Chapter 338: Cup dominance

In the league, Liverpool have not won for two consecutive rounds. Once again, their prospects for qualifying in the Champions League have become confusing. However, given the strength of the two opponents are very outstanding, they drew with Tottenham and lost Manchester United away with a goal. Liverpool fans Still optimistic about the team's final results this year.
After two slightly bitter league games, Liverpool will then have to fight for the honor of the season in two cups.
The first match was the fifth round of the FA Cup. Liverpool once again had a lot of luck. Not only did they drew home advantage, but their opponent was the British championship team "Seagull" Brighton!
At home, Liverpool started all the main force, blasting 4 goals in only half of the game, completely establishing the victory.
Yang Feng used the opportunity of a set-piece to make a header for Liverpool.
The visiting team Brighton, the rough style of the British crown, faced Liverpool, who is also not delicate now. Although they are right in style, they are beaten by Liverpool, who is more powerful.
In the second half of the game, although Dalglish replaced Gerrard, Downing and Henderson in preparation for the League Cup final five days later in order to protect the main team from injury, Liverpool's offensive still could not be blocked.
In the confrontation with Brighton, Liverpool scored two goals again in the second half, but because the loopholes in the defense line were too big, a Yang Feng could not fill all the loopholes, and Brighton scored a counterattack.
The score was finally fixed at 6 to 1, Liverpool successfully reached the FA Cup quarterfinals, and hoped to compete for the honor of the double crown in two domestic competitions.
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Wembley Stadium, the venue for the English League Cup finals, the 2011/2012 season of the British League Cup finals, the traditional giants Liverpool, and the British championship team Cardiff City.
Cardiff City this season is committed to standing out in the Premier League and being promoted to the Premier League. If Swansea in the Premier League does not relegated, then there may be two Welsh teams in the Premier League next season.
Cardiff City, which is now ranked third in the English Champions League, is only one point away from the direct promotion qualification for second.
This Cardiff City team has reached the final of the English League Cup. The strength is definitely not weak, but it is not strong.
The team used a typical long pass for the British crown. The reason why it was able to reach the final of the British League Cup should be related to its huge advantage in the schedule and draw.
Even if it reached the final stage, Cardiff City had only encountered a Premier League team before, or the underdog Blackburn in the relegation zone.
For the rest, even in the semi-finals, Cardiff City faces the British crown mid-range team Crystal Palace, and Cardiff City has won 1-1 in two rounds and won by penalty shootout.
In this final, Liverpool must have an absolute advantage in terms of team strength.
However, Dalglish still made full preparations for the most accessible champion of the season to avoid the possibility of overturning in the gutter.
The Liverpool players, after a few days of repair and recovery, all players in the best state of the game participated in the competition for the English League Cup final.
After Yang Feng's comeback, Liverpool's most commonly used 442 formation, Dalglish is still ready to take the game offensively.
Attach importance to the opponent psychologically, but must "defy" the opponent tactically.
Although this is a final, it should be stable, but Dalglish also knows that in the final, if you do not want to play well and can play a normal game level, for Liverpool, there is a high probability of winning. .
So instead of cringing and letting the opponent rely on dense defense to play the momentum at the beginning, it is better for Liverpool to directly launch an onslaught and press Cardiff City on the momentum first.
Although there are hierarchical differences in leagues within a country, according to common sense, the overall league style should be similar.
After all, because of the problem of players’ ascending channels, in the low-level leagues, because there are a large number of top-level league players, the league style should maintain a considerable uniformity.
But in England, the Premier League and the Premier League clearly need to be separated.
Due to the introduction of a large number of foreign players in the Premier League to enhance the strength of the team, coupled with the development of the football world, more overseas coaches began to try to promote technical football in England.
This also makes the Premier League, especially the upper and middle reaches of the team, have begun to open their own tactical reforms.
However, among the English Championship teams, they still continue the tradition of English football and are more inclined to the most basic offensive routines of football.
The long pass is the main goal, and the ball control technology is the supplement. Most teams focus on the wing, relying on the wing pass and the contention of the players in the penalty area to ensure the efficiency of the attack.
So two tall defenders are the standard for the English Championship team, and Cardiff City is no surprise.
When Cardiff City put up an iron barrel formation, although this "iron barrel" was not so tightly integrated, because it was thick and high enough, Liverpool's opening attack did not achieve much effect.
At this high point, Carroll has limited play in the face of the same rough opponents of the British Championship team.
The two central defenders in Cardiff City are both tall and strong and typical British defenders. They take turns to fight Carol in the penalty area. Carol is really limited in physical fitness and is difficult to beat with four hands. He is in the penalty area. Within, facing the defense of the opponents, they can't really play their role as a fulcrum.
However, Carol played a role in attracting firepower. The real big killer in the Liverpool team is another striker, Uruguayan Suarez.
The reason why the Premier League is reluctant to use traditional British central defenders is that tall defenders may be really easy to use when fighting for a header, but facing offensive players from opponent Xiaokuailing, they turn slowly and have poor flexibility. The weakness is always easy to be targeted.
Even if the opponent puts out an iron barrel formation, as long as Suarez can be within the penalty area, by running more frequently and patiently looking for opportunities, he can always find opportunities.
"Faced with Cardiff City's intensive defense, Liverpool has been patiently conducting the ball and has long shot opportunities. Gerrard and others did not hesitate to try to hit the goal directly."
"This time, the team still wanted to find a breakthrough while walking on the flank. Tangning's bottom breakthrough attracted the help of many defenders."
Downing's flank breakthrough ~EbookFREE.me~ still further "squashed" Cardiff City's entire defense line.
After that, he passed the ball back with a kick in a timely manner and took the ball out of the encircling circle formed on the left.
Gerrard, who received the ball in the corner of the penalty area, made a through pass and pushed the ball into the opponent's penalty area.
Suarez swiftly got rid of the player who was following him, took a small circle, cooperated with Gerrard tacitly, directly kept the ball, kicked and shot.
"GOAL!!!"
"Suarez! In the 21st minute of the first half, he opened the scoring for Liverpool and Liverpool took the lead in the game."
Liverpool, who took the lead, were really at ease in the subsequent games.
Facing the opponent's counterattack, Yang Feng's defense led him to complete his defensive task very well.
Especially for Yang Feng. Faced with a forward whose opponent only knows to grab a spot in the original position, Yang Feng will always be able to make the best use of his judgment on the position to complete the best position.
The opponent either couldn't grab the spot or violated Yang Feng's defensive area, and Yang Feng caused a foul by pushing.
However, Cardiff City, which had failed to attack several times, was instead succeeded by Suarez's counterattack.
The 2-0 lead is also close to locking the suspense of the game.
In the second half, Cardiff City’s offensive still couldn’t help Liverpool, and Liverpool also began to focus on the control of the ball.
In the end, with Gerrard scoring another goal in the second half, Liverpool easily won the game 3-0 and won his first championship of the new season!
Although it is the trophy of the British League Cup with the lowest gold content, the champion is the champion after all. For Liverpool, which has not earned any honor in the past two years, this champion is definitely a thirst!