This is the opening game of the 0405 Premier League season.
At 12:45 on August 14, the game officially started at White Hart Lane in London.
"There are people who play football at noon." Li Tiancheng sat on the bench as he wished, but at this time he began to mutter to himself.
The weather was really nice today. Li Tiancheng squinted his eyes and carefully observed the situation on the field.
Benitez originally planned to let him play in the reserve team for a period of time, then look for opportunities such as the League Cup to gain experience, and finally be a substitute in the league. Fabregas took this path, which is considered safe and reliable.
But Li Tiancheng's performance in the Champions League qualifying matches and training still made Benitez change his mind.
Of course, perhaps the reason is that the transfer action was too slow and the generals Benitez bought could not catch up with this game.
Except for Josemi, no one else in the Spanish Legion planned by Benitez can keep up with today's game.
One thing the two teams have in common in this game is that both teams have new head coaches.
Benitez, Santini, new players and new atmosphere, it is natural for the two new head coaches to use new players.
Liverpool has begun the "post-Irving era", with Cisse and Baros partnering up front.
Because of his similar style to Owen, Cisse became the center of attention and it was no surprise that he started the game.
Spaniard Josemi served as right back, and Finnan, the original right back, was pushed to the right midfield position.
Tottenham's French head coach Santini was even bolder and arranged for 17-year-old Ifill to play at right back. Swedish left back Edman also made his debut in the Premier League. Naibert from Deportivo was paired with Ledley King.
Guard the middle.
Li Tiancheng looked at Ifill, who was also 17 years old, and secretly drooled: If only Benitez was so bold, if only he started the game...
Forget it, such an assumption makes no sense.
Li Tiancheng watched Liverpool gradually gain the upper hand and muttered to himself: Go score goals, score a few more, so I can go up and gain experience.
Although it is very embarrassing, Li Tiancheng has to admit that now he mostly only has garbage time to gain experience.
Not long after the start, Tottenham's Sean Davis brought down Baros. Kewell took a free kick and Gerrard's header went wide.
This was Liverpool's first shot.
In the 5th minute, Kanute brought down Hamann, and referee Gallagher showed the first yellow card of the new season.
Liverpool's offensive was very strong and they kept pressing forward, completely suppressing Tottenham.
Li Tiancheng's observation targets were more focused on Kewell and Finnan.
Although Li Tiancheng is used to changing positions with his opponents when playing football and can play in any frontcourt position, his main positions are undoubtedly the forward and attacking midfielder.
But Benitez wants Li Tiancheng to play on the wing.
Benitez's assistant Ayestaran explained Benitez's intentions to Li Tiancheng.
Benitez believes that being away from the opponent's defensive center of gravity, the penalty area and the middle, Li Tiancheng has more space to use his skills and speed to attack the opponent's defense. It is more suitable to look for suitable opportunities and then insert the camera into the middle or penalty area.
Li Tiancheng now.
Benitez also hopes that Li Tiancheng can play like a traditional full midfielder when defending, and can retreat in time to participate in defense.
Li Tiancheng's performance in the match against the Austrian Hurricanes undoubtedly confirmed Benitez's thoughts.
It's not impossible. Li Tiancheng is used to cutting into the penalty area from the wing. Now he is just a little further away from the penalty area, but...
"Paco, with this style of play, I don't have enough physical strength to support the entire audience." Li Tiancheng frowned.
Paco Ayestalan: "Well, Lee, for now, that's not a problem!"
Li Tiancheng:……
Well, I'm speechless.
Therefore, now Li Tiancheng puts himself into Kewell and Finnan, watches the performance of Kewell and Finnan, and constantly thinks about what choices he would make if he were in their situation at that time. This is also accumulating
experience……
In the 17th minute, Kewell stuffed the ball into the penalty area. Gerrard caught the ball and deceived the immature Ifill and was about to shoot. Ifill grabbed Gerrard's jersey and Davis took the opportunity to clear the ball.
Out of the restricted area.
However, the referee Gallagher did not award a penalty kick, but signaled for the game to continue.
"This guy must have gone to the Chinese Super League for further training!" Li Tiancheng frowned. He couldn't see such an obvious foul, which was too outrageous.
Tottenham's fouls continued to increase. After Redknapp brought down Gerrard from behind, he was also shown a yellow card. This was Tottenham's second yellow card.
It wasn't until the 25th minute that Tottenham counterattacked. Jackson passed into the penalty area and Sean Davis headed the ball wide. This was their first shot.
In the 30th minute, Gerrard's pass crossed Tottenham's entire defense, but Cisse headed the ball high again.
In the 37th minute, Kewell passed the ball and Tottenham defender Naibet took the lead and headed it over the crossbar.
"Why do you mean to gain the upper hand but not score any points?"
At this time, Pangler took a corner kick, Kanut headed the ball out of the penalty area, Finnan got the ball and passed it into the penalty area again, Carragher headed the ball over, and Cisse calmly shot into the lower left corner with his right foot from the edge of the small penalty area.
, Liverpool leads 1:0.
"Finally a goal." Li Tiancheng breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, the White Hart Lane stadium was full of boos, and no one knew who it was for.
After the restart, Liverpool hoped to continue their efforts, and Tottenham's playing style became even more enthusiastic, with scenes of people falling on their backs on the field constantly happening.
In the 40th minute, Gerrard's beautiful volley shot missed slightly.
"What a pity." Hearing the exclamations from behind, Li Tiancheng shook his fist.
At the end of the first half, Liverpool, which had the advantage, was only leading by one goal. Benitez's ability to seize opportunities left Benitez scratching his head.
After the start of the second half, Liverpool's formation began to recycle, giving Tottenham more opportunities to attack.
In the 52nd minute, Kanoute's header fell directly into Dudek's arms.
In the 55th minute, Defoe deceived Josemi and Carragher and then shot slightly wide.
After being continuously threatened by Tottenham, Benitez couldn't sit still and stood on the sidelines and shouted loudly.
Also, his arrangement was obviously to draw Tottenham out so that they could leave more space in the backcourt, but he didn't expect Tottenham to threaten them.
In the 63rd minute, Baros pushed Tottenham's defense into the small penalty area. Kewell cut in and almost succeeded with his left foot cold shot from the front of the penalty area.
Tottenham goalkeeper Robinson didn't expect Kewell to shoot and had no reaction. Unfortunately, the ball missed the goal post.
At this time, Benitez replaced Cisse, the hero of the goal, with Pongler.
"Um?"
Not to mention that Cisse was a little unhappy when he came off the field. Li Tiancheng even muttered a little: Cisse did not perform much on the field except for that goal, but isn't Pangler just a trumped-up Cisse? These two people
Is there any essential difference?
Just a few minutes after Pangler came on the field, he was violently shoveled out by Davis. Such a flagrant foul caused the Liverpool players to directly surround Davis. Of course, the Tottenham players also had to help their teammates...
The referee Gallagher tried his best to calm down the conflict between the two sides. Then when Pongler kicked down Edman to vent his anger, he suddenly remembered that he had something called a yellow card in his pocket.