Chapter 350 Problems of Rear Protection and Exposure

After playing the Champions League top 16 knockout match, the England team will have a respite period of a week. This period belongs to the national team training time stipulated by FIFA. Each player must return to their respective national team to participate in the warm-up match or cooperative training.

However, Don Jack doesn't have to participate because he has not joined any national team. Although the Moroccan national team has invited him to join the team more than once, and even sent some officials to Liverpool to try to convince him, Don Jack has no feelings for that country and he doesn't want to join. The current situation is that he has been waiting for his English nationality to come down. At that time, he can have an unimpeded all the way in Europe. In terms of football, he can also consider the English team. I think that when his nationality comes down, the English Football Association will also send a little message in this regard.

In fact, the Football League is already looking forward to it.

Recently, the England team has played in the World Cup qualifiers. The weak teams can't pose a threat to the England team, but in fact, every game is still a narrow victory, which makes the FA very dissatisfied. Even the big-name Rooney, Crouch, DP and other players should be good. But the number of goals is there, and the narrow wins make the fans worried. It is humiliating to play one of the most luxurious teams in the world. The Football Association has begun to imagine how strong the England team will be after Don Jack joins England.

Look at the recent goal number of this brunette boy....

That's really a little scary. If such a terrorist player joins the team, Rooney can make way for him. He is the first killer of the English front line. He can not join the Moroccan team and join the England team to show his sincerity. In this way, those media will Are you dissatisfied with the results of the England team?

Every game is a big victory, and it can be broken when you meet a strong team... Liverpool's results make the FA envious of drooling...

Therefore, during this period, the Football Federation has been urging the relevant parts of British nationality to approve their applications as soon as possible, and submit a special report to the British court to confirm the benefits of Don Jack's possession of British nationality and the benefits of joining the England team. Although these have little impact on the approval, they can also It is used to convince those who approve the relevant personnel. After all, there are also many English fans in it. Although everything is implemented in accordance with the relevant laws, it is much better to pass it as soon as possible than to delay it all the time.

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During this week, Jack Don has been constantly training. He is still a little dissatisfied with his strength, especially at the technical level. He feels that there is still a gap in his level. With his physical quality and various martial arts moves, if he is not as strong as other technical players on the court. If there is a difference, you should be completely unable to defend your opponent, but in fact, in the game, you sometimes have to rely on your teammates, which is unacceptable to Don Jack.

The football match is a team sport, but Don Jack hopes that he can still score for the team when his teammates don't perform well, so that he is the strongest player, not an ordinary star.

If the starting point is different, the pursuit must be different!

Many people say that a person's power is limited. Don Jack never believes this. What he hopes is that he can use one person's strength to lead the team to victory, at least he can have this power. At the beginning, football was just his way to make money, but now he has fallen in love with football, surpassing all players, which is one of his life goals.

In daily life, in addition to training by himself, Don Jack occasionally asks the team's tactical coach, assistant coach and even head coach Benitez about some tactical and football ideas. These basic knowledge is still very helpful to him, especially Benitez's tactical explanation, which is sometimes given to Tang Jie. There is a sense of enlightenment, such as the problem of choosing a breakthrough point with the ball proposed by Benitez. Breaking through in advance will sometimes have a better effect. If you don't make any action, sometimes you will be surprised. These practices that violate the normal player's thinking may be of great help to improve his technical level.

In addition to these aspects, Don Jack is also training free kicks.

On international match days, during the training time of the national team, the rest of the first team of Liverpool Club is only some 'old, weak, sick and disabled'. Old players and young players generally do not have a national team. Other players who are playing in the year are basically all players from various national teams. Don Jack's free kick training What I found was Scott. Carson, this is Liverpool's new goalkeeper, worth only 750,000 pounds. Benitez introduced him for the future development of the team. Such a young goalkeeper may be the goalkeeper of the first team after his ability is improved in the future.

This can also be regarded as deepening the depth of the bench.

Scott. Paul. Carson was born in White Haven, Cumbria, England, in 1985. In 2002, Carson joined Leeds United's Football Academy and made his first appearance on behalf of the club against Manchester United in February 2004. In the same month, he played for England's U21 youth team for the first time, and has played 29 games for U21 so now.

Such a young goalkeeper is obviously the target of competition for major clubs. During the winter transfer, Chelsea offered a sky-high transfer fee of one million pounds for Carson, while Liverpool was only 70,000 pounds. However, considering that Chelsea has many stars and will not lack a goalkeeper, he still chose Li. Wupu, he thinks he will get a chance here.

Although he did not play in Liverpool, Carson has made new progress in his career in this month, and he was called up as a member of the England national team's summer trip to the United States.

Don Jack is not very familiar with Carson, because Carson has been playing in the reserve team since he came to Liverpool.

After playing against Leverkusen, Benitez still felt that the team's bench was not deep enough, and the goalkeeper's position was the same. Dudeck was often injured. The second goalkeeper Kirkland always had all kinds of problems, and the door he was not very secure, so Carson was dropped into the first team.

When all his teammates go to the national team, Don Jack can also ask him to train with him.

Just like Kirkland, who has been 'devastated' by Don Jack countless times, Carson felt the horror of Don Jack just a few days after entering the first team. I'm afraid that the team, the goalkeeper, feels the most obvious, because their position is absolutely opposite to Jack Don, and they can reflect Don Jack's shot from the first perspective. The door.

Carson's tragic holiday began like this.

But as a young player, Carson has a very upward spirit. Although training with Don Jack is not a good memory, Carson feels that he has been facing such a shot, so if he becomes the shot of other players, he will feel ordinary. At that time, his mentality must be different, and naturally his ability will be obtained. Improve.

Don Jack also reminded him not to get hurt.

Carson understands that injuries are the biggest problem for young players. He doesn't want to be injured. Don Jack will work hard at the right time, and Carson will also pay attention to avoiding some fastballs. Fortunately, in recent days, Don Jack has been training for free kicks, arc free kicks. There will be some baffles between the football and the goal, so that the ball played by Don Jack must bypass the baffle. During the training, there is also a club staff who have been placing football and baffles, and the ball kicked by Don Jack is less powerful. A lot, sometimes the power is still very big, but it is not the speed and strength directly targeted, and the damage is much smaller, so that Carson can focus on defense.

"Jack, take a break!"

Carson sat on the grass, took off his gloves and kept rubbing his right hand, with a sad expression.

Although Don Jack played the arc ball, his strength was still a little big. Carson felt that the most hateful thing was that the ball played by this black-haired boy was not very tricky. He felt that he could hit every ball, so he tried to hit every ball, but the football was so strong that he felt a pain in his wrist several times in a row.

"You have become more powerful. You couldn't jump just now." Jack Don laughed.

"No! The ball is not too tricky. You seem to be getting less and less accurate.

"I tried to work hard." Jack Don spread out his hands and said, "I haven't felt anything. It seems that there is always something missing when kicking. I suspect that I don't have the talent for this.

"God!"

Carson sighed, "What other talent do you have? I don't think Gerard is as good as you."

Just now, Don Jack has been playing an unexpected free kick of 20 meters, and it is a ball that bypasses the two-meter-high baffle. Three balls can score a goal. This efficiency is already very high. If this efficiency can be maintained on the court, Liverpool has been breaking through the creation of free kicks, and the goal efficiency can be guaranteed. No wonder Carson sighed.

With such a long free kick, Gerrard is not as good as Don Jack.

But Don Jack still feels dissatisfied. Every time his ball always feels that there is something missing, the most important thing is the ball he kicks out. He can't determine the position, and it can only be within the range of the door frame. The left and right side can be guaranteed, but the dead corner almost depends on luck.

'If it can be all dead corners...' It's very desirable to think about it.

With this idea, Carson was tragic during the holiday. He accompanied Don Jack to train free kicks like training every morning, but Carson enjoyed it. How many young players didn't dare to train with Don Jack. In the past, he didn't dare to think about it, but now it has come true. This feeling is really good. .

And in training, he also improved a lot. Carson insisted that he felt that he was really right to come to Liverpool.

Among those big-name teams, there is a hierarchy. For example, some well-known stars often have a high status in the team. There is an old Chinese saying that 'everythings get together, a group of people get points'. Even if the professional field is so different, there is a gap between natural stars and ordinary players. he.

But for so long in Liverpool, Carson hasn't seen this. Whether it's the core of the team, Gerrard or the biggest player Jack, are very peaceful people. They don't have that kind of advantage in themselves, but talk like friends.

Carson thinks the life here is very good.

Carson has to work hard to improve himself. Only by occupying a place in Liverpool can he stay in this team for a long time. Otherwise, it is only a matter of time before he leaves. After all, Liverpool is a rich team, and it is impossible to accommodate players without strength.

Now he is far from being able to do this.

Not to mention the main goalkeeper Dudek, even the substitute goalkeeper Kirkland can't replace him.

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Overall, this holiday is quite fulfilling.

In Hexiang's training life, time passed quickly, and a week passed in a blink of an eye. Liverpool's first-team players all returned to the team, but a bad news made Benitez's mood heavy again.

Gerard is injured!

During the training of the England team, Gerrard was shoveled by teammate Bridget, resulting in an injury to the muscle key. The doctor's preliminary examination showed that there would be a two-week truce, that is to say, Gerard could not participate in the next game before the FA Cup.

Benitez lost his temper in the office. He didn't know how many words he cursed England and Brigitge.

It's a pity that it's useless. Brigitge is a Chelsea player, and it's also Mourinho's in charge. Benitez can only curse on this matter. He can't ask his players not to participate in the national team. That's not worth the loss, and the players can only get a good performance when they join the national team. High value, playing in the club, that kind is just a fantasy.

Fortunately, the schedule in the first half of March is not close.

The absence of Gerrard means that Liverpool's offensive organization is a little difficult. Relying on the partners of Alonso and Cowell, Liverpool's midfield is much weaker. Fortunately, there is also a fierce man Jamie. Carragher can hold up some scenes for Liverpool midfield, otherwise it would not be good to be called a 'sissy' team by his opponent.

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On March 5, in the twenty-ninth round of the league, Liverpool played against Newcastle United at home.

The last time I had a relationship with Newcastle United was before Christmas, when Alan. Shearer led his teammates to strive for victory, but Newcastle United, which is full of problems, is no longer the same Newcastle United in the past. Recently, it has been rumored that Hiller intends to retire early. Since the retirement of the old coach Robson, the performance of Hiller, who has not been imprisoned, is getting worse and worse. Perhaps when he saw the old coach step down, Hiller also thought He is about to retire, and it's not interesting to compete with the things in these teams. It's only a matter of time before he retires.

Speaking of this, it really makes English fans sad.

However, there are always times when stars are old and there is always a day when they retire. Shearer is completely in his previous state and plays in his current state, which is a humiliation to him.

Shearer did not play in this game.

Dutch striker Cruyvette leads the Newcastle United front line. The former Barcelona front line killer with too much ups and downs seems to have regained his previous state. In the first three minutes at Anfield, he took the lead in scoring a goal for Newcastle United.

After that, when Liverpool wanted to equalize the score, Cruyvette scored another goal and changed the score to zero to two.

No one expected such a situation before the game. No one would think that the current Newcastle United would pose a threat to Liverpool. As a result, at this time, Liverpool players seemed to be a little confused, and the team's performance declined a little.

Benitez's understanding of off-court is the reason for the national team's game. After all, Liverpool's number of 'national players' is much more than that of Newcastle United.

Cruyvette was very excited. He didn't know how long he hadn't scored two goals in the game, so he was more active next.

Unfortunate, Jack Don's performance was like a basin of cold water poured on his head.

Twenty minutes, three goals!

When Liverpool reorganized his formation and looked for an attack, Jack Don suddenly became powerful. His first goal appeared in the twenty-second minute of the first half. He received a pass from his teammate with his right foot in the penalty area. Jack Don took a wonderful shot with a back turn and volley in the air, moving back a goal for the team.

Then, in just two minutes, Don Jack equalized the score with a header!

These two goals are almost a replica of Cruyvette's goal, which made the media and fans on the sidelines happy. Just as they were about to compare Don Jack and Cruyvit, in just over the past ten minutes, Don Jack took advantage of a free kick to hang the football directly into the goal of Newcastle United. Horn.

Three to two!

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When the half-time break came, Benitez smiled and said in an interview with reporters in the mixed area of the court: "... The most important thing in the game is the mentality. Our players have a good mentality. They can ensure a good competitive state when they are lagging behind, which is the key to winning..."

The surrounding media reporters rolled their eyes when they heard this sentence.

Most people say: What is the mentality of the game? The key to Liverpool's victory is to have a top scorer Jack. Otherwise, no matter how good the mentality is, Liverpool will not take the lead now. I'm afraid there is only one player in the world who can complete a hat-trick in 20 minutes.

But they had to admire the Spanish's eyes. It was he who brought the brunette boy to Anfield.

In the locker room, Benitez did not arrange any tactics for the team. In his opinion, the team can win if it goes on, and it should be easy to win. Even if Newcastle United has a good performance, they are still not Liverpool's opponents. After all, they can score goals, and Liverpool can score more goals at Anfield.

Benitez seems to be a little complacent.

In the next five minutes of the second half, Newcastle took advantage of a tactical corner kick and scored a goal by the young striker Solnis, which directly stunned Benitez. The Spaniard showed a stunned expression on the bench for the first time on the bench, and he was a little confused about the situation on the court.

Just when he was worried, Harvey. Alonso grabbed the point in front of the penalty area for Liverpool to overtake the game again.

The game seems to have turned into a battle!!

The whole audience was very excited. No matter what the form of the two teams is, such a game is really rare. At the end of 20 minutes, the game between the two teams has become four to three, and the whole game has scored seven goals, which is really enjoyable for the fans.

Now, Benitez is unhappy.

Even if Liverpool is a goal ahead, now the team's defense seems to be a mess. He finally knows the team's problem, that is, the defense is too bad. Newcastle United can score three goals with a little performance. If it were Barcelona and Arsenal, there is no need to play at all, that is, No matter how many goals are scored by the front line, it will not be more than the back defense.

Fortunately, Newcastle United failed to score again. At the end of the game, Don Jack stepped forward again. This time, he was knocked down by the opponent in the penalty area. This penalty opportunity was given to Alonso, who scored twice and laid the foundation for the team's victory.

It doesn't seem to matter.

Liverpool won the victory, but in the same way, the game exposed too many problems.

Many fans think that Liverpool has always been a good defensive team. Even if the offensive side has an advantage, Liverpool is essentially a defensive player. As a champion coach, it is impossible for Benitez not to pay attention to defense, but from the game, Liverpool's defense is really a mess, which makes Benitez very seated. Uneasy.

After the game, at the press conference, the Spaniard said dissatisfiedly: "... We still have a lot of problems now. The performance of the defenders is too poor. Next, the team will adjust to make the team's defense more stable.

"However, the current problem is that the team's bench depth is not enough. We can't compare with the other three big teams. What we need to do is to try our best to make the team's performance better."

Before the tight competition, Benitez felt pressure.