The Ball at Your Feet

418 helpless substitutions

Updated: 2013-06-08

In less than a minute, Riise was sneaked into one at the beginning of the game, leaving Benitez and Mourinho dumbfounded at the same time.

How do these guys play football just not in accordance with the script...

At this time, the plans of both parties were all disrupted. I was holding back and I had to slowly test the opponent's two sides, and at the same time changed my mind.

In such a situation, it won't work if you don't fight. Whatever plan is good, it can't keep up with such changes.

The coaches of both sides made the command on the sidelines almost at the same time-at this time, their choices are almost the same: the midfielder strengthens the strength of the press and surprise attacks, creates chaos, and only when there is chaos, can there be a chance!

Obviously, although Chelsea were caught off guard, they still have an advantage on the field. But the fight between the two sides was very fierce: Drogba's dribbling attack was intercepted by Hypia, but Hypia was cut off by Joe Cole when he passed the ball forward. But before Joe Cole took the ball to break through, Riise fouled Joe Cole and interrupted Chelsea's offensive.

The extremely fast pace immediately mobilized the enthusiasm of the fans.

Duff passed a free kick from the right into the penalty area, but it was cleared by Carragher in time. Although it is difficult to have a real chance in the game, Chelsea still have the advantage in the midfield. Liverpool's five-man midfielder is doing everything in its power to prevent the Blues from advancing.

"Through the rain, through the wind, you will never walk alone..."

Less than ten minutes later, the singing sounded, and the fans also understood the importance of this game. Their singing sounded earlier than usual.

In the 13th minute, Drogba made a breakthrough with the ball from the front right, but once again, Hypia stopped him and Drogba tripped to the ground. This made the referee Bennett, who came over, faced Hypy. Ya showed a yellow card as a warning.

It was not a good thing that the yellow card appeared at such a short time at the beginning of the game. This also made all the Liverpool fans boo Drogba, who was suspected of diving. Drogba stood up deafly, patted his body, and went to participate in the grab.

Lampard took the free kick about 20 yards from the goal. His direct and powerful free throw shot was so powerful that Liverpool's wall could not help but get out of the way. And his ball was able to pass through the wall, but the position of his free kick was too correct, and Dudek was held directly in his arms.

With Chelsea's unsuccessful breakthroughs several times, Liverpool gradually stabilized their position. Soon, Liverpool tried to seize the opportunity to counterattack to expand the score. In the 26th minute, when Zhao Yaning sent the ball to Garcia's feet, Lampard also fouled Garcia. His foul was also given a yellow card by the referee-in just over twenty minutes, two yellow cards made the game even more intense.

Chance of free kick.

When he saw Chelsea's rear, Zhao Yaning also knew that this kick might be difficult to score directly. But this does not mean that he has no other way. He raised his foot, did not shoot, but sent the ball to the foot of Gerrard who was standing almost parallel to the wall!

Makelele rushed over immediately, trying to foul Gerrard outside the penalty area, but he still underestimated the strength of Gerrard. Although he held Gerrard, Gerrard still tried hard. Earn, fell in the penalty area!

"Penalty!"

There was a loud cry from the stands.

But the referee did not make such a penalty. Although he did not hesitate to pay for Makelele, he was very stingy on the penalty kick. And the ball that Gerrard fell is indeed suspected of cheating a penalty, therefore, the referee did not call the penalty kick.

This penalty also made the fans boo louder.

And just a minute later, Chelsea ushered in an excellent opportunity. After they launched a counterattack, Drogba's shot was saved by Dudek.

Duff took the right corner kick. Carvalho earned the first point on the left side of the small penalty area. He made a header ferry. Lampard inserted from the back point and made a clever rush to the goal. Hanging to the far point, but Luis Garcia, who was standing on the goal line, stopped the ball with a chest near the far post to block the ball, and then kicked the ball to the sideline and cleared it.

This opportunity caused Chelsea fans to sigh, but they had no choice but to accept the result.

In the 34th minute, the action of both sides got bigger again. This time, Riise's pulling foul on Ferreira, who was assisted in the back row, was stopped by the referee. This was a yellow card for himself. . And immediately, after Chelsea took a free kick, Finnan tripped Duff on the edge of the penalty area, and Duff rolled into the penalty area almost immediately.

"Penalty!"

This time, it was the turn of Chelsea fans to chant.

But the referee once again chose to ignore this fall.

"The intensity of this game is indeed rare this season." Lineker also had to admit Liverpool's strength, "Chelsea this season, facing most of the teams, are overwhelming. Victory, but when playing against Liverpool, they always fail to win. I have to say that Liverpool’s defense has its own characteristics."

"Chelsea is just lucky. They don't win as much against strong teams as they do against weak ones." Coreymore immediately said, "This kind of team is nothing great."

"Does it all have to win against a strong team, and lose against all kinds of wonderful relegation teams, to be considered a strong team?" Lineker immediately complained. "Liverpool this season, against the Saints and the Saints. Birmingham dared to lose, is this just the style of a strong team?"

"I would rather look at teams that are strong when they are strong, rather than bullying small teams." Comorier said.

At this time, there was another dispute on the court: in 42 minutes, Gerrard fouled Joe Cole in the frontcourt. This foul also triggered a dispute between the players on both sides. The dispute between the two sides was extremely fierce, and Kewell even more. It was and Carvalho started pushing and shoving. Although referee Bennett verbally persuaded Carvalho and Cowell, he also warned both sides of the game. After all, this kind of play will be uncontrollable sooner or later.

Until the first half stopped, both sides did not score again-no wonder, both are masters of defense, and they both pay enough attention to the game. If they can score more goals in their game, then that It's a weird thing.

Throughout the first half, Liverpool strictly implemented Benitez's tactics-that is, defending and counterattacking. This allows the Reds to take a ball lead when entering the intermission. But the problem is that Benitez has gradually seen the problem: in this game, Chelsea’s tactical prediction of Liverpool was very accurate. Although Liverpool scored a goal in the first half of the game, they also successfully launched a few. Attack, but the overall situation, the situation has begun to tilt towards Chelsea.

Is it time for a substitution? Benitez was a little undecided. If there is a tie, it will be fine, but Liverpool is clearly leading by one goal now, and substitutions are not very good at this time.

But obviously, Mourinho is not as indecisive as Benitez, and at the beginning of the second half, his substitution caused an exclaim.

"Replace Jarosik and Gudjohnson? In this way, doesn't it mean that the lineup is 424? Crazy substitutions!"

It is indeed a crazy way of playing. Although after switching to double forwards, Chelsea's lineup is equivalent to only two midfielders left, and their four forwards in the front field started a siege attack, swearing to score a goal.

Jarosik is Chelsea's weakness. He is not playing well enough on the court. But Mourinho replaced a midfielder and threw up a striker, which was extremely surprising. He attacked so frantically just after halftime and the bet was too big.

But this substitution did have a great effect. Drogba's suppression of the defense is very strong, but because his shot is really too bad, there is not much threat, therefore, he can not threaten Liverpool's goal. But with the addition of a Goodjohnson, Chelsea’s threat in the penalty area increased significantly, and Liverpool had to shrink the front line to defend. This also greatly increased Zhao Yaning’s assault distance and slowed his attack.

And Chelsea's attack was launched again. Joe Cole broke through on the right and fell directly to the ground behind Hypia. This time, when the referee came over, he had already reached into his pocket.

"Liar!" the Liverpool fans roared loudly, "Chelsea are all liars!"

It seems that the referee who came over heard the fans' calls. After discussing with the linesman, the referee still did not draw the card. This penalty made Mourinho walk on the sidelines with dissatisfaction-if Hypi was sent off. Ya, this game will become very different.

Soon, Liverpool had another foul. Luis García fouled Gala near the sideline, but the referee did not pay the card. He did not pay the card twice in a row, which also angered Mourinho. He rushed to the fourth official Phil Clausley~www. ltnovel.com~ Loudly vented his dissatisfaction, "Are you ready to see my player's leg broken, so you are willing to pay a card?"

In such a scene, the referee Bennett stepped forward quickly, warned him a few words, and calmed his anger.

"The coach Mourinho really doesn't have enough mind." Alan Hansen, who is on the side of Liverpool, would not say anything good for Chelsea. "Although the coach is involved in the celebration, it is very difficult to see such one or two times. Exciting things, and the coach protects the players and speaks is indeed worthy of praise. But so many times, every time a player scores a goal, he celebrates, and the team complains if the game can’t start. It’s really true It’s not grand enough. I’ve seen coach Paisley coach, and Ferguson and Wenger coached. As a head coach, at least calm and self-confidence is what you should have."

"Like your side, after a season, there will always be Benitez with a motionless expression?"

This sentence made Alan Hansen choke back again, "Maybe, don't be so calm..."

"He just complained when the team couldn't win." Comorier opened his mouth. "But I think he should be happy now."

At this time, on the court, something happened again-Kewell fell to the ground and sprained his ankle during a dribbling shake.

"Harry Cowell is hurt again?" Lineker was a little helpless. "This job is really good, basically I spent it in bed... Okay, Cowell is going to be replaced, let's see Look, how will this change the situation on the court?"

In fact, at this time, when he said this, he already knew what the result would be: the balance of the game was already tilted towards Chelsea.