Chapter 332 The only forward in the world who can eat defenders alive

Brendan Rodgers, born in Northern Ireland on January 26, 1973, is currently the head coach of Liverpool Football Club in the Premier League.

He also has a very famous nickname, known as "Uncle Fang".

The reason why he has this name is because there are as many as 102 properties under his name!

Many coaches and players rented Rogers' house to settle down when they came to Liverpool, including the German coach Klopp who later succeeded him... It's really a bit humorous.

This shows how financially minded Rogers is. Even if he is not the head coach, he would be very comfortable just being a housekeeper and paying rent.

However, as a football coach, Rogers actually has something, otherwise he would not have been spotted by a giant like Liverpool.

And his results are pretty good. Last season he led Liverpool to second place in the Premier League and eventually won the best coach of the year.

In addition, Rogers has won the Premier League Coach of the Month three times, which is equal to Pan Yi this season!

Therefore, Pan Yi will not study Rogers' house buying strategy. Instead, after playing for Roma, he and his coaching team will start researching and collecting intelligence and information on Liverpool.

And this information is very detailed!

It's not just Rodgers' tactics at Liverpool, but his preferences early in his coaching career.

"It is said that bringing in Balotelli was not Rodgers' original intention." Scaloni also said:

After all, no matter how much research and targeting you do before the game, the opponent will suddenly change his mind.

Moreover, in Rogers' tactical design, Henderson often has to move closer to the center to help defend, but Johnson on the right often cannot return after assisting. Henderson also needs to fill Johnson's position, which gives Chelsea an opportunity to attack.

The player goes straight for the chance to face two centre-backs.

Just because he used his sharp teeth to take a bite of Italian "delicacy" Chiellini in the 2014 World Cup.

Borini, Lambert, Lucas Leiva, Kolo Toure...it can only be said that they are all ordinary people.

Pan Yi began to make arrangements for the coaching staff's tasks, and everyone carefully recorded Pan Yi's requirements.

Pan Yi pointed to the tactical board and started talking about Liverpool's current problems, which are the points that Chelsea can take advantage of now.

Last season, that is, the 2013-2014 season, the Red Army's quick counterattack was extremely efficient. Rogers' ability to adapt and improve was greatly demonstrated, and the good results also proved this.

Every coach at Chelsea will know this information well, but after further analysis and screening by the coaches, only a relatively small part will be passed on to the players' heads.

Their role is limited to increasing the number of people in the midfield and forming a pressing advantage, and they do not really create many opportunities.

His tactical system at this time was mainly based on the following three points:

But obviously, this is still very difficult.

First, when facing Chelsea's recent strength, Liverpool should still use the defensive counterattack style that Rogers has focused on in recent seasons, but they may also use their home advantage to attack in the opening game.

3. Defend in a zone rather than in a fixed formation.

2. Move the ball frequently to open up space on the court.

Obviously, this is a derivative of tiki-taka, exactly the same as Guardiola's Barcelona in the future.

"This..." Scaloni scratched his head.

Although the departure of Suarez has led to a decrease in offensive firepower this season, it is still very good defensively.

Because not only does he have superb shooting skills, he can also often use his personal abilities to solve problems.

It can be said that Rogers added Mourinho's pragmatism to Guardiola's idealism, which also ensured that he could implement the team's possession-based play and the record would not be too bad.

Scaloni immediately stopped talking and started to look serious with other coaches again.

In the team's midfield, Rogers did not have an outstanding player like Iniesta who could pass the ball, so he arranged for Sigurdsson who was better at running and scoring goals, and he was in the team at this time.

He is more like Lampard in Mourinho's Blues.

Similarly, forwards like Balotelli often return to the penalty area to defend when defending set pieces, but his energy has never been very concentrated, which is also a weakness.

Everyone nodded after hearing this.

Because Gerrard is not a traditional defensive midfielder, although he is physically strong, there is still a gap between him and a truly world-class midfielder in terms of defensive position selection and timing of the attack.

That season, Swansea finished 11th in the league. Although the ranking was average, Rogers' team defeated Chelsea and eventual champion Manchester City, and drew with the Red Army at Anfield.

When training, of course, the main plan is the main one, and the others are supplementary.

"He is actually a bit like me, that is, he likes to use young players. For example, Joe Allen, under the training of Rogers, this extremely talented young player became a regular main player in Swansea and in 2012

Came to Liverpool with Rodgers."

After all, not every coach is Pan Yi. All coaching knowledge is almost full, and you can also switch between various divine formations...

However, the zone defense principle that Rogers has always adhered to in his coaching career has great disadvantages in positioning ball defense.

When he knew that the tactics he advocated at Swansea had little chance of being implemented at Anfield, he quickly began to emphasize personnel management and build a team around the outstanding individual abilities of the Reds players.

"Liverpool's ball control combined with defensive counter-attacking style was very sharp last season, which gave them the possibility of winning the Premier League championship."

"But the problem is that he sometimes trusts young players too much and doesn't trust long-established veterans or players in their prime. He also made such mistakes in the process of adjusting tactics this season."

Rogers is based on ball control, emphasizing high pressure and quick passes between several players, hoping to suffocate his opponents in counterattacks.

"There is no doubt about Balotelli's talent, but he plays more casually on the court. Coupled with the decline in form in recent years, it is obviously difficult to meet the requirements of a center in Rogers' tactical system."

After exercising for 75 minutes, the shoulder meat has been fully mobilized, and the meat is tender and juicy, coupled with the salt from sweat;

Such rare ingredients, coupled with simple and direct eating methods, make this food even more precious...

"During the pre-season warm-up match in the United States, Rodgers also made it clear that he would not introduce Balotelli."

This is exactly what a coach should do.

Studying their early coaching characteristics will also serve as an important reference for their current tactics.

Suarez has excellent skills, Sturridge is amazingly fast, and Sterling has excellent passing ability, which provides an excellent running environment for the frontcourt attack group.

Indeed, based on Suarez's performance last season, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the number one forward in the world today, otherwise he would not have been bought by Barcelona for a high price of more than 80 million euros.

This is not just a matter of coaching style. Changing common tactics requires a lot of running-in among teammates, which is likely to take a long time and run the risk of experimental failure.

And when Rogers was called by Liverpool to come to Anfield in 2012, there was no player here who could perfectly embody his coaching philosophy.

Generally speaking, when Pan Yi prepares for the next opponent's targeted deployment, he will use one or two main plans, as well as some alternative plans.

When he first arrived at the Red Army, Rogers' ideal task was to turn the Red Army into England's Barcelona, ​​but in the end, the Red Army seemed more like England's Borussia Dortmund!

This kind of gap is often caught by opposing players with a keen sense of smell.

In addition, although Rogers can explore the potential of the main players, Liverpool's bench does not even have a qualified rotation, not to mention having substitutes who can change the course of the game.

Because the player with the best defensive ability is likely to be pulled out of his defense zone by the opponent's players, which will result in a situation where there are no strong enough players to guard the dangerous area, and will be exploited and attacked by the opponent.

In short, even if Su Ya has such a "quirk", even if Barcelona has to pay the price of not being able to use Suarez for several months, they still want to take him away at a high price, which shows the strength of the Uruguayan.

As we all know, if the players were not extremely adaptable and the coach had strong training abilities, it would be almost impossible for a team to complete the transformation of its tactical system in a very short period of time.

This also includes cutting off the connection between Liverpool's midfielder and frontcourt attackers, leaving Sterling, Emre Can and others to work alone along the wing.

Sigurdsson is extremely creative, he can assist and score goals. He has become the midfield soul of Rogers' team and made his team very powerful.

For example, it was mentioned in the report that when Rogers coached Watford and Reading in the early days, he was actually not sure about his tactical style.

This is the pre-game preparation meeting, or the most important part of a tactics class. All coaches listened carefully and took notes carefully.

Therefore, once Chelsea takes advantage of the score and situation, it will be more difficult for Rogers to change the situation on the field through substitutions and tactical adjustments.

"And this, that is what we can exploit, is the guarantee that we can beat Liverpool at Anfield."

"Including after Rodgers went to Liverpool, he trained Henderson into an all-around midfielder. Now, Henderson is very confident and determined on the court, and he also has good tactical awareness."

Pan Yi shook his head: "How many forwards do you think in the world can reach Suarez's level?"

At this time, it is necessary to take advantage of the weaknesses of several key players in Liverpool's offense, such as attacking midfielder Coutinho's unstable control of the ball and his tendency to take long shots alone, and carry out targeted defense against them.

The double defensive midfielders of Gerrard and Henderson, coupled with the aerial defense capabilities of Lovren and Skrtel, meant that Liverpool actually did not concede many goals in the first ten rounds of the Premier League.

"It's just that Rogers now prefers to use Coutinho as an attacking midfielder. But the problem is that he is more risky in playing the ball. He likes to play behind the ball and is not stable in controlling the ball. In fact, his most outstanding position should be in

On the left wing."

These examples also prove once again that Rogers is also very flexible in tactics and is very good at using the resources at hand to achieve maximum results.

Since we don't plan to drastically change the tactical system, we can only do what Rogers is doing now, constantly changing personnel and positions on a small scale to fine-tune and experiment with tactics.

However, Rogers still stubbornly uses the full-zone defense method because he feels that the current group of players he has do not have good man-marking skills.

He can even be said to be the only forward in the world who can eat the opponent's defender alive! (Physics)

Second, you can create more set-piece opportunities in the frontcourt and use set-pieces to score goals.

At that time, Suarez was even in the suspension period.

At this time, you can see the power of Suarez.

For players like Henderson, Downing, Carroll and other players, the more suitable formation is probably the traditional 4-4-2.

In the frontcourt, he does not use a false nine like Barcelona. The team has a shooter like Danny Graham in the frontcourt.

"When we deal with them, Coutinho is also the key point."
To be continued...