In the second round of the Premier League, Liverpool's opponent is Sunderland. This is his home game at Anfield and also Liverpool's first home game in the new season. Since it is the first home game, the tickets for this game were sold out. Liverpool fans want to see what the performance of the first home team of the season can be.

Sunderland had only a few small fuss in the summer transfer market.

Two newly joined young forwards will be held with hope. Stede from Blackburn and Le Talek from Liverpool rented by Liverpool have potential, but it is only potential. The departure of old forward Brian Dean has a great impact on Sunderland.

The media's evaluation of Sunderland is that whether to fight for relegation depends on luck.

The same is true for their performance. Sunderland played against Charlton at home in the first round, but lost 1:3. Their performance at the start of the game was a bit poor. Many media did not comment on Sunderland very well. Compared with other Premier League teams, they really have nothing to say. When commenting on the 20 Premier League teams, the Manchester Sports newspaper described Sunderland like this: "If McCarthy wants to relegate, all he can hope for is the fighting spirit and spirit of the players."

Yes, Sunderland is now in line for coach McCarthy, and he can only rely on his spirit of daring to fight if he wants to relegate.

Compared with Liverpool, who won the "Big King" in the summer, performed well in the first round, and was a century-old Premier League giant, Sunderland's strength is much worse. Almost no one is optimistic about them being able to get points at Anfield Stadium. In fact, except for Liverpool media and fans, there are very few people paying attention to the game, because the focus of this round is the battle between Chelsea and Arsenal. Liverpool vs Sunderland is not worth mentioning in comparison.

On the day before the game, Zhang Tiehan still trained hard. He could feel his improvement in training, and he also wanted to truly adapt to new tactics and exert his strength in tomorrow's game.

That's what he thought.

But it is still difficult to really do it. He is very clear about this. After all, there is not much time to adapt to new tactics, and he is still a position he is not good at. He is learning new things every day, working hard to improve and adapt. In this match against Sunderland, Zhang Tiehan also decided to determine the winning advantage first and then adapt to the tactics.

But when the game started, Zhang Tiehan was very upset.

Confirm the victory of the game? It’s not that easy. Now almost all opponents have developed defensive strategies for him. When he comes to the frontcourt, especially when he gets the ball, he almost feels like he’s in a quagmire. It’s too difficult to find opportunities to dribble forward, even if he can pass the opponent’s players occasionally, but it’s useless at all. Sunderland has more than one player in his defensive arrangement against him.

Especially when he passed by a player, he found that he had no chance to pass the ball, which was even more depressed.

With the opponent's defense against himself... Zhang Tiehan could only smile bitterly. He originally wanted to score a few more goals in the game and win the support of Liverpool fans at Anfield Stadium, but now it seems that it is really difficult to achieve this goal.

But his performance was pretty good.

Halfway through the first half. Although there was no goal, Zhang Tiehan still completed four shots. Two of them were within the goal frame. What made Sunderland most helpless was Zhang Tiehan's impact. He was like a tank fortress, constantly rushing to Sunderland's defense line. They had to split almost half of the defense to deal with Zhang Tiehan, and then the defensive intensity against other Liverpool players was naturally much less.

This gave Liverpool's other players a lot of opportunities.

No matter how Zhang Tiehan performs, at least he easily completed the task of "tactical center", but Zhang Tiehan is not satisfied. He is not a tactical center, but a real player who can score goals. If such a game continues, he will become the second Barrosh... Perhaps he has much stronger personal abilities than Barrosh, but his role in the game is really similar.

After the last game, plus this game, Zhang Tiehan understood a little why Benitez wanted to change his tactics for him. Continuing his original tactics, he could only become the "enhanced version of Barroche". It was not very effective for Liverpool to increase his strength. After all, his ability has been known by too many teams. The opponent defended his ability. Even if he attracted more defensive attention, it was just attracting defense. What Zhang Tiehan wanted was to score goals. Liverpool club spent 30 million pounds to bring him to the team for his goal-scoring ability.

So Zhang Tiehan began to try to retreat, and at the same time increased the number of cooperation with Gerald and Alonso.

In this way, it would not be easy for Sunderland to impose a comprehensive restriction on him, but at the same time, Zhang Tiehan's threat to Sunderland's defense line was much smaller. After all, his position was retreated and there was no forward impact. Sunderland could feel at ease to disperse to defend others.

There are gains and losses, and the combination of the three midfielders has increased their control over football a lot. Liverpool has controlled the rhythm on the court, but after all, Zhang Tiehan has just begun to adapt to the new position, and his performance can only be said to be average, stronger than the previous game, but it has not reached the "world-class level" that fans expected.

But in the eyes of Liverpool teammates, Zhang Tiehan's performance is still good.

For example, in the last game, he would do many purposeless passes. Those passes are not very effective, and even some are counterproductive. Now Zhang Tiehan's passes are more skillful and practical, which is also a major feature of Liverpool's tactics. In addition, in terms of running positions, Zhang Tiehan has added a lot of explosive runs instead of aimless running, so that his teammates can easily find his position and pass the ball safely; in addition, Zhang Tiehan will not retreat and overlap with Gerald and Alonso's positions. In the last game, Zhang Tiehan retreated too far or too far, which makes it difficult to cooperate. Now Zhang Tiehan's position will always be a certain distance between Gerald and Alonso, which is not long or short, which is suitable for passing cooperation. In addition, when there is a loophole in the opponent's defense, Zhang Tiehan can sometimes grasp it.

Overall, his performance can become a qualified midfielder.

But it's just qualified.

Zhang Tiehan still doesn't know how to run to combine his personal ability and tactics best. That's a point of fit. As long as he grasps this, he can truly integrate into new tactics and exert all his strength.

It's a little early now...

However, Benitez on the Liverpool coach's bench was quite satisfied, and even a little surprised. He knew that Zhang Tiehan had made rapid progress, but he didn't expect it to be so fast. In his opinion, it would be good that Zhang Tiehan could adapt to the new position within two or three months. After another two or three months, he could cooperate with his teammates tacitly. At the same time, he showed excellent personal abilities, but now... it seems that it won't take so long. At this speed of progress, he will probably be able to do his best in another month.

One month...? What a joke.

Benitez was frightened by his own thoughts. It was only a month, and it was really not long. You know, a player. Even a world superstar, it is not easy to adapt to the tactics when he comes to a new team. There are many excellent players. After coming to a team, he will not adapt from beginning to end, and then he will perform poorly and have to choose to leave.

Even if a Premier League player transfers to a new Premier League club, it will take some time to adapt. It only takes one month...that is probably the best situation.

Zhang Tiehan's progress is too exaggerated, as if he was born for a new position. He shouldn't be a center at all... It's obviously not reasonable. Zhang Tiehan became the Serie A scorer king and the Champions League scorer king last season. If he is not suitable for the center, he probably won't be able to say that he is suitable.

In short, Zhang Tiehan's progress is amazing.

But this is only what Benitez and Liverpool teammates think so because they know Zhang Tiehan's recent training very well. In the eyes of the media and ordinary fans, Zhang Tiehan's performance is average, not at all the world's top forward level, and most importantly, he did not score a goal. He did not score in the entire first half, Liverpool had the advantage on the field, but also scored a goal in the end.

Fans are looking forward to the second half.

But when the second half came, Zhang Tiehan's performance was nothing special. His performance was even worse than the first half. In the first half, he was able to effectively impact the Sunderland defense line, but he rarely saw it in the second half. He seemed to be passing the ball with aimlessness, and the real threat was nothing but two long shots. However, long shots were really nothing new to Zhang Tiehan, and in the end he still didn't score.

Although Liverpool has many opportunities, they have not scored goals. Perhaps this is related to luck. Liverpool's three-step goal post made Liverpool fans feel helpless.

One of the kicks was Zhang Tiehan's, but compared with Liverpool fans and all the English media's evaluation and expectations of Zhang Tiehan, Zhang Tiehan's performance can only be considered barely qualified.

The two teams finally shook hands 0:0 and made peace.

This score is acceptable to Sunderland. It is a game against a team like Liverpool, and it is a draw that satisfies them on the road. However, for Liverpool, the result is a bit bad. They deserve to win and get all three points in the match against Sunderland. Losing these two points means they have to make more efforts in the future.

After the game, Manchester Sports News scored Zhang Tiehan only '5'.

However, Manchester Sports represents Manchester United. Their views that hate Zhang Tiehan are naturally not popular. Their ratings can only be referenced. Most media have given Zhang Tiehan a score higher than six points, but overall they do not have a high score.

The commentator of Sky TV's post-match was, "Zhang's performance was pretty good, but obviously he has not adapted to the team. He needs more time to gain a foothold in Liverpool and have the same amazing performance as when he was in Rome."

"Liverpool fans should be patient. Zhang's occasional outstanding performance in the game is still remarkable, especially in the first half, he alone had a very strong impact on Sunderland's defense line. Sunderland had to concentrate on defending him so that other Liverpool people could get more opportunities. Zhang should make more use of this, rather than making unnecessary passes and catches with his teammates in the back..."

Sky TV commentator talked about Zhang Tiehan's passing problem, which seemed unnecessary in his opinion. Sunderland defender Stabs also said in an interview, "He is very powerful and strong. I bumped him into it, and his shoulders are still a little hurt... Fortunately, they are not lucky and we tied, which is acceptable for us."

Sunderland coach McCarthy also mentioned this in the news release, "I am very happy to have a draw at Anfield Stadium, which is precious to us."

But Benitez was not dissatisfied with the game, but he was very satisfied with his performance. "Yes, I am very satisfied. All we lack is some luck. You should know that there are always all kinds of accidents on the football field. When facing these accidents, you have to accept them calmly. This draw is a bit unexpected to me. But my players performed very well, and I am proud of them."

Next, a reporter asked Zhang Tiehan.

Benitez said, "Zhang's performance is very good. I'm seeing that he and his teammates are getting better and better. I believe he can adapt to the team and the Premier League quickly, and the team's game will be easier by then."

But some media are still skeptical about Zhang Tiehan's performance. After all, Zhang Tiehan scored 43 Serie A goals last season. As long as he plays, he can score 1.3 goals in each game. This number is far higher than all European strikers including Girardino, Van Nie and Henry.

Now, Zhang Tiehan has not scored in two Premier League games, and one of the opponents is Sunderland, who can only relegate, and this performance is doubtful.

The media, who had the idea of ​​"see" before, also expressed some doubts.

"Zhang's performance is not good, Liverpool may have made a loss deal..."

"The champion is in exchange for parallel goods?"

"In the past round of the league, Zhang did not score a goal, which disappointed many Liverpool fans."

"Liverpool vs Sunderland, 0:0? Where is the ball?"

"Where is Mr. Thirty Million Pounds?"

Many media reported on Zhang Tiehan's game, and their comments were not very good. Some Liverpool media even expressed doubts. However, Liverpool teammates and coach Benitez already supported Zhang Tiehan, which somewhat suppressed these doubts.

But there are many doubts, and Zhang Tiehan is also under pressure.

Although he scored a goal in the team, he had not scored a goal in the Premier League. He was still a little depressed in this performance. He had been looking for opportunities in the game, but it was really difficult. The opponent's defense was very strict, unless the team gave him all his support, just like playing against CSKA, but he also knew that it was impossible.

Such a tactic can only be used to kick weak teams.

If you use that tactic when playing against Manchester United, Chelsea, and Arsenal, it will be difficult for you to perform. Just like last season when Rome played against Juventus, he could not find any chance. Juventus completely suppressed Rome with his strength. No matter how strong his personal ability, the team was completely passive, and if you want to become a team that won the championship, you can't rely solely on himself in offense.

He knew this, but he was still a little depressed.

So in daily training, Zhang Tiehan worked harder. He devoted 100% of his energy to the training, just hoping that he could perform better in the next game, truly integrate into the new tactics, and perform better. This is Zhang Tiehan's goal in the short term. In a week, he did not even accept an interview, nor went out to play once, but just train and train.

All the Liverpool teammates who watched Zhang Tiehan train had a feeling--in just one month, no, in about a shorter time, Zhang Tiehan's performance would definitely surprise everyone, including those who watched Zhang Tiehan improve.

This feeling is strange...

But that's what they think.

They don’t know what kind of strength Liverpool will burst out at that time, but what they know is that Zhang Tiehan will perform very well and he will soon become the most important player in Liverpool.

Even Gerald thinks so.

He is now the most important player at Liverpool and the core of the midfield, but will he still be the case next month? Looking at Zhang Tiehan's training, he sometimes thinks this way, but soon he gets happy - isn't this what he always wants?

Teammates are stronger and the team is stronger. Let’s win all kinds of honors together!

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