Chapter 259: Counterattack

After the second half of the game, Benitez began to carry out the press tactics, purely speaking, the defensive effect was still successful.
On the offensive end, Chelsea are unable to conduct the ball effectively and cannot organize effective offensive tactics.
However, in addition to getting more possessions, Liverpool did not get too many good offensive opportunities.
For the frontcourt press tactics, after the defensive team's players have put in a lot of physical energy, if they only get the ball, there must be some regrets.
The biggest benefit of the team's press should actually be caused by the offensive players, making mistakes when passing and receiving the ball, and then giving the press a chance to fight back on the spot by stealing.
For Yang Feng, who always received the pass at the end, although his skills were not enough, he could not rely on accurate long passes to break Liverpool's full-court press.
However, Yang Feng's steady personality can also guarantee that Yang Feng will not make some serious mistakes when he can receive the pass later.
After several long pass attempts, they did not have much effect. After being taken by the Liverpool backcourt, Yang Feng saw that the team's offense was ineffective. On the contrary, after the opponent got the ball, they would always try to counterattack, threatening Chelsea's defense .
When Yang Feng received the ball later, he was directly outside the boundary of the opponent's half court to make a clearance.
Liverpool, which has no chance of counterattack, organizes an offense in a positional battle and wants to penetrate Chelsea's defense. It is really difficult.
Both sides have offense and defense. Although Liverpool has a clear advantage in possession rate, the degree of offensive threat is not too great.
"Liverpool's attack, the idea of ​​opening a breakthrough on the wing, did not have a very good effect. Today's game, Ivanovic's defensive performance is very good."
Liverpool has attacked many times on the left, but there is still not much substantial progress. The team's offense, in the eyes of Benitez, is superficial, and it has not created too many good opportunities.
When the attack on the left has not developed much, as a last resort, Benitez can only signal the players from the sidelines to try to play on the right and give it a try.
Ashley Cole, who is on the left of Chelsea, is a very good left-back in all aspects, but his height and size are slightly thinner in the Premier League.
For Ashley Cole’s side, Benitez still has some small tactical cooperation. Until now, the offense of the two teams has been somewhat stagnant. It is to compete with each other in the arsenal. There are enough offensive tactics, and they can be taken out immediately at this time, and they can be effective immediately.
"Riela, who had no chance to pass on the left, passed the ball back to Mascherano, who was picked up by the midfielder, and Mako directly transferred the ball and kicked it to Lucas who returned to the right. ."
At this time, Glen Johnson also jumped in directly, attracting Lampard’s attention. For Lucas’s take of the ball, because Ashley Cole was still in the penalty zone just now, Liverpool organized an attack on his left side. At that time, Ashley Cole will retreat to the penalty area to help the center defender defend, and his right will be handed over to the midfielder for the first level of defense. If the ball is transferred to the right, Ashley Licorzai came from inside the penalty area to help defend.
So at this time, it was Deco who stood in front of Lucas on the right. Deco also knew that he might not be able to defend this kind of orthodox British midfielder with plenty of energy. He had already made plans in his heart. When necessary, direct fouls and also prevent Lucas from breaking through.
However, for Lucas, he also knows that it will not be an easy task to easily create offensive opportunities, and the rigor of Chelsea’s defense will not give himself too much space and time to proceed. Personal operation on the right.
As soon as he got the ball, Lucas saw Kuyt in the Chelsea penalty area and began to quickly move out of the penalty area on the right...
"Lucas! Suddenly kick the pass!"
"It was Kuyt who came over in the penalty area! Throwing a step away from Terry, Ashley Cole came over to complete the defense, but the height difference between the two was too obvious. Kuyt stopped in position and got stuck directly. Shlicor!"
"Header for the top! Kuyt grabbed Lucas's kick pass and directly pushed the ball back to the penalty area not far away!"
For Kuyt, although Yang Feng or Terry can effectively restrict it within the restricted area, it means to compete for the top and complete the goal. If it is simply to grab the spot, Playing backwards is much easier than fighting directly in the air and adjusting the body and head to complete the header.
Not to mention, at this time, Chelsea’s left-back, Ashley Cole, who is facing Kuyt behind him, his height is obviously more disadvantaged, and the interference with Kuyt is also limited. Kuyt was able to pass the ball in a good position according to the situation of the court while completing the return.
"Gerard!"
"Suddenly pushed forward and hit the door with a kick!"
"Volley!"
"Cech! Jump sideways!"
"This ball..."
"Fly straight out of the bottom line!"
Gerrard’s kick hit the goal. When Kuyt’s top ball hit the goal, Gerrard had already got rid of Essien’s defense and suddenly inserted in place. Without adjustment, he just volleyed the goal. .
This kick is very high in quality, hitting a diagonal corner, the ball from the right side, straight to the upper left corner of the goal.
In addition, Gerrard's rush to score points, this kick hits the goal forcefully, and the ball is extremely fast. Although Cech barely reacted, he took off and completed the side flutter. The time his body was in the air was obviously not in place in time.
It's just that Gerrard hit the goal, and in the end it almost slipped from the upper left corner of the goal and flew out of the bottom line, a little bit higher, otherwise it must be the best goal in this round of Premier League games.
"Pay attention to the defense, pay attention to your own defender, don't be careless..."
Cech, who had just received a shock from Gerrard’s long-range shot, shouted directly to his teammates. Perhaps Liverpool had siege on his left side unintentionally before, which made the defensive players in other positions of Chelsea obviously not fully focused. This time not only Kuyt’s play, Lucas' passing, and Gerrard's sudden advance after getting rid of the defender, Chelsea's own defense has a certain problem.
Chelsea, who had a false alarm, reorganized their offensive opportunities. No matter how Liverpool's players can run, they still need to take back a breather break. After all, there are only three substitutions. The remaining Liverpool players still have to stick to the whole game.
During this period, the Liverpool players did not have the interval of pressing, it was the time for Chelsea to show their possession of the ball and to attack layer by layer.
Although, in the face of Liverpool's defense and Chelsea's offense, it is impossible to create too good shot opportunities, but the ball is firmly in Chelsea's hands after all, allowing Chelsea players to regain the rhythm of the game by mastering the ball. Return to the familiar rhythm.
"Ivanovic once again stepped in from the right. Today Ivan is really too active. He performed extremely well on both offense and defense."
"Ivanovic didn't go too deep. After receiving the transfer ball from Deco, a ground pass, handed the ball to Anelka who pulled out of the penalty area and was on the right."
Facing Liverpool's left-back Insuya, Anelka still clearly occupies the advantage of physical confrontation. After receiving the ball, Anelka turned his back to Insuya and directly chose to dribble the ball and move to the center.
Anelka completely crushed Insua’s defense and dribbled the ball to the center. At this time, Liverpool’s central defender Carragher also rushed forward to complete the defense, forming a double team with Insua. Potential.
Moreover, the two standing on both sides of Anelka also isolated Anelka's idea of ​​wanting to shoot directly from long range.
However, before the final step of Carragher's grab was completed, Anelka crossed the ball through Mascherano's defense and passed to the other side not far away.
In fact, Anelka has always wanted to get rid of Insuya and get a certain amount of space to hit the goal by himself. However, although the defensive players in Liverpool's penalty area have not yet come out, Liverpool's midfielder, for example, is away Mascherano, who is closest to Nelca, has always been eyeing this side. If Anelcado sets a little distance away, in order to get away from the space, Marc might immediately abandon the defender. , Came here to help defend the ball, so Anelka can only rely on his body to fight, keep dribbling the ball horizontally, but can't make a shot by himself.
While Barack, who was defended by Pony Ma’s before, made a fake move to pick up Anelka. After deceiving Pony’s center of gravity, Barack popped directly to the other side. , It happened that Anelka passed the ball, and in an instant, a vacuum formed around Ballack.
However, this is in the core area of ​​Liverpool, and other people's defenses, as well as Xiao Ma's return defense, will also be there immediately.
The veteran Ballack also knew that he wouldn't have too much time to adjust. He directly padd an Anelka's pass with his left foot and directly said with his right foot that it was a shocking long shot!
"Barack! Received Anelka's pass and shot directly!"
Just like Gerrard’s high-quality shot before, Ballack’s shot is also powerful and angled, and in the eyes of many players on the field, this long shot should be within the range of the goal frame. Yes, such a wonderful shot did not bring Chelsea a second goal in the end.
"Reina! Step forward again! A full-strength sideways takeoff, ensuring the height of the jump, after which Barak's long shot was hit to the goal, directly blocking it with one palm!"
"Although the ball was let go, Drogba, who was one person in the penalty zone, still couldn't the other three defensive players from Liverpool. Insua, who was the fastest to retract the second place, kicked directly out of the baseline with a big foot. Chelsea’s corner kick opportunity."
Reina’s save was wonderful. In fact, Reina didn’t notice Barack’s side. Reina had been staring at Anelka intently before, defending him from outside the penalty area, using his physical advantage, and suddenly grabbed him. A certain space, complete a long-range shot.
So in terms of position and physical condition, Reina was extremely well prepared. After Ballack’s goal, Reina was able to make such a wonderful performance because of his position advantage. Save!
"Several of Chelsea's defenders, once again collectively dispatched, within the opponent's penalty area, to show Chelsea's back line attack ability!"
"Ashley Cole's pass!"
"Within the restricted area!"
"Yang Feng!"
"A rush to the back and head the goal!"
"It's missed!"
"The ball flew directly out of the baseline from the right. Yang Feng didn't grasp the angle of his header this time."
After the Chelsea offensive ended, the Liverpool players who had recovered a little bit of strength immediately began their full-time running state, and on the offensive end, more people were invested to create an offensive threat.
After all, the team is now behind 0 to 1, and the members of the Red Army know that they must create more opportunities to break Chelsea's fixed line of defense. Anyway, there are no points for losing. For Liverpool at this time, losing one or two is losing ~EbookFREE.me~ to attack desperately, but will have a chance to equalize!
However, Liverpool, which put more power on the offensive end, immediately encountered bad news.
"Liverpool's attack on the left this time came to an abrupt end!"
"Ivanovic suddenly completed a personal steal against Lieira from the wing, and Liverpool, who were both inserted to compress the Chelsea space, formed a huge game space in the backcourt."
"Ivanovic didn't hesitate, he was just a big foot, looking for Drogba, who was interspersed with a huge space to the left!"
Glen Johnson did not expect his teammates to be so pitted. While he was already plugged in at full speed, he would be directly intercepted on the left by the opponent, and he was directly looking for the huge gap left by himself.
But Glen Johnson’s defense was destined to be too late. Drogba directly unloaded Ivan’s pass. Before Skrtel robbed the defense, Drogba suddenly used a fried meatball. Complete the change directly.
Although Drogba's body is a bit weak to do fancy moves, but occasionally, it does make many defensive players unexpected.
Drogba evaded Scotter's defense, took a step directly, and completed a shot near the penalty zone line!
"Drogba's shot!"
"This ball! Reina has already made a save!"
"The ball is scored! The ball is scored!!!"
"Drogba! In the penalty zone, near the goal! Expanded the score for Chelsea to a two-goal advantage!"
What Drogba deliberately chose was the way of shooting outside the corner, a large arc, from outside the door frame, rotating into the door!
Reina's save couldn't reach this outside arc, and Liverpool lost the second goal!