The Ball at Your Feet

After finding Benitez, the conversation between the two was very direct.

"Starting from next season, you will still be the core of the team's tactics." Benitez looked a little embarrassed when he said about this issue. "I know I want to sell you, so you may not arrange this for me. Believe……"

"I believe it." Zhao Yaning didn't let him speak any more, so he just let him go on.

There is no need to say more. This is what he is like. Is Aveiroa still the player he brought out when he was a youth coach? Doesn't he still care about his calling? For the entire team, only Alonso had some private dealings with him. Others had no contact with him after they left the team. His temper was not a person who interacted with the players.

He claims to be a professional coach, which Zhao Yaning really believes. This guy is not emotional at all.

"Actually, I have been thinking about how we should play in the future." Benitez knew what Zhao Yaning wanted to hear, so he naturally said to him. Although it was at the banquet, he didn't think there was anything. It’s wrong, "You and Figo are alone. I think it’s generally better for you to be on the left and Figo on the right. Maicon is a very comprehensive defender. He is fast and has a great High impact and sense of coordination can make up for Figo’s speed shortcomings. At the same time, Figo’s position can also be slightly delayed, forming a good attack combination with Alonso and Maicon. And you are a right-footed player. If you play on the left, you can cut in more, and attack more in the center. Your position is more forward, and you can form a good frontcourt attack combination with Gerrard and Moreau. Control the rhythm You can leave it to them, and you will launch the final attack."

This arrangement is what Benitez prefers to play. Young people like to show the limelight. It is better for Zhao Yaning to go closer to the restricted area. After all, Figo is old and not suitable for the Premier League in terms of speed. It is better to be a little bit behind.

A 4231, but not necessarily symmetrical. The attack is biased to the left, which is a better idea. This is also in line with the characteristics of modern football, after all, right-footed players cut inwardly is a trend, left attack, also must kick.

In the frontcourt, how to control oneself and find a balance between helping teammates and oneself is Zhao Yaning's business.

"Our midfield trio needs to do different things. Gerrard's speed, impact, and technique are all first-class. He can carry out large-scale back and forth attacks, supporting offense and defense anytime, anywhere. Although he His consciousness is not enough to be a handsome talent, but as a general, he is perfect. And Sissoko has a strong ability to destroy, he can easily smash the enemy's attack plan by running in the backcourt. . Alonso’s task is to run laterally. On the one hand, he is ready to launch a long pass counterattack at all times. On the other hand, he maintains a front and back position with the full-back to help the full-back get in."

Liverpool's midfield trio is arguably one of the most perfect trio in the Premier League. Although all three people have flaws, when the three people stand together, they are infinitely close to perfection.

Gerrard has been hailed as the next Keane since his debut, but it turns out that he does not have Keane’s organizational and executive abilities. Although he runs a lot and covers a large area, the problem of the golfer makes him Unable to play Keane's role at Manchester United.

And Benitez’s arrangement for him is to let him play the midfielder-this is closer to Keane’s position when he was in Nottingham Forest. After he has no defensive tasks, he can rely on his active running and constantly Before and after the rush to the aid, it exerted the greatest effect.

And Sissoko's more terrifying coverage makes him the best interceptor in the backcourt. Although his skills are rough, but only on defense, he is enough to satisfy Liverpool. After all, Alonso is the most suitable candidate for commanding and dispatching and launching a counterattack. Alonso's coverage area was small, and he got rid of the disadvantage of not being good enough when he played, and he was covered up by his two teammates with a large range of activities and strong rushing ability.

A perfect trio, and Benitez is obviously not satisfied with three people. He was also making new suggestions to Zhao Yaning, which also made Zhao Yaning nod repeatedly.

"Actually, you can also consider how to use more flexible running positions to replace your own ball possession breakthrough." Bates drew on the table casually, "The shortest distance from the center line to the penalty area is less than 30 meters. The longest distance is more than forty meters. Your habit is to withdraw to the midfield to catch the ball. Relying on your breakthrough ability, you can do all the forward and cut in. But it is not necessary. Take the ball It takes more than three seconds to run 30 meters at the fastest. After such a long time, the opponent’s defense must be set up, and your attacking difficulty will naturally increase. Playing this way is not suitable for you. It really belongs to your position, it is the distance. The goal is between 25 meters and 10 meters. In this position, running, catching the ball, and making choices in time is what you should do more."

Zhao Yaning has the ability to run forty meters and fight a counterattack after taking the ball by himself. But this ability is not the ability that Benitez highly respects.

No one likes their team playing defensive counterattacks. After all, football games are focused on the fans. What the fans want to see is not the final score of the game, but the performance on the pitch.

Gerrard rushed forward, Sissoko defended, Alonso launched an attack, Figo was in charge of advancing, Morientes shot and scored, and Zhao Yaning had to do only one thing: at the front of the penalty area, in the front court. Surround, get the ball, hold the ball, play the ball, create opportunities.

When faced with underdogs, the coverage of the midfield can make Zhao Yaning play extremely easy. When facing a strong enemy, Zhao Yaning can also adjust at any time-he is not very good defensively, but he does not lack the coverage, propulsion ability, and dispatch ability of the attacking end. Relying on Zhao Yaning, Liverpool can easily switch between the two modes of playing the underdog and playing the strong team, so that the physical strength can be allocated properly and thus win the season. Among these, Zhao Yaning played. It is the most important link for Liverpool to rise again.

It’s just that, how much you can comprehend, you have to observe through the game——

Liverpool's subsequent friendly match was a match against Bayer Leverkusen.

This team once encountered in the Champions League was defeated by Liverpool. Leverkusen’s players are now relieved of their failure. And losing to the European championship team, this kind of thing also makes them feel that they are not wronged.

And Liverpool did not have much thoughts on this arrangement. Leverkusen was no longer their opponent last year. And this summer, they only got sixth in the league, and the European war was also out of play. Playing against them, in fact, it was Liverpool who found confidence in themselves.

And in this game, Zhao Yaning also started to follow Benitez's instructions, and began to deliberately try to reduce the ball, travel on the side, and constantly support the middle, while taking the ball from time to time to break through.

This kind of play made Liverpool's strength suddenly become a lot stronger.

In normal times, Zhao Yaning got the ball, and there must be two or three people watching him. No one thinks this shouldn't be. For breakthrough masters, it should be treated like this.

But now, he does more off-the-ball moves, which has become a problem. Should he be targeted? Should he be constantly monitored? It is difficult to make a decision on such a thing.

One of the advantages of players with the ball is to guide the opponent's defensive players to the position they are not good at, so as to achieve a breakthrough. Zhao Yaning now moves without the ball, which makes the opponent's defense more likely to appear in such a bad position. Filled up, this is indeed a good way to maximize the effect.

If you change to Liverpool before, you can't do that. When Risser was in the frontcourt, it was still a trivial matter that he couldn't get through. The bigger problem was that he had the problem of raising his foot for long shots without thinking. He always shoots long distances at every turn and does not consider cooperation. This is also his biggest shortcoming.

Garcia, Barosz and others, are limited by their skills, unable to take the ball, get rid of, and pass the ball calmly in the frontcourt. In the past Liverpool, only Zhao Yaning could take on the tasks of breaking the ball, attacking and passing the ball.

And now Liverpool, Gerrard, Milito, Figo can hold the ball in the frontcourt and pass it out, Zhao Yaning's pressure is greatly reduced. He can run away without the ball to tear the opponent's back line. He saves a lot of energy. After getting the ball, he relies more on the first pass, passing, and shooting to end the game.

What he needs to gradually break in now is how to control himself to adjust the switch and adjustment between off and on the ball, how to ensure the greatest possible saving of energy, so that he has sufficient energy to participate in the offense and counter-grab.

This is also his biggest task.

In this game, Liverpool also won cleanly. Originally it was a friendly match. There was no importance at all. Figo scored a goal in the first half. In the second half, Milito came off the bench and scored again. Before the end, Alonso's long shot scored again and Liverpool won. A 3-0 victory.

In this game, Zhao Yaning, who started to pay attention to adjusting his playing style, did not play very well. But his changes made Benitez quite satisfied.

"Liverpool’s tactical reforms, we have to come step by step." When talking to Jesterdan in private, Benitez also had a lot less scruples. "England football is far behind the world. We To make him stronger again, he has to carry out technical reforms."

"This is indeed an amazing attempt, but it seems that you are not alone in this attempt, right?"

"Yes, Liverpool have been trying since they hired Hollier to coach, and Manchester United's Ferguson ~www.ltnovel.com~ also made this attempt by letting Queiroz be an assistant coach. And Chelsea, from the late 90s They introduced a variety of continental stars, which is more similar to a continental team. In a sense, they are the farthest. But if the best combination is Arsenal, Wenger is an English-style team. The Arsenal offensive system built by 442 is the best combination of the two."

"But you still think it's not good enough."

"Yes." Benitez nodded, "Houllier has already failed, so let's not mention it. His problem is that he is too good at accommodating Owen. And Manchester's Ferguson is not a winner, Veron's. The problem is proof. But he seems to have not given up. From the point of perseverance, the old man is terrible. Chelsea have gone the farthest. They were already very close to the Continental team during Ranieri’s period, but, as it turns out, The continent is too strong to survive in the Premier League. Although Wenger did the best, Arsenal's European results were the worst. There is a reason for this."

Benitez thought for a while before speaking, "It's like a bullfight. English football is a strong bull, and Spanish football is a matador. What Wenger and Ferguson did was to give the bulls wisdom. And me and What Mourinho did was to give strength to the bullfighters-whoever of us did the right thing, from the next season's game, see the result. Let's see if we win the bullfighters or the angry ones. The bull."