blogombal Chapter 427
Chapter 427
Lyon training base.
The first-team players have just finished today's training and are walking to the locker room in twos and threes, preparing to change clothes and go home after get off work.
Houllier, who has finished a day's work, is also walking to his office.
In order to prepare for tomorrow's Champions League round of 16 match against Leeds United, Houllier will work overtime for two or three hours almost every day during this period, unless he is leading the team in a match.
Tomorrow is the match day. Except for the fact that the starting lineup has not been announced, everything he should prepare is ready. There is no point in working overtime today.
So the French coach has already thought about it.
I will never work overtime today! I will go back to the office to pack up and go home to enjoy the delicious food my wife has prepared!
But before he walked out of the training ground, the voice of his assistant Nix came from behind him.
"Girard, wait for me! I have something to tell you!"
Houllier, who heard the voice, not only did not stand there waiting for Nix, but even quickened his pace.
At this time, the French coach had only one thought in his mind.
No one wants me to work overtime today! I want to go back and eat the duck confit that my wife prepared at noon!
Houlier is sixty, but Nix is only in his early fifties. Before Houllier in front could slip out of the training ground, Nix behind caught up.
Pulling Houllier's sleeve, Knicks was a little out of breath: "No, Girard, why are you running!?"
Houlier, who was pulled, blinked innocently and turned to look at Knicks: "Where did I run?"
"Brother, how many years have we been friends." Knicks pointed at Houllier's legs speechlessly, "What's the difference between your speed just now and running? What's wrong? Aren't you afraid of a recurrence of heart disease at this time?"
"Don't talk about these useless things." Houllier pulled away Knicks' hand holding him, and his round face was full of dissatisfaction with having to wait a few minutes to eat the duck confit, "What's the matter?"
"Yes!" Knicks handed the phone tightly held in his other hand to Houllier, with a disdainful tone, "The latest news report in the afternoon, it seems that our opponent is a bit too arrogant."
Houlier took the phone, and the screen was the analysis of "Team News", and below it were photos of Li Shiguang and a clip of him being interviewed at the airport in the afternoon.
Browse it roughly.
Hollier smiled and said nothing. He returned the phone to Knicks and turned around to continue walking out of the training ground.
Knicks, who took the phone, was confused and stood there for a while. After a while, he caught up with Hollier and asked, "No, Girard, don't you have anything to say?"
"What's there to say about this?" Hollier looked normal, "It's just a media report."
Knicks looked at the photo of Li Shiguang on the phone with disgust and roared angrily, "Hey! Did you see clearly? He said in the interview that he wanted to kill the entire series in the first round! This is too contemptuous! If you ask me, let's not play any defensive counterattacks tomorrow! This is our home court. Let's just open up and play against them to see who really kills the entire series!"
While Knicks was very excited and talking with his hands and feet, Hollier kept smiling at the corners of his mouth and walked forward at a moderate pace.
Until he heard Knicks' next words.
Houllier gradually slowed down his pace and his face became serious.
When Nix finished speaking, he found that Houllier had stopped and stood there looking at him seriously.
Houllier's behavior made Nix a little scared.
More than ten years of cooperation.
Nix knew Houllier's character very well. His partner's current state proved that there must be something wrong with what he said just now!
Before he asked.
Houllier, who had stopped, spoke first.
"Hey... Knicks, you are over 50 years old, why are you still so impatient at work!? Just based on a news report, we have to change the tactics we have already formulated? How do you know that what is said in the news is true!? After so many years, you still haven't figured out the habits of these media?"
"Not just one..." Knicks muttered and explained, "I have read many media, and their reports are similar. Li must have said so in the interview!"
"Even if Li really said these words, so what!?" Houllier was a little angry, "No matter what, Leeds United is stronger than us on paper, this is an objective fact! If we want to win this series, we must stabilize the defense line before talking about other things!"
"What does it matter if the scene looks good!? What we want is victory! To enter the quarterfinals of the Champions League! Who says defense is bloodless!?"
Knicks wasHoullier was stunned by what he said, and his cheeks were slightly red.
Indeed!
The decision to play a defensive counterattack with a five-back formation tomorrow was made after he and Houllier studied it for almost half a month.
Even Knicks himself did not expect it.
He actually got excited because of a few news reports in the media and suddenly wanted to overturn the results of the previous half a month's work!
"And look at your emotions now, Knicks." Seeing that his old partner seemed to realize the problem, Houllier's tone slowed down, "This is probably the ultimate purpose of Lee's words in the interview. Once we are stimulated, and then we let go and play against them tomorrow, maybe the final outcome will really be like what Lee said, Leeds United only took one round to kill the entire series!"
Fuck!
Knicks is not a fledgling child.
Houllier's analysis is not unreasonable.
At this time, an idea really popped up in Knicks' mind. Maybe what Houllier said was true. The reason why Li Shiguang was so arrogant in the media was that he was just pretending to show them.
In other words, Houllier was cunning enough to see Li Shiguang's intention at a glance.
Fortunately, the head coach of Lyon was Houllier, not himself...
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Li Shiguang naturally didn't know that the point he accidentally thought of had really become a reality. Tomorrow Houllier was really going to use a pure defensive system with five defenders to deal with the powerful Leeds United.
After finishing work with Rivaldo, Li Shiguang slept comfortably. After dinner, he took Simeone and Rivaldo, who were still resentful, to his room again, quietly waiting for the first few games to start tonight.
The four games tonight are Schalke 04 at home against Porto, Manchester United at home against Inter Milan, Roma at home against Real Madrid, and Olympiacos at home against Chelsea.
There is no doubt that the two games between Manchester United and Inter Milan and Roma and Real Madrid are the most popular.
And the game that Li Shiguang, who is a little selfish, plans to watch in its entirety is the one between Manchester United and Inter Milan at home...