Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 333
On January 2005, 1, the 1st round of the Premier League, which the whole world was watching, the Christmas finale of Liverpool VS Chelsea finally started.

As many people expected, even in the away game, Chelsea still has a sharp offensive formation. This formation can even be said to be somewhat contrary to the tradition of the Premier League team style, more like a La Liga team. :
Head: Petr Cech, three defenders: Paul Ferreira, William Gallas, Wayne Bridger, midfielder: Claude Makelele, midfielder: Alan Wang , the two wingers are Alkin Robben and Damien Duff, the two forwards: Joe Cole and Gremi, and the center: Edur Gudjensen.

Looking at the positions of the players on the field, when the on-site commentator got the starting lineup and the list of players, he was a little dazed. He dared to show this formation with offensive ability +N and defensive ability -2N at Anfield. The team is really rare, which makes all the Red Army fans in the audience even feel that it is a serious insult! !
It turned out that the 'sterling team' looked down on the Red Army's offensive ability at all! ! ?
In fact, Mourinho is unwilling to form such a risky formation.

The Portuguese is best at defense, but as time goes by, Chelsea's record is too brilliant, especially the team's offensive performance is really dazzling, which is of course a good thing, but for the defense Not necessarily.In the case of scoring 4,5 or 1,2 goals in every game, many defensive players are getting more and more lax about defense. They even feel that it doesn’t matter if the opponent scores [-] or [-] goals. As long as we score more goals than the opponent Is it possible to win! ?
This is the thinking of many traditional attacking teams, such as Barcelona and Arsenal.

However, this does not apply to Chelsea! !At least not for Mourinho's Chelsea.But now, the team is really short of major generals on the defensive line. Although the winter transfer window has opened, Chelsea still failed to introduce a capable midfielder. The first player to leave Chelsea.

Now, captain John Terry is suspended, Ricardo Carvalho is still injured, and Frank Lampard has started consecutively and played the whole game for countless times. In any game state, his performance in normal training is really unsatisfactory, and Mourinho also had to let him sit on the bench to rest for a game.

Fortunately, Mourinho still has a good card in his hand to participate in the game --- Claude Makelele. With this iron man sitting in the backcourt, he can at least feel more at ease in defense, but just In this way, it is almost an impossible task to defend Liverpool's offense in the away game, so he also has to implement the tactics in the minds of many players to strive for victory——
Score more goals than your opponent! !
On the other hand, Liverpool is the main force. In fact, their substitutes are really not good enough. The depth of the bench is not enough. I don’t know how many times the main lineup has fought in a row. Maybe it’s because Liverpool’s players have a heart to win, so they can still win three consecutive victories in such continuous high-intensity games. Of course, this is also in line with their It has something to do with the strength of the opponent:

Goalkeeper Dudek, back four: Finnan, Hyypia, Jamie Carragher, Traore, five midfielders: Garcia, Gerrard, Harvey Alonso, Harman, Riise, but Forward Pangele.

Wang Li stood behind the center circle with his hands on his hips, looking helpless at the positions of the opposite Liverpool players. Although he is not the head coach, he can also see that the opponent's formation can be used to fight against crowds of tactics, or it can Playing a full-form offense is definitely a test for Chelsea's defense. Although he is not the team's coach, he still has some understanding of the crisis the team is facing in the backcourt.

"Goal!! Score more goals!! Let them know that even at Anfield, their defense still has little impact on Chelsea's offense." Recalling what Mourinho said to him before the game, The corner of Wang Li's mouth curled up. He knew that some of the matches had been won, and the key to victory was almost all on him alone.

As long as he can maintain his original performance, scoring 2 or 3 goals for Liverpool and assisting 1,2 or [-] more, Chelsea's victory is not a problem.

But what if...

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At 6:[-] p.m. London time, the referee Riley slammed down slightly, and the whole game started. From the moment it started, the Red Army fans in the audience began to cheer for Liverpool non-stop. The red will dyed the entire Anfield stadium red in an instant! !
Captain Claude Makelele won the kick-off by guessing a coin, so Chelsea launched a fierce attack in less than 1 minute of the opening, showing everyone the team's fierce offensive ability. The hearts of all Red Army fans almost jumped out of their mouths.

Standing in the middle circle, the tenacious Icelander Gudjössen passed the ball to Wang Li behind him with his back heel after the whistle sounded. After receiving the ball, Wang Li slowly dribbled forward and turned Xiang dodged the interception of Pangele who was flying over, looked up at the positions of the players in the frontcourt, and turned a big foot to the left.

Now speaking, Wang Li's long pass has been trained extremely accurately. His super strength combined with the precise use of internal force has made his footwork very precise. Of course, the usual free kick training is also helpful for improving long pass. Ability plays a big role. Now this kind of long pass is no less than heartthrob David Beckham. As the core of the team's offense, he is also the initiator of the offense. This ability can bring Chelsea's offense to the fore. Great help came--
The football bypassed the back of Harvey Alonso's head in the air, and fell directly at the feet of Altyn Robben. Alonso didn't expect that the black-haired boy who looked like a "lone ranger" had such a long pass. The ability of the ball, he has not yet entered the game state. After he reacted, the Dutch kid Robben had already dribbled the ball towards Liverpool's half-court.

In Liverpool's backcourt, Steve Finnan, the handsome Irishman closest to Robben, was the first to realize that he was going to run to the left to catch up with his national team teammate Duff just now, but he didn't expect that in the blink of an eye Chelsea He had already attacked near the team's penalty area, so he immediately abandoned his friendship and chose to play as if he had forgotten the ball.

Unfortunately, before he could go forward, Robben dribbled the ball and made a big change, turning directly from the side to the front of the penalty area, and Finnan could only follow him to eat ashes...

Then, the Dutch boy's iconic inward cut and big foot long shot was staged again in the Premier League, telling all Liverpool players: Don't underestimate me, I am also capable of scoring goals at Anfield! !

However, a classic save by the old goalkeeper Dudek caused a big crack in the audience's impression of the performance of the Dutch kid this time as a lone ranger, and the football was saved from the bottom line...

The old 'uncle' Dudek stood up from the ground in embarrassment, patted the grass clippings on his clothes, pinched the bridge of his nose habitually with his left hand, thinking about the cold sweat on his body from the shot just now, the kick just now It's really too dangerous. Fortunately, he is old and in poor health, so maybe he can do it once a night...

On the sidelines, Liverpool coach Nenites stood up from the coaching bench in fright. He immediately walked to the side of the field and yelled for the players to calm down and concentrate on the game. Repeated the mistakes of the last game.

And the 'madman' Mourinho is still sitting securely on the coach's bench, with his arms folded as if he is bound to win, quite a bit of the momentum of 'the first team is in hand, I have the world', this old man seems to be getting more and more It's getting more and more unpredictable, but in fact, he is thinking in his heart that he must maintain the demeanor of the Premier League's number one coach...

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Before the game, many media expected that this would be a wonderful confrontation, because the two teams are very good at attacking teams, but in fact, after 5 minutes of the game, they realized that Liverpool was playing Defensive counterattack.

Benitez is not an idiot. Although Liverpool's offensive ability is not bad, compared with Chelsea, which scored 4,5 or [-] goals in every game, the gap is really a bit different, especially when Chelsea showed offense at Highbury Stadium After the power, he realized this point even more clearly.

Didn't you see that Arsenal, the legendary Premier League's most offensive team, suffered a big defeat at home against Chelsea? ! ?He doesn't think that Liverpool's offensive ability can be stronger than Arsenal's. If they choose to attack, they really don't know how to die.

Obviously, defensive counterattack is the best choice.

Although Chelsea's offensive ability is very strong, its defensive ability is relatively weak. Even in this weak situation, it is still stronger than the average Premier League mid-range team, but it is a bit stretched to defend Liverpool's counterattack— —
Even though Liverpool has become more and more declining over the years, their strength is beyond doubt! !

Under such circumstances, the Liverpool players quickly entered the game state. Taking advantage of another unfavorable attack by Chelsea, they launched an extremely violent counterattack, which caught the Blues by surprise.

Joe Cole made a mistake with the ball and was directly intercepted by defender Hyypia. The latter made a direct pass to midfielder Luis Garcia. After Garcia got the ball, he took two steps forward and then Xavi Alonso made two passes and found a gap to pass the ball to Gerrard in the middle.

The best midfielder in the world, Steven Gerrard, nimbly passed two defenders, and turned to a long-range shot that hit the crossbar and flew out of the baseline...

This counterattack was also announced to everyone: Even if Chelsea is indeed fierce, Liverpool is not without power to counterattack! !
In the 15 minutes from the opening to the present, Chelsea has always taken the initiative in the game, but perhaps the players have not really entered the game state. Except for the threatening attack at the beginning, they have not been able to play anything significant. A threatening shot was made, and even Wang Li's volley from the front of the penalty area was kicked away, which made the game seem to be in a state of anxiety.

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Liverpool is by no means a soft persimmon that everyone kneads. When Chelsea did not cherish the opportunity several times, their counterattack finally paid off.

Alonso is a newcomer to the Premier League. At the beginning of the league, his performance was not outstanding. When he faced Chelsea last time, he was teased by Wang Li for many times. But now, as the league progresses day by day, His special way of passing the ball has left a deep impression on Liverpool fans. His keen sense of the game and precise passing have helped Liverpool win again and again, and Alonso has undoubtedly established himself as a main force. quota.

In an attack by Liverpool, without knowing it, Xavi Alonso ran to the left side of the penalty area. Chelsea's three defenders made a defensive error. They did not notice this new rising star in the Premier League, so Gerrard passed the ball to the left while being closely guarded by the defenders.Although the ball was passed in a hurry and the position was not accurate, Alonso was unguarded. So, after showing a virginal expression on his face, he swung his right foot and stuffed the ball straight into the penalty area At the front, Chelsea's goal has encountered a crisis.

Forward Pangler, who has always been regarded by Liverpool fans as a "super parallel importer", finally made a contribution this time. After he got rid of the defender, he swung his big foot without judgment, leaving Cech with no defense at all. The football went directly from Cech's double Rolled across the goal line between the legs.

"My God, Liverpool scored a goal!!~~~~~~ What a pity!! It was the 21-year-old striker Sinama Pongler, the famous French parallel importer actually scored The first goal, this is really unbelievable. Anyway, congratulations to him, this is the first goal he scored for Liverpool this season, it is really not easy, he just came to Liverpool Going into a scoring drought and now he's finally scoring one..."

"However, it is really puzzling that Liverpool can lead Chelsea. It can only be said that they are in a very good state today and their luck is also very good. However, how long can this lead last? How long? We can only I hope they last longer..."

Graham's commentary was too biased. Many Liverpool fans who watched the live broadcast of Sky TV in front of the TV almost smashed their TVs and computers in anger. Many people decided not to watch the live broadcast of Sky TV in the future.On the contrary, if there are more fans supporting the Blues in the world, if there are more Liverpool fans, with the strong rise of Chelsea, the number of fans around the world is also increasing dramatically. Many fans do not have the same inheritance as England fans. On the contrary, whichever team performs well and which team has a star they like, they will support which team, which makes Chelsea's popularity rise sharply.

After all, although it is good for TV commentators to be neutral, as a Premier League TV station, even if they have all the rights to broadcast, they must have a camp, and they can't take care of everyone's emotions, so Graham's commentary is still welcomed by most people , which is enough for a narrator.

Back to the topic, in the 23rd minute of the first half, Liverpool unexpectedly took the lead by one goal.

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At this time, the big screen gave a shot of the coach Mourinho who was still sitting calmly on the coaching bench of Chelsea. I saw this "madman" sitting there with his arms crossed and his chest calm when he saw the team lagging behind. , as if nothing happened.

"Look at Mr. Mourinho's expression. He is sitting very calmly, and there seems to be a smile on his face. Seeing this expression, I feel more at ease. He seems to be calm and composed. It seems that everything is in order. Still in his hands, yes, the first half of the game proved that this composure is not fake, we should trust him..."

But on the pitch, Chelsea captain Claude Makelele couldn't help it. Taking advantage of Liverpool's half-scheduled first goal, 'Mr. Joy' was still celebrating the goal with his teammates excitedly. He ran to Wang Li, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Allen, I think you should show your strength, otherwise the team will be in danger."

Wang Li was taken aback, turned his head and smiled, and said, "Of course, I've been working hard."

"However, you dribbled the ball a lot less in the past 10 minutes." Makelele asked with a serious face.

Wang Li touched the back of his head and said embarrassedly: "I just want to cooperate more with my teammates. You know, the team cannot always be supported by me alone."

Makelele nodded understandingly, "Okay, I understand what you mean, but there are many people watching this game, so you don't want your team to lose the game, right?"

Wang Li smiled and patted the French man on the shoulder, and said, "Don't worry, I will try my best to compete in a while."

Seeing the expression of the black-haired boy Chen Ken in front of him, Makelele nodded, turned his head and ran towards the backcourt.

In fact, from the beginning to the present, Wang Li did not try his best. He is trying to cooperate more with his teammates. Last night, he watched a video of Barcelona's recent game, even though he was very concerned about the personal abilities of the players. They are full of disdain, but their ability to cooperate in offense is both beautiful and threatening. They really deserve to be the world's top offensive team.

Although Chelsea's offensive coordination ability is top-notch in the Premier League, perhaps due to the different style of the league, it is much worse than Barcelona. According to Wang Li's estimation, it can only reach the middle level of La Liga. Although Chelsea Of course, it also has its own advantages, but in this way, there may be problems in the real match against Barcelona, ​​so Wang Li wants to cooperate more with his teammates in the game to try the effect.

However, it is still more important to tie the score now, and when the victory is in their own hands, then they can play whatever they want.

Wang Li's idea was very good, but after the game restarted, luck fell on the Liverpool team.

Chelsea's pass in the midfield was directly intercepted by Gerrard. The latter passed the ball to his teammate, preparing for a counterattack. When he got to the ball, when he saw that his teammates were already in the penalty area, he wanted to kick a lob pass in the penalty area, but he didn't kick it! !

The football flew towards the sky, and then just when everyone in the audience felt that it would definitely fly over the baseline, during the rotation, it went straight towards the dead corner of the goal——
Leaf Ball! !

Many people call this kind of ball a deciduous ball, and Gerrard's ball is definitely luck! !

Goalkeeper Petr Cech raised his heart just now, but the direction of the football flight was too tricky. After he jumped hard, he still failed to stop the ball. As the referee signaled that the goal was valid, the scoreboard on the field became 2 :0.

Liverpool lead by two goals.

(End of this chapter)