Pep Lijnders: Intensity: Inside Liverpool FC

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He believes, though, that “75 % of the opponents we’ve played against so far in the Premier League changed something in their formation beforehand”. This is the definitive inside story of how an incredible 2021-22 campaign developed for the Reds, from the plans being put in place during pre-season training to the unprecedented drive for all four major honours. It reveals the club’s day-to-day operations and what the people inside the management were thinking during that season, which shows a lot about the overall atmosphere, the dynamism within the club, the synergy between owner-director-manager, the players’ relationship, all the way to Jürgen’s special relationship with the fans (and his fist-pumps).

Marbella’s weather was similar to Madrid’s and it would be relatively easy to fly a team there secretly. On 17 May 2018, Lijnders was sacked after NEC failed to gain promotion to the Eredivisie in the promotion play-offs. I don’t really feel like I've learned anything new about the squad, but to a small extent it did give some new info on Pep and the coaching staff. In 2021-2022 season, Liverpool FC played all available 63 matches across 4 tournaments: the Premier League, the Champions League, the FA Cup, and the Carabao Cup, where they reached all 3 finals as well as just 1 point short of winning the Premier League at the very last match of the season. There is a saying from [Theodore] Roosevelt which says: ‘People don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care.They can make a difference tonight, we need everyone on the top of their toes,” Lijnders wrote in his message. Hamann tweeted: 'The alarm bells should have been ringing for Liverpool fans when the current assistant manager wrote a book while still employed by the club. I’ve never met anyone like him before and I’m not sure I’ll be fortunate enough to do so again in the future.

Photograph: Nick Potts/PA Pepijn Lijnders (right) with Jürgen Klopp during a training session before the Champions League final in May.But this is a minor inconvenience that could easily be overcome once we start getting into the flow of the book.

I enjoyed getting an insight into the personalities within the coaching staff, the squad, their tactical approach and all the behind the scenes stuff. When James suggested it as maybe an idea for the future, my immediate reply was: 'Let's do it now, why should we wait? The high level details of the team's training routines and how the coaching staff plan different training routines at different times. Long before Liverpool reached last season’s Champions League final, preparations for a possible showdown in Madrid were being made by Pepijn “Pep” Lijnders. It is only my opinion but, if you see the game in an attacking way, he gave that position such a creative boost over the last few years.In the end, they fell short, with heartbreak in the final week of the season, as they came within a few minutes of winning the title, only for Manchester City to stage a dramatic fightback against Villa, and then falling to a sucker punch from Real Madrid in Paris. This is free download Intensity: Inside Liverpool FC: Our Story by Pep Lijnders complete book soft copy. He thought about inviting a team who could mimic Ajax’s or Tottenham’s style, to give Liverpool an idea of what they could expect if they overcame Barça. Nevertheless, the book paints such a complete picture on how Liverpool operates that it started to get me thinking, was this the reason why in the proceeding 2022-23 season Liverpool played so miserably? After a few seasons Manchester United were keen to take him but that failed to materialise when Sir Alex Ferguson retired and Lijnders joined Liverpool in 2014, with responsibility for the Under-15s and Under-16s.

They start the exercise with the idea to keep the ball, but in the event of losing it they have to be directly on top of things. Plus, fans will learn all about the incredible and unique leadership and motivational skills of boss Jürgen Klopp, straight from one of his right-hand men. The idea was to privately invite a team to train three to four days in the way we wanted them to play us in the friendly. Understanding the basic fundamentals of Jurgen's football such as pressing, counterpressing, first pass forward, defending with 11 men, attacking with 7 men.Liverpool played Benfica's B team in Marbella before the Champions League final for specific tactical preparation. On the day of this interview they have a paddle tennis match scheduled just after a joint meeting and a few hours before they lead training.