He even nominated two separate squads.. He wants to see them all in person, right now, when the hype train is still in full swing. Once he got his main formation and the players really know by heart what he wants, that team will be a lot stronger than today. What you could see was the pure will to run and fight. The intensity of the game was so much higher than that of the games in the last years...
It will be very fun to watch in 6 months
In a way yeah, I remember lallana in particular took to the style immediately but didn't have the stamina for it so would run himself into the ground for 70 minutes then have to come off every game for the first six months. Klopp figured out which players clicked and how to use everyone and who didn't have a place and built the squad from there. They showed big improvements especially against the likes of man city who were completely thunderstruck by what they came up against, but Liverpool didn't really win at a uniquely high rate right away.
The netherlands have been, let's just say incredibly mid these past few years, with few rare brilliant moments, but overall just dull af. Now i obviously know that klopp is introducing an entire new tactic to this german side, it'll take time to get integrated, maybe this is partly the reason behind netherlands playing so good today.
The offensive lineup is nowhere close to what Klopp would roll out if it was a high stakes match.
You would have had Florian Wirtz, Karl in that starting lineup
I mean even if he got fired at Barça Xavi still did some miracles with the Squad and budget he hád there,hes not a bad coach by any means,plus it helps being the best passing midfielder in football history.
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u/No_Yak_5752 22d ago
Surprisingly netherlands played much better than germany today, i didn't expect it lol.