bloodnovel Chapter 164 The beginning of everything is difficult
Chapter 164 The beginning of everything is difficult
Chapter 164 The beginning of everything is difficult
Before the start of the game, all the Chinese fans were expecting a miracle, for example, someone was injured in the starting line-up, and Li Qiao could step up, but such a thing did not happen.
The pre-match shot shows Liverpool's bench, Li Qiao sitting between Alonso and Haman, the three of them are talking and laughing.
Huang Jianxiang began to introduce the starters.
Liverpool here:
Goalkeeper - Dudek
Defensive line - Josemi, Hyypia, Carragher, Finnan
Midfielders - Garcia, Gerrard, Riise, Ricardo Kewell
Forwards - Cisse, Baros
"This lineup will be mentioned repeatedly this season. I hope Li Qiao can enter the starting lineup as soon as possible."
"But Benitez is a very cautious coach. The new midfielders bought this summer are all on the bench, and so is Alonso."
Benitez knows that the rhythm of the Premier League and other leagues is completely different, so newcomers must adapt first.
After the opening, Tottenham, relying on their advantage in White Hart Lane, launched a fierce attack on Liverpool, pressing all three lines up.
Jacques Santini is also a new official who took office as the third fire. This French coach is also coaching the Premier League for the first time, and he is under great pressure.
Benitez kept his composure, and Liverpool's three lines played very tightly.
Tottenham's two forwards are one high and one fast. The high point is Kanoute, the one who played in Guoan later, and the fast one is the local striker Defoe.
The quick attack failed, Davis shot a burst in the midfield, and Dudek held the ball out.
"Liverpool is really solid."
"Is Benitez's tactics a bit conservative?"
But soon such doubts disappeared. When Liverpool counterattacked, they passed the ball quickly, and Cisse squeezed in front of him, and then broke through Robinson's goal with one kick.
1:0.
Both Alonso and Li Qiao stood up and applauded.
"The pace of the Premier League is really fast."
"It's really fast!"
In fact, for the ball just now, Gerrard was in the midfield. If it was in other leagues, the defender would first pass the ball to the midfielder for a pass. But in the Premier League, Hyypia directly kicked it to the front, and the rest is up to the striker himself.
It is also easy to understand why Drogba can play so well in the Premier League. The ball just now was an opportunity to squeeze out with his body. No skills are needed, but the body must be strong.
After conceding the goal, Tottenham froze for a while. After all, Jacques is not a big-name coach, and it is inevitable to doubt himself once encountering difficulties.
A good start is too important. Liverpool has already entered the Champions League, so the league needs to get more points. In September, there will be double matches a week.
"I hope Liverpool can win more games, the pressure on those newcomers will be less, and there will be more opportunities."
No one wants to come here, the team will be in crisis, it will be too difficult to start, and there is no chance to start.
For players like Alonso and Li Qiao, they were introduced by Benitez. If Benitez leaves, their fate will be hard to say.
Taking the lead in the first half, the atmosphere in the locker room was relatively relaxed. Li Qiao tried his best to participate in the chat with his teammates.
However, the accent here is a bit strange, and it is not easy to understand. That kind of British accent will be a bit vague. Li Qiao always feels that the British speak English as if they have something in their mouth.
When the time came, Gerrard stood up and applauded, "Guys, keep your spirits up in the second half, it's not easy every time in London."
"Yes, Captain."
When the players came out in the second half, the CCTV commentator eagerly hoped that Li Qiao would play, but when he saw Li Qiao running out wearing a substitute vest, he knew it hadn't arrived yet.
During the intermission, Benitez did not make a substitution.
Most of Tottenham's midfielders are English or British, or Irish, which is a very traditional English football. They are more than tough, but their skills are much worse.
At 70 minutes, Jacques gave up the tactics he had trained for a summer. He is French and wanted to learn from Wenger, but now he wants to score goals, so Tottenham returned to the tactics of last season, long balls.
But the effect is not bad, Liverpool is small, and Kewell and Garcia are not the kind of players who have a good header.
In this case, Benitez gestured towards Li Qiao and Harman.
Ready to play!
Harman is easy to understand, German, big and tall, but Li Qiao...
At least Huang Jianxiang questioned Benitez's employment.
But he still made substitutions, Li Qiao replaced Garcia, Harman replaced Kewell, and this substitution also laid the groundwork for Liverpool's later situation.
In fact, Jacques doesn't care who the opponent changes at all, because he needs points, just like a poor and crazy gambler who doesn't know what risk is.
Massive pressure would have been a good opportunity for Liverpool to counterattack, but Liverpool players seemed to have forgotten to counterattack at this time, but focused on defense.
In the 78th minute, Liverpool was punished, Tottenham took a corner kick, the high point in the middle was fake, and it was Defoe who really completed the header.
Defoe hit a bounce ball, the hardest ball for a goalkeeper, and like that, it went in.
Benitez was a little unacceptable. After leading, the players entered a very relaxed state, not like they were playing. In other words, the team underestimated the enemy, and now Liverpool has paid the price.
After conceding the ball, Liverpool started to attack, but at this time the Liverpool players were obviously out of rhythm.
Li Qiao can run and has momentum, but Cisse and Baros can't run anymore, so Li Qiao can't support himself and can't get the ball.
"Li Qiao basically disappeared after playing."
"Lack of support from teammates."
If Li Qiao were the big brother in the team, he would definitely yell at his teammates - let's run.
But he is a newcomer, he can't do this, otherwise he will have no friends, and Gerald should call at this time.
But in this game, Gerrard's own state is also so-so. If he doesn't perform well, he is too embarrassed to yell at others.
To make matters worse, Li Qiao also received a yellow card at the last moment of the game.
This is because the stands of the White Hart Lane Stadium are very close to the stadium, and fans can even hear shouting on the touchline, but when Li Qiao chased the ball out of bounds, the fans swear at him, Li Qiao couldn't hold back, and kicked the ball into the stands.
Huang Jianxiang said: "The fans must have said something, otherwise Li Qiao wouldn't be like this."
Gerald immediately ran over to remind Li Qiao, "Those London bastards just want you to lose your mind, don't be fooled."
Li Qiao nodded.
The final result of the game was 1-1. Liverpool failed to score three points at White Hart Lane.
Some excited players were aggrieved, but Gerrard pushed them into the player channel one by one.
"When you play in the Premier League for a season, you will get used to it. Welcome to the Premier League."
This is Li Qiao's first experience of the Premier League, and the start was even more difficult than imagined.
(End of this chapter)