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After the away draw with Tottenham, for Liverpool, the league has now achieved two consecutive draws after encountering Everton and Tottenham's two strong opponents. Adverse.

However, in these two strong matchups, under the current situation of the team, there is no good way for Klopp, he can only endure the doubts of the outside world, and try to give the ball as much as possible. The team remained unbeaten.

After all, although the team has a strong lineup, so far, many problems are still there. Perhaps in the league, bullying weak teams may be able to rely on hard power to appear to be more than capable, but in the confrontation with strong teams, Liverpool There are still considerable problems, and it has not recovered to the best strength.

However, Liverpool is not in too much of a hurry. This year's Premier League games, the following games frequently appear.

Except for Arsenal, which is currently at the top of the list, the other five giants did not have the amazing performance in the league in the early stage of the league. Various upsets occur frequently. It can be said that the current point pressure on Liverpool is not so great. big.

Now Liverpool just need to do a good job in the construction of their own team, restore the strength of the players, and then exert their strength in the later stages of the league. They can definitely fight for a good league record.

After the away draw with Tottenham, Liverpool's full attention was focused on the team's Champions League group stage.

The third round of the Champions League group stage is another huge test for Liverpool.

They are going to the freezing Russia to challenge CSKA Moscow away.

Even though he started his career in Russia and played for Zenit for a long time, Yang Feng should not feel unfamiliar with the weather in Russia.

But after staying in warm England for so many years and returning to Russia, Yang Feng felt that playing in this severe cold environment was very uncomfortable, not to mention that many players in the Liverpool team had been playing football for a long time. Playing football in a warm environment, I have never tried to play intense and high-intensity games in such a temperature.

On the training ground, Klopp clearly felt that the performance of many players was greatly affected by the temperature.

Under this temperature, players from England have to wear a lot of warm clothes, and the increase in physical "equipment" means that for many players on the offensive end of the team who require the use of technical abilities, too much clothing is tight. Stretch, it will still have a certain impact on the display of one's technical ability.

After struggling for a while, seeing the team's strength decline, Klopp suddenly decided to "give up" this away game.

In this away game, for Klopp, the team's primary goal has temporarily changed from striving for victory to just staying unbeaten. As long as CSKA Moscow does not get 3 points, then for Liverpool, in In the subsequent group matches, it is completely possible to find the field at home and strive for three points.

The Russian Super League, with the support of Russian domestic capital in the past few years, seems to be the sixth largest league in Europe.

The injection of domestic capital has caused the salaries of the local leagues of the Russian Super League to rise gradually, and it has also made most Russian players more willing to stay in the country to obtain higher wages and bonuses.

Even the Russian Super League, upstart teams such as Zenit and Kazan, have also introduced a large number of first-line European players to strengthen the team's competitiveness.

However, with the downturn in the Russian economy in recent years, the capital investment in the Russian Super League has also gradually decreased. At least for many big-name players, without enough money to attract them, the cold weather has made the Russian Super League resume its status as a player. In the league dominated by local players, there are no longer too many foreign players to join.

Now after many years, facing the Russian Super League team again, it is still the mortal enemy CSKA Moscow. Yang Feng actually still has a lot of enthusiasm for this game.

After Klopp temporarily completed the "abandon" decision, in this away game formation, this time he did not choose to continue the team's previous thinking.

Benteke, who has been in the media and with the help of his agent, finally got the qualification to start the game.

Under such a temperature, Klopp's thinking for this game is very clear, that is, the team must retain the team's strength in the severe cold weather and not fight hard with opponents in the away game.

The first is the change in Klopp's tactics. Under the influence of the "bad" environment of the away game, Klopp did not force the players to continue to maintain a high position in the frontcourt to press and press.

For the team, in such a game, the risk of player injury is too great to continue running with high energy consumption, high-intensity pressing, and fierce physical confrontation.

So in this away game, Klopp has rotated several precious strikers to ensure that the players will not be affected by injuries in the key offensive positions in the frontcourt.

Players like Coutinho and Lallana are all protected to prevent injuries, and they watch the game from the bench and concentrate on coping with the weekend league.

Benteke and Origi played together to form Liverpool's double forwards in this game.

In terms of the configuration of the four midfielders, Milner, Henderson, Emre Can and Lucas formed Liverpool's "luxury" midfield defense team.

In the backcourt, Liverpool is still the main player. Although he wants to preserve his strength in the away game, Klopp still has to give priority to ensuring that the defensive end can be done better, at least not allowing the team to lose in the away game.

CSKA Moscow, which is playing at home, still has a gap with last season's champion Liverpool in terms of team value.

However, the home court of the Russian team has always been one of the most prestigious home courts in European competitions.

I don't know how many giants, in the severe cold weather in Russia, played abnormally and sent heads to the Russian Super League team.

In today's game, CSKA Moscow still wants to win the home game with all their strength while it is still possible to qualify.

CSKA Moscow, which is playing at home, also has a lineup of 442. This is the most commonly used lineup for the home team. It relies heavily on the two African forwards Moussa and Dunbia on the front line.

In the midfield, although the growth of the "new czar" Zagoyev has not reached the expected height, he is still a capable player, coupled with the impactful Eremenko and the full-back Fernandez on the right. The power of the army's offensive lineup is actually very powerful, especially if they are still fighting at a familiar home court, they can occupy a greater advantage in terms of team status.

At the beginning of the game, CSKA Moscow, which was playing at home, had a considerable initiative. The team's tactics were very simple, that is, in the game, relying on their own running ability in the cold wind, they played on the side and made a pass. Go directly to the striker in the penalty area...