The Ball at Your Feet

After the end of the game with Arsenal, the Liverpool players had no extra time to think about the impact of this on the Premier League champions, and their time was spent on how to carry out the following games.

While happy, in the locker room, Benitez also made a decision, "Wednesday's English League Cup game, we use the main lineup to play. In the weekend league, we use the substitute."

The middle of the next week will be the key to determining the final result of the team's Champions League. At this time, Liverpool does need some trade-offs. The weekend’s league was against Aston Villa at Villa Park. The game was not particularly difficult, and the original victory or defeat was not related to the overall situation. Therefore, Benitez decided to abandon this league and go all out. A Champions League.

In this game, although Zhao Yaning and others still played the game, they played very loosely. Aston Villa came up with a 1-0 lead, but Liverpool played unhurriedly. Until the second half, Zhao Yaning used the opportunity of a corner kick to pass the ball to Alonso. Alonso’s A long shot broke through the opponent's gate and evened the score.

In order to maintain the state, it is a good practice to play a League Cup.

In this round of the League Cup, Chelsea's opponent is the Premier League mid-range team Tottenham. It is already an eight-to-four game, so Tottenham has also sent in more than half of the main players. But this lineup is still a lot worse than Liverpool. At home, Liverpool advanced to the semi-finals of the League Cup with a 1-0 record.

After all, the League Cup is just a tasteless event, and no one cares anyway. In the semi-finals, Liverpool did not excite much. In the weekend game, Liverpool was placed on the bench and returned to Anfield with a draw after 90 minutes of defending away.

And this time, their opponent is the strong group of dark horse Greek team Olympiacos who once defeated them in the away game.

Just the day before the game, Monaco played at home, 5-0 bloodbathed Deportivo and advanced with 12 points, while Deportivo did not score a goal in six group matches and only had two draws, accumulating 2 The points were eliminated.

The Super Deportivo race has come to an end. At the turn of the century, the three European La Liga Valencia, Real Madrid, and Deportivo de la Coruña earn points and the days of eating raw Serie A are gone.

And this result also pushed Liverpool to a dead end: Monaco's victory broke their only chance of luck. In this game, they must win to get the right to qualify.

And at this time, if you underestimate your opponent, you will be unlucky. The entire Liverpool locker room is preparing before the game to win the final game of the Champions League.

Olympiacos played really well this year, and in the process of watching the video repeatedly, Zhao Yaning also found their characteristics.

They are a team built around Rivaldo.

In Milan last season, Rivaldo's performance has made people suspect that he is old. After all, the Brazilian players' careers are not long, and Rivaldo's performance in Milan is really not that good. Milan’s Christmas tree tactic is considered to be the most outstanding tactical reform in Europe, while Rivaldo also fell victim to his own end. The Christmas tree system is considered to be a major invention in football, but Rivaldo, who is incompatible with this system, had to say goodbye to the mainstream league.

After the end of last season, he left Serie A to join the Greek League. People think that this player's career is about to come to an end at this time. But this season, Rivaldo, who led Olympiacos to a strong performance, proved to people that even in the old quarter, he is also the world's footballer, and he can still bully other people.

In this situation, after watching several Olympiacos games, Zhao Yaning also came to a conclusion. Rivaldo is indeed getting old. He has slowed down his original unpleasant speed. His range of motion has also become smaller. Moreover, his movements inevitably appear to be slow, and his physical strength has also declined-but his aging, but It's the aging that football players should have when they get old, not the faults they made by themselves.

In fact, if you think about it, you can think of this question: Although it is also a Brazilian, the world’s footballer is a superstar and the best player in the world. But Rivaldo and Ronaldo have completely different attitudes towards their careers. Ronaldinho, Ronaldinho even counted ahead to Romario and others. Which career was accompanied by endless scandals. Nightclubs, women, and alcohol were almost synonymous with their careers. Although Rivaldo is also born in Brazil, his career has taken a completely different path. He is not a famous young man, nor is he a famous prodigal son. He has always been a very professional player, just because His poor performance in Milan gave people the impression that he might be an aging South American player.

But looking at his performance in Olympiacos, such a thing is really hard to say. Here, there is a group of players who are willing to play for him, and with Djordjevic to launch a counterattack with his own speed, and to cooperate with him, he has rediscovered the feeling of being the core of the team and picked up his own. Technology and capabilities.

Liverpool still lined up 4321 in this game. In the forward position, Liverpool now has only one Milito and no one else is available. In the front midfielder position, only Zhao Yaning and Kewell are available. Garcia's injury is not yet healed. Such a formation is not so much a choice as it is forced.

From the beginning of the game, Liverpool occupied the rhythm of the field. In less than five minutes, Kewell used a breakthrough to get Liverpool a chance for a corner kick.

Zhao Yaning stood on the corner kick and rubbed the ball with one foot. The football crosses a large arc and takes the point straight. When Hypia, who was standing at the front point, turned his head, he saw Milito hit the goal with a shake of his head and smashed the ball into the goal!

"Al...Oh, no, the ball was called invalid by the referee. Milito couldn't have been offside just now, so what's the matter..."

The playback of the shot shows the course of the matter. After Zhao Yaning issued a free kick, Milito made a concealed push, and then jumped up to get the ball. This action was seen by the referee, and naturally would not let him go easily.

"Milito's action is completely unnecessary. Many of his habits are still not very good. Such a playing habit may still be useful in Italy, especially in the lower leagues of Italy, but in the Premier League, such a habit is absolutely impossible. Yes. And doing this in the Champions League is a joke on your team."

Martin Taylor lightly accuses Milito, but after all, Liverpool has the upper hand, and his accusations are not painful.

And soon, Liverpool got another chance. After Zhao Yaning's breakthrough was interrupted, he won a free kick. This time, he drove the ball directly to the front of the penalty area. Gerrard, who grabbed the first spot there, didn't stop the ball, but kicked the ball directly toward the goal with a motion similar to a scorpion's tail.

The goal knocked on the post with a soft noise and was taken into the arms of the goalkeeper.

"It seems that Liverpool's luck is really not very good..."

Following Martin Taylor's complaints, Liverpool found a good opportunity for a third shot. This time, Zhao Yaning started a horizontal run along the penalty area after getting the ball. Cowell ran over to meet him across from him. Such a move made several defenders have to guard, but at this time, Zhao Yaning's right foot outside the instep suddenly knocked on the ball and kicked the ball.

The football drew over the heads of the two defenders and fell behind them. Milito succeeded one step against offside and got the football.

It’s not a very common technique to bounce the ball outside the instep. It’s a very common technique like Zhao Yaning. It’s even rarer for him to bounce the ball up and cross an arc to land. It’s because of this, he Only deceived two guards.

Milito took a step forward and pushed the ball to the far corner with one kick.

But this ball was just like that, it missed the goal post...

"Milito missed a single pass! You can't get in such a good opportunity, Liverpool will be punished."

This sentence, which seemed like a curse, was soon fulfilled.

After an attack by Liverpool was blocked by Olympiacos, he directly launched a counterattack with a long pass. After receiving the ball, Rivaldo unloaded the ball with one step, then leaned on Alonso, making a fake action of shaking his shoulders, and at the same time, the ball passed and passed him. Facing the tackled Haman behind, he smashed the ball in one step, then picked the ball along the way, and passed Haman again.

The continuous familiarity makes his movements look very pleasing to the eye. But at this time, Carragher rushed out of the penalty area and knocked Rivaldo down.

"Carragher's defensive action gave him a yellow card. The referee's sentence was to raise the foot too high. But this kind of action is too dangerous, even if it is to give him a pedal. Carragher's temper. It must be changed, or it will cause trouble sooner or later."

At this time Rivaldo was looking up at the penalty spot for the free kick. He looked inside the wall, his teammates had already squeezed in, he didn't speak much, stepped back two steps, and kicked the ball towards the wall.

His teammates immediately separated to the sides, the ball passed through the middle of the wall, and went straight to the dead corner. Kirkland couldn't make a save, and the football had already flown into the net.

"Rivaldo scored a goal from a free kick! Liverpool was miserable this time."