Football’s First Defender

Sterling's brilliant goal brought the two teams back to the same starting line. If the score is not rewritten, the game will enter overtime.

However, for Mourinho, the possibility of entering overtime is not unacceptable for Chelsea.

This is Stamford Bridge and the Blues’ own home stadium. When everyone’s physical fitness begins to dry up as the fierce game progresses, the Chelsea players at home can be blessed by the support of the fans on the scene to become more reserved. The strong side.

Not to mention, Liverpool’s current tactical play is inherently heavy on players’ physical fitness. It may not be possible to insist on maintaining such a running intensity for 90 minutes, let alone stretch the game to 120 minutes. Therefore, even if Liverpool equalized the score, Mourinho was not too anxious, but allowed the team to continue to play steadily and complete the offense under the premise of ensuring the defense.

Chelsea have enough capital to play slowly, but for Liverpool, it is very clear that the team must continue to maintain an offensive posture and try to end the suspense of the game within 90 minutes.

Rodgers made substitution adjustments soon after Sterling scored. Markovic was replaced by Flanagan, and the Jie team came off the bench and replaced central defender Lovren.

Liverpool changed back to 433 and continued to maintain its offensive against Chelsea.

Such a substitution adjustment is also a reminder from Rogers to the players on the field that Liverpool should strive to resolve the game within 90 minutes.

Flanagan came to the right-back position this time, and he could better play his right foot and complete the pass directly during the march.

The two full-backs began to move forward by a large margin, effectively increasing Liverpool's side threat and opening up a certain amount of space for the core attacking players in the center. Moreover, Moreno and Flanagan who played in the back have enough physical fitness to create a threat in the final stage of the game.

Although Liverpool’s current lineup does not pose a big threat of pilling from the wing, the two full-backs can explode with their own speed, try to force a bottom breakthrough, run over the defender, and cross into the penalty area to create a threat. .

Anyway, it is impossible for Chelsea to allow Liverpool players to complete the breakthrough directly from the wing at this time.

The pass is not abrupt, although Chelsea's wing defensive strategy is still going well, but it also limits the defensive attention of certain Chelsea players.

Although Liverpool's wing attack is huge, but in the final analysis it is still a feint.

The main offensive threat of the team still comes from the pass from the wing and the offense from the center to handle the ball.

Coutinho is the biggest threat.

Although the physical consumption is huge, Coutinho can still rely on his technical ability to achieve a very good breakthrough effect under the same relatively poor physical environment for Chelsea players.

And Coutinho's breakthrough, with the tempering of the past two seasons, has long been unlike when he first came to England, he only knew that he would try to attack by himself with his head down.

He always holds his head high, keeps his observation of the situation on the court, and can always find the best way to handle the ball in the game.

Not only your own personal offense, you can also use passing to pose a huge threat to your opponent.

Coutinho's breakthrough can create a considerable offensive threat, especially a sudden pass during the march. When his teammates move well, it can create a great threat.

Although there is a lack of real strikers, but the midfield and the front are of a fairly technical level, naturally Liverpool can make use of running positions to create a space that can continue to advance and create threats.

Sterling has received considerable defensive attention, but Lallana, Henderson and others can use active running to try to create offensive opportunities in the game.

Coutinho’s pass has a penetrating power like a scalpel. In this case, he interspersed with the Liverpool players in the Chelsea penalty area and further inserted the midfielder Gerrard and others to create a long shot. Opportunity.

The ideas of the Liverpool players and coach Rogers reached agreement at this time.

It is to use these 90 minutes to decide the outcome of the game.

At this time, the Liverpool players quite had the courage to break the boat.

It is to solve the game directly in the remaining game time.

Either win or lose, at this time the Liverpool players have not considered the situation of overtime.

It was Gerrard who really created the threat first.

With teammates in front of him threatening, Gerrard's long-range threat began to create the threat he deserved.

Sterling's interspersion attracted enough Chelsea players to defend him in a targeted manner.

Lallana and Henderson's interspersed directly squashed Chelsea's entire defense line.

Coutinho, as a thrower, passed the ball to Sterling, but at the end of the pass, he turned his ankle directly and chose an outside instep to rub the pass and split the ball to the other side. Henderson here.

Henderson led the ball forward and directly put pressure on Chelsea's defense.

Chelsea defensive players, all defensive focus at this time is concentrated in the penalty area.

Henderson took the opportunity to pass the ball directly to the outside.

Gerrard followed up with an iconic long shot.

An angry shot blasted directly to the upper left corner of the goal.

It's just a pity that Courtois still showed a very good competitive state.

A step-by-step jump, directly in the game, Fei saved Gerrard's wonderful long shot.

Gerrard has some regrets. Under such circumstances, Gerrard really wants to continue to be Liverpool's hero, as always, to contribute to the team in the game.

Unfortunately, Courtois' defense prevented Gerrard from becoming a hero.

Courtois became the best goalkeeper in Europe last season at Atletico Madrid.

Although Atletico Madrid's original defensive system and the back line are excellent, it has to be said that behind Atletico's excellent defense line, there is also Courtois's high and low gear on the goal line.

However, although Atletico can take away the league championship trophy from Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Also in the UEFA Champions League final with Real Madrid, occupied a considerable advantage.

But at the last moment, Ramos' header was absolutely flat and Courtois' dreams were shattered.

And then, in the overtime, Real Madrid's unilateral strength crushed.

Real Madrid players’ super personal abilities, combined with better physical reserves than Atletico players, made Real Madrid a complete overtime victory in overtime.

This also strengthened Courtois' determination to leave Atletico.

As a goalkeeper who wants to hit the highest honor, Courtois knows that his teammates are tough and he can rely on. Otherwise, no matter how good his performance on the goal line is, he may be delayed by his teammates. .

Atletico Madrid is an excellent team, but the team’s investment has been limited. Compared with Chelsea, which has excellent funds, Courtois rejected Atletico’s agreement to buy out himself. Chelsea, who was on loan, directly squeezed out the old goalkeeper Cech, and settled on the position of Chelsea's starting goalkeeper.

Courtois, eager for honor, was naturally full of desire for victory in the second round of this semi-final. Entering the final, he was one step closer to the championship.

What could be better than just returning to Chelsea and relying on your excellent saves to help the team reach the final and win the championship?

Courtois stood on the goal line, staring at Liverpool's offensive line, bending over, touching his right glove tape with his left hand, his teeth clenched.

Must successfully defend the gate and wait for the striker to score.

But Courtois's defensive mind, for Liverpool players, is not the focus of attention.

Liverpool players just want to attack, they want to score.

Just want to complete the lore in the final moment of the game.

The Liverpool players are crazy, constantly pressing forward and continuing to press on Chelsea's defense.

Not only the original offensive players.

Constantly continuing to exhaust their physical energy to attack forward, the full-backs on the side and rear began to rush forward like wingers in the game.

It's the offense, the offense of the full-backs, the same pressure as the wingers, hoping to create more pressure.

Especially Moreno, as a smaller full-back.

Moreno not only can quickly advance directly on the wing, but also can try to make some personal breakthroughs in the game after getting more offensive initiative.

Moreno from Spain, his excellent foot ability, for the rough players, is also enough to form a crush.

Moreno began to use his outstanding personal ability in the game to try to break through Ivanovic.

Ivanovich has a comment.

"Don't be afraid of ten thousand just in case"!

Ivanovic is a double-edged sword.

In the game, it can not only create wing pass opportunities for Chelsea on the wing, but also create defensive pressure on the opponent when setting the ball.

Correspondingly, a full-back with such a tall stature has a slow turning speed and slow recovery speed, which is also his biggest weakness in defense.

Perhaps it was said before that Ivanovic can still rely on the advantages of physical confrontation to ensure his defensive strength, and create defensive pressure on the Liverpool breakthrough personnel on this side.

But at the end of the game, for Ivanovic, the taller Ivanovic was originally in the game, running back and forth on the wing.

Not only has to take on this defensive task, Ivanovic also has to participate significantly when Chelsea launches counterattacks and sets the ball. It is definitely Chelsea's player who consumes the most physical energy.

And Moreno's own breakthrough, in the face of Chelsea's lack of defensive defense at this time, Moreno has the opportunity to complete the breakthrough in the first time.

For Ivanovic, the comparison with Moreno's figure makes Ivanovic have no good way to defend Moreno without the help of physical confrontation in 1v1.

However, Moreno is as flexible as a loach at this time, and does not give Ivanovic a chance to fight physically. It is to directly and continuously change to an emergency stop, which will put pressure on Ivanovic’s defense and misjudgment. .

After the continuous offensive action successfully shook Ivan's center of gravity, Moreno directly accelerated the breakthrough.

Speed ​​directly from the right side into the penalty area.

In the face of Ivanovic's defense being broken, Chelsea also had to separate players to ensure defense against this offensive threat.

Ramirez, who came off the bench, was a slippery tackle and wanted to intercept Moreno directly.

It's just that Moreno's shot speed is fast enough, knowing that his shooting skills are not good, Moreno had no plans to complete the goal by himself.

But from the very beginning, he had the idea of ​​passing the ball.

Before Ramirez's sliding tackle was in place, Moreno made a quick kick and passed the ball to a position in front of the penalty area.

At this time, some of the space in the Chelsea penalty area was just used by Liverpool's offensive players.

Henderson, who followed, directly hit the bottom right corner of the goal with a push.

However, Chelsea not only has Courtois on the goal line, but also has excellent defenders on the back line.

Henderson's goal was shot by Chelsea's old captain Terry, who quickly stretched out his leg to block the ball directly.

Matic reacted quickly and finished with a big foot, which did not give Liverpool a chance to score in a mess.

There is not much time left in the game, although the score of the two rounds is still a tie, the score will be maintained in overtime.

But compared with Liverpool players panting, Chelsea players obviously have more physical fitness and two substitution opportunities to give Liverpool a fatal blow in overtime.

Rogers did not stay.

It was directly replaced by Lambert, ready to smash in the end.

Lallana, who was constantly on the impact, was replaced. Sterling returned to the right wing. Liverpool’s last let go was to make Chelsea even bigger while the players still had the power to fight. Threatened.

The biggest change in Lambert's appearance is that Liverpool finally has a high point in the penalty area.

Although Lambert is already a veteran, what I have to say is that Lambert, who has been in the middle and lower reaches of the team before, desires honor more than anyone.

Even if this is just a League Cup that is least worthy of the attention of giants.

Even if the game time, including stoppage time, there may not be 10 minutes, but Lambert is still running hard and fighting hard, hoping to catch even a goal opportunity to rewrite the score.

However, Chelsea’s copper and iron walls are still holding on. Mourinho is confident in defense, Chelsea players are confident, even the Blues fans at Stamford Bridge are also confident.

As long as Chelsea is determined to defend, how many teams can really break through Chelsea's gate in a short time?

However, Sterling made a corner kick in a cross from the right, but the Chelsea fans were suddenly shocked.

Looking at Yang Feng jogging up from the backcourt, Chelsea fans unconsciously trembled in their hearts~www.readwn.com~ They remembered Yang Feng's final goal at Stamford Bridge last season. This time around. , History will not repeat itself.

The fans at the scene may not be able to see it, but the broadcast footage gave Yang Feng a close-up.

Those confident eyes, with the momentum to score a goal, made many Chelsea fans in front of TV worry.

Gerrard took a corner kick, an excellent curve kick, looking for a position in front of the small penalty area.

Before the small restricted area, everyone huddled together.

This ball is a shot of luck for Liverpool.

Liverpool players also know that they do not have the advantage even if they are on Lambert in the set-piece matchup.

But with luck, Liverpool may not have no chance.

There was a crowd in the penalty area, with many pendants hanging around Yang Feng, but there were also many impacts from Liverpool players, which helped Yang Feng break some defenders.

Taking off in place, Yang Feng's long-term physical confrontation in recent years has finally exerted his power.

Without being shocked by various forces and losing his balance, Yang Feng could barely take off, carrying strength from all directions, and completed a header in the penalty area.

Shake your head!

Gerrard's pass is quite accurate.

Accurately found Yang Feng's head.

However, Yang Feng also got rid of a lot of resistance, forcibly finished the header, and pushed the ball to the goal.

Courtois flew to the rescue, but this time, the distance was too close, and the width of the door was too wide. Courtois's save, facing Yang Feng, attacked the goal from a certain angle, but did not jump.

The goal is scored!

Liverpool overtook it!

It's Yang Feng again! The final goal again!

For Chelsea fans, Yang Feng is poisonous...