Football: I can see player entries.

Chapter 332 My Own Tactics

Halftime, in the locker room.

Li Yanqing did not blame his players, because they performed well in the first half.

It could even be said that the outcome of the game exceeded his expectations.

After all, no one expected to encounter such a strict referee in the Premier League, which encourages physicality.

This forced them to rely solely on tactics.

It is obvious that Liverpool's tactics are more mature and their personnel are better.

So they fell behind, and there's nothing more to say about that.

At this moment, Li Yanqing was explaining the tactics for the second half.

He will bring on Dybala and Ibrahimovic, aiming for a draw.

Or will we lose even more miserably?

Quinn and the other young players remained silent, now finally realizing how right it was for Li Yanqing to simply give up on competing against them last season.

After all, they are the defending Champions League champions; they are not so easy to deal with.

"Since we're going to fight anyway, why don't you let me give it a try?" Blind rarely volunteered, but his defensive skills were clearly unreliable in this kind of game.

"No need for that, basic defense is still necessary."

"More important than scoring goals is not conceding any more goals, because that's the only way to have a chance to turn things around."

"Speaking of which, Karius, you played brilliantly, keep it up in the second half."

Li Yanqing praised the substitute player's performance in front of everyone, believing that even if the game was lost in the end, no one would question whether he was ruined.

"Okay, that's all for now. Good luck!"

He didn't have much more to say. After giving his instructions, it was up to the players to perform.

Perhaps another "off-the-charts" score will win us the game?

But to be honest, Li Yanqing didn't want the players to go too far off the mark.

It has already been confirmed that this condition will harm the players and will take a long time to recover.

For Burton, there are still six months of games to play.

The main event is in the second half of the season, no need to rush...

To Li Yanqing's surprise, they conceded another goal at the start of the second half.

The shot came from Liverpool striker Firmino.

He took a shot from about twenty meters away from the goal, a powerful and accurate strike.

The striker, who rarely shoots and spends most of his time linking up the midfield and attack, suddenly unleashed a powerful shot, which was indeed beyond everyone's expectations.

Karius, who was in superb form, should have been able to save the shot, but unfortunately, the ball ended up hitting Araujo and changing direction.

Even a god couldn't catch it!

Li Yanqing lowered his head and remained silent.

Karius is in better shape, but he's still the same unlucky guy that audiences are familiar with.

There's absolutely nothing we can do!

It's hard not to suspect that he was infected with Benzema's "brain drain aura" and then infected by Joe Hart's "background character"?

In less than sixty minutes, Li Yanqing made a decisive substitution.

The plan remains unchanged: bring on Ibrahimovic and the others to fight tooth and nail.

A draw is the best outcome!

The good news is that both players are exceptionally talented and possess the ability to change the course of a game.

In the 80th minute, Ibrahimovic activated his "Wonder Goal Specialist" skill.

A scorpion leaps into the air, its tail swaying behind its back!

This was a spectacular kick that Alisson couldn't react to at all, allowing Burton to pull one back for the team.

But it still couldn't save the team.

In the end, Burton lost the game 1-2.

Despite the defeat, Burton still made headlines.

This was Burton's first loss of the new season. Prior to this, Li Yanqing led the team to a sixteen-game unbeaten streak.

As a start, this is a terrifying result.

However, they are still behind Manchester City and Tottenham in terms of points.

They had more draws than them.

Although their unbeaten run has been ended by Liverpool, it doesn't diminish the fact that this is a historic achievement for Burton.

They've only been in the Premier League for two years!

However, the media discovered that they still couldn't find head coach Li Yanqing; he was neither at the club nor at home.

He once again dumped all the interviews on Chris.

As for himself...

He is currently hiding in Cheng Mengmeng's big villa.

Also present were Lehmann and other members of the coaching staff.

They specifically chose a place where they wouldn't be disturbed during the meeting.

The reason was that Li Yanqing suddenly realized that it might be time for Burton to make a change.

It's not time for a group meeting yet; the coaching staff members are discussing things separately.

Only Lyman seemed relatively silent.

To be precise, Lehmann has been very silent ever since conceding the goal.

His coaching philosophy is actually very different from Li Yanqing's.

He hopes to develop the team into one with explosive offensive capabilities, capable of dominating the opponent throughout the game.

You can tell he came from Arsenal; he believes in scoring one more goal than his opponent.

However, as Mourinho's disciple, Li Yanqing would obviously not accept this suggestion.

Regardless of the tactics employed, they must be based on defense; this is his belief.

"Leaving aside tactics, I think it's a problem with the coaching style."

Cheng Mengmeng was very bold, and her criticism was directed directly at Li Yanqing himself.

"Tell me about it." Li Yanqing didn't react excessively, but if someone else had said that, they might have...

Cheng Mengmeng's meaning was actually quite simple. She felt that the biggest problem with Li Yanqing leading the team was that the team lacked its own unique characteristics.

He pays more attention to the condition of both teams' players.

Physical fitness, error rate, etc...

These are things that other head coaches can't easily control, and that's his advantage.

He has always done it this way.

Therefore, he pays more attention to the players' own feelings and hopes that they know why they are playing football.

However, the consequence was that Li Yanqing was mostly unable to mold the team into a fixed style.

The only option is to change the playing style based on the existing players.

Just like when he bought Dybala, he decisively had the players train in a 4-1-3-2 formation.

This approach did indeed improve the fighting power of many teams in the short term, but it also resulted in the teams not having a high enough ceiling.

The first goal conceded against Liverpool was frustrating for everyone, but he couldn't think of any way to prevent further goals from being conceded.

Fortunately, Karius's "off-the-charts" performance held things together.

And in their last match against Manchester City, it wasn't easy for them to win either.

They were completely outmatched, and the victory was decided by Murphy's lucky shot.

Not to mention the final against Chelsea, the situation was even more dangerous...

In short, Burton now has a decent winning percentage against weaker or even average teams.

But something has always been preventing Burton from becoming a truly strong team.

Cheng Mengmeng called it "the team's distinctive tactic".

That's what limits Burton's potential.

After all, it's very difficult to surpass the masters of your predecessors by using other people's famous tactics, right?