Chapter 135 Warm-up Match 2
No matter what the fans think, the game on the field has begun.
For three clubs, this is a training match. While competing with other teams to absorb their own shortcomings, they can also increase the influence of the club in this football desert. It is the best to kill two birds with one stone. But for the coaches of the three teams, this is purely a warm-up match, which has no other meaning. Their purpose is to find out the status of the players and the shortcomings of the team from the game.
There is still a long time before the transfer market closes. After finding the shortcomings, there is still time to re-plan the team.
On the forward line, Benitez arranged Owen and Barosh to start.
Cise, Don Jack, and the two strikers transferred from the youth team were all arranged on the bench. Don Jack didn't think it was a big deal. After all, he came to the club. It was also good to watch the team's cooperation off the court. Otherwise, when he got to the court, he really didn't know how to play.
I have to say that Barosh and Owen did not cooperate at all.
It is said to be a double striker. The position of the two is right, one left and one right, but Baroche is more looking for opportunities to score goals, and so is Owen. Both of them are biased towards goal strikers, and it is difficult to cooperate together.
In fact, Baroche has always been dissatisfied with Owen's status. He is very confident in his strength, but why does Owen, who is not perform well, always occupy the main position, and even depends on Owen's face if he wants to play? Anyone will be dissatisfied with this.
Owen is so high that he doesn't think so much that he is just used to Husky's passing the ball. Without Husky's presence, he is not so patient to make the ball for him. It's not easy to have a good performance.
So, in the first 30 minutes of the game, Liverpool's best performance was still Gerrard.
Gerrard's performance is impeccable. He is the 'soul of immortal running' in the midfield. Whether it is attack, defense, interception, steal, passing, etc., Gerrard can be found in almost any form and everywhere in the whole court. Although other Liverpool players do not perform very well, driven by Gerrard, the team also I had an equal share with the Celtics.
And the two strikers are not good.
Owen has also received several passes. Without a chance, he can only pass the ball to his teammates again. The only shot was to kick a plane, which poses no threat to the opponent's goal. Baroche is even worse. As a substitute for fans, it is impossible for his teammates to pass the ball without a good opportunity. He, in addition, rarely came back to ask for the ball, which made him not touch the ball several times in the first 30 minutes.
Benitez was not satisfied, and he immediately replaced it with Cise... Owen.
This kind of substitution is very dull. In fact, there is nothing wrong with it. This is just a warm-up match to test the status level of the team's players. Baroche is a young player. Although he has performed very little, Benitez still gives him a chance, and Owen is the old man of the team and a world-class star player. It doesn't matter whether he plays or not.
But Owen doesn't think so!
After only playing for such a while, the new coach replaced himself. What does this mean? Does the new coach have a problem with himself? And although he didn't score, didn't Barosh also score?
Benitez didn't expect Owen to think so much. He really didn't mean it. As a result, Owen took advantage of his face and walked out directly without saying hello to Cise at all. Cise was embarrassed. He felt that he was afraid that his relationship with the Liverpool boss could not improve. There's nothing he can do. He went straight to the court.
Benitez noticed this, he frowned gently, and soon devoted himself to the game.
After Cise came on the field, the situation was much better.
From a tactical point of view, Cissé is a speed striker. He is very good at retreating the ball and taking the ball straight to the goal. After that, whether it is a pass or his own shot, he may create a chance to score. The cooperation between Cise and Barosh is also good. As a center forward, Baroche is getting better and better with support.
In the 37th minute of the first half, Baroche took advantage of a pass from Cise and almost made a direct header. Unfortunately, the opponent's goalkeeper reacted quickly and blocked the ball out of the bottom line.
After that, driven by Liverpool's front line performance, the team gradually gained an advantage on the court.
This advantage lasted until the half-time break. The half-time break of the warm-up match is not so much. Each team ends in ten minutes. The coach has something to explain, so he doesn't give the players time to rest at all. After all, the warm-up match is for testing players. Both teams can change at will. It doesn't matter at all.
As a result, Barosh's road to the field has also come to an end, and it's Don Jack's turn to play.
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"Come on!"
Baroche finished after Owen, which made him feel very satisfied. Before Don Jack came on the stage, he happily patted Jack Don on the shoulder and said, "Come on, you must get one!" Jack, I'm optimistic about you, haha!"
This guy must be a bad boy. He spoke loudly in English. He also took a teasing look at Owen. Obviously, this was for Owen. Don Jack and Owen had a conflict. Although the two did not admit it at all and did not really have a conflict, it was not a secret in the team.
However, he still hugged Barosh warmly before playing.
This scene made Benitez very satisfied. He felt that Don Jack and Baroche got along very well. Seeing that this young boy has a good relationship with Cise, Haipia and others, it shows that he is not the thorn of the team. Such a player is conducive to maintaining the internal harmony of the team, and all coaches like it.
He seems to have forgotten what Don Jack said at the press conference... That is the root cause of the contradiction.
This is not important. The important thing is that Don Jack came on the stage. All American fans saw an Oriental in Liverpool playing, all of whom were a little interested, and the fans shouted the name 'yao' to cheer for Don Jack... It's really strange. Other people don't understand what Don Jack's playing has to do with 'yao'.
In the hearts of these Americans, the most familiar Oriental is obviously Yao Ming, who plays basketball in the NBA. He cheers for Jack Don with 'yao', which is also a great support for him.
In fact, many American fans at the scene have been drowsy. These fans are not as professional as European fans. They come to watch the game for fun. They don't even score a goal in the first half. What fun will it have?
This is also one of the important reasons why football is not very popular in the United States, which advocates blood and heroism.
This oriental boy is on the field. Will he bring a goal? American fans all want to see the goal. It's so boring for them to watch this kind of game.