, Boas used to have such a short time to chase Mourinho and Situ Yunbing to become the new idol "marshal", but after all, it was just a flash of fireworks, and after the brilliance, it was dark. Dead!
Situ Yunbing's recent situation is not good, but his embarrassment is also on the top stage of the contest. His position determines his crisis and pressure, and this is basically what Boas can't understand.
But if you think that Situ Yunbing is in a situation of being bullied by a dog like an outsider, Pingyang, then I'm sorry, not all cats and dogs can be presumptuous in front of him!
Zenit in St. Petersburg did not improve in the second half. A center like Hulk is a master of abuse, and basically has no performance in front of a strong team. Dani is also about the same, not to mention Liverpool's Coulibaly recently. The momentum is a bit fierce, the defense in the game is not only fierce, but also decisive and precise!
After Benatia was injured, the outside world first felt that Scotter would be reused again, but just watching the game for a while can overthrow this idea, because it is obviously Coulibaly who is carrying the banner of defense and becoming Liverpool The mainstay of the defense!
This can't help but make people look forward to it. When Van Dijk returns from injury a week later, will the two defenses spark passion?
That would be two iron gates that would make many teams' strikers desperate!
In the 65th minute of the game, Mahrez made a long shot from outside the penalty area to make the goalkeeper save. The St. Petersburg Zenit defender made a mistake in clearing. Casemiro sent a through after stealing the ball from outside the penalty area. Gareth -Bell easily rubbed the far corner of the goal from the right side of the penalty area.
Liverpool led Zenit in St. Petersburg at home 3:0!
Secure the victory!
Situ Yunbing began to make substitutions, Sane, Mbappé, and Henderson appeared one after another.
Liverpool won the St. Petersburg Zenit without a effort at home. They won all three Champions League group matches. It is only a matter of time before they qualify.
After the game, Situ Yunbing and Boas shook hands after the game. In an interview, Situ Yunbing was asked by reporters what he thought of Boas’s performance. Situ Yunbing shook his head and said, "I can comment on the game. But I will not comment on the opposing coach after the game, well, goodbye."
No matter what his true opinion of Boas is in his heart, Situ Yunbing will not express it publicly, and now he needs to be cautious in his words and actions.
Liverpool’s Champions League group stage played quite smoothly. This is not a surprise. Compared with ten years ago and 20 years ago, the probability of strong teams being upset in the group stage still exists in the current UEFA Champions League, but they basically qualify. There is no problem, because of the development of football capital, strong teams are richer, have more resources, and will naturally be stronger!
Back in the league, in the ninth round of the Premier League, Liverpool played at home against Hull City.
Hull City defended the game and Liverpool besieged the opponent's defense, but the scene continued to stalemate.
This time can basically reflect the impact of Lewandowski's absence, and the absence of a more prominent center forward, which Vardy cannot provide in the tough battle, has nothing to do with ability, but a feature.
When the attack was too long, Liverpool did everything possible. In the 81st minute of the game, Henderson, who came off the bench, entered the penalty area and fell to the ground when he received the ball from Gareth Bale. The referee was decisive. A penalty kick was awarded!
No one thought that Henderson would give Liverpool a great opportunity to score.
Gerrard took the penalty and sent the ball into the lower left corner of the goal. Liverpool beat Hull City with a penalty kick at Anfield!
In the last three rounds of the league, Liverpool have won by one goal, and they have scored the winning goal in the last 15 minutes.
This is the negative impact of the injury on Liverpool, but it also reflects Liverpool's tenacity!
Many media on Fleet Street made headlines in the battle report: Liverpool’s life is hard!
You can win when you are strong, and you can win when you are not strong!
This is fate!
It is also the embodiment of Liverpool's strength as the defending champion!
In this round, Liverpool sits on the hill watching the tigers fight, Manchester United will face Chelsea at Old Trafford!
Chelsea relied on a corner kick at the beginning of the second half of the game, and the returning veteran Drogba scored a header to help Chelsea lead.
Mourinho thought that these three points and ten were nine, but he did not expect that in the fourth minute of injury time, Manchester United's attack still caused chaos in the Chelsea penalty area. Van Persie made a supplementary shot in the chaos and blasted the ball into the Chelsea gate!
The 3 points in hand became 1 point, Mourinho was totally unhappy!
This is a shortcoming of his style of play. Chelsea took the lead and then withdrew from the defense, as if the same posture as ten years ago, but the team did not have the tough midfielder ten years ago. Ten years ago it had Lampard. , Makelele, Thiago such a tough combination, but now, except for Matic, Chelsea, other midfielders are hard to say are tough guys.
Liverpool has narrowed the gap with Chelsea and is now only 1 point behind Chelsea!
Although Arsenal also won this round and narrowed the gap with the top Chelsea, Manchester City unexpectedly lost to West Ham in the away game!
This allowed West Ham to play the role of a giant killer at the beginning of the season, and Liverpool and Manchester City were both brutally killed!
After 9 rounds of the league, Liverpool and Chelsea are still the two teams that left other teams in the standings.
Chelsea, 23 points.
Liverpool, 22 points.
Manchester City, 14 points.
Arsenal, 14 points.
Manchester United, 13 points.
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