The game on the Bulgarian Army Stadium has completely entered garbage time. At least half of the fans in the audience of the stadium have left, and the score displayed on the scoreboard has also become '7:0'. After Zhang Tiehan got out, Alonso inserted an assist to Gerald and scored another goal, and the score was rewritten again.

But when Gerald scored, no one was yelling and excited. There were too many goals, and everyone was used to it, even Liverpool fans.

This might have disappointed Gerald a little.

This was his second goal in the game, but it was the team's seventh goal... After the goal, Gerald looked at the bench with a little sad look... Of course, this was Zhang Tiehan's malicious speculation. At that time, Gerald was waving at him, as if saying, "Look, I scored the second goal, and you are out of the field."

It was really not a good feeling to sit on the bench and watch his teammates score goals. Even though Zhang Tiehan had scored four goals, he still felt this way.

Anyway, Sofia's CSKA goal became a funnel.

7:0, this is also the final score.

The game is over, but anyone knows that it is not over yet. Everyone is discussing the racial discrimination that occurs in the game. Although Bulgarian fans do not seem to have any advantage in the "war" with Zhang Tiehan, racial discrimination is real. This kind of thing happens in the game, especially racial discrimination against a player is always very serious.

In other words, the tragedy of Sofia CSKA is not over yet.

They lost the game with a big score, but it was just a game. Due to what their fans did, they still need to bear some corresponding consequences after the game, such as condemnation from various media, and waiting for UEFA's punishment.

At the press conference at the end of the game, Benitez said that Liverpool would write the matter into the report to UEFA.

In response to reporters' questions, Benitez said angrily, "There is no mistake for fans to strongly support their team, but why use this method? No matter how UEFA handles this matter, Zhang scored four goals in the game are the most powerful counterattack for fans' provocative behavior!"

"The support atmosphere of fans throughout the game was good, but the monkey-like screams were a pity. We should learn to respect others. We should not do similar things that insult others, because this is definitely not conducive to the development of football."

A Bulgarian journalist defended him, "Zhang provoked the fans."

Benitez hit back, "This is an extremely stupid remark. Scoring a goal does not mean provoking the opponent's fans. Everyone can see the matter clearly."

Due to racial discrimination, UEFA representative Bono also attended the press conference, saying to Liverpool General Manager Morrison, "I am extremely concerned about the uninterrupted monkey calls from CSKA fans of Sofia. I want to sue UEFA for this behavior of the Bulgarian club."

Liverpool expressed gratitude to UEFA for their support and condemned the behavior of Bulgarian fans at a press conference. After everything was over, the entire Liverpool team quickly packed their luggage and left Bulgaria.

The reason for this is naturally to avoid causing trouble.

After all, Zhang Tiehan did this in the game, which annoyed many Bulgarian fans. Who knows what these angry fans will do? It is safe to leave early and return to Liverpool.

When returning to Liverpool, UEFA has responded to the racial discrimination in the match, and the UEFA press officer told AFP reporters, "We already know the racist behavior against Cice in the game that day and are waiting for a detailed report from the UEFA representative on the matter."

"Once the evidence is conclusive, we will disciplinary punishment from Sofia CSKA."

A reporter revealed that UEFA has learned about what happened during the game, but is still waiting for written reports from special officials. The regular meeting of UEFA Discipline Committee will be held on the 18th of this month, and the punishment results will be announced to the public.

In short, what is waiting for Sofia CSKA is serious punishment, and no one is asking for the seriousness of the punishment, because UEFA has never been ruthless in combating racial discrimination.

Zhang Tiehan, who returned to Liverpool, was also interviewed. However, many of the reporters who came to interview asked about the conflict between him and Bulgarian fans. Some reporters even thought that Zhang Tiehan should not "do that". Zhang Tiehan was disdainful of this. The incident did not happen to them, so they could naturally say some sarcastic words. He ignored these reporters and just told his thoughts on the official Liverpool website.

“It’s so sad that something like this happens.”

"Since I scored, they have been making sneering like monkeys. It's a shame to happen like this. There are so many stupid people and you can't do anything on the court as a player."

"I haven't encountered this kind of problem yet. This is the first time I've had this kind of experience in my career. The way I can think of is to beat them with goals. I did it, but they must be severely punished, otherwise others will encounter the same thing in the future."

Zhang Tiehan has a bit of fearless spirit of considering others.

Many Liverpool fans left messages on the website to express their sympathy and support for Zhang Tiehan, as if he had suffered a huge grievance. However, many Liverpool players who know the process of the matter really find it difficult to express any sympathy. Especially after thinking about Zhang Tiehan's very "satisfactory" after the game, they couldn't sympathize with him, but instead they had some sympathy for Sofia CSKA.

Because of their fans' actions, they annoyed Zhang Tiehan, but they lost 7-1 and then had to accept UEFA punishment. Zhang Tiehan, the "victim", scored four goals in the game, received the support of a large group of people, and they also had a smile on their face after the game... In short, from this result, Liverpool teammates couldn't sympathize with Zhang Tiehan, the "actual victim".

At the same time, they also warned themselves with this matter--never provoke Zhang Tiehan!

Many teammates reached an agreement on this matter. As a result, during the training the next day, Zhang Tiehan suddenly found that the atmosphere of the team was surprisingly good. Everyone smiled at him, even those who had never said a word, but this was a good thing. Zhang Tiehan didn't think much about it. It would be best to have a good relationship with his teammates.

Then a new round of training began.

The training intensity has dropped now. It is not that the Champions League qualifiers are about to end, but that the Premier League is about to begin.

The Premier League is often more than half a month ahead of other leagues. This year's league starts on August 13, which means that the preparation time for Liverpool is less than three days. When Benitez is doing training plans, he is also aimed at the league, and tactical training is also aimed at the first opponent Middlesbrough.

But Benitez's work is more than that.

While arranging the team to prepare for the game, he still formulated the next tactical changes so that Zhang Tiehan can adapt to the team and gave Gerald, Zhang Tiehan and Alonso the most room to play.

This work is very important.

Gerrard has a very strong personal ability, and Zhang Tiehan has a very strong personal ability. As the player with the best skills among the three and the strongest passing and cooperation ability, Alonso can perform well in any position, but Liverpool also had this problem before - the midfielder led by Gerrard and Alonso, Gerrard's space suppressed Alonso's performance.

If all three of them can exert their full strength, Liverpool will be the strongest.

The only way Benitez came up with is to make more passes, which is the best way to make room for everyone to play.

But ‘pass more’ is not easy to do.

Because of the position of each player, the running of each player, and the opponent's defense, if you want to make more passes, you need tacit cooperation and excellent personal pass and reception skills. Among the three players Gerald, Alonso and Zhang Tiehan, Benitez is most worried about Zhang Tiehan. Not only his skills, but also Benitez considers that Gerald and Alonso's tasks remain unchanged, but only let Zhang Tiehan run more and pass more.

If he can do this, the team's tactical problems will be solved perfectly.

Space is limited, but football matches are sports games. More running will lead to more space. If Zhang Tiehan can increase his running and increase his passing and receiving cooperation, when he retreats, he can form a triangle position with Gerald and Alonso, and the three can pass each other. In this way, Liverpool's offensive formation will have a triangle core, and Liverpool's offense and defense will be composed of Gerald and Alonso's partners, and become a three-core core composed of Zhang Tiehan, Gerald and Alonso.

This is the transition from dual to triple core...

There is no doubt that the three-core has more power than the dual-core and can also produce more effective and more complex tactical cooperation. If Liverpool has three cores, the opponent will not be able to defend at all, and they will not be able to defend three points at once. This will improve the team's offensive ability a lot.

Among the three-man combination, Zhang Tiehan is the most important thing when attacking.

His position is higher than the two, and his position is between them. He has more opportunities and is easily guarded by the opponent. However, with two outstanding players behind him as partners, he also has more options for passing the ball without being easily defended.

But for the team, the most important thing is still Gerald.

Gerald is a player with both offense and defense. His position is in the middle of the formation, and he has always been the core figure in the team's offense and defense transformation.

This is the solution that Benitez came up with.

Three cores...

If the tactic is successful, Liverpool's formation will become 451, and Zhang Tiehan's position should be said to be a front midfielder. This requires much higher requirements for Zhang Tiehan's personal skills and cooperation ability. Therefore, Benitez had to observe Zhang Tiehan's performance before. If, as reported by other media, "Zhang's personal skills are rough and he cannot cooperate well with his teammates," then this tactic itself is impossible to achieve.
Chapter completed!