Vol 3 Chapter 78: Initiative

During the intermission, both parties returned to the locker room. 【Starting】
Benitez was standing in the dressing room of the home team, pacing, and occasionally glancing at the rest of the players with the corners of his eyes. He found that the team atmosphere was dull, obviously affected by the backward situation in the first half. , But Benitez can only shake his head and smile bitterly. He is not a coach who is good at inspiring players' fighting spirit with words. He is better at doing practical actions, so he has not said anything, but has been thinking about the second half of the game.
He had long thought about what to do.
Originally this game, he wanted to fight for a game to decide whether to enter the League Cup final, but now the situation of 1: 2 behind, so that he lost a lot of confidence, and now he is a little afraid Fight.
If it is 1: 1, you can still try your best, but 1: 2 ... the backward game is very unfavorable for Liverpool, especially in the first half of the game, the team failed to play in the game. Advantages, playing against the opponent is also suppressed, then in the second half, without changing the tactics, the situation will not change much. When the time comes to think about a victory, just think about it. It is estimated that the opponent will win a game. The chance is greater.
Because of this, Benitez is considering strengthening his defense in the second half.
Changing the tactics in the midfield is not a good choice. The team may not be able to adapt for a while, but he has no better choice, otherwise the team is more likely to lose. At Anfield, he did not do well Prepare for the defeat.
What's more, this is the semi-final of the League Cup, a two-round decision to win or lose. Although he wants to determine the outcome of the first game, if he loses his chance, it is better to stay suspenseful.
After coming to Liverpool, Benitez was also somewhat influenced by the team's 'Red Army' spirit. He relied on his own ability, and the overall spirit of Liverpool. He knew that for the team. These players will definitely fight to the end, but even with this spirit, they must have the correct response strategy. Trying to fight loudly on the front is obviously unrealistic, so increase the defense. If the opponent does not care, maybe Liverpool will have a chance in the second half?
Benitez thought so.
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Anfield stadium guest locker room. Wan Sheng is also carefully considering.
Like Benitez, he also wanted a victory or defeat. The current situation is favorable to the team. One is that they can play an advantage, and the other is the score. Mountain Industry led by a goal. Victory is considering adjusting the tactics.
Because he suddenly thought that Liverpool is unlikely to fight a whole game with Derby County, especially in the first half. Derby County has a great advantage. That Spaniard will really take the heart and play a whole match against Derby County?
Wan Sheng is not sure.
After all, he is not Benitez, nor will he be completely sure of the other party's ideas. But if he stands in Benitez's perspective, he will certainly not let the game continue like this, and when Liverpool adjust their tactics to stabilize the defense and fight back, the situation is likely to be unfavorable for Derbyshire.
Not to mention Liverpool's defense, what can be done, but Derby County currently have a score advantage, they do not have to take risks, but should retain the advantage.
1: 2, not a big score.
If the score ends here. Satisfactory enough.
1: 2, which means that the team has two away goals. Liverpool must win a score of 2: 0 at the Pride Stadium to win the Pride Stadium. Can Liverpool score two goals, so Derby County will not score a goal?
It's hard.
So in fact, 1: 2 is also a considerable advantage for Derbyshire.
So no matter what Benitez chooses, for Derbyshire, the most important thing is not to score. Rather, it can maintain the current score advantage, that is to say, to strengthen the defense appropriately.
After careful consideration, Wansheng finally made a decision.
Next, he carefully started to explain the tactics in the second half, telling the players to strengthen their defense and use the fast-breaking football played in the league to face Liverpool.
Fast break football is about fast break, but in fact, it is purely defensive counterattack, looking for opportunities after solid defense, this is very good at Derby County, and it is also the most favorable way to play Derby County.
This at least guarantees a solid defense.
The defense is solid, and if there is a chance, it is really good to expand the score to 1: 3, this score is enough to make Derby County half-footed into the League Cup final.
Even if the score cannot be expanded and the game ends at 1: 2, Derby County has a huge advantage. Although it is impossible to determine the outcome of a game, this result is acceptable.
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During the intermission, fans from both sides were talking about the game.
Liverpool fans are in a heavy mood because they are the one behind, even though they are at the Anfield stadium, they are the Reds Liverpool, but they do not think the team will definitely win in the second half.
The last time Derbyshire came to Anfield Stadium, it was a victory with a 1: 2 away, and now the score is 1: 2, so can the team chase back in the second half?
Liverpool fans have no confidence.
They are all talking about the game, and soon the second half of the game will start over time. At this time, Liverpool fans do n’t want so much. The game is the head coach and Liverpool team should worry about. Fans, as loyal fans, all they need to do is cheer for the team in the game, that's all.
The fan's idea is that simple.
No matter the team's performance is good or bad, they will not change their support for the team, and now when Liverpool are in a backward situation, they know that the team needs support.
So when the second half was about to open and the two teams came out of the player channel, the cheering of Anfield Stadium suddenly became louder. Every Liverpool fan shouted with his voice and shouted hard. This kind of voice is very shocking.
Those Derbyshire fans who came to Anfield Stadium heard these voices and felt that they were far behind each other.
This may be the gap between the small team and the big team.
However, they are still happy, they know why Liverpool fans do this, because the lead is Derby County, which means more Liverpool fans, even if they have Liverpool ’s centuries of honor in their hearts, even if they were once England ’s nobles How about it?
The leader now is Derbyshire!
With the fans 'voices, various media are also talking about the game. The two teams' confrontation in the first half attracted a lot of media, so that the commentators were also spirited. The British Sports Radio commentator also said before the opening, "The first half of the two teams dedicated a fight to the fans. I think the second half will definitely be more exciting. We will see Liverpool ’s offensive. We can also see Wonderful performance in Derbyshire! "
He said that, he was also looking forward to.
As an narrator, he is also a fan and likes to watch football games and speaks from a neutral perspective. Watching a neutral game naturally hopes that the game will become brilliant, and the first half is obviously very exciting, both teams are frequently attacking, and scored three goals.
So he began to look forward to the second half.
In the expectations of the fans and the media, the second half has finally begun, but what everyone thinks is that the opening of the second half, the two teams did not play very fiercely, the two sides failed to attack several times in a row. 'S defense obviously looks a lot firmer.
"Both teams are very cautious." The commentator commented.
The second half only just opened. The media and the fans were not in a hurry, but they slowly stopped thinking about the time and watched the tepid game on the field, which was completely contrary to the offensive battle they were expecting, so they knew that the two The teams have strengthened their defense and the game has become very boring.
Neutral media and fans are naturally dissatisfied, and the BBC commentator also said, "It seems that I guessed wrong. Compared to the first half, the two sides seem to have lost their fighting spirit ..."
Of course, it is not so simple to lose fighting spirit.
Some senior media and fans, seeing such a game, know that both coaches must have emphasized defense in the intermission. So the game will become like this. This is the game between the two head coaches, and the game on the court is the battlefield of the game. In the first half, both sides want to fight for a goal to get the advantage, and now both sides make Adjustment, it can be seen that both coaches want to stabilize.
This situation dissatisfied neutral fans. However, the fans of both sides did not say anything. Liverpool fans are still cheering for the team. Derbyshire fans occasionally shouted a few words. Although they are not as many as Liverpool fans, they do not want to weaken their momentum.
For the neutral fans, they see the game as exciting; for the fans of both sides, the important thing is the result of the game.
As long as you can win the game, it doesn't matter if you are less exciting.
Benitez on the sidelines was surprised. He did not expect that the young Chinese would go with him again, and he seemed to be one step behind. The opponent seemed to guess that he would make the team a solid defense, so he also Also keeping Derby County solidly defended will give Liverpool few opportunities, and Derby County still has an advantage because they are leading in the score.
Benitez glanced at the Derby County coach seat and saw Wan Sheng sitting steadily on the seat, staring straight at the game.
It seemed to find that someone looked at him, Wansheng turned his head and looked at Benitez, and there was a slight smile in the corner of his mouth.
Up to now, Wansheng is very confident in the game.
He guessed that Benitez will strengthen the defense, but this is not because his ability to command and tactics on the spot is much better than Benitez, but because his team has an advantage-the advantage in the situation, the score The advantages.
Taking advantage of both sides makes Liverpool's choices very few, and the best choice is naturally to strengthen the defense, mainly because this is the semifinals of the League Cup, two games that decide the outcome.
As long as the situation is stabilized, there is still a chance for the next matchup, and Liverpool will naturally not need to take a big risk to continue the attack.
This is the initiative.
If there is no Ribery ’s last goal in the first half ~ EbookFREE.me ~ the score will be 1: 1, it is difficult for Wan Sheng to guess what Benitez will choose, and if the score is 1: 0 , Liverpool lead, then Derbyshire becomes the passive side, then the headache should become a victory, no matter what he does, Benitez can calmly deal with, this is the initiative brought by the score advantage right.
The leading side always holds the initiative. They want to attack if they want to attack, because they lose, and as the backward side they cannot afford to lose, because they cannot afford the consequences of losing the ball.
So Liverpool do n’t have many choices. Now that they are defending firmly, they are actually looking for opportunities to regain their advantage.
But Wansheng will not give opponents a chance.
Wan Sheng also made the team a solid defense, so Liverpool would find it difficult to tie the score. If they were willing to lose to Derbyshire, it would be better if they were willing to lose to Derbyshire.
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