Red Rebels

Returning to Manchester from Zurich, Xiao Yu immediately threw himself into a series of activities around Christmas, most of which were charitable activities for the club to serve the community and give back to the fans. Beckham, a new gentleman, had to prepare for the match against Liverpool. The game, but Redondo returned to Manchester to participate in this series of activities.

As an image ambassador, Redondo is also a part-time coach of the club. Whenever he is free, he will come to the club to guide the training and competition of young players, and at the same time teach them about his experience and so on.

The club's charity activities continued until Christmas Day. The team specially suspended afternoon training. All players went to Manchester Royal Hospital to condolence to the patients and children who could only spend the holidays in the hospital, and gave them some gifts.

This is also one of the contents of the cooperation with the Royal Hospital. It has lasted for many years and has created a good image in the society. At the same time, through this series of activities, it has also cultivated the players' sense of social responsibility.

On the 26th, the home court ushered in a tough Red Army Liverpool!

Benitez's team is in a bit of a bad situation after entering December, first Cisse was injured, then Gerrard's partner Kewell was also injured and underwent surgery, and then Czech striker Baros also suffered a bit in training. Injury, although he came to Manchester with the team, it is still unknown whether he can catch up with this game.

To this end, Benitez had to bring the French teenager Pangler in the bench lineup. It is widely speculated that Benitez is likely to arrange Pangler, Owen, and Luis Garcia to form a front three in the game. Halberd, behind them are Haman, Gerrard and Xavi? Alonso.

After Benitez entered Liverpool, the scouting department has been closely watching the movements of this competitor, especially Liverpool's technical and tactical changes are valued and analyzed by the coaching staff.

In this game, Mourinho specially arranged for the 433 tactics that Benitez is best at using, requiring Ronaldinho and Messi to stay close to Liverpool's defense, Drogba interfered with Hypia and Carragher, Kaka is ready to attack at any time.

Since Benitez's best tactic is to press forward on the defensive line, he is obviously planning to use this tactic to limit the midfielder, and then use Xavi Alonso's passing ability to directly find Owen at the front. one point.

But in this way, it is equivalent to directly exposing the defense line to the bloody fangs.

………………As soon as the game started, Ronaldinho and Messi frequently found opportunities from the two flanks. Kaka’s scoring and Beckham’s oblique long pass both created several threats. Among them, Kaka once broke through to the near post, was blocked by goalkeeper Dudek and then knocked back.

The home team played more actively and proactively, looking for opportunities frequently from the very beginning, causing Liverpool fans to break into a cold sweat several times. In the midfield, Hamann, Gerrard and Xavi Alonso formed The midfielder also failed to limit the midfield attack very well.

In the 29th minute, an attack from the right was launched. Messi wanted to dribble through the Norwegian Riise, but was intercepted by the experienced Riise and passed to the French teenager Pangler.

Pangler, who has performed well recently, rushed with the ball from the left. After cutting in, he wanted to go straight behind Curtis, but Terry made a pre-judgment in advance and broke the through ball that Pangler passed to Owen. After Curtis got the ball, he knocked it directly to Beckham.

As soon as Beckham, who just won the Xinke Double Player of the Football Award, got the ball, there was an overwhelming cheers at the scene, and then he used his signature passing action to accurately transfer the ball to the left.

Ronaldinho is like a Ferrari with a deep foot on the accelerator, running all the way, raising his foot to catch the ball and then snapping the button, avoiding Hypia who was grabbing the ball, not sticking the ball, and directly pushing it to Drogba who is nearby. .

Drogba suppressed Carragher, and when he let it go, Carragher felt a gust of wind whizzing past him. When he reacted, Kaka had pushed the ball into the goal, and Dudek had nothing to do about it.

He could only slap his gloves angrily in protest.

From offense to defense to counterattack, the whole process is fast, precise and efficient!

After taking a 1-0 lead, the offensive began to slow down, but the control of the midfield was strengthened, especially the connection between Kaka and the double midfielder after a slight retreat, and Curtis's position was slightly forward, making the opponents The control of the midfield is in place.

Benitez is a little helpless on the sidelines. He is very aware of Liverpool's shortcomings, that is, the lack of a player who can hold the ball in the midfield and frontcourt. When he was in Valencia, this player was Aimar. Now Liverpool simply couldn't find such a man.

Gerrard is good, but he should appear on the right side where he can play his impact, or he is not the attacking midfielder or central midfielder that Benitez likes at all. To find a position in Tes's tactics, the most suitable one is the midfielder, Harvey Alonso's partner.

There are rumors that Benitez wants to get Valencia's old Aimar, who is not as effective in Valencia this season as before. A very important reason is that he thinks Ranieri doesn't know how to use him, or It's not as good as Benitez, and the tinker doesn't really value the underperforming Aimar.

"I'm not happy at Valencia this season, I don't know why Ranieri didn't play me, he didn't tell me why, but everyone knows that I'm not in his plan, which makes me regret! "In an interview with the media, Aimar blasted Valencia's current coach Ranieri, and then he praised former Benitez.

"Benitez is an amazing manager, he knows me very well, if you don't see a change in Valencia, Liverpool will be the best place to go. I believe in going to the Premier League and playing for Benitez, I don't Any adjustment is required, he knows how to use me, and I will reward him with the best performance and form!"

It is said that Liverpool have begun negotiations with Valencia, hoping to get Aimar.

But in this game, Benitez had to endure the pain in the lower back.

……………… The first half ended at 1:0, and the second half did not make much adjustment, still using the offensive in the first half, while Benitez made appropriate adjustments to the team, especially for the The three players in the middle of the midfield, Benitez asked them to retreat, restricted attacking space.

After the third-line retraction, Liverpool's formation became more compact, and it was greatly hindered in the attack. However, with Owen left in front, Liverpool's offense was also unable to play tricks, and Owen was frequently caught in the offside trap.

It should be said that the back line composed of Finnan, Hypia, Carragher and Riise, plus Dudek, and the midfield composed of Hamann, Xavi Alonso and Gerrard, Liverpool will return After shrinking, it is difficult to threaten Liverpool's goal with the previous tactics.

Seeing that something was wrong, Mourinho immediately waved the flag, and the players on the field began to change their tactics. Drogba was directly nailed to Liverpool's penalty area and became the team's most reliable bridgehead. The offensive tactics also changed from The original sports battle was transformed into a positional battle, with a massive attack on Liverpool's positions.

Drogba has transformed into a very alternative center under Mourinho. In sports, he can form a good interaction and echo with the other three players in the frontcourt. The team's top bridgehead is the fulcrum of the team's frontcourt offense.

His shooting is not as good as Ruud van Nistelrooy, not as strong as Vieri, not as strong as Shevchenko, not as fast as Henry, not as skilled as Ronaldo, but he uses his conscientious tactical execution on the court, and his seemingly innate The ability to adapt to various tactics has made him firmly occupy an important position in the tactics.

The combination of Hypia and Carragher is one of the strongest and most stable centre-backs in the Premier League and even Europe this season. Even when Liverpool experienced a downturn, this pair of centre-backs performed steadily and was the team’s biggest contributor, especially It's Carragher, who Benitez has fixed at centre-back and has inspired him to be world-class in that position.

But in this game, this pair, known as the best central defender in the Premier League, made an unforgivable mistake under the constant impact of Drogba, that is, they ignored the African elephant king Drogba!

Anyone who ignores Drogba should be punished!

In the 67th minute, Drogba received the ball with his back against Hypia. The latter blocked Drogba with his body, but the strong black big man stuck in a position and suddenly turned around and volleyed vigorously.

The ball hit Liverpool's goal like a cannonball. Despite Dudek's reaction, he couldn't stop the menacing ball from entering the net, 2-0!

After that, the offensive continued, and Liverpool stubbornly launched a counterattack, but the trident in the frontcourt composed of Owen, Pangler and Luis Garcia failed to pose a threat to the defense line. Instead, there were continuous mistakes in the backcourt.

In the 76th minute, Essien in the middle stole the ball and went straight behind. The teenager Messi got rid of Rise after being offside, and ran with the ball all the way. Drogba in the middle and Ronaldinho on the left also quickly moved forward.

Under the interference of Carragher, Messi just used his personal skills to find an opportunity to pass the ball to the penalty area.

Drogba is like a heavy tank, forcibly overtaking, rushing the ball into the goal before Hypia, 3:0!

Seeing that the overall situation has been settled, Mourinho began to arrange for the next game, replacing Beckham, Drogba, and Messi successively. After that, Liverpool launched a counterattack. Owen made a mistake and succeeded in anti-offside. The goalkeeper Cech, who had set off and attacked, pushed the ball into the empty goal and got a goal back for Liverpool, 3:1!

Although the two sides played very lively at the last moment, even after the end of the game, no one could score any more goals, and the game was finally fixed at 3:1!

……………… After the home victory over Liverpool, there is only one game left before the unbeaten record set by Capello led by AC Milan, and the next game away to Manchester City can be said to be imminent. A must, because Keegan's team has lost a disgraceful 7-0 on the pitch this season and the team is currently on the verge of relegation.

Just when everyone thought they were sure to win Manchester City and the media hyped up to match AC Milan's 58-game unbeaten record, Manchester City suddenly announced Keegan's dismissal.

This news immediately shocked the entire Premier League, because no news was received before. Keegan even said in the media that the match against the club would change the current predicament of the club, but who could have thought, In a blink of an eye he was no longer there.

The English media reacted immediately and went to the Manchester City club's office to ask about the reason for Keegan's dismissal, but they were told that a press conference would be held two days later, and the outside world basically believed that Keegan was dismissed from get out of class. It's just that the grades are too bad.

It is true that Manchester City under Keegan has invested a lot, but the results can only be said to be mediocre. Apart from the shameful 7-0 loss this season, Manchester City is still hovering in the relegation zone. It is really difficult for such a coach Keep Abu Dhabi and Arneson happy.

And just two days later, Manchester City held a press conference. In addition to Manchester City chairman Mubarak and general manager Arnesen, there were also Manchester City's new head coach!