Chapter 73

Watching Mourinho performing wildly, Chelsea fans and players celebrate wildly, as if they had already won. Liverpool players were extremely depressed and angry. They resisted tenaciously for more than 60 minutes under Chelsea's shameless foul tactics, but Chelsea finally broke the goal. This is almost entirely a reflection of Drogba's personal ability, but Liverpool people are not convinced, because in Liverpool's lineup, Gerald and Chen Yu's personal ability are not inferior to Drogba, but today's referee Merck is obviously a bit biased towards Chelsea. Chelsea is unscrupulous when breaking through, while Liverpool players are much concerned when breaking through. In contrast, Chelsea's stars perform better.

Benitez saw that the players were feeling a little depressed and frustrated. At this time, they were fighting spirit and perseverance. If they were not in high spirits, they would easily be defeated by their opponents. This was a knockout match in two rounds. Losing 0 away is really nothing. There is a great hope of getting back to the home court. If you lose the ball again, it will be dangerous.

"If you concede the ball, you will lose it. There is still time. There are thirty minutes left. This is just the first round. You must cheer up and use a tougher attitude to deal with the next game in the best state. You must never lose the second ball..."

Benitez ran into the court to warn Liverpool's players and gave face-to-face advice, but he was soon invited out by UEFA officials. However, Gerald and Chen Yu played the role of coaching on the court. They actively encouraged their teammates, so that they should not be impatient and lose confidence. With the comfort of the team's spiritual leader and attack core, Liverpool's players finally calmed down a little.

Chelsea players were less anxious after scoring the goal, and they celebrated for a long time before continuing the game.

Chelsea and Mourinho are both extremely utilitarian. Ordinary teams will retreat after scoring goals, but at least they have to transition and gradually find the rhythm of going from offense to defense. However, Chelsea directly changed from a fierce attack to a intensive defense, and returned to his own half to let Liverpool attack.

This is Mourinho's cleverness. The court changes rapidly and can score a goal in a few seconds. Now the referee Merck's penalty standard is relatively loose, which is conducive to defense. Chelsea's defense Mourinho is full of confidence. He must shrink back to defense and save the fruit of 0 victory.

Liverpool and Chelsea played more than a dozen times after Mourinho's coaching. All Liverpool people knew Mourinho's filthiness, and they were not surprised by this. However, Liverpool players' desire to win became stronger. They must not see Mourinho's successful face after winning.

Chelsea's shrinking so much is not good for Liverpool, because Benitez had just replaced Crouch, the tallest, and Bellamy, who had a fast counterattack speed. Now Bellamy can also use it when breaking through the side, but the mid-range grabbing point has no height. Chen Yu's bounce is very strong and the header is also good, but his absolute height is there, and he is definitely not as good as Crouch in the control of high-altitude balls.

After playing for a few minutes, Benitez saw that Chen Yu fought between a group of muscles and sticks at Chelsea, and was constantly hit and overturned. The referee Merck gave a free kick at most, and he was too lazy to even get a yellow card, which directly reduced Liverpool's offensive lethality by one third. If Merck dared to give a yellow card, Chelsea's moves would definitely not dare to be so big, and there would never be so many fouls. In this way, Chen Yu's speed and flexibility could be maximized.

In this case, Benitez could only substitute. In the 70th minute, Dutch midfielder Cen landed and Dutch striker Kuyt, Benitez sent a 433 formation to attack with all his strength.

After Kuyt came on the court, he set in the middle, but Chen Yu did not go to the side. He retreated from his position and captain Gerald came to the side.

In fact, Chen Yu is faster and it is more suitable to play on the wing, but now Liverpool is behind in the score, and Liverpool urgently needs a goal. If Chen Yu pulls to the wing and stays away from the goal, his ability to score will be weakened. In order to maintain Chen Yao's deterrence against the goal, Benitez can only aggrieved Gerald to the right.

Chen Yu had a muscle stick in front of him and entangled with Chelsea's defenders, so Chen Yu felt much more relaxed. Although there were not many people defending him, Kuyt was wandering around at the front of the penalty area, and Chelsea players did not dare not defend Kuyt. In this way, whether Kuyt took the ball to Chen Badou, or Chen Yu attracted double-teams to make the ball to Kuyt, it would be very threatening to Chelsea's goal.

In the 75th minute of the game, Liverpool launched a fierce attack on the left. Bellamy used his speed to force Chelsea's right-back Ferreira. Ferreira was Chelsea's biggest shortcoming. He did not keep up with Bellamy, reached out and did not hold him back, and Jokore did not return to defend, but was crossed by Bellamy to the bottom line.

When Bellamy broke through, Kuyt moved to the left side of the penalty area, preparing to grab the front point, and also gave Chen Yu a forward insertion space. This was also one of the tactics formulated by Benitez before the game.

Kuyt's running position took away Chelsea's midfielder Mikel. In this situation, Marklele is definitely not as effective as Mikel's defense. However, Marklele in the middle cannot keep up with Chen Yu who was in front of the ball. Chen Yu who ran without the ball was very flexible. Marklele was almost able to keep up ten years ago, but now he can only get stuck in the middle and force Chen Yu to step forward from one side.

In Marclayle's view, there are two central defenders in the middle. As long as you protect the vital points in the middle, Chen Yu doesn't have to worry about whether he is in the left or right ribs. Carvalho and Terry are experienced and will never let Chen Yu succeed.

Chen Yu bypassed Marclay and quickly entered from the left rib. He did not avoid Terry's attack on Carvalho. In comparison, Terry's height and strength are more aggressive. Chen Yu's attack on Carvalho is actually a better choice. It is difficult to understand that he chose Terry to fight to the death.

Although Terry was a little annoyed, he did not dare to underestimate Chen Yu. He had fought with Chen Yu more than once and knew Chen Yu's power. Although Chen Yu was 7 cm shorter than himself, Chen Yu's jump was very good and his strength was not weak. Now he rushed up again, with an advantage in speed. If he just jumped up and fought for the top, he might not be able to snatch Chen Yu.

At this time, Terry steadily chose to stick forward, and he couldn't help Chen Yu to get there.

This is undoubtedly a steady choice. Although Terry cannot escape, Chen Yu is not able to grab this point.

However, when Terry met him, he glanced at the corner of his eyes and immediately realized that he was fooled, because Gerald had cut across the edge into the penalty area, while Ashley Cole on the edge did not keep up, and was left with more than one position by Gerald, who was not as fast as him.

At this time, all Chelsea people understood why Chen Yu slapped Terry hard. It turned out that Chen Yu was just firing a shot and did not intend to compete with Terry for the header. He was actually covering Gerald, and the one who was really responsible for the final blow was Gerald.

The reason why Liverpool's tactics deceived Chelsea players is because Chen Yu has always been the finisher of Liverpool's offense, and others have provided cover for Chen Yu. Now that Liverpool suddenly acts the opposite, it is normal for Chelsea to imagine that it is not normal.

"... Dangerous Dangerous Gerrard has no defense. Ashley Cole has started late and has not kept up with the Liverpool captain... Chelsea goalkeeper is moving towards the post, but he seems to be a little late..."

Gerald jumped up and attacked the goal from a small angle almost without defense, saying that it was almost because Ashley Cole, who was behind him, was still following closely. His attack on Gerald could not cause substantial disturbance, but psychologically he could put pressure on Gerald. Gerald rushed too fast and jumped up to head the ball a little earlier. When he jumped to the highest point, the ball had not arrived yet. When he started to fall, the ball flew and hit his head, and the ball was just above his head. The ball was like a defender clearance.

With a false alarm, Chelsea fans and players were relieved. They were all scared just now. If Gerald's header was the same as his long shot, Chelsea would have conceded this time.

This offense reminded Chelsea that their opponent is not an ordinary team. This is a giant that won five championships in the Champions League. Among their teams are the world's best scorer Chen and one of the best midfielders. Even if they defend intensively, they may not be able to guarantee that their opponents cannot break. If they want to keep the score of 0, they will not only have to be a tactically rival, but the players must also put in 120% of their efforts.

Liverpool's attack made Mourinho furious. He rushed to the sideline and shouted at his defense, "Attention, your attention, remember how you lost last time this time we have to defeat them."

Although Liverpool's beautiful offense did not score, it greatly improved the confidence and morale of the players. Chelsea's iron barrel formation is notoriously difficult to break. Mourinho once bragged like this: If Chelsea does not score, the game is a draw. If Chelsea scores, then Chelsea can win the game, which shows Mourinho's confidence in his own defense. The facts prove that Chelsea's defense is indeed solid. In the games between Chelsea and Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal, the three giants have never beat Chelsea more than two goals.
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