Football’s First Defender

Sterling's wonderful goal brought the two teams back to the same starting line. If the score is not rewritten, the game will enter overtime.

However, for Mourinho, the possibility of entering overtime is not unacceptable for Chelsea.

This is Stamford Bridge, which is the Blues' own home court. When everyone's physical fitness begins to dry up with the intense competition, the Chelsea players who are playing at home, with the support of the fans on the scene, can become more powerful in retaining their combat power. strong side.

Not to mention, Liverpool's current tactical play consumes a lot of physical energy for the players. It may not be possible to maintain such a running intensity for 90 minutes, let alone extend the game to 120 minutes.

Therefore, even if the score was equalized by Liverpool, Mourinho was not too anxious, but let the team continue to play steadily and complete the offense while ensuring the defense.

Chelsea has enough capital to play slowly, but for Liverpool, it is very clear that the team must continue to maintain an offensive posture and try to end the suspense of the game within 90 minutes.

Rodgers made substitution adjustments shortly after Sterling scored.

Markovic was replaced by Flanagan, and the Jie team came off the bench to replace central defender Lovren.

Liverpool changed to 433 and continued to attack Chelsea.

Such a substitution adjustment is also a reminder from Rogers to the players on the field that Liverpool must strive to resolve the game within 90 minutes.

Flanagan came to the right back position this time, so he could better use his right foot and complete the pass directly during the march.

The two full-backs began to advance significantly, effectively increasing the threat of Liverpool's wing and opening up a certain amount of space for the core offensive players in the center.

Moreover, Moreno and Flanagan, who played later, have enough physical fitness to create threats in the final stage of the game.

Although Liverpool's current lineup does not pose a great threat to kicking the ball directly from the side, the two full-backs can explode with their own speed, try to forcefully break through, run over the defender, and cross into the penalty area to create a threat .

Anyway, at this time, it is impossible for Chelsea to allow Liverpool players to directly complete the breakthrough from the wing.

Although Chelsea's wing defense strategy is still going well, it also limits the defensive attention of certain Chelsea players.

Although Liverpool's wing attack is huge, it is still a feint in the final analysis.

The team's main offensive threat still comes from the offense handling the ball in the center after passing the ball from the wing.

Coutinho is the biggest threat.

Although physical energy is consumed a lot, Coutinho can still rely on his own technical ability to achieve a very good breakthrough effect under the relatively poor physical environment of Chelsea players.

Moreover, Coutinho's breakthrough, with the tempering of the past two seasons, is no longer like when he first came to the Premier League, he only knows to lower his head and try to attack by himself.

And always hold your head high, keep observing the situation on the court, and can find the best way to handle the ball at any time during the game.

Not only his own personal offense, but also pass the ball to pose a huge threat to the opponent.

Coutinho's breakthrough can create a considerable offensive threat, especially the sudden pass on the move, which can create a great threat when his teammates are running very well.

Although there is a lack of real strikers, but with a fairly technical level in the midfield and frontcourt, naturally Liverpool can use their running positions to create a space where they can continue to advance and create threats.

Sterling has received considerable defensive attention, but Lallana, Henderson and others can use active running to try to create offensive opportunities in the game.

Coutinho's pass has a scalpel-like penetrating power. Under such circumstances, the Liverpool players in Chelsea's penalty area are interspersed, and Gerrard and others who are inserted in the midfield further create long-range shots. Opportunity.

The Liverpool players and coach Rodgers reached an agreement at this time.

It is to use these 90 minutes to decide the outcome of the game.

At this time, the Liverpool players had the courage to break the boat.

It is to solve the game directly in the remaining game time.

It's either winning or losing. At this time, the Liverpool players have not considered the situation of overtime.

It was Gerrard who really took the lead in creating a threat.

With teammates threatening in front, Gerrard's long-range threat began to create the threat it deserved.

Sterling's penetration attracted enough Chelsea players to defend him in a targeted manner.

The interludes of Lallana and Henderson directly flattened Chelsea's entire defense.

As the sender, Coutinho pretended to pass the ball to Sterling, but at the end of the pass, he turned his ankle directly, chose to rub the ball with the outside of his foot, and passed the ball to the other side. Come on Henderson.

Henderson led the ball forward, putting direct pressure on Chelsea's defence.

Chelsea defensive players, at this time all the defensive focus is concentrated in the penalty area.

Henderson took the opportunity to pass the ball directly to the outside.

Gerrard followed up with an iconic long-range shot.

With an angry shot, he blasted directly to the upper left corner of the goal.

It's just a pity that Courtois still showed a pretty good competitive state.

A step-up, directly in the game, flew to save Gerrard's wonderful long-range shot.

Gerrard has some regrets. Under such circumstances, Gerrard really wants to continue to be a hero of Liverpool, and contribute to the team in the game as before.

Unfortunately, Courtois' defense prevented Gerrard from becoming a hero.

Courtois became one of the best goalkeepers in Europe at Atletico Madrid last season.

Although Atletico Madrid's original defensive system and the strength of the back line are excellent, it has to be said that behind Atletico Madrid's excellent defense line, there is also Courtois' high and low blocks on the goal line.

It's just that although Atletico Madrid was able to steal the league championship trophy from Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Also in the UEFA Champions League final with Real Madrid, it had an advantage for a long time.

But at the last moment, Ramos' header shattered Courtois' dream.

Then, in overtime, it was Real Madrid's unilateral strength that crushed them.

The super personal ability of the Real Madrid players, coupled with better physical reserves than the Atletico Madrid players, made Real Madrid win the final overtime victory in the overtime match like a complete blow.

This also strengthened Courtois' determination to leave Atletico Madrid.

As a goalkeeper who wants to hit the highest honor, Courtois knows that the strength of his teammates is what he can rely on. Otherwise, no matter how good his performance on the goal line is, he may be delayed by the shortcomings of his teammates .

Atletico Madrid is an excellent team, but the team's investment has been limited. Compared with Chelsea, which has excellent funds, Courtois rejected Atletico Madrid's agreement to buy himself out, or returned to the previous Chelsea, who went out on loan, directly squeezed out the old goalkeeper Petr Cech and secured the position of Chelsea's starting goalkeeper.

Courtois, who is eager for honor, is naturally full of desire for victory in the second round of this semi-final. Entering the final, he is one step closer to the championship.

What could be better than just returning to Chelsea, relying on his excellent saves to help the team reach the final and win the championship?

Courtois stood on the goal line, staring at Liverpool's attacking line, bent over, his left hand touching the glove tape of his right hand, his teeth clenched.

Be sure to successfully defend the gate and wait for the striker's goal.

However, Courtois' defensive mind is not the focus of attention for Liverpool players.

Liverpool players just want to attack, want to score goals.

Just want to complete the lore at the last moment of the game.

The Liverpool players are crazy, they keep pressing forward, and continue to put pressure on Chelsea's defense.

Not just the original offensive players.

Constantly continue to use up their physical energy to rush forward, that is, the full-backs at the side and rear all start to push forward like wingers in the game.

It's attacking, full-back attacking, pressing like a winger, expecting more pressure.

Especially Moreno, as a smaller full-back.

Moreno can not only advance directly and quickly on the wing, but also try to implement some personal breakthroughs in the game after getting more offensive initiative.

Moreno from Spain, with his excellent foot ability, is enough to crush the British and rough players.

Moreno began to use his outstanding personal ability in the game to try to break through Ivanovic.

Ivanovic has a comment how to say.

"Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just in case"!

Ivanovic is a double-edged sword.

In the game, he can not only create chances for Chelsea to cross from the side, but also create defensive pressure for opponents when there is a set-kick opportunity.

But correspondingly, such a tall full-back has a slow turning speed and slow recovery speed, which is also his biggest weakness in defense.

Perhaps in the past, Ivanovic was able to rely on his advantages in physical confrontation to ensure his defensive strength and create defensive pressure on Liverpool's breakthrough personnel on this side.

But at the last moment of the game, for Ivanovic, the taller Ivanovic was already in the game before, running back and forth on the wing.

Not only does he have to undertake this defensive task, but Ivanovic also needs to be heavily involved in Chelsea's counterattacks and set-pieces. He is definitely the player who consumes the most energy on Chelsea's side.

As for Moreno's own breakthrough, when facing Chelsea's lack of defense for the first time at this time, Moreno had the opportunity to complete the breakthrough in the first time.

For Ivanovic, the size comparison with Moreno makes Ivanovic have no good way to defend Moreno without physical confrontation in 1v1.

However, Moreno was as flexible as a loach at this time, and did not give Ivanovic a chance to fight physically at all. He just changed directions and made an emergency stop directly and continuously, putting pressure on Ivanovic's defense and making misjudgments. .

After successfully shaking Ivan's center of gravity with continuous offensive actions, Moreno directly accelerated the breakthrough.

Accelerate directly from the right and enter the penalty area.

Facing the breach of Ivanovic's defense, Chelsea also had to assign players to ensure the defense of this offensive threat.

Ramirez, who came off the bench, was directly a sliding tackle and wanted to intercept Moreno directly.

It's just that Moreno's foot speed is fast enough, knowing that his shooting skills are not good, Moreno had no intention of finishing the goal by himself.

But from the very beginning, he held the idea of ​​​​passing the ball by himself.

Before Ramirez's sliding tackle was in place, Moreno kicked the ball quickly and passed the ball to the position in front of the penalty area line.

At this time, some space in Chelsea's penalty area happened to be used by Liverpool's offensive players.

Henderson, who followed up, shot directly to the lower right corner of the goal.

However, Chelsea not only has Courtois on the goal line, but also has several outstanding defenders on the back line.

Henderson's shot was blocked by veteran Chelsea captain Terry, who quickly stretched out his leg and directly blocked the ball.

Matic reacted quickly and made a clearance with a big foot, not giving Liverpool a chance to score in chaos.

There is not much time left in the game. Although the score is still tied in the two rounds, it will be overtime if the score remains unchanged.

But compared with the panting Liverpool players, the Chelsea players obviously have more physical fitness, and there are two substitution opportunities to give Liverpool a fatal blow in overtime.

Rogers didn't hold back.

Just put on Lambert, ready to smash at the end.

Lallana, who was constantly attacking, was replaced, and Sterling returned to the right position. Liverpool's last gamble was to create a bigger advantage for Chelsea while the players still had the strength to fight. threaten.

Lambert's appearance, the biggest change is that Liverpool finally have a high point in the penalty area.

Although Lambert is already a veteran player, what I have to say is that Lambert, who has been hanging around in the middle and lower teams before, is more eager for honor than anyone else.

Even if this is just a Carabao Cup that is least worthy of the giants' care.

Even though the game time may not be 10 minutes including stoppage time, Lambert is still running hard and fighting hard, hoping to rewrite the score even if he catches a chance to score a goal.

However, Chelsea's iron wall is still standing firm. Regarding defense, Mourinho is confident, Chelsea players are confident, and even the Blues fans at Stamford Bridge are also confident.

As long as Chelsea defends with determination, how many teams can really break through Chelsea's gate in a short period of time?

However, Sterling's cross from the right created a corner kick, which surprised the Chelsea fans.

Seeing Yang Feng jogging up from the backcourt made the Chelsea fans tremble unconsciously.

They remembered Yang Feng's last goal at Stamford Bridge last season. This time, history will not repeat itself.

The fans at the scene might not be able to see it, but the broadcast footage gave Yang Feng a close-up.

The confident look in his eyes, with the aura of scoring a goal, made many Chelsea fans in front of the TV a little worried.

Gerrard took the corner, an excellent curve ball, looking for the position in front of the six-yard box.

Before the small restricted area, everyone crowded together.

This ball was a ball of luck for Liverpool after it was sent.

The Liverpool players also know that their own team does not have an advantage in set-piece matchups, even if they play Lambert.

But with luck, Liverpool may not have no chance.

There was a crowd in the penalty area, and there were many pendants hanging around Yang Feng, but there were also many Liverpool players' impacts, which opened up some defenders for Yang Feng.

Taking off from the spot, Yang Feng's long-term physical confrontation in recent years finally showed its power.

Without being knocked out of balance by various forces, Yang Feng was able to barely take off, carrying forces from all directions, and completed a header in the penalty area.

Shake your head and attack the goal!

Gerrard's pass was quite accurate.

It accurately found Yang Feng's head.

And Yang Feng, also got rid of many resistances, forcibly completed the header and headed the ball towards the goal.

Courtois flew to save, but this time, the distance was too close, and the width of the door was too large. Courtois made a save, and faced Yang Feng with a certain angle of attack, but missed.

The ball went in!

Liverpool overtook!

It's Yang Feng again!

Another final goal!

For Chelsea fans, Yang Feng is toxic...