The Ball at Your Feet

The 3-2 victory over Arsenal still made the players very upset. After all, the opponent is Arsenal. They eliminated themselves in the Champions League last season. Liverpool have not yet succeeded in revenge this season, which is a bit unpleasant.

However, after this game, the difference between Liverpool and Manchester United is still not widened. This season has finally waited until Chelsea’s self-destruction, but they have to continue to tear with Manchester United, which also makes Liverpool players feel really tiring.

However, after the game, another thing happened on Liverpool's training ground.

"The next game, Dirk will play as a starter."

Benitez’s arrangement is a bit strange, Figo’s injury has almost recovered, and even if Figo can’t play, Garcia is generally the preferred right midfielder, but now, Benitez is preparing to take Cuy Putting it on the right side of the road, this approach makes everyone a little confused.

"If Dirk goes to the right, then who will substitute for Diego? Also, if Dirk goes to the right, what position does Louis play?"

"Robby can continue to be a substitute. Dirk can also return to the center position when a rotation is needed. Garcia continues to be used as a rotation player. Figo takes a temporary rest. He has problems with his current physical strength and form. I hope him more. Maintain good condition and only play on important big scenes."

In the final stages of last season, Figo's form dropped drastically. At the beginning of this season, Figo was not in good condition due to lack of rest during the offseason. After all, he is not young anymore, it is no longer practical to play at a high level in every game. It is precisely because of this that in the right midfielder position, Liverpool also began to prepare other methods.

"But, I'm Figo's number one substitute."

Garcia is quite dissatisfied with this. He has always been a substitute for Figo. As a substitute for Figo, he still has no regrets. After all, Figo's level is indeed better than him. Football skills can't tell a lie. Although he doesn't admire Figo very much, he shows the strength of Figo. But there is nothing to say.

But last season he had no complaints. After all, Figo played well, and Figo’s age was there. In any case, Figo could not hold on for too long, and Garcia still has hope. Besides, he played a lot last season, and this season, after Figo's injury, he also immediately took the position. He originally thought that the right midfielder's position was none other than him. Who knows, Kuyt Came to grab a position with him.

"I have no opinion on Dirk, I like Dirk very much, but Dirk's skills are indeed not as good as mine." When Garcia said this, he was in front of Kuyt. He didn't want to talk about his teammates behind his back. Trouble, "My offensive awareness is better by Dirk, I can contribute more goals to the team, I can still..."

"Your defense is not as good as Dirk." Benitez interrupted him with a simple sentence, "We need a frontcourt that can return to defense. Your defensive awareness is not as good as Dirk, and your enthusiasm is far worse. He is also far behind. He is willing to return to defense, and he has enough physical fitness, strength and speed to ensure the high quality of his defense. You don't have these."

"But I have the offensive ability, and he does not." Garcia retorted.

"Yes, I have considered this question. However, my thoughts are this: If Dirk helps us counter-grab suppression in the frontcourt, then Maicon will be able to intervene more, assist and organize- You have to admit that Maicon has done a very good job in these aspects. It can even be said that he is the best offensive player on our right, even better than you. He always put too much energy on defense before. Let him not be able to exert enough strength, but now, we have Dirk, Dirk can be responsible for the defense, which can greatly share his pressure, and then we can release his offensive ability Come out." Benitez explained, "Of course your attack is also very good, but unfortunately, if you play the main force, our frontcourt is not as oppressive as when Dirk was in. At the same time, You can't fully release Maicon’s power. Our team needs every player to fully release their strength to become better."

Benitez’s words made Garcia a little bit anxious. “If that’s what I said, wouldn’t I be useless? Dirk is about the same age as me, and I can’t wait for him to retire—even if he’s not working. And Theo. Then I will never be able to play the main force?"

"But your role is still great. You are our most important substitute, rotation. In fact, you should also understand that you were a rotation last season, but without you, we would not have won the championship. You should understand that Right? You are still the most indispensable member of this team."

Garcia is noncommittal about this. Although he is indeed distressed about not being able to play the main force, but he still has feelings for the team. No one wants to spend most of his career on the bench, but no one wants to leave his familiar environment and go elsewhere just for a major position.

He was a little uncertain about his own thoughts, but he still told himself not to think too much, "It's the middle of the season anyway-it's not too late to wait until the end of the season."

While his problem is easy to solve, the other problem is not easy to solve. This time, it was Gerrard who found Benitez.

"Are you sure Robbie can still play rotation? I think it's very hanging." Gerald didn't say this in front of Fowler. After all, he was not respectful enough, but he knew that he could not say it, "I love Robbie, I like to watch him play football, but... After coming back from China, he was a little bit unwilling, thinking about his nonsense business every day. I tried to persuade him several times, and I didn’t see him repent. I hope, You can persuade him, and then consider giving him more opportunities."

Fowler has always been doing business on his own. The team knows this very well. And Fowler is very smart. He has always made a lot of money in trading. This is also known to everyone. Therefore, everyone is also aware of this. Don't stop him-if people are willing to make money, they can also make money. What's to stop him?

When Fowler was in England, he always did real estate business. At the beginning, he was just speculating on land. Later, when the business became bigger, he also opened a training class to explain to people how to speculate on land. It is a rare and ruthless person to do this for a player.

Everyone just opened one eye and closed one eye. However, before the start of this season, after Liverpool had gone to China, Fowler would have been utterly devastated when he came back. I don't know why, he is bent on expanding his business to China, and wants to go there to play real estate development.

He also contacted Zhao Yaning, wanting to explain to Zhao Yaning about the broad prospects and future of China’s real estate, but Zhao Yaning has never cared about these things. In fact, he felt a headache when he heard the bunch of numbers reported by Fowler. Therefore, he directly urged that he knew nothing about these things and asked Fowler to contact Zhang Yuan.

But it seems that since then, Fowler's condition has gotten worse...

"Do we have other strikers? Isn't it just him? And we have never expected him to have any power to determine the game's performance! If it's just shooting, he is still more reliable than Dirk A lot of."

Benitez also admitted that when he bought the Kuyt deal, it was considered a mess. In the low-level leagues of the Eredivisie, Kuyt can also rely on continuous running and excellent physical strength to make up for his lack of technical hardware. However, in the Premier League, his running momentum has increased and the confrontation has increased. These conditions are not so outstanding, but the technical shortcomings have been highlighted, and his problems have naturally appeared.

However, even so, the sale is not a loss. After all, Kuyt is still very likable: such a player who actively defends, moves hard, has excellent physical strength, does not seize opportunities, and has excellent tactical execution ability. Even if he is not a good shooter, he can definitely play the ball. Find your place in the team. And he did find it. At the right midfielder position, he can activate Maicon behind, so that Milito doesn’t have to worry about others grabbing opportunities, and he can also reduce the defensive task for Gerrard. Although the strength is not necessarily stronger than Garcia, he is indeed better than Garcia. Garcia is a more suitable tactical puzzle.

His arrival really made Liverpool stronger. The only regret is that Liverpool really does not have a substitute striker available now.

"Is it so profitable to run real estate in China?" Benitez just shook his head. He actually doesn't care about this issue at all. He only cares about Fowler's state. "I hope he can maintain his state."

"It's not difficult to maintain, but his heart is no longer in football. It is difficult to regain strength even further."

"Don't worry about it, wait a minute. Diego has just recovered from his injury. After all, he is still in poor condition. He can still recover. And, if it really doesn't work, let's talk about it during the winter transfer period."

After all, there is still a buffer period of ten games, let's take a look.

At this time, Garcia has also returned to the dressing room. Seeing his expression, Zhao Yaning also greeted him, "What's the matter, what did the coach say?"

Garcia didn’t hide it, and said everything he said, “I understand what the coach says, but it’s hard to accept. I don’t want to play as a substitute. I’m a substitute in the national team. I’m still a substitute in the club. I’ve been on the bench for a lifetime. Fate? Talk about defensive ability. If I have that size and physical strength, I will definitely defend well. My enthusiasm is not bad, but just..."

"I know, I understand." Zhao Yaning patted him. Although this was only Garcia’s complaint, it also made Zhao Yaning blush: in Liverpool’s frontcourt, he was the least active defensive player, although he knew that Garcia didn’t mean to say this. But he still has a fever. "Otherwise, I will be more involved in defense in the future?"

"You are the core of the team. How can an artist dare to work as a plasterer?"

"There is nothing great about the core. Zizu is at Juventus and Ronaldinho is in Barcelona. Don't they all have to participate in defense? The most terrifying in the world, isn't it the player with excellent skills and good mentality?"

Having said that, Garcia shook his head, "Let's take a look."

Zhao Yaning understands Garcia's mentality very well. He also hopes that Garcia can have a game to play. However, no matter how you appreciate Garcia, Zhao Yaning has to admit that after replacing Kuyt, the team's strength has indeed improved a lot, which Garcia can't compare.

At the home scene against Bordeaux, Kuyt started the game. Gerrard scored a long shot, Carragher headed into the net, Zhao Yaning made a point at the end of the game, Alonso made a penalty kick, Liverpool won another game 3-0.

Kuyt played his own style in the right forward position.