On the sidelines, Di Francesco's face was very bitter. He did not expect that the game would turn out like this.
Seeing Mo Yang walking towards the center circle and talking and laughing with his teammates, Di Francesco was really envious of Klopp for having such an excellent midfield commander.
When he made tactical adjustments at halftime, he knew the consequences and weaknesses of such adjustments.
But he never expected that not long after the start of the second half, Liverpool's commander quickly saw through and found their weakness.
"As I said in the first half, Roma used a dense position on the left to contain Liverpool's search for a counterattack from Salah's side, but in the second half they gave up this tactic. They replaced Schick and opened up the offensive width.
"
"This is undoubtedly a great thing for Liverpool's counterattack!"
"The quick counterattack organized by Mo Yang is because he saw that Salah has completely escaped the restrictions of Roma."
"Also, after Roma replaced Schick and changed their tactics, it led to a decrease in the team's overall mobility. Because they have to support the two high center forwards Dzeko and Schick, Roma's two wing-backs need to press heavily, so that their defensive end
The mobility is even less."
"So once Liverpool counterattacks at a super fast speed, it will often end in a fatal outcome."
After Zhang Lu finished speaking, a replay appeared on the screen. It was obvious that after Salah entered the penalty area, Roma's two wing-backs, Florenzi and Kolarov, could not retreat at all.
"So Roma's tactical adjustment has advantages and disadvantages. At present, the disadvantages outweigh the advantages."
"Klopp's tactical use in this game is really at its best. In the tactical confrontation, he took the lead step by step and beat Di Francesco to death." Zhang Lu said with a smile as she narrowed her eyes.
For old fans like Zhang Lu, the games they watch are no longer limited to the competition level. They are also concerned about the tactical confrontation between the head coaches of both sides.
After conceding the fourth goal, Roma's morale hit rock bottom!
It was a one-sided situation for a while, with Roma making constant mistakes in the midfield and frontcourt, and Liverpool launched wave after wave of counterattacks.
The more than 2,000 Roma fans in the stands were somewhat silent. They came to take advantage of the excitement and then returned in disastrous defeat. This is the true psychological portrayal of these fans.
In the 65th minute of the game, Di Francesco couldn't stand it anymore.
He called Gonalon and Perotti, who had returned from warm-up, to come over and arrange tasks.
Just as he lowered his head to assign tasks to the players, the stands around Anfield suddenly burst into cheers like a mountain roar and a tsunami.
Di Francesco turned his head and looked at the court, and saw the ball bouncing in his own door again.
At this moment, he was completely confused. What happened? How did the ball go in?
Soon, the big screen at the scene helped him review the moment of scoring.
On the big screen, Liverpool once again used high-intensity pressing to cause Roma to make a pass error, and Fabinho sent a quick and accurate through ball.
After Salah got the ball on the right, he quickly moved towards the penalty area.
At the same time, Mo Yang also moved to the ribs to contain Juan who was marking Salah.
As a result, Salah took advantage of Juan's distraction and suddenly started to break through with a feint, and then swept the ball across the front and back points of the goal, allowing the back point to catch up with Firmino and succeed in the push shot.
“Incredible!”
"5-0!"
"Liverpool has once again ended the suspense! They are about to advance to the 2017-18 Champions League final!"
"Although Mo Yang didn't score a goal today, he will definitely be the best in the game with two assists."
"For the same reason, the lack of mobility on the defensive end, which led to the inability to defend in time, was caught by Mo Yang again. You see, he leaned directly to the ribs, and Salah formed a two-on-one against Juan.
, so that Juan doesn’t dare to closely mark Salah.”
After a while, Roma took the lead in making substitution adjustments. Gonalon replaced De Rossi and Perotti replaced Juan.
The game restarted, and Roma's tactics changed again.
Kolarov retreated and marked Salah.
Roma also changed their formation to 4-3-3 and played 4 defenders.
Di Francesco's two substitution adjustments were made to address the team's lack of mobility and defensive ability on Salah's side on the left.
The game was stalemate for the next seven or eight minutes.
In the 69th minute of the game, Moyang and Salah were replaced by Emre Can and Shaqiri at the same time, and Klopp took the initiative to rest.
All Red Army fans applauded Klopp's substitution.
Both Mo Yang and Salah received enthusiastic cheers and applause from the fans.
But within a few minutes, the game suddenly reached its third turning point, which shocked countless people, including Klopp and Red Army fans.
After Mo Yang and Salah were replaced, Roma's defensive pressure dropped sharply, allowing Roma players to start bold attacks on the left.
Kolarov and Perotti also began to press hard, assuming a desperate posture of fighting against the odds.
In the 80th minute of the game, Roma pressed heavily on its left side.
Facing Liverpool's side attack, Stroman, who was dribbling the ball back, stumbled and tenaciously took the ball away from Liverpool's encirclement and handed it to Kolarov in front of him for transfer.
The ball was transferred laterally to Nayinggolan in the center circle. Without any hesitation, the guy directly started to look for Dzeko in the penalty area on the left side of the arc.
Seeing Lovren holding Dzeko behind him again, Arnold did not join in the fun.
The game has reached this level, and the Liverpool players have a very relaxed mentality.
But when the ball fell, Lovren, who was jumping in front of Dzeko, went up. The ball rubbed his hair and hit the chest of Dzeko who was jumping behind him.
After Dzeko landed, the ball stopped in front of him. Before Alisson could pounce on him, he took off his foot and shot into the near corner.
Faced with the ball hitting the goal post and entering the net, Alisson was helpless after being deceived.
On the sidelines, Klopp laughed angrily. He looked at Lovren sitting on the turf and was very helpless. This guy didn't know what to say. He had just praised him during the half-time break and he immediately did it to him.
thing.
But just when countless Red Army fans thought that this goal was Roma's desperate struggle to regain some face, Roma's second goal came as expected.
Just three minutes later, Roma came back from the left and launched another offensive.
Fazio dribbled the ball in the backcourt and made a long pass to Perotti on the left.
Stroman was seen driving forward from behind three Liverpool players on the wing into the penalty area.
Perotti did not dare to delay after stopping the ball, and quickly took the ball to the bottom line of the penalty area.
After Stroman got the ball, he directly made a cross pass to find Schick and Dzeko in the penalty area.
As a result, the ball was cleared by Van Dyke and hit the front edge of the arc.
But Nainggolan was swimming in front of the top of the arc. When he saw the ball coming, he quickly followed up and took a kick.
As a result, the ball hit Fabinho's arm and rolled out of the baseline.
Referee Clichy awarded a penalty kick directly.
Perotti personally took the penalty and scored in one stroke, rewriting the score to 5-2.
Seeing this scene, Klopp also quickly used up the last substitution, replacing Firmino with Gokrawan to prevent Roma from continuing to make long passes into the penalty area in the next game.
"The suspense is back!"
“Roma’s fighting spirit has given us a glimmer of hope!”
"The second leg is Roma's home court, Klopp is in trouble!"
"Klopp was a little careless when he replaced Mo Yang and Salah early." Zhan Jun explained with a smile, not expecting that the situation would develop like this.
"Indeed, replacing Salah early freed Roma from the high-pressure left defense and allowed them to play the offensive method they have been looking for." Zhang Lu continued.
"The two passionate teams indeed collided with the most brilliant sparks. The two coaches competed with each other throughout the game, but in terms of tactics and strategies, Klopp was obviously superior."
"Liverpool's offense is indeed extremely exciting, but we cannot ignore Roma, who are still pursuing offense all the time despite adversity."
"Maybe Roma will be eliminated, but they also showed us a Roma full of Red Wolves spirit. This is a pure football spirit!"
Not long after, referee Clichy blew the final whistle.
Liverpool won the first leg 5-2 at home, but it also left the suspense of promotion.
At the same time, the results of another group of games against Mars hitting the Earth also came out.
Bundesliga giant Bayern lost 1-2 at home to Galacticos Real Madrid.