When Yang Cheng and the chief executive held up a Liverpool jersey with the chief executive's name printed on the back, the entire venue immediately cheered, and nearly a thousand guests applauded and cheered for the two.

Originally, this should have been done by players such as team captain Hyypia or Gerrard, but the club changed to Yang Cheng out of publicity, which also directly kicked off the entire Red Army charity gala.

Yang Cheng and the Chief Executive hugged each other, and then the Chief Executive spoke for tonight's charity dinner.

First of all, he showed his identity, saying that he was a Liverpool fan, and on behalf of Hong Kong, he expressed his welcome to Liverpool, and at the same time affirmed Liverpool's good deeds, thinking that this is a very meaningful thing, so he will devote himself to it.

After that, he also talked about SARS, affirmed Yang Cheng's contributions at home and abroad in the past period, and called on all walks of life to donate generously and do more for charity.

In addition to Liverpool, who sang the leading role, this party also invited many star fans, such as Andy Lau, Eason Chan and other star fans, although some of them are not Liverpool fans, but they are still very supportive of the Red Army coming to Hong Kong to play.

When Andy Lau and Drogba appeared on the stage together in the middle of the party, Yang Cheng sat down and smiled.

"What are you laughing at?" Rick? There's something strange about Parry.

What's so funny about Drogba standing with the Chinese superstar?

It's okay not to ask, but when he asked, Yang Cheng suddenly couldn't stop laughing.

"Which of the two of them do you think is more handsome?" Yang Cheng asked.

Rick? Parry was stunned, does this still need to be asked?

Yang Cheng has also been a little obsessed with Weibo recently, so he took this photo with his mobile phone and sent it to Weibo, with the following writing: When Andy Lau met Andy Lau in Africa, you see, who is more handsome?

As soon as he posted on Weibo, a large group of fans immediately chased after him.

"I don't need to ask, it must be Andy's most handsome" This must be a domestic fan.

"Or Caesar, you are the most handsome", this must be a fan of Yang Cheng.

"Both are handsome", whose fans are they?

This group of football-loving stars also appeared on stage one after another, singing and dancing, dancing and dancing, each performing the show, just like ordinary fans, so that the audience who saw this picture through the live broadcast was addicted to watching it and looked forward to tomorrow's game even more.

You must know that the highlight of tomorrow's game is Alan Tam, Chen Baixiang, Zeng Zhiwei, Andy Lau and others as guest commentators, they will all explain and comment on this game on the spot, and the chief executive also said that he would be there in person.

The whole party was very enthusiastic, Liverpool also appealed hard, and the Hong Kong FA also donated all the income of the party, deducting a small part of the expenses, and the rest for charity, which made many media give Liverpool praise.

Real Madrid, which came to Asia at the same time as Liverpool, is different, they need money for almost every link, and even fans have to buy tickets to watch them train, reporters have to pay for interviews, etc., in short, every link has a copper smell, which makes the outside world evaluate the two teams very differently.

Although Real Madrid is better at making money, and Liverpool is better at praise, Liverpool, which has fewer stars, is not losing to Real Madrid at all in terms of influence.

The reason is that this is Asia, Yang Cheng's home base, he is here, especially in China, he has a natural advantage, even in Japan, South Korea, Singapore and other regions, Yang Cheng's appeal is better than Beckham, Zidane, Figo, Owen and Denilson in the Real Madrid team, not to mention Florentino's specially invited head coach Queiroz. …,

Every time he saw this scene, Florentino's heart was very uncomfortable, because he passed by Yang Cheng again and again, and sometimes he didn't understand, why?

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There is not much difference from the previous two warm-up games, this game Yang Cheng still discharged 433 tactics, the goalkeeper is Reina, the back line is Reiser, Hyypia, Carragher and Finnan, the midfielder is Haman, Davies and Gerrard, the wingers are Ronaldo and Robben, and the center is Drogba.

There is also widespread speculation that this should be the main lineup that Yang Cheng has high hopes for this season.

However, it was clear that Hong Kong United could not pose a threat to Liverpool in terms of strength or control, and Yang Cheng asked the team to press from the beginning and launched a fierce attack from the first minute of the game.

In the 14th minute, Liverpool pressed Hong Kong United into their own half of the field, Davies cut off the Hong Kong team's counterattack on the left side, handed the ball to the retreating Drogba, the Ivorian firmly carried the defender behind him with his body, and passed the ball to Gerrard, who rushed up from behind.

Taking the ball head-on, Drogba's ball was very comfortable, Gerrard almost didn't need to adjust, after getting the ball, he went forward, and then accelerated to catch up, rushed away from Hong Kong's back line, entered the penalty area, and scored with a low shot, 1:0

Liverpool, who scored goals, took advantage of the victory, especially the combination of Gerrard and Drogba, and the two players seem to be in better shape and tacit understanding day by day, and the cooperation between them seems to be more tacit than in the previous two warm-up games.

In the 22nd minute, after Drogba received a cross from the left side of the penalty area, his header was knocked back to Gerrard outside the penalty area, and after the latter stopped the ball on his chest, he slammed his foot at the front of the penalty area was a heavy shot, and the ball went into the net, 2:0

scored two goals in a row, Gerrard rushed over excitedly to celebrate with Drogba, both of them clearly felt Yang Cheng's new set of tactics to play for them, Drogba's role is very obvious, Gerrard's ability has also been released, at least he can devote himself wholeheartedly to the attack.

Last season, in Houllier's tactical system, he couldn't press too high when attacking, because he had to worry about whether he could return to position when he was defending, but this season, in Yang Cheng's new set of tactics, he didn't have any concerns about this at all, which allowed him to fire full power and do whatever he wanted, like a lion out of the cage

After scoring two goals in a row, it was clear that Hong Kong United wanted to be conservative, but Drogba scored with a header in the 37th minute after receiving a cross from Gerrard from the right, once again declaring the opponent's defense invalid, 3-0

The successive goals completely ignited the enthusiasm of the fans in the stands, who were very excited to cheer for Liverpool and also cheered for the Hong Kong team, after all, the latter had done his best, indicating that the difference in strength between the two sides was too great.

At halftime, Yang Cheng directly replaced most of the players and put the substitutes on the bench, while Barosh, Kuyt and Davies also scored successively, locking the score at 6:0, and Liverpool won a hearty victory.

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"Hello, Caesar, what do you think of the third game of the Asian tour? What do you think you're happy with and aren't good enough? A British reporter who came with the team stood up and asked.

"I am very satisfied" Yang Cheng's words made all the reporters present laugh, "We are still running in, I don't think this game can explain anything, I still have that sentence, we are still in the run-in period." ”

"May I ask Caesar, we have all found that Liverpool's style of play after these four warm-up games is very different from the team you coached before, it seems to have become more concise, but the speed has become faster, is this what you are doing for purpose? Or are they not able to implement your philosophy yet? An Italian journalist asked. …,

"We Chinese have two idioms, called advancing with the times, following local customs, which means that when you go to a place, you have to integrate into the local customs, the Premier League's playing style is very different from Serie A and Bundesliga, I don't think there is anything wrong with playing like this in the Premier League."

"Again, we're still grinding in, we're still looking for the best tactical configuration for us, and I believe that with the start of the league, our performance will get better and better, and until then, the results in the warm-up games don't say anything."

All the reporters nodded in unison, and it was impossible for the team that had undergone a major change to run in place all of a sudden.

"How do you rate Gerrard's performance? He's been doing really well lately. ”

Yang Cheng smiled, "He will be an outstanding player, I don't think his attacking desire should be limited, his attacking talent should not be sacrificed, so I hope to be able to see him perform better and better"

"But in contrast, the two youngsters on the left and right wings, Cristiano? Ronaldo and Robben seem to be in a slump, and many experts are wondering about your use, Cristiano? Ronaldo played on the right side in Portugal and Arjen Robben played on the left in the Netherlands, but in your case, it's a transfer, which ......"

The reporter's question was very vague, leaving Yang Cheng with steps and not saying it directly, because in Europe, newspapers have begun to comment on Yang Cheng's use of these two players.

When Robben was in the Netherlands, the left side performed well and was unmatched, but Yang Cheng suddenly switched him to the right side, and the same reason is Xiao Luo, which makes many people unable to see through Yang Cheng's thoughts.

'I'm still in the same sentence, we're still working on it, I know exactly what I'm doing, it's other people who don't know, so I'm not going to reply to some unnecessary comments because then I don't have time to deal with the team's affairs.

"Last question, do you think Liverpool have a chance of winning the title this season?". The journalist asked.

Yang Cheng smiled slightly, "I know many of you are saying that Liverpool's goal is to win the title, as if we will fail if we don't win the title, but I have to remind all of you that our goal this season is to get back into the Champions League qualification zone and be in the top four of the league." ”

After a pause, Yang Cheng said: "I won't say that we don't want to win the championship, a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier, we want to win the championship, but it doesn't mean that we will be ambitious, I hope all of us must be soberly aware that we still have a certain gap in strength with other teams, and we must play every game more carefully than our competitors, so that we can have a good ranking." ”

"As for winning the championship or not, I never cared, I just cared if we could win or not"

The reporters at the scene immediately applauded, and Yang Cheng also stood up, said goodbye to the reporters, and left the press conference at the Hong Kong Stadium.

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Flying directly from Hong Kong to Amsterdam in the Netherlands, Liverpool rushed to the Amsterdam Cup, a warm-up match that Yang Cheng attaches the most importance to, and the other three teams participating in this warm-up match this season, in addition to the host Ajax, Serie A champion Inter Milan, La Liga powerhouse Valencia, are all first-class teams in Europe.

Yang Cheng met his old club again, which was definitely a big hype gimmick, but when arranged, the first round was Ajax against Liverpool and Inter Milan against Valencia, while the second round was between Inter Milan and Ajax and Liverpool against Valencia.

As a result, Yang Cheng passed by Inter Milan by mistake.

But in the same city, after Yang Cheng arrived in Amsterdam, he immediately took advantage of his free time to visit the hotel where Inter Milan was stationed to meet with this group of comrades-in-arms who had fought side by side not long ago. ..., Inter Milan also welcomed Yang Cheng's arrival, and many players also talked to Yang Cheng, chatted about his current situation in Liverpool, and also cared about his situation, so that the reporters guarding outside felt the deep friendship between them.

In the increasingly utilitarian world of football, there are really few people who can do it like Yang Cheng.

In the first game, Inter Milan met Valencia, with Ronaldo and Ruud van Nistelrooy's brace, Inter Milan beat Valencia 3:0 cleanly, and the Nerazzurri showed strong control of the field, especially this season, when they did not make a big recruitment, the team basically followed Yang Cheng's previous tactical style.

Bergomi's tactics are not much different from Yang Cheng's before, that is, after the team led 3:0, Bergomi replaced Vanney and replaced Cordoba with defensive counterattack tactics, which made people realize that ah, it turned out that this was no longer the Inter Milan coached by Yang Cheng.

"If you add more strength and chase after the victory, the score will be even bigger," Yang Cheng sighed.

Benitez patted him on the shoulder, a little aware of his mixed feelings at the moment.

Inter Milan is a team carved by Yang Cheng no matter what, and they are still the strongest team in football today, there is no one, but Bergomi's slightly conservative coaching style still makes Yang Cheng feel a little disappointed.

He'd reminded Bergomi many times before, but there were some things that really couldn't be changed.

Besides, Yang Cheng himself is also too busy to take care of himself.

Liverpool encountered Ajax, Coman discharged the usual 433 tactics, the famous Ibrahimovic, Van der Vaart, Sneijder, Pinard, Maxwell, Trabels and other players are impressively listed, Yang Cheng also unreservedly sent the main force to play, hoping to use Ajax to test the strength of the team.

But after 90 minutes of play, the two sides turned out to be 0:0.

Liverpool created a couple of good scoring chances in this game, but all of them were missed, and Ajax used their more skilful and tacit combination to dominate the field, and they were the hosts, showing more initiative, Liverpool's attack still looked disorganized.

On the contrary, it was the team's defense, and after several warm-up games of testing and adjustment, the combination of Hyypia and Carragher went better and better, and on several occasions they defused the shots of Van der Vaart and Ibrahimovic, especially the former, who wore the captain's armband and became the most dazzling player of the game.

0:0, the two sides exchanged blank papers, and Yang Cheng had nothing to say

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In the second game, Inter Milan beat Ajax cleanly 3:0 and won the Amsterdam Cup with two consecutive wins and six goals, while in the last game, Liverpool lost 0:1 to Cooper's Valencia.

In this game, both teams did a good job defending, Liverpool made some adjustments on the field, Smitchell replaced Hamann, Yang Cheng was to use the Czech's pass to create chances, but Valencia used the midfield to suppress Liverpool, and the two sides became a white-knuckle battle, and no one got the advantage.

In the second half, Yang Cheng made adjustments, Murphy replaced Smitchell, Liverpool's tactics became 442, Ronaldo Jr. was pulled to the right midfield position, Murphy went to play on the left, Gerrard and Davies formed a double central midfield, Robben partnered with Drogba in front.

442 is the mainstream tactic, the players are more adaptable, the field is slightly better, Robben's speed and breakthrough are good, Drogba's headers in the box are also very threatening, but the combination of Xiao Luo and Finnan on the right is still lacking power, and the former's problem of being too sticky has not been improved. On the left flank, the partnership of Reese and Murphy, along with Arjen Robben in front, showed power, created a couple of chances and created a threat, but ultimately failed to find the back of the net.

On the contrary, Valencia, on a counter-attack, Vicente broke down the left and crossed, and a hurried shot from Mista looked very weak and from a good angle, straight towards Dudek.

But Dudek made a mistake at this time, he made a mistake in judgment, he just had to reach out and hold the ball, but he raised his foot unbelievably, as if to block the ball, which caused Mista's unconscious shot and actually scored.

Just like that, Liverpool lost 0:1 to Valencia.

Losing both games, scoring 0 goals and conceding 1 goal, Liverpool, despite their okay performance in Asia, has completely exposed a lot of problems in the Amsterdam Cup, especially in the attacking aspect.

The defense should be relatively solid, with an iron triangle midfield, all of them are guys who can run and grab, Liverpool's interception is in place, the pressure on the back line is less, plus Reese, Hyypia, Carragher and Finnan are all powerful stars and experienced, so Liverpool's defense does not need to worry.

But offensively, it looks like it's not a little troublesome.

However, the outside world did not give too much pressure, after all, there are still 2 weeks before the start of the league, and it is a good thing that the problem is exposed, it depends on how Yang Cheng solves the ......,