The Ball at Your Feet

The death of Benitez's father cast a shadow over Liverpool's game. After the FA learned of the news, it was also shocked by Benitez's still leading the team to play the game. They gave an order. In the final, both sides observed a minute of silence for the deceased. At the same time, they allowed 22 players from both sides to wear black gauze to comfort the spirit of the sky.

This gave Liverpool a little bit of encouragement. At this time, they had to cheer up and face their final opponent, Sao Paulo.

The Sao Paulo team is a well-known strong team in Brazil. This team has always played in the Sao Paulo State League. This is recognized as one of the highest football leagues in Brazil. The Sao Paulo team has always been a strong team in the Intercontinental League, and its status is also a giant in South America. And, speaking of them, I have to mention-Kaka, who joined Milan, played in this club when he was a child.

Because Brazil has a vast territory, inconvenient transportation, poor organization of the league, and their economic problems have always been a major link in the development of the league. Therefore, the Brazilian league was not organized until 1970, and for various reasons, it has always been organized. The organization is not very good. In the early years, even the competition system often changed, and some ridiculous situations often appeared. For example, when a strong team faced relegation, they simply expanded the league to avoid relegation of the strong team. In their early years, not only did they fail to establish a standard double-loop system, but the number of teams in the game always changed. At the most, they had expanded the lineup to 96 teams in the league. At the least, there are only twenty teams. And their league championship, it is also difficult to reflect their strength, once a team won the Brazilian League, but relegation in the Sao Paulo State League happened.

It wasn't until 2003 that the Brazilian League established a double-round tournament system and began to go on track, but because of the short time frame, it was not recognized by too many people. Before that, when talking about the traditional power of Brazilian football, it was more about looking at each team in the state league. The state league in São Paulo state and the state league in Rio state are recognized as the highest level leagues in the two states. The former participating teams include Santos, Palmeiras, Corinthians, Sao Paulo and other teams, while the latter has flamengo, da Gama and other strong teams.

And Liverpool’s opponent, Sao Paulo, is a powerful team in the Sao Paulo Intercontinental League.

In their team lineup, there are several players who are very famous: one is their goalkeeper Cheney: This goalkeeper is most famous not for his goalkeeping skills, but for his excellent free kick skills. He is Sao Paulo's first free-kick and penalty shooter. It is said that his number of goals is about to catch up with Chilavert.

And then there is their defensive line, Cicinho who is right on the spot with Zhao Yaning. This player is a Brazil international and his strength is also very strong.

In addition to these few people, their famous player is probably only a midfielder Denilson-not the Denilson who set the transfer fee value record, but their young player. The vibe is rumored to be taken by Arsenal. The midfielder Denilson.

If you only look at the lineup, they are certainly not as famous as the Liverpool players. But in the game, Liverpool immediately ran into trouble.

The physical fitness of the Brazilian players is not much worse than that of Liverpool. Although they are not as strong, they still win slightly in terms of flexibility. And their large-scale cooperative combat ability is much worse than Liverpool, but the small-scale coordination of pass and cut, and the use of some detailed actions, they are better than Liverpool.

The technical advantages of South American teams are still not inferior to Premier League teams like Liverpool. Although they can't be said to be inextricably linked with Liverpool, they are indeed a powerful enemy that makes Liverpool unable to speak for a while.

The two sides struggled in midfield for almost twenty minutes. The Sao Paulo players have been passing through the backcourt and are not in a hurry to press on. In fact, they can't push it up either. Liverpool's anti-grab ability is strong enough to make any team helpless. Although Sao Paulo is strong, but there are no world-class players, and if it is not for Robben or Ronaldinho, it would be a good idea to kill from the Liverpool midfield impossible.

However, at this time, Liverpool began to be impatient.

Liverpool's game, after all, is the one taking the initiative. As European champions, they certainly feel that they should have won. The opponents are obviously not strong enough. In such a game, the lack of opportunity for a long time has also made the Liverpool players a little impatient.

And this also makes Sao Paulo almost found an opportunity. When they made a mismatch in Liverpool, they grabbed Liverpool's ball. Cicinho sent the ball directly into the penalty area. Mineiro stopped the ball on his chest. When he was about to raise his foot to shoot, the ball was tackled by Vidic who had caught up.

A clean and beautiful tackle, but it still made the Liverpool players sweat.

"Seriously, guys!" Carragher shouted loudly from the backcourt.

His roar made the Liverpool players calm down the tension and anxiety that they shouldn't have, and when Zhao Yaning received the ball again, he also began to plan an attack.

This kind of team is better than the small skills, but it can't compare with the small skills, then we are better than others.

Soon, Zhao Yaning, who took the ball on the left, kicked the ball to Alonso and ran forward by himself. Alonso made a long mid-range pass and gave the ball to Gerrard who was at the front of the penalty area. Gerrard did not stop the ball, but flew a header and stopped the ball to Zhao Yaning who ran up.

When Zhao Yaning received the ball, he changed direction in one step and ran along the top of the arc in the penalty area. At this time, two of the opposing guards were already staring at him, but in the penalty area, Gerrard and Milito had also rushed over.

He just noticed that the opponent's midfield line is generally not tall. This also made him immediately think of the common problem of Brazilian players: a bad header.

If the header is not good and you want to control the midfielder, then there is only one way: lean on the defender and use the height of the central defender to defend the midfielder. In response to this situation, Zhao Yaning thought of how to play: long pass to find Gerrard and force the opponent's defender to come out, and then he ran along the penalty area to make the opponent's defender afraid to go back. De and Milito plugged in as above, and...

Zhao Yaning threw the ball straight and sent it directly to Milito's feet. Milito received the ball, took a shot, and kicked it towards the bottom left corner of the goal!

"Al!!! Diego Milito!!! Thirty minutes after the opening, the first scoring for Liverpool!"

Milito raised his head proudly: As an Argentine, what else makes him more happy than defeating the Brazilian?

But he has not forgotten that this game, after all, is of great significance, and it is not appropriate to celebrate in the game.

One goal behind also made the Sao Paulo team unable to sit still. Although they did not immediately press, but in the second half, they still accelerated the pace of the game. And this quickly created a second chance for Liverpool.

This time, Zhao Yaning received a pass from Alonso on the left. He had the defense of Sicinho and Hesu in front of him. This time, Zhao Yaning did not choose to do the same as before. He passed the ball with one foot and he carried the ball. , Swayed gently to make a fake move, and then suddenly accelerated with a step.

Sicinho immediately posted it, but while Zhao Yaning stood on his left foot, his right foot suddenly buckled the ball back, out of the range of his steal. Then, Zhao Yaning looked at the positions of the two people, and while sending the ball forward with one foot, he also squeezed Cicinho away and wiped it into the penalty area.

This brought his flexibility, flexibility and strength into full play, and it can even be said that he entered the restricted area just as a bully because of his good health. At this time, he was on the left side of the penalty area and Milito ran to the back point. Zhao Yaning suddenly kicked the ball out!

Both Milito and Cheney thought he was a pass: he was not too close to the goal, and the angle could be said to be a small angle shot of less than 30 degrees. This is a very difficult ball, and it is very difficult to score. However, Zhao Yaning chose to shoot this time. His ball went to the ground. Cheney judged it was a step too late. Although he jumped out, the ball bounced on the ground, pressed against his side, and bounced into the goal!

"Al!!! Liverpool's second goal! Zhao Yaning scored an incredible angle goal! From such an angle, he even dared to shoot!"

Zhao Yaning didn't celebrate either. He just smiled at Milito who was giving him a thumbs up in the distance. The kick just now, in fact, he wanted to hit the ground to bounce the ball, and then bet that Cheney would let it go and let Milito score another...but, who knew it turned out to be his goal.

This is really unintentional.

With Liverpool's two goals, Sao Paulo's passing also began to panic. This time, after Gerrard broke the ball, he directly hit the goal nearly forty meters with a kick and kicked it!

The ball did not score, but hit the crossbar. After a loud noise, it bounced high. However, although the goal was not scored, it also made Sao Paulo's morale depressed and unable to compete with Liverpool anymore.

And this quickly gave Liverpool another chance~www.ltnovel.com~ After getting a corner kick, Zhao Yaning looked at the positions of his teammates and kicked the ball to the back point!

Vidic tried to jump up, but let the ball fly past him. The ball was not directed at him either-behind him, Figo hit the ground with a header, bounced under the feet of a jumper, and penetrated the net without any hindrance!

Three goals ahead! With three strikers, one goal per person, Sao Paulo’s defense was also broken. At this time, Zhao Yaning also saw that Benitez, who had always been extremely calm and composed, was also a little excited on the side of the court.

"Guys, work harder. In this game, our requirement is not only to win, but to win beautifully and win wonderfully. Don't let the coach stay in vain, let alone let future generations mention this game. , Look down on us!"

Gerrard's words made his teammates clenched their fists. And soon, Liverpool launched another offensive. Zhao Yaning, who received the ball in the backcourt, was immediately targeted by three opponents at the same time. He swings, then swings again. Three consecutive swings have not been able to pass, and when his opponent was extremely surprised, he did not notice that Gerrard was already outside the penalty area.

Lift your foot, long pass!

Gerrard caught up with the ball. He didn't run to the position and couldn't reach the header, but just in front of the goal, he suddenly volleyed and kicked the ball towards the goal!

"Al!!! Stephen Gerrard!!! He put a stop for this game! Liverpool won, Liverpool won the Club World Cup!"