The Midfield Master

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"Hold them, don't let them push through the midfield so easily!" Rodgers shouted angrily from the sidelines.

At half-time, he predicted that Everton would shrink the defense, then they could take the opportunity to occupy the midfield, attack Everton's gate, and after the equalizer, they could reverse the game.

Unexpectedly, after the start of the second half, Everton not only did not shrink the defense, but the offense was even sharper than the first half.

The Liverpool team, which was going to press forward at the beginning of the second half, suddenly became extremely empty in the midfield. Xia Ze made a through pass. Miralas, Lukaku and Kone took turns attacking Liverpool's defense. Waist Gibson also pressed up with a long shot.

In this way, not to mention suppressing Everton's midfielder, after the start of the second half, Liverpool was repeatedly threatened in front of the goal, and they couldn't even pass the halftime.

Instead, Liverpool were defending and counterattacking, while Everton was attacking. With this situation going on, let alone equalizing the score or even reversing the game, it is already very good for Liverpool to keep not conceding goals.

Hearing Rogers' shout, the Liverpool players were also distraught. How did they not know to control the midfield?

But at the beginning of the second half, Everton's offensive was as fierce as tigers and wolves. Without the deployment of halftime tactics, they could not organize effective defense and counterattack at all.

"Joe, you are responsible for filling me up, I will mark Xia Ze!" Liverpool captain Gerrard saw the team's defense repeatedly breaking through, and the biggest threat came from Everton's offensive starting point Xia Ze, and Xia Ze Joe Allen, who was facing up, couldn't guard him at all, so he proposed such a switch.

Since Qiao Allen was passed by Xia Ze in the first half and the team lost the ball, he came out in the second half to try to get back the field, but Xia Ze easily resolved several times of ups, but his confidence was getting weaker and weaker.

After hearing the captain's order now, there is not much objection.

"Jimmy, now Gerrard and Joe Allen's responsibilities have been switched. It seems that Gerrard personally marks Xia Ze. Do you think this change will change the passive situation of Liverpool?" Redknapp Jr. Looking at the changes in the positions of the players on the field, he asked Carragher next to him.

"Well, I think this may be a way, but it's not the best way." Carragher said truthfully: "Stephen is a top player, and has always been. But it is only responsible for marking the opponent's offensive core, which is too wasteful. strength. Moreover, the current Stephen is much weaker in terms of defensive ability than when he was young.

Even though Xia Ze is only a young player, Stephen may not be able to take advantage of it."

As soon as Carragher finished speaking, Gary Neville went on to say: "Joe Allen's organizational ability is much worse than that of Gerrard. Liverpool's midfield operation is very difficult. At this time, don't expect them to play anything. Decent counterattack."

"Yes, if Rodgers is not so stubborn, replace Joe Allen and replace Lucas, the situation will be much better." Carragher added: "And Balotelli obviously, as usual, has no connection with the team at all. Not in the same rhythm. Although Sturridge has just recovered from injury, I believe he has more ability to change the game than Balotelli. If Rodgers makes substitutions and adjustments as soon as possible, he may be able to change the current situation. Otherwise, he will be two behind. If the ball is replaced again, it will be too late.”

As soon as Carragher finished speaking, Xia Ze led the team to attack Liverpool's goal again amidst the fans shouting "Attack, attack!"

After Gerrard and Joe Allen switched roles and came to guard him, Xia Ze was indeed a little apprehensive at first.

Although Gerrard's explosive power and physical function are not as good as before, his experience is obviously richer, and his defensive position selection is very reasonable. Gerrard blocked most of it.

In the first two or three minutes of Gerrard marking Xia Ze, Everton did not create any decent offense.

But when Xia Ze adapted to Gerrard's defense, he soon led the team to suppress the opponent again.

Xia Ze's method is to take Gerrard away from the defensive position through a wide range of running, and then pass the ball himself to transfer the ball to the neutral position.

It is not necessary to complete the last pass or a key pass by yourself to be called an offensive engine.

As long as you can open the opponent's defensive line scheduling, even if you don't directly assist or pass a threatening pass, or even become invisible on the field, it doesn't matter.

It was because Xia Ze drove away Gerrard's defense, and Joe Allen's coverage area alone was not enough to make up for the gap in the midfield. Xia Ze transferred the ball to Coleman who assisted Coleman from the right.

There is an open area in front of Coleman. Miralas cuts inside to drive away the opponent's full-back, and Coleman directly goes down and crosses.

Lukaku and Kone hit the goal in the middle. Kone's shot was blocked by the opponent's defender in front of the goal and got a corner kick.

When the team launched an attack, all the fans of the home team overwhelmed the waves one after another, which greatly helped the team score a goal and win.

Everton's corner kick came out, Xia Ze swayed in the front point, Lukaku and goalkeeper Mignolet competed for the same spot in the middle, Mignolet jumped higher, and hit the ball with a single punch.

But the ball was not far away. Gibson, who was outside the penalty area, stood upright and volleyed directly. The ball brushed the post and missed the goal.

Such a shot caused an uproar among the fans.

When Liverpool got a goal kick, Mignolet wanted to take the opportunity to buffer and let the team's defense take a breather, but Everton's players did not intend to let Liverpool's players get a breather.

After the goal kick came out, it was Everton's players who grabbed the first spot and pressed the whole team again, creating huge pressure on Liverpool's defense.

No matter how powerful Gerrard's personal ability is, he can't help the team close other defensive loopholes while marking Xia Ze.

What's more, now Xia Ze doesn't entangle with his personal ability at all, but directly transfers the ball to the most reasonable place, so that the team can launch the attack most efficiently.

"Attack, attack!"

All the fans shouted this sentence loudly. If you didn't look at the scoreboard, you would think that Everton is one goal behind.

No fans are dissatisfied or worried about Martinez taking a risky attack with a one-goal lead, because they want to win better and make their opponents lose more thoroughly.

There is no other reason, just because the opponent is Liverpool.

A word to readers:

This is a supplement to yesterday's chapter, and there are three more chapters today. I have been very busy the past few days, so the update is irregular. Take advantage of the weekend to slow down and save some drafts. c