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After the Asian tour, Liverpool will return to Europe immediately, and the team will start the final preparations before the start of the new season.

For the Asian tour stage, the various problems revealed by the team in several friendly matches with other giants, the Liverpool team is also an urgent problem to be solved.

Rogers' coaching team needs to find a solution as much as possible in the short time before the start of August to enhance the overall strength of the team.

Or personnel changes, or tactical changes, and how to deal with the chemical reactions between various players is a top priority.

Perhaps before the start of the summer transfer, in the eyes of the Liverpool management, the departure of one or two main players will not be a problem for the team at present.

Because in the perception of Americans, in the major professional leagues in North America, it is common for each team and each season to change the main players. As long as there are players of the same level, the team will not lose too much. Great combat power.

However, in the field of football, American thinking is still not suitable or does not match that of Europe.

Players of different styles, and the tactical system that affects the whole body, makes European football teams need more time to adjust the lineup changes, and the adjustment force is greater.

I originally thought that Sterling's strength and influence might not be able to become a player like Suarez last year, but at present, after Sterling left, it still takes enough time for Liverpool to change the overall tactics and let Liverpool The team adapts.

The new season of the Premier League will start on August 8.

And Liverpool's first official game at the start of the season will be the "Premier Super Cup" Community Shield game that still has a hint of a warm-up match.

And their opponent is last season's FA Cup champion, Arsenal.

This "warm-up match" before the start of the league is a preview for Liverpool to show their team's strength and the degree of running-in with the team. It will also be the first answer that Rodgers needs to hand over the recent team lineup adjustment.

The British land in August is sunny and mild.

At Wembley Stadium in London, last season's Premier League champions Liverpool and last season's FA Cup champions Arsenal will dedicate a wonderful duel of giants.

With 5 days left before the start of the new Premier League season, the first championship of this new season, for both Liverpool and Arsenal, is to focus on competition. Both sides want to use a championship trophy to start the new season well head.

After many days of intensive training, Liverpool is on the starting list. In order to take care of the tacit cooperation between the players, they did not mix too many new players.

However, the two high-priced signings, of course, still have to appear among the starting players.

Compared with the weaker Arsenal, Liverpool's offensive formation on the neutral field is quite shocking.

Since the 442 lineup in the friendly match was not too brilliant, Rogers changed back to the most familiar 433 lineup.

On the front line, Benteke is in the center, and Sturridge and Lallana are separated from each other.

Sturridge returned to the big last season, he can play more of his offensive strength, and Lallana needs to withstand the pressure and try to achieve Sterling's original contribution to the team.

Coutinho, Firmino, and Henderson make up Liverpool's attacking midfield.

After playing as a left-winger for a season, Coutinho returned to his familiar midfield position, which was also a deliberate move by Rodgers.

He wants to use Coutinho's excellent long-range shooting ability and gradually increasing crossing ability, and cooperate with his breakthrough to make Coutinho the new offensive core of Liverpool.

However, the Liverpool midfielder with great offensive ability also has an obvious problem, that is, the team will lack the protection of strong midfielders.

Henderson is indeed a midfielder who is good at running, but, compared to a full-time defensive midfielder, his offensive ability may have a certain impact on Liverpool's defense.

In the backcourt, none of Liverpool's new aids played. Rogers chose to use a more tacit championship backcourt combination to play in the first game of the season.

Winning this championship is a good start for Rogers to start the new season.

It's just that Arsenal gave Liverpool a slap in the face.

If it is said that the failure of the previous friendly match and the running-in of the team, the reason for not paying attention to the warm-up match is evasive, but in this match, in which the championship will be determined in one battle, even though there is a "warm-up match" in nature, both sides are full-time. In the case of playing, Liverpool's performance in this game is really unrepresentative.

First of all, for Liverpool, the winning method was found on both ends of the offense and defense last season.

Liverpool is still maintaining the youthful storm. Even though all members are "old" by one year, but the age of the main lineup, Liverpool is still the "little young" among the powerful teams.

However, Liverpool's overall frontcourt pressing has lost the strength of last season.

Although Benteke and Firmino are active enough, the team just can't achieve enough tacit understanding to build a pressing system without loopholes.

Moreover, Benteke's tall stature really has an advantage in the fight for the top, but his speed and flexibility are far behind when he fights back on the spot in the frontcourt.

Moreover, although Firmino is very adaptable to such tactics, in the game, due to the problem of running-in time, he was unable to form a perfect fit with other Liverpool players.

The result is that in the game, the frontcourt press, which should have tested the team's running-in level, was full of loopholes in the game.

Their own pressing strength is not enough, and Arsenal also has fast horses on the wing like Walcott and Chamberlain.

For Liverpool, if there is any vacancy on the defensive end, Arsenal players will catch the opportunity and continue to attack Liverpool's defense.

It can only be said that Rogers underestimated Arsenal's strength and paid the price for his weak midfield arrangement.

Yang Feng's performance on the defensive end is already very good.

Faced with the impact of many technical and speed players in the Arsenal lineup, Yang Feng relied on his ability to predict and excellent defensive position selection. He defended himself or directed his teammates to help the team resolve many of Arsenal's opponents. Na's attack.

However, under the constant impact, Liverpool's defense was still blocked by Chamberlain, who found a good opportunity to break through on the wing.

Using the counterattack on the ground to advance without giving Yang Feng enough time to react, when Chamberlain broke out with his absolute speed advantage, Yang Feng could only sigh in relief.

Chamberlain slammed into the Liverpool penalty area and scored with a low shot.

When the team fell behind, Rodgers wanted to focus on developing Benteke's role, but the results were not satisfactory.

The crosses of the two full-backs on the wing did not create enough threats to Arsenal at all.

The central defender combination of Koscielny and Mertesacker is fearless when facing Benteke.

Coupled with Cech's excellent performance in front of the goal, which was transferred from Chelsea, Liverpool's offensive has not made much progress.

The offense in the game was very stagnant.

In the end, Arsenal defeated Liverpool 1-0 and successfully won the trophy at Wembley Stadium. However, Liverpool's season debut failed...