Chapter 192 The Impact of International Competition

West Bromwich, also known as West Bromwich, is a football club in West Bromwich, Sandwell City, West Midlands, West Midlands, England.

This club was founded as early as 1878. Its earliest name was West Bromwich Rangers Club. When the English Football League was founded in 1888, it became one of the original members. 1919 was a memorable year for the club. In this year, they won the first top league trophy, and then won the FA Cup trophy three times in 1931, 1954 and 1968.

In the 1980s, West Bromwich Albion began a decline in their record. In 1991, they even fell to the third level, which made many fans worry that the club would be difficult to revive. However, after entering the 1990s, West Bromwich Albion began to rebound with a strong momentum, but it still failed to realize the dream of rushing into the Premier League and the top league.

In March 2000, after Magerson took over the head coach, the team finally ushered in a qualitative leap. In 2002, they finally succeeded in being promoted to the English Premier League. Unfortunately, in that season, they were relegated to the Football League Championship, and a year after relegation in the last season, they quickly recovered and became this season. The promoted horse of the Premier League.

In such a process of ups and downs, many people feel sad... But for West Bromwich Albion fans, the results are enough now. After all, the starting point is different. Ten years ago, they were fighting in the third division, but now they can mix in the Premier League.

It's just a mess, which is also a great honor.

The fans have this mentality. The club's goal can be imagined. At the beginning of the season, West Bromwich Albion only introduced two defenders and rented several players from other teams, ready to start another top league journey.

The result of playing in the Premier League with such a lineup is really unimaginable.

Not surprisingly, West Bromwich Albion's record is really bad. After four rounds, they ranked second to last in the Premier League with three draws and one loss, and directly entered the relegation zone. Unexpectedly, the team that met West Bromwich Albion was not very lucky. You know, it was three draws, although However, there is only one point, but relatively speaking, their opponent also has only one point. These three unlucky teams are Blackburn, Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur.

This result surprised many fans. Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur are both famous offensive teams in England. Their historical football style is to win with offense, so the style of the two teams is the traditional English attack, but now, they both play with West Bromwich Albion. It became a one-to-one draw.

Everton, the only one who won West Bromwich Albion, was only two-to-one, and West Bromwich Albion scored a goal.

In four scores, West Bromwich Albion scored four goals and conceded five goals. This data may show West Bromwich Albion's 'offensive and defensive balance', but in fact it is not the case. Many media and professional football analysts have also studied this team, so the mystery of all the mysteries can be easily revealed - N'Vavo Ka Nu.

En Vangovo Kanu, this name will make many people feel strange, but no one dares to deny Kanu's achievements. He is definitely one of the best football geniuses in the world.

Kanu himself is also one of the most brilliant African players. He is only 28 years old this year, but he has won the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup, the Premier League, the FA Cup, the Toyota Cup, the European Club Cup, the World Club Cup and the Olympic Football Championship. Wait for a series of honors... Is there anything else that Kanu hasn't won?

Not only that, Emban Vanvo Kanu has also won the second African Footballer of the Year, and Kanu is the only player in the Premier League who has won the Champions League, the UEFA Cup, the Premier League, the FA Cup and the Olympic gold medal. In addition, N Van Vo Canu is also the ambassador of UNICEF.

These many honors are placed on a 28-year-old player, not even David. Beckham, Louis. Figo, Henry... These stars will be ashamed of themselves... At least in terms of honors, Kanu is not allowed to give in. Honor is like a commonplace for Nigerians, and they can get it wherever they go.

Kanu's career was completed in three clubs, one is Dutch giant Ajax, and the other is Italian blue and white. The Legion Inter Milan and the third is Arsenal, the youth team gunner of the Premier League. At the beginning of the professional league, Kanu was very brilliant. Compared with Kanu's achievements, England's so-called genius Rooney is not worth mentioning. At the same age, Kanu had already helped Ajax win the UEFA Champions League, and at the age of 19, he had become a veritable African football team. Mr. Ball.

But such a world's top genius suffered a misfortune. In 1996, Kanu was diagnosed with congenital heart disease, which was a fatal blow to a professional player, but Kanu survived. After several large-scale surgeries, he returned to the football field, and there was a good one. He even joined Arsenal in 1998 and played for six consecutive seasons at Arsenal, during which he helped the team win two Premier League titles.

But due to physical reasons, Kanu's condition declined quickly, and his positioning in Arsenal was also dispensable. He gradually faded out of the vision of the fans. Although he occasionally played, he was not as popular with the fans as before. Some new fans did not know him, although he was only in his twenties.

This summer, few people know that the contract between Kanu and Arsenal expired, so he received an invitation from McGothel to join the newly upgraded West Bromwich Club. Such a free transfer player is often not reused, but Kanu is different. Although his state has declined, he only relies on With experience and body (Kano is 197cm tall), he is a rare player, and he has become the main striker of West Bromwich Albion.

In the first four league games, Kanu scored a goal for the team, but completed a second assist, that is to say, three of the four goals are directly related to Kanu, and three of the goals were created by West Bromwich Albion's counterattack, and the speed of Kanu's big foot is particularly important.

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"Defensive counterattack... Whoo..."

The above information is the result of several hours of research by Benitez. Although the strength and lineup of each team in the Premier League are on the surface, the relevant reports of those media can also be found on the Internet. But in fact, as the head coach of the club, you can't make a mistake. If you want to find some real data, you must watch the video yourself. After all, the so-called football commentators and analysts are a little biased. Moreover, professional coaches are much higher than those people.

After Benitez's analysis, West Bromwich Albion's tactics in the four games were a little surprised, but they were all defensive counterattacks.

This season, West Bromwich Albion only strengthened the back line. Most of the players introduced in other positions are free transfers. That is to say, they are very confident in the team's defense and fight back in compliance. Because of Kanu's joining, it has brought them a lot of experience, so they can play in the front of the game. In the middle, they tied with Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa.

This is an unexpected effect. No one would have expected that West Bromwich Albion's defense would be so strong, and Kanu, who came to the club for the first time, would show such a high level.

With these analyses, it is easy for Benitez to come up with a corresponding set of tactics.

In fact, Benitez doesn't have to do so much work when playing with small clubs, because the gap between Liverpool's strength and these small clubs is too big. Only stable performance, this gap is often impossible to make up with tactics. As long as there is no big problem with tactics, the team's performance is stable. So it's easy to win.

But this game is very important to Liverpool!

This is the first game after the international match. Benitez knows that the players have not yet recovered, and it is inexplicably more difficult to win. After the game, it is the Champions League group match and the direct confrontation with Manchester United. Both games are extremely important. Use a victory to increase before the game. Everyone's confidence in the game is also very important.

At this critical moment, if you play a depressing game, even if you win, it will cast a shadow on the team. Benitez has to pay attention to this game. What he hopes is that Liverpool will win smoothly, which is the most satisfactory result.

Benitez's idea is right. The fans who have been watching Liverpool's training in the club these two days feel that the players are in poor condition. It is this kind of ordinary training. In many cases, there are occasional mistakes in passing. Some players are the most affected, such as Cowell, Fennan, etc., who come back from the national team's game. He We have been unable to find a feeling, which is the international competition syndrome. After the national team's game, they will always find a feeling for a period of time, which is also a headache for every club.

On the afternoon of the 10th, Benitez finally couldn't help organizing an intra-team match.

Benitez wants everyone to get used to the game. The game time is 20 minutes, and everyone is required to do their best. He doesn't care about any injury. Normally, the 20-minute game will not affect the players' physical fitness. Most importantly, he wants to use the match to help everyone find a little. Those who really can't find the state will definitely have no chance to play tomorrow.

For some pure substitute players, such a match is very attractive. If they perform well, they may enter the list or even the starting list tomorrow.

So, everyone worked very hard.

Benitez personally assigned the team. As a result, it was surprising that Don Jack was assigned to the substitute team, and most of the other main players were in the team, which puzzled many people. However, after observation, they quickly found that this was not the allocation of the substitute main players, but to participate in international competitions and did not participate in international competitions. In the distribution of the game, the vast majority of Liverpool's main players are players from various national teams, with the exception of Don Jack, so this happens.

Jack Don has no idea in his heart. For him, he will definitely be a starter tomorrow. He just came to exercise his muscles and bones. After a week of vacation, he felt that his body was a little soft.

The result is that he really 'moved his muscles and bones'.

Don Jack played a holiday, and other main team players also participated in one or two or more games during the holiday. Coupled with the previous league, they have been suffering this week. The players in the English league have more international competition syndromes, just because of the concentration of the English league. At first, two players of the same strength, who have been living a stressful life, must perform worse than the players who live a very relaxed life.

Therefore, the main team performed very poorly.

If there is no Don Jack Don among these players who did not participate in international events, then the two teams can at least play a match, and the victory of the main team is not a problem, but it is completely different for Don Jack to join. In just the first ten minutes, according to the request of head coach Benitez to do his best, Don Jack twice in a row. Squeeze the defender away and make a long shot to make his team easily lead by 1-0.

After that, Gerard and Cowell moved back a goal for their team.

But soon, Don Jack used his strong physical advantage to pass the ball to the top in the penalty area, giving the young player Pongle a chance. The latter rushed into the penalty area and shot hard and rewritten the score to three to one. A group of substitute players won a big victory.

Of course, the winning team is happy. What's more is that they agreed to the main team. Those players who have been starting lost to them. Although it is thanks to the team's black-haired boy, they all hope that Benitez can look at this point and change tomorrow's list... It's better to start by yourself.

Everyone thinks so.

As a result, the result became happy and worrying. Pongle, who scored the last goal, got a chance to start, while Cise was squeezed into the bench, and Baroche was not even included in the team's list.

Such a result is not very good, but it also makes all the players see Benitez's determination. The coach of each team will say 'whoever is in good condition has a chance'. But as a professional player, many people know that this is meaningless at all, such as those big stars who perform well when they are in poor condition. Poor, but they always have a chance. Those coaches would rather lose the game in exchange for their status than let them go off.

This is the gap.

Pangler's start gives everyone hope. This is the good side, and the bad side is Baroche. He is the only player who has been squeezed out of the team's list... But in fact, the performance of Barosh in the confrontation just now was really bad. Even Don Jack felt that it was normal for him not to be on the big list. It's a suspense whether he will score an own goal in such a state...