"In the first round of the Premier League, Liverpool drew away with relegation team Watford. Their poor game state continues!"
"This is not a normal Liverpool team. Yang's suspension and Van Dijk's absence have a huge impact on Liverpool!"
"The Egyptian couldn't find his shooting boots. Salah struggled with Watford's defensive players throughout the game. He completely forgot about his responsibilities. This may be the reason why Chelsea abandoned the Egyptian back then!"
"..."
After the game, Liverpool was collectively criticized by the English media, who all said they could not understand the Premier League champions.
Even the Red Army fans can't understand their own team. They have no idea why the team has become like this?
Many fans feel that last season's Premier League champion and Europa League champion are to blame.
They felt that their group of young players had lost themselves and lost the motivation to move forward after winning the double championship.
But is this really the case?
Actually it’s not!
At least in Klopp's eyes, it is definitely not this reason that affects the player's condition.
But no one can say clearly what the specific reason is.
A player's goal drought is something that comes and goes at a moment's notice.
This is also the reason why some clubs don't like to use young players.
Because the characteristic of young players is instability.
After the draw with Watford in the away game, Klopp, who returned to Melwood, forgot about the game, did not turn on the hair dryer on Salah and the others, and turned around to start preparing for the next important championship battle.
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This game is the European Super Cup held at the Philip II National Arena in Macedonia on August 16.
This will be a focus game that has attracted worldwide attention, between last season's Champions League champion Real Madrid and the Europa League champion Liverpool.
Klopp knows very well how difficult this game is, because they have to face a group of the world's top stars, and a coach who is getting stronger and stronger as he gets balder, and the more bald he gets, the more magical and weird the coach is, Zinedine Zidane.
When Benitez was dismissed from get out of class in January 2016, Zidane, as an assistant, walked to the front desk and took over the Real Madrid coach in response to the calls of the fans.
After this bald man took over Real Madrid, to be honest, he didn't have any very personal style of tactics.
Even sometimes watching games against inferior second- and third-rate teams can make fans feel intimidated.
Many games feel like they are clearly unwinnable, but in the end Real Madrid still wins, always winning or tying the opponent at the last moment.
Last year, the Spanish media used one sentence to summarize the team's performance after Zidane took charge of Real Madrid.
That is, 'Although I don't know how to play, I can win!'
In the 2016-2017 season, this former French legendary superstar of Real Madrid led a group of superstars under his command to create a record of 44 consecutive games and an unbeaten record of 40 consecutive games, breaking the record in the history of Real Madrid and breaking the
La Liga record held by Barcelona.
In last season's Champions League, Zidane also led Real Madrid to defeat the powerful Juventus 4-1 in the final.
It became the first team to defend the Champions League title, and Zidane became the second head coach to win two Champions League titles in just two years.
Klopp has been studying the most powerful opponent in the European competition since Real Madrid won the championship in June.
In his eyes, Zidane is not as simple as the media described him as a head coach without any tactical characteristics.
On the contrary, the fact that he has no tactical characteristics is what makes the French so powerful and scary, because without characteristics it is difficult for his opponents to target him.
As for Zidane's true coaching ability, you can see how extraordinary he is by looking at how many championships he has won in two seasons.
As a head coach, his coaching ability and level are undoubtedly top-notch.
But Klopp feels that the best thing about this guy is his ability to control the locker room. Relying on his brilliant performance as a player and his personal charm, Zidane can easily win the trust of the stars.
This is another reason why Real Madrid has had such brilliant results in the past two seasons.
In addition, this guy has a strong ability to adjust on the spot and is good at rotation. He is good at mobilizing players' enthusiasm and building team cohesion, so that Real Madrid's locker room always maintains a harmonious atmosphere.
This is the result of Klopp's two months of studying Real Madrid. This is an extremely difficult opponent.
If Liverpool wants to make a difference in the Champions League this season, they must get through this seemingly featureless Real Madrid, but in reality they have hidden murderous intentions.
Fortunately, their Liverpool star is also back.
Klopp felt a little lucky when he thought that Mo Yang's suspension had ended.
He was glad that the European Super Cup was postponed due to some force majeure factors, otherwise Mo Yang would not be able to play in this game.
And once Mo Yang is absent, with the current poor state of the team, he really can't see any hope of winning against Real Madrid.
And Klopp also hopes that Moyang can gain valuable experience in playing against the world's top clubs like Real Madrid in this game.
Otherwise, once the two sides meet in the Champions League this season, Mo Yang may be caught off guard.
Although Mo Yang is becoming more and more comprehensive in Klopp's eyes, he has a weakness that is difficult to make up for, that is, his game experience is not rich enough.
At noon on August 14, the entire Liverpool team arrived in Skopje, the capital of Macedonia, and began preparations in advance.
At the same time, Real Madrid, which is far away in Madrid, the Spanish capital, has not yet left.
Inside the multimedia classroom at the Valdebebas training base outside Madrid.
After Zidane, who was extremely feared by Klopp, explained the tactical arrangements, he was watching specially edited highlights of the Liverpool game with a group of big-name stars.
The nearly hour-long highlight reel was coming to an end, but not a single player in the classroom spoke. Everyone was watching intently.
After a while, the screen went dark, and the classroom suddenly became noisy.
"Luka, what do you think of this kid?" Ronaldo leaned on his chair, looking a little lazy, and suddenly asked Modric next to him with a smile.
"Uh!" Modric laughed after being surprised. Although he was unwilling to admit it, he still said truthfully: "I can't compare to him in terms of personal breakthroughs, and also physically. This Chinese has better physical resistance than me.
Some."
That's all Modric said, and he was embarrassed to say the rest.
He personally feels that Mo Yang is weaker than him only in defense, and he has no confidence in defeating Mo Yang in other aspects.
Modric didn't really know much about Mo Yang, a rising football star who has risen rapidly in recent years.
When he first saw the Spanish media comparing him with Mo Yang from time to time, he felt really uncomfortable.
Who is Modric?
Not to mention the number one midfielder in football today, he is also one of the only world-class midfielders currently in world football!
Comparing a young player who had just debuted with him, he felt insulted.
But after getting to know each other privately, he knew that it was not without reason that the media compared the two.
Cristiano Ronaldo immediately became happy when he heard this and smiled narrowly, "I hope you can suppress him during the game, otherwise we will definitely be in big trouble."
Regarding Mo Yang, Cristiano Ronaldo is definitely the one who knows Mo Yang best among all Real Madrid players.
Two years ago, when Mo Yang was still at Leeds United in the English Championship, Ronaldo knew about Mo Yang from his good friend Semedo who also played in the English Championship, and he was successfully mentioned many times by Mo Yang's Semedo.
My curiosity was aroused, and I have been paying attention to Mo Yang ever since.
To this day he still remembers what Semedo said when he met him.