If a football team has failed to win the league championship for many years, and finally one year, it can win. Until the last round of the league, they still suppressed their mortal enemies, leaving them helpless, but in the end
In one round of competition, they may be overturned by their opponents and let their championship slip away...
If he had heard such a story in the past, Gerrard would have said at most that this team is a bunch of unlucky people. However, now, thinking about his own situation, Gerrard found that he seemed to be such an unlucky person.
Why did it happen that it was the last round and it happened at this time?
However, Tottenham's wing attack is indeed very strong - Gerrard has long known that his wing attack is weak this season. Many teams will directly put away the lineup without saying a word when they meet them, blocking the way.
In front of the goal, the wingers who bully them cannot open up space and cannot attack the goal. If it is a strong team like this
Forget it, many relegation teams in the Premier League dealt with Liverpool in this way, and Liverpool couldn't win because of the resistance of these teams. It was obvious that they would double beat Manchester United, but they couldn't get away with points, and even in the end
In the first round, we had to go head-to-head with Tottenham. To put it bluntly, it was because of the weakness on the wing.
Tottenham made good use of their weakness: Kuyt on the right was enough to prevent one side from attacking. However, Li Bin did not attack Liverpool's right side at all. He chose to let his
The right back stepped in and opened up the situation with an effective attack from the right.
This game situation seems a bit bad... Gerrard frowned. This was the last game of the season. How could he miss the opponent's wing attack in such an important game?
Gerrard did not expect that Benitez also did not expect that Tottenham's right wing obviously had such a good offensive attack, but Li Bin could not use it for a whole season, and only used it against Liverpool in the last game.
Benitez is also a coach from Spain. Being born in Spain, he is actually not bad at using the wing, but good wingers are expensive and Liverpool cannot afford them. He understands Li Bin's tactical arrangements very clearly: full-back,
The wide midfielders, central midfielders, and even forwards can effectively change positions when attacking and defending. This is a method that is unique to mainland football, not the way of playing English football.
Toure gave the ball to Piszczek, Piszczek pushed forward, and Toure had to go to the wing to fill in. Piszczek came up, and Di Maria was supposed to move forward, but Maschera
Nuo was smart enough to force Di Maria to the wing, but Bell's response was not good enough. Therefore, Piszczek cut inside himself, and Suarez filled the gap left by him. The player in the center was in
When on the wing, the level of passing is higher, Suarez passes
A good ball came out, and in the middle, Bell helped Piszczek open up the space, allowing Piszczek to score - it looked like Piszczek rushed all the way regardless, but if you look carefully
You can tell from the replacement on the wing. This is definitely not a whim of Tottenham. This is a change made by Li Bin for the wing, which is similar to the Premier League model of straight up and down, from 45 degrees to the bottom line, directly shooting a long ball and leaving.
The kicking style is very different.
These guys really have very good wingers... Benitez was also envious: It is not easy to train this kind of offensive concept. Liverpool has not been able to develop a decent wing attack for so many years.
Seeing such a smooth wing attack, Benitez was also quite jealous.
He knew that Li Bin had been cultivating Tottenham's progress all season, and he was not surprised that Li Bin, who could make good use of Parma, would use the wing offensive. However, what made him helpless was that it happened in this game.
Use it! Wait until next season, if you don't use it as much as you like, you will have to cause trouble with this ball!
However, fortunately, he knew what the team should do to win. He called Torres to his side, gave him some instructions, and then let him return to the court.
Soon, Torres returned to the court again. When he received the ball again, he was already moving towards the right wing.
"Torres has changed his position now. Does Liverpool want to rely on Torres to attack the wing and open a gap?"
Lineker thought very accurately: This is Benitez's idea. Although Tottenham's right-side attack is very strong, Benitez is determined that Mascherano will not fall in one trap in a row.
Twice. At the same time, what he wanted to do was to pull Torres to the wing, switch positions with Kuyt and penetrate into the ribs of Tottenham's penalty area to score a goal.
Liverpool has very few attacking methods, but they are very practical. Torres was injured this season and missed more than a dozen games, but when he played, he was always a great threat. Tottenham attacked the right, and the left was inevitable
Recycling, the three-back tactic will inevitably not be able to form a particularly good protection for the wing. Liverpool now wants to attack here fiercely, thus forming a goal.
Benitez knows that Liverpool's lineup flaws make it difficult for them to make too many tactical changes. If they want to compare with Tottenham, Liverpool will be very ugly. However, Liverpool is strong in that, although the changes
Few, but enough. With the world's best defensive midfielder, England's best btb midfielder, and the most useful counterattack forward and long-pass expert, what they need is not changes, but strong attacks.
When they meet on a narrow road, the brave wins. What Liverpool wants is not to fight with their opponents, but to defeat Tottenham with a heavy blow.
Tottenham's attack continued. This time, Yaya Toure got the ball and passed it to Gustavo on the left. When Gustavo moved forward, Yaya Toure made up for it on the right.
, and Piszczek also added to the middle. This kind of change of position is also the way of using full-backs, which makes Liverpool have very few opportunities to take advantage of.
However, Gustavo's attack did not form a good offensive. In front of him, Alonso had already blocked him. He wanted to turn around and control the ball to get rid of Alonso, but Gerrard behind him also rushed at this time.
The two men came over. A very beautiful double attack between the two prevented Gustavo from holding the ball. Gerrard grabbed the ball. He directly passed the ball back to Alonso, and then turned back to
He ran past.
Gustavo wanted to block Alonso's pass, but it was already a step too late. Alonso made a clean long pass and kicked the ball directly behind him. Behind him, Alonso
Ature was already tightly attached to Gerrard, but he failed to keep an eye on Gerrard. Gerrard held him with his left shoulder, took the ball off with his right foot, and then thought about a straight shot from the right.
Stuff!
Kuyt and Torres had already completed the switch at this time. Torres got the football on the right and had begun to threaten Tottenham's back line!
Tottenham's attack method is European, and so is Liverpool's. Although Benitez has British players like Gerrard, his tactical core player has always been Alonso, and the most important person in the frontcourt is
It's Torres. His tactical arrangements are also close to the mainland style, and this cross-positioning is an example.
Because of their poor skills, English players can only help their teammates to gain space and can only stay away from their opponents. If their teammates are attacking and there are two English teammates in front of them, they will run to the left and right, forming a head-to-head situation. And if it is the mainland
Players, because of their good skills, dare to run towards the ball, and they will form a cross situation. In football, cross movement can better attract defensive forces, and even
Some harsh mainland media called England's straight-forward movement "hockey running style", mocking them for not knowing what technology is. However, Liverpool under Benitez's training is not all about ice hockey running.
Torres' skills are considered to be good, and Kuyt has won the Eredivisie Golden Boot after all. In addition, Gerrard's skills are considered to be at the top level in the Premier League, and their attack can be carried out.
Torres got the ball on the wing, relying on the movement of Gerrard and Kuyt, and rushed directly to the ribs. Jerome Boateng came over to stop him here.
However, Torres did not live up to his reputation as the number one striker in the Premier League. When facing Jerome Boateng, he just paused for a moment and then rushed forward!
He almost ran towards Boateng, but just before the two collided, he suddenly kicked the ball to the right. His idea was very clear, which was to rely on Boateng.
There was no one behind him and he hit the gap. Boateng was instantly overtaken by him. Although he wanted to turn around and grab the ball in time, Torres had already rushed past him - his strength and speed were excellent, and he almost didn't.
Give Boateng any chance and catch up with the football in the penalty area.
Tottenham should have a player to fill in - Torres was also wary of Palmieri or Thiago Silva rushing over to grab the ball. However, what surprised him was that neither of them rushed over, but Neuer.
At this time, I had already snatched it away.
The defender hasn't moved yet. What kind of trouble are you, the goalkeeper, going to make?
Torres also knows that Neuer seems to be famous throughout the Premier League for his large defensive range and decisive attacks. He can sometimes even attack outside the penalty area, which is difficult for other goalkeepers to imagine.
However, as a goalkeeper, it is definitely not a wise choice to rush out to defend without considering tactics. Being able to stop Anelka does not mean that he can stop Torres. Torres has this confidence in himself!
He raised the ball with one foot, as if he was going to shoot immediately. This action caused Neuer to immediately lower his body and fall to the ground to save the ball. However, Torres did not shoot. He took a step forward and the ball hit him.
On his lap, he ran forward, shook off Neuer, and brought the ball behind Neuer.
Palmieri has already rushed to the goal line to defend, but Torres did not pay attention to him - if the defender can be used as a goalkeeper, then what does the goalkeeper do?
He adjusted his pace and kicked the ball out. It was a shot from the inside of his right foot, and he kicked the ball directly to the upper corner of the far post!
Palmieri judged the direction of the ball correctly, but he was a defender, not a goalkeeper. He tried hard to head the ball, but was still a little short. The football went into the goal from his head. At the same time, Torres
He slid to his knees, suddenly turned over, and sat in the penalty area, celebrating his goal!
"Torres' goal! Liverpool got a goal back! They were not defeated by Tottenham. Torres still scored the goal at the critical moment!"
The score returned to a 1-1 tie, and Liverpool's fate was saved by their own goal. The game is not over yet, and Liverpool still has hope for the league championship!