Chapter 593

"What the hell is this?"

Gullit was also amazed after seeing this lineup. You know, Gullit was a thinker who dared to try new things, and he played from central defender to center forward.

But even he couldn't see what Watford meant by using such a formation.

"If you want to play a regular 4222---, you should at least have two attacking midfielders or two central midfielders, and then partner with a center forward and a shadow striker."

"But he played two center forwards, both of whom were traditional big center forwards, and then he played a shadow striker and a front midfielder. How should this combination be used?"

“It’s going to be chaos!”

When Liverpool saw Watford's starting lineup, their reaction was exactly the same as Gullit's.

Zarbia was thinking, in all his years in the industry, he had never felt as relaxed as he did now.

Because he felt that Watford's formation did not require him to make any defensive deployment at all, he felt that Watford's offensive arrangement would not be dangerous at all.

"Based on the characteristics of Watford's frontcourt players, the threat from the wing may become very small, so the full-backs need to consider the timing and help the central defenders defend together at the right time."

This was the only advice Zabia gave to the defense, and Liverpool's starting players also began to appear on the field.

Liverpool's starting lineup began to appear on the big screen in the stadium, which was obviously more conventional than Watford.

"Alisson continues to start and Mignolet remains on the bench."

"Robertson is the full-back and will partner with Arnold. Arnold has finally returned to the starting lineup. I hope he will have a good performance. The central defenders are Van Dijk and Lovren, the single defensive midfielder is Rodri, and the central midfielder is Fabinho and Lin Chen."

"Left winger Shaqiri, center forward Solanke, right winger Salah, Mane and Firmino will take turns to rest in this game!"

Henderson, Matip and Mignolet did not play. Lin Chen entered the field as captain. In the end, Lin Chen won the coin-guessing game and chose to kick off for his team.

After Solanke passed the ball back, Liverpool deliberately passed the ball to a deep position in their own team. This was arranged by Zabia.

He wanted to see first what kind of cooperation Watford would play, and then Watford's running positions on the field and the way the players pressed each other made Klopp's eyes light up.

All the fans watching the game were dazzled!

Watford players actually swayed in a spiral on the field!

Their way of pressing was like a vertical tornado, with the root aimed at the back of Liverpool, and then began to spin wildly!

This is the pressure tactic that the Watford coach came up with based on the appearance of an ice cream cone when he was eating it. Relying on this spiral pressure, the Liverpool players were first dispersed, making Liverpool's attack chaotic.

When Liverpool launched a massive attack, Watford's tornado would retreat back to its own half to stop Liverpool's attack!

"Lin Chen was placed in the centre of a tornado by Watford. Watford's pressing style made Rodri look a little dangerous."

"It is relatively dangerous to play as a single defensive midfielder. Although Rodri's strength has improved, it is still a test for him to play as a single defensive midfielder."

"Rodri dribbled the ball and quickly passed it to his teammate. Arnold stopped uncomfortably, giving Pereira the opportunity to steal the ball!"

Arnold did not adjust his position when stopping the ball. He wanted to stop it to the right, but he made a mistake and stopped the ball closer to Pereira.

Then the Watford players' pressure runs turned into a concrete tornado in the eyes of the fans, with Gray and Pereira at the head, followed by Deeney and Will Hughes, who immediately blocked Arnold's passing route.

Arnold had no choice but to drive forward, and his big foot hit Pereira and bounced out of the sideline, thus preventing himself from losing the ball!