Peter Krawietz reveals what happens during Jurgen Klopp’s half time team talks at Liverpool
Peter Krawietz has detailed the work that goes into Jurgen Klopp’s half-time team talks at Liverpool, describing the 15-minute window as “intense” and “stressful”.
With simply 15 allotted minutes between 45 and 46 of a soccer match, managers and coaches have little time to relay their usually advanced tactical concepts within the thick of a Premier League encounter.
Krawietz has lifted the lid on the in depth evaluation that goes on shortly earlier than the half-time whistle and the way supervisor Klopp subsequently relays the finer factors to his Reds aspect during the interval.
Klopp’s assistant – a person he affectionately refers to as ‘the Eye’ – says the Liverpool boss has little over 5 minutes to get throughout the pertinent data during what the German describes as a crucial interval of a match-day.
“All the supervisor has in whole for his speak is 5 – 6 minutes so that you attempt to do it as fast, as quick and as exact as doable,” Krawietz instructed Liverpoolfc.com. “Half-time evaluation is one thing like the top product of the entire technique of analysing during the week.
“As you may think about, all of the supervisor has might be 5 – 6 minutes to speak after which it may be doable – it’s not like this in each sport, however it’s doable – that we discover the fitting clip to indicate the gamers to be able to assist the half-time speak of Jurgen.
“Three or 4 minutes earlier than half-time, I depart the bench and go to the dressing room. I meet there Harry [Kingston] and Mark [Leyland] and I strive to decide on the fitting clips I seen during the primary half, I’ll take a look once more to resolve if this clip is the fitting one and if we will use it.
“Of course, due to the time stress it’s annoying! You don’t have an excessive amount of time, to be sincere, so it must be very exact.
“These are very intense minutes after which when I’m completely happy that I’ve discovered a most of 1, two or three clips which I believe might help, my colleagues Jurgen and Pep [Lijnders] are available in and I current the clips and inform them what I believe may assist.
“Then we decide collectively, if we wish to present it or not, and the query behind this resolution is at all times oriented on the answer, or one resolution, for the second half and whether it is useful for the gamers that we present it.”
Refereeing choices or incidents of fortune are usually not mentioned during the restricted quantity of time, with the teaching workers eager to relay tactical and strategic data as an alternative.
Krawietz cites the 4-0 win over Southampton again in February for instance of such strategies after the Reds struggled to interrupt down a cussed defensive show from the Saints within the first 45 minutes.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain opened the scoring within the second half earlier than Mohamed Salah added a brace to Jordan Henderson’s second and Krawietz mentioned that sport was an excellent instance for the way the half-time work can change the result of a match for the Reds.
“The end result in the long run was 4-0 however this sport was actually shut and Southampton clearly had been ready very, very effectively,” he addeds.
“We actually had issues during the primary half, they created probabilities and we didn’t play too effectively. The half-time speak was about ‘keep on going, keep on attacking like we did’.
“The easy message was ‘keep it up and then you will see it will happen’. To defend just a little bit extra compact was one piece of data, a second was to make use of sure areas for excellent ending conditions.
“From time to time this happens: you present one thing at half-time and instantly afterwards it happens.
“These are the completely happy moments for a coach, however nonetheless all of the credit score goes to the gamers, who’re in a position to take care of this data and keep on with it, after which have the talents and the standard and the approach to do it on the pitch.”
