Back in the dressing room with a 0-0 scoreline, all the players looked like they were drained.

One by one, panting, under the service of the masseuse, drinking water, bowing their heads, and sweating.

As soon as many players walked into the locker room, they immediately took off their clothes all over their bodies, sat naked on the seat and gasped, if it weren't for Yang Cheng's regulations, they couldn't go to the shower, I believe that at this time they would have a lot of people rushing to take a shower.

No one spoke, all silent.

The score of 0:0 made Liverpool, who had the advantage, look depressed, and every player was very unwilling.

If you look at the situation on the field, they should have scored, even the big score, but in the end, they seemed to be insulated from the goal, and they missed the opportunity again and again.

The wide players don't look at the middle players very friendly, as if to say, we are tired of creating opportunities on the wing, sending the ball to the middle, but you are squandering our blood and sweat again and again, damn, what are you doing?

The eyes of the middle players looking at the side players are also not much better, they all feel that they are running desperately again and again in the middle, but this group of guys pass the ball without passing through the brain, always passing to a crowded place, don't you know that the opponent has set up a heavy defense there? Can't you just be smarter?

I believe that if it weren't for Yang Chengren's place, they would complain to each other, and even fight directly and make a big fight!

Yang Cheng was standing in front of the tactical board, he watched quietly, he saw everyone's moves, and he knew very well what this group of guys was thinking, and he had to stop them from continuing like this.

There are three ways for a team to win, first, the overall strength, but it is obvious that Liverpool does not have an advantage in the overall strength at present; Second, the individual performance of the star, there is no need to think about it at all, there is no such decisive top superstar in the Liverpool team; Third, the manager's strategy.

At this time, Yang Cheng must stand up, no matter whether he wins or loses next, he must stand up.

This is the courage and commitment that you have to be a manager!

"Are you all blaming your teammates?" Yang Cheng opened his mouth.

The locker room immediately fell silent, there was no sound in the first place, and now it was so quiet that only the sound of breathing remained.

"Do you think you're doing well? Was it just because your teammates couldn't keep up with you that we had a stalemate in the first half? Yang Cheng asked again.

There was still no one to speak, because everyone noticed the inadequacy in Yang Cheng's words.

"It's all fucking bullshit, who did well in the first half?"

Yang Cheng said as he walked over and pointed at Drogba, "Didil, are you doing well?" Can you do it over Terry and Desailly? How many times have you stolen the ball over their heads? ”

Drogba was speechless.

"And you, Arjan, you've broken through again and again, you look threatening, but how did your cross land? Have you ever looked at a teammate in the middle and then crossed? Have you ever thought about what you're doing with this kick? ”

"And you, Cristiano, you've used your skills to shake your opponents time and time again, but have you ever seen your teammates running in the middle of the lane for nothing? You pass the ball over and over again, and then it's like everything has nothing to do with you, and you don't think about it, your teammates can't catch it? ”

Robben and Little Luo were criticized by name, and they both hung their heads.

"And you, Steven, Edgar, I said, if you can't attack, you have to be slow, how slow?"

Yang Cheng pointed at the two and asked, asking them to answer.

Both remained silent and did not speak.

"Slow, we have to slow down the movement of the ball, we have to add more lateral passes and lateral runs, and then drive our teammates around us, when we all slow down, we have enough time to observe the opponent's defense, blindly fast, blindly rushing, will only let us fall into a dead end."

"I'm not trying to criticize you, it's our first game, I said, we're still in the process of grinding, but I want all of you to understand one thing, which is not to throw all the blame off yourself as much as possible, to shift it to your teammates as much as possible, but to think more about what responsibility you should take on in this." ,

"We are a whole, not an individual show, not to say who should be the scapegoat!"

Yang Cheng accentuated his tone, "I repeat, in my team, there is no single person who should be the scapegoat, if you lose, it is the responsibility of the whole team, and no one is qualified to blame any teammates, understand?" ”

"Understood!" The players replied sparsely.

"All the food is off? Running out of energy? Yang Cheng shouted.

"Understood!" This time, the players were full of energy.

Yang Cheng nodded with satisfaction and applauded a few times, "Look at it!" ”

All the players raised their heads and looked at the tactical board above.

Yang Cheng has already drawn Chelsea's tactical formation on it, and it is obvious that he wants to arrange targeted tactics for the second half.

'Chelsea's defence is typical of Italy, with zone and man marking, which is a very popular defensive tactic in Italy at the moment! Yang Cheng is very familiar with this set of tactics, because he has been in Italy for four years and has personally used this defensive system, so he knows this set very well.

'In this tactic, once Drogba drops back, they have to have a centre-back follow him out, and then there will be space behind him, but for that, we didn't use it well in the first half, and we have to pay attention in the second half.

After Gerald heard Yang Cheng's words, he thought about it and immediately raised his hand.

"What's the problem, Steven?"

"Boss, it's not that we're useless, but after Didier pulls it out, after we plug it in, the other party will still send someone to guard it!" Gerard brought up the problems he had in the first half of the field.

Yang Cheng nodded and praised: "Well said! ”

Gerald sat down, and after receiving Yang Cheng's appreciation, he looked a little relieved.

"Steven's problem is real, but have you noticed that the defense on both sides of the opposition is not satisfactory, or even terrible?"

"Didier pulled out, there was only one central defender left in the opponent's penalty area, and he couldn't effectively protect the defense of the two wings, according to the situation in the first half, it was usually Terry who was pulled out, so we played Bridge, Desailly was too far away from him to form an effective protection."

"Remember, Didier has to cooperate with the advance on the right side, retreat and advance, at the same time, and then on our right side, Cristiano, use your personal skills, one-on-one, kill Bridge, and swallow him directly to me!"

Everyone immediately understood that if Ronaldo swallowed Bridge with no one in the box to protect him, then he would be abolishing Chelsea's entire defensive line, and Chelsea would be completely passive.

At that time, how Liverpool will play will depend on Xiao Xiaoluo's own on-the-spot performance, and Gerrard and Davies' insertion will undoubtedly be more threatening than ever.

"Cristiano, calm down, take out Bridge, like you did in the first half, and then remember, don't stick to the ball, don't stick to the ball, pass the ball to me when you have the chance, understand?"

Seeing Yang Cheng's serious arrangement, Xiao Xiaoluo couldn't help but nod solemnly, not daring to slack off in the slightest.

"Another thing, you have to pay attention in the second half, Chelsea's defense is prone to mistakes under pressing tactics, whether it is Desailly or Terry, once pressed, there are often some stupid passes in a hurry, so, Didier, once the ball is at the feet of these two central defenders, pay attention to pressing and break the ball at any time!"

Drogba nodded solemnly.

"Also, Steven, Edgar, the centre-backs usually pass to two people, Veron and Frank Lampard, I guess it's because Makelele didn't adapt to the team when he first arrived, and the players didn't work well with each other, so you have to pay close attention to that, keep an eye on these two guys, always ready to intercept, understand?"

Both Davis and Gerrard nodded solemnly.

Inadvertently, after Yang Cheng's analysis, all the players suddenly lost their previous frustration, and were replaced by a sense of self-confidence, Yang Cheng's almost scalpel-like analysis of the opponent's defense made them see the loopholes in the opponent's defense again, igniting the hope of winning. ,

After everyone digested his tactical arrangement, Yang Cheng continued, "I found that many of the gestures and codes we arranged in training in the first half were useless, so I will make changes in the second half, and in the future, we will replace instructions with notes, if I want to adjust, I will send a note to each of you, you all have to show me carefully!" ”

The players immediately nodded their heads one by one, not daring to be careless.

'Finally, I want to tell you that this is the first round of the new Premier League season and our premiere in the Premier League, I don't want to lose, I want to see winning, I always love to win.

After a pause, Yang Cheng slowly walked to the middle of the locker room.

'I want everyone to understand that Liverpool are a team with a great history, having won 18 English top-flight titles, six FA Cups, seven League Cups and four European Cups!

"In this club, there have been countless legendary stars, countless legends, countless legendary battles, he has made outstanding achievements, but you have nothing!"

The players all hung their heads one by one, they are indeed a bunch of players who have not really proven themselves, except for Davies, even Gerrard, Hyypia and other players have no real honor to prove themselves, they have not won the league title, they have not won the Champions League.

As for the League Cup and the FA Cup, that's just a trophy to talk about!

"I want to tell you that Liverpool is a big team and none of you should be complacent about being able to play at Liverpool because he has no shortage of top players, he has never lacked attention and attraction because he is Liverpool and he has a glorious history."

"But what about you?"

Yang Cheng shook his head, "You are nothing, at least until now, you are nothing, you haven't even won the top league, so what are you in front of Liverpool's history?" ”

"But now, there is an opportunity in front of you, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to put on this shirt and you have the opportunity to leave your mark in the history of Liverpool, and even the most glorious page in the history of the club!"

"For me, that's what it means to join a giant!"

"I hope all of you can take advantage of this few minutes to think about it and ask yourself, why did you come to Liverpool? For money? For the sake of fame? Or is it for success? Or is it for something else? ”

"I believe that if you figure it out, you will become more motivated!"

After that, Yang Cheng didn't say anything more, he chose to stand quietly on the sidelines, watching the players think.

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With Durkin's whistle, the game resumed.

After the first half was at odds, Chelsea clearly began to adjust in the second half, at least looking a little tighter, which immediately halted Liverpool's assault on both flanks, which was most evident on Ronaldo's side.

The Portuguese's dribbling skills are fancy and flashy, but most of the technical moves are useless, purely for the sake of good looks, so when it comes to one-on-one, he has plenty of time and space to show his talents, but once the opponent starts to compress the space, he is limited.

As a result, his redundant, pointless technical moves became a waste of time, a delay in the fight, and then a goal conceded and a counter-attack by Chelsea.

The first shot on goal after the opening of the second half was broken by Ronaldo, Duff hit the counter-attack, formed a fast break on the left, hoisted the ball into the box, Crespo headed the ball into the goal, but it was slightly high.

However, this counterattack also scared Liverpool into a cold sweat, and if they were led by goals, the situation in the first half would be even worse.

"It seems that Ranieri is making it clear that the carriage and horses will defend and counterattack to the end!" Benitez frowned.

Ranieri's ability should not be overlooked, he is also a well-known coach in Europe, at least Valencia's brilliance is due to him, Cooper has more room to play through his platform, and Cooper's overall tactics are not out of Ranieri's framework. ,

There is a saying in European football that confirms Ranieri's achievement, that is, with the foundation left by Ranieri at that time, Cooper's Valencia should have won the championship a long time ago!

Of course, it is undeniable that Ranieri has his own flaws, and like Cooper, he is the kind of manager who builds foundations, but he lacks the ability to build a team from a strong team to a championship team.

That's why he always builds a foundation for people, but he can't lead the team to win championships!

There is no doubt that the reason why Mourinho was able to win the championship as soon as he came to Chelsea in the previous life was because of Ranieri's contribution, at least the whole foundation is still maintained in the framework of Ranieri's time, which can be seen from the squad in the 03/04 and 04/05 seasons.

But Mourinho can win the title, Ranieri can't, and that's the gap between Ranieri and the top coaches.

This is a bottleneck that countless managers can't break free, such as Camacho, Ranieri, Pellegrini and a lot of other famous coaches, they are all famous coaches, but they can hardly be called top-level, because they lack the ability to bring the transformation to the team's championship.

Yang Cheng knew Ranieri well, so he was not surprised by Ranieri's set-up in the second half.

Walking back to the coach's bench, taking a paper and pen, Yang Cheng immediately wrote two lines on it, and then walked to the sidelines, took advantage of the players running over, leaned over to explain, and immediately handed over the note, and handed it to Robben and Reeser respectively.

"Mutu is basically not very involved in defense, and he pushes forward with the ball!" This is a request for Reese.

"Babayaro is easy to lose his position, let Riser seduce him more, you cut through the ribs more!" This is for Robben.

The two players received the note and were immediately confirmed, and then began to link up on the left, making a difference whether the ball came in or not, and the pressure on the Chelsea players was also felt.

That's why the live camera is too limited, and many head coaches who want to inspect a team often go to the scene in person, or appoint a competent assistant.

It's like Reese's forward cut, Robben's open run, when the ball is not on the left, it doesn't show up on the live camera, but it really works, because the Chelsea defenders see them doing it, and they can't help but worry, what if the ball goes to the left?

It's the kind of mentality that will distract Chelsea's defensive focus, and they will have to worry about the left side while they defend the right side.

In this way, there is a lot less defensive pressure on the right side.

There is also an obvious change that Yang Cheng pushed Finnan's position forward, basically the same as Hamann at the back, which made Duff have to pull out the position if he wants to interfere with him, especially Finnan also began to dribble the ball on the side, dispersing the pressure on Xiao Xiaoluo, and the Portuguese regained space to dribble the ball on the right side.

Yang Cheng immediately laughed after seeing this scene.

It was probably the first time he was smiling in the game because he realised that the tide was tilting in his favour and that if it continued, the goals would come sooner or later.

On the contrary, Ranieri, who looked as steady as Tarzan in the first half, is frowning deeply at this moment, and it can be seen that the experienced and experienced him is also aware of the situation, especially after Liverpool created several one-on-one pairs of Ronaldo against Bridge on the right side, he felt even more threatened.

"William, get ready, play as soon as possible!"

William Gallas, a centre-back who performed well last season, but suffered a bit of an injury before the season and was left on the bench by Ranieri, now looking at the situation, Ranieri is not worried about Terry and the backline, and decided to let him go up.

After explaining, Ranieri didn't forget to look at Yang Cheng on the side, and sighed in his heart, "Caesar is worthy of being Caesar, his tactics are very sharp, and after halftime, he completely reversed the situation with a little adjustment, and he almost couldn't parry!" ”

"Sure enough, other people's worries about him are not unfounded, give him a little more time, and Liverpool will become very scary!". ）