1novels Chapter 116
Chapter 116
Chapter 116
Liverpool's on-site commentator still felt that it was surprising that Liverpool failed to equalize the score in the first half.
The TV broadcast showed Li Xiaoming at the end of the stage. He was walking down talking and laughing with Rio Ferdinand. Not far from him, Torres walked quickly with his head down and his mouth covered with his hands.
The two sides really formed a stark contrast.
"Rio Ferdinand and Li Xiaoming were Manchester United's best players in the first half," Martin Taylor said. "Manchester United's goal was instigated by him. Under his leadership, Manchester United's midfielder did not collapse under the impact of Gerrard, and the defense has to be said to be Rio Ferdinand, this famous England station shows us The world-class defensive level, and I have to mention Vidic, Manchester United's defense in this game is very characteristic, Rio Ferdinand has stepped forward to defend many times, his experience and his ability to judge have given Manchester United a great deal Help, and Vidic's stable defense against Torres today, let the fans see the demeanor of the world's top central defender, I think Manchester United came prepared for this game, and now the situation in the first half is Manchester United 1 :0 leading away to Liverpool, how should Benitez, as a master tactician, take the move?"
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Walking back to the locker room, the Manchester United players were greeted with applause and smiles from coach Ferguson.His disciples carried out his plan perfectly.In his tactical conception, Liverpool's offense can be said to be not rich. They often rely on talented players. Such a team means instability. This is also related to Liverpool's current unstable record. They Won six and lost three in the Premier League.This is because after all, there is no time for inspiration, especially in today's increasingly rigorous defensive methods, and Ferguson has also seen this. After the cut, Torres and Gerrard will be in a state of isolation and helplessness , Gerrard is not a player with excellent breakthrough ability, his footwork is not good, Gerrard's strongest point is his awareness and impact, while Carrick's defense and harassment are just right Preventing this is like hitting a sponge with a fist.
The only thing that worries Ferguson is Torres, a Spaniard with the strength of the world's top five centers, when he will explode is a thorn in his heart.
On the other hand, during the half-time break, Liverpool's players did not show much frustration. This is not the first time they have fallen behind. They know how to deal with their mentality in adversity.
Benitez, who is a big tactical tree, told the players that they need to change such a single defense that handles the ball.
Benitez is a real football coach, he is not good at dealing with the emotions of the team, he is a pure tactical madman, he is only in charge of the tactical level.Complementing him is that there are Red Army captains like Gerrard who deal with the psychological part of the team.
Benitez made adjustments to the team's tactics in the second half.Since Manchester United wanted to cut off the linkage of Dirk, Gerrard, and Torres in the first half, Liverpool would reduce such passes in the second half.Benitez asked the team to find Torres directly when necessary.Then let the Spaniard use his extraordinary personal ability to create opportunities for goals or assists.
Benitez's idea is very simple, just need Torres to beat Vidic in a one-on-one situation.Then point to point, let Manchester United's defense face a comprehensive miss. At that time, Ferdinand had to come back to help Vidic to help defend, thus activating their Liverpool offensive trio.
This is a typical conspiracy. There are only two ways to solve it for Manchester United. One is to withstand the opponent's attack, and the other is to score more goals than Liverpool.
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After the intermission, the two sides changed sides to fight again in the second half.
Liverpool made a quick change, with significantly fewer passes up front.
And sharp breakthroughs began to increase.
Torres became the brightest star on the court.
There were waves of cheers at the Liverpool Stadium, and the commentators were also overwhelmed by Torres' wonderful performance.
The Liverpool commentator yelled as Torres relied on Rio Ferdinand to stop the ball with a simple feint to shake off Ferdinand's defense, start dribbling laterally, dodge Vidic's flying tackle, and shoot just wide. He said: "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! What a pity! Torres! What a fantastic performance! This is the anger of Liverpool, Torres is in very good condition, if it continues, Liverpool will definitely be able to equalize and even win It's okay to get a win, Liverpool are invincible."
Later, Torres had another brilliant breakthrough from the front of the box, a Marseille roundabout into the United box, and then shot.
At that time, everyone thought that the goal had been scored.
But the football hit the near post and bounced from behind Van der Sar, before it was cleared by the United defender and kicked out of the touchline.
When the football hits the post, the whole Anfield stadium will be rueful, and such a result is not what they want to see.
But Torres didn't keep his supporters waiting too long.
In 3 minutes, after Torres received a pass from the front of Manchester United's penalty area, facing Carrick's rush, he simply moved the football forward with his left foot and swayed Carrick away.
Then he immediately faced the ready central defender Vidic.
When Vidic came forward, Torres made a sudden stop to slow down, then turned the ball to the left with the outside instep of his left foot, and at the same time he turned inside.Vidic turned and continued to keep up.While Torres and Vidic were entangled, Carrick had already run back and was stuck between Torres and the goal again.In addition, Ferdinand also rushed from the left to support his teammates, and three Manchester United players wearing white cedar blocked in front of Torres.
This is already heavily surrounded and defended like an iron wall.
But I saw Torres tossing and turning in the encirclement of these three people, extremely flexible.
Facing Ferdinand who came up first, Torres made a move to pass the ball, but he paused in the race against time to get rid of it.
But it was this meal that made Ferdinand hesitate. He stretched out his foot not to grab the ball at Torres' feet, but to block Torres' passing line.
But when he stretched out like this, Torres dunked the football with his left foot and buckled it towards the penalty area line.
This dunk not only allowed him to dunk Ferdinand, but also dunked Carrick, who was very close to Ferdinand.
Then he squeezed into the gap before Vidic and killed Manchester United's penalty area.At this time, Torres' extraordinary explosive power was fully revealed. Just when Vidic just turned around, Torres had already exploded with amazing speed.
After reaching the penalty area, he took control of the ball with his right foot, stuck Vidic on the sitting side of his body, and then directly kicked and shot low.
The football drew an arc against the turf, passed through the Manchester United players who surrounded Torres, and also crossed the ten fingers of Van der Sar.
Then he wiped the far post and rolled into the goal with a very tricky gesture!
"Liverpool! Torres! A great goal!" Martin Taylor climaxed instantly, and his hoarse voice burst out from the TV speakers. "Break each one!! Total collapse!! This is the Spaniard's football. Torres is like a god on the field. His skills and speed are perfectly matched. Look at this goal. Its excellent explosiveness makes Vidic Like a stake, he is a natural killer, gentlemen and ladies, we are honored to see a super talented performance, this is the strength of the European Golden Boot, this is the strength of the top scorer in the European Cup."
During his almost crazy commentary, huge cheers erupted from the Liverpool stands, as if an active volcanic crater was erupting, the momentum was mighty, standing here can feel the vibration from the feet, which makes people feel unbearable foothold.
This is the power of this stadium at Anfield! "you never walk alone" fills the stadium
All the Liverpool fans were celebrating Torres' goal, cheering for Torres, they were chanting Torres' name, hoarse and hysterical.
In this majestic momentum, Torres ran towards the corner flag with open arms, his teammates caught up, hugged him, and celebrated the goal with him.
The Manchester United players were confused by the explosion-like atmosphere. When Torres scored a goal, it was as if a blockbuster detonated in this red volcano. They were overturned by the shock wave of the eruption. A wave of surprise enveloped the Manchester United players.
After Torres scored, Liverpool clearly had the upper hand in attack with unstoppable momentum.
Gerrard stepped back, leaving more space for Torres, who also handed the ball to Torres.
Now is the time for the Spaniards to perform.And Gerrard and Dirk have become his deputy, their duty is to hand the ball to the Spaniard's feet.Torres also seemed to be in good form in this game. His sharp breakthroughs and shots made Manchester United's defense extremely embarrassed.The stands applauded Torres' wonderful performance time and time again, and burst into laughter because of the embarrassment of the Liverpool defenders.The sound waves rushed towards Manchester United, just like the booster of Liverpool's offensive wave.
Many fans and commentators even think that if Torres continues to play like this, it will only be a matter of time before Liverpool score again.
In the face of aggressive Liverpool, Manchester United had to choose to recover across the board for defense.
And Ferguson is already considering whether to make a substitution. Under such circumstances, he needs to rationally analyze whether to attack or defend.
After Torres scored a goal, he became more active, and the commentators exclaimed that Torres was invincible and unstoppable.
In fact, Manchester United is indeed in a great crisis.
Just as Benitez expected, Torres' activity brought Ferdinand back, which gave other players space, and Liverpool still had stars like Gerard Dirk to defend.
Facing Liverpool's offense, Manchester United was very embarrassed.
Liverpool, on the other hand, galloped through Manchester United's half amidst the cheers of the fans, as if they were in no one's land.They launched a full-scale attack, and it seemed that they wanted to completely beat Liverpool to the ground within a few minutes.Their offensive was so fierce that even Li Xiaoming returned to the half court.
No.607 minutes, Gerrard turned around again after receiving the ball from midfield, and then shook Rooney away with a change of rhythm
Li Xiaoming wants to go up to intercept, no matter how useful he can be in one-on-one defense, at least he must be there, and if he can't, he will foul.Now it is still relatively far away from the penalty area. As long as the foul in this place is not a particularly serious malicious foul, at most it will be a yellow card. If you are lucky, you may not even have a yellow card.
But the experienced Gerrard didn't give Li Xiaoming a chance to foul at all. Three meters away from him, he suddenly changed his line and threw away the scarecrow-like Li Xiaoming.
Li Xiaoming, who was extremely fast, faced Gerrard who was on the attack, and he had no way to force a breakthrough like this unreasonably.
He could only turn around and run back, not to chase Gerrard, but to get as close to his penalty area as possible.
He saw Gerrard riding the bus, like a charging tank, suddenly made a big change of direction, and knocked Carrick down who was defending.Carrick pounced a little too hard.As a result, he was easily swayed away, and Gerrard, who was driving for a long time, was like a lancer charging, and he stepped forward with his long legs. This is his range, and his heavy artillery is well-known throughout Europe. .
Even though he was an opponent, Li Xiaoming had to lament Gerrard's strength in long-range shots.
But Gerrard, who then swayed to Carrick, made a shot and passed the ball to Torres.
Li Xiaoming was sweating for his team in his heart. He knew that if Gerrard chose to shoot just now, the chances of scoring a goal would be very low. No matter how good a player is, he needs to be cautious about long-range shots. Germany is no exception, but if Torres passes the ball in the penalty area, it will be very troublesome... because the defensive players dare not make easy moves, but the Spaniard's excellent dribbling and shooting ability can make him pass in the narrow penalty area. Move around, protect the ball and look for a shot.
Sure enough, when Torres got the football in the penalty area, Vidic, who was lying in front of him, wanted to steal the ball, but was blocked by Torres with his shoulder, so he had to stop.
He stopped, but Torres didn't stop, and rushed towards Vidic.
When the two were about to touch, Torres' left foot buckled the football to the right, and the football passed through.And Torres' right foot caught Vidic's leg, and the Spaniard fell to the ground!
The referee's whistle sounded.
Li Xiaoming's heart skipped a beat.
He saw the referee's finger pointing to the penalty spot!
(End of this chapter)