Because of his glorious experience in Liverpool, last summer when he was in charge of Everton, many Everton celebrities and fans naturally disagreed with Benitez's prospects at Goodison Park. Although he did not have the support of Everton fans, if Benitez could copy his successful tactics in Valencia, Liverpool and even Napoli to the Toffee Army, he could also block the mouth and keep his coaching position. Sadly, Benitez failed.
As he did at Inter, Chelsea and Real Madrid, he was fired less than 7 months later. Moreover, the failures, divisions and frustrations he brought to the dressing room almost replicated the situation of the previous few times when he was fired. The famous sports host Richard Case, one of the celebrities who opposed Benitez's appointment in the first place, believes that Benitez should never have accepted the work of Coach Everton from the beginning: apart from Liverpool's natural problems, the bigger reason is that the former coach has really "passed".
The tactical problems far outweigh the injuries
After being sacked, Benitez blamed his defeat at Everton on the financial fairness act that led to difficulties in bringing in reinforcements, as well as injuries to some of the team's main players. It is true that the two had an impact on Everton's record to some extent, but Benitez's defeat should be more introspective, and his overly conservative and untimely tactics were the root cause of Everton's rapid decline immediately after a seemingly good start. Even former Liverpool star Carragher and Manchester United star Gary Neville have been harshly critical of Benitez's tactics after Everton's "unexpected" defeat of Arsenal.
In their view, Benitez's style of football and tactics only fit into the Premier League 10 years ago: "Benitez's Everton is a joke now, and if you go back to the Moyes era, you'll understand." Although they have not won a trophy, they have a tenacious spirit that Isuduson Park has never been difficult to conquer. But Benitez has blinded people to the presence of this spirit, the dressing room does not support its manager, and Dinier's departure is already a clear sign. ”
In fact, in the past two months, tactical issues about Benitez have been the focus of debate between the media, fans and the Spanish coach. He even publicly responded to questions and explained his tactical changes. Benitez insists that whether he uses the current 3-back, 4-back or 5-back, if used properly, he can achieve an offensive-defensive balance and play the scenes that fans want to see. In fact, however, Benitez almost never did. At home to Brighton, it was still considered too conservative a 3-back system, and the result was only 21 minutes to fall behind 0-2, and finally lost 2-3. Benitez's self-defense is clearly unacceptable: "Is Chelsea at the top of the table or at the bottom of the table?" They've been using three defenders, and so have Tottenham. It's not a matter of tactical formations, it's just that we didn't do a good job. ”
But after all, Everton is not Chelsea, and the Toffee's player ability cannot be compared with Chelsea's. He also claimed that "football is not a precise science, what the team needs is players who are eager to do better." But looking at Tuchel, and Benitez's successor to Klopp at Liverpool, football has long been a sophisticated 'science' in modern times, not just an era when success can be achieved by relying on the aggressiveness of players.
Old Ben always has a day to eat
Benitez's departure at Everton is predestined in the eyes of many Everton celebrities and fans. Years later, people will not forget the scene of a fan rushing into the room after losing to the bottom team in the Premier League and trying to attack the Spanish coach. An experience that had long since failed in its predictions also seemed to herald the end of Benitez's time, even though he was only 61 years old. Ranieri has become numb to what happened to the managers after class: "You know, changing managers in Italy is like changing ice cream. "But Benitez's coaching career curve, almost in sync with Everton this season, is by no means the lack of patience of the club owners, but more of his own doing.
Centre-back Mina, back Ducure and goalscorer Lewin have been injured for a long time, which can be used as an excuse, but it cannot explain how Benitez, who started defensively, can make the team concede goals in every game in the last nine games and concede the first goal, and the total number of goals conceded and set-pieces conceded are among the top in the Premier League? Everton's squad is by no means Premier League relegation level, and even if it can't be compared to the top six, it won't fall into the relegation zone. Benitez, who has been defeated in defense and defense, has actually already eaten the old roots of world-class coaches, from Inter to Chelsea to Real Madrid, each time with the aura of success of his predecessor, and then lose quickly, step by step.
Everton fans hate Benitez's Liverpool background, but are even angrier at his conservatism and stubbornness. His Everton are caught in a vicious circle of more conservative and more defeated, with passing, possession and corner counts all ranking at the bottom of the Premier League representing a focus on defense and no intention of making progress. The result? The more conservative the team, the worse the results, the more goals conceded, and the faster Benitez's aura dissipated. What's more, his personality flaws or management thinking deviations that fall out with the main players also appear at Everton. It was Impossible to get along with Alonso, then Materazzi, Terry, C. Ronaldo, and now it's the turn of full-back Digne, who wants to get more involved in attack than be dogmatically trapped in the backfield.
Will not be able to make the most of it, because the coach is incompetent, and after the failure, he throws the pot to the financial fairness act to restrict reinforcements, injuries and players fail to fully implement tactics, which is the complete collapse of the coach's character. What's more, Benitez also put a lot of energy into the struggle for power and profit, just joined the team on the grounds of injury and illness to drive away the team doctor supervisor, embattled do not forget to exclude the football director Brandts, hoping to monopolize power, but the result is rebellion. Inter, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Napoli, Newcastle United and then Everton, Benitez has gone all the way downhill, not counting his not too high salary to Go to Dalian for gold - without exception the failure of the ending, proving that the former famous manager who brought the supreme glory to Liverpool has really exhausted his talents.