Houllier watched the game on the court with an extremely calm expression.
Atletico Madrid's advance is slower, with only occasional quick attacks, while Liverpool's attack is much faster, passing the ball quickly through the midfield, and then creating opportunities for offensive players.
This style of play made Liverpool's offense look a bit messy. Atletico Madrid's orderly defense did not create many opportunities. It was difficult for Owen to get any opportunities under Thuram's defense because he rarely retreated.
Heskey managed to grab a few balls under Marchena's defense, but it didn't seem to have any impact on the overall situation.
However, Houllier continued to sit motionless in his seat, as if he was not worried about the situation on the field at all. Dick glanced at Houllier from a distance and muttered in his heart - Abnormality is a demon.
,What is Houllier thinking?
Is there some conspiracy, or are you just pretending to be calm?
Dick's brain was running at high speed, and he decided to ignore everything else and use offense to score goals first. Scoring first means that he has a certain advantage on the court. If the other party really has any conspiracy, I will see you then.
Recruitment and demolition are...
After passing the ball back and forth in the midfield, Belleron sent a ball from behind. Jardel protected the ball at the front of the penalty area and then quickly sent the final pass into the penalty area. Hyypia made a very solid replacement and grabbed Camorra.
Nessi blocked the ball in front.
The ball fell to Carragher's feet. Carragher immediately passed it directly to Murphy in front. Atletico Madrid players began to defend in a structured manner. This time Liverpool still played a fast break. Murphy passed the ball directly to
Irving, who was slightly behind, turned around and started to break through!
Thuram knew that it would be troublesome to let Irving speed up in this situation, so he rushed forward immediately. When Irving turned around to break through, he overturned Irving with a shoulder from the side!
The referee's whistle sounded, and he ran over and warned Thuram, but Thuram was not worried. He made a measured move. Although it was an intentional foul, the foul happened just before Irving turned around.
When there is time to break through, it is not considered a foul in a dangerous situation, and the action is not big. At most, it is just one or two warnings.
Sure enough, the referee only warned Thuram a few words and did not take any further action. Taking this opportunity, Atletico Madrid players had already returned to their defense to prevent a fast break from Liverpool.
Dick nodded slightly, using Thuram, just use this aspect of him. He has excellent physical fitness, excellent defensive awareness and rich experience. Now Thuram can be called the top central defender in the world.
First, this choice is undoubtedly the right one. Although he can always stay close to Irving and not be thrown away by him, it is more dangerous after all. It is better to foul decisively and stop the opponent's attack at the minimum cost.
Liverpool didn't seem to be in a hurry to take a free kick. McCallister ran over slowly. When he ran over, Liverpool defenders poured into Atletico Madrid's penalty area like a tide...
Dick narrowed his eyes slightly, and he noticed a hint of danger, and this dangerous feeling came from the height of the Liverpool players...
Hyypia is 1.96 meters tall, Huntez is 1.9 meters tall, Babel is 1.91 meters tall, and the shortest Carragher is 1.82 meters tall, plus Gerrard, who is 1.86 meters tall.
Heskey, who is 1.9 meters tall, and Hamann, who is 1.9 meters tall. The average height of Liverpool is extremely surprising. Among these seven tall men, except for Carragher who is defending at the back, Hamann is waiting at the front of the penalty area.
Except for the long-range shot opportunity, the other five people were all in Atletico Madrid's penalty area, which caused great trouble to Atletico Madrid's defense!
In positional battles, Atletico Madrid is not afraid of the opponent's high-altitude balls. However, in this kind of set-piece confrontation, although Atletico Madrid's height is sufficient, it is far inferior to the opponent...
Thuram, the tallest player in the defense, is only 1.86 meters tall, Marchena is 1.83 meters tall, and Baraja is 1.82 meters tall... Even though they are in their own penalty area, Atletico Madrid's defense still feels stretched.
!
"So...is this guy trying to solve the problem with set pieces?" A thought flashed through Dick's mind.
Before he could shout out for the players to pay attention to this, McCallister had already kicked the ball out!
Atletico Madrid's penalty area immediately became a chaos!
Although Jader also returned to defense, the threat of the five tall men in the opponent's penalty area was too great. After the ball flew past the front point, it began to fall rapidly.
Rammacena and others were unable to grab the first spot, and the ball flew to the back point. Babel blocked Capdevila behind him, and then headed straight for the ball!
Faced with this close header, Molina couldn't save the team with an excellent save. He just waved his hand subconsciously, and the ball had already flown into Atletico Madrid's door...
The song "You'll Never Walk Alone" echoed in the stadium suddenly became louder, and then the Liverpool fans in the stadium began to shout loudly. They celebrated the team's goal crazily!
Dick clenched his fists: "Damn it, it turns out they wanted to use set kicks to resolve the game... Damn it!"
In the first round of the semi-finals against Roma, Atletico Madrid used set pieces to solve their opponents. Two high center forwards and defenders who provided assists messed up Roma's defense. They bullied Roma's defense because they were not tall enough.
However, when facing Liverpool, Atletico Madrid's defensive height was nothing, and they were directly killed by a group of tall and tough men from Liverpool...
After understanding this, Dick couldn't think of any way to deal with this tactic. In positional battles, he was not worried about Liverpool's long passes. However, in this kind of set piece, the height of Liverpool players can indeed be used.
With terrifying abilities, there are five players on the field who are 1.9 meters tall. Liverpool deserves to be a Premier League team...
Even if he has all kinds of strategies, he can't make his players grow taller quickly.
So Dick just thought about it and immediately called Camoranesi, who was closest to him.
"Tell them to step up the offense and don't worry about conceding goals. We need to score more goals than them!" Dick simply said a few words, then patted Camoranesi on the court and asked him to tell all the players.
——It is unrealistic to adjust tactics and carry out targeted defense at this moment. What Dick can do is to try to make the loss as small as possible in the first half. Anyway, it is better than scoring, even if Atletico Madrid
The defense against Liverpool's set-piece tactics is not very good, but as long as some goals can be scored in the attack, the losses can be minimized.
For the rest, let’s wait until the halftime break to make better adjustments.
Camoranesi quickly conveyed his instructions to the court, and Atletico Madrid players launched a much more violent attack after the kick-off than before!
The speed of their passing back and forth has gone up a notch higher than before. Basically, they will seize the opportunity and take long shots from the front of the penalty area. When the midfielder starts to take long shots, the two wingers will rush into the penalty area and prepare to cover.
Shoot, this is disrupting the rhythm of the battle.
"Atletico Madrid launched a crazy counterattack... This approach seems unwise. After all, such a fast pace is more detrimental to Atletico Madrid. In the previous game, Liverpool did not seize any opportunities and only passed a set kick.
Just got the lead..."
Some commentators sighed and said that their comments seemed to be correct, because after Atletico Madrid's aggressive attack, Liverpool's quick counterattack seemed to be more skillful. In the 22nd minute, Liverpool played a beautiful quick counterattack
On the counterattack, Owen received a pass from McCallister and turned to face Thuram. After attracting Thuram's attention, he passed the ball straight into the frontcourt. Gerrard, who came in at high speed in the middle, received the ball.
Irving's pass was met by Molina's powerful shot. Although Molina pounced on the ball, he still could not prevent the ball from entering the net!
Two to zero, Liverpool expanded its lead!
The cheers of the Liverpool fans in the stands became louder and louder. They began to believe that their team could win. A two-goal lead was a huge advantage. With a two-goal lead in just over 20 minutes, Liverpool would definitely win.
Get the final victory!
Dick stood with his arms folded and said nothing. He expected to lose the ball like this. After all, after pressing the attack, there would definitely be some flaws in the defense behind him. However, he believed that his players would
In such an attack, there is no way they can't score enough goals!
This is his confidence in Atletico Madrid and his confidence in his work over the past year.
We have encountered many difficulties in the league. We have taken the lead in unfavorable situations. More importantly, I used enough goal cards in this game. Is it possible that we will not score? No.
Just kidding!
His performance stabilized the emotions of the players on the field, and they began to continue to attack according to the previously arranged tactics, passing back and forth quickly, and after opening up gaps, they used direct passes or long shots to create opportunities...
Such an attack quickly bore fruit.
In the 31st minute, after passing back and forth in the frontcourt, Belleron passed the ball to Camoranesi in the corner of the penalty area. Camoranesi took the lead and shot. The ball was not able to hit the target.
Flying to the back point along the lawn, Vicente quickly appeared at that place, swung his left foot to face the rolling ball, and directly kicked it to push!
The ball flew into the near corner of the goal. After shooting, Vicente did not start to celebrate, but ran into the Liverpool gate, raised his hand to pick up the ball, and then quickly ran towards his own half!
Atletico Madrid fans cheered in the stands - it would be great if they could score a goal. Even if they are still one goal behind, Atletico Madrid's goal also brings them hope!
Dick sneered on the sidelines: "Goal score? We are really not afraid! It was just bad luck that we didn't score a goal just now. No matter how you arrange it, the defender's slow turn cannot be eliminated. Hyypia and
Although Huntez is an excellent central defender, their slow turn is their flaw! This kind of flaw cannot be made up for by the head coach's tactics, unless you start to recover now in order to maintain the lead.
Defense, but can you do it well? Even if you can do it, we can easily recover a one-goal disadvantage!"
"Keep attacking! I want to see the second goal before the end of the first half!"
Dick shouted towards the court, and the Atletico Madrid players who were running towards his half waved their fists one after another, with great momentum!
