Chapter Eighty-Four: The Long Drought Meets the Rain
October 24, Anfield Stadium, Champions League Group C third round group match, Liverpool VS Red Star Belgrade.
Before the game, when Klopp was interviewed by the media, he personally stated that he was determined to score three points.
The media is dubious about Klopp's words. They believe that Liverpool, with all their main players, can definitely win against the Serbian team Red Star Belgrade at home, but it is hard to say for this half-disabled Liverpool!
Because although Liverpool won the match against Huddersfield in the 9th round of the Premier League, the game was really ugly.
Although Salah made a comeback in today's game and was included in the game squad, it is still unclear whether he can start.
And even if Salah can play, how good he will be is still unknown.
"Liverpool has been in trouble recently. The Little Devils' schedule has just ended, but they were attacked by the FIFA virus, causing injuries to many of the team's main players." Zhan Jun said with emotion in the pp sports live broadcast room.
Zhang Lu also smiled, "De Bruyne is also injured at Manchester City. In fact, for the Premier League without a winter break, players are very tired. This is still a World Cup year, and Liverpool has a large number of international players.
It's a big club, so it's hard not to be affected."
"But Liverpool are also lucky because this game is their home court, and their opponent Red Star Belgrade is not a strong team."
"Yes!" Zhan Jun nodded and smiled, "Judging from the performance of the first two rounds of the Berg-Lewis Red Star game, this strong team from Serbia is not strong. Generally speaking, Liverpool has the greater advantage."
"These two teams have met twice in European history. In 1973, Red Star Belgrade defeated Liverpool in the European Champions Cup..."
During Zhan Jun's introduction, the starting lineups of both sides appeared in the live broadcast footage.
Liverpool:(4231)
Goalkeeper: Alisson
Defenders: Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson
Midfielder: Wijnaldum, Mo Yang
Attacking midfielder: Shaqiri, Firmino, Jota
Forward: Salah
"Klopp arranged a 4231 formation that is rarely seen in Liverpool today. According to English media reports, Van Dijk may start a closed game in this game. This shows how embarrassing Liverpool's current situation is and how Klopp feels about this game.
How seriously the game is taken!”
"In fact, on the defense line, Van Dijk, like Mo Yang, is an indispensable and absolute main player for Liverpool. Liverpool's defense is at a different level with him and without him!" Zhan Junlele added.
Red Star Belgrade:(4231)
Forward:Boak
Attacking midfielder: Srnico, Hersilio, Ben
Midfielder: Jovic, Krsticic
Defenders: Gobelik, Babic, Dekinik, Stokovic
Goalkeeper: Borjan
"Red Star Belgrade is the dominant team in Serbia with four championships in five years, but in Europe it can only be considered a mid-range team."
"Although they tenaciously drew with Naples in the first round of the group stage, their true colors were revealed in the second round and were brutally slaughtered 6-1 by Paris Saint-Germain. They currently have 1 point and are ranked at the bottom of Group C. For them
For me, I can’t afford to lose the next game.”
At 20 o'clock, with the loud singing of Anfield, the game officially started.
After the game started, to everyone's surprise, Red Star Belgrade turned against the visitors, and their formation went crazy to press high.
Mo Yang saw that the defense line of these guys had pushed past the center line and got in front of the penalty area. He immediately began to take charge of the ball in the middle and break the opponent's menacing high-pressing tactics.
In just three minutes, Mo Yang's intervention took effect. By controlling the ball in the backcourt, the Red Star Berger players were stunned.
After smothering the danger in Liverpool's backcourt, Mo Yang quickly began to teach Berger the rules of visiting Red Star.
In the 12th minute of the game, the two sides competed for the high-altitude ball back and forth in the center circle.
In front of the center circle, Van Dijk took off in front of Red Star forward Boak and headed the ball back into the center circle.
Wijnaldum arrived in time, raised his right foot to continue the relay, and directed the ball towards Mo Yang at the penalty spot.
Seeing the ball flying in front of him, Mo Yang quickly took two steps back.
At the same time, Salah behind Mo Yang saw the Red Star Belgrade defenders crowding around him, and he suddenly turned around and started to push forward.
At this moment, Mo Yang also started passing the ball.
I saw Mo Yang with his back turned without even looking back, as if he knew that Salah had started. When the ball flew over his head, Mo Yang fell back and fell directly, and he just passed a long barb over the top.
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"boom!
!
!”
Seeing Mo Yang reappearing the magical perspective of God passing the ball at Anfield, more than 50,000 Red Army fans at the scene suddenly exploded.
Mo Yang's long overhead pass landed as accurately as ever, right at the top of the Belgrade Red Star penalty area.
Faced with this kind of pass, all Salah can do is accelerate, accelerate, and accelerate again.
In the end, he successfully used his speed to get rid of the two central defenders of Red Star Belgrade.
Facing goalkeeper Bol Young who rushed out of the small penalty area, Salah raised his foot and struck, showing extremely decisiveness and resoluteness.
Before the penalty kick, Borjan dived down to the right side, but at a height of 1.95cm, his actions and reactions were not as good as Alisson's. He was one step slower than Alisson. He had to watch the ball jump under his right ribs and go straight to the right side of the goal.
"Goal!
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"Goal!
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!”
"h!
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The moment the goal was scored, Berglin's roar sounded.
Anfield was also excited again, and fans throughout the city of Liverpool responded to Salah's goal with huge cheers outside the stadium.
On the sidelines, Klopp jumped up high, punched in the air in celebration, and after landing, he ran wildly with his legs and threw the farmer's three punches that he had not seen for many days. At the same time, he was venting his inner pressure. During this period, Klopp was really having a headache.
Sad and bald.
On the court, Mo Yang smiled when he saw Salah actually hitting the ball and scoring a goal.
"The king returns! The phoenix rises from the fire and is reborn in nirvana!"
"In the pp sports live broadcast room, Zhan Jun was also stimulated by this goal.
He never imagined that Salah, who played injured, would be so efficient this time.
From Salah's goal, he can no longer see the confusion he had some time ago. What he just saw is the top forward's sense of opportunities and his decisiveness in front of the goal. From Salah, he has already seen
There is no hesitation in sight.
Next to him, Zhang Lu was craning his neck to look at the big screen in the live broadcast room, looking for evidence that Mo Yang had observed the ball in advance before passing the ball.
But unfortunately, he was quickly disappointed, because no matter how he looked at it, Mo Yang did not observe anything in advance.
"Mo Yang's goal is really amazing! It's as if he already knew that Salah would run away, as if he knew beforehand!" Zhang Lu sighed.
Zhan Jun glanced sideways at Zhang Lu and said with a smile: "I'm almost used to it. It's strange that he can't pass the ball like this, haha..."
Soon, Liverpool celebrated the end and the game restarted.
After making a comeback to grab the opening tactic, the Red Star players seemed a little confused. They didn't know whether to continue to press forward or to withdraw from the formation.
If they continue to fight, they may be beaten by Liverpool.
With Liverpool's strong offensive strength, the suspense of the game before the first half was over might have been killed.
Now, they need their head coach to point them in the right direction.
As for Liverpool, Mo Yang saw the confusion of the Belgrade Red Star players.
So he directly blew the charge horn and pushed Liverpool's formation directly forward.
For a moment, there was a tremor inside and outside the penalty area of Red Star Belgrade.
