On the sidelines, Di Francesco felt as if his whole body was being roasted on a fire, which made him scratch his heart and liver in discomfort.
He arranged the tactics, how could he not know where the weaknesses were.
He has been very nervous from the beginning to now. He does not expect that this weakness will not be exposed, because that is simply impossible. He just simply hopes that this weakness will be discovered later.
I didn't expect to be caught by Liverpool's monster midfielder so quickly.
Di Francesco is really in trouble now.
If he lets De Rossi's trio retreat further, they won't be able to suppress Liverpool's formation in the backcourt.
If he continued to play like this, he was worried that the monster would seize this gap and continue to lose the ball.
After checking the time, there should still be five or six minutes of injury time, and Di Francesco planned to wait for the second half to make some adjustments.
But he was soon confused by Liverpool. No, to be precise, he was confused by the saucy behavior of his own players.
In the 45th minute of regular time, Mo Yang got the ball from Van Dijk in front of his own penalty area. Without any hesitation, he directly took a long pass.
This time he looked for Mane, and Manulas won the header, but it was useless. He headed the ball to Salah, who switched positions with Firmino.
After Salah got the ball, he went directly from the center to the penalty area. After hooking Manolas over, he suddenly separated and passed to the left side of the penalty area.
Although Mane successfully received the ball, he was stuck on the outside by Florenzi.
After a delay, the Roma midfielder also returned to the penalty area to participate in defense.
As a result, Mane just relied on his speed and body to force his way to the bottom line, and then suddenly passed the ball back in front of the crowded goal.
At the left goal post, Salah caught up with four or five Roma players and shot with one kick. However, Szczesny showed excellent leg skills and used his right thigh to pass the ball to the left goal post.
The clearance crossed the bottom line, and Salah was so angry that he slapped the lawn several times.
Soon, Mo Yang took a corner kick from the left and went directly to Van Dijk, the highest point in the penalty area!
In front of the goal post in the penalty area, Van Dijk was surrounded by five Roma players, but he still relied on his body to forcefully jump up, but he missed.
The ball was pushed into the sky by Fazio, who was 195cm tall.
Seeing that the second spot was just to the left of the penalty spot, Van Dijk and Roma Origin moved over collectively and continued to prepare for the second spot.
This time Van Dijk was still surrounded by four defensive players, four on one.
Dzeko on the right side of Van Dijk jumped first and jumped on Van Dijk. At the same time, Manolas on the left side was also squeezing Van Dijk.
The next second, a funny scene happened.
Van Dijk, who was pushed around and unable to take off, accidentally hit the midfielder of Dzeko who was taking off.
Just at this moment, Dzeko lost his balance in mid-air, with his body in front and his head tilted back. The falling ball hit his head directly, flew towards the center of the small penalty area, and then hit Firmino.
With his head on his head, he changed direction again and flew into the Roma goal past the far right post.
Facing this kind of ball, Szczesny even has a thousand hands that are not enough.
He could only stand at the near post and watch with wide eyes as the ball hit the side netting inside the far post.
"No!!!!!!!!!!!!"
A wail of extreme grief and indignation sounded from the stands on all sides, as if the roof of the stadium was about to be lifted.
After Mo Yang took the corner kick, he ran back along the sideline, and then he was stunned for a moment when he saw the ball went in after twists and turns.
"Good guys! It's your turn to be unlucky at last!" Mo Yang suddenly became happy and bumped like a little pony towards his celebrating teammates.
“goal!!!!!!!!!”
"Jipu! We are coming!"
"The total score is now 7-3. If Roma wants to advance, they must score 5 goals!"
"Great Firmino!"
In the commentary box, Berglin was almost crazy, his eyes were filled with tears and his voice was trembling.
After many years, they finally reached the Champions League final again.
At this moment, countless Red Army fans who stayed in Liverpool were also celebrating wildly.
"What a dramatic scene!"
"This goal was really a mistake. Van Dijk was squeezed and forced to hit Dzeko's midfielder, causing Dzeko to lose his balance and the clearance was too high but not far enough!"
"Why do I feel like neither of these two teams really want to reach the finals!"
"You give me one, and I'll give you one back!"
"Hahaha……"
After this goal was scored, the Roma players were a little confused.
Fishing in troubled waters has always been Mo Yang's strength in the game. He quickly accelerated Liverpool's offensive rhythm to attack the unstable Roma. At the same time, Mo Yang also controlled the ball and used offense instead of defense to relieve Van Dijk.
The pressure of waiting for others.
Unfortunately, Liverpool failed to score again in the last few minutes of the first half, completely killing the suspense of the game.
After halftime, Mo Yang and others returned to the locker room.
"Liverpool was actually a little nervous in the first half of the first half, and the players couldn't let go. But with the birth of the first goal, the mentality of the Liverpool players changed. They relaxed and the players dared to do it."
The more you move, the more relaxed you become!"
"I just hope they don't let it go too easy!"
"hey-hey!"
Zhan Jun answered, making Zhang Lu laugh.
"For Roma, in the 45 minutes of the first half, they have actually shown their strongest moves. But if Roma plays like they did in the first half in the second half, there will be a threat, but the offensive efficiency will be too low."
"So it depends on whether Di Francesco has any backup plans in the second half, or changes his tactics, otherwise it will be difficult for Roma to reverse the comeback!"
Zhang Lu and Zhan Jun were reviewing the first half, and in the Liverpool dressing room, Klopp was also arranging tactics for the players in the second half.
But Mo Yang's expression was a little strange. He sat in his seat and looked at Klopp who was dancing and giving a speech in front of the tactical board. He hesitated to speak several times.
After a while, the fifteen-minute halftime break ended, and the players from both sides returned to the court to change sides and fight again.
But after the game started, the tactical adjustments of both sides made countless commentators and fans feel extremely magical.
Liverpool's side changed directly, and the front line underwent an extremely rare contraction, changing from 433 to 442. Firmino and Salah partnered as two forwards, leaving only them in front.
Mane and Milner became the full midfielders, while Mo Yang and Henderson played as a defensive midfielder.
On Roma's side, they directly used up one of their substitutions, replacing Pellegrini with Yundale, moving Schick to the center, and partnering with Dzeko as a double high center, the same transformation of 433 to 442.
It is not common for two head coaches to make tactical adjustments together.
"The intention of Roma's change of formation should be not to pursue the swarm-like attack in the first half. This should be a compromise made by Di Francesco to address the weaknesses of the tactics in the first half. It is to make up for the space between the midfield and the defense.
There's nothing to say about this."
In the live broadcast room, Zhang Lu started to explain after watching the game for five or six minutes.
"On Liverpool's side, Klopp's formation 442 should be to stabilize the defense and use Mo Yang's forward ball to counterattack!"
"I won't talk about the pros and cons of this adjustment for now, but I don't quite understand the purpose of Klopp's adjustment. Without the trident to create pressure on Roma in the frontcourt, Roma will have no worries when attacking!"
After Zhang Lu finished speaking, Zhan Jun continued with a smile: "Maybe Klopp wants Roma to attack from all fronts, so that they can find opportunities to counterattack directly from behind. After all, Mo Yang can also kick from the back when playing as a defensive midfielder.
The ball directly threatens the opponent's goal."
The changes of Klopp and Di Francesco also led the situation in the second half to two opposite directions.
