Chapter 758: Knowing Yourself and Knowing Your Enemy (I)

Acclimatisation before a Champions League final can also cause a scuffle between fans, and it will be a scuffle of hundreds of people, with dozens of injuries

In order to prevent the recurrence of this kind of group fight, the Greek police raised the security specifications of the final to the Olympic level, and sent hundreds of police officers to mix in with the fans, so as to understand the movements of the fans in advance and prevent vicious incidents from happening in advance.

Originally, the media focused on this game, the pre-game war of words, analysis and prediction made the fans almost tired of watching, this group fight was a topic that gave reporters to attract the attention of fans, after this scuffle, Liverpool's fans were demonized again, in addition to the English media, other European media, including the Greek media, are criticizing Liverpool's fans for being too fanatical, and it is not accidental that the two football tragedies have something to do with Liverpool.

UEFA vice-president Gaillard also publicly accused Liverpool fans of being the "worst in Europe" fans on TV, and he hoped that Liverpool FC should guide these fans well, fans love the team, love fans are good, but fanatical consciousness should not be allowed to dominate the minds of these fans.

In this case, Liverpool's club was silent about it, but Liverpool's players did not abandon the fans and left them alone to bear the blame of the whole world.

Gerrard and Chen Yu both spoke to defend the Liverpool fans after the second day's training.

Gerrard is the captain of Liverpool and a loyal Liverpool fan himself, he believes that the occurrence of a group fight cannot be entirely blamed on the fans of a certain team, the fans on both sides are at fault, not to mention that the fans themselves are not calm, it is impossible to expect them to calm down, just like a football game will become a kickboxing tournament without a referee, without security guards and police, it is too normal for fans to fight.

Although Chen Yu is not a local player in England, he has only been to Liverpool for less than a season, but now his status in the hearts of Liverpool fans is no less than Gerrard, his status is played by his own strength, and it is also a fan of the fans, when the whole world blames Liverpool fans, Chen Yu believes that Liverpool fans have no problem, if Liverpool fans have problems, then fans all over the world have this problem, "If a fan does not love his team, he does not hate his opponent, So is this still a fan? If the fans were civilized gentlemen, then there would be no need for so many security guards and police officers for every game", he said, as a player who has played in both Serie A and the Premier League, "Italian fans and English fans do not need to be blamed, it should be the managers and organizers of the game who are blamed, they know that the fans of the two teams will fight together, but they are not prepared, they should not be criticized, who should be criticized".

Although the English media did not accuse Liverpool fans, of course, this kind of thing is not easy to whitewash, and large media like this only objectively described the scene at the time and criticized the carelessness of the stadium security, but as the mouthpiece of the Liverpool team, Liverpool's local media bravely published an article to support Liverpool fans.

"There may be only one team in the world that can still get the support of countless die-hard fans in the predicament, can score three goals in six minutes to tie the score, and can save several penalties to complete the earth-shattering "big reversal" This is the Liverpool team, a team that never gives up easily, a team that has inherited countless glory for more than a hundred years, and a team that has always struggled side by side with fans

There may be only one group of fans in the world who can have the title of a group recognized by the world, who can be extremely loyal to the Liverpool team, who can wave the flag for them almost frantically, and even chase something related to the Liverpool team. This is the title that every Liverpool fan proudly embraces, not just in the UK, but around the world.

The origin of the city is in line with the glory and history of the city of Liverpool. At the beginning of the last century, when the Anfield Stadium was first built, British soldiers from Liverpool fought a bloody battle with South Africans to occupy a hill called it, and one of the stands was named in memory of the Liverpool heroes who died in the battle. These three letters soon became Liverpool's nickname, the city's cultural symbol, and eventually the glorious title of Liverpool fans.

It condenses the sentiment of Liverpool fans for the Liverpool team - the title of loyalty and fanaticism is obtained from blood and life, and it continues in blood and life, such as the Hillsborough tragedy and the Heysel tragedy, and now, Liverpool fans are still fanatical, still aggressive, and still defend their teams and players with their lives, this is the tradition, tradition should not be blamed, and the Liverpool fans in this group fight should not be blamed, because there is no such frenzy of relying on each other and supporting each other, Without the miracle of Istanbul, there would be no Liverpool's five Champions League titles and the position of the boss of English football. ”

The article was as fanatical as Liverpool fans, and although he was not necessarily correct, it touched a lot of people, and after the article was published, there were fewer voices criticizing Liverpool, while more Liverpool fans around the world were preparing to travel to Athens to watch the Champions League final.

Although the fan group fight has had some impact on both Liverpool and AC Milan, both teams are teams that have been tested in the tournament for a long time, they know how to control their feelings, and they also know what to do now, and if you want to win a game like this, you have to do well in every link, because the opponents are very strong, and the final decision may be a small detail, a small change of mentality.

Training is not the most important thing for Liverpool and AC Milan now, training is just to keep the two teams in a good state of play, just like a month before the college entrance examination, it is impossible to improve the results at that time, review is just to let yourself not forget jì, at this time the study of the opponent is the most important, often you do not take into account a detail, the tactical arrangement of the opponent is not calculated in place, you may become passive in the game.

At the moment, in the conference room on the third floor of the Four Seasons Hotel, in front of the Liverpool players is a tactical board projected onto the screen, on which the AC formation is clearly marked, and the substitutes are clearly marked on it.

Tactical analyst Duff McDonoff is reiterating to the players what he has said many times, "...... Except for a few games in the group stage, Milan used a four-three with two strikers, and in most of the games, Milan played with a 44ll changing lineup. Compared with the 43 strikers who need to emphasize offense in the league, in a game like the Champions Cup, which emphasizes experience and defense, Milan in the subsequent series of knockout stages, whether it is facing Celtic at home who is mediocre and must win, or Bayern who is forced to draw at home and needs to score more goals away, Milan has put Inzaghi alone, and the substitute is Gilardino...... In contrast to the need for two strikers in the league, one striker was removed and an Ambrosini was added, with Ambrosini and Gattuso forming a double midfield defence. Pushed Andrea Pirlo out of the most dangerous link in central midfield. This is the area from where we scored three goals in minutes two years ago......"

Tactical analyst Duff McDonoff smiled and immediately became stern again, "...... We certainly didn't have such a chance in this game, Ancelotti is not stupid, he made up for this deficiency after that final, Ancelotti is very important to defence, Seedorf retreats to the left midfield when defending, forming a 44ll formation, and when attacking as a forward midfielder, it forms a 43i... ̈"

Tactical analyst Duff McDonoff changed the tactics board to turn the 44ll into a 43i and then simulated other possible formations, and finally concluded: "Compared to the Milan team from two years ago, this Milan team has dropped a lot. But the biggest difference is that the team that stood in the finals two years ago has started to decline significantly at the end of the season. Now this Milan team is the opposite. Because of the phonegate incident, this Milan team's start to the season can be said to be a very failure. It wasn't until after the winter break that the adjustment began to gradually get on track. Therefore, the current Milan started half a season later than the Milan at that time. Milan struggled to catch up with Juventus in the league that season, and the team still had the opportunity to overtake Juventus until the Champions League semi-finals. And now this Milan team has been recovering since the second half of the season, and the results in the league have climbed very quickly. With the top two already decided, only the final Champions Cup is now ready. And this time, after the victory over Manchester United, it can be seen that after Milan eliminated Bayern Munich away, Milan's overall form is getting better and better, the mental state is not weaker than ours, and the physical state is better than ours. This will be Milan's biggest advantage. ”

After Duff McDonoff finished speaking, Benitez first applauded, and then the whole meeting of the players applauded, Duff McDonoff was unknown, and Liverpool's most die-hard fans may not know his name, but he has a lot of effect on Liverpool, without his help, Liverpool would not have been able to achieve such a brilliant record.

Benitez said: "Thanks to Duff for collecting and collating these tactical materials for us, you don't have to remember, but you must understand and understand what AC Milan wants, what we can do, and what we should do, only then can we beat AC Milan again." Of course, these are all on paper, the game is not for me and the coaching staff to play, if you don't do well in the details, then a qiē tactic is a waste of paper, and I will reiterate our tactical arrangements below......"