Football’s First Defender

From a 2-0 lead to a 2-2 draw. The Liverpool people experienced a sweet first half. At the end of the first half, Liverpool were only one goal away from completing a shocking comeback at Stamford Bridge!

But now, only 15 minutes into the second half, Chelsea, who are playing at home, gave Liverpool a big blow, announcing that this is Stamford Bridge, the home of the invincible Blues!

Drogba's shot from a small angle, and Alex's free kick to score directly, although there is a certain element of luck, but it is undeniable that Chelsea, playing at home, is still one of the best in Europe today, even if it relies on offensive firepower alone. strong team!

"Will Liverpool, who scored 2 goals in a row, be directly defeated in the second half? Will the suspense of this game just disappear?"

"Although Liverpool only need to win by two more goals, Liverpool can advance with the advantage of away goals, but in terms of the current defensive state of Liverpool, they may still have to worry about not being attacked by Chelsea again after attacking successfully!"

The two sides fought to a draw in about 60 minutes of the game. Liverpool is now at an absolute disadvantage in terms of momentum. However, in the history of the Premier League, there are two teams that they will never admit defeat. One is the Red Devils Manchester United under Ferguson, and the other One is the Red Army Liverpool in this game!

With these two teams in the game, even if the team trails by two goals, or three goals in the game, miracles can happen at any time!

This is why the Nou Camp miracle and the Istanbul miracle were born in the history of the Champions League!

For other teams, the result of being tied with two goals may not be acceptable. But the Liverpool players immediately adjusted their mentality. They still have 30 minutes to fight, and they think they still have a chance! They are still in the game!

"Liverpool suddenly shifted their attack to the right!"

"Liverpool, which had always been attacking from the left, suddenly changed its attacking route, which did have some impact on Chelsea's defense!"

"Duit, receive a cross from Alonso on the right and dribble straight forward!"

"After Malouda's marking came up, Dirk Looked at the right time and made a through ball!"

"Lucas, who had been waiting for a long-range shot in front of the penalty area, suddenly chose to advance into Chelsea's penalty area during this attack!"

"The man just entered the penalty area! The precise through pass of Dirk has already been passed!"

"Alex quickly stepped forward to block Lucas's shooting route, preventing him from having a chance to hit the goal directly!"

"Lukas is indeed not a good shooter. Under Alex's strict defense, Lucas had to dribble a few steps horizontally in the penalty area to find out if there is an angle to hit the goal!"

"But as soon as Alex's physical confrontation was applied, Lucas, who was still a little thin, was almost pushed by Alex and dribbled the ball out of the penalty area on the right!"

"When he was about to leave the penalty area, Lucas didn't stick the ball anymore, but flicked the ball back!"

Just now, Liverpool instantly assembled a large number of offensive personnel on the right! When Kurit took the ball, Torres had already moved to the right, but he just passed the ball and chose to pass it to Lucas, who was going forward in the middle, instead of already on the right, in front of him. Torres!

Torres just pulled away Ashley Cole's defense just now, setting off Lucas' forward drive!

However, when Lucas fell into the predicament of being unable to hit the goal directly, Torres immediately moved laterally along the penalty area line to respond!

"Short back pass! Torres has the ball!"

The moment Torres received the ball, Ashley Cole, who followed him on the right, and Ballack, who retracted to defend in front of the penalty area, formed a double-team from left to right. The pass in a hurry was a bit of a follow-up for Torres, and Torres had no way to finish the goal directly!

The situation on the court is changing rapidly, and Torres can't allow him to think too much about things. Seeing that the double-team is about to be completed, Torres, who has no time and space to hit the goal, directly hits his heel and continues to pass the ball backwards!

"After receiving the ball, Torres went straight to his heel and continued to pass back!"

"Jarvey Alonso!"

"Keep up! Kick the door directly!"

"Because Alonso had Dirk in front of him just now, he had been accelerating towards the penalty area, taking away the attention of a lot of Chelsea defenders. Xavi Alonso's kick was basically unmarked. state!"

"A flat kick and a long shot!"

"This ball! There is a drop in the air, flying to the lower left corner of the goal!"

"Cech! Hurry up and move laterally to your right hand, take off, lower your center of gravity, and fly to save!"

"This ball! I missed it again! Cech's game state today is really a bit bad!"

Although the angle of this shot is quite tricky, but due to the long distance of the shot and the fact that Harvey Alonso's shot is not too powerful, Cech has had enough time to prepare and has already fallen to the ground , with both hands successfully in place, you can catch the ball!

But this ball was only blocked by Cech in the end, instead of directly catching it or pressing it to the ground!

"Benayoun! Inserted to the left side of the penalty area and waited for the opportunity!"

"Now the ball is directly blocked by Cech to Benayoun's feet, and Benayoun followed up with a follow-up shot!"

"A weak lob shot in a hurry!"

"I was pushed out of bounds by Yang Feng!"

"This kick, in the face of Petr Cech's throw, Benayoun obviously did not expect it. When facing the bounced ball, he was a little surprised. Although he made a goal kick, this light lob shot, Yang Feng, who was directly defended back to the goal, went straight out of the touchline! Foul kick!"

After Yang Feng cleared the siege, he looked at Cech who had just stood up from the ground, feeling very helpless! With Petr Cech receiving the ball today, thanks to Guus Hiddink's immediate change of game tactics, Chelsea stabilized the situation by attacking. Otherwise, it would be hard to say whether Liverpool's offense could be defended throughout the second half!

Anyway, based on Yang Feng's own experience, if the goalkeeper can't control most of such a big goal, then no matter how good the defense is, it will be useless. Sooner or later, Liverpool will seize the opportunity!

"When Liverpool took a throw-in, the broadcast camera was still showing Petr Cech. Perhaps the live director also wanted to understand why Petr Cech, who has always performed well and stable, was struggling so much in this game!"

In the end, Liverpool's threatening attack was stopped by Lucas' long-range shot into the stands!

And Chelsea, who once again held a two-goal lead, no longer shrunk their defense, passively beaten, and looked forward to a counterattack like they did at the beginning of the game. But on the offensive end, Chelsea has also obviously begun to be conservative, pursuing control of the ball and making fewer mistakes, ensuring that all players can return to their positions!

Chelsea didn't put the bus in front of the goal, but activated the bus and let it go in the middle of the midfield! Taking advantage of the excellent defensive ability of his own players, and after Anelka also returned to the defense, the team has a numerical advantage in the midfield! Chelsea almost completely cut off Liverpool's offensive formation within a period of time!

"The game has entered 75 minutes without knowing it! Liverpool's wave after wave of offensive was successfully resolved by the Chelsea players in the midfield, and the rare crosses from the wing were also blocked by Chelsea's central defender Yang Feng. The fight has reached the point!"

"Perhaps what is regrettable for Chelsea is that Ashley Cole's hand movements were a bit too big in the entanglement with Dirk Dirk in the wing defense just now, which led to the referee showing a yellow card. If Chelsea can enter the semi-finals If not, Ashley Cole will be suspended in the first leg of the semi-final due to the accumulation of yellow cards!"

"There is not much time left for Liverpool!"

Although holding a two-goal lead, Chelsea didn't want to capsize in the gutter at the last moment and was reversed by Liverpool scoring two goals in a row!

The Chelsea generals intend to play it safe, do a good job of their own defense, have a good chance to fight back, and safely accept the game at their home court!

"Liverpool began to choose some very simple tactics in the final stage of the game, hoping to open up the situation!"

"Xavi Alonso, directly in the midfield position, a long pass into Chelsea's penalty area! This ball is looking for Bayonne on the left side of the penalty area!"

"But Benayoun was still moving across the penalty area line when Alonso passed the ball, and didn't go forward!"

'Liverpool players don't have a tacit understanding'

"Yang Feng, inside the penalty area, jumped up and headed the ball without any pressure, and gave the ball to his teammate outside the penalty area!"

"Malouda, recovered from the left to the middle position, and received Yang Feng's out-of-bounds header! Go forward directly!"

"The ball is passed! Malouda! After two steps, I saw Drogba running forward on the right side of the pitch!"

"Malouda directly chose a half-high ball from the outside instep, and passed it to the huge space in the right half of Liverpool!"

"Malouda passed the ball with the instep of his foot. The ball was fast and precise. It penetrated the entire defense line of Liverpool and landed directly in front of Drogba!"

"Drogba! Speed ​​up on the right side! Liverpool pushed up the attack before, and now there are only two people defending in the half, Skrtel and Aurelio!"

"Aurelio is competing with Drogba for speed!"

"Although Drogba took the lead and had the advantage of being closer to the ball, Aurelio still relied on his speed to catch up!"

"However! Drogba is dribbling forward at full speed, diagonally into Liverpool's penalty area, the thin Aurelio, and Drogba look different by more than one order of magnitude!"

"I can't control that much! Aurelio bravely went to the left to find a physical confrontation, hoping to slow down Drogba and buy time for his teammates chasing back!"

"But! Drogba! The horizontal force during the running process, the swing of the arm, the rebound force of the body's resistance, plus the strength of Drogba's swing of the arm, turned Aurelio like a chicken, Pull it aside!"

"Drogba's single-handed chance!"

The reason why Aurelio chose to fight physically at that time, instead of directly sliding to the rear, was because Drogba was only one step away from stepping into the penalty area. Under the fast sprint, Aurelio Leo is worried that his tackle is very likely to be penalized by Drogba!

In Aurelio's vision, although he took the initiative to bump into Drogba, it felt like he was hitting a rock with a pebble, but Drogba would definitely be disturbed by his own impact, and it would be best if he lost his balance, and he would slow down even if it was not good , to create an opportunity for Sktel, who has already entered the penalty area, to make up defense!

But Drogba's body is really too strong, the impact is indeed there, but it's just that the footsteps are not solid, and after the legs are stretched, they return to normal directly!

It's just a fast forward rush, which leads to even a single-handed shot, but the angle of the goal may be a bit small!

However, there is still nearly a 45-degree angle of shooting space, which may be enough for a shooter of Drogba's level!

"Skrtel! He is desperately rushing towards Drogba! He hopes to stop Drogba's shot, or help goalkeeper Reina block some angles!"

"Drogba swings his legs!"

"Pass the ball!"

"Drogba did not choose to hit the goal at the last moment, but passed the ball back to the penalty spot. Drogba did not attack!"

"Barack!"

"Follow up with a kick!"

"oops!"

"Balack's shot was obviously not on the step because of the long-distance running. Although the ball was powerful, it didn't open the angle!"

"The kick was too straight. Reina stood still and blocked the kick! Chelsea missed the opportunity to continue to expand the lead!"

"After hitting the goal, Ballack may have expected this situation and jumped up very excitedly! But at this time, it is useless. Ballack missed the opportunity to completely kill the game for the team!"

Maybe it’s because the physical strength consumed on the defensive end is really too much. Ballack’s kick is really not up to standard. As a German with a big heart, Ballack has never been able to do so in previous games. Soft feet!

But this shot was so straight to the goal, but it also blinded Drogba's selfless pass. Now that I think about it, maybe Drogba hit it directly, and maybe it will get a different result!

"Balack ran back to his own half at full speed. Perhaps for him, after missing such an important chance to hit the goal, he can only make up for it by continuing to make his own contributions on the defensive end!"

"Reina's big pass was directly kicked out of the sideline by Ballack who was back on defense. Ballack has done a very good job of defending himself!"

"This side, Liverpool is ready to make a substitution!"

"The Spanish international left forward Riera came off the bench and replaced the team's defensive midfielder Mascherano!"

"Use a striker to replace the midfielder, Benitez, ready to go all out regardless of the last ten minutes of the game!"