Chapter 309 David. Moyes

This is just the voice of the fans, and the players of the two teams are the real fighters.

It was also the first time that Don Jack participated in such a fierce derby. Originally, he thought about the so-called derby before the game, which was similar to Liverpool's match between Arsenal and Manchester United, but after really participating in it, he found that it was not the case at all. The game with Arsenal is too far from the current atmosphere.

At the opening moment of the game, Goodson Park Stadium had already fallen into madness.

Fans of both teams are shouting crazily, supporting their own teams while insulting the other players and teams. This atmosphere makes many players fall into it, and Jack Don is also affected. As a player who has been given hope by tens of thousands or even more fans, everyone feels that they should do their best to win for the team.

This is the will of tens of thousands of fans!

When this will is placed on the eleven players on the field, the players in it can deeply feel the hope they are carrying, and they will calmly fight for the fans!

"This is Derby!"

Jack Don also feels that his blood is boiling. In this kind of shouting, he works hard with the will of tens of thousands of fans. What can he do even if he is injured? Fight!

There are only these two words.

It doesn't matter what he thinks. Almost all the 22 players on the court think so, so the tactics of the head coaches of the two teams have been fully played.

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David, the current head coach of Everton. Moyes is not a very successful player.

This is the same experience as the three most famous coaches in the UK, including England head coach Eriksson, Manchester United head coach Ferguson and Arsenal head coach Wenger, who were not very successful in the player era.

In 1982, the young Moyes was the central defender of the famous Scottish team Celtics. When he was just 20 years old, he won the Scottish First Division championship with the team, but just as he hoped to play here, he suddenly lost the trust of the club. In the Celtics, he became free to kick.

At this time, Arsenal and Sunderland stretched out an olive branch to him, hoping that he would go to the trial, but the arrogant Moyes refused. He felt that he didn't need to beg others. He just waited for a club to buy him, so that he could play directly. Such a personality determines that his later career can only be spent in England's lower leagues.

In the early 1980s, the transfer of European clubs was still under the old system. The Celtics saw that Moyes was unprofitable and gave him free agent status. After several toss and turns, in August 1990, Moyes returned to the north and joined Dunferm Lane as a free agent, an English low-level league team. There, the Celtics visited for a year, and Dunfemlein defeated their opponents 2-1, and it was Moyes who scored the winning goal.

"I think it's a very pleasant goal." Moyes said.

This is probably the most perfect goal in his player era. In 1993, Moyes joined Preston in the northwest of England. Preston was a strong team in England at the beginning of the last century and won the league championship, but when Moyes joined, it had long been in decline.

However, Moyes is still hardworking here and has been recognized by the fans for his performance. He was first appointed captain and later became the assistant to head coach Gary Peters.

In 1997, Preston head coach Peter led the team to promote the team from the English Third Division to the second division team. However, in the first season of the second division, the whole team's morale was low and it was repeatedly defeated. By Christmas, it had fallen into the relegation zone, and the head coach Peter resigned. The board of directors of the club was divided in the selection of the new head coach. At that time, there were many candidates, all of which were more famous than Moyes.

In January 1998, the board of directors finally decided to let the 34-year-old assistant coach Moyes take over as the head coach. Taylor, one of the directors, recalled: "At that time, many people said that the club was short-sighted and chose an inexperienced coach to save money."

However, after being the main coach, Moyes succeeded!

As soon as Moyes took office, Preston brought a brand-new atmosphere and achievements. After he took over, the team averaged two points per game, and these results were achieved without buying a new player. Taylor said, "This is what he promised us. In addition, if you can't meet someone better than the existing players, you'd rather not introduce new players. This is different from the style of many coaches. Moyes's approach has added confidence to all players. Everyone is unprecedentedly united. The players play for the coach and the coach works for the players.

As a result, Preston not only did not relegate this season, but also entered the play-offs of the First Division.

In the second season, Moyes led the whole team to success. After three steps in three years, Moyes's talent immediately became a topic of discussion in the circle. Many big clubs began to pay attention to him. At that time, Manchester United's assistant coach Kidd had just left, and the Red Devils wanted Moyes to enter Manchester United as Ferguson's helper, but he refused and he chose to stay in Preston.

As Moyes's leading team performance gets better and better, his name is associated with almost all the clubs that have lost their coach, including West Ham United and Southampton in the Premier League, but Moyes all refused, and he is still patiently waiting for the opportunity to appear.

In March 2002, Everton, who won the English football league in the 1980s, wandered in the relegation zone. After entering the 1990s, Everton was depressed and had become a middle and downstream team. At this time, they thought of Moyes, who was not far away.

After the initial contact, Moyes thought that the opportunity had come. In his opinion, Everton's foundation was still there, and he could completely regain his strength. But Everton's head coach at that time was the famous Walter Smith. The famous coach from Scotland has always been respected by Moyes. He has now become the coach of the Scottish national team. Moyes said that if Smith did not agree, he would never take over his job. After that, he met Smith in person, and the Scottish predecessor excitedly took the young man's hand and gave up the handsome position.

Since then, Moyes's name has been officially linked to Everton.

In two seasons, Moyes not only brought back the team's results and made the team one of the strongest teams in the Premier League, but also sold several of the team's stars, bringing a large amount of pounds to the club.

Moyes has always not trusted big stars.

Gascquein, Genola, and Rooney, who joined Manchester United last season, were all cleaned up by Moyes one by one, and many fans arrived. He made him, but Moyes led the team's results are there. This season's results are only below Manchester United, and no fans question him. In Everton, Moyes is the most trustworthy star.

Who can question such a legendary coach?

Even if he sold Rooney, Everton's performance is getting better and better. Moyes' ability is worth affirming. Now in the face of this game, the confrontation between Moyes and champion coach Benitez is also one of the highlights of the media's analysis of the game before the game. Many professionals analyze the tactics of the two teams at the beginning.

After five minutes of the game, Everton's tactics have been thoroughly analyzed and sound complicated, but it is very simple to say. Everton's tactics are to actively fight and force the whole audience.

In Moyes's view, the Liverpool led by Benitez will bring a lot of Spanish football style, so short pass cooperation must be Liverpool's top priority, so the full-court rush is the biggest weapon to restrain this style and tactics.

The fierce rush will inevitably cause tension on the side that takes the ball, so there will be a steady stream of mistakes. In this way, Everton can find an advantage. The only disadvantage is that it consumes too much physical energy. However, as Everton's most important game of the season, it's worth consuming some physical energy.

Unlike Benitez, Moyes is not the first time to participate in the Liverpool derby. He attaches great importance to the game. In Moyes's opinion, even if the team falls by one place, it must not lose to Liverpool. The consequences are very troublesome. At least Everton fans will not recognize it.

Of course, the premise of falling one place is that it will not affect Everton's European quota.

Moyes' tactics are often so direct!

Speaking of which, Everton didn't even have any special eye on Don Jack. Before the game, Moyes just told the players to pay attention to Liverpool's No. 10. The most important thing is the efficiency of the whole team. He has always felt that a big star is not enough to change the game. The cooperation of the whole team is the system. A sharp weapon to win.

Under such a full-court rushing tactic, the cooperation between Liverpool players, the team's attack was fiercely resisted. System.

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Compared with Moyes, Benitez is much more 'weak' from a tactical point of view.

No wonder Moyes dared to boldly say that Benitez's tactics were too 'conservative' before the game, and the current scene on the court seems to prove this. Compared with Everton's hot-blooded football, Liverpool's passing and receiving offensive football looks much more 'sissy'.

Of course, this does not mean that Benitez lost to Moyes tactically.

In fact, any tactics need to be played by the players. There is no tactical win or loss, only the player's performance is different.

Benitez's tactical layout is not complicated. He just wants to use the team's strong midfield lineup to control the ball. More control of the ball will inevitably give the team more opportunities, while Don Jack's task is to wait for opportunities on the front line, which is very suitable for Liverpool.

After the collision of these two tactics, Liverpool was at a low end for a while.

This is related to tactics, and perhaps it is also related to Goodson Stadium now. In a word, under the tactics of Everton's forced grab, Liverpool played a little. When controlling the ball, the team had to keep a careful eye on the other side not to grab the ball suddenly. In this way, the play is much less smoother, plus Ever The players are forced to grab, and some newcomers to the Liverpool team are difficult to fight.

Among them is Mailer.

As a young man of the team, it is not easy for Meller to get the trust of Benitez. Now Pangler has recovered from his injury in the team, and there is another ten-thousand-year-old bench king Barrosh. Although Meller's ability to start is related to the football skills he is good at, it is more about Meller's own efforts.

But now, Mailer feels very nervous.

In the first five minutes of the game, Mailer has been hovering at the front of the middle line. He keeps running to participate in the team's passing and receiving cooperation. However, due to experience, his running often does not have much effect. Sometimes he repeats with his teammate's position. In Everton, it is the third time that Meller has lost the ball.

Benitez on the bench sighed when he saw such a performance. He really didn't expect this promising boy to be in such a bad state.

Most of the other players did not perform well.

For example, Harman, Cowell, Harvey. Alonso and the three of them are the most important players in Liverpool midfield except Gerrard, but now it seems that Harman's age makes him a little unable to keep up with the pace of the team. Not to mention fighting, even if he stands there, he is a little out of breath. It seems that this kind of fierce game is really not suitable for 'older' players.

Cowell is the usual big soy sauce.

It seems a little too much to say, but many senior Liverpool fans, everyone who knows Cowell, know that this guy's state fluctuates too much. Occasionally, he can even play a hat-trick and score a key goal in the next game, but in the next game, this guy may sleepwalk.

Cowell is such a player, and there is nothing anyone can do with him.

For his poor performance, Benitez is considering whether to replace him for a while. After so many games, Benitez knows a little about Cowell. This guy seems to be playing football completely on his character in the team.

Alonso?

This Spanish boy doesn't seem to be used to such a fierce game at all. Maybe it should be said that he is not used to the Premier League.

The Premier League was originally extremely fierce. Many players who have transferred from other leagues did not perform well. Most of them are because of this, Alonso's "thin" small body is even more uncomfortable. In ordinary games, he can also show his scalpel-like pass, or accurate short passes and excellent consciousness. But now in such a chaotic game, Alonso has become confused.

Fortunately, Benitez has been prepared for this guy's bad performance.

It's just that there is no midfielder in Liverpool at present, so Alonso has the opportunity to play in such a fierce game, that's all.

It sounds like Liverpool doesn't seem to have any good performance. In fact, there are still some players, that is, Gerrard and Don Jack. As Liverpool's two pillar stars, their performance has become an outstanding point for the team.

It's normal for Gerrard to behave well.

As Liverpool's first star, midfielder Gerrard has been in the Premier League and has also participated in more than six Liverpool derby matches. For him, this kind of game is commonplace and there is nothing to be nervous about. Coupled with his superior strength, it is not surprising that he can perform well. Midfielder' The nickname 'Can't Run' is not played by Liverpool.

And Don Jack feels more normal.

Speaking of Jack. Lee, in the English football circle, it can be said that no one knows. After half a year, he has become one of the most famous players in England. Of course, this refers to strength. In fact, because Don Jack does not participate in many commercial activities, compared with a 10,000-meter man like Beckham, he is really small, but he Its strength has been recognized by everyone. At the same time, he has also become one of the key aspects of various players who may become rivals with Liverpool.

Strong body!

This is universally recognized.

In addition to his strong body, this oriental boy from Morocco, Africa, is always very creative to make some surprising goals. Previously, several of his goals and wonderful people have proved this, and many people have to add in their hearts: creativity and mental quality are also very good.

Such a player who is excellent in every way will be scared by the 'little' derby?

Impossible!

Take the body as an example. No matter how fierce the game is, which player in Everton can bump into this brunette? The result... Thinking about it, I'm worried about the guy who hit this boy. Everton may be able to prepare more stretchers. Otherwise, Derby's own player will foul and be seriously injured. That's really not good news.

Jack Don performed well, but in the eyes of the fans, it became a matter of course.

In this way, Everton, relying on his home advantage and tenacious competition, played a match at the beginning of Liverpool with a tacit understanding. But the two are different.

In Everton's lineup, striker Bent and midfielder Graveson are quite outstanding stars, but these two players can only be regarded as ordinary players in England, so they rely on the strength of the whole team. This is like the style of head coach Moyes. His team never has a star, and he doesn't believe in stars, but he can still exert his strong strength.

Liverpool is the opposite.

Liverpool rely on the stars. On the whole, Liverpool's general performance is not very good. This fierce game has brought a great impact to the team that has just brought some Spanish football style. Many players are not used to it. However, Gerard and Don Jack, one midfielder and one frontcourt, both lead the whole Team, led by the two, Liverpool did not occupy any disadvantage.

When these two extreme teams bump into each other, even the senior media on the sidelines want to see whether the collective strength of the whole team is greater or the individual strength of the star is greater.

Moyes is also looking forward to this. He wants to win to prove his point.

And Benitez is also looking forward to it. He cares about the stars very much, because he knows that some stars often play an unexpected role at critical moments, which is also the role of the stars. He believes in Gerrard, believes in Don Jack, and Benitez knows very well that if he wants to win this game, he must bet all his be on the two stars.

As the game continued, ten minutes later, the real collision finally began.