v2 Chapter 309： Episode [309]: In the New Season Is It All Black?

This game was played at Liverpool's home Anfield stadium.

Liverpool's formation this game is 4-4-2, the list is as follows:

Goalkeeper: Rainer

Four defenders [from left to right]: Lisse, Daniel Agger, Carragher, and Steve Finnan

Four midfielders [from left to right]: Steven Gerrard, Mascherano, Alonso and Babel

Double forwards: Kuyt and Fernando Torres

This is Liverpool's starting list for this game. There are also some new aids in the lineup, especially Mascherano, which is a game against his old owner. Unfortunately, in this game, the head coach of the Leeds United team, Zhong Cheng, was suspended and was only able to sit in the stands.

Fernando Torres, the champion of Liverpool in this game, is also a natural starter. He is the team's main striker. In the first game of his Premier League, he scored a goal. It can be seen that he is in a good shape now, and he is also integrated into Liverpool. This is a dangerous guy.

This game, Leeds United played a 4-2-3-1 formation, the list is as follows:

Goalkeeper: Zhong Zheng

Four defenders [from left to right]: Patrick Evra, Pique, Kompany, and Glen Johnson

Double backs: Mohammed Sissoko and Sedu Keita

Three avant-garde [from left to right]: Samir Nasri, Luca Modric and Joaquin

Single forward: Luca Tony

This is the starting list of Leeds United today. Obviously Di Matteo has made some changes. He has strengthened some defensive forces and replaced a forward. A defensive player is added to the position of the back waist to ensure the thickness of the back waist line.

Obviously, Di Matteo is somewhat jealous of Liverpool's attack strength.

Moreover, this may also be because Di Matteo is an Italian. He plays national football in Italy. They are better at and believe in some defensive things, so they will make such a lineup.

There is no problem in making such a lineup, Zhong Cheng thinks it is still good.

It's just that there is a greater chance of a draw. Of course, it is the case that Di Matteo does not take risks!

However, Liverpool's strength is indeed very strong, it is difficult to defend.

At this time, the referee sounded the whistle of the start of the game, and the first kick-off was Liverpool.

As soon as Liverpool came up, they showed a super strong attacking strength. They did not have any temptation at all. They just frantically attacked and besieged Leeds United.

Leeds United has put on a defensive counterattack situation, everything looks so normal, there is no change.

And at this time, the situation on the field suddenly changed.

Liverpool's sudden acceleration of the offensive pace, Gerrard immediately led the ball forward, and then easily straightened the ball to the foot of Fernando Torres.

Fernando Torres snapped it easily, flickered through it, and then shot straight.

With a bang, the football rushed to the goal of Leeds United like a cannonball. The speed of the ball was very fast, and the clock was thrown out to shoot the football.

However, Kuyt, who followed up, easily made up the shot and sent the football to the goal of Leeds United.

Just eight minutes into the first half of the game, the Liverpool team at home scored and Leeds United fell behind.

In the stands, Zhong Cheng shook his head slightly. It seemed that Leeds United had added a man on the backline and had a stronger defense. But Di Matteo did not strengthen the restrictions on Fernando Torres, which adds one person and does not make any difference.

On the contrary, it also affected the play of Mohammed Sissoko and Sedu Keita.

These two individuals are very strong in mopping up, and they can complete this task by themselves. Now if you put two people up, the division of labor is not clear enough. Instead, this limited the scope of their play and activities.

Zhong Cheng shook his head slightly, Di Matteo's tactics were still not detailed enough.

The division of labor on the back waist is not clear at all, so that the two backs do not know what they should do sometimes. And they often do the same thing and expose the loopholes.

Zhong Cheng saw that Mr. Di Matteo still had some Lu to go tender.

The game resumed and Leeds United was still defensively fighting back. However, they are basically defensive now, and there is very little chance of counterattack.

However, even if there is a chance of counterattack, Leeds United have not played well. Liverpool's restrictions on them are very good, especially the guy Mascherano.

Mascherano is really too familiar with the Leeds United team. He knows the habits of the Leeds United and knows how to defend to contain the Leeds United team, so the Leeds United counterattack is really not too much threat.

Di Matteo's face is very ugly, this game encountered more difficulties than he imagined. He suddenly felt that the head coach was really not that good at it, and it was too difficult to achieve perfect distortion.

Di Matteo admired Zhong Cheng very much at this time, and Zhong Cheng was really a genius.

If Zhong Cheng knew what Di Matteo was thinking, he would not agree.

Because no matter who it is, it is impossible to be foolproof before the game, taking into account all the circumstances. Even the best head coaches can't do this. Many things have to be observed through the scene and then adjusted little by little.

Because you can't guess all the opponent's intentions and tactics, only by reading the findings of the game and then adjusting accordingly. Whether a coach is a great coach depends on his ability to direct on the spot. Because the on-site command is not just a command, but also his ability to read the game and analyze the game, etc.!

Therefore, Di Matteo's idea is already wrong.

At this time, the situation on the court changed suddenly again!

Liverpool midfielder Xavi Alonso suddenly sent a precise long pass and directly found Fernando Torres in front.

Facing the attacking Compani, Fernando Torres did not choose to stop the ball, but instead picked the football forward, passed Kompany directly, and went to the meeting with a single shot.

This ball is not to say that Kompany cuisine, but Xavi Alonso's pass is wonderful.

Harvey Alonso calculated the timing and speed of Kompany's attack and gave the best passing line and landing point. Kompany really has no way. .

The real back should be the back of Leeds United!

The restriction of Leeds United's back to Fernando Torres is really too bad, it has not been done at all, making Fernando Torres too easy.

Sure enough, after entering the penalty area, Fernando Torres shot a low shot from close range and sent the football to the goal of Leeds United, two to zero.

At the end of the first half, Leeds United was two goals ahead of Leeds United.

Di Matteo shook his head constantly. There was really no way to play this game. It was too dangerous!

Did Di Matteo return to the locker room low? In the locker room, he received a prompt from Zhong Cheng, and his eyes lit up. The original problem was in these places.

Di Matteo immediately distributed Zhong Cheng's ideas to the players of Leeds United, so that the players of Leeds United were ready for the second half and tried to reverse their opponents in the second half.

Di Matteo suddenly found confidence. He firmly believed that they could win the game and reverse the victory.

It turns out that Di Matteo is a little too optimistic.

After the start of the second half, great changes took place on the court. Liverpool's offense is not as sharp as before. Liverpool players can feel it most clearly. The game has become more and more difficult because they played very uncomfortably and never had the first half. It was so easy.

The Liverpool players are shaking their heads slightly, this game is really too difficult.

There has been a big change between Leeds United in the second half and Leeds United in the first half. Especially in the position of the lower back, the two have a clear division of labor and a strong combination. It is difficult for Liverpool to pass this barrier.

Benitez quickly realized that he immediately changed his strategy and strengthened the offense on both sides. The main attack was shifted to two wingers.

However, even this effect is not obvious.

At this time, the strengths of Sedu Keita and Mohammed Sissoko were demonstrated, which surprised many people. The defense of these two people is really death-level, too sharp.

After Benitez saw Mohammed Sissoko's defensive ability, he all regretted it. How did he regret selling Mohamed Sissoko?

After the defensive strength came up, Leeds United's chances of counterattack were also more, and they began to threaten Liverpool's defense. The fans of Leeds United were tense.

At this time, Joaquin's sudden cross went directly to Liverpool's penalty area. Luca Tony jumped his head high and scored the goal, but unfortunately the football was a bit higher and missed the opportunity.

Benitez immediately made adjustments, they signaled that the Liverpool players slowly backed off and began to defend and counterattack. Take the initiative to seduce the players of Leeds United and prepare to fight back.

Di Matt Omin knew it was a trap, but he jumped.

Because Leeds United is behind now, Leeds United must attack and score goals.

It was Leeds United who attacked and threatened Liverpool's goal. Liverpool are trying to fight back. However, they soon discovered that their counterattack was difficult to threaten Leeds United's goal.

Because Mohammed Sissoko and Sedu Keita's interception ability is really too strong, they really have no way to break through the defense of these two people.

Benitez suddenly felt that the strength of Leeds United was very strong. If Zhong Cheng was there, their Liverpool team would be difficult.

Benitez was surprised. Where did Zhong Cheng find such a powerful player? This defensive interception ability is simply the best in the world.

At this time, Liverpool could only occasionally threaten Leeds' goal. Fernando Torres is really strong, their money is no waste.

And Leeds United's offense is also difficult to threaten Liverpool's goal, this game is a bit dull, the two sides launched a very sharp battle in the midfield.

Zhong Cheng shook his head slightly in the stands. At this time, he should be replaced by Alexander Pato and Edinson Cavani. In this case, the threat of Leeds United is greater.

However, Di Matteo did not choose this way.

Di Matteo replaced Sedu Keita with Joan Gourcuff. Zhong Cheng didn't understand what this guy was going to do?

Later he understood it. Di Matteo sent Luka Modric to the backline. Zhong Cheng was unable to shake his head. This game was played.

In the end, neither side scored in the second half of the game. In the end, Leeds United lost to the Reds Liverpool in this game, welcoming two consecutive defeats in the new season!