FA Cup final, Wembley Stadium.

Daglish sat in the coach's seat with pins and needles, holding his chin with both hands and staring at the stadium with his brows.

Being trapped

Steve Clark, the assistant coach on the side, had long been unable to sit still, stood on the sidelines and watched, shouting a few words to the court from time to time, reminding the players to bet.

This is an experienced assistant coach, and even has the ability to stand on his own.

At the beginning, Liverpool saw that Darglish had not coached for many years and was a little out of touch with modern football, so he invited this former Mourinho assistant to Liverpool to assist Darglish.

Therefore, this assistant coach has a great reputation in the team.

But even so, it still cannot change Liverpool's disadvantage on the court.

Southampton has launched a fierce attack on Liverpool almost from the beginning of the game, rushing the Reds' midfield and defense again and again.

In this game, Liverpool also made big problems in the deployment of troops.

The goalkeepers are Reina, and the defenses are Jose, Enrique, Scotter, Ager and Glenn and Johnson respectively.

The midfielder is the three-midfield combination of Gerald, Spirin and Henderson, while the frontcourt is Downing, Suarez and Bellamy.

The reason why Daglish and Clark lined up such a lineup is more because they wanted to take the initiative in the game.

But what they didn't expect was that Southampton would put a big push from the beginning.

Goalkeeper Neuer, the defense is David Raba, Xavi Martinez, Gary Cahill and Carvajal, the midfield is Stroman, Matic and Vidal, and the frontfield trident is Neymar, Drogba and Sturric.

Tony Cross didn't even get on

This completely disrupted the arrangement before the game in Daglish

In the two targeted training games yesterday, Liverpool conducted drills on how to encircle Tony Kroos and suppress Southampton's midfielder.

But yesterday evening, at a Southampton press conference, Bielsa announced that Tony Kroos was absent due to injury.

This disrupted Liverpool's deployment.

Today, Liverpool has no way to conduct tactical drills for the last pre-match training class out of confidentiality.

What Dalglish and Clark can do is remind players to deal with it as much as possible.

What does one say?

Competitions are the result of training. If the training is not done well enough, it will be difficult to play well.

With Southampton's strength, even if Liverpool is a tactical opponent, they may not be able to defeat the opponent.

Not to mention that the tactics are completely wrong now

The simplest point is that Southampton kept hitting Spirin at this point, and Vidal and Stroman both boldly pressed.

Liverpool had no choice but to return Gerald and Henderson.

This leads to a full passiveness.

Steve Clark, who was standing in the coach's seat, looked at the time, then looked at the situation, and sighed helplessly.

"Kenny, we have to make adjustments"

Daglish still looked straight ahead and asked indifferently, "Substitute?"

Clark was speechless.

I'm going to change people in just ten minutes?

In the professional league, except for major injuries, the head coach will not substitute in the first half.

Even if there are substitutions in the midfield, there are relatively few.

First of all, this is to admit that the team's starting tactics failed, which will hit the team's morale and the players' fighting spirit.

Secondly, the players who were replaced must be unhappy because he would think that the head coach brought him as a scapegoat.

If you really make substitutions now, the players will definitely become popular, and there will definitely be no more fans in the stands.

"But the situation is bad now," Clark said worriedly.

"Southampton's midfielder put in a big push and used Spirin to hit the back midfielder. The effect was not achieved, but instead exposed the weakness. Gerald and Henderson retreated all the way. The three players in the frontcourt did not have high defensive investment, so our defensive pressure was too great."

How could Daglish not know?

However, Liverpool has no trustworthy defensive midfielder at all.

Since Mascherano switched to Barcelona, ​​Merreles has switched to Chelsea. Although Liverpool has trained a Lucas, the Brazilian midfielder has suffered frequent injuries and is absent from this game due to injuries.

He is a clever woman now, and he can't cook without rice.

Under the rotation of Vidal and Stroman, Spirin made frequent mistakes after the start and became very nervous.

Henderson is basically a so-called role, without decent passes and performances.

The only one who is more concise is Gerald.

The Red Army Captain worked hard and had good football skills and awareness, but the key is that he is old and no longer as brave as he used to be.

"Go a bet, maybe there is a chance to fight back," Daglish could only say that.

It's true that in just two or three minutes, Southampton's offensive seemed to be a little relaxed, and Liverpool seized an opportunity and launched a counterattack.

Henderson, who had no performance in the entire first half, actually gave a long diagonal pass.

Bellamy quickly followed the right and chased the ball and rushed up.

This move immediately made the Reds fans in the stands of Wembley Stadium burst into enthusiasm.

For a moment, the entire Wembley Stadium was filled with the voices of Red Army fans.

Bellamy finally caught up with the ball on the right side of the Southampton penalty area.

As soon as I stopped, I raised my head, but saw a flash of figure in front of me.

David He Laba is back

This kid is really fast

Bellamy forgot that she was about to be thirty-three years old.

I saw the Welsh man skillfully placing the ball, and suddenly he made a fake move and wanted to throw away David Raba.

Suarez and Downing were both here in the middle, and Gerald and Henderson rushed into the 30-meter area.

As long as you get rid of David Raba, there will be a lot of opportunities, and maybe you can create a threat

But just as Bellamy threw away the David River, he had been helping to defend himself, and Harvey Martinez, who had been behind the David River, suddenly stepped forward and poked Bellamy's ball out.

This time the Spanish defended very decisively and calmly

After the ball was stabbed, it fell behind Bellamy. David He Laba quickly chased after him and rushed forward with a big foot before the Liverpool player.

The ball cleared not far away, and the landing point was still in the half of Southampton, around the top of the arc in the middle circle.

Drogba blocked Ag with his body, and headed forward against the ball's landing point.

The ball hit Stroman.

The Dutch looked towards the attack, looked at Neymar on the left, and then looked at Sturridge on the right. He knew it. When the ball arrived, he stopped and rubbed.

The ball drew a low, flat and fast arc, barely crossed the head of Liverpool left-back Jose Enrique and landed behind the defense line.

Sturridge was like a cheetah ready to go, waiting for an opportunity to stare at his prey. When the ball arrived, it immediately started quickly like a flash of lightning, sprinting forward, and instantly left Jose Enrique behind.

This time, the audience cheered and became a Southampton fan

All Saints fans shouted Sturridge's name to cheer for the young English player

After Sturridge threw away Jose and Enrique, there were no defensive players in front.

Another Liverpool central defender, Scotter, is still a little far away. Even if he runs over to defend, Sturridge can already rush into the penalty area.

It can be said that at this time Sturridge's opponent was no longer someone else, but himself.

Stop the ball, bring the ball, and play this single shot

Sturridge sprinted very fast, but he was also paying attention to the ball.

In order to avoid being caught up by Jose Enrique, he did not turn around and stop the ball because it was so slow.

He directly faced the landing point of the ball and raised his foot and gently picked it up.

When the feeling of contact with the ball came from the instep, he knew that he had picked it.

The ball bounced back, the body chased after it, and the chest pushed the ball forward.

Although Jose Enrique caught up, Sturridge blocked him with his body.

The Spanish left-back stretched out his hand and tried to pull Sturic down behind him.

But the Englishman just staggered, but did not fall to the ground, but instead started to accelerate again with the trend.

After facing the ball, the people and the ball entered the penalty area.

Scotter came over, Jose Enrique was behind him, but Sturridge didn't even look at them.
To be continued...