I am the king of football

Chapter 302: Shuang Hong Meets Again

Rogers has not been happy recently. At the beginning of this season, he took over the coaching of the Reds from Liverpool's legendary coach Dalglish. In this summer window, the Reds also spent more than 30 million pounds to introduce core players such as Joe Allen and Borini.

Although the spending is not much compared to lavish clubs like Manchester United, it still ranks among the top in the entire Premier League.

However, Liverpool's results were quite average. After the first half of the league season, they entered the winter break in seventh place in the league. With this ranking, they will have no chance to participate in either the Champions League or even the Europa League.

This is absolutely unacceptable for the Reds, who once aspired to be at the top of Europe. Both the team's fans and the club's top management have put considerable pressure on Rogers.

Young Rogers has not rested throughout the winter transfer window. In his opinion, it is a bit difficult for the team to suddenly change the team's ranking now, but it is still feasible to win a few key games to boost morale.

Therefore, he spent the entire winter window studying the team's first opponent after the start of the second half of the season, the Red Devils Manchester United.

As luck would have it, although Manchester United is now ranked first in the league with a huge points advantage and is making great progress in all competitions, this team also has a very obvious shortcoming - unstable defense.

This gave Rogers, who was ready to go all out, an idea. No matter what, he had to beat his opponent, or at least play like a team, so that he could put some face on his first season as coach of the Reds, which was not smooth.

Therefore, after the team resumed training, a crazy offensive and pressing 433 formation became the main training task for Liverpool players.

"Speed ​​up! Speed ​​up! Don't give your opponents a chance to stop you. Use your speed to overwhelm them. Their defense will collapse directly before your impact!"

On the training ground, Rogers infected every team member with his shouts. Although young, he was not as famous as the Reds' previous coach, Dalglish, but he had the same passion as the players.

The players obviously also benefited from it. The feeling of having the head coach fight alongside them is unique and always works wonders when the team is in adversity. This may be an important reason why Liverpool's top management decided to invite Rogers to coach.

The Red Army's forward line of Suarez, Sturridge and Sterling has been tempered to the greatest extent in the training in the past few days. Under Rogers' arrangement, they faced various different interceptions and successfully broke through with various combinations and tactics.

Slowly, Rogers' confidence began to grow rapidly. After the whole team was ready, he gave a passionate speech the day before the team set off.

"We were once defeated by them at home. Now, it's time for revenge. Tell me loudly, boys, are you ready?!!!"

"Ready sir!"

"Very good, I believe we have sharpened our swords, it's time to let our enemies see the edge of Liverpool!"

"Roar!!!"

Responding loudly to their coach, at this moment before going on a battle, the main theme of everything is the second nature. Liverpool, which has staged the Istanbul Miracle in the football world, is definitely the protagonist of the second nature. This is a team with the foundation of defeating the strong with the weak.

"Then, let's go!"

That night, the Reds set out from Liverpool and boarded a bus to Manchester. In Manchester, Ferguson's pre-war mobilization was not so passionate. For the Red Devils, this was just a battle between the defeated and the defeated. They had the dignity of being a strong team at Old Trafford.

"In tomorrow's game, your task is not to defend the goal, but to rush out boldly. The fans are looking forward to witnessing a hearty game at Old Trafford. Don't let them down!"

"Understood, Boss!"

Coincidentally, Ferguson decided on a 433 starting formation based on the status of players in various positions of the team. Facing Liverpool, which is now much weaker than before, he does not think the team needs to make too many defensive arrangements.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that no matter how the team's defense is arranged, there will always be some unexpected problems. Ferguson has now become indifferent to this. He sends the best defenders to the field in every game, and as long as the team does not suffer a collapse-like continuous loss of goals, it is considered qualified.

The rest depends on the performance of the team's midfield and frontcourt. Offense is the best defense. Since our own defense is indeed not perfect, we should use vigorous offense to create victory.

Therefore, Rooney, Qin Hu and Van Persie formed the team's trident for this game. This is Manchester United's most powerful striker combination now. No matter which one of them is taken out alone, it is enough to give the opponent a hard time.

Behind them, Shinji Kagawa, Carrick and Cleverley formed a midfield three, and each of these three players had their own characteristics and different tasks.

Today's Shinji Kagawa is no longer the midfield core that Ferguson envisioned when he was introduced. The Japanese midfielder finds it difficult to create many good opportunities when facing the tough midfield close play of Premier League opponents, and now he has become a role player in the team.

Shinji Kagawa had to accept this fact. Manchester United's midfield and frontcourt lineup was too strong. He even disappeared from the team's starting lineup for a while.

Now that Ferguson has developed his playing style as a left winger, allowing him to return to the starting lineup, Shinji Kagawa cannot express his gratitude enough.

It is his responsibility now to use his flexibility and one-touch passing ability to create opportunities for the team on the left.

As for Carrick, he is the core midfielder of Manchester United today. This B2B midfielder who has been trained slowly can attack or defend, which is very much in line with the needs of modern football. He is also the most useful midfielder under Ferguson.

The clever Cleverley is the best engineer next to Carrick. Although he lacks creativity, his ability to protect his own midfield and his level of on-the-spot counter-attack are quite good. Coupled with his youth, Ferguson regards him as an indispensable member of the team's midfield in the future.

As for the defense line, there is not much change. Vidic, who has gradually become a substitute, continues to miss the starting lineup. Ferdinand and Evans return to the starting lineup. Although Phil Jones performed well in training, he is still not as good as Evans who returned from injury.

The team's two full-backs, Rafael and Evra, continue to start. Their positions are now completely unshakable. Although their offensive attributes are not strong, their defense on the flanks is still remarkable.

The goalkeeper is naturally De Gea.

With the starting lineup arranged, the Red Devils just waited for the Red Army to arrive.

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