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649 Fighting the Horses!

Liverpool airborne the United States to participate in the International Champions League!

Although it has also set off a certain craze after coming to the United States, Liverpool's popularity is obviously not the highest.

Americans' enthusiasm for football has not reached the level of fanaticism, and it can even be said that they are just on the level of appreciation with a limited level of waiting and watching.

Just like the game that hit peak ratings in the United States last season's final game, fans around the world would definitely guess that it was Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal.

What's the result?

Unexpectedly, most American viewers chose to watch the "Welsh Derby" between Cardiff City and Swansea in the final match of the Premier League that opened at the same time!

To be honest, the gimmick of the derby is just a game between a mid- and lower Premier League team and a relegated Premier League team. The viewing is naturally not too high because there are no stars!

But Americans are very interested in watching it, which makes the outside world unable to understand what Americans' aesthetic perspective of football is.

Liverpool's fame in European football in the past two years has made them famous all over the world, but Americans pay more attention to Liverpool because the Beatles were born here that year. The United States has made the greatest contribution to the world's popular culture!

So if Liverpool thinks its star, I'm afraid Americans won't agree.

Perhaps they care more about Real Madrid, which has superstar Ronaldo, or Manchester United, which is the first to explore the US market.

There is also a negative factor here in Liverpool, that is, Situ Yunbing.

In the United States, a country where white people are supreme, Situ Yunbing is not a black man, but it can be said that just because he is not a white man, or he is a yellow-skinned Asian man, in the sports industry, the United States has fully recognized the innate genes of black people, but still will not look at yellow people in a different way.

The NBA can only rank third in the United States, while the top American football ranks first in the United States.

Who is the most important thing in rugby?

Interquartile.

This is very similar to the number four position that Cruyff inherited from Guardiola in football.

It is the brain on the field, responsible for instigating the offense.

In rugby, the quartile relies on the overall view, vision, situation insight, and accurate passing ability.

In American football, the quartile is basically held by white athletes, which is determined by their values ​​and culture.

As for other running backs, the teammates responsible for interception and collision can be strong, or blacks with scree speed, but they can lead them to win, and the quartile that determines the direction and method of the team's offense on the court is always the quartile, that is, the whites.

It can be seen from this that when Situ Yunbing, a yellow man, leads the Premier League and European champions to the United States, the Americans may not necessarily look at Liverpool in a different way. The preconceived and erotic vision will carefully examine him behind his back. Even if no one dares to declare a taboo, he will definitely show his actions.

Situ Yunbing didn't mind that they would be discriminated against and threatened in Europe. Did he go to the United States to seek equality and justice?

He had no water in his mind.

He came here to lead the team to play commercial games and train the team.

Just do your job well.

Fortunately, his skin color did not attract too many protests from sponsors even if he did not attend the sponsorship event.

There are eight teams participating in the International Champions League this time, divided into two groups. After the single round-robin event, two teams entered the semi-finals, followed by the knockout round and finally decided on the championship.

Liverpool, Manchester City, Olympiacos, and AC Milan were assigned to the same group.

Chicago Soldiers Stadium on July 27.

Situ Yunbing appeared in the stadium wearing a polo shirt with the Liverpool team logo printed on it. Some Chinese fans from Chicago gathered in the stands in the stands to cheer for him. They may not be complete fans, just because Situ Yunbing is an influence as a Chinese in the world football world.

In the words of overseas Chinese, Situ Yunbing is the pride of the Chinese.

In a sense, Situ Yunbing's influence is definitely more than that of Chinese athletes who won gold medals for China in the Olympics, because football is the world's number one sport and its exposure rate is too high every week.

You should know that when Situ Yunbing resigned as head coach of Monaco and Hamburg, the news of his resignation would enter the world news ranking that day. His influence can be imagined!

If Situ Yunbing suddenly announced his departure from Liverpool, and there was no particularly important thing in the world that day, then the popularity of his resignation may become the world's number one news!

Because Chinese fans will pay attention, European fans will pay attention, and a small number of fans in other parts of the world will pay attention, and its breadth is incomparable to other sports.

Liverpool is here to train troops, but Situ Yunbing's attitude towards training troops is stricter than before, because there are not many particularly young and immature players in the team!

Therefore, for players who have matured and need to take the lead, they can quickly find the state of the game!

This cannot be careless.

Before going to the battle, Situ Yunbing spoke to the whole team: "Forget everything I won last season! We started a new Long March!"

The first match between Olympiacos in the International Champions League.

Liverpool's starting list is outrageously powerful.

Goalkeeper: Ter Stegen.

Defenders: Azpilicueta, Van Dijk, Benatia, Robertson.

Midfielder: Eriksen, Kante, Casemiro.

Forwards: Gareth Bale, Lewandowski, Coutinho.

This is only one change from Liverpool's starting lineup in the Champions League final, that is, Lewandowski replaced Suarez.

However, Situ Yunbing no longer needs to have many new requirements for Lewandowski. He only needs to adapt to the team, integrate into the team, and then adapt to the Premier League.

That's all.

Klopp trained him well enough.

If it weren't for Situ Yunbing's achievements in the Bundesliga and in the European arena last season, Lewandowski might have gone to Bayern Munich this summer.

This can also be regarded as the influence of Situ Yunbing winning the players' appeal with his personal charm.

After the game started, Situ Yunbing clearly felt that the atmosphere on the stadium stands was a little deserted.

He looked around the stands and basically the local American fans were sitting in their seats and crossing their legs to watch the game. They might even feel a little lazy. On a sunny afternoon, they were like watching a training session.

It was not surprising that Situ Yunbing shrugged.

Just like British fans may watch American football, this will also be the same.

The Premier League is still in the stage of developing the US market. After all, in this country with a developed sports industry, the big cakes in the sports market have been divided into rugby, ice hockey, NBA, baseball, etc., and football wants to get a piece of the pie? To put it bluntly, it is just the leftovers of the leftovers.

The state Liverpool showed in the game satisfies Situ Yunbing.

Although the game is not fast, the players are still very serious about passing and receiving balls and running positions, and there is no hasty and easy loss of the ball or making mistakes.

When Eriksen or Coutinho makes a wonderful pass, Gareth Bale and Azpilicueta complete a quick breakthrough, American fans will give a little applause to express their appreciation, but they are always like outsiders in football watching and not fully invested in the game.

In the 25th minute of the first half, Gareth Bale shot from the right side of the penalty area and sent the ball into the upper left corner of the goal!

This goal seemed to ignite the passion of the stadium stands.

American fans began to cheer.

Now that the strong body and body Gareth Bale further improves his shooting skills in a targeted manner is the team's current requirement for him. As the best player in the Champions League final last season, Gareth Bale also has the will and consciousness to attack the world's strongest throne.

Even though Situ Yunbing doesn't think the strongest Gareth Bale can't shake the super high efficiency of Ronaldo and Messi starting with 40 goals in the season, he will never attack his disciples and will still give enthusiastic encouragement.

Before the end of the first half, Lewandowski scored a header with Robertson's cross to help Liverpool win another goal.

New players always make the coach happy, and Lewandowski's goal is no exception.

Lewandowski and Suarez are somewhat different in terms of characteristics. Except for shooting, they are almost comparable, but in terms of running and personal skills, Lewandowski is relatively inferior to Suarez, but in terms of tactical discipline and tactical role, Lewandowski is better than Suarez.

So overall, both of them are top centers, it only depends on how the coach uses it.

It can also be said that the comparison between the two's strengths and weaknesses is exactly the most typical difference between South American players and European players.

At the beginning of the second half, Liverpool completed a major rotation in the lineup!

Vardy, Mbappe, Mahrez, Gerard, Henderson, Kulibali, Flanagan, Arnold, Scotter.

Situ Yunbing replaced 9 people in one breath!

Such a spectacular substitution probably made the opponent a little confused.

But what makes Olympiacos intuitively feel that Liverpool is that even if Liverpool replaces 9 players, they can still have an advantage on the court!

Moreover, the trident on the front line still maintains the threatening impact.

When Olympiacos tried to regain the score through counterattack, their defense was hit by Mahrez's straight pass from the side, and Vardy easily scored in the meeting alone.

Liverpool secures the victory!

Olympiacos is really a little frustrated and unwilling. They, who were originally good at defensive counterattacks, turned into a fierce attack by the whole army!

As a result, the last 20 minutes of the game became a counterattack!

Mbappe seized the opportunity to add icing on the cake to Liverpool!

Olympiacos scored two goals in the last 10 minutes!
Chapter completed!
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