Chapter 217: Three Little Dwarfs

Finn goes south, Pennant goes up.

Kuyt down, Crouch on!

Leon touched his chin and pondered Benitez's two substitutions.

Pennant was signed by the Gunners from Notts County for £2million at just 16 years old, and there is no doubt Arsene Wenger has high hopes for the promising young winger. At the age of 16 years and 319 days, Pennant became the youngest player to make his debut in the club's history at the time, and he also lived up to expectations by scoring a hat-trick on his league debut. However, the young and famous Pennant always got into trouble off the field, and almost went to prison for being charged with 'qiangjian', because these off-field problems prevented Pennant from fully unleashing his potential at the Gunners, and later moved to Liverpool, and his performance was much lower than what people had expected of him.

Pennant has the pace, and changing him on the pitch is a signal that Liverpool should step up their attack on the wings. Of course, replacing Crouch, who is two hundred and one centimeters tall, points to Benitez's tactical intentions.

Leon then observed Liverpool's position after the substitution, and after Finnan was substituted, Liverpool's formation changed to 352!

Carragher, Hyypia and Aurelio form a back three, Lucas, Gerrard and Marcos Alonso form a midfield three, with Babbel and Pennant on the flanks and Crouch and Fernando Torres up front.

Benitez is going to fight for his life.

The corners of Li Ang's mouth showed a smile, such a lineup, such a Liverpool poured out, it is definitely the favorite of Inter Milan, who is the best at seizing opportunities.

Three minutes later, Leon also used up his last substitution, with Diego Milito coming off and David Silva coming on as a substitute.

Seeing Leon's substitution adjustment, commentators Ferrari and Rossi were surprised, this is a lineup that Inter Milan has never used, before Aguero was passively replaced because Materazzi was sent off, and now, Milito has also been replaced, and now Inter Milan can even be said to have no real striker on the field.

"Leon, is this going to play a no-blade tactic?" Ferrari exclaimed.

"Let's look at Inter Milan's current midfield, Carlos and Muntari and Luka Modric are of course still in midfield, with Juan Mata, Silva and Arshavin in front...... "The Liverpool commentator was also pondering Leon's substitution, he paused and then laughed, "Three shorts in front...... This is Lee's trio for Inter Milan?"

With Liverpool trailing 3-0, the Liverpool commentator finally burst out laughing, as if Inter Milan's front set was so funny.

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Crouch's arrival provided a high fulcrum for Liverpool in the penalty area, and Liverpool played wide crosses and received some results.

Pennant's cross was met by Crouch in the box, flicking his header and heading at goal, although his header was deflected wide by Zanetti's interference, but it caused a stir in the Inter penalty area, and in the chaos, Torres found an opportunity to complete a difficult half-turn sweeping shot.

The shot was of great quality, but Cesar still made a quality save as he flew out and almost rubbed the ball off the line with his fingertips!

"Cesar!!great save!incredible save!!!

After pounced on the ball, Cesar clapped his palms vigorously and shouted loudly to remind his teammates to pay attention to the defense.

Zanetti also ran over and hugged Cesar and patted him the back to thank him for the crucial save.

Leon also applauded on the sidelines, Cesar's save was very crucial, the game has entered the last 20 minutes, and the fitness crisis of the Inter Milan players who were sent off in the first half may also come, this is the biggest crisis of Inter Milan at the moment, at such a moment, if Liverpool pull a goal back, it may have an immeasurable impact on the trend of the game.

Liverpool's corner, Xavi Alonso drove the football into the penalty area, this time Cesar was more solid, he attacked early, picked the ball in the air, and then was knocked to the ground by Crouch, the referee's whistle sounded, Crouch rushed the goalkeeper, Liverpool attacked the foul.

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Liverpool, who were fully pressing, encountered danger in the 75th minute of the game and almost conceded a goal: this time, Inter Milan played a beautiful counter-attack, after the link between Modric, Mata and Arshavin, Modric sent a reverse pass, David Silva received Modric's diagonal transfer and dribbled all the way to the heart of Liverpool. After shaking off Lucas, he got up and fired just over the crossbar.

Two minutes later, Steven Gerrard burst out of the box with a long-range shot that was again saved by Cesar for a Liverpool corner.

Crouch received a corner kick from Alonso and headed it in the penalty area, but unfortunately he couldn't get it on top and hit it high again.

Just ten seconds later, Inter Milan's counter-attack came.

Zanetti set up the pitch and tried to cut into the middle later, but stabbed a back-heel ball at Muntari, who swept the ball down the middle, and Modric burst into the middle with a long-range shot that went wide of the right-hand post.

During this time, Inter Milan's attack and Liverpool's attack have suddenly intensified, and the attacks of both sides have come and gone, and in the words of the commentator, in the final moments of the game, the pace of the game has suddenly accelerated.

However, to the surprise of the commentator, in the subsequent game, the Liverpool team, which was alone on the field, was surprised that Ling Ran gradually fell into the disadvantage in the midfield confrontation.

Inter Milan's numerical inferiority is not much reflected at this moment.

It's not that the current physical condition of the Inter Milan players is not bad, but because Inter Milan Milan has Carlos in the midfield, and he almost sweeps the midfield, from left to right, from side to center, wherever there is danger, there is this Spanish player.

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"Inter Milan actually fought with Liverpool, and still occupied a certain initiative at this time. Ferrari exclaimed, "You don't even see the impact of the visitors' numerical disadvantage for a while!"

"Juan Carlos, he's on the pitch, one person can be worth two people, and now Inter Milan are not at a disadvantage in numbers because they have Carlos!" Rossi also praised Carlos' performance.

Leon sat in the dugout, holding his chin, but the expression on his face was a little gloomy, he replaced David Silva, just to see what kind of chemistry can be produced between Silva and Mata and Arshavin, the three short players, this is also an attempt at Inter Milan's strikerless formation, although Silva's previous shot also threatened Liverpool's goal, but, overall, the performance between the three players who are not too tall on the field has not met his expectations.

Leon got up, walked to the sidelines, whistled, and waved his hand with some anger on his face: he was expressing his displeasure.