Chapter 432 The front court is picturesque, but the back court is tofu!
Chapter 432 The front court is picturesque, the back court is rubbish!
Author: Thief Cao
Chapter 432 The front court is picturesque, the back court is rubbish!
"This year's Liverpool, under the guidance of Klopp, are actually very similar to Manchester City in many ways!"
"for example……"
Before Zhang Lu finished speaking, Zhan Jun interjected: "For example, the frontcourt offense is picturesque, but the backcourt defense is rotten!"
"Haha!" Zhang Lu was caught off guard and burst into laughter.
Although Zhan Jun is a die-hard Liverpool fan, he criticizes Liverpool without mercy. He continued: "Especially the interaction between Matip, Lovren and Henderson, it makes people scared every time.
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"Once Henderson is blocked from passing the ball forward and starts passing back to the backcourt endlessly, Matip will change his horse and move forward. In addition, Lovren, a middle-aged bicycle rider, is not very smart and often makes mistakes. Liverpool's defense is simply
It’s just a walking piece of shoddy construction!”
"Although Klavan has outstanding performance, it is just like that. It is not high-quality and cheap!"
"Compared with last season, Liverpool's defense has improved." Zhang Lu said with a smile.
"Well!" Zhan Jun looked at Zhang Lu and nodded seriously, "It's indeed progress, from soy milk to tofu dregs!"
"Haha!" Zhang Lu burst into laughter again.
But as soon as the two of them finished speaking, Liverpool slapped Zhang Lu in the face with practical actions, which also showed the elegance of Liverpool's shabby defense.
In the 4th minute of the game, Manchester City got the ball in the backcourt and wanted to hit it all the way up the left.
But Liverpool's pressing was really fast. The ball was passed forward less than four meters along the wing before it was blocked by Liverpool's pressing.
Not only that, he also lost the ball.
Fortunately, Chu Zheng, who retreated along the ribs, quickly chased after him, and with the assistance of Yaya Toure, Kolarov, Fernandinho and others, he regained the ball.
Seeing that Liverpool had five players in this area, Chu Zheng knew very well that the probability of directly breaking through the defense was low.
So he pointed to the backcourt and passed the ball directly back.
Kolarov followed up immediately and then passed the ball across to Bravo in the penalty area.
Liverpool took advantage of the trend and pressed forward, launching their high-position press that has been tried and tested this season. The players in the frontcourt have a clear division of labor.
Firmino entered the penalty area from the ribs and went straight to Bravo, while others cut off the ball outlet near Bravo.
Bravo was a little panicked, stopped on the left sideline of the small penalty area, quickly raised his head to observe, and then drove the ball to the center circle with his big foot.
In the center line of the center circle, Klavan quickly moved forward to remove the ball, and then passed the ball to the left without waiting for De Bruyne to come over.
But Liverpool's attack also failed this time.
Manchester City's defensive focus shifted equally quickly. In the blink of an eye, Coutinho, who had the ball in his ribs, was surrounded by Fernandinho, Zabaleta or Sterling.
Seeing Emre Can approaching from the center, Coutinho quickly crossed the ball.
Emre Can had already felt the pressure from Fernandinho beside him. He did not dare to stop the ball, but directly passed the ball diagonally back to Milner behind the center line.
Soon, Milner came along the wing, formed a wing triangle with Coutinho and Emre Can, and passed the ball continuously.
But after Manchester City's players were positioned, the defensive formation was 4411. The two defensive lines in the midfield and backfield were very close, blocking Liverpool from the 30-meter area.
Soon the ball returned from the ribs to the feet of Milner on the wing.
After Mirta got the ball, it stopped by the sideline because it was impossible to penetrate the sideline.
Manchester City had six players defending their right flank.
They have no advantage at all in 3-on-6, and a strong attack will only result in the loss of the ball, giving Manchester City a chance to counterattack.
Milner saw it very clearly, so he turned back, trying to pass back to Emre Can behind him and change the direction of attack.
But he didn't give Emrejan time, turned around and passed.
It was at this moment that the two men made a mistake in their tacit understanding of passing the ball.
Before passing the ball, Emre Can had been moving laterally towards the sideline. As a result, the ball rolled past his original position and went straight to the right rib of the center circle.
On the center line, Aguero started quickly.
At the same time, Klavan also headed towards the ball.
"Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Seeing Milner's kick hit the ball, all the Anfield home fans were immediately heartbroken.
In the blink of an eye, Aguero and Klavan decided the winner.
Although Aguero is not very fast, his starting speed within three meters is very fast, enough to kill Klavan in an instant. He rushed to the ball first.
Clava knew at a glance that Aguero was trying to take advantage of the situation and pass the ball, so he suddenly fell to the ground and put his body on the ground, trying to block Aguero with a yellow card foul.
However, the next second, in full view of everyone, Aguero touched the ball and lifted the ball forward with his right foot.
Then Aguero was tripped.
The referee Pawson was speechless, but when he saw De Bruyne quickly following up behind Aguero, he could get the ball in front of Emre Can who was moving in from the wing to chase the ball. He quickly signaled that the attack was favorable.
The next second, De Bruyne ran past Aguero and Klavan.
Klavan wanted to reach out and scratch De Bruyne's foot, but he didn't dare.
He knew very well that the blocking foul just now was a yellow card, and if he did it again, he would be directly game over!
It's not terrible to lose a goal. If there is no one person, the game is over.
"Chance!!!!!!!!!!"
"Lovren is the only one in the backcourt of Liverpool!!!!!" Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu's voices instantly rose in the LeTV live broadcast room.
At the same time, on the arc of the circle in the middle of Liverpool's half, Lovren used all his energy to chase back and move towards De Bruyne.
At this time, in the broadcast footage, you can clearly see that in the Manchester City half, near the arc of the center circle, Chu Zheng ejected eight or nine meters away from Lovren and quickly inserted along the center.
One look at Chu Zheng's heart-pounding sprint speed, and everyone knew that Chu Zheng would definitely be able to respond to De Bruyne in the middle in time, and might even arrive in advance.
At that time, as long as De Bruyne crosses the ball in front of Chu Zheng, it may be a one-way ball.
Behind Chu Zheng, Liverpool's new player was also chasing after him desperately, but his speed compared with Chu Zheng gave people the feeling of a tortoise and the hare. Not only did he fail to catch up, but he was pulled further and further away by Chu Zheng.
But soon, the hearts of the Manchester City fans who came to Anfield with the team began to tremble.
The problem lies with De Bruyne.
De Bruyne caught up with the ball and took advantage of the situation, but De Bruyne was not very fast, so he was quickly caught up by Emre Can from behind.
On Lovren's side, he was relieved when he saw Emre Can entangled De Bruyne.
But just when he was about to continue to move forward and engage Emre Can back and forth, De Bruyne made a move.
In full view of everyone, De Bruyne, who was holding Emre Can behind him, slowed down again and again. However, just as he entered the thirty-meter area from the right rib, De Bruyne, who could shoot left and right, moved forward with his left foot.
As soon as he raised the ball, there was suddenly a cross from the instep.
At this moment, Lovren panicked when he saw the ball turning in front of him, and instantly realized that a Manchester City player was following behind him.
But he couldn't figure it out. He remembered clearly that before he turned around and chased back, the closest Manchester City player to him was Chu Zheng, but Chu Zheng was at least ten meters away from him at the time. He didn't believe that Chu Zheng could be so fast without the ball.
Just a few seconds.
However, he couldn't believe it. When he turned around, Chu Zheng had already come up. The sprinting speed of his long strides made him feel a pressure rushing towards his face.
"Loris!!!!!!!!!!!"
Lovren knew that it was absolutely too late to turn around and move closer, so he quickly roared.
But there was no need for him to shout, as Karius, the goalkeeper in Liverpool's penalty area, had already attacked in advance.
In the blink of an eye, Karius rushed to the left rib area at the top of the arc.
Chu Zheng's side is still sprinting towards the ball with great strides.
Seeing Karius come out, Chu Zheng instantly changed his cruel plan to kill Karius with a pendulum after getting the ball.
In full view of everyone, Chu Zheng rushed to the ball ahead of Karius, stepped forward and passed the ball directly.
But in everyone's eyes, Chu Zheng's goal was a bit too big.
"Karius has been passed!!!"
"Oops!!" Zhang Lu, who was looking at the big TV in the live broadcast room intently, slammed the table with regret.
"Chu Zheng is a little anxious!" Zhan Jun, who felt very complicated when he saw the ball going straight to the bottom line on the left side of the penalty area, also followed suit.
Even if Chu Zheng could get the ball before it went out of the baseline, there would be no shooting angle.
Although Chu Zheng once scored a zero-degree shot, it was too difficult to score such a shot every time.
As long as Chu Zheng hesitates for a moment, Liverpool's defensive players will immediately block the goal for you.
However, in the next second, Chu Zheng did not stop the ball before and after chasing the baseline. He directly used the inside of his left foot and the ball went straight towards the goal along the baseline.
In the blink of an eye, the ball passed the near post, then crossed the goal line little by little and hit the far side net.
Chu Zheng, on the other hand, couldn't stop the car and rushed out.
"boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Seeing Chu Zheng succeed in pushing the door at a zero-degree angle in front of the baseline, a huge wave of exclamations and annoyance suddenly erupted in the Anfield stadium!
"The ball went in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Zhan Jun also became excited during the live broadcast room.
"Chu Zheng's 13th Premier League goal!!!"
At the scene, Guardiola was also excited by the speed of Chu Zheng's impact.
On the football field, in addition to the gorgeous offense, it is Chu Zheng's back-to-front impact that can most stimulate the fans' attention and ignite people's emotions.
Seeing Chu Zheng calmly pushing the ball into the Liverpool goal, Guardiola threw an uppercut on the spot and then jumped up, looking extremely excited.
Next to him, Klopp was smiling with big white teeth, his eyes full of admiration for Chu Zheng.
Klopp has actually been eyeing Chu Zheng for a long time.
In his tactical design, Chu Zheng is actually the midfielder he dreams of.
It's a pity that after he came to Liverpool, he was in almost the same situation as when he took over Dortmund, with extremely financial embarrassment.
This summer, Klopp did not make an offer for Chu Zheng at all.
It's not that he doesn't want to, it's that he is powerless.
He knows very well that Liverpool cannot afford Chu Zheng.
So Klopp had no contact with Chu Zheng from beginning to end.
Sometimes Klopp really envies Guardiola.
Look at others, from Barcelona to Bayern to Manchester City, each one is more arrogant than the other, but Guardiola has never had to worry about money.
As for him, from Mainz to Dortmund to Liverpool, each one is poorer than the other, and he has to worry about money every time he transfers.
On the field, Chu Zheng jumped back from behind the billboard and hugged and celebrated with his teammates who gathered around him.
Looking at the Manchester City players huddled together in celebration in the camera, Zhan Jun smiled and said: "This goal Aguero's clever move forward is too important. Although he failed to avoid Klavan's foul, it left a mark for Manchester City."
This chance to fight back!"
"Yes!" Zhang Lu nodded, "De Bruyne's passing is also clever and highly concealed. This is the advantage of being able to shoot left and right!"
"Chu Zheng is also very fast. He can probably compete with Monaco's Kylian Mbappe!"
"I guess I can't do it!" Zhang Lu shook her head, "Although Chu Zheng's starting speed and acceleration are comparable to Mbappe, his top speed is not as fast as Mbappe!"
"That's enough. Football is not track and field. Thirty meters is enough!" Zhan Jun said with a smile.
Not long after, the referee gave Klavan a yellow card for deliberately blocking the foul, and the game restarted.
On the field, after Liverpool kicked the ball out, Klopp stood on the sidelines and shouted loudly to the players on the field. His excited gestures looked like he was about to fight with someone.
The meaning conveyed by Klopp is actually very simple, which is to let the Liverpool players scramble and kick with an eye on Manchester City's life goal.
As the game time went by, Liverpool and Manchester City played more and more openly on the court. Either you were robbing me or I was robbing you.
Although there are relatively few threatening attacks, the pace of offense and defense transitions is really fast.
Therefore, the fans did not feel that the game was boring, but was very exciting, making the Anfield stadium louder and louder.
Soon, the second goal came.
In the 9th minute of the game, Chu Zheng immediately started breakthrough mode after getting the ball in the center circle of Liverpool's half.
After Chu Zheng passed Coutinho and future shield forward Firmino successively, he saw that the center was full of Liverpool players, so he had no choice but to transfer the ball to the left wing.
Klopp was obviously guarding against his breakthrough in the middle today. To be precise, he was guarding against everyone in Manchester City breaking through in the middle.
As a result, Kolarov, a killer, casually passed the ball back to the ribs from the wing without enough force, allowing Wijnaldum, who turned and pressed forward, to rush to the wing and get ahead of Fernandini.
Omae jumped up and passed the ball to the left.
On the right side of Liverpool's center circle, Firmino takes the ball with his back, and Yaya Toure is behind him.
As a result, after Firmino stopped the ball, he turned the ball to the right and turned horizontally. He ran to the arc of the center circle and suddenly made a pass with the instep of his outside foot.
The ball was passed directly to the right rib of Manchester City's center circle.
Firmino's clever move directly avoided Manchester City's siege in the center circle.
After Coutinho got the ball, he leaned directly to the wing and continuously moved the ball with his right foot, slowly forcing Zabaleta to retreat.
Arriving at the upper left corner of the penalty area, Coutinho suddenly swung his left foot, and the ball suddenly curved straight to the center of the penalty area.
The landing point is at the penalty spot.
The next second, Wijnaldum used the power of sprint to reach the landing point and jumped directly, rushing to meet the ball in front of Kolarov and heading towards the top.
Suddenly the ball went straight in from the left side of the goal!
"oh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Suddenly Anfield was shaken again, and the cheers of Liverpool fans were deafening!
On the sidelines, when Klopp saw his team equalizing the score, he instantly threw three punches, detonating Anfield again!
Next to him, Guardiola rubbed his face with both hands, his balls hurt!
"Kolarov has a certain responsibility for this ball. You can see that he just stood there waiting for the ball to come over and made no move to meet the ball and make a clearance."
"As a result, Wijnaldum suddenly jumped in front of him and made a beautiful top shot!"
"Bravo also exposed his shortcomings of lack of height again. He saved the ball very quickly, but his arms were not long enough and he suffered the disadvantage of being short in stature."
Zhan Jun nodded and said: "It seems that these two scumbag project leaders are ready to explode with each other today!"
"Haha!" Zhang Lu was amused again and raised two fingers, "Both goals were made by taking advantage of mistakes in the opponent's defense."
"If we continue to play like this, the scene will become more and more open. The battle is all about offensive efficiency. Whoever is more efficient may win the final victory!"
