Chapter 97 Moyes's Inadaptance

On December 5, Goodison Park Stadium, the fourth round of the group stage of the League Group A, and Everton, who was empty in the third round, occupied the transparent position of the group with six points in two games.

Followed by Everton's opponent in this game, Russian super team Zenit St. Petersburg. They drew with the Dutch team Alkmaar at home in the first round, defeated the Greek team Larissa away in the second round, and drew with the Bundesliga team Nuremberg in the third round, with five points in one win, two draws.

After three rounds, Everton scored 6 points in Group A, Zenit scored 5 points, Alkmaar scored 4 points, Nuremberg scored 1 point, and Larissa scored 0 points.

In the single round robin system in which each team plays four games, the top three teams in the group appear. In fact, Everton only needs to draw another game and get a point to ensure promotion.

It's a great form of appearance, but in today's game, Moyes didn't take it lightly. Zenit is not a weak team. He plays in the mood of getting one point at home, which is likely to become a burden on the hearts of Everton players. It's better to let go of his hands and feet to see who will die. .

"The Russians came here to share points with us. Will we give points to the Russians?" Moyes glanced at everyone with a grim expression and said the first sentence at today's game preparation meeting with great momentum.

"No!"

The Everton player shouted out the answer loudly under the gaze of Moyes.

"Okay, please remember that this is Goodison, our home court, 40,000 Everton fans are waiting for victory, and no one can easily take away the points here. It's like this in the league, and we still want to do it in Europe! In Goodison, three points must belong to Everton!" Moyes looked around at the players' expressions and began to announce the starting list of the game with satisfaction.

Li Yu is going to start the game. The boy has been in good shape after returning from the suspension. Now Moyes of course wants the best scorer in the team to play.

442, today, Li Yu's front-line partner was replaced by Cahill. The Australian was pushed to the front line by Moyes. Hearing the list of front-line players, Everton players probably understood today's tactical arrangement, attack, and an offensive battle between Goodison and the Russians.

"Why does the boss look like chicken blood today!" When Johnson heard that he didn't start, he relaxed and whispered in Li Yu's ear.

Hearing this, Li Yu could say anything, as long as she nodded, she reluctantly agreed with the bald man.

"What are you two talking about?" Arteta also came over. As soon as he asked, Johnson said what he had just said to the Spanish again.

"Don't say it's really similar!" Arteta replied with a smile, "Don't talk about the boss. Do you know who Chelsea like recently?"

"Ronaldinho?" Johnson said Ronaldinho without thinking.

"Kaka?" Li Yu also gave her own answer.

"Neither, it's you!" Arteta pointed to Li Yu beside him and solved the mystery.

"It's impossible. I haven't heard of it?" While Johnson was still muttering.

"Get out of here and stay on the bench outside!" Moyes directly kicked the bald man out of the locker room, and the topic that the three had not yet finished talking about ended.

Li Yu doesn't dare to be distracted anymore. After a while, her starting opportunity may be cut off.

In fact, Moyes didn't say anything more and immediately asked the players to warm up.

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While Everton players warmed up, Moyes was blocked by reporters in the mixed area of the court and had to be interviewed.

Some reporters maliciously asked Moyes if with the increase of Li Yu's off-court endorsement, whether it will affect the next performance on the court, and how Everton, who is suspected of suffering from Li Yu's dependence, solve this problem.

When asked this question, Moyes certainly didn't look good and directly scolded, "I don't understand why there can be such stupid remarks!" Please keep your eyes open and pay attention to the next game!"

Finding Moyes's angry look, the reporter who asked the question was actually a little scared. The Scottish artillery was still powerful to deal with the reporter. The reporter stammered and retorted, "thing. In fact..."

"It's what you guys wrote nonsense." Moyes rudely interrupted the reporter, "Everton is an 11-person team. Li Yu is on the front line. It is his duty to score goals. For other questions, please use your brain!"

"The latest news, Chelsea head coach Mourinho has publicly expressed his appreciation for Li Yu. Is Li Yu likely to join Chelsea during the winter transfer?"

This time, the question was asked by the Huaxia reporter. The British reporter just now talked nonsense, which made him feel that he was deliberately making trouble for Li Yu, and quickly asked a question to add points for Li Yu.

Moyes, who originally wanted to leave, suddenly looked at the Chinese reporter, "I haven't received any news. You can ask Mourinho!"

Moyes is indeed very angry. He is not only angry about the media questioning his team, but what makes him most angry is that the media only pays attention to one person now, Li Yu!

Whether it is before or after the game, he always has to answer all kinds of questions about Li Yu. If the Chinese media alone is okay, even the local British media is the same.

A strong head coach does not want to be replaced by his players. The problem is that the Everton Club is also intentionally or unintentionally asking to give Li Yu more start-time opportunities. In fact, Moyes also understands that Li Yu's rise in the Premier League has brought a lot of extra benefits to Everton Club.

However, please don't forget that he is the boss of the team and Li Yu introduced by him. There is no special player in the Everton team that is likely to affect the whole. He has not considered this problem before, but now this problem is unexpectedly highlighted.

Calm down a little, Moyes also felt that his idea just now was a little too serious, which was unfair to Li Yu, who had been working hard.

"If there is such a sign, I will extinguish it!"

Moyes is a very protective head coach. Of course, he is also very strong. These two points are very similar to Ferguson of Manchester United. Calm down. If the media continue to talk about Li Yu, he will still protect his disciples. Of course, the premise is that this person is still in his control. Once he is out of control, Ferguson-style cleaning is not far away.

Everton has never won such attention in the past. The sudden huge change made Moyes also uncomfortable. "There is still a gap from the rich family!"

Moyes, who is at the forefront of the storm, realized for the first time that the Everton Club still has a big gap between the rich family, both in terms of its affordability to the media and its adaptability.

It happens that the rise of Li Yu may be able to temper the road of Everton's rich family.

Moyes stood on the sidelines for a while. After several ups and downs in his heart, he finally solved the problem of how to look at Li Yu. The recent pressure and troubles he had suffered were finally swept away.

Li Yu, who was warming up with Arteta on the field, did not notice the abnormality of the head coach off the court, and was still moving his body meticulously.

"Oh, my God, LEE! Didn't you notice the boss's eyes just now? It must be the news that you were targeted by Chelsea and let him know from the media!" Arteta said as she warmed up.

"That's all nonsense from the media. I don't pay attention to those things!" After stretching her body, Li Yu began to get the ball and prepare for some ball exercises.

Even the Everton fans present can see that Li Yu is very excited today, and the fans are not!

With Li Yu's shooting practice, the fans in the stands shouted and applauded from time to time.

At the end of the warm-up, Li Yu also waved to the fans of Goodison Park.

Returning to the locker room again, Moyes was obviously much better than the tone just now. When arranging the tactics, he specially urged Li Yu to pay attention to the overall cooperation with the team, so that the whole team can run organically.

In the details, Moyes highlighted Zenit's core player, Arshavin.

The number one star in Russian football is known as the Tsar.

Zenit's rise in recent years is inseparable from the core of his team.

Arshavin is an attacker in the mid-front court. He can play multiple positions. He has excellent foot control skills. He is good at the ball against the low-speed tape. When he plays with the front of the defense, he tries to use the unpredictable rhythm changes to make the opponent confused. He is also the core player of the Russian national team.

Moyes explained the technical characteristics of Arshavin in detail and arranged a special defensive strategy.

Other tactical arrangements are almost the same as usual. Everton's personnel are basically fixed, and the tacit understanding between the players is also good. After explaining it to the players twice, there is nothing to repeat.

The British media have been saying that Everton's tactics lack change, and when commenting on Moyes, it is always described as a ** coach. Yes, Moyes has always done a good job in uniting the team and boosting morale. As for the tactical play, with the current Everton staffing, Moyes wants to have a big tactical change. It is also impossible to change. In the second place, we can only choose to use the overall tacit stability of the team to make up for the lack of personnel. In fact, Moyes still works hard on some small details, and his opponent can often play a key role unconsciously.

Li Yu has been communicating with Captain Neville about cooperation issues.

As a time-honored Premier League player, he did not talk about his experience with Li Yuduo, but let him experience it in the game.

Neville is not hiding private, but he can see that Li Yu's playing style has been changing. He tries to integrate into the team with his own style, so he doesn't have to talk about those long talks.

"Okay, it's time for you to appear!"

With Moyes's words, Everton's players got up and left the locker room to prepare for the official game.