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Chapter 719 The usage of long pass and punch

Chelsea beat Liverpool in the last five league games, and maybe even God can't stand it anymore. They directly killed Chelsea's three central defenders. Without Terry, Brarus, and Carvalho, this made Chelsea's defense directly turn into a second-rate.

Liverpool's head coach Benitez is definitely an extremely smart guy. After knowing that Chelsea injured three central defenders, he formulated a strategy to start from the Chelsea central defender, and it only took four minutes to prove that this tactic is indeed effective.

However, being able to score goals so quickly is not just a correct tactic. No matter how correct the tactics and more opportunities, someone must be able to grasp it. Liverpool's poor record before was not a bad strength. They had the advantage in many games, but they just couldn't score goals. It happened that Chen Yu, who bought Liverpool's summer transfer, made a comeback. Chen Yu, who claimed to be averaging one goal per game, performed better after his comeback. He scored 14 goals in 10 games, and has become a thigh-level figure on the Liverpool's forward line. Now he helped Liverpool's first record, directly opening the door to victory for Liverpool.

After Liverpool scored, Chelsea were a little anxious.

As the defending champion of the league, there are many big names in the team, experienced veterans, domineering forwards, offensive and defensive midfielders, and a head coach who claims to be God's second. They have more psychological advantages over Liverpool in the league. They should not be anxious, but because of this tofu defense line, the Chelsea people really cannot calm down. They are worried that when the central defender is nervous, Liverpool may expand the score, so Chelsea players hope to equalize the score as soon as possible and avoid being hit by Liverpool's forwards.

Mikel made a long pass to Drogba, and imagined that he used the striker's ferry to create opportunities for Kalau, Barack and Lampard like Liverpool.

However, Liverpool's defense is not like Chelsea's guest appearance. Carragher and Agre are both full of strength. One person can't resist Drogba. With the two of them, Drogba has no chance. After all, he is not as good as Crouch in height.

Mikel and Barack made two long passes, but Drogba failed to gain any advantage in front of Liverpool's defenders. Fortunately, Chelsea did not get into a stubborn position. After a few long passes, they saw that they didn't work, so they immediately changed their path and became Robben, Carau, Gremy and Ashley Cole broke through on the wing, creating a chance for crossing for the striker.

Robben and Ashley Cole are Chelsea's most sharp sidewalk. The combination of the two can defeat most of the world's defenses, but today they met their opponents. The combination of Chen Yu and full-back Finnan is very stable, directly freezing Chelsea's most important attack point.

As the richest and most powerful club, Chelsea has a lot of talents and they also have excellent offensive players on the right. Gremy and Karau took a lot of advantage on the left side of Liverpool. Although Rise is also very strong, under the strong pressure of Chelsea's midfield and frontcourt, Rise, who lacks help, also played averagely. In just five minutes, Karau and Gremy broke through each of them. However, Liverpool protected the penalty area very well. Not only did he not give Drogba a chance, he launched a fierce counterattack.

However, Lisse is not the one who can be bullied. In the seventh minute of the game, Liverpool launched a quick counterattack. The ball passed again to the frontcourt. Chen Yu ferryed to Gerald who was inserted. Gerald took two steps. Seeing that Chelsea players were almost all attracted by Chen Yu and Crouch. Lisse, who was inserted at high speed from the full-back, was no one defended. Gerald immediately made a long pass and hung it towards Chelsea's penalty area.

Lisai ran a few steps and broke into Chelsea's penalty area. Before goalkeeper Cech arrived, he directly pulled his feet and shot the upper left corner of the goal.

Long shots are Lisse's unique skill. Gerald's long pass is very good. Lisse's shot is of extremely high quality. After the shot, Lisse was ready to cheer. He didn't think the goalkeeper could save such a small angle shot.

But today Cech seemed to have the feeling of Chen Yu possession. Although it was his first comeback, his reaction and consciousness did not look like a goalkeeper who had been injured for more than a year.

Cechopend had already made an attack, but when he saw Rise shoot, he immediately retreated and then flew to save the Liverpool full-back's shot.

"Smack!"

Seeing that Cech actually had such excellent save skills and reaction speed, Chelsea fans burst into cheers, and the Liverpool fans at the scene did not boo to the goalkeeper wearing helmets.

The commentator on the scene said with regret: "...This is definitely the best save in this round. Without Cech's save, there would be almost no suspense between Chelsea and Liverpool..."

Benitez, on the sidelines, saw Rise's shot being saved, and he slapped his thigh with regret. It was a pity that he was not sure about such an opportunity. If it were Chen Yu... Benitez would not dare to think about it anymore, the picture would be too beautiful.

Mourinho saw such a big leak on Chelsea's defense, and he angrily kicked the billboard down.

Chelsea was stunned. After getting the ball, they continued to make a long pass and rush, but Drogba was defended to death. Karau saw almost no one. Just like wearing an invisibility suit, only Lampard and Barack followed and shot two long shots, but neither shot within the range of the door frame.

In the eighth minute of the game, under the pressure of Liverpool's strikers, Ferreira hurriedly passed the ball back to goalkeeper Cech. The ball was too fast, and Cech ran over and didn't touch it. The ball rolled out of the bottom line. Liverpool won the second corner kick since the opening without bloodshed.

Seeing that the defender Ferreira, who claimed to be all-around, performed so poorly, Mourinho was lazy even angry, so he sat on the coach's seat to watch his players perform.

Liverpool's corner kick was taken by captain Gerald. After Gerald said a few words to Chen Yu, Chen Yu and Crouch came to the penalty area to compete for the header.

Before Gerald served, Chen Yu followed Crouch. First, he could help Crouch share the pressure, and second, it was possible to catch Crouch and his opponents fighting for the leaked ball. However, when Gerald passed the ball, Chen Yu suddenly penetrated from the middle to the side of the penalty area. Mikel, who was guarding Chen Yu, was obviously not focused enough and was left behind by Chen Yu.

Chen Yu rubbed backwards against the ball sent by Gerald, and the ball flew high into the middle.

Chen Yu was very beautiful after the back, and the height was just above the defensive player. Crouch, who was 2.02 tall, was just like a fish in water. He also headed the ball under Ferreira's close defense. The ball flew towards the goal against the crossbar, but this time Crouch's shot was also magically saved by goalkeeper Cech.

The Chelsea players did not find any chance in continuous attacks and did not even get a shot. Instead, they calmed down. They spent ten minutes proving that long passes and rushes were not very effective on Liverpool, at least the goal efficiency was not high.

Although Chelsea's head coach Mourinho did not speak at this time, Chelsea is worthy of being the defending champion. Most of the players in the team are experienced players. They know that their opponents can play simply because their defense line is too fragile and their opponent's forwards are too strong, but they cannot play long passes and rush out. At least they cannot just rush out long passes. Chelsea players began to try offensive tactics that combine the middle and wings.

Chelsea's overall strength is actually above Liverpool. Their biggest problem is that the central defender is too scammed and was caught by Benitez so hard that he conceded the ball in four minutes of the game. Now they let go and the two sides broke through. Drogba in the middle was the axis and gave the ball to Karau, Lampard and Barack.

Although Chelsea's cooperation is not as delicate as Barcelona, ​​at least it has cooperation in the middle. In addition, they are all stars with strong personal abilities. After simple cooperation in the middle, when Lampard, Barack, Karau and Drogba compete with Liverpool players, Chelsea's advantage comes.

In the 12th minute, Essin passed a long pass, Drogba headed the ball, and Carragher headed the ball before Kalau.

In the 13th minute, Gremy threw the ball from the right side into the penalty area. Carragher's clearance hit his teammate Agel and bounced out of the baseline. Then Lampard took a corner kick from the right, and Drogba headed the ball from 9 yards away from the far end.

In the 15th minute, Barack made a cross from the right. After Drogba stopped the ball from the chest, Finnan cleared the ball from behind. Then Lampard took a corner kick from the right, and Barack headed the ball from a long distance and missed the goal.

After adjusting its tactical style, Chelsea quickly gained the upper hand, shooting and ball possession time increased, Liverpool's lead was in danger and could be equalized by the opponent at any time.

At this time, Benitez also quickly responded.

The double midfield configuration of Alonso and Gerrard is a rare piece of movement in the rotation of Coach Bell, especially when the game enters the second half of the game, as long as the two are not injured, are not sick or suspended, it must be Alonso's main attacker. Gerrard's main defense configuration is from the Cup to the league, but now Liverpool is facing great pressure, and the Reds are not advantageous in playing technical skills. Not to mention Barack and Lampard, Mikel and Carau are enough to disrupt the Reds' defense, and they are easily broken by the opponent when playing against each other. Now they are leading with one goal, Benitez has made a huge change to the "Ager Group" - from one offense and one defense to all main defenses, Gerrard and Alonso have become defensive midfielders.

Alonso and Gerrard have become defensive midfielders, but they actually don't suffer much loss from the offense. From the beginning to now, Liverpool has only one tactic, which is long passes and long shots. Alonso has the ability to pass the ball 60 meters away. He can use precise guidance to cause trouble for Chelsea at any time.

Liverpool has many long-range shooting experts, and does not require captains Gerald and Alonso to play in person. They are just working in blue-collar work in the backcourt, which is very important for ensuring the safety of the goal.

Alonso and Gerrard both moved near the central circle, and did not attack easily, but only engaged in "destruction", and only wanted to kill the opponent's attack in the central circle.

Benitez's tactics made Chelsea play very awkward. They had already made a way of playing in the side and middle, but now they were tied by Alonso and Gerrard near the center circle. The avant-garde, the avant-garde and the back line are out of touch. Chelsea want to transport the ball to the frontcourt and can only be washed away by long passes, which is exactly what they don't want to do.
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