The opening scenes of the two teams completely subverted Li Tiancheng's perception. These two teams, especially Chelsea, are absolutely focused on defense. When they meet, they retreat and occasionally attack, which is the normal style, right?
Chelsea usually allows its opponents to attack and then focuses on counterattacks. It can often establish a victory with just a few counterattacks.
This season, Liverpool are accustomed to wasting opportunities, and Chelsea may have plenty of opportunities to counterattack calmly. Therefore, Benitez's pre-match arrangement also requires everyone to be based on defense, and first make sure not to give Chelsea too many opportunities to counterattack.
Unexpectedly, they didn't even think about counterattack, they just came up and beat Liverpool!
As soon as the game started, Chelsea continued to attack Liverpool's defense through two wings.
Mainly Duff, who has very good explosive power and speed. Smertin on the other side is a bit inferior in comparison.
Soon, Duff passed the ball on the left side of the penalty area and broke through Hyypia. Fortunately, Kirkland struck out in time and with the help of Carragher blocked the angle of this guy's cross, otherwise Good Johnson would have hit an empty goal.
Of course Liverpool also intended to counterattack, and the ball was intercepted directly when it reached Garcia's feet. What a hell. Of course it is not unexpected to be intercepted, but it is too rare to be intercepted like that.
In the past, Garcia could still struggle at least twice when he was intercepted, but it was too easy to lose the ball against Makelele. As soon as he stretched his foot, the ball was given to him.
After a few passes from Chelsea, the ball reached the Liverpool half again. Lampard passed the ball directly to Drogba through the defensive gap between Hyypia and Traore. Drogba took a shot from the edge of the penalty area and was closely guarded by Hyypia.
, the ball missed the far post!
As long as Liverpool concentrates on defense, it seems to be reliable. It was an accident in Greece. Liverpool had to attack in that game. The defense was weak, and the goalkeeper really jumped out, which made it appear that Liverpool's defense was leaking everywhere.
Chelsea's offensive routine is very simple, which is to start with two wide forwards and then follow up in the middle. However, due to the personal abilities of their players, they are really powerful.
However, Liverpool's defensive system has been honed since pre-season. Unlike the offensive system, which has never been sound, it is now relatively mature.
Under the siege of Liverpool, Chelsea's opening three attempts were ineffective.
Liverpool did not intend to force an attack. It was not until the 10th minute that Kewell won a corner kick and Liverpool had their first decent offensive.
Alonso took a free kick from the left into the far corner. Luis Gacy was defeated in the confrontation with Terry and failed to win the header.
The two sides started a fierce battle in the midfield. Their bodies collided with each other, and it was not uncommon for people to fall over each other.
This is the normal style of painting!
Sure enough, the Magic Birds are still the Magic Birds. The opening attack obviously does not mean that they have changed their game style.
In the end, Chelsea had the upper hand and pushed the ball towards the Liverpool goal. Drogba turned his back and tried to pass the ball to Duff, but Alonso intercepted the passing route and turned around and stuffed the ball into the penalty area. Lampard
He threw Hyypia away and went straight to the goal, but unfortunately he was a step too fast, stopped to reach the ball, turned around and barely hit the goal, and the ball missed the post.
Liverpool also had a chance. Kewell and Garcia changed positions, threw away the defense and passed in front of the goal. Terry made a hasty clearance and did not take advantage of the position. The football flew towards Cisse!
Cisse started a little slowly and was cleared by Carvalho.
"Liverpool is gradually entering the rhythm of the game, and Kewell and Luis Garcia are working hard to provide more opportunities for Cisse." Huang Jianxiang worked hard to find advantages for Liverpool.
"But this intensity is far from enough. Chelsea have achieved five zero-block games. It is difficult to penetrate their defense with this kind of attack." Liu Jianhong certainly hopes that Liverpool will perform well.
"Look at this time, Garcia made a pass from the right, and Cisse! It missed!"
"Cisse finally grabbed the point and swung his head from the right side of the penalty area to attack the goal. Unfortunately, the ball still missed the goal."
"This is so inappropriate. Outside the small penalty area, it is less than 10 meters away from the goal. Cisse's header should be strengthened!"
"Chelsea's counterattack..."
Liverpool's attack failed, and Chelsea's backhand was a left hook.
Gudjohnsen passed the ball straight to the left, Drogba dribbled the ball into the penalty area, and Kirkland struck out in time. Josemi, who was co-replacing the ball, completely blocked the shooting angle.
Liverpool counterattacked again, but Kewell failed to receive the pass and Makelele intercepted the ball first.
No wonder everyone says that Real Madrid's Galacticos have been disintegrating since they let Makelele go.
Of course Chelsea would not be polite when Liverpool handed over the ball so easily in the frontcourt. Lampard made a through ball and Drogba shot from the right side of the penalty area. Carragher flew to tackle and barely pushed the ball out of the baseline.
Alonso and Diaw had already surrounded Lampard well, but Lampard still stuffed the ball into the penalty area.
No wonder this guy competes with Gerrard for England's number one midfielder, he is really good.
Then the two sides entered melee mode again.
In the fierce fight, Kewell switched positions with Riise on the left and passed low into the penalty area from the left. Carvalho tackled the ball before Riise to clear the ball.
Although it didn't cause a hit, it was already extremely threatening.
After that, it was difficult for Liverpool to launch this kind of offensive attack.
The offense is not systematic at all, and we can only rely on the players' individual abilities to find sporadic opportunities.
Chelsea is a little better than Liverpool and can occasionally play consecutive matches.
In the 36th minute, Duff was blocked from going down, but he still successfully passed the ball to Gudjohnsen. Gudjohnsen made a cross in front of the penalty area. Lampard followed up and shot with his right foot. The football missed the post.
On the Internet!
"Oh oh oh, Chelsea almost took the lead. They just made a few corrections and scored. Kirkland was completely stunned and had no reaction." Martin Taylor only hoped that the scene would become more and more exciting.
Dan O'Hagan agreed: "It's a pity. Lampard moved very smartly and Liverpool's defense was tight most of the time, but he still found loopholes. This kind of opportunity is rare."
"Liverpool counterattacked. Cisse dribbled the ball horizontally from the center outside the penalty area. He got out of the gap and hit the goal directly!" Martin Taylor became excited: "Oh oh oh, the ball hit Ferreira's foot and deflected. It hit the post.
Fly out."
"This goal shows that Cisse's personal ability is indeed quite good. He has been criticized recently and is always substituted midway. It seems to have stimulated him. Chelsea's defense is suffocating, but Cisse has shown some quality."
"After all, he is the top scorer in Ligue 1. He can't be too far behind his opponent Drogba. He will be defeated by Ligue 1's men!"
"Drogba firmly occupies the main position of Chelsea. After all, this big guy can be both a gun mount and a battering ram. It is really rare. Heskey is a first-class gun mount and has scored many goals.
Pitiful."
"Well, what's going on? Did Drogba indicate that he couldn't hold on anymore? In the last Champions League group match against Porto, he ended the game early due to injury..."
Mourinho replaced Drogba with Joe Cole.
"What kind of operation is this, replacing the center with a midfielder?" Li Tiancheng was a little confused, but he understood it after a while.
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