Chapter 567: Perfect Center
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When Inter scored the equaliser, every Liverpool player felt a sense of crisis, and they went from a desire to win to a fear of losing, even more than their confidence in a draw.
This is directly reflected on the field, that is, every Liverpool player's passes, interceptions, and tackles have become cautious, for fear that they will accidentally make a mistake, for fear that they will accidentally become the sinner of the team's tragic reversal.
However, Inter Milan's morale was boosted and they began to launch waves of threatening offensives.
Rafael Benitez made the decision to bring on Hyypia and Finnan to further strengthen the team's defence.
Arbeloa was quite good in this game, freezing Cristiano Ronaldo almost perfectly, but the price was also obvious, which was that he was unable to play in the second leg of the match with both teams due to a yellow card, and he also ran out of fitness early and was forced to be substituted early.
The other player who was substituted was Cenden.
The Dutchman's performance in this game was indeed quite good, especially in Liverpool's goal, which played a crucial role, and he was also very desperate in the game, but it also caused him to cramp his legs and was substituted.
After replacing Hyypia, Liverpool began to adopt a three-centre-back style of play, plus Finnan and Reese formed two wings, five defenders and three midfielders, Liverpool arranged eight players in the entire central midfield, which can be described as a heavy deployment.
But even so, under the onslaught of Inter Milan, Liverpool's goal is still in jeopardy.
After substitutions and adjustments, the Reds also calmed down, every player did not have the slightest reservation, trying their best to stop every attack of Inter Milan, Gerrard repeatedly returned to the goal, and Carragher did not hesitate to block Inter Milan's shot with his body.
With such tenacious willpower, even Gao Han, who was an opponent on the sidelines, had to feel admired.
This is still the equalizer, and if it hadn't been for Adriano's goal just now, I'm afraid the game would have been even more difficult to play.
"After the game, I have to have a drink with Benitez. Gao Han shook his head and smiled bitterly.
He is still very sure of Benitez's colleague, whether it was in Tenerife or later coaching Valencia, he admires Benitez's coaching ability very much.
And in this game, Liverpool's performance further strengthened his view.
Rafael Benitez is definitely one of the top tacticians in European football today.
"He doesn't necessarily want to drink with you. ”
After listening to Gao Han's words, Guardiola replied with a wry smile, "I heard that he is not particularly gregarious." ”
Gao Han also knows this.
Benitez's personality is indeed a little too strong, but this is also normal, but any manager like him, obsessed with tactics and obsessed with his own pursuits, inevitably has stricter requirements for his players, and even they wish that the players were robots, emotionless, and only knew how to execute.
But this did not prevent Gao Han from making a positive assessment of Benitez.
"Liverpool was able to win the Champions League that year, and Benitez has contributed a lot to this season, they are not without the strength to compete for the Champions League, but they are ......"
The cruelty of the Champions League knockout round is that it is not the only team that can qualify, or even have the last laugh.
After all, this is a do-or-die knockout tournament, and only the teams that perform better in the game will be able to stand out and advance.
"Don't talk about the stubborn guy, you better think about how to break down the Liverpool goal. Cantarero reminded.
The game is still a 1-1 draw, although it ends with this score, which is also very beneficial to Inter Milan, but Gao Han's perennial winning golden body can be broken, and it will definitely become the front page headline of the world's media tomorrow.
This is the first time that Gao Han has been forced to draw in all these years of coaching.
Seeing that Cantarero was so nervous, but more concerned than himself, Gao Han shook his head amusedly.
"Don't be nervous, Carlos, isn't there more than five minutes left?"
"It's no wonder if you're not nervous. Cantarero replied angrily.
Following Gao Han for many years, he also knows that he has not experienced such thrilling victories in the past.
But tonight's opponents are obviously different, that's Benitez and Liverpool, can it be the same?
Gao Han smiled, entered the coaching system, and glanced at the skill card, the offensive card on Ibrahimovic was less than two minutes left, the assault card was on Cristiano Ronaldo, and the assist card was on Recoba, and the time was the same as the offensive card.
Gao Han knew in his heart that if the time was up and he hadn't been able to score a goal, he would upgrade his skill card and strengthen his offensive.
Glancing at the pitch, the Portuguese looked a little depressed when he saw that Cristiano Ronaldo couldn't get away from Finnan's defence and was forced to return the ball after getting the ball.
Tonight, he was first frozen by Arbeloa, and then after replacing Finnan, his performance did not improve, and he was probably depressed.
"Let Pandev warm up and be ready to play. ”
After joining Inter Milan this season, Pandev has performed well in many games and is considered a qualified substitute, which makes Gao Han pay great attention.
Cantarero nodded in agreement, turned around and went back to make arrangements.
But at this moment, Yaya Toure passed the ball to Recoba, who cut inside on the right, and as soon as he received the ball, he took advantage of the situation and sent a low ball with his left foot straight to the feet of Ibrahimovic in the box.
The Swedish center receives the ball with his back, and the ball that comes straight in front of him is like a well-behaved and obedient child, and he is stable as soon as he stops.
Carragher was behind Ibrahimovic and Hyypia was on the sidelines, and both men were close to each other.
After Ibrahimovic received the ball, he suddenly took a step back, as if to take it out of the penalty area.
Carragher was afraid of being turned around and get rid of him, so he didn't dare to stick too tightly.
Unexpectedly, Ibrahimovic suddenly turned around and faced Carragher.
Carragher and Hyypia were both shocked, and the former was the first to stick up, trying to block Ibrahimovic's shooting angle, but Ibrahimovic gently flicked the ball twice to the right.
It was these two fans who confused Carragher and Hyypia, making them mistakenly think that Ibrahimovic wanted to control the ball, and even everyone in the stadium, including Gao Han on the sidelines, thought so.
But suddenly, Ibrahimovic suddenly took a big step forward without any warning, and then accelerated to catch up, and directly volleyed.
The whole process happened in an instant, and neither Carragher nor Hyypia could react in time.
The ball quickly grazed past two of Liverpool's defensive centre-backs and into the top right corner of the goal.
At this time, Reina suddenly reacted, but it was too late.
“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!”
"In the eighty-fifth minute, oh my God, in the eighty-fifth minute, Ibrahimovic suddenly got up and shot. ”
'It's definitely a testament to the individual quality of the players and we couldn't believe that Ibrahimovic had suddenly hit a corner when Carragher and Hyypia and Reyna behind them had blocked almost all the angles of the shot. ”
'It was a very similar goal to Adriano's just now, with the Brazilian striker playing in the top left corner and Ibrahimovic hitting a top right corner, but both times it was a dead corner. ”
Ibrahimovic didn't look excited at all after the goal, but walked to the sidelines with a lot of pretensions, opened his arms towards the stands, and looked calm, as if he had just scored an insignificant goal.
But his teammates behind him rushed up and hugged him.
No one would have thought that all of a sudden, the goal would come like this.
Gao Han was also stunned on the sidelines and was surprised.
Of course, he knows that this is a six-star attacking card at work, but the problem is that the premise of the attacking card working is that Ibrahimovic has to have this quality and this idea.
In the face of such a sudden goal, he can only say that Ibrahimovic's thinking logic is a little different from others.
"It's not a difficult goal, I guess he doesn't want to score. Gao Han shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Aren't Pep Guardiola and Cantarero feeling helpless?
As early as when he was at Chelsea, Gao Han was very familiar with Ibrahimovic and knew the character of this guy, but later under Gao Han's tutelage, he really changed a lot.
But there is a good saying, the nature of the country is easy to change, and this kid still creates some news from time to time to make some fresh excitement.
However, his heart is indeed big.
Towards the end of the game, he received the ball in the penalty area, and it definitely took courage and self-confidence to dare to do it alone.
'He's really like a template for a perfect centre-forward. Pep Guardiola praised.
Throughout his career, Pep Guardiola has had an inseparable affection for centre-forwards, especially high-end strikers like Kluivert and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who are particularly skilled at their feet.
The reason is simple, they are all in line with Pep Guardiola's football philosophy, but at the same time they can provide the tactical advantage of traditional high school forwards, and the role of the game is indeed quite large.
To say that in the current center forward, Adriano has strong impact and excellent scoring ability, but the tactical fulcrum is weak, and Chelsea's Drogba has excellent strength but rough skills at his feet.
Only Ibrahimovic, this kid is just perfect.
The moment when he stopped the ball with his back to Carragher just now, he was very stable, and then he turned around and was very agile, and suddenly he stepped forward, and he was able to catch up and hit the goal directly, which greatly surprised Hyypia and Carragher.
Extrapolating backwards from the results, both centre-backs had problems, especially Carragher, who did not keep Ibrahimovic close to him.
But the question is, even if Carragher is close, can he guard against it?
Ibrahimovic has no shortage of precedents for defenders to score goals after getting the ball in the box.
It can only be said that facing a player like Ibrahimovic is an absolute nightmare for defensive players.
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After Ibrahimovic's goal, the game was almost over.
Gao Han then replaced Pandev and Marchisio, using two substitutions to delay the time.
However, Liverpool suddenly took advantage of Inter Milan's substitutions to disrupt the Nerazzurri's rhythm, get rid of Inter's control, and still stubbornly want to fight for opportunities and equalize.
The Reds fought tenaciously until the final whistle blew, and many other players, including Steven Gerrard and Carragher, collapsed on the grass after the whistle blew.
They have all exhausted the last of their strength, but they still can't change the outcome.
But in the stands of Anfield Stadium, tens of thousands of fans sang the song "You Never Walk Alone".
A majestic chorus floats over the Anfield Stadium.