The first tumor in football

Chapter 233 Pre-match Storm
Klopp's tactical board was surrounded by six cups of espresso, Guardiola's fingertips drew blue tracks on the iPad, and Mourinho's marker left scarlet arrows on the floor-to-ceiling windows.

The glass reflects the dark clouds over the Mersey River outside the window, and the wisdom of six famous Premier League coaches is converging into a formula to fight against Song Wen.

"There is a 0.7 second sign of his change of direction." Wenger pointed a laser pointer at the bone dynamic diagram on the screen. "Before he touches the ball, his left shoulder will be 5 degrees lower than his right shoulder. This is the finding of Arsenal's laboratory after analyzing 147 of his video games."

The French professor recalled Song Wen's three rainbow passes against Paris, "Pay attention to the swing of the ankle joint - 3 centimeters larger than Neymar's standard action, which will cause the center of gravity to shift for 0.3 seconds longer."

Mourinho suddenly smashed the coffee cup on the screenshot of the video of Tottenham vs Atletico Madrid: "Let Arnold and Robertson play cross chain!"

He drew two black arcs on the window glass. "When Song Wen started to break through, the right back moved inward to cut off the passing route, and the left back cut in diagonally to block the breakthrough angle - just like how Inter Milan locked Messi in 2010!"

Conte's Italian accent carries the gunpowder smell of the Apennine Peninsula: "The three central defenders must be like hydraulic pliers! Gomez presses from the front, Van Dijk blocks the position, and Matip is ready to commit tactical fouls at any time."

He took out three coins and placed them in a triangle. "Look at how Chelsea defended Haaland last season - every collision must make him consume 12% more muscle glycogen!"

Guardiola suddenly turned over his iPad, and the tiki-taka formation turned into a red spider web: "The midfield must create a death zone!"

His fingers clicked frantically on Song Wen's hot spots. "Fabinho swept horizontally, Henderson intercepted vertically, and Keita specifically destroyed his balance - remember Busquets' scissor kick against young Ronaldo?"

Pochettino pulled up the GPS heat tracking map: "Let Mane and Salah take turns to attack Juanfran!"

The Argentine circled the fatigue curve of Atletico Madrid's right back with a red pen. "As long as the heart rate of this 34-year-old veteran exceeds 185, Song Wen has to return to defend and make up for the position - we used this trick to kill Modric in Tottenham!"

Klopp's metal mouth guard beats a drumbeat on the tactical board: "Set pieces are nuclear weapons!"

He called up the data of Song Wen's headers, "When the corner kick was taken, Van Dijk used his back to block Oblak's sight, and Matip was responsible for colliding with Song Wen's jumping trajectory - just like how we broke through Ederson's defense last season!"

Wenger suddenly switched the laser pointer to ultraviolet mode: "Look at this rib space!"

He circled the defensive blind spot of Atletico's double defensive midfielders, "Salah deliberately missed the ball when he cut inside, and Arnold inserted from the back to complete the inverted triangle - Arsenal used this trick to tear open Bayern's steel defense line!"

Conte suddenly smashed three coins with the tactical board: "Let Jota play Griezmann!"

He drew a red cross on the training plan, "When simulating Atletico's two-on-one cooperation, Van Dijk should deliberately slow down by 0.5 seconds - so that Song Wen's pass in the official game will be too far in advance!"

Guardiola called up the simulation data of Bayern's confrontation with Song Wen: "Look at this three-second rule!" He drew five green tracks, "When Song Wen holds the ball for more than three seconds, Atletico's overall formation presses forward 4.2 meters - at this time, the long pass behind Savic can increase the success rate to 41%! "

Pochettino poured energy drink on the tactical board: "In the last 20 minutes, Origi!"

He checked the Belgian striker's impact force data. "The Atletico Madrid defender's knee joint fluid only has 38% viscosity left. The violent impact can reduce Godin's turning speed by another 0.3 seconds!"

Klopp said: "Combine these tactical modules!" He pieced together a red chariot in the holographic projection, "Use Guardiola's ball control to consume in the first 30 minutes, Mourinho's chain defense in the middle 30 minutes, and my heavy metal impact in the last 30 minutes - Anfield is a meat grinder!"

Wenger imported six sets of data into the model, and the supercomputer roared out the results: the Reds' winning rate was 29.7%.

"This is the limit." The Frenchman adjusted his glasses, "But football is not mathematics - when Van Dijk broke Song Wen's balance, when Arnold's cross found Salah's head, when the Kop stands set off a red frenzy. "

Mourinho suddenly used a marker to change 29.7% to 30%: "This difference is enough to create a miracle."

He pulled up the video of Real Madrid's comeback against Manchester City in 2012.

"Remember, Song Wen is also human - his muscles can fatigue, his judgment can err, and his adrenaline can run out!"

Twelve hours later, as Song Wen was practicing elevator balls at the Wanda Metropolitano, Klopp was stuffing the tactical manual into Van Dijk's locker.

There is a new line of small words engraved on the Dutch center back's shin guards: "Every time you stop Song Wen's breakthrough, you lay a brick for the Liverpool dynasty."

The Mersey River outside the window was rising, and the foundations of Anfield were shaking slightly with the undercurrent.
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Time quickly came to the day before the match between the two sides. Klopp's tactical board was surrounded by six cups of espresso, Guardiola's fingertips drew blue tracks on the iPad, and Mourinho's marker left scarlet arrows on the French window.

The glass reflects the dark clouds over the Mersey River outside the window, and the wisdom of six famous Premier League coaches is converging into a formula to fight against Song Wen.

"There is a 0.7 second sign of his change of direction." Wenger pointed a laser pointer at the bone dynamic diagram on the screen. "Before he touches the ball, his left shoulder will be 5 degrees lower than his right shoulder. This is the finding of Arsenal's laboratory after analyzing 147 of his video games."

The French professor recalled Song Wen's three rainbow passes against Paris, "Pay attention to the swing of the ankle joint - 3 centimeters larger than Neymar's standard action, which will cause the center of gravity to shift for 0.3 seconds longer."

Mourinho suddenly smashed the coffee cup on the screenshot of the video of Tottenham vs Atletico Madrid: "Let Arnold and Robertson play cross chain!"

He drew two black arcs on the window glass. "When Song Wen started to break through, the right back moved inward to cut off the passing route, and the left back cut in diagonally to block the breakthrough angle - just like how Inter Milan locked Messi in 2010!"

Conte's Italian accent carries the gunpowder smell of the Apennine Peninsula: "The three central defenders must be like hydraulic pliers! Gomez presses from the front, Van Dijk blocks the position, and Matip is ready to commit tactical fouls at any time."

He took out three coins and placed them in a triangle. "Look at how Chelsea defended Haaland last season - every collision must make him consume 12% more muscle glycogen!"

Guardiola suddenly turned over his iPad, and the tiki-taka formation turned into a red spider web: "The midfield must create a death zone!"

His fingers clicked frantically on Song Wen's hot spots. "Fabinho swept horizontally, Henderson intercepted vertically, and Keita specifically destroyed his balance - remember Busquets' scissor kick against young Ronaldo?"

Pochettino pulled up the GPS heat tracking map: "Let Mane and Salah take turns to attack Juanfran!"

The Argentine circled the fatigue curve of Atletico Madrid's right back with a red pen. "As long as the heart rate of this 34-year-old veteran exceeds 185, Song Wen has to return to defend and make up for the position - we used this trick to kill Modric in Tottenham!"

Klopp's metal mouth guard beats a drumbeat on the tactical board: "Set pieces are nuclear weapons!"

He called up the data of Song Wen's headers, "When the corner kick was taken, Van Dijk used his back to block Oblak's sight, and Matip was responsible for colliding with Song Wen's jumping trajectory - just like how we broke through Ederson's defense last season!"

Wenger suddenly switched the laser pointer to ultraviolet mode: "Look at this gap in the ribs!" He circled the defensive blind spot of Atletico's double defensive midfielders, "Salah deliberately missed the ball when he cut inside, and Arnold inserted from the back to complete an inverted triangle - Arsenal used this trick to tear open Bayern's steel defense line!"

Conte suddenly smashed three coins with the tactical board: "Let Jota play Griezmann!"

He drew a red cross on the training plan, "When simulating Atletico's two-on-one cooperation, Van Dijk should deliberately slow down by 0.5 seconds - so that Song Wen's pass in the official game will be too far in advance!"

Guardiola called up the simulation data of Bayern's confrontation with Song Wen: "Look at this three-second rule!" He drew five green tracks, "When Song Wen holds the ball for more than three seconds, Atletico's overall formation presses forward 4.2 meters - at this time, the long pass behind Savic can increase the success rate to 41%! "

Pochettino poured energy drink on the tactical board: "In the last 20 minutes, Origi!"

He checked the Belgian striker's impact force data. "The Atletico Madrid defender's knee joint fluid only has 38% viscosity left. The violent impact can reduce Godin's turning speed by another 0.3 seconds!"

Klopp said: "Combine these tactical modules!" He pieced together a red chariot in the holographic projection, "Use Guardiola's ball control to consume in the first 30 minutes, Mourinho's chain defense in the middle 30 minutes, and my heavy metal impact in the last 30 minutes - Anfield is a meat grinder!"

Wenger imported six sets of data into the model, and the supercomputer roared out the results: the Reds' winning rate was 29.7%.

"This is the limit." The Frenchman adjusted his glasses, "But football is not mathematics - when Van Dijk broke Song Wen's balance, when Arnold's cross found Salah's head, when the Kop stands set off a red frenzy. "

Mourinho suddenly used a marker to change 29.7% to 30%: "This difference is enough to create a miracle."

He pulled up the video of Real Madrid's comeback against Manchester City in 2012.

"Remember, Song Wen is also human - his muscles can fatigue, his judgment can err, and his adrenaline can run out!"

Twelve hours later, as Song Wen was practicing elevator balls at the Wanda Metropolitano, Klopp was stuffing the tactical manual into Van Dijk's locker.

There is a new line of small words engraved on the Dutch center back's shin guards: "Every time you stop Song Wen's breakthrough, you lay a brick for the Liverpool dynasty."

The Mersey River outside the window was rising, and the foundations of Anfield were shaking slightly with the undercurrent.
-
Time soon came to the day before the match between the two sides.

The spotlight in the press conference room reflected a cold light on Klopp's hair, and the German coach deliberately placed Van Dijk's No. 4 jersey in the center of the tactical board.

When the Atletico Madrid logo appeared on the big screen, the Echo reporter smelled the rustling sound of flipping pages in a tactical manual - that was the leaked defensive plan being passed under the front seats.

"Is Virgil worth 80 million?" Klopp tapped the table with his knuckles, and the metal braces flashed coldly in front of the microphone. "His defensive success data in the Premier League is enough to speak for itself!"

The big screen suddenly played a comparison of statistics after Van Dijk joined: Liverpool's average goals conceded per game dropped from 1.4 to 0.6, and the success rate of aerial duels soared from 53% to 87%.

The picture freezes on the slow motion of the Dutchman knocking over Aguero.

"Look at this muscle memory!" He pulled up a special training video of Van Dijk: late at night at Melwood, the Dutchman was chasing a remote-controlled car with a 200-kilogram tire on his back, and the tire track was clearly Song Wen's running hotspot.

When he learned to predict with his hip joints, Klopp suddenly imitated Song Wen's crab-step defense, "God should install shock absorbers for Anfield!"

Simeone sneered while chewing gum at the press conference at Wanda Metropolitano.

On the big screen behind the Argentine, Song Wenzhen was tiptoeing around on a miniature model of the Liverpool team logo.

"I heard someone compared Virgil to the moving Great Wall? Song Wen passed Van Dijk like crossing the road in the early morning."

The press box exploded instantly.

A veteran Reuters reporter held up a trembling recorder and asked: "Is Atletico Madrid studying special tactics against Van Dijk?"

"Special tactics? When your arsenal is loaded with intercontinental missiles, do you still need to care about the thickness of the enemy's shield?"

"You know, countless opponents have studied many foul tactics against Song Wen, but the final result... reminds Virgil to buy insurance." Simeone knocked on the glass cabinet, "Song said he was studying the personal injury compensation clause of the Dutch Civil Code recently."

When Van Dijk was surrounded by thirty microphones in the mixed interview area, he deliberately turned the cover of the tactical manual given by Klopp facing outwards - it was printed with a breakdown diagram of all of Song Wen's breakthrough moves.

"I hadn't joined Liverpool the last time we played against each other. Otherwise, Song Wen would have been finished by me in the Premier League."

Song Wen met his old acquaintance Salah in the player tunnel.

The Egyptian shook the front page of The Guardian on his phone - "Van Dijk: The last bastion of modern football."

"Do you need me to teach you to say 'Anfield welcome' in Dutch?" Salah's laughter was interrupted by Song Wen picking up a tennis ball with his toes.

"Tell Virgil," the boy suddenly hit a tennis ball at a trash can twenty meters away, "He can defend against my shot, but he can't defend against gravity."

Klopp played a psychological game in the last training session before the game: he asked the staff to spray "Ipswich lawn perfume" on the training ground, mixed with the smell of mud that Song Wen was stained with when he fell.

"He licks his lips before breaking through!" Klopp drew an analysis chart of Song Wen's micro-expressions on the whiteboard in the locker room. "At this time, Arnold has to block the outside line, just like pinching off the vital point of a venomous snake!"

Page 47 of the tactical manual is marked in red pen: When Song Wen looks at the referee three times in a row, Henderson must be sent for a "friendly hug" - this is the foul safety threshold calculated by Wenger's team.

Atletico Madrid released some behind-the-scenes footage from the training ground: Song Wen, blindfolded, broke through the five-man "Van Dijk model wall" and finally used his heel to send the ball into the center of a tire with Klopp's photo on it.

Simeone uploaded the video on social media with the caption: "The Mersey River water ghosts are more difficult to deal with than the Red Army's defense."

As the buses of both teams entered the stadium tunnel at the same time, the Mersey River in the heavy rain suddenly produced abnormally huge waves.

(End of this chapter)