Chapter 612

"We can feel the irritability of Firmino. In recent days, Firmino has been ridiculed by fans and teammates because of his poor performance in the golf master's tournament.

"This is bad news for Newcastle because Firmino is as bad at playing golf as he is at playing football!"

After Gullit's opening remarks, Scholes and Ashley Cole, who had returned to the commentary room after recovering from a cold, couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Gullit, you didn't let Firmino go either."

"Newcastle should strive to get a point in this game. For a relegation team, as long as they can get points, it will be considered a success."

"The relegation situation in the Premier League this season is actually very fierce. Many teams have the hope of staying in the Premier League, but there is also the possibility of falling into the Championship."

"In any case, staying in the Premier League is the most important thing, because the value of the Premier League and the Championship is completely different, and the club can only get more income in the Premier League."

"Once you go to the Championship, there is no guarantee that you can be promoted back to the Premier League immediately."

"You can even get stuck in the Championship. We've seen some Premier League teams fall into the Championship and never recover, and even end up being relegated to League One."

However, you cannot underestimate the energy of any relegation team in the late season.

After the game started, Newcastle played very well, just like Watford before, with their own accurate tactical arrangements.

The players played in a very routine manner on the field, but in Lin Chen's eyes, this routine was too rigid.

When some mid- and lower-level clubs are playing on the field, due to the limited personal abilities of the players, the head coaches of the teams do not allow the players to play freely on the field. This is different from the coaching philosophy of some top clubs.

But many times, only this tactic can allow the team to continue to score points.

After the game started, Lin Chen first moved back to the penalty area and controlled the ball in the backcourt for a long time, in order to completely destroy the Newcastle players' hope of sprinting and pressing.

As expected, as Liverpool controlled the ball in their own backcourt for longer and longer periods of time, Newcastle not only did not press, but were actually happy to let Liverpool control the ball in this way.

Because Liverpool's play like this will not threaten their own goal. In this case, why bother to ignite Liverpool?

Let the beast play by itself, or better yet, let it go, so that both sides can take away a point and everyone will be happy.

This is what the Newcastle coach thought. He still held out a glimmer of hope before the game because Liverpool still had to prepare for the Champions League semi-finals. In addition, Liverpool was already leading by so many points in the standings. Perhaps Liverpool would not consume too much energy in this game and end the battle in a relatively smooth manner.

Judging from the pace after the start of the game, the Newcastle coach even felt that his guess was correct, but Liverpool fans did not think so.

"If I had seen Liverpool play like this a season ago, I would have been angry, but after a season, I knew that this was Liverpool waiting for an opportunity."

"If you think Liverpool will end the game like this, you are too naive, their goal is always three points!"

Newcastle's players were also planning, they didn't know when Liverpool would launch an attack.

But in the entire first half, apart from Firmino's shot, there was no second shot, and the two sides tied 0-0 at the Magpies' home ground.

As the battle entered the halftime break, Gullit was not sure whether Liverpool would choose to give up this league game for the Champions League semi-final.

"Is there a possibility that Liverpool will give up this league game for the Champions League semi-final?"

"Klopp is likely to replace the main players in the second half and take away a point, so that they can continue to lead the standings by nine points with one game less."

Gullit believes that Klopp is likely to do so. After all, if he is asked to choose between the Premier League and the Champions League, he will definitely choose the Champions League without hesitation. He also believes that this will be the choice of most teams.

"I don't think so. Klopp never takes risks."

"If we give up these two points, it may affect Liverpool's status in the league."

"Nothing is absolute. If Liverpool are tied with Newcastle, they may not be able to score in the next game and then be tied or even lose again."

"After a few games you give Guardiola a chance to overtake, and even Chelsea, who are far from Liverpool but also close, just a few league games away."

The Newcastle coach was also confused and a little panicked. This feeling was very tormenting because he expected Liverpool to continue this rhythm in the second half, but he was also worried that Liverpool would kill him in the second half.

Will Klopp really choose to give up?

The answer is of course no.

The reason why Klopp played like this in the first half was because he was giving Newcastle a chance. He knew that professional coaches think more than ordinary fans.

The Newcastle coach must have been thinking about whether Liverpool would change their style of play in the second half, but he could not have predicted that because the initiative was in Liverpool's hands.

If you want to change this situation, the only way is to take back the initiative. Therefore, the Newcastle coach is very likely to actively change his tactics in the second half because of this feeling of uneasiness!

Newcastle's defensive efforts are difficult to break through, but if they dare to make a temporary change of formation, Liverpool will definitely seize the opportunity to defeat them!

After returning to the locker room, Klopp was waiting for news, but the news Klopp was expecting did not come until the second half of the game was about to start.

Just as he was about to return to the court, Zabia rushed in and got the news!

"Changed!"

"They bring on Murphy for Schell!"

"Newcastle replaced a central defender with a winger!"

"Boss!!!"

“Our chance has come!!!”