Vol 4 Chapter 751: Single pole!

Liverpool's corner kick still failed to create a threat.
This is a weakness in Liverpool's offensive system. The Reds are not good at positioning the ball.
But this is quite normal, after all, no team can truly achieve decathlon.
Skotel's header hit the bottom line, giving Barcelona a chance to score a goal kick.
Although he failed to create a threat, the audience still applauded Liverpool's performance.
The live TV footage was given to Yang Yang, who ran to his own half. He still had a reluctance on his face. Obviously he was still a little regretful about the free kick that he just had. He felt he could have scored.
But what he did not know is that both the fans of the two teams in the stands, or the political and business celebrities in the stands of the chairman, have already given him a very high degree of affirmation.
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"He was born to play for Real Madrid."
Spanish King Juan Carlos looked at the stadium and hurried to the center of Yang Yang, revealing indifferent appreciation in his eyes, apparently admiring Yang Yang's performance and achievements in the past few years.
After saying this, he looked at Florentino beside him.
"What do you say, Florentino?"
Florentino is the president of the largest construction company in Spain and Europe, a well-known European business tycoon, and a powerful player in European football. Although he has not been officially elected as the chairman of Real Madrid, it is basically Ten out of nine is stable.
This time he accepted the invitation of UEFA President Platini and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to come to Rome, but chose to sit in the area of ​​Spanish King Juan Carlos and Prime Minister Zapatero.
Interestingly, Juan Carlos is a clear-cut Real Madrid fan. The entire Spanish royal family is basically a Real Madrid hardcore, but Prime Minister Zapatero has declared himself a Barcelona fan.
Everyone knows that the former is a consistent tradition, and whether the latter is true or not is unknown.
But because of this, Florentino is closer to Juan Carlos.
Today, the King of Spain personally recommends Yang Yang to Florentino. Obviously, he hopes that after Florentino takes office, he will be able to bring the first person in the world football team to Bernabéu and wear Real Madrid jersey.
Florentino smiled when he heard it and said softly: "You are right, he is born to Real Madrid."
Juan Carlos was in a good mood, and the media broke the news before. Once Florentino returned to Bernabeu, the player he most wanted to sign was Yang Yang. Even last summer, Yang Yang politely rejected Barcelona. Once the media disclosed that behind it was Florentino.
Now, with the words of the future Real Madrid chairman, the King of Spain is at ease.
"He is an incredible player. Look at the free kick he just made."
After Florentino listened, she nodded in agreement.
Although it was a pity that the ball was almost missed, it was really beautiful.
It's not easy to get a shot with the first shot in the opening.
I just do n’t know, can Liverpool be able to stop Barcelona tonight?
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Liverpool's opening strategy is very clear, that is to stabilize their defense first.
Although the opening game grabbed a wave of offense and created a two-footed shot, Liverpool were not in love. After seeing Barcelona stabilize the position, the team immediately resolutely retreated and contracted the defense.
With four backs and three backs, Liverpool's seven players formed two indestructible lines in the penalty area. Together with Gerrard and Kuyt in the frontcourt, the Reds put nine players on the defensive end.
Only Yang Yang is more involved in the oppression symbolically, and not as aggressively as other teammates.
This is repeatedly told by Benitez before the game, he needs Yang Yang to maintain sufficient physical strength.
"Tonight may be more than 90 minutes, you need to be prepared for 120 minutes."
"My request to you is very simple, that is, in the 120th minute or so, when the opportunity arises, I need you to be able to rush and hold the opportunity steadily."
This is the task that Benitez gave Yang Yang before the game.
Even if Barcelona advanced the ball, even if the back line lost the ball, Yang Yang must save enough energy.
It has been seven years since I started playing professional league games at the age of sixteen. It is not long but short. Yang Yang has already accumulated his own set of game experience and knows how to allocate his own reasonably in the game. Physical fitness.
Therefore, after the team contracted the defense at the meeting, he mostly followed the changes in the situation, with Kuyt's running position, and Barcelona's defensive posture, constantly interspersed running, and more still running at a constant speed. the Lord.
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Liverpool's defensive position is very meticulous. Barcelona tries to open up the situation and it is not easy to create threats.
In the sixth minute, Daniel Alves formed a cross on the right and tried to reach the middle of the goal, but Eto'o failed to hit the ball under the interference of Carragher and missed a chance.
In the eleventh minute, Messi turned back after taking the ball in a midfield, quickly dribbling through the ball, but was intercepted by Mascherano and shoveled to the ground. The referee Busaka did not punish the Argentina midfielder .
The ball still landed at Barcelona's feet, Harvey followed up with a long shot, but missed slightly.
This is also the first shot of Barcelona in this game, which shows that Liverpool's defensive position is still very tight.
Subsequently, Barcelona tried to put the ball into the penalty area, but was scored by Skotel to head the ball.
After Iniesta received the ball, Xavi Alonso was thrown away, another long shot.
But this time Reina steadily saved the ball.
Butter Reina is also a big hidden danger in Liverpool's defense in this game, but Reina itself is a big game player and is excited every time the game is played, especially in the face of Barcelona, ​​plus Liverpool does not have a better goalkeeper, so everyone Choose to trust him.
Long shots 25 feet away from two consecutive feet showed that after the opening of Barcelona, ​​they really couldn't find a way to break the Liverpool line of defense. They could only take long shots to try their luck.
However, when Barcelona completely controlled the ball and Liverpool was frequently passively beaten, in the fifteenth minute, Gerald and Gareth Barry were at the same time when they chased Alves back. Force the Brazilian right back to pass.
Mascherano decisively grabbed, after stealing the ball from Xavi's foot, he quickly poked it to Xavi Alonso.
Xavi Alonso quickly forwards, and Kuyt takes a backswing when he retreats.
The ball crossed Barcelona's defense and fell behind Pique and Puyol.
At this moment, Yang Yang threw away two of Barcelona's defensive players at the same time and went straight to the goal.
"Single pole!"
"Liverpool's opportunity!"
But when the fans on the scene exclaimed, they saw that the sideline referee quickly raised the flag, and the referee Busaka immediately whistled, indicating that Yang Yang was offside.
Yang Yang rushed to the forefront of the penalty area, and it seemed that he was single-handed, but the result was offside, and he was very unconvinced.
"Hey, sir, I looked at Puyol's position. I dare to guarantee that at least I was equal to him." Yang Yang explained to Puyol, and he felt very wronged.
This is obviously an excellent anti-offside, how could it become offside?
The referee Busaka said with a smile, the lineman is very clear, and very sure, this is an offside.
"Don't think about it, concentrate on the game." Busaka patted Yang Yang's shoulder and smiled comfortingly.
For the first person in the world football, the impression of the head referees all over the world is excellent.
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"Let's look at this slow motion replay ..."
"Eh, let's see, there is indeed no offside. Yang Yang and Puyol should be in the same line, not offside."
"Let's look at another angle, there really is no offside."
"The sideline seems to be slightly blocked by Pique, not paying attention to Puyol's position and mistakenly thinking that Yang Yang was offside."
"This is indeed a very controversial penalty. It should have been an excellent single-handed opportunity, but it was blown offside."
"Yang Yang explained to his teammates innocently. Obviously he was still very dissatisfied with this penalty. We can understand it. After all, this is the final of the Champions League. If there is no offside, with Yang Yang ’s ability, this single-handedness should be ten-nine. Now. "
"It's a pity that the referee's mistakes caused Liverpool to miss another goal again."
"But from this attack, we can also see Liverpool's strategy, which is to defend and fight back."
"Benetez's tactics are indeed conservative, but this should be the best way to face Barcelona. After all, if you take the initiative, Liverpool cannot compete with Barcelona without the advantage of possession."
"And Liverpool's anti-offside this time also happened to give Barcelona a wake-up call."
"We are also very nervous to see Guardiola on the sidelines."
"Indeed, although Barcelona has the advantage of passing the ball, it has never been able to create a threat. Instead, it is Liverpool. First, Yang Yang's direct free kick center post, and then just another anti-offside single shot."
"Without the help of the post and the sideman, maybe the score is now two to zero."
"Guardiola is obviously also worried about this mistake just now. Liverpool's counterattack was very fast and did not allow enough time for the Barcelona defense to respond."
"So, Guardiola should be signaling to the team to be stable, don't be too anxious."
"A player like Yang Yang is at the front and may strike back at any time. This is something no team dares to care about."
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Maybe it was the threat of the counterattack just now, or perhaps it was a guardianship from Guardiola. Afterwards, Barcelona consciously slowed down the pace of the game, especially starting to pay attention to the protection behind him.
In this way, the intensity of the offensive investment in the midfield and frontcourt was weakened.
And Liverpool also adopted a defensive strategy as always, a strict defense, would rather drag the game into the penalty shootout, and will never actively expose the loophole to Barcelona to attack.
In the face of such a Liverpool, Barcelona is indeed difficult to find an opportunity to start.