Coaching career started as a college team coach

///I will mark the starting lineup of this game in the author's words later. ///

After Craig Pawson confirmed that everything was fine, he blew the whistle to start the game.

Beep——

Solanke passed the ball to Salah, and Salah passed it to Chamberlain, and the game officially started!

Wei Le, who was standing on the sidelines, sighed a little, because he was not unfamiliar with some of Liverpool's players.

Because there were several "Wei Di Shu" in Liverpool's lineup-players that Wei Le almost signed. Although the stories of these "Wei Di Shu" were not as dramatic as the "Wen Di Shu" in North London, they still brought a lot of regrets.

In the summer half a year ago, after the transfer window opened, Wei Le asked Robertson, who was now in Liverpool, if he was willing to join.

But Robertson chose Liverpool between Wolves and Liverpool.

Robertson himself was actually very regretful. He knew that Wei Le was good at training young people. As a young player, he certainly hoped to be recruited by such an excellent head coach.

But going to Wolves was not a wise choice at the time.

The opportunity to be favored by Liverpool is not always available, and the Wolves at that time were only considered a relegation team, and it was even difficult for them to stay in the Premier League a year later.

Robertson even called Wei Le in person to express his regret.

After all, in Wei Le's first year in office, before the start of the 15/16 season when Wolves were still in the Championship, Wei Le actually expressed his interest in Robertson.

But at that time, Hull City, where Robertson was, could play in the Premier League, so it was even less likely that Robertson would downgrade himself to the Championship.

But in fact, at the end of the 15/16 season, Wolves won the promotion quota with a record-breaking high score and won the Championship trophy. And Hull City, where Robertson was, was relegated.

So far this season, Liverpool's ranking is not even as high as Wolves. And Wolves, a team that no one was optimistic about at first, is also attracting more and more attention.

It is difficult to say whether Robertson's choice is correct. Robertson and Wei Le are also people who are looking forward to the future.

But today, when they met again at Anfield, Robertson and Wei Le shook hands before the game. Wei Le couldn't help but assume that if everything could have been done earlier, Robertson might be standing next to him in a yellow jersey.

You always want what you can't get, but this doesn't mean that Wei Le doesn't like the two players he has now, Tierney and Alphonso Davies.

Another player Wei Le likes is Solanke, but Solanke himself is unwilling to join Wolves because Liverpool is willing to give him a chance to play.

In fact, Liverpool also kept their promise. Klopp is very optimistic about Solanke and gave him a lot of opportunities, although his performance was mediocre and did not fully meet Klopp's requirements.

Similarly, it is difficult to say whether Solanke made the right choice. For Wei Le, it is also difficult for him to say whether the Wolves without Solanke are really missing a key piece of the puzzle.

With two strikers with completely different styles, Jota and Haaland, plus a balanced Jovic to fill the gap, Wolves' forward line is actually enough, not bloated and not short of players.

But like Robertson, it is really uncomfortable to watch Solanke, wearing a red home jersey, running on the court.

The song of Never Walk Alone has come to an end, and Liverpool's first attack, which started with the ball, has ended with Lovren's irresponsible long pass.

Lovren's long pass reached the backcourt of Wolves, and Maguire passed the ball back to the goalkeeper.

The cheers at Anfield suddenly increased, not because they were cheering for the visiting players, but because Liverpool were going to start their best frontcourt pressing!

"Uncle Zha" Klopp's high-pressure pressing style has become famous since Dortmund, and now he is also creating his "ultimate pressing" in Liverpool.

There is a term, "Gegenpressing", which has become more and more popular in recent years.

Not all pressing is "Gegenpressing". This word, which comes from German, can perhaps be understood as the "German version" of counter-pressing.

Many people say that Klopp invented "Gegenpressing". This statement is not entirely correct, but it is undeniable that Klopp has made an indelible contribution to the popularization of "Gegenpressing".

In fact, the tactical style of high-pressure pressing appeared a long time ago. In the football world of the 1960s and 1970s, the Dutch and Soviet teams showed the power of this style to the world.The "grab, press, surround" tactics guided by Xu Genbao in my country are essentially a high-pressure style of high-pressure pressing. English fans may not be unfamiliar with this term, because in the 1980s, this style of football could represent the most popular football tactical style in England. But high-pressure pressing is not crazy grabbing. On the contrary, we can see many subtle differences from it. For example, Heynckes' Bayern's high-pressure pressing is one player to press and one player to intercept the passing route; while Guardiola pays more attention to the robbery of the passing route. But Guardiola is the master of pressing, and Liverpool's high-pressure pressing can be seen as a combination of pressing the passer and pressing the passing route. They are more likely to cause the opponent's mistakes in the opponent's backcourt, so as to launch an attack closer to the goal. In this ball, after Maguire passed the ball back to Martinez, Solanke immediately left Maguire and rushed to the penalty area, while Salah also intercepted the goalkeeper's passing route on the other side. But their pressure and the cheers of the home fans did not affect Martinez. He calmly passed the ball to the left side, and Tierney retreated directly to the bottom line!

Tierney retreated to the bottom line, giving Martinez enough space to pass the ball.

Tierney stopped the ball with his left foot, and then passed the ball with his right foot again!

It was still a short pass, but he found Rodri in the defensive midfielder position. At this time, he and Dendoncker completed the position change, and Dendoncker crossed the midfield.

Solanke turned his head and pounced on Rodri. Together with Milner and Chamberlain on the wing, they formed a siege on Rodri's left side, forcing Rodri to pass horizontally to the right!

The lateral pass on the back waist line is very easy to cause mistakes! This is also Klopp's wisdom. His pressure style is more for driving away than for grabbing the ball!

The distance is getting closer and closer. Rodri stopped the ball. Of course, he observed the siege net and saw the only gap in the siege net.

He also saw the trap behind the gap!

Once he decides to pass the ball horizontally to Kounde, a siege will form behind Kounde, and Salah and Henderson will surround him!

Then launch a counterattack in the Wolves' backcourt!

Liverpool fans cheered excitedly, they felt that they were about to see the process that had happened many times this season - Liverpool got the ball in the opponent's backcourt, and then relied on the local numerical advantage to tear open the opponent's defense with continuous vertical passes.

Just like a pack of wolves hunting!