Chapter 187 Murphy's Reversal

The leading Leiden East did not adopt the tactic of shrinking defense, but instead strengthened the midfield counter-attack. The three lines were compact and tight, and offside tactics were used to deal with Irving's back row. Within ten minutes after Leiden East scored the goal, Liverpool had three offsides. Under Deselli's command, Leiden East's entire defense line was pressed very timely. Whenever Irving started, Leiden East's defense line would immediately take a step forward and leave Irving behind...

After three consecutive offsides, Liverpool had to change his tactics and began to seek opportunities through midfield offense and breakthroughs on both wings. However, McManamann could not make a breakthrough under Daniel's close defense, while Murphy on the left was repeatedly blocked in front of Sun Jihai, who was also familiar with him. Murphy is the kind of player Sun Jihai likes to defend the most. He is faster than Sun Jihai, and his skills are not very good. He can't suppress Sun Jihai alone. He is often intercepted by Sun Jihai when trying to break through...

Redknapp, who is in charge of the organization, was entangled by Marklele. Redknapp is not afraid of anyone in terms of technology, but in physical confrontation, Marklele, who is 1.7 meters tall, has an absolute advantage...

While doing a very good defense, Leiden Oriental also continued to threaten Liverpool's goal through counterattacks. Their counterattacks were not completed by one or two people. Often when counterattacks were formed, two forwards and two wing forwards, plus Boban in charge of the organization, at least half of the troops poured into the opponent's half. If it weren't for the poor luck and the concentration of Liverpool's defense line, they might have expanded their leading advantage to two goals long ago.

Faced with this dilemma, Liverpool's coaching staff seemed to be helpless. Evans and Hollier were actually excellent coaches, but the football game is not necessarily equal to two. How can two coaches with completely opposite coaching philosophy and tactical styles work together to achieve excellent results?

Liverpool's performance in the previous game was pretty good, and ranking second for the time being also made Liverpool's management think that his decision was not wrong - but in fact? Now Liverpool's original gorgeous offense is losing, and its offense is not as sharp as before, and the defensive system has not been established yet. The players on the court seem to be divided into two groups, one side is ignoring the offense, and the other side defending in the backcourt...

It was precisely because Xiao Ming took advantage of this that he did not retreat after the lead, but instead stirred the midfield into a pot of porridge, cut off the connection between Liverpool's three lines, and fully utilized his overall advantage - isn't Liverpool's frontcourt offense gorgeous? Then I will make your midfield completely gorgeous! With the battlefield concentrated in the midfield, the space for passing and organization has become unprecedentedly small. Unless Liverpool can create opportunities through personal breakthroughs, don't think about organizing comfortably!

Redknapp is the core of Liverpool's organization, and most of the passes are passed from his feet, so Xiao Ming used Marklele to defend him and reduce his passes. McManaman is a good player in breakthroughs, and Xiao Ming sent Daniel to pester him. As for Murphy, his long shot is the most threatening, but when his position is biased to the wing, he does not get much opportunity for long shots. Fowler's strength lies in his sensitive sense of smell in the penalty area, so he keeps him away from the penalty area. As for using offside tactics to deal with Irving, although it is very risky, it is quite good from the current effect.

So far, Xiao Ming's tactical effects have been fully exerted. The continuous fouls and mistakes in the midfield have made Liverpool's offense unable to be organized smoothly. The combination of the two technical forwards lacks impact is also captured by Xiao Ming. Fowler has no chance in front of Hepia. Even if Irving wants to get the ball to break through, he cannot get rid of the experienced Deselli in the narrow space.

If the game continues according to Xiao Ming's vision, even if Leiden East does not score, he will be confident that he will maintain the leading advantage until the midfield.

When the second half reached the 25th minute, Liverpool finally couldn't bear it anymore.

Czech midfielder Patrick Borg, who was placed on the bench due to a minor injury, began to warm up. Under the current circumstances, Borg was able to use his body and long shots to open a bloody road after playing, which is also Liverpool's only hope. Another person who was warming up was German striker Karl Heinz Riddle, a German veteran who scored twice in the 1997 Champions League final and helped Dortmund win the cup, came to Liverpool as a substitute. At that time, Liverpool sold Collimore to Aston Villa and needed a substitute. Riddle did what a veteran should do well, without complaints on the bench and devoted everything when he had the opportunity to play.

Borg came on the court and replaced Redknapp. Riddle continued to warm up. This substitution surprised Xiao Ming. He originally thought he would replace Murphy...

However, when he saw Redknapp limping when he left the court, Xiao Ming realized that Redknapp was on the court with injuries - it seems that Liverpool's magic sponge still couldn't find what injury this genius midfielder was injured...

After a moment of silence for Redknapp in his heart, Xiao Ming focused on the game. He did not have the ability to change the deeply rooted tradition of the English club for more than a hundred years. Among the players who were destroyed by team doctors who were not qualified to be a physician, Redknapp was not the first, nor the last. All he could do was change the medical facilities and level of his club so that the players who played for Leiden East would not be harmed unnecessary.

Since other clubs are stubbornly allowing "owners" to be team doctors, then the players they bought for a lot of money cannot be blamed for being scrapped. In some ways, these team doctors can in turn help Leiden East get better results...

Just five minutes later, Xiao Ming thought about this, he began to hate Liverpool's team doctor.

Like Xiao Ming, at first, when Murphy saw Borg off the court doing preparations, he thought he would be the one who was replaced. After transferring to Liverpool, Murphy felt much more pressure than in Leiden Oriental. After all, the ones who competed with him were all world-class players. This game was his first starter. Evans probably wanted to take advantage of his familiarity with Leiden Oriental. If he performed poorly in this game, it would be not that easy to return to the main lineup again.

Murphy's performance in the past was only average. If he was replaced, he would lose the opportunity to prove himself. Fortunately, he still has twenty minutes to prove that he is useful.

With a huge stride, Glenshare, who was returning to defense, blocked behind him. Then Murphy stretched out his foot to stop Ince's pass, then took the ball and turned around, blocked Glenshare tightly behind him, and began to drive the ball forward!

Sun Jihai in front of him came up, and Glenshare behind him was still constantly interfering - Murphy knew that he could not get rid of these two people. Last season, Leiden East's newly formed right-wing combination successfully replaced the injured Finnan and Lombardo, and in the FA Cup final, the Premier League's best winger Ovemas had no choice but to break through the defense of these two people...

When he was about to approach Sun Jihai, Murphy suddenly passed the ball. With a beautiful cross, Borg rushed up from the middle. He could directly use his long-range shooting skills without anyone defending him!

Marklele pushed Borg down from the back, and a shocking boo sounded from the stands.

After finally creating a good opportunity to shoot through the organization, it was stopped by a foul. The anger of Liverpool fans can be imagined!

The referee showed Marklele a yellow card, and Liverpool won a direct free kick about 25 meters away from the goal.

Xiao Ming stood up. The free kick at this distance was quite dangerous. Murphy's free kick was excellent, and Borg's powerful long shot at this distance was also quite threatening...

Jasquelinen loudly commanded the man wall. Five people from Van Nie, Phillips, Jinklaze, Glenshare and Boban lined up a man wall, blocking the near corner of the goal tightly. The other players defended in the penalty area. What made Xiao Ming feel relieved was that Liverpool did not have a particularly outstanding player with headers. Riddle, who had just been replaced, was already old and his impact was far inferior to before. What made Xiao Ming feel uncomfortable was that Murphy and Borg, two free kick players with completely different characteristics, stood in front of the goal at the same time...

Jasquelinen was also playing drums in his heart. He knew that Murphy was able to play a direct free kick with a big arc, and Borg's long shot was also famous. The direction of the two people's shooting may be the opposite, so he could not move his footsteps in advance...

After the walls were all set up, the referee blew a whistle that could free throws, Murphy and Borg began to run at the same time, and Jasquelinen focused all his attention and judged who would shoot...

Murphy, who was running first, ran closer to the ball and suddenly stopped. Then Borg ran up from behind. Jasclenen began to focus on Borg - it should be Borg coming up and shooting from a long time!

Just as Jasquelanin was thinking this way, Murphy, who had already stopped, suddenly flew up and kicked the bottom of the ball!

This kick was not only Yasquelenen, but also the entire wall of the wall. The players of Leiden East were not even able to take off. They watched the ball fly over their heads and then fell rapidly...

Yasquelenin kicked his feet and flew up, but was still one step late. Just when he was half a meter away from the ball, the ball had already plunged into the goal...

"goooooooooal! Danny - Murphy! Beautiful free kick! Murphy equalized the score for Liverpool! This midfielder, who also played 26 times for Leiden Oriental last season, lost his position after Leiden Oriental introduced Boban, and then transferred to Liverpool at a low price of one million pounds! This is his first appearance in the league this season, and he slapped Leiden Oriental hard in the face!"

After scoring the goal, Murphy roared and waved his fist. In the eyes of the commentator, he naturally thought that he was demonstrating to Leiden East...

"Fuck!" Xiao Ming slapped the lawn in front of him and was very angry.

He was not angry because Murphy scored a goal - he scored a goal for his new boss, and Xiao Ming would not regret giving up Murphy for introducing Gerald, but he is now starting to hate Liverpool's team doctor - if Redknapp's injury has healed, Borg would probably replace Murphy, how could this goal be...

"I'm really unwilling to lose the ball like this..." Xiao Ming gritted his teeth and looked at the court. There was nothing wrong with the tactics he arranged, but a free kick made the tactics he carefully arranged to ashes. This feeling was really bad.

Any coach can bring out any kind of team - if you change to other newly promoted teams, even if you equalize the score by Liverpool, you may not feel embarrassed. After all, it is an acceptable result to tie Liverpool on the road, but Leiden Oriental does not seem to be willing to accept the draw.

Under Xiao Ming's command, Leiden Oriental changed his previous stance of fighting with Liverpool in the midfield and began to push forward a large attack. It seemed that he did not expect Leiden Oriental to refuse to accept the draw. After ten minutes of re-telection, Liverpool was forced to retreat to defend near his penalty area, but was suppressed by Leiden Oriental so much that he couldn't even breathe!

Hold the ball, transfer, pull the edge, dispatch, long shot, cross...

Leiden Oriental has completely grasped the initiative of the midfield. Even at the beginning, Liverpool fans thought that Leiden Oriental was lucky because of Leiden Oriental. The team started to face up to this team - Leiden Oriental has been fighting against Liverpool since the beginning of the game, and it has been a draw. Moreover, whether it is the process of the game or the technical statistics, they are not under Liverpool!

It is not strange that the newly promoted team relies on defense to score points from strong teams, but being able to attack strong teams upright and not lose the disadvantage - who can still treat this team with the perspective of looking at the newly promoted team?

"Maybe the media's harshness on Leiden Oriental in the previous rounds of the league makes sense. You should know that with opponents like Manchester United, Arsenal and Newcastle, it is already a good result for a promoted team to score two points in four rounds of the league, but reports criticizing Leiden Oriental are overwhelming... Judging from today's performance, they deserve such criticism. After all, if they can persist in such performance, it is impossible for them to only get two points in the first four rounds." The commentator of Sky TV said with a sigh.

During this period, it was Hollier who loudly directed Liverpool players to return to defense. It was precisely because of the sufficient defensive thickness in the backcourt that Liverpool's defense line withstood Leiden East's fierce attack without conceding the ball again.

Evans looked at the situation on the court with a complicated expression. He hoped that Liverpool would win, but if the victory was based on the tactics of strengthening defense and increasing the speed and strength of counterattacks that Hollier has always advocated, then wouldn't it prove that this Frenchman is much better than himself?

If Evans was directing the game just now, maybe he would let Liverpool and Leiden East attack, then if the backcourt defense is not thick enough, maybe Liverpool has fallen behind again.

Is your own tactics no longer in line with the modern trend? Especially after winning the World Cup championship with solid defense, the French national team's tactics have now begun to become popular, and winning the championship with defense - this seems to have become a truth.

Just when Evans was struggling, Xiao Ming on the other side was also quite nervous.

Now Leiden Oriental is indeed playing against Liverpool, but Liverpool's overall defense is quite excellent and has not given Leiden Oriental many opportunities. The dense crowd in the penalty area makes it difficult for Fanny and Phillips, two players with strong points, to grab the landing point, while Leiden Oriental, who is very pressing, has left a blockbuster gap in the backcourt - this is when Michael Irving takes effect! As long as there is an accurate long pass...

But now he has no choice. Now Leiden East has a strong offensive momentum. If he can lead again before the opponent counterattacks, then the victory of this game will basically be won.

This is a gamble, and the bet is who can score the first goal.

At the 80th minute, a scene that Xiao Ming didn't want to see appeared.

Kinclair's cross was pushed out by Carragher. After receiving the ball, Murphy didn't look up and made a long pass. This seemingly large long pass could fully exert Irving's speed. Irving, who had been cruising in the midfield, used his explosive power to instantly shake off Deselli's defense and rushed to the landing point of the ball!

Sun Jihai was running back hard, but his speed was still very different from that of Irving. With a total of five meters away from Irving, Irving had already caught up with the ball and rushed into the penalty area along the way. Then, Yasquelenin was in front of the attack and shot with one shot!

The ball flew out from Yaskleinen's armpit and flew into the goal.

Three to two! Liverpool took the lead!

Danny Murphy undoubtedly became one of the most dazzling stars in this game, with one goal and one assist. Even if Liverpool's two generations of golden boys Fowler and Irving scored, they could not hide his brilliance!

The Liverpool fans who celebrated the whole game seemed to be mocking Xiao Ming, mocking him for exchanging such an outstanding player for only one million pounds and a young player...

"Steven, Young, go warm up and get ready to play!"

Xiao Ming stood up, tightened his fists, then turned around and shouted at Gerald and Yankolle.

I absolutely did nothing wrong with this business! Liverpool is right and he is leading, but is the game over? No! The game is not over, what are you calling me!
Chapter completed!