France, here we come!

The day after Liverpool's 3-0 home win over AC Milan, The Times made headlines on its own front page. Such an article was published. The headline, and the cover feature Liverpool's players receiving cheers from the fans after the game.

Some of the players took off their jerseys, some lay on the turf, some stood and applauded, and some waved to the fans...... Every player's movements and expressions are different, but it's clear that everyone is enjoying the excitement of a big comeback.

The Times devoted an entire section to the second edition of the presentation of the game, from two bishops. From the tactical confrontation of the practice to the contest between the players of both sides, a very detailed review was made.

In this commentary, they highly praised Yang Cheng's strategy and tactics before the game, believing that this set of tactics was a good way to suppress the possession tactics that AC Milan is good at, and at the same time dragged the game into the last thing the Rossoneri wanted to see hand-to-hand combat, because AC Milan lacked enough depth in midfield.

'The most surprising thing about Liverpool's tactics in this game was their surrounding, pressing and pressing in midfield.

"According to our previous concept of the pace of the game, we usually think that whoever controls the rhythm of the game has to follow the rhythm of the other side, but in this game, we saw that Liverpool allowed the rhythm to be held back by Ac Milan, but they didn't follow the rhythm of the other side.

"Three goals, each one is Liverpool's best attacking style, fast, concise, accurate crosses and cuts combined with the slow control of the ball by AC Milan, forming a very strong contrast, this is the most brilliant tactical part of this game. Square. ”

"Actually, the reason is very simple, because Liverpool dared to put the whole . The backline pressed out and pressed AC Milan into the half, cutting off the link between their midfield and the front, forcing them to keep the ball backwards at the back, and once they moved forward, it was difficult for the ball to work. ”

"When there is too much ball in the half of Ac Milan, Liverpool finds the right time, suddenly intensifies the pressing and pressing, no matter who it is, after any player breaks the ball, immediately launch a counterattack with this player as the core, which is undoubtedly the key to Liverpool's rhythm not being slowed down by Ac Milan, because their counterattack is too close to the goal!"

"Ancelot. One of the biggest mistakes made by Tyty is that he did not form enough protection at the edge of the penalty area, Rui = Costa is undoubtedly a very creative player with impeccable skills, but the problem is that he is not the kind of player who can protect the defence, Gattuso lacks positional sense, and is more suitable for the role of a-stirring stick, and Seedorf also played a stealth that led to the complete suppression of AC Milan's midfield. ”

"To put it in an afterthought, if you use Ambrosini, maybe Ac Milan won't be able to do that. At least Ambrosini can play and defend, he is a well-rounded midfielder, and he is much more reliable than Seedorf in the tournament. ”

"Of course, we can't disparage AC Milan just because Liverpool won, on the contrary, Carlo Ancelot. Ty's team is indeed very artistic and beautiful, but it lacks rationality and change. Ty will surely be more aware than ever of the team's shortcomings. ”

"As for Liverpool, there is nothing to say, they are indisputable in terms of overall strength, targeted tactics, and player performance, they deserve to reach the Champions League final, and at the same time, we are all very optimistic about Liverpool, as long as we maintain this kind of play in the second leg of AC Milan in the semi-finals, it is not a problem to beat Barcelona!"

"Another thing to mention is that the referee Merck has a very solid performance and is indeed the world's top referee!"

The Times report may be biased, but they do list Liverpool's strengths, and even the Milan sports newspaper in Italy published the news of Liverpool's re-entry to the final at the same time.

The editor-in-chief of the Milan sports newspaper Pozo. In this column, he identified the three main reasons why Liverpool were able to reach the final again. ..., "Stability, thickness and maturity!" ”

"Liverpool's stability is reflected in the fact that they have been moving in the same direction for the past three years, which is also the characteristic of Yang Cheng, who has developed a set of tactics for this team to ensure that they can work in the league and European competitions as soon as he first took charge of Inter Milan. System. "Yang Cheng is a bishop with extremely high tactical literacy. Practice, he focused on a control in Kaiserslautern, and when he arrived at Inter Milan, he began to emphasize a more varied run, but when he arrived at Liverpool, he fused control and running together, and in order to adapt to the Premier League, he added fast! ”

"Kombat Whirlwind, Blitzkrieg...... Such words often appear in Liverpool's games, and throughout Liverpool's front-court attacking combination, it is also very fast, Drogba, Ronaldo and Robben's trident, absolutely the fastest attacking combination in the world, and Ribery and others are also sitting on the bench. ”

"After three years of sharpening a sword, Liverpool has never changed direction tactically!"

"In addition to tactical stability, the stability of the squad is also very important, for example, after Yang Cheng won the Champions League last season, he announced that he would not help in the summer, and many people felt that it was difficult to understand this, why not help him?"

"For stability!"

"Substitutes need to be forged for the game. Lian to get progress, so Yang Cheng decided to give them trust, give them opportunities, although Liverpool's substitutes and youth team youngsters have also made mistakes this season, but on the whole, the progress is very obvious, many games are based on the substitute players to take the knowledge and Ribery, Aarau = Diarra, Davis, Hyypia and other players are not lost. To the main players. ”

"The substitutes and young players got the game forging under the trust of Yang Cheng. Lian, got progress, showed strength, helped the team, which put Liverpool into a virtuous circle, and also allowed Liverpool to get the second factor, bench depth. “

"It's worth mentioning that Liverpool has been fighting on multiple fronts since the start of the new season. change, and the rotation is very strong, and even many games are directly used youth team players, Yang Cheng's courage is very worthy of recognition, which is also the main reason for Liverpool's multi-line flowering this season. ”

"Last but not least, maturity, it's not just the maturity of the players, it's the character of the team as a whole. On maturity and at the same time teaching. The maturity of the training group, because of the set of training team led by Yang Cheng, is definitely today. The most experienced in football. of teaching. They have a lot of experience and knowledge of football, they always know how to help the players, how to deal with all kinds of crises. ”

"And they followed Yang Cheng from the Bundesliga to Serie A to the Premier League, and they know the characteristics of the teams in Europe's big four leagues very well, so they can always find the best way to restrain their enemies."

"Here is a gossip that is not known to fans and the media, there have been several giant teams that have paid high salaries to dig Yang Cheng's assistants Benitez and Paul = Bayer, these two are known as Yang Cheng's right-hand men, but unfortunately, both the Spaniard and the German have turned down the offer and chose to stay in the team."

"When I interviewed them on the phone, I asked the same question to both of them, why did they refuse?"

Their answer is pretty much the same, being a head coach is too hard, it's too stressful, but being an assistant coach. Practice is different, they give Yang Cheng as an assistant, and all the pressure is carried by Yang Cheng alone, they are 'easy', and their salary is not as good as being a bishop. How much less practice, plus they all feel that they are not suitable to be a head coach. ”

"Moniz and Mullenhydrazine. Ting used to be a highly relied technical instructor for the German Football Association and was responsible for helping the German Football Association to train youth coaches. Practice, nowadays. They all still have this title, and Yang Cheng is still the technical advisor of the German Football Association, but they are not very involved in specific affairs. ”

"Before Yang Cheng, no one knew Paul = Bayer, no one knew the world's top physical training expert Tim = Hank, no one knew technical training experts Moniz and Mulensteen, and no one knew Chris = Shi in sports science research. Mitt and Jani = Nanni and few people will pay attention to′ a goalkeeper to teach. Practice di Palma. "...," But now, this group of people have become authorities in their respective fields because of Yang Cheng, is it Yang Cheng who has helped them progress and achieved them, or are they already powerful, but they are not tapped out?" ”

"Maybe it's both, but the former is more important!"

"In the end, I really hope to see Liverpool win the Champions League final, I think this is the only way to give Yang Cheng the best reward, and he deserves this treatment, because it is not easy for him to reach the final all the way, almost relying on his strong strength, all the way to the end." "If such a team is not qualified to win the championship, who deserves it? Barcelona? Don't forget the opening penalty at Stamford Bridge, and don't forget Lehmann's cry when he was sent off at Camp Nou, if such a team wins the title and Liverpool don't, I will doubt the justice and fairness of professional football again! ”

"The best team wins the final championship, and I believe that this is not only my hope, but also the hope of all the fans who really love the sport of football!"

Three days after Liverpool's knockout of AC Milan, Chelsea secured a crucial 3-0 win over Manchester United at their Stamford Bridge stadium while the whole of Europe was still in the lurch of praise for Liverpool.

In his post-match press conference, Jose Mourinho was very pleased with his team's win over Manchester United.

'I can't ask my players to do more, they've done well enough, we're giving the best we can, but unfortunately it's very hard to accept that our fate can't be in our hands.'

'I'm still very confident, waiting for Liverpool to make a mistake, they have three games left, we are two points ahead of them for the time being, we still have a good chance, but no matter what, we will hold on until the end!'

Because the match between Chelsea and Manchester United is played at noon, while the game between Liverpool and Aston Villa is in the evening, Chelsea are temporarily two points ahead of Liverpool after taking out Manchester United, but the Reds still have three league games left, and Chelsea only have one left.

Mourinho then spoke about Fergus. Sen, he said that he was with Fergus. Sen has a good relationship, "We have made an appointment to have a drink together later, he is a very respectable senior."

Sitting on the side of Fergus. Sen also spoke highly of Mourinho, believing that he has done a very good job at Chelsea in the past two years.

'It's not easy for Chelsea to get to where they are now, they deserve everything, they've had a fantastic result, but at this point, I can't afford it. Say, the championship belongs to Liverpool! ”

Speaking of which, Fergus. Sen turned his head sideways and looked at Mourinho with a slightly apologetic smile.

The Portuguese didn't say anything, and smiled faintly, but it was somewhat bitter.

He planned well throughout the season, with the only misstep being not noticing the change in the atmosphere and fitness of the players after the winter break, which led to Chelsea suffering two draws in a row, only to be stretched to eight points by Liverpool in one fell swoop, and then the two teams started a round. Grab the points and feed the encounter.

Shall not be Pi. Admitting one thing, Yang Cheng's Liverpool is very tenacious and difficult, very resilient, even in the second half of the multi-front battle, still win a game to keep the lead, just 'this tenacious fighting spirit' is enough to win everyone's admiration.

"Mr. Mourinho!" A reporter stood up, "If Liverpool really won the quadruple and completed this season's Grand Slam, would you go to congratulate Mr. Yang Cheng?" ”

That's something that a lot of journalists want to know.

Mourinho smiled, a little helpless and a little bitter, after all, it is not a happy thing to meet such a strong opponent, especially in a professional league with such cruel competition.

"A lot of people think that I don't have a good relationship with Mr. Yang Cheng, but it's not true, it's just that ......," Mourinho was thinking about how to say, "to put it simply, we both have the character of not admitting defeat, and in the field of bishop, he is my senior, and I only came up with the idea of becoming bishop when I witnessed him lead Kaiserslautern to beat Barcelona to win the European Cup Winners' Cup." This is the first time he has said this publicly, and the reporters below can't help but be interested.

"I had a very new impression of him at the time, because they were just a team in the Bundesliga, but they reached the Cup Winners' Cup final, and they didn't have the slightest fear against an incredibly strong Barcelona, and I was thinking, who is this 24-year-old boy?"

"He was also very personable, he took the initiative to hug me, say hello, and in the end he won and became famous, and I was telling myself that I was going to be a bishop. practice, even more successful than him! ”

After a pause, Mourinho nodded his head and continued: "I don't know if he likes me or not, because I don't like ......him very much myself," the Portuguese laughed when he said this, "because he always causes me trouble, and he always has to put on a senior teaching. The posture and tone of the junior, but everyone knows that he is much younger than me, why? When Mourinho showed this rare jealousy expression, a group of reporters laughed.

"But anyway, I have a lot of respect for him, because from him, I feel like a person. What a bishop. You can learn a lot from practice, and I think that if he wins the Champions League again, there is no doubt that I will congratulate him, I will tell him, invite me to dinner! As for the league title, leave it to us! ”

This remark caused another burst of laughter from the reporters present.

"But no matter what, on the pitch, I'm going to keep attacking him, I'm going to keep targeting him, I'm going to do everything I can to lead my team and do everything I can to knock him down, it's my profession, I've got my work ethic, but in private, I'd love to have the opportunity to sit down with him like a good friend and have a calm chat."

"Really, I rarely praise an opponent so bluntly, he is the first!"

As soon as Mourinho's words fell, Fergus on the side. Sen is Pi. He nodded, "I can testify to this, because he never praised me!" ”

The words of the two made all the reporters present laugh.

It's strange that these three guys, who usually attack each other fiercely, are now. It seems to be very speculative, and even gives people the impression that they cherish each other.

Before the 37th round of the league match against Aston Villa in Liverpool, Yang Cheng heard the reporter's remarks about Mourinho, his first reaction was surprise, but then he nodded.

"If I do get a Grand Slam, I'm lazy. He eats! Yang Cheng replied with a smile, the implication is that if you can't get it, don't think about it, "We currently have an advantage in the league, but this does not mean that we can relax, because our next three opponents are not weak, so we may encounter an ambush by the opponent at any time." ”

"I hope to be able to establish a winning advantage in the next two races, so that we can have a more relaxed environment to compete for the other two cup titles!" Yang Cheng said with a smile.

The reporter at the scene also laughed, but asked again: "According to our media friends in Spain, the fans in Barcelona have issued an intimidation order against you, threatening you if you go to Barcelona to participate in the laurenzial. How do you feel that they will kill you at the sports awards ceremony? ”

"Really?" Yang Cheng pretended well. Xiang was very surprised and surprised, "If you don't make me earlier, our club has already booked a ticket for me, so I'm afraid I have to return it quickly!" After saying that, he couldn't help but laugh himself.

It can be seen that Yang Cheng is in a relaxed mood now, not only him, but also the Liverpool players are also very relaxed, because they already have enough chips and advantages in hand.

"Just kidding, we've been shortlisted for two awards, I'll definitely go!" Yang Cheng said with a smile.

Liverpool's Steven Gerrard was shortlisted for Laurenzial. Men's Athlete of the Year, while Liverpool were also shortlisted for the Sports Team of the Year, both awards are the best tributes to Liverpool's past year.

Interestingly, as the hosts, Barcelona was shortlisted for three awards, namely Ronaldinho was shortlisted for the Men's Athlete of the Year, Barcelona was shortlisted for the best sports team, and Messi was shortlisted for the best newcomer of the year.

This is also jokingly referred to by many media as Mars hitting the ground. A prophecy of the ball, after all, this pair of Champions League final opponents, before the final starts, will have a fire fight, is there anything more exciting than this?