Belleron, Baraja, and Cruz all stood in front of the ball. Although Atletico Madrid does not have the top free kicks like Beckham, there are many players who can take free kicks. Belleron
Long's footwork is excellent, and his free kicks are also of some standard. Baraja is the kind of free kick that works wonders with his strength, and his powerful shots are also quite threatening. Although Cruz is not showy, he can
Dick will never forget that he scored several wonderful direct free kicks in Inter Milan...
After joining Atletico Madrid, Cruz has not taken a direct free kick in a game. However, in normal training, Dick did not relax Cruz's free kick training. The tall player took any free kick.
One advantage of using the ball is that you can better observe the movements of the goalkeeper behind the wall, and Cruz's footwork is not bad to begin with. If he keeps him until now, Dick also uses him as a secret weapon.
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No one can hide a player as a secret weapon for a season, but it is possible to use certain skills of a player as a secret weapon. In the training before the start of this game, Dick focused on this set-piece tactic.
, when Belleron and Baraja attracted each other's attention, Cruz completed the kill!
As a super substitute, of course, you also need certain targeted tactics to play your best role.
Cruz took the lead and stood in front of the ball. In front of him was a very high wall - Gerrard, Hamann and Heskey stood in front of him, with Barmby and McCaw standing on both sides.
Although Lister and Smicer don't have a defender, the wall is high enough...
However, the attention of the Liverpool wall is not on Cruz. Everyone knows that Belleron is Atletico Madrid's number one penalty taker for set pieces, and Baraja also has many records of powerful goalscoring. These two people
, is the most dangerous.
A wall of six people lined up, and Westerveld also tightened his nerves. In the penalty area, Atletico Madrid's Jardel was competing with Liverpool's defenders for position, and the shouts in the stands gradually subsided.
, everyone’s attention was focused on the ball.
The referee blew the whistle to take the penalty. Cruz, who was standing in front of the ball, did not move, but Belleron began to accelerate towards the ball!
After approaching the ball, Belleron swung his feet and the wall began to jump. However, Belleron did not shoot, but ran directly from the ball. Baraja behind him began to accelerate!
However, he had no shot. When the wall began to fall, Cruz, who was standing motionless in front of the ball, swung his left foot, then raised his foot and used the inside of his foot to powerfully shoot the ball!
The wall that had just fallen had no time to take off again. The ball drew an arc in the air, then passed over the wall and flew directly to the near corner of the goal!
Westerveld was shaken twice by the initial movements of Belleron and Baraja, which slowed his take-off. When he just took off, the ball was already spinning strongly.
Dive into the dead center of the goal!
"goooooooooooal! The ball has been scored again! Beautiful direct free kick! Julio Cruz! It's incredible! Cruz came on as a substitute for ten minutes during the halftime break and scored twice to help Atletico Madrid 4-2.
Ahead of Liverpool! What a huge blow for Liverpool!"
Cruz opened his arms, and Belleron excitedly jumped on Cruz's back from behind. They were very excited now. The two-goal lead made them only one step away from winning the UEFA Cup!
Dick on the sidelines raised his hands high and made two "V" gestures. The Atletico Madrid fans in the stands let out extremely crazy shouts. They were only one step away from winning the first UEFA Cup championship in the club's history.
One step away!
Houllier's expression began to become extremely serious!
The dilemma Liverpool faces now is even greater than that faced by Atletico Madrid in the first half. After all, when Atletico Madrid fell behind by two goals, they still had nearly 70 minutes to catch up, while Liverpool now only has more than 30 minutes left.
time to recover from a two-goal deficit...
Houllier made his second substitution. The mediocre Heskey was replaced and replaced by veteran Litmanen. Atletico Madrid defended Liverpool's long pass and lob tactics very well in this game, except for positioning.
Outside of the ball, Liverpool have little chance to take advantage of their height. This substitution means that Liverpool intends to launch attacks more through the midfield and on the ground.
The game began to become more intense, and the actions of both sides began to gradually become louder. First, Babel knocked down Vicente and received a yellow card, and then Marchena also tackled Owen in the midfield and also received a yellow card.
Yellow card.
In this kind of entanglement, the passing of several Liverpool midfielders still showed their power. In the 72nd minute, McCallister sent a beautiful direct pass from the midfielder. Under the cover of Litmanen, Owen
After getting rid of Thuram's defense, he received a direct pass from McCallister, and then went straight in to face the attacking Molina with a calm push from the far corner and scored - 3 to 4, Liverpool regained one point again!
The offense of both sides seems to be going crazy. They have scored seven goals in more than 70 minutes, and the momentum of scoring goals does not seem to have any downward trend!
After Liverpool regained a point, Dick also quickly made the second substitution. Torres came on and replaced Jardel who was eating in celebration of stripping to maintain the vitality of the offense!
Dick didn't play conservatively at all this time. Now that the fight is starting to break up, let's give it a try and see who can score more goals!
After pulling back a point, Liverpool originally planned to strike again while the iron was hot and try to equalize the score. However, after the restart, they were immediately attacked by Atletico Madrid!
After Jardel left the field, Atletico Madrid's offense began to focus more on the ground, constantly using back-and-forth passes and breakthroughs to create opportunities. Torres was more flexible than Jardel, and Cruz was also a forward whose skills and reactions were not slow at all.
Coupled with Belleron's organization behind him and the support from both wings, Atletico Madrid began to attack more quickly!
Such an attack immediately caught Liverpool off guard!
Hyypia just made a beautiful tackle to the ground and shoveled the ball away from the feet of Torres, but the ball rolled to the feet of Vicente who was following up. Vicente cut inside with the ball, but after attracting Gerrard's attention, he
He quickly turned around and passed the ball to Capdevila who was on the wing. Capdevila received the ball and forcibly got rid of McCallister who was returning to defend. Then he cut into the penalty area and approached the edge of the penalty area.
At that moment, he passed a curve ball with his left foot!
This was a half-high ball. Cruz and Carragher rushed towards the ball landing point at the same time. Seeing that Cruz was about to overpower the opponent to grab the first point, Westerveld struck out in time to grab the point before Cruz.
Previously, he knocked the ball out of the penalty area with both fists for the first time!
The ball flew forward, and Smicer was about to catch the ball, but Makelele made a beautiful move around to defend him. He got ahead of him and passed the ball to Baraja. Baraja took the ball and passed it to Baraja.
The ball was passed to Belleron in front. Belleron received the ball and turned around. Seeing Camoranesi receiving the ball from the wing, he immediately passed the ball to him.
Camoranesi once again distributed the ball to the center and handed it to Torres. After taking the ball, Torres quickly poked his toe and passed the ball to Cruz who was involved in the penalty area. Then he moved forward. Cruz was
The running in the penalty area attracted Hyypia's attention, and a gap began to appear in the middle of Liverpool's penalty area...
Torres decisively started to move forward towards the gap. Babel rushed from the side to defend Torres, but was left behind by Torres. At this time, Cruz who received the ball did not stop the ball, but instead
With his back to the center of the penalty area, he raised his foot and directly hit the ball with his heel near the penalty spot!
Torres stepped in and appeared on the path of the ball!
Gerrard and Carragher fell to the ground from both sides at the same time and made flying tackles, intending to intercept the ball midway. However, despite their efforts to block it, they were still a step too late!
Torres strode to catch up with the ball. The moment he got close to the ball, he swung his right foot, and then faced the rolling ball and shot the goal immediately!
His foot accurately hit the front of the ball, and the ball rolled out diagonally against the lawn. The next moment, it missed the far post and flew into the goal!
Five to three! An absolutely big score! Although it is not as many goals as when Real Madrid defeated Frankfurt 7-3 in the Champions League final, it is also equal to the goals scored in the Champions League final when Porto defeated Real Madrid 5-3.
Ball record!
Just the score that happened now is already the record for the second most goals scored in a European final!
The entire stadium started to go crazy. Countless Atletico Madrid fans clapped their hands crazily to celebrate their once again lead - our team is definitely much better than Liverpool! They were two goals ahead and couldn't maintain their lead.
, but we were able to continuously achieve a two-goal lead!
Torres was quickly surrounded by his teammates. So far, Dick's ability in on-the-spot command in this game has been outstanding. His two substitutions resulted in three goals!
This is a tactical victory, as well as a victory in on-the-spot command ability!
In the most important game of the season, Dick smashed everything he could, a high-level injury card, four goal cards, coupled with careful calculations and accurate tactics
Changes, even if Liverpool played to a very high level in this game, they still couldn't resist a crazy Atletico Madrid!
Houllier looked helplessly at the celebrating Atletico Madrid players. He already felt that there seemed to be no hope for this game. There were only more than ten minutes left before the end of the game. Can Liverpool still create a miracle?
He did not give up! He quickly used up the last substitution. Barmby came on and replaced Murphy, who had an average performance in this game. He continued to add a wide attacker and Liverpool had to fight against the odds!
Liverpool seemed to have good scoring luck in this game. Three minutes later, Barmby's cross hit Baraja and flew out of the baseline. McCallister took a corner kick, and Marchena made a clearance from behind.
When he accidentally headed the ball into his own door - an own goal, Liverpool tenaciously reduced the deficit to one point!
However, when the game reached the 80th minute, Torres's breakthrough still created a free kick for Atletico Madrid. Belleron's free kick went to the back point, and Baraja inserted in the back row at a very small angle.
Heading towards the ball, the ball bounced off Westerveld's hand and flew into the goal!
Six to four! Atletico Madrid completely established the victory! In this crazy battle, Atletico Madrid had the last laugh!
