Chapter 419: Downwind

Liverpool, which has regained the feeling of abuse of food, used a wave of three consecutive victories to establish a certain advantage for the team to compete for the Champions League qualification.
In the 34th round of the league, before the start of the home game against Chelsea, Liverpool had secured its third place in the league standings.
Liverpool ranked third with 63 points, Chelsea ranked fourth with 61 points, and Tottenham ranked fifth with only 58 points due to their unstable performance.
However, in this round of league, the direct confrontation between Liverpool and Chelsea may be an opportunity for Tottenham to catch up with the points.
In the first match of this round, Tottenham, who is quite a nerve knife, sat on the White Hart Lane Stadium and defeated Manchester City, which is now second in the league and second in the league. They took three points and raised their points. Rising to 61 points, it further narrowed the points gap with the previous two teams.
The victory of Tottenham also gave Chelsea and Liverpool players who will be playing in the future, more psychological pressure.
This game has become a great loser for both Liverpool and Chelsea.
Although the last offensive change against Reading was very cool, when facing opponents of Chelsea's level, Rogers will naturally still use a more stable tactical system.
The three midfielders re-adjusted back to the stamina Lucas for defense.
In addition to offense, Henderson and Gerrard also have to be able to take on certain defensive tasks today. Liverpool’s defense in the midfield has been assigned detailed responsibilities to limit Chelsea’s current midfield offense, which has very rich personnel reserves. group.
The three forwards used Tangning, who had better confrontation and defensive abilities, to start. This kind of crucial battle, Tangning’s experience, is definitely more worthy of the coach’s trust than a raw egg like Sterling.
No other positions have changed, and Liverpool does not have so many personnel reserves to adjust. In the final stage of the league, the back line has been healthy and there are no moths. For Rogers, it is already a blessing.
As for Chelsea, this game continues with their 451 lineup.
The old teammates of Yang Feng when he was at Chelsea, now there are very few left under Benitez, and they are basically on the edge.
Team captain Terry, meritorious player Lampard, can only be on standby on the bench.
And the fact that Lampard left the team, who had made a lot of noise before, is also showing the attitude of Chelsea's senior management towards these veterans.
Professional sports are sometimes so cruel. Although Lampard has scored a lot of goals this season, the competitive state has declined and it is not guaranteed to maintain an excellent state throughout the season.
Although Lampard hopes to die at Stamford Bridge, the team has been reluctant to give a contract extension, which also proves that the team hopes that Lampard can leave, so that the team can carry out more thorough youth reforms.
Look at Chelsea's five midfielders today.
Both Mikel and Ramirez, who are in charge of the defense, form a double midfielder and can maintain their peak period for several seasons.
In the midfield, Mata, Hazard, and Oscar are responsible for the offense. Such talented and young players are also very young. It can be said that Benítez’s youth reforms have done a good job.
But due to the use of veterans and the mishandling of the relationship with the fans, it is rumored that even if Chelsea keep the top 4, Benitez may still leave the team.
In this game, under the tense situation of the league competition, there are enough nostalgic factors to steal the spotlight.
The immature Yang Feng, who came to the British Isles that year, showed an outstanding self at Chelsea to the whole of Europe, and as a main player, he won the Premier League and the Champions League with the team. It can be said that it is that iron blood. The Blues, the last witness of glory.
As for Chelsea, coach Benitez is also a witness to Liverpool’s recovery period. Although he did not lead his team to win the Premier League championship that kops dream of, but a triple crown in the cup, and the miracle of Istanbul that has made everyone remember so far. , But it also makes Benitez destined to be the most colorful in the history of Liverpool football.
The starting striker Torres sent by Benitez was also an old friend of the kops on the scene, but was treated as a traitor by many Liverpool fans.
This kind of hostility towards Torres was very serious in the Liverpool fan group when the transfer was just completed.
But with the outstanding performance of Yang Feng, and the comparison between Liverpool's record and Chelsea's record, this kind of "defection" to Torres is not so concerned.
During the warm-up before the game, Torres still has some boos when he receives a pass from his teammates, but compared to the original boos of the fans, the decibels are no longer as big as before. .
Yang Feng knows that, in addition to Cech and Ivanovic in Chelsea's defense, the other three were introduced after he left.
Obviously only left for two and a half seasons, but Chelsea has long been a duo.
Put away the nostalgia for the past, put away the miss for those lovely Blues fans, now that I am dressed in red, I must use my best performance to win the game for the current team. This is what I need made.
This crucial battle between Liverpool and Chelsea has naturally received unprecedented attention.
Especially when Tottenham have beaten Manchester City strongly, the result of this game, for the three teams, may be related to the final ranking of the league afterwards.
After the start of the game, Liverpool and Chelsea were mostly probing. They did not dare to launch a full-fire attack on the offensive end to prevent the opponent from catching the loopholes in their own defense and relying on counterattack to make the first move.
Both sides are very restrained in their offenses, presupposing to do a good job of defense first, and appropriately invest in offensive forces.
However, this kind of small-scale offensive cooperation based on a few players can create a certain degree of threat because of the extremely strong personal abilities of the players on both sides.
Of course, this level of threat, although sometimes you can get a chance to hit the goal, but facing two goalkeepers in the same state, want to score goals, but it seems a little unqualified.
In the tentative attack 20 minutes before the game, both teams were dominated by long shots. Although each had a long shot that was within the range of the goal frame, it was resolved by their respective goalkeepers.
The tempo of the game is dull, not the expected confrontation between the two sides, and it does make many neutral fans look uncomfortable.
However, in the game, such a dull situation, for the two giants, is destined not to last too long.
On the one hand, both teams want to win in the game, and the players on both sides will naturally not be willing to really get a draw with only 1 point.
On the other hand, the outstanding personal ability of the player is enough to ensure that in the game, the player can catch all the opportunities that appear in front of them, even if the opportunity does not seem so outstanding.
In the 22nd minute of the game, Chelsea’s tentative long shot, hitting Liverpool’s defensive player to cross the bottom line, Chelsea got a corner kick.
Chelsea’s high-altitude bombing ability was well-known in the Premier League.
Unfortunately, with the departure of Drogba, the defensive line of replacement, and now can be regarded as the best header of the Blues player, may be the knife guard Ivanovic.
Chelsea's starting centre-back David Luiz today, as well as Brand's header skills, are not so good.
Not to mention the single forward Torres, who was not a player who was good at fighting for high-altitude balls.
Yang Feng directly faced his old teammates. He used to fight side by side, but now he is facing head-to-head combat.
Perhaps Chelsea's corner kick tactics system and running position are different from the past, but a player's running habits will not change much.
Yang Feng accurately found Ivanovic's real running direction, and his excellent predictive ability made Ivanovic not have any chance to get rid of under Yang Feng's defense.
However, the real threat to Chelsea is not that of Ivanovic, who is on the court today.
"Mata's corner kick!"
"A curve ball with a huge arc, find the position of the back point."
"The players on both sides are very empty at the back point."
"Oscar's plugged in, diving for the top!"
"GOAL!!!"
"Oscar!"
"Scored a header!"
"Liverpool's defense made a huge mistake, and in the game, Oscar completed a long-range run-up and made it to the top."
"Chelsea, in the away game, temporarily lead 1-0."
No one would have thought that before the corner kick was taken, an Oscar who was preparing to catch the second spot outside the penalty area would directly jump forward to the back point and jump forward to complete this wonderful head in the air. The ball hits the goal.
In the crucial four matchup, Liverpool fell behind at home, which was definitely a huge blow to the Liverpool fans on the scene.
This loss also had a huge impact on the Liverpool players. At this time, everyone's mind was to use offense to get back the score as soon as possible.
There is no ideological disharmony. With such calm and objective players as Gerrard and Yang Feng, Liverpool players will soon become one mind and the team must strengthen the attack.
More investment in offensive forces, bolder attempts to pass the ball, although the threat of counterattacks will increase, but at this time, everyone can only unconditionally believe in Yang Feng and other Liverpool defensive soldiers.
Liverpool's offense began to unfold like a storm, hoping to overwhelm Chelsea's defense.
However, although the coaches and players have changed one after another, Chelsea’s defensive system still has the heritage of Mourinho’s period. Iron-blooded defense has become an indelible label for Chelsea. Chelsea is in the foot. The fundamental magic weapon for the altar.
Torres may continue to decline in Chelsea’s scoring status, but in the midfield defensive interference, Torres tried his best to prove himself. Even a striker can use the best defense to help the team...
Not being able to get into the penalty area is the biggest embarrassment for Liverpool after the attack has started.
Very tough side defenders, two harder midfielders, as well as attackers in the center and front, who ran against their physical strength to push Liverpool's offense before it reached the danger zone.
And several breakthrough passes from the wing, but also in exchange, Chelsea in the penalty area, relying on the mutual cooperation of more defensive players to limit Liverpool's top players.
Among them, Ivanovic, as the team's high point, often handed the side defense to the withdrawn Hazard, and he returned to the center of the penalty area to complete the task of header clearance.
Ivanovic’s life, ah, and confrontation, in this kind of high-altitude ball scramble injury, against Suarez is actually very dominant.
Suarez’s dexterity was difficult to play in front of Ivanovic. After all, he was also a player who had practiced with Yang Feng. Ivan’s progress in judging the landing point was still very obvious.
After occupying a good position in advance, Suarez could only fight against Ivan, but was completely abused afterwards.
Even in the subsequent non-pass, Ivan and Suarez's duel, Ivan has the upper hand.
The style of Suarez's South American players is good for ordinary European defensive players, but when facing Eastern European players with a rough style like Ivanovic, there is a sense of powerlessness for mid-star players to meet soldiers.
Suarez has a lot of small moves, but Ivan's small moves are not too good.
Suarez has flexibility, but Ivan's direct and reckless upper body does not give Suarez better running space.
In addition, although Liverpool are fighting at home today, the referee's whistle is extremely "just ~ EbookFREE.me~ is very open to physical confrontation, leaving Liverpool players at an absolute disadvantage in physical confrontation.
Ivan is very effective for Suarez's fight, to what extent, Benitez on the sidelines, took the time to pass a small note, let Ivandai hit the center back, focus on Suarez, let Brand go to the right back Defensively in the position.
Liverpool’s usual offenses are very willing to use Suarez as a transit point, because Suarez can further create a threat whether he personally attacks or breaks the ball.
But not today. Since the referee’s whistle has not been wanted, Ivanovic’s natural moves are getting bigger and more
reasonable
, completely using his body to destroy Suarez’s attacks and make Liverpool’s offense completely. To a standstill.
At the end of the half game, Liverpool did hit 8 shots in the half, and 2 shots on goal. The number of shots was 3 more than Chelsea. The possession rate and the number of passes were also clearly superior.
But the team is still behind 0 to 1, and the audience who really watched the half-time live broadcast will not be confused by the number of shots and offensive statistics. Liverpool's 8-foot shot is true, but it is almost all long shots. In the restricted area, it has caused too many threats to hit the door.
In this battle between the red and blue on the four key roads, Liverpool is now at an absolute disadvantage.
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