Seven Hundred and Sixty Seventh, the Same Blue Army
It is true that Manchester United has been beaten autistically by Liverpool in the past two years, but in the final analysis Van Gaal is also self-aware.
Looking at Liverpool's performance in the Champions League a few months ago, everyone understands that Manchester United's desire to compete with Liverpool cannot be achieved by introducing a few stars of hope or talents.
In this International Champions Cup final staged in Los Angeles, Situ Yunbing also gave Manchester United the face of not deploying the strongest lineup.
He really hopes to train more young players.
In the new season, these young Liverpool players will play a more important role!
In the history of the Premier League, no team has won four consecutive championships!
Liverpool has already tied Manchester United's three consecutive championships. If they want to hit the fourth consecutive championship, on the basis of the previous strong, young players must play more roles as surprise soldiers!
If you want to become a surprise soldier, you must first have strength!
At the same time, this is even more important in the Champions League, not to mention that Situ Yunbing wants to hit the local cup, and if the substitute lineup is not strong, it will definitely be useless.
Manchester United sent all the new players on the field. Van Gaal's team is still very dynamic, but comparing the strength of the young players on both sides, Liverpool is still in the leading position.
Mbappe played very well in the game, which made Manchester United defender Luke Shaw very embarrassed. After being broken through repeatedly, Liverpool also continued to create a threatening offensive from his side. Lewandowski scored two goals with a head kick At a high speed, defenders Blind and Phil Jones are fierce and confrontational enough in defense, but they are not flexible enough, and they always make mistakes.
Manchester United's Schneiderlin, Martial, and Depay played more like stragglers. Occasionally there would be a wonderful breakthrough or get rid of, but that's all.
Manchester United, who was suppressed throughout the game, finally lost the final of the International Champions Cup 0:3.
Liverpool are once again the big winners in the International Champions Cup commercial competition.
Returning to the UK with a high bonus, Liverpool ushered in the pre-season Community Shield game after a week of preparations.
During this period, Situ Yunbing received the news that the Chinese national junior team had stopped in the semi-finals of the World Junior Championships and missed the final.
Although it is regrettable that there is only one step away from the final, Situ Yunbing still congratulated Alonzo on the phone.
At the same time, the Chinese sports media also gave high praise to the National Junior Team for this World Junior Championship.
In the competition, Zhao Fenghua and Bai Yuanfan were the most outstanding players. After the disbandment of the national junior team, they returned to Europe and were ready to sign with European clubs to enter the professional arena at any time.
Shen Jingjie, who was signed by the Liverpool youth academy, was loaned to a Belgian satellite club and will also be on the professional stage.
Chinese football may not be able to bloom everywhere with a generation of excellent players like Japan and South Korea, but Situ Yunbing will be very satisfied if there are one or two players who can make their way into European football every year.
It is expected that they will become the main force of the Chinese team in the world in ten years.
On the evening of August 1, Situ Yunbing came to the press room in Melwood after finishing his training, and all the reporters were waiting for him.
At the pre-Community Shield press conference, after Situ Yunbing sat down, a reporter raised his hand and asked: "Is Liverpool's summer transfer over? It is reported that the Liverpool club still has a transfer budget of 100 million pounds. What about a sensational transfer before the window closes?"
Situ Yunbing said with a smile: "What kind of transfer is a sensation? Is it a sensation that we poached players from the arch-rival Manchester United?
Or would Messi or Ronaldo join Liverpool as a sensation?
I think with Liverpool's current situation, apart from those few individual names, no one else will cause a sensation.
Only the departure of our players will cause a stir.
I can only say that our planned signings are over, but before the transfer window closes, if we have players injured, of course, I don't want that to happen, but if it happens, of course we will still be in the transfer market There is action.
But now we just hope to welcome the new season in peace. "
Then a reporter asked about Liverpool's season goals.
Situ Yunbing laughed and said, "If I say that we will strive for all championships, you may all think that this is simply too lacking in ambition.
Of course, we won three Premier League titles and three European titles in the past three seasons. We cannot define more success in the new season, but we can say that if we fail to win the Premier League or the Champions League, it is a failure. If two If you don't even win the championship, it will be a complete disaster! "
Immediately, a reporter asked: "Is it true that if Liverpool fail to win the Premier League or the Champions League, you will take the blame and resign?"
There was laughter at the scene, but Situ Yunbing said seriously: "Before I came to the Premier League to coach, people always said that Fleet Street is very harsh on coaches, and now I feel it."
People laughed again.
Of course, Situ Yunbing will not answer this topic that is mostly a joke. No one will really be aggressive on this issue. If they want to do this, how should other coaches live?
Regarding the opponent Chelsea, Situ Yunbing put away his smile and became serious, saying: "For the audience, it is easy to say that we will come back next year and start from the beginning to downplay the failure of last season. From a positive point of view, Chelsea's ranking has gradually climbed in the past two years. , They are very close to the championship, but in many cases, most teams cannot maintain a strong upward period in a big cycle, and Chelsea is no exception.
I don't know if the loss of the championship last season had a psychological impact on them, after all, they have been sitting at the top of the table for a long time.
I believe that Mourinho will instill fighting spirit and confidence in the team very well, but Chelsea did not let me see their strong desire to further improve this summer!
Let's be real, Chelsea haven't spent enough on promotion.
So I think Manchester City may pose a greater threat to us in the new season, while Klopp's Arsenal will need at least one more season to form a strong combat effectiveness. "
Immediately someone from the reporters asked: "What is your outlook for the season at Manchester United?"
Situ Yunbing smiled and shook his head, stood up and waved goodbye.
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The next day, London, the new Wembley Stadium.
Liverpool and Chelsea join the Community Shield.
The final warm-up before the start of the new season.
Before the game, Situ Yunbing shook hands with Mourinho. Mourinho looked a little too serious, but Situ Yunbing had nothing to communicate with Mourinho.
Probably because Mourinho lost the final battle with almost no resistance last season, so Situ Yunbing was also a little disappointed with him.
Compared with last season's lineup, Chelsea's new summer aid did not enter the starting lineup, so relatively speaking, this Community Shield is still a contest between the two teams' lineups last season.
Liverpool's main force is out, and the final warm-up is over. Naturally, it is necessary to use the main frame as much as possible to play the game.
The game fell into a familiar rhythm from the moment it started, with Liverpool pressing their opponents and Chelsea looking for counter-attacks.
Although the situation is similar, Chelsea's state is not as good as last season, which even gave Situ Yunbing the illusion that they did not go all out!
From the perspective of the audience, it may be understandable, Community Shield, there is no need to fight to the death.
But Situ Yunbing believes that Mourinho will not think so, because the opponent is Liverpool!
If they can't take a more positive stance in front of Liverpool, then Chelsea will definitely be psychologically weak, which may affect their entire season!
It is impossible for Mourinho, whose wife is a psychologist, not to understand this!
But Chelsea seemed to be really absent-minded, and Situ Yunbing didn't bother to explore it.
Perhaps the lack of success last season made the players a little disheartened.
When the outside world talks about Chelsea, the ranking has improved for two consecutive years, which is only a positive perspective to evaluate Chelsea's performance in the past two years.
But if the structure is raised to a wealthy team, Chelsea has been away from the league championship for 5 years!
In other words, Mourinho has not changed the situation after two years of coaching, so there may be doubts from within: Can he bring the team a championship?
Does it prove that he has no possibility of winning the war with Liverpool when he leads the team?
Another situation is that Mourinho has always had a high-pressure policy on the team. This kind of approach is similar to an iron fist but not absolutely rigid. When the high pressure reaches a certain level, it may cause internal rebounds!
When Lewandowski overwhelmed Terry with a header from Gareth Bale's cross, Terry bowed his head expressionlessly and pulled the captain's armband on his arm.
Terry, who will be 35 years old in 4 months, is indeed difficult to be the main central defender of the giants. The decline in physical condition is an indisputable fact, and the lack of explosive power at critical moments is also obvious.
That's why Chelsea wanted to bring in Baba Rahman.
Hazard, the strongest point in Chelsea's frontcourt, played very average today.
His performance made Situ Yunbing a little numb.
It is similar every year, and there seems to be no maturity and leap in qualitative change.
In fact, not only Situ Yunbing, but also the outside world has become numb to Hazard.
The most obvious example is that the media and fans will no longer link him with Ronaldo and Messi's successor, nor will they talk about his challenge and impact on the status of Ronaldo and Messi.
Already 24 years old, he has not yet won important team honors and personal honors.
That's enough to end his association with Ronaldo and Messi.
In Situ Yunbing's eyes, Hazard's entire career may be like this.
Very good, will be in the top ranks, but not very different in this level.
When the threat created by Hazard is limited, Chelsea's overall offensive threat is only average. Liverpool controls the overall situation, and Chelsea has not changed much, which makes Situ Yunbing slightly less interested.