Benitez continued to make substitutions, and Hamann replaced Diaw.
It’s not me, what is Rafa thinking?
Li Tiancheng suppressed his anxiety and continued to warm up.
At this time, Tracy moved to the right back on the field, and Riise dropped back to the left back in name. In fact, the focus is still on offense. It is necessary to replace Hamann with a new force to assist in defense.
Liverpool made continuous substitutions and the position adjustment was not straightened out. Chelsea served again. Hamann destroyed Duff's cross just after he came on the court and Chelsea won a corner kick.
Li Tiancheng's face suddenly became more serious. There was nothing he could do about it. The set-piece defense was so unreliable during this period!
Smertin took a tactical corner kick, Lampard received the ball and passed in. Carragher grabbed the ball ahead of Good Johnson and the football missed the crossbar!
Almost made an own mistake!
"I'll go, brother, you are so brave. This counts as your continuous meritorious service." Li Tiancheng clapped his hands and continued to stare at the field.
Or a Chelsea corner kick.
This time it was Lampard who took the penalty.
Lampard took a corner kick on the right, Hyypia made a short clearance due to Carvalho's interference, Terry headed the ball backwards, Gudjohnsen tried to grab the point but was tripped by his teammate Gallas!
Gallas tried to grab the second point but was knocked down by Terry, and he tripped his teammate again. This is unlucky to say the least, right?
Li Tiancheng looked at the sky.
Is this okay? It seems that we are quite lucky today!
The two teams continued to strangle in the midfield. With Hamann sharing the work, Alonso became more relaxed in both organization and defense, and Liverpool also began to advance steadily.
It's just that facing Chelsea's overall recovery, the offensive intensity is still not enough.
The time had reached the 78th minute, and Paco finally came over to inform Li Tiancheng that he was ready to play.
"Tiancheng came on. Liverpool continued to make substitution adjustments. Tiancheng replaced Cisse." Huang Jianxiang shouted.
"Hey, he should have played a long time ago. Whether it is the league or the Champions League, Tiancheng can make a difference when he comes on the field. He is basically a super substitute!" Zhang Lu smiled broadly.
"Indeed, now he plays as a central midfielder and lets Baros play as a striker. But Tiancheng only has ten minutes at the moment, which is too little. It's hard to do anything!" Liu Jianhong chose to pour cold water on him.
If the audience has too high expectations for Li Tiancheng, there may be backlash if the expectations are not met.
Li Tiancheng high-fived Cisse and stepped onto the court. Here I come, Blues. Let me experience for myself how strong you are!
Li Tiancheng habitually signaled to Alonso and ran towards the gap to catch the ball. As he ran, he noticed a blue shadow also running over!
Feeling nervous, Li Tiancheng quickened his pace and arrived first. He stretched out his foot to pick the ball back, turned around forcefully, and was hit in the back as expected.
Although his confrontation skills have become more proficient and his physical fitness has become much stronger, Li Tiancheng was still staggered by the collision. He found that an opponent was rushing over in front of him, so he did not bother to continue to adjust and swept the ball away based on his impression.
As soon as the football was passed out, one foot tackled it.
Li Tiancheng put his hands on the ground and ran directly to the penalty area. Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted Lampard - this guy was still pestering Alonso just now!
"Lee was tested just after he came on the field. Although he was a little embarrassed, under the attack of Makelele and Lampard, he still successfully passed the ball to Baros." Dan O'Hagan was very appreciative.
"Baros split the ball and Kewell got the ball and passed it directly."
"Li! Wow..."
"Lee grabbed the spot and headed the ball directly over due to Terry's interference!" Martin Taylor explained simultaneously.
"Being able to grab the landing spot in front of Terry is also a skill. Li is making rapid progress. I remember that he fell down at the first touch..."
Li Tiancheng staggered, adjusted his pace, and cursed secretly: Pervert!
Colliding with Terry in order to grab the ball was like hitting a wall!
Terry acted like a normal person. He stood firm immediately after landing and immediately jumped into the next move. Li Tiancheng was exhausted and had to adjust his body.
After a slight adjustment, there was no time to sigh, and we had to defend immediately. Chelsea counterattacked too fast. If they didn't harass them, they could send the ball to the Liverpool goal with just three or five kicks.
Hamann intercepted Chelsea's counterattack route and handed the ball to Alonso. Li Tiancheng increased his concentration and prepared to catch the ball. Unfortunately, he immediately found that it didn't work. Makelele could always discover his intention to move.
You can run with yourself.
This guy's running skills are so sophisticated.
However, we are getting better and better at cross-positioning!
Li Tiancheng simply exchanged places with Cowell and ran out of the way.
Riise had just retreated with Chelsea's counterattack, and now he was trying to step forward. He found that his two teammates were really changing positions, and he also joined in, crossing positions with Li Tiancheng and cutting inside slightly.
Alonso gradually had more room for movement and was conducting the ball patiently. He originally did not expect to achieve results immediately, but now he keenly noticed that as his teammates continued to change positions, Chelsea's defense was a little chaotic.
This situation is rare, Alonso passed the ball to Riise who was cutting inside.
Riise squeezed Makelele and continued to charge forward, stuffing the ball behind Ferreira.
Li Tiancheng moved forward to catch the ball at high speed, and then Gala arrived and blocked Li Tiancheng's incoming route.
Seeing Li Tiancheng adjusting his body while pulling the ball, Gala felt relieved. This kind of static defense was relatively easy. Besides, this kid should have been anxious, as his teammates were about to rush to double-team him.
As I was thinking about it, I noticed that Li Tiancheng moved the ball with his right foot and wanted to accelerate towards the baseline. Gala immediately moved in synchronization. He also saw Li Tiancheng dunking the ball backward with his left foot and immediately stopped to steal the ball. He secretly laughed in his heart: He is still young.
Ah, be prepared early...
Before he could finish his thought, Jala kicked him in the air and exerted too much force, causing his body to stiffen.
Unable to continue changing his focus for a moment, Gala could only watch Li Tiancheng go straight to the baseline and pass the ball calmly. This kid just passed the football with his left foot and did not spike the ball at all - Okocha went around the hip!
"Okocha's flower-piercing step! Tiancheng broke through Gala." Huang Jianxiang couldn't restrain his excitement.
"Beautiful, this cross is of high quality and goes straight behind, Garcia!"
"Oh! Garcia!"
"Garcia was interfered by Carvalho and his header missed the crossbar!"
"Hey, the two coaches on the sidelines were very excited. Of course, this is understandable. Benitez regrets that his players' ability to seize opportunities is nothing new. With Tiancheng coming on, Liverpool can create opportunities again.
But their old problem hasn’t been cured yet!”
"Mourinho also seemed very dissatisfied. He almost lost three points to one. Of course he has reasons to be dissatisfied, but I would say this is the inherent shortcoming of the 1:0 system!"
"Chelsea chose to make substitutions. Gremy replaced Duff. This is to strengthen defense!"
Li Tiancheng stabilized his body and watched as Baros and Cisse attracted a group of people in front of the door. He watched through the crowd as Garcia disappeared from his sight, holding his head.
After all his efforts, he only caused a burst of exclamations from Stamford Bridge. Li Tiancheng was a little disappointed. He exhaled and looked up at the stands. The fans looked shocked. Haha, let's continue.
Inadvertently, Terry and I looked at each other, and Terry half-smiled but said, "Boy, welcome to Stamford Bridge."