While Grant was still thinking hard on the sidelines, the situation on the court changed strangely.
Chelsea launched an attack from the wing, and Joe Cole still chose to break through and score the ball according to the old routine. However, this time Finnan went against the norm of pressing and just retreated tightly to follow Joe Cole, trying to block the space for him to pass the ball.
route, this strategy worked. Joe Cole's pass was cleanly intercepted by Finnan, and a long clearance pass was directly hit into Chelsea's half. At this time, because it was the time for the team to attack aggressively,
Therefore, there are only Makelele and two central defenders in the backcourt.
Gerrard unloaded the ball while running quickly. Facing the defense of the French veteran, he did not blindly dribble or play the ball, but chose to wait. Sure enough, Kuyt, the engineer, did not live up to his waiting and was intercepted in the football.
At that time, he was already ready to sprint. At this time, Gerrard had already appeared in the frontcourt to receive the ball. Gerrard passed the ball and accelerated his sprint, running out of the space between the two Chelsea defenders.
Kuyt did not stick to the ball and knocked the ball back. Gerrard broke the deadlock on the court with a powerful and heavy volley without stopping the ball and penetrated the door of Cech's handle.
A very simple offensive mode. From stealing the ball in the backcourt to the final shot, only three players touched the ball. After three passes, the goal was achieved. It is simple and efficient. This should be Mourinho's coaching style.
However, Benitez implemented the doctrine of appropriation and retaliated with others, and Chelsea became the ultimate victim.
Prince was still a little unresponsive in the frontcourt at this time, conceding the ball so quickly. Liverpool was really not simple. The counterattack was extremely sharp. After all, they are a wealthy team. The same tactics used by them are much more powerful.
Seeing the Liverpool players celebrating like they were at home, the Chelsea generals gnashed their teeth in anger, but they really failed to live up to their expectations. Although they suppressed Liverpool for a long time, they fell behind after failing to defend well in a counterattack. I am sorry that the whole audience is now booing wildly.
Loyal Blues fan of Liverpool players.
In fact, Chelsea has now exposed one of its most essential weaknesses, which is that there is no top player who can handle the organization of the midfield. You must know that in this situation where the whole field is dominant, if there is an organizational master who can sort out the situation,
The team's offense, then it is not difficult to score goals at all. How could it happen that the current attack fails and is attacked by a sneak attack? However, there is no good way now. At best, it is to let the prince retreat, but it is not good to do this all the time.
The method was a waste of the prince's offensive talent, and there was no fulcrum for the final pass in the frontcourt.
In desperation, Grant changed his tactics. The two offensive midfielders, Lampard and Ballack, slowly moved backwards, reducing forward penetration and leaning more towards midfield defense. They slowed down the pace appropriately and used Callejon as the backbone again.
The core of the offense changed back to its previous play, which meant that the tactics Grant had specially formulated for this game with the Red Army had completely failed.
Chelsea is back on track after changing tactics. Although the offensive firepower may be slightly weakened, the team's offense and defense are more balanced and will not be caught in counterattacks so easily. Therefore, the frontcourt offensive players no longer have to worry about
Can be more free to attack. Prince is the biggest beneficiary of this tactical change. In order to cooperate with Grant's tactical arrangements, Prince deliberately suppressed his desire to attack and selflessly provided the ball for the two forward forwards. Now
There is no need to consider this.
For a moment, the prince seemed to be omnipotent on the court, but of course, the defense was still not good. Breakthroughs from the wing, fatal through balls, occasional ferocious cold shots, and a killer kill that he had not yet had a chance to use in this game.
From the free kick, Prince's performance alone has turned Liverpool's defense upside down, and there was a tremor in front of the goal...
However, one person may have betrayed Grant's trust. As the team's only center forward, Pizarro still failed to show his best form. Although it cannot be said that he was sleepwalking, he also wasted several minutes.
This opportunity made the prince even afraid to pass the ball to him.
Ballack and Gerrard, who are now more focused on defense, will also take turns to advance forward to support the attack. This kind of forward penetration is more concealed and more threatening. Because Pizarro is not strong, the prince will take the ball more.
Behind Pizarro, Ballack and Lampard were assigned points. Although Liverpool's defense was still very strong, it was difficult to stop every shot. During this period, Ballack had already hit the door frame with a shot.
, and Joe Cole also had an inward shot that hit the side net, and Liverpool was completely suppressed.
Prince also made some appropriate adjustments and broke through deeper. Although his own shot may not be reliable, if more breakthroughs reach threatening positions, Liverpool's defenders will also be very confused. Although Prince's shot is not
What's interesting, but you can't just let him go and just prevent him from passing. Therefore, between Prince's passing and shooting options, Liverpool's defense naturally had loopholes. Prince faked a shot and passed the ball at the front of the penalty area, ambush in front of the goal.
After playing for a while, Pizarro finally got the pass again, but the excited Peruvian shot the shot that was close at hand and it was extremely substandard, and was saved by Reina from the sideline like a god of thunder.
Chelsea received the first corner kick of the game.
Pizarro, who missed the opportunity to equalize, kicked the goal post a few times in frustration, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the Liverpool players. Players from both sides pushed and pushed each other until the corner kick was about to be taken, and they still performed the lingering love affair there.
So, the referee blew the whistle again and again to finally separate the two players, but after turning around, he couldn't stop them from hugging each other. It was really a touching love story. Compared with them, it was nothing like Butterfly Lovers and nothing like Romeo.
Juliet is so weak.
Joe Cole took a corner kick, and the ball arced around Reina, who attacked rashly, and fell towards the back point. Here is the highest point on the Chelsea field - Alex and the highest altitude of Liverpool - Crouch.
There was no suspense about the outcome of this fight for the top. Alex, whose weight completely matched his increased weight, easily squeezed away the bamboo pole that kept harassing him. He suddenly exerted force on his waist and hit the goal with a standard header. It was so powerful that it might even be faint.
Yueyue saw the arc of the football. With such a header, Reina had no choice but to watch the ball fly into the net.
Chelsea equalized the score midway through the first half. After nearly half an hour of hard work and cheering for the home team, the Blues fans finally got rewarded and cheered even more excitedly. Of course, Alai, who was the hero of the goal,
Shi, his name is also shouted by countless fans. Isn't this the greatest compliment to him?
Alex was a little confused when he scored, but looking at his teammates who looked like him, he finally confirmed that he had scored. In fact, as a tall central defender, there are definitely many opportunities to score. As long as there is
Set kicks, then there is room for him to play. He has scored many similar corner kicks and free kicks before, but after all, this is his first goal since joining Chelsea, and it is certainly worthy of his excitement. So, Alex avoided
Teammates rushed towards him one after another, and he lifted Joe Cole, who assisted him in taking the corner kick, over his head, just like a cannibal who caught a tourist, excitedly holding up his prey to show off his trophies in the tribe, pitiful
He just carried Joe Cole around the field to accept the cheers of the fans, but from this point of view, he looked like a background or a passerby. In the end, he was so uncomfortable that he almost vomited out the lunch he ate...
The prince has always been indifferent to such highly dangerous collective celebrations. He prefers to play with new and technical things. At this time, everyone will definitely not find him among the celebrating crowd.
The referee couldn't stand it anymore and ran to Alex and told him that if he didn't end the celebration, he would never be able to celebrate again. So, the Brazilian obediently put Joe Cole down and planned to restart the kick.
Now that Chelsea has equalized the score, there is naturally no anxiety in their mentality, and they still have an advantage on the scene. The game is smooth and enjoyable. On the other hand, Liverpool, despite being pressured to play, managed to catch it once.
He scored a goal on counterattack, but was easily equalized. Only he knows the feeling, but it is not that pleasant anyway.
Benitez had no good solution at this time, and it was impossible for any team to maintain the intensity of defense for the whole game. Let’s not talk about the set-piece goal just now. Under Chelsea’s suppression, Liverpool’s defense quickly
Loopholes will appear, and eventually the entire defense line will collapse. At that time, let alone a draw, it might be a bloodbath.
But no matter how hard Betu racks his brains, there is no good solution, because with the current staffing of Liverpool, the only one who can support the glory of the giants is him, a master tactician. Facing Chelsea, a global star who has undergone a luxurious facelift, it is really difficult to win.
It's difficult.
The situation remained the same in the second half of the first half, with Chelsea's controlled attack and Liverpool's shameless defense. The tug-of-war showed how stalemate the situation was. However, the gap between the two sides in terms of mentality became larger. Chelsea players were leisurely strolling while Liverpool
Players are under tremendous pressure and it is difficult to relax because they don't know when they will collapse.
In the 29th minute, Ballack's long shot missed the goal post.
In the 34th minute, Lampard's long shot was saved by Reina, and Pizarro missed the target with a supplementary shot.
In the 38th minute, Chelsea took a corner kick and Carvalho put the ball on the goal post, causing Reina to break out in a cold sweat.
In the 43rd minute, the Frenchman Marc Leleche got tired of staying behind, or was greedy after seeing Pizarro masturbating. After moving forward, he asked the prince for a request. The prince considered that he usually worked hard in the back and had no chance to show his face, so
He passed the ball over, and then the French veteran took a shot and returned to the backcourt with satisfaction to discuss his thoughts with Cech.
