404 The lion walking out of the cage

When Yang Cheng and the Chief Executive held up a Liverpool jersey with the Chief Executive's name printed behind them, the entire venue immediately cheered, and nearly a thousand guests applauded and cheered for the two.

Originally, this should have been done by the team captain Haipia or Gerald and other players, but the club became Yang Cheng for publicity needs, which directly kicked off the entire Red Army Charity Gala.

Yang Cheng and the Chief Executive hugged for a while, and then the Chief Executive came to speak for tonight's charity dinner.

First of all, Teh said that he was a Liverpool fan, and expressed his welcome to Liverpool on behalf of Hong Kong. At the same time, he affirmed Liverpool's good deeds, believing that this is a very meaningful thing, so he devoted himself to it.

Later, he also talked about some things about SARS, affirming Yang Cheng's contributions at home and abroad during the past period. He also called on all walks of life to donate generously and do his best to charity.

In addition to the protagonist Liverpool, this party also invited many celebrity fans, such as Andy Lau, Eason Chan and other star fans. Although some of them are not Liverpool fans, they are still very supportive of the Reds coming to Hong Kong to play.

In the middle of the evening, when Andy Lau and Drogba appeared on the stage together, Yang Cheng sat down below and laughed loudly.

"What are you laughing at?" Rick Parry was a little surprised.

What's so funny about Drogba standing with this Chinese superstar?

It would be fine if you didn't ask, but when Yang Cheng asked, he couldn't stop laughing.

"Which of them do you think is more handsome?" Yang Cheng asked.

Rick Parry was stunned. Do you still need to ask?

Yang Cheng has also become a little obsessed with Weibo recently, so he took this photo with his mobile phone and sent it to Weibo, with the following words: When Andy Lau in Africa meets Andy Lau, who is more handsome?

As soon as he posted on Weibo, a large group of fans immediately followed him.

"You still need to ask, Andy Lau must be the most handsome!" This must be a domestic fan.

"Caesar, you are the most handsome!" This must be Yang Cheng's fan.

"Both are handsome!" Whose fan is this?

This group of football-loving stars also appeared on stage, singing, dancing, and performing their own shows. Just like ordinary fans, the audience who saw this scene through live broadcast was so excited that they were looking forward to tomorrow's game.

You should know that tomorrow's game highlight will be Alan Tam, Chan, Eric Tsang, Andy Lau and others as guest-starred commentators. They will all give live commentary and commentary on the game, and the Chief Executive also said that they will be present in person.

The whole party was held very enthusiastically, and Liverpool also made great efforts to appeal. The Hong Kong Football Association also donated all the income from the party except for a small part of the expenses and used it for charity, which made many media give Liverpool a favorable review.

It is different from Real Madrid, who came to Asia at the same time. They cost money in almost every link, and even fans have to buy tickets to watch their training, reporters have to pay for interviews, etc. In short, every link has a smell of money, which makes the outside world's evaluation of the two teams completely different.

Although Real Madrid is better at making money and Liverpool is better at praise, Liverpool, which has few stars, is not inferior to Real Madrid at all in terms of influence.

The reason is that this is Asia, Yang Cheng's base camp. He is here, especially in China, and he has a natural advantage. Even in ***, South Korea, Singapore and other regions, Yang Cheng's appeal will definitely beat Real Madrid's stars such as Beckham, Zidane, Figo, Irving and Denilson, not to mention the head coach Queros specially invited by Florentino.

Whenever he saw this scene, Florentino felt very uncomfortable because he passed by Yang Cheng again and again. Sometimes he didn't understand why?

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Not much different from the previous two warm-up matches, Yang Cheng still ranked 433 tactics in this game. The goalkeeper was Reina, the defense was Riser, Hepia, Carragher and Fennan, the midfield was Harman, Davis and Gerrard, the winger was Ronaldo and Robben, and the center was Drogba.

The outside world also generally speculates that this should be the main lineup that Yang Cheng has high expectations this season.

However, it is obvious that Hong Kong United cannot create a threat to Liverpool in terms of strength or scene control. Yang Cheng asked the team to push forward from the beginning and launched a fierce attack from the first minute of the game.

In the 14th minute, Liverpool pushed Hong Kong United to attack in the middle of the team. Davis cut off the counterattack from the left and handed the ball to Drogba who was retreating. The Ivorians firmly held the defender behind him with their body and passed the ball to Gerard who rushed up from behind.

Drogba's ball was very comfortable when he took the ball head-on. Gerald almost didn't need to adjust. After getting the ball, he went forward and accelerated to catch up. He rushed to Hong Kong's defense line, entered the penalty area, and scored with a low shot, 1:0!

Liverpool took advantage of the victory to pursue the goal, especially the cooperation between Gerard and Drogba, and the two players seemed to be in a state and tacit understanding. Compared with the previous two warm-up matches, their cooperation seemed to be more tacit understanding.

In the 22nd minute, Drogba received a cross from the left side of the penalty area and headed the ball back to Gerald outside the penalty area. After the latter stopped the ball in his chest, he swung his foot at the front of the penalty area and made a heavy shot. The ball entered the net, 2:0!

After scoring two goals in a row, Gerald rushed over excitedly to celebrate with Drogba. Both of them clearly felt the new tactics of Yang Cheng to play on them. Drogba's role was very obvious, and Gerald's ability was also released. At least he could devote himself to the offense.

Last season, in Hollier's tactical system, he could not push too much when attacking because he had to worry about whether he could return to the position when defending. However, this season, in Yang Cheng's new tactics, he had no concerns in this regard, which allowed him to open up his firepower and do whatever he wanted, just like a lion walking out of the cage!

After scoring two goals in a row, the Hong Kong United obviously began to want to be conservative, but in the 37th minute, Drogba headed the ball and scored a goal after receiving a cross from Gerald from the right, which once again declared that the opponent's defense failed, 3:0!

The successive goals completely ignited the enthusiasm of the fans in the stands. They cheered for Liverpool very excitedly and also cheered for the Hong Kong team. After all, the latter has done his best, indicating that the gap between the two sides is too big.

During the halftime break, Yang Cheng directly replaced most of the players and put the substitutes on the table. Barroche, Kuyt and Davis also scored goals one after another, locking the score at 6:0, and Liverpool won a hearty victory.

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"Hello, Caesar, what do you think of the third game of the Asian tournament? I feel satisfied with those places and those who are not doing well enough?" A British reporter who came with the team stood up and asked.

"Everyone is very satisfied!" Yang Cheng's words made all the reporters present laugh, "We are still running-in. I think this game cannot explain anything. I still said the same thing. We are still running-in."

"Caesar, we all found that after Liverpool's four warm-up matches, the style of playing football seems to be completely different from the team you coached before. It seems to be more concise, but the speed is faster. Is this your purposeful approach? Or are they unable to implement your philosophy yet?" asked an Italian reporter.

"We Chinese have two idioms, namely keeping pace with the times and following the local customs. It means that when you arrive at a place, you have to integrate local customs and habits. The Premier League's football style is very different from Serie A and Bundesliga. I don't think there is any problem with playing like this in the Premier League."

"As the same sentence, we are still running in and looking for the tactical configuration that is most suitable for us. I believe that with the start of the league, our performance will become better and better. Before that, the results of the warm-up match will not explain anything."

The reporters all nodded in one go. It was impossible for the team that had undergone a major blood change to get into the position in one go.

"How do you evaluate Gerald's performance? He has performed very well recently."

Yang Cheng smiled, "He will be an outstanding player. I don't think he should limit his offensive desire and should not sacrifice his offensive talent, so I hope to see him perform better and better!"

"But in comparison, the two young players on the left and right sides, Cristiano Ronaldo and Robben seem to be relatively sluggish. Many experts are strange about your use. When Cristiano Ronaldo was in Portugal, he played on the right side, and Robben played on the left side in the Netherlands, but for you, he was transferred here, this..."

The reporter asked a very obscure question, leaving a step for Yang Cheng and did not say it directly, because in Europe, newspapers have begun to comment on Yang Cheng's use of these two players.

When Robben was in the Netherlands, he performed well on the left and was unparalleled, but Yang Cheng suddenly switched him to the right. The same goes for Robben, which made many people unable to see through Yang Cheng's ideas.

"I'm still saying that, we're still running in. I know very well what I'm doing, and it's not clear to others, so I won't reply to some unnecessary comments, because in that case, I don't have time to deal with the team's affairs at all."

"The last question, do you think Liverpool is likely to win the championship this season?" asked the reporter.

Yang Cheng smiled slightly, "I know many of you are talking about Liverpool's goal is to win the championship, and it seems like we are losing if we don't win the championship, but I have to remind you all that our goal this season is to return to the UEFA Champions League qualification zone and be in the top four in the league."

After a pause, Yang Cheng said: "I won't say we don't want to win the championship. A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier. We are eager to win the championship, but it doesn't mean we will be ambitious. I hope all of us must be clear-headed and realize that we still have a certain gap in strength with other teams. We must play every game more carefully than our competitors, so that we can have a good ranking."

"As for whether we win the championship or not, I never care about it, I just care whether we can win!"

The reporters at the scene immediately gave applause, and Yang Cheng also stood up, said goodbye to the reporters, and left the press conference at the Hong Kong Stadium.

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From Hong Kong to Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Liverpool came to the warm-up match that Yang Cheng paid the most attention to. In addition to host Ajax, the other three teams participating in this warm-up match, Serie A champion Inter Milan and La Liga powerhouse Valencia are all first-class European powerhouses.

Yang Cheng's reunion of meeting his old club is definitely a hype gimmick, but when it was arranged, Ajax played against Liverpool in the first round, Inter Milan played against Valencia, while Inter Milan played against Ajax in the second round, and Liverpool played against Valencia.

In this way, Yang Cheng accidentally passed Inter Milan by chance.

However, when Yang Cheng arrived in Amsterdam, he immediately took advantage of his spare time to visit the hotel stationed in Inter Milan and met with his comrades who had fought side by side not long ago.

Inter Milan also welcomed Yang Cheng's arrival, and many players also talked to Yang Cheng, talking about his current situation in Liverpool, and caring about his situation, so that the reporters who were staying outside felt the deep friendship between them.

In the increasingly utilitarian football world, there are really few people who can do it like Yang Cheng.

In the first game, Inter Milan hit Valencia. With Ronaldo and Van Nicht's double score, Inter Milan defeated Valencia 3-0 cleanly and neatly. The Nerazzurri showed strong control of the court, especially this season, without making large-scale signings, the team basically followed Yang Cheng's previous tactical style.

Bergomi's tactics are not much different from Yang Cheng's previous one. That is, after the team led 3:0, Bergomi replaced Fanny, replaced Cordoba, and adopted defensive counterattack tactics, which made people realize that, it turns out that this is no longer Inter Milan coached by Yang Cheng.

"If you add another move and pursue the victory, the score will be even bigger!" Yang Cheng sighed.

Benitez patted his shoulder, understanding his complicated mood at this moment.

No matter what, Inter Milan is a team carved by Yang Cheng himself, and they are still the most powerful team in today's football world, no doubt about it, but Bergomi's slightly conservative coaching style still disappoints Yang Cheng.

He had reminded Bergomi many times before, but some things really couldn't be changed.

Besides, Yang Cheng himself couldn't take care of himself.

When Liverpool encountered Ajax, Koeman arranged the usual 433 tactics. The famous players in the past life Ibrahimovic, Van der Fat, Sneider, Pinal, Maxville, Trabels and other players were all on the list. Yang Cheng also sent all the main players to play without reservation, hoping to use Ajax to test the strength of the team.

But after 90 minutes of the game, the two sides actually played 0:0.

Liverpool created several scoring opportunities in this game, but they all missed them in vain. Ajax used his more skillful and tacit cooperation to gain an advantage in the scene. Moreover, they were the hosts and performed more proactively. Liverpool's offense still looked messy.

On the contrary, the team's defense, the combination of Hypia and Carragher, after several warm-up matches, the two cooperated better and better, and several times resolved the shots of Van der Fate and Ibrahimovic, especially the former. Van der Fate, with the captain's armband, became the most dazzling player in the game.

0:0, the two sides exchanged blank papers, and Yang Cheng had nothing to say!

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In the second game, Inter Milan defeated Ajax 3-0 cleanly, winning two consecutive victories and 6 goals to the Amsterdam Cup, but in the last game, Liverpool lost 0-1 to Cooper's Valencia.

In this game, both teams did a good job in defense. Liverpool made some adjustments in the field. Smitchell replaced Haman's starter. Yang Cheng wanted to use the Czech pass to create opportunities, but Valencia used the midfield to suppress Liverpool. Both sides became hand-to-hand combat, and neither of them got any benefits.

In the second half, Yang Cheng made adjustments, Murphy replaced Smitchell, Liverpool's tactics became 442, Ronaldo was pulled to the right forward position, Murphy went to the left, Gerald and Davis formed a double central forward, and Robben partnered with Drogba in the front.

442 is the mainstream tactic, and the players are more adaptable. The scene should be a little better. Robben's speed and breakthroughs performed well. Drogba's header in the penalty area is also very threatening, but the combination of Ronaldo and Finnan on the right still lacks power. The former's problem of being too sticky to the ball has not been improved.

On the contrary, on the left, Riser and Murphy's partner, coupled with Robben in the front, showed power, created several opportunities and created threats, but ultimately failed to score.

On the contrary, Valencia, in a counterattack, Vicente made a cross after breaking through on the left, Mista's hurried shot looked very weak and weak, with a very straight angle, heading straight for Dudek.

But Dudek made a mistake at this time. He made a mistake in his judgment. He originally just reached out and hugged the ball, but he raised his foot incredible way, as if he wanted to block the ball. As a result, Mista's unconscious shot actually scored.

In this way, Liverpool lost 0:1 to Valencia.

Lost in both games, 0 goals and conceded 1 goal. Although Liverpool performed well in Asia, many problems were completely exposed in the Amsterdam Cup, especially the team's offensive aspects.

The defense should be considered relatively solid, with an iron triangle midfielder, all of whom can run and grab. Liverpool's interception is very good, and the pressure on the defense is low. In addition, Riser, Hypia, Carragher and Finnan are all powerful stars and have rich experience, so Liverpool's defense does not need to worry about.

But it seems to be a lot of trouble in the offense.
Chapter completed!