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The Benfica Team B manager revealed how Jurgen Klopp used a friendly against his team to prepare for the Champions League final against Tottenham.
Addressing A Bola, Renato Paiva explained how his German coach used the tactical match to emulate the Spurs, a match that the Reds eventually won 2-0 to win their sixth European title.
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Klopp and his friend Pep Lijnders identified similarities of style between the Portuguese and their final rivals and invited them to Marbella to recreate tactical elements of their approach.
Liverpool faced Benfica's B team in Marbella before the Champions League final. It turned out to be more than just fitness, it was a specific tactical preparation.
I translated some quotes from Renato Paiva (manager of Benfica B) who spoke about it to the newspaper ABola. pic.twitter.com/6aBnohwUwn– Tiago Estêvão (@TiagoEstv) June 4, 2019
Interestingly, they chose Benfica B because they feared leaks of information if they had opted for an English or Spanish team, due to the formation of Mauricio Pochettino in Spain.
"We recreated two of their offensive moments and two of their defensive moments, as well as the badists we thought they would use in the final," Paiva told A Bola.
"We reproduced their central defense and goalkeeper routines, their 4-2-3-1 defensive form with the striker cutting between the central opposition centers and the 10 blocking the opposition. Liverpool's team of 6. Kane.
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"We had to adapt to this form 4-2-3-1, both defensive and in possession of the back, with two midfielders approaching the central defenders during the preparatory phase to try to attract the Liverpool Press.
"Tottenham would ideally want to lure Liverpool players closer to their box. Thus, after a few pbades between the central defenders and the goalkeeper, they can then attack the space behind with their attackers and their backs.
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"We ended up making slight changes to our usual system. A midfielder triangle with Alli getting closer to the center of the opposition (with Kane next to each other), Eriksen moving inward to get the maximum backwards while Trippier covers the vast space. A bit like with Son and Rose on the left.
"Klopp complimented us:" When you dropped your central defenders, we immediately set up the same press we used against Manchester City and you still managed to overtake it three or four times! "
It seems that the exercise worked like a treat while the Reds beat the Spurs in Madrid to win the Champions League.
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