Football’s First Defender

The news of "Uncle Scumbag" Klopp's appointment is definitely a great thing for many Liverpool fans.

Especially those new fans who have entered the pit in recent years are even more joyful.

After all, Dortmund in recent years has brought too much offensive visual enjoyment to many fans. Although Klopp's tactical arrangement consumes too much physical energy for the players, it is also true that the game was played wonderfully, beautifully, and attracted the audience.

However, for the players in the Liverpool team, the head coach changed from Rodgers to the famous coach Klopp, which deepened the players' uncertainty about their future.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that with such a turbulent Liverpool, it is definitely impossible for this year's results to be as good as last year's.

With such a big disadvantage at the beginning of the season, coupled with the great turmoil within the team, Liverpool's desire to compete for the league championship seems to be a joke. Lowering the goal and securing a Champions League seat may be the most realistic season goal.

For Liverpool players, ensuring their playing time and completing a better performance on the field is the most responsible way for them.

Whether he stays under Klopp's command and is reused, or is washed out of the team, his good performance is the basis for a big contract and a firm foothold in the team.

As professional players, everyone knows the "hidden rules" of the professional arena. When this kind of non-celebrity head coach takes over a new wealthy team, the first thing to do is to control the team to the greatest extent. .

Clear out a group of direct line players of the original coach, and then "surrender" a group of veterans, and then buy a group of direct line players of your own during the next few winter and summer transfer periods, and then go through about one to two seasons. Only by building the best team lineup that suits your own tactics can you impact good team results in future games.

And whether they are the group that wants to be surrendered by the head coach, or the group that is in the head coach's purge plan, is what these players care about most.

On Liverpool's training ground, Klopp and all first-team players met for the first time since taking office.

Many thoughtful players listened intently to every word Klopp uttered, trying to judge their status in the mind of the new coach.

"Hi everyone, I'm Jurgen Klopp from Germany..."

"The purpose of my coming here is very simple, to lead the team out of the current predicament and restore the team's strength to its peak as soon as possible..."

"Many of you are already full of honors and have enjoyed the joy of winning various championships. However, I hope that everyone can still maintain enough hunger for honors and show the best attitude in training. .”

"In my eyes, you players are in front of me. There is no distinction between new transfer players or team veterans. I want to see your performance on the training ground, not your predictions on the transfer website. Valuation..."

"The starting list, I will announce it according to your training performance the day before the game. Now it is to disrupt the team's main substitute structure. During training, show your best performance..."

Klopp, who holds the power of life and death of the team, expressed his coaching attitude in his first speech when he first came to Liverpool. He wants to restore Liverpool's combat power immediately and pull them back from the quagmire...

This may be the hardest time Liverpool players have worked hard on the training ground since the new season.

Everyone wants to use their positive training attitude to impress the new coach Klopp and become the first batch of "direct players" under Klopp.

And in terms of team tactics and personnel selection.

Since the previous team management had already blamed all the "pot" for the bad record on Rogers, who left the team, Liverpool's management pulled out of public opinion.

It also makes the use of tactics and new players, since there is no need to prove the working ability of the "transfer committee", Klopp has the power to adjust the team lineup at will and choose players to play without having to worry about being affected by the club management. pressure.

Today's Liverpool really fully delegate power to Klopp, such a coach who has proven his coaching ability in the five major leagues.

And Liverpool's tactical foundation last season was there. Immediately after the offensive was completed, a fierce high-position defensive tactic was launched, which was Klopp's core tactic in Dortmund in the past.

Therefore, now Klopp does not need to instill new tactics into all Liverpool players, but what needs to be done is to increase the enthusiasm of the players on the field, ensure that the frontcourt players can return to the pressing intensity of last season's championship, and strengthen the team. offensive ability.

Klopp, who has a vicious understanding of tactics, even though he said that he would give everyone a "fair" chance, but in his heart, he had already designated a person who did not conform to the team's tactics, even if he faced high pressure. The worth came to Liverpool. However, Klopp will not take the blame for his predecessor. He also has the courage to cut off his wrists. What he wants to clean up most is Benteke, who was introduced with a lot of money this summer.

"Slow, slow, it's too slow!"

This is the most profound reason why Liverpool's offense was weak when Klopp compared the two seasons when he was negotiating with Liverpool.

The reason for all the slowness finally comes down to two points.

One is the tacit understanding of team members. If there is no tacit understanding between old and new players, various mistakes will naturally occur on the offensive end, which will affect the overall offensive rhythm of the team.

And another point is obvious, the "black big man" who has a lot of playing opportunities in the new season and stays at the forefront.

Benteke may be a good header in positional attack. Last season at Villa, his role in the counter-attack was also very obvious, but when he came to Liverpool, his presence, as a whole, lowered Liverpool's offense. Rhythm.

Even if he can serve as Liverpool's frontcourt fulcrum and become a passing "beacon" for players behind him, but in terms of control over the landing point, even if he gets it, he cannot directly pose a personal threat. He is more likely to ferry backwards and wait for his teammates to plug in. , which is very inconsistent with Klopp's idea of ​​a fast attack.

What kind of offense does Klopp want? Players attack everywhere, constantly dribbling the ball forward, forward, using speed to create opportunities to further open up space. When they really want to complete the return pass, they should also be able to create A chance to hit the goal, not Benteke's header ferry that turns a quick counterattack into a positional battle.

It can only be said that Benteke was born at an untimely time, and it can only be said that it was a mistake for him to choose to come to Liverpool. Now it is a tragedy to meet Klopp who has his own tactics.

At the beginning, Rogers wanted to further expand and enrich Liverpool's offensive methods, and assured the "transfer committee" that he could train tactics suitable for Benteke's performance.

But now Klopp, in his heart, has no intention of using Benteke as the team's main player.

Now that it is not in the transfer window, Klopp can only temporarily use some of today's "distorted melons and dates", but Liverpool's personnel reserves still give Klopp the confidence to complete the tactical "order out of chaos" and build the team the mode you want.

Last season, due to injuries, Benteke, who played less than 30 Premier League games for Villa, scored 15 goals in the league and became a favorite in the transfer market.

However, this time he tried to join the giants Liverpool, but he was doomed to fail.

When it belonged to Klopp's first tactical training session, even though Benteke was very active throughout the training, his name was still not on the starting list for the next league game...