Football’s First Defender

Chapter 180: Alex misses a big gift

   After experiencing a league that was nearly reversed by the underdogs at Stamford Bridge over the weekend, Chelsea players took the most vigilant attitude to prepare for the second leg of the Champions League match with Liverpool!

The winner will never change his lineup easily. In this game, Hiddink continued to use his winning lineup of the previous game, only replacing the Brazilian defender Alex, who was suspended because of accumulated yellow cards. Captain Terry! Starting from other positions is exactly the same as the previous game!

On the other hand, Liverpool captain Gerrard also looked on the sidelines in this game, but the main defensive midfielder Mascherano who has been suspended due to accumulated yellow cards in the first round of the game can be released, which is equivalent to adding a new force and can be strengthened. Let's look at Liverpool's midfield defense!

Benitez also made a change in his left wing. Benayoun, who had a better offensive ability, replaced Riella, who had a mediocre performance in the previous game, to play the left wing and try to attack. Ivanovic's defense on this side! The rest of the positions are still the same lineup as the first round!

   Both sides gave a 433 formation in this game, with the tip of the needle facing the Maimang!

  At Stamford Bridge, this time the game started with the cheers of the Chelsea team song under the blue-dominated fans watching the game!

   Liverpool as a guest, there is only one way to attack this game, there is no other choice! And what they have to face is that they may be the best defensive line in the whole of Europe, or in the away game, they must score at least 3 goals before they can be promoted!

   In a survey conducted by the British media on all neutral fans before the game, less than 3% of the fans believed that Liverpool might complete a shocking turnaround on the road! The reasons they gave were surprisingly consistent, "Since Liverpool once created the miracle in Istanbul, let's have another miracle at Stamford Bridge. After all, Liverpool has a full 90 minutes this time!"

   "At the beginning of the game, Liverpool had control of the ball and wanted to rely on possession to make a difference on the offensive end!"

   "But Chelsea, the Blues at home, have deliberately given up possession of the ball to use their best defense to kill Liverpool's desire to attack and to fight Liverpool's counterattack safely!"

   "We can see that the Liverpool fans on the expedition away came together at the beginning of the game and sang their team song "You Will Never Walk Alone" very solemnly."

   "The Chelsea fans at the scene kept quiet during this time, waiting for the end of the song!"

"Today is a sad day for Liverpool fans. Today is the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough tragedy. Twenty years ago, as many as 96 Liverpool fans were severely trampled on in the FA Cup final. The accident, and the loss of life in this accident, created the biggest fan tragedy in football history! Although the British government has not yet made a final judgment on the incident, the delay in the official investigation does not hinder all Premier Leagues. Fans, come to sympathize with the 96 fans who died in that accident!"

   "In this game, Chelsea fans also automatically kept quiet at the beginning of the game, expressing respect for the dead!"

   "Although the hope of Liverpool's reversal in this game is very slim, on this special day, I believe they must also be very eager to use their outstanding performance to create miracles and revive their glory in the European war!"

   "With the end of the song "You Will Never Walk Alone", the fans on both sides returned to the hostile state of the game and cheered for their home teams!"

At the beginning of the game, Liverpool’s offense is more likely to be a try. After all, whether it is active or passive, both sides have replaced personnel in this game. This also makes Liverpool want to try it. The newly replaced Bena Yong, is it possible to pose a greater threat to Ivanovic’s defense on the left, and Chelsea is also a newcomer Alex, can Terry play the role of defensive end in the last game!

For the first attack, Liverpool transferred the ball to Benayoun on the left, and under the pressure of other players, gave Benayou a 1v1 space on the wing. However, Ivanovic’s frontal defensive ability is still Very good, like Riera in the previous game, Benayoun tried a frontal breakthrough. After finding that there were not too many opportunities, he signaled to his teammates. For the offense on this side, it is best to pick a pass or pass for him. It's easy to hit the pass behind Ivanovic!

   Before Liverpool could regain the ball and try Alex's defense again, Alex himself almost made a big mistake in Chelsea's defense!

When Chelsea was conducting the ball in the backcourt, Yang Feng passed the ball to Alex in the horizontal position before Torres came up to make a push. Kuyt saw Alex take the ball and went directly to the ball, but Alex himself He didn't choose to play the ball at the first time, but moved backward, trying to get rid of Kuyt's entanglement!

But with this kick, there was a fatal error. Alex actually used too much force and set the ball a few meters away. Kuyt directly started to chase the ball. It was too late for Alex, too. Use your explosive power to chase football!

   Seeing the ball turned into a five-and-a-half-knife shot, even if the ball has rolled into his penalty area, Alex directly chose to shovel, and even the ball with someone to shovel to the ground!

   Fortunately, this tackle Alex touched the football, and the referee was also aware of it, and there was no misjudgment. The ball was shoveled out of the baseline by Alex, just giving Liverpool a chance for a corner kick!

   After getting up, Alex expressed his apologies to his teammates for the first time. After all, he almost made an own own assist to give Kuyt a single-handed goal!

But Yang Feng, who watched Alex playing with fire at close range, was even more shocked. Just now Alex’s tackle, if Kuyt’s pace was quicker, he kicked the football away, making Alex unable to tackle the football. This is a red dot foul action. Then the team may get a goal back at the beginning of the game, and they will encounter a situation where one player is missed. Chelsea's advantage may be gone!

   Yang Feng can only be fortunate that Alex successfully tackled the ball, but he also had a hunch that this game will not feel too peaceful!

   Hiddink, who was on the sidelines, saw Alex playing with fire as soon as he started, and he also began to doubt whether his employment choice was right! He immediately gave Terry a bitter look. If Terry didn't apply for a yellow card himself in the last game, how could there be so much worry now!

   "Alex just played with fire on the back line and almost gave Kuyt a big gift. Will Alex, who has been in the field for a long time, become a breakthrough for Chelsea in this game?"

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   "Liverpool's corner kick chance!"

   "Aurelio takes this left corner kick!"

   "In the first corner kick in the opening game, due to the absence of Terry, a central defender with excellent header ability, Liverpool's set kicks began to be less targeted, and they began to try to find players in their penalty area directly!"

"It's just that the quality of this corner kick is not too high. The speed of the ball is not fast enough. It is still within the control of Chelsea goalkeeper Cech. Cech directly jumped high and took it firmly in the air. football!"

   "Chelsea's counterattack opportunity! Cech dropped the ball directly to find Ashley Cole on the left! Ashley Cole dribbled the ball forward quickly!"

   The core tactic of Chelsea in this game is defensive counterattack, which is also their best tactic under Mourinho in previous seasons!

Hiddink is a head coach with the supremacy of pragmatism. He doesn’t care about the legacy of his former head coach, nor does he particularly care whether his so-called football philosophy can be fully demonstrated in the game, just like the first game, unlimited Using Ivanovic’s advantage at this height to create opportunities is the same as Hiddink’s eyes, a winning tactic is a good tactic!

Therefore, in this game, Hiddink led by a big score and under the specific tactical environment of holding three away goals, he did not hesitate to pick up the so-called "dregs" of the past few seasons, which has given Chelsea fans some aesthetics. Tired defensive counterattack tactics come!

In this level of competition, there has never been a so-called fixed tactic, only the most suitable tactics. Hiddink’s only goal is to lead the team to move forward and try to touch the Champions League trophy and win the game. It is Hiddink's greatest pursuit!

   "Before encountering the opponent's block in the front ~lightnovelpub.net~Ashley Cole directly chose to make a long pass and find his teammate Malouda who has run to the front!"

   "Maluda is rushing forward quickly, and Aveiroa follows closely!"

  As an old opponent who has played many times this season, Aveiroa knows that Malouda's physical strength is not comparable to him!

   So this time, Aveiroa would rather lean a little to the outside to allow him to give full play to his speed advantage, instead of taking the most direct route to give Malouda room for physical confrontation!

And this time, Ashley Cole’s pass did not control the force and the accuracy of the landing point during the running process. The pass was a bit too big and the landing point was too deep, giving a sufficient period. The distance allows Aveiroa to sprint with all his strength!

   "Averoa, sprinted directly from the outside line at full speed, overtook the outside line, made a sliding tackle and shoveled the ball out of the sideline!"

   "Chelsea's counterattack opportunity, this time did not form a substantial threat!"

"Malouda himself sent the out-of-bounds ball to Lampard who received it. After receiving the ball, Lampard tried to take a few steps in the middle, and faced Mascherano's defense without a direct breakthrough. Opportunity!"

   "Lampard chose to make a long pass to the right and pass to Kalu, who is close to the right line, so that he can open up Chelsea's offensive space!"

   "However, Kalu made a low-level error in his stop of the ball this time, stopping Lampard's transfer ball directly out of bounds, and the ball was directly returned to Liverpool!"

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