Chapter 497 Prauting each other

Gérard Hollior is a French coach, and he was a midfielder when he was a player. Because he played for low-level league clubs that were not paid much attention to by some domestic media at that time, his whole career was almost blank from his resume.

Holler's coaching career began with the leader of a low-group league club. At first, he coached Lens Football Club, and then coached Paris Saint-Germain Football Club in Ligue 1 for three years. From 1988 to 1995, he has been coaching the French national team. During this period, he has trained strong generals such as Henry and Pires.

In 1998, Hollial went to the United Kingdom to join the Premier League veteran Liverpool. At that time, Liverpool also had another head coach, Evans. Gérard Hollier and Evans coached the club together, the so-called double leader system. It's just that because there are two leaders, they often can't coordinate in management. In a dispute, Evans left in November 1998 and became Geral Hollier in charge of the club alone.

At that time, Liverpool's results had been sluggish. In the 1998-99 season, they won the seventh place in the Premier League and could not attend European competitions. Gérard Holier decided to reorganize the team, sell most of the old main players, and replace them with another batch of new blood, such as Steven Gerrard, Ditmar Harman and Haipia. As a result, the results of the 1999-00 season have rebounded significantly. In 2001, they won the FA Cup and the English League Cup, and the UEFA Cup also reached the final. It is believed that Liverpool has begun to recover and has the ability to challenge Manchester United's monopoly position in the Premier League.

Hollior comes from a low background and has no reputation. He is also very low-key when coaching a rich team like Liverpool. In the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup against Barcelona, which is as famous as Liverpool, Liverpool adopted intensive defensive tactics in both rounds.

Jiang Mu showed the friendly match between the main players and the youth team before the game, and under the gaze of more than 10,000 fans and more than 200 journalists, the main players also lost the game 2:3, which made Houllier suspect that this is a cunning Chinese who are playing, because Jiang Mu has been playing tricks since he got involved in European football. Known for his on-the-spot change, Houllier never believed that this was Jiang Mu's lesson to his main player. He concluded that Jiang Mu was fooling him, and the main player who appeared in the game was likely not to be the main player.

So when Jiang Mu used the friendly match with the youth team to teach his players a lesson, Holier also kept releasing smoke bombs, proving that Liverpool is not the favorite in the UEFA Cup final in all aspects, and Inter Milan is the favorite to win the UEFA Cup.

Liverpool, which has just been crowned with the FA Cup, also won the English League Cup in March. The odds offered by gambling companies for their victory over Inter Milan and Inter Milan over Liverpool in Wednesday's game are the same. If they win, they will be the first team to win three in a season. The English team that won the Cup.

In response to the outside media' prediction that Liverpool and Inter Milan have a chance of winning the championship, Hollior quickly denied it today, saying: "Liverpool does not have more than half chance of winning the UEFA Cup, thus becoming the "cup king" of this season. Inter Milan, which has reached the European finals three times and won the championship three times, is the real cup king. They will never go to Dortmund just for excitement. In history, we have played against Inter Milan twice, both in the semi-finals of the 1965 Champions Cup. In the first leg, we beat Inter Milan 3-1 at home. . However, after coming to the away game, Inter Milan beat us 3-0. In this way, Inter Milan reached the final with a total score of 4-3 in the two rounds and won the championship.

"The two teams that have entered the finals deserve it. Both sides have equal opportunities, and we may have more difficulties. Although Inter Milan only eliminated teams like the dark horse Alaves and Kaiserslauten to enter the finals, they have not yet done so far after Jiang Mu's coaching. There have been failures. They are more popular than us.

"I think Serie A is very strong, because there, both coaches and players, are at a very high level. That's why they have been dominating European competitions for so many years. In the past, at least six or seven of the teams that entered the quarter-finals of the Champions League and the League Cup semi-finals came from Italy. This season, they just took a nap.

"After the opening of Wednesday's game, both sides will play a quality game. No team will be willing to be the runner-up, and everyone will work hard. Even a second-class team will definitely not be easy to play."

Of course, Hollior also admitted that he was a little surprised that Liverpool could reach the finals of major games for the third time in this exciting season, and if they beat Charlton in the last round of the league, they will also ensure their qualification for the Champions League next season.

French coaches are very proud of Liverpool's record: "The purpose of many coaches is to lead their teams to progress and success. When you are the head coach of a team that performs so well, you do have a sense of pride. It is certainly very important to be able to reach the finals of the UEFA Cup, but it will be a record to lead the team to win three Cups in one season, because no one has been able to do this before.

Looking back, Holier said: "At the beginning of the League Cup, our opponent is Olympiacos, which is a team that has entered the Champions League. Defeating them gives us confidence. The next opponent is Roma, and I still think they will be stronger than us, but our organization is very successful. Owen's two away goals in Italy changed everything.

"After that game was tied, I think our opportunity came, because Roma is one of the strongest teams in this tournament. Then Porto and finally Barcelona. At that time, they were stronger than us, but we knew we could stop them, I knew we could score goals, and we did. Now I think what we need to do is to maintain this determination and courage to win the final victory.

At the same time, Holier also expressed dissatisfaction with the team's frequent schedule. "The UEFA Cup final is held only three days after the FA Cup final, which is really annoying. However, one thing you will soon learn in England is to complain less and obey the schedule. I still learn a lot about this. All the games are now in front of us, and the game with Charlton is no less than a final. Now it's the last sprint time of the season.

Before the game, Holier desperately touted Inter Milan and belittled himself. How could Jiang Mu, who came out of China, not know that this was his proud plan, so he would do it. At the same time, he boasted about Liverpool and beat Inter Milan's players, so that they should never underestimate their opponents. At the same time, he also stimulated Hollile and let him and international Milan fights against each other.

Jiang Mu said: "Liverpool is a great team. They have doubled Manchester United this season and reversed Arsenal in the FA Cup. They are fully capable of winning the championship in any way, but if Liverpool still adopts a negative attitude against Barcelona in the final on May 16. When it comes to the game, Inter Milan can only treat it in its own way. If Liverpool has nine players behind the ball to defend, they will find that Inter Milan will have ten players defending. This will certainly make the final in Dortmund the most boring one in the history of the UEFA Cup final. It all depends on how Liverpool play. As for the perception of the fans, it is not the responsibility of an Inter Milan team.

Before the general competition, in order to release their own pressure and put pressure on their opponents, almost all sides will have an oral test, but the UEFA Cup final between Liverpool and Inter Milan is exactly the opposite. Inter Milan and Liverpool's coaches not only do not attack each other, but also praise each other, which really makes fans and the media It's an eye-opener.

In the early morning of Wednesday, the UEFA Cup final will start in Dortmund, Germany. England's "Red Army" Liverpool will collide with the Serie A giants known as the "Snake Elf" to create the first shining spark of "Red May". The media was not idle. They analyzed and commented on the two sides of the final before the game. China's "Sun" analyzed the strength comparison between the two sides from the three aspects of survival desire, morale and attack power, believing that Liverpool and Inter Milan scored 10 points in terms of the desire to win.

Liverpool have won the English League Cup and the FA Cup, and they have regarded Dortmund as the place to be crowned the Triple Crown. After Leeds United stopped the Champions League semi-finals, Liverpool became the only British team to reach the European finals this season. Their success or failure is even meaningful for the full recovery of English football. Inter Milan in Serie A has won the UEFA Cup many times, and they seem to be more eager for that huge sense of achievement. And winning the championship means that they have risen again in European football, and the weight of the UEFA Cup is definitely not light for them.

In terms of morale, Liverpool and Inter Milan also have 10 points.

Liverpool, which has just won the FA Cup, is reaching its peak under head coach Hollior. The "Great Reversal" of scoring two goals in the last five minutes of the FA Cup made the team experience the baptism of adversity. Among them, Owen has scored consecutive goals in the last four games, which strengthens the killer's sense of smell.

Inter Milan beat Kaiserslautern 9:2 in the semi-finals, and beating AC Milan 7:1 in the league gave people the pleasure of destruction. Although their defeat to their youth team 2:3 in the friendly match will more or less affect morale, everyone knows that the attraction of that game is not comparable to the UEFA Cup final, and even the possibility of a show is not ruled out. Therefore, the morale of both sides is basically the same.

In terms of attack power: Liverpool is 9 points, while Inter Milan is 10 points

Because it is a final in a neutral country, it is impossible for both teams to have reservations. It is not difficult to predict that the attack will be the main theme of the game. The strength of attack power will be the key to victory or defeat.

The current Liverpool team has the strongest lineup in the past 10 years. Its comprehensive strength is by no means below Manchester United. Their young blood has contributed to their strong destructiveness and aggression. Owen and Husky scored 15 goals and 14 goals for Liverpool in the league, only 2 goals a year. The 0-year-old attacking midfielder Gerrard beat Beckham to be the top ten stars in British football, and everything heralds the prototype of the next "English Premier League King".

Inter Milan has more stars than Liverpool. Their striker Vieri has scored 31 goals and beat Shevchenko Crespo to top the Serie A scorer list. It is self-evident what it means in Italy, which is famous for defensive football. Although the aliens have just returned, they have been substitutes, goals on the field, and a hat-trick in the Milan derby. The state has recovered quickly. The combination of Vieri and Ronaldo is obviously stronger than Owen and Husky.

Judging from the comparison of these three aspects, Inter Milan has a slight advantage. As for who can step on the opponent's body to the podium, it depends on whether God can help or not.