Chapter 539: The Captain Stands Up
Of course, it can be said that no one restricts what players can say at half-time, and Hyypia does not. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"I didn't get into a good form in the first half, I have to admit I was a little impatient!
"This team is not mine alone, it is all of us, it has been a few years, Liverpool has reappeared on the stage of the Champions League, this opportunity should be cherished whether it is me or others, calculate our career, how many years can we have?! How many times can we appear on the highest stage in this world?!
"Bang bang!" Hyypia was the first to applaud, "This is the first time for many of us to appear on such a stage! The Champions League is the dream of every professional footballer! Zhang Yuan is not wrong at all! It's time for us to show the courage to challenge difficulties!"
"A goal conceded is nothing, we still have time, we will have a chance to turn defeat into a win!
Zhang Yuan lowered his posture, but what he said was also said to everyone's heart, everyone looked at Zhang Yuan, how bad they were to participate in the Champions League several times, and won the Champions League, and now they are still dreaming of promotion, and some of them have not participated in the Champions League at all as Hyypia said, and the highest honor of the Champions League has not been touched.
However, because of the overturning of Basel in Ludogorets in that round of the game, everyone saw hope again, in fact, who doesn't want to win in this life-and-death battle?! Who doesn't want to advance?! It's just that Basel's first goal in the first half really hit everyone's momentum.
Now, after a short boost in midfield, the morale and confidence of the players are back up!
In the second half, Hyypia still did not make any adjustments, Lucas was not replaced, and when he came out, Gerrard put his arm around Lucas's shoulders to comfort him, making him forget about the defensive mistake in the first half, telling him that such a thing can happen to everyone, and not to go to the pitch with mental pressure.
Paulo Sousa's instillation in the team is to continue to swing the bus, continue to rely on defensive counter-attacks, so he has carefully designed and studied before the game against Liverpool, so although it looks like an absolute disadvantage in the first half, there are also chances, Paulo Sousa believes that his team can always seize one or two chances in the second half according to this style of play!
Liverpool's attack is no longer so impatient, Zhang Yuan is not blindly breaking through or choosing to shoot far when he gets the ball, these two ways are not ideal today, Hyypia's arrangement is that the two fullbacks Johnson and Enrique want to press up in the second half, Sterling is too far to the side in the first half, and the number of activities in the penalty area is too small, Zhang Yuan actually has a dead line for the ball, and Joe Allen is still used to leaning towards the middle on the other side, Zhang Yuan is actually two people in the position of some overlap in the retreat.
Hyypia actually wants to play as a double striker at this time, but there is only one Lambert on the bench, Balotelli and Sturridge are not on the field, and Hyypia is not going to sacrifice Lambert now, so he can only ask the two full-backs to press and let the wingers intervene more into the box.
Of course, Zhang Yuan can't blindly retreat, he is a tall man in the forward line, and sometimes he has to go to the penalty area to fight for the top, for example, when Liverpool has completely suppressed Basel, he can't be too close to the outside, and no one on the inside line is not good.
Zhang Yuan was really dizzy in the first half, did not observe some of the opponent's weaknesses, after the start of the second half, he finally calmed down, slowly observed the space he could use, Basel's defense can be described as very tight, the back line and the midfield line are very close, the distance between the guard line and the goalkeeper is not far, Zhang Yuan broke through several times in the first half, and succeeded, but the angle of the shot is also small, basically there is no possibility of scoring.
After playing for a few minutes, he found that in fact, the opponent's defense is not invulnerable, the key is that Liverpool lacks a little change, for example, it is Zhang Yuan himself who has put pressure on their two central defenders for a long time, which makes it easy for the opponent to hug him up, but just now after Sterling inserted a forward penalty area, the opponent experienced a short period of chaos, which can only show that Liverpool has not changed enough for them, and once there is a change, they will still show flaws.
Finding such a potential loophole, Zhang Yuan began to let Joe Allen and Sterling insert hard, anyway, Liverpool's tactics in the second half were originally the same.
The two men still looked a little hesitant to step forward, Zhang Yuan said to Sterling: "We have to put enough pressure on their defence, maybe we can't score, but this can cause a chain reaction chaos in their defense and give Steve a chance!"
In defense, Basel's defense is actually a cone-shaped defensive system, with the thickest in the middle and relatively thin on both sides, which is also because Liverpool is a single striker, and Zhang Yuan himself is not a strong striker with a header, Paulo Sosa is not afraid of Liverpool's crosses.
However, their problem is also here, in the 54th minute, Zhang Yuan went out of the penalty area again to get the ball, Joe Allen and Sterling coincidentally inserted into the penalty area, followed by Zhang Yuan out of Shahr, behind him is the gap, but Shahr did not dare to foul rashly, and the free kick in this place is also very dangerous.
It was such a hesitation that gave Zhang Yuan the space to take the ball with his back and turn around, Joe Allen and Sterling moved, and Basel's wings also moved into the penalty area, but Zhang Yuan did not pass it to them with a cleverness, but directly distributed the ball to Johnson who was inserted on the side.
Johnson's start was fast, the opponent's central midfielder couldn't stop it, Zhang Yuan was moving into the penalty area, and the left full-back who had just recovered from Basel hurriedly went out to block Johnson.
"Pass!" Zhang Yuan shouted in his heart as he ran, the timing was good, he had already glanced at Gerrard and Henderson had rushed to the penalty area, as long as Johnson passed the ball well, Liverpool's number in the penalty area was not at a disadvantage.
Johnson passed, the ball was fast, the arc was good.
Gerrard is not unstoppable, it is Elneny who defends him, but at this moment Gerrard is like a tiger descending the mountain, the momentum is unstoppable, the header is powerful, and it crashes into the door of Vaclik's handle, a central defender in Basel Schal stared at Zhang Yuan "intently", and another central defender Sushi was obviously messed up in Liverpool's sudden collective penalty area pressure, and did nothing!
He didn't even know which point to make up!
Gerrard didn't celebrate, scored, rushed directly into the net, took the ball out, and then waved his arms to beckon his teammates to run to the middle circle, this game has great hope, and there is hope!
Zhang Yuan and Gerald slapped each other hard in the air and shouted "yes!"
The rewards of hard work are not only inspiring the hearts of the Liverpool players, but also saving the gradually depressed Liverpool fans from being at a loss, as evidenced by the shouts of the tsunami in the stadium, Paulo Sosa's face is naturally not good-looking, but what can be done, Liverpool's attack mode is a bit sudden, Zhang Yuan's pause outside the penalty area gave the Liverpool midfielder plenty of time to step forward, this is a fatal attack, making Basel difficult to parry, of course, if you parry, maybe you can take advantage of the situation to give Liverpool a fatal blow!
Shortly after the goal, Hyypia's side took the lead in making tactical adjustments, he brought Coutinho on the replacement of Joe Allen, and he stood next to Coutinho to give Coutinho careful instructions on what to do when he came on the pitch.
Coutinho's style is not the same as Joalen's, Coutinho's ability to get rid of it is stronger, and he is good at shooting after cutting inside, Joe Allen is a little longer organized, and Coutinho and Zhang Yuan are more tacit in the cooperation of the front, Joe Allen's side is not particularly good today.