Chapter 186 Complete Victory

Chang Sheng was too lazy to argue with Houllier, and he didn't bother to pay attention to the media in England.

He has more important things to do. That is to study how to deal with Liverpool.

In fact, this set of stupid tactics of Liverpool is indeed a great threat to Valencia.

In Spain, Chang Sheng rarely encountered this tactical style.

Even if there is a defensive counterattack, it is rarely such a simple and rude long pass. After all, Spanish teams rarely have players as strong as Husky, and they are paired with a player as fast and flexible as Irving...

Liverpool played typical English football.

A French manager playing typical English football... it's a bit of a pain in the ass.

Chang Sheng cherishes this opportunity very much.

Because this is a collision between his mad dog tactics and other European football styles, he wants to see how his team can perform against these teams with very different styles.

By the way, also see how well you can perform.

The first game of the Champions League is a good touchstone.

From a week ago, the coaching staff began to discuss their opponent Liverpool in the Champions League. At that time, the second round of the league had not yet been played...

According to scout reports and game videos, everyone can clearly understand what Liverpool's tactics are.

"They seem to be in transition..." After watching Liverpool's recent rounds of league matches, some coaches came to this conclusion. "I remember that Liverpool's tactics last season were all defensive counterattacks and long passes. Why in the last few rounds of the league, they have started to try to go more..."

"That's right, because Houllier's tactical thinking has seriously fallen behind the times. Nowadays, when even the teams in the Premier League start to pay attention to technology, only his team is still sticking to the 1980s. Things." Chang Sheng nodded. "Houllier has to reform, because if he does not reform, he will die. If Liverpool want to make a name for themselves in Europe, they cannot continue to rely on this set of outdated tactics."

"They haven't been very successful in changing it." Rudy Gonzalez next to him smiled disdainfully. "If we want to break our tactics, defensive counterattacks and long passes are the best."

Chang Sheng nodded in agreement: "Hollier will definitely choose his old tactics.

Because this set is more secure. Now what we have to consider is how to break their defensive counterattack and long pass. "

Then a group of coaches got together to continue the discussion.

It was mainly Rudy Gonzalez and Guardiola who spoke, and Chang Sheng gave some pointers in the general direction. The specific details are the matters of the coaches.

In the end, the coaching staff came up with a set of tactics to deal with Liverpool.

The tactic Valencia used to fight Liverpool's defensive counterattack and long pass was not much different from the tactic he used against Mallorca in the first round of the league.

The core is not how to attack. It's about how to defend.

-taka's defense is basically based on control. If Liverpool wants to press, then walk the monkey, pass back and forth, so that the opponent loses the will to press.

If the other party wants to take a break, suddenly speed up the tempo. There was an onslaught of attacks around Liverpool's penalty area. Forcing Liverpool to be exhausted.

This style of play. In less than 70 minutes, most of Liverpool's players can be exhausted.

Against Hesky, Valencia's solution is to not let him get the ball in the frontcourt at all.

Force the Husky back to the defense with a powerful and fast attack, as long as the Husky returns to the defense. It will be difficult for him to rush up again, after all, the speed is slow, which is a flaw. No one can go up, what's the use of Liverpool's long pass?

If Husky doesn't get back on defense...just wait for the offside.

The mad dog tactic originally requires that the distance between each player be kept very close, which makes the overall formation more compressed. If you don't pay attention, the opponent's striker will be offside...

For this reason, Chang Sheng also plans to use game skills such as [offside trap] in the game to increase the success rate of offside.

As long as Husky can be contained, Owen is not a threat. Because Irving's performance is pinned on Husky.

Whether it is Ayala or Carvalho, we must pay attention to controlling the second landing point. If Husky really hits the ball, don't let Irving get the second landing point.

Of course. Defense still has to work hard from the root. The best thing to do is to not let Liverpool pass the football upfield at all.

This required Valencia to press the defense up front, like a pack of mad dogs, frantically pressing every player in Liverpool - including their goalkeeper Dudek. Force the opponent to either fail to pass the ball at all, or hastily and blindly big feet, not accurate at all. It can only be called a big foot clearance, not a "long pass" at all.

A three-pronged approach is guaranteed to make Liverpool have no temper at all.

In addition, there is the most important point, which is also the blemish of the English team.

It is the tactical quality of the English team is generally poor. Especially Liverpool. Under Houllier's training, his tactical quality is very poor. They could only run after Valencia's pass in the game. He will soon be dizzy by Valencia's passing back and forth.

Changsheng's tactics are tactics that are ahead of the times, while Houllier's tactics are just the opposite, tactics that are completely behind the times.

In the collision between leading and lagging, which one is stronger and which is weaker, in Chang Sheng's view, there should be no suspense.

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Chang Sheng was busy formulating tactics and directing the team's training.

There was no response to the war of words Houllier provoked.

The battle of words is to win the game, it is a kind of psychological warfare.

Only when there is a difficult opponent, Chang Sheng will consider a war of words.

But for a game that is destined to win, there is no meaning and value in the war of words.

The English media, who just don't know much about Chang Sheng, regard Chang Sheng's current silence as a sign of weakness, and they clamored even more happily.

Under their advocacy, many Liverpool fans are very optimistic about this away game.

After all, Valencia's coach lacks Champions League experience-this is the first Champions League game he led the team to play. Although he played in the UEFA Cup last season, the UEFA Cup and the Champions League are completely two worlds, and a simple comparison cannot be made.

And Liverpool's head coach Gerard Houllier is a famous coach with rich experience.

In this kind of duel, experience is an important factor in determining the outcome.

In this way, Valencia's Champions League game against Liverpool came.

Houllier himself felt that he had the chance to win, and the silence of the Valencia coach should be a sign of lack of confidence.

In the pre-match press conference, Houllier appeared confident. He said that his team has the ability and confidence to take away three points away.

Chang Sheng said, stop talking nonsense, how about the details, let's see the real chapter in the competition!

Compared with Houllier's high profile. Chang Sheng seemed a lot more low-key.

It looked as if Liverpool were winning.

This situation is very strange, the team playing at home is low-key, but the visiting team is high-key. But no one is willing to delve into why this is.

Liverpool fans are just blindly optimistic, they stepped into the Mestalla Stadium with strong confidence and good vision.

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In fact, Houllier's thinking is fine, to deal with Valencia's crazy dog ​​tactics. It really needs a power style of play. Just like Barcelona's nemesis will always be Chelsea with Didier Drogba.

But he has a problem. That is, he overestimated the ability of his players.

Husky is not Drogba after all...

This Liverpool team is not the Chelsea team built by Mourinho in the future. From a purely tactical point of view, Liverpool is far behind.

After the game started, when Liverpool wanted to play a long pass, they realized that they had little chance to do so.

Except after they played like this at the beginning of the game. Next, the football was firmly under Valencia's feet, passing it back and forth, and they were in no rush to advance or score.

Just keep passing the ball. It's like training the ball.

Although Houllier has seen Valencia's tactics in the game video, but when he experienced it himself, he still felt different.

He was amazed at the proficiency with which the Valencia players passed the ball back and forth, facing the pressing of the Liverpool players, they could make very fast reverse transfers. Two or three kicks can pass the football, making Liverpool's pressing useless.

And then they pass it back and forth like this all the time, and on and on.

After failing to grab the ball again, Irving waved his hand to signal for everyone to press up a little more, and don't just let the striker grab the ball in the frontcourt.

So Liverpool began to press forward layer by layer.

When they press up enough. It was completely unexpected that there was already a large space behind them.

At this moment, Deco, who was holding the ball in the midfield, suddenly sent a through pass!

Because the Liverpool players pressed high enough, several of their own lines were compressed into a single line. Everyone is compressing the formation, but the difference is that Valencia is actively compressing, and they are attacking for the convenience of passing the ball. It is easy to create offside in defense. Liverpool, on the other hand, was passively compressed without even realizing it. This shows that their tactical literacy is lacking...

Deco's direct pass penetrated all Liverpool's defenses!

This is a straight pass from an oblique direction, from the center of the court to the left of the court, and there is a sufficient amount of advance.

This ball is for Vicente!

Among Valencia's three forwards, Vicente is the fastest.

This ball can just give full play to his strengths.

"Deco!!" Amidst the exclamation of the commentator, a figure shot out of Liverpool's defense line like an arrow!

Vicente was running at high speed. Once you catch up with the football, the rest is easy.

This is a standard single-handedly going to the meeting!

Vicente faced the attacking Polish goalkeeper Dudek. Knock him down with a feint, then kick and shoot!

The football flew into the goal without any suspense.

"Vicente!! Vicente! Valencia took the lead at home! Seventeen minutes into the game! Valencia is already leading 1-0!"

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Amid the cheers from Mestalla, Chang Sheng raised his fist.

The test was successful!

Mad Dog's tactics can be used to attack and retreat, and to play against a pseudo-strong team like Liverpool, there is really no pressure at all.

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After taking the lead, Valencia played more smoothly. They can now be aboveboard and use passes more recklessly to delay time.

Seeing this scene, the Liverpool players gritted their teeth, so they rushed even more fiercely, trying to break the football, and then directly hit Valencia's counterattack.

The results of it?

The England team lacks tactical literacy, but it does not lack hard work and fighting spirit. It's just that when the tactics are completely suppressed, hard work and fighting spirit have become important factors for the players to die.

Valencia followed suit and scored another goal.

This time it was Vicente who assisted, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic who followed up in the middle scored a goal.

Valencia took a two-goal lead before the first half was over.

The game basically lost its suspense.

When Zlatan Ibrahimovic took off his jersey. While showing off his muscles, Houllier sat on the coach's bench with a very ugly face.

The countermeasures he had worked so hard to come up with turned out to be useless!

The long ball is a good idea, but first the football has to be under their control. Now Liverpool have very few possessions, just a few chances. What is the use? Liverpool's offensive success rate is not 100%. If you continue to play like this, your team will have nothing to do...

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Houllier didn't think of any way to break the game at halftime.

The long pass was the best way he came up with, but this best way was useless at all.

Watching Valencia score another goal in the second half, Houllier, who was sitting on the coach's bench, suddenly felt powerless.

This is not a precursor to heart disease. This is his most intuitive feeling about this game.

No matter how hard your team works, how aggressive your running is, you will only feel powerless. Simply powerless to change the status quo, powerless to solve problems, powerless to win games.

Houlier only felt that there was nothing he could do. This feels bad.

In fact, losing 0:3 in the away game is not a big deal. The key is process.

The process is more important than the score.

Judging from the process, Liverpool had nothing to do when facing Valencia. This is what makes Houllier feel the most powerless.

This means that not only this game, but the next time the two sides meet again, Liverpool may still have nothing to do.

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After Valencia scored the third goal of the game in the second half, the Mestalla stadium was filled with the singing of Valencia fans.

This is Valencia's first UEFA Champions League game in the new season. I didn't expect them to have such an outstanding performance against what is said to be the strongest opponent in this group...

The Valencia fans were full of confidence in the team's victory, but they didn't expect to win so easily. It's as if Liverpool and Valencia are not on the same level at all...

When the referee blew the whistle to end the game. The singing, cheering, and shouting over Mestalla finally converged into a force that swept across the world and exploded over the stadium.

"The game is over! Valencia won their first Champions League game of the season! They beat Liverpool at home! Three goals, clean! And Liverpool can't fight back!"

"This is Chang Sheng's first appearance in the Champions League. He handed in a perfect answer! Valencia announced to the world with this 3:0. They are the favorites to qualify for the group!"

"When the draw came out, Chang Sheng once said that Valencia got a good draw. At that time, his arrogance caused him a lot of trouble, and many people criticized him. I remember Houllier at the time. The coach is also among them? Looking at the results now, this is really a good sign. Even Liverpool, the strongest and most famous team in this group, lost so cleanly and thoroughly..."

The lens of the TV camera was firmly aimed at Chang Sheng.

This man has brought too many surprises to everyone in La Liga, and it seems that he will continue to do so in the Champions League...

A reporter thought of Chang Sheng once said that he would surpass Real Madrid in the number of Champions League trophies.

At present, it is still difficult to achieve this goal. But in the minds of the reporters, at least it was no longer just a joke.

Because Chang Sheng has shown his ability in the Champions League.

This is his first Champions League game in charge of the team, and he and the whole team have not adapted at all, just like ducks in water.

Looking at this performance, everyone can only sigh - it turns out that there are such geniuses in this world!