"After Ancelotti took over Naples, he quickly abandoned the more radical 433 system left over from the Sarri era and instead created a more balanced 442 system. However, in such an important game today, he discharged
433 formation."
"In the words of the Italian football media, this is Ancelotti's reform! Why do you say that, because for Italian football, their special skill is to play 442 or 4411."
Hearing Zhan Jun's words, Zhang Lu looked away and said: "Ancelotti has tried the 433 formation since he first took charge of Real Madrid. His seemingly single-arrow center tactic is actually the concept of double centers!"
On the field, Napoli played 433 as Zhang Lu said. Ancelotti's 433 did turn into 442 from time to time. Callejon, the right winger in this game, was often not found on the right side of the frontcourt.
The game had already started for five or six minutes, but even if the pace of the game was slow for Napoli, Liverpool was also slower than ever. It didn't look like a Liverpool game at all.
This also allowed countless fans to see the huge impact of away games and the Little Devil schedule on Liverpool.
Mo Yang knew that his teammates were more tired than him, so he followed Klopp's pre-match instructions and slowed down the pace of the game.
At the same time, Mo Yang was also carefully observing Naples' tactics.
Mo Yang found that Naples players have very good foot skills. Like them, they are also pursuing possession of the ball during this period.
After taking control of the ball, Naples will steadily strive to advance. Once the offense is blocked, they will immediately pass the ball back to the backcourt to reorganize. They play very smartly and never give them a chance to press in the midfield and backcourt.
Once Liverpool's formation presses forward, Naples's game rhythm will suddenly accelerate, and they will immediately put pressure on Alexander-Arnold and Robertson through the wings.
Mo Yang knew very well that Naples, who were playing at home, were in a game rhythm that they liked and were familiar with very much, while Liverpool was exactly the opposite.
In the 10th minute of the game, in the Naples half, on the right side of the center circle, Liverpool got a sideline ball.
Mo Yang ran sideways towards Arnold, looking like he was preparing to catch the ball.
For Liverpool, a super commander, the Naples players collectively received instructions from Ancelotti before the game not to be careless in any way and to always have someone following them.
Naples left winger Lu Yins saw Mo Yang's move and immediately followed him.
Unexpectedly, Mo Yang made a false shot, rushed to the sideline, suddenly turned around and ran forward along the sideline. Not only did he directly take Lu Yins away, but he also attracted the attention of Napoli's left midfielder Hamsik, who then retreated.
A few steps.
Outside the sideline, Arnold, who was holding the ball high, saw Mo Yang creating an opportunity for him to serve. He immediately threw it forward and directly threw it to Yin Bu, who retreated from the center and ran around in front of Arnold.
Yin Bu caught the ball, and before he could turn around, the tall Hamsik quickly rushed forward and stuck to Yin Bu to defend him.
Yin Bu originally wanted to use his skills to get rid of Hamsik, but he soon discovered that the Naples player's position was very distant and subtle. This was obviously to prevent his breakthrough.
Without enough confidence, Yin Bu used his strong body to protect the ball and drove it laterally to the center.
After running a few meters, Yin Bu quickly pushed the ball to Milner who retreated in front of him to receive the ball, then turned around and moved forward, returning to his position in the middle.
Before the ball came to him, Milner, who was observing, saw Alan Marquez, another quick and agile defensive midfielder from Naples, approaching with a crab step.
Milner found that Mane and Salah were not in good positions. He did not dare to take risks, turned around and knocked the ball back without stopping.
On the left side of the center circle, Fabinho faced the mid-high ball knocked back by Milner. He raised his left foot to hook the ball, but missed it and missed the ball. It happened to be caught by Milik in front of him.
This scene left Klopp quite speechless on the sidelines.
Klopp knew that the players had not slept well because of the harassment from Naples fans last night, but he did not expect that it would be serious enough to make such a low-level mistake.
On the field, Naples forward Milik quickly started to speed after getting the ball.
Liverpool's reaction was not slow either. Gomez quickly came over to Milik's left, and together with Fabinho chasing after him, the two quickly compressed Milik's running space and forced Milik to return from the center circle.
Van Dyke retreated, trying to form a three-man encirclement.
On the sidelines, Anchettino was also worried. Once Liverpool's encirclement was formed, all Milik's ball routes would be cut off.
On the court, after taking the ball a few meters, Milik quickly made the right choice.
He did not choose to continue driving forward, but suddenly turned to face the right, their right wing, and began to dribble the ball laterally.
This subtle turn directly broke Liverpool's three-man encirclement.
Gomez and the other three can only resort to tricks.
Van Dijk quickly retreated in front of the top of the arc. Under his roaring command, Gomez followed Milik closely and refused to let him turn around.
As he ran further forward, he was about to run into Arnold, who was retreating from the left wing.
At this moment, Naples right winger Callejon rushed in front of Milik.
Callejon took off his foot directly to meet the ball that Milik knocked back. With a bang, the ball rose into the air and was directly carried towards the ribs of the left half.
In the right rib area of Liverpool, the Naples left winger Insigne, who had inserted behind him, removed the ball with his chest, then directly kicked off the end line of the penalty area and fired a powerful shot. The ball stuck to the turf and went straight to the far corner.
In the small penalty area, close to the right goal post, Alisson quickly fell to the ground and dived to the left side. With a flick of his fingertips, the ball shot by Insigne showed an obvious small break line, and then grazed the left goal post of Liverpool.
Pass through the sliding door.
"fool!
!
"
A sharp exclamation echoed through the St. Paul Stadium.
Naples fans were extremely sorry, while Liverpool fans looked relieved.
"There was a mistake in stopping the ball and the defense completely lost its position. Liverpool's state today is really bad!" Zhan Jun shook his head and said.
Zhang Lu nodded, "If this goal is scored, Fabinho will bear a lot of responsibility. He missed the ball. Gomez has already followed Milik, and Van Dijk is also in the middle of the top of the arc. At this time
He should have turned around to keep an eye on Insigne, who was driving towards the left rib area, but he didn't."
"Look what he is doing, watching Gomez and Milik fighting, Van Dijk has raised his finger to point at Insigne, but he can't see it!" Zhan Jun said
Quite helpless.
"Not focused enough!" Zhang Lu nodded.
At this time, Mo Yang stopped on the center line of the right wing, his brows already furrowed.
Mo Yang never expected that the team was in such a bad state today that they would even make such low-level mistakes that had not been seen for a long time.
At this moment, Mo Yang had a bad feeling that today's game might be difficult.
"Fabi! What are you doing? Are you walking in front? Why don't you listen to Virgil's command and keep an eye on the striker in advance?"
In the penalty area, Alisson quickly got up after completing the save, immediately got angry, and fired at Fabinho.
Fabinho obviously felt guilty, lowering his head and grinning without replying.
He was indeed a little careless with this ball. Although he didn't see Van Dijk's gesture when he chased it back, he knew that Insigne was behind him and inserted it into his right rib area.
But at that time he saw any intention of passing the ball from the Napoli ball-carrying player.
Even if he can move over, he can run towards Van Dijk's position and let Van Dijk move sideways to the right to mark Insigne.
Therefore, he did not conduct man-to-man defense immediately.
As a result, I never expected that Naples' offense would suddenly speed up and transfer the ball in an instant, and it was still so accurate.
