Chapter 687: Christmas Champion (3)
Jurgen Klopp doesn't blame Zhang Yuan for being too little, he wants to add variables, Zhang Yuan has not been like this in the past against other teams, and Liverpool can often benefit from his forced breakthroughs, and he needs Zhang Yuan to revert to his previous actions. Looking at a book? ???· y?KANSHU·COM
Klopp doesn't know, Zhang Yuan himself doesn't know, since coming out of the shadow of the national team, Liverpool has encountered another difficult period, three consecutive winless, has made Zhang Yuan feel worried, the more worried about the championship, the more afraid of losing in the game, afraid of mistakes, dare not make a move.
He has scored three goals recently, but one of them is a penalty, a free kick, and one is scored in the chaos of the opponent's penalty area, in fact, he does not show superior form, but statistically it seems that he is the best one for Liverpool.
"At halftime, the two teams returned to the pitch, Klopp and Ranieri did not make personnel changes for the time being, Leicester looked at a disadvantage in the first half, in fact it was not particularly obvious, except for Zhang Yuan's shot into the corner, Liverpool did not have any decent threat, and in the first half they completed only 5 shots, of which there was no shot on target!
"Liverpool's attack is not fluent, there are not many ways to deal with Leicester City's dense defense, they still have a lot of consideration when attacking, and the two sides are not really used! I don't know if Klopp will let his team attack with all his strength in the second half!"
Liverpool does have reservations, the players are lost in the continuous winless streak, Klopp doesn't have it, he also has, in the first half he hopes that Zhang Yuan can exert force, and the team is missing Degan, the defensive level is declining, he does not dare to let the team go to attack, which is equivalent to abandoning his own advantageous projects, if Zhang Yuan's performance in the second half will not improve much, then he will definitely ask the team to attack aggressively, his choice nature will not change, advocating attack.????? One? Reading ??· yKANSHU·COM
Claudio Ranieri is naturally the same, and he will first have to see what changes Liverpool will make after the second half.
got Klopp's reminder, Zhang Yuan's mind finally remembered in the second half that he was going to play according to his own ideas, and any victory should give way now!
In this game, his activity space was limited to the side, in the first half, because he went to the middle a few times, Leicester City's defense in the middle was tighter, and he was able to find less space, of course, the life on the side was not easy, he tried to use the width of the field, but Fuchs kept a close eye on him, how far Zhang Yuan was on the side, how far Fuchs was, looking at Zhang Yuan's eyes were green, as if he wanted to kill.
Ranieri soon found a problem on the sidelines of the court, Zhang Yuan is now bolder, and after retreating to respond, he is not passing, but often chooses another way, directly forcing Fuchs.
Fuchs was on par with Zhang Yuan in the battle for the top, but when Zhang Yuan got the ball at his feet, Fuchs's life was a little difficult, Ranieri thought that his bag tactics were successful, after all, Zhang Yuan did nothing in the first half, but not long after the second half, he found that it was not his bag that was very powerful, but Zhang Yuan did not let go of his courage at all.
Now Zhang Yuan let go of his courage, in the 49th minute, Zhang Yuan took the ball for the first time in the second half, facing the bag of Fuchs, Drinkwater, and Albrighton, he still chose to pass, but the cadence under his feet was still very fast, and the three failed to block Zhang Yuan.
Zhang Yuan sent a direct diagonal through ball from the bag, Firmino successfully countered offside, and shot, if the angle was not too small, the goal would probably have been scored.
Ranieri yelled at Fuchs and the others in a hurry, just as Zhang Yuan's side was approaching this side in the second half, and Ranieri could clearly hear Ranieri say: "Stop him, compress the space!"
Fuchs really can't say it, where is it so easy, Zhang Yuan's cadence is too fast, and his ball control ability is strong, it is difficult to break the ball from his feet, and this is only the area just after halftime, Leicester's defensive formation is not chaotic, Fuchs naturally does not want to foul, and the gains outweigh the losses.
This game has been played so far in general, especially Leicester City, they only have 4 fouls, less than Liverpool, the game seems very civilized, the only reason for this is that the pace of the game has slowed down, this is not like a Premier League team, nor is it like Klopp's Liverpool, Leicester can rely on the formation to resolve most of Liverpool's attacks, naturally there will not be too many fouls.
This is Zhang Yuan's first threatening pass in the second half, and there were two in the first half, but Liverpool's follow-up was slow, this time Firmino finally completed the shot, but Firmino's speed was not enough, and the shooting angle was already very small when receiving the ball!
In the first half, Zhang Yuan passed the ball less like this, and in the second half, he was still fearless in the face of Fuchs and the three of them, and dared to make moves, which should be Klopp's special request!"
"In this way, Leicester City has to be careful! Once Zhang Yuan is really in the state, it will be a very bad thing!" Zhou Qiang said with a smile.
Good state is sometimes passive, sometimes active, Zhang Yuan has played his best in many games, it is simply an unstoppable existence, no one can prevent him, against Arsenal, he once staged a Jedi counterattack, leading Liverpool to score four goals in a row, when he was stimulated by Arsenal.
In this game, if Agnelli can't come up with any good tricks to limit Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan's confidence will increase greatly as the game progresses, and it will be even more disadvantageous.
Ranieri stood on the sidelines watching the game, his mind has been searching for ways to prevent Zhang Yuan and Liverpool, he found that Zhang Yuan retreated more actively than in the first half, and took the initiative to want the ball, and his team did not do enough to prevent Zhang Yuan from contacting the midfield, so Ranieri began to ask the players to adopt a strategy of detouring Zhang Yuan to defend in front of Zhang Yuan soon after, and strive to cut off Zhang Yuan's opportunity to get the ball.
Sometimes on the pitch, ideas and strategies may be good, but it depends on the players themselves, and if the players on the pitch do not cooperate well, then a good tactical strategy is also equivalent to a failed strategy.
Ranieri's idea is beautiful, but the reality is indeed cruel, in the next period of time, Liverpool players found it difficult to pass the ball to Zhang Yuan, not that Zhang Yuan does not run or run, but Leicester seems to be unwilling to give Zhang Yuan a chance to get the ball, and there are always people around him.
Leicester also has more fouls on Zhang Yuan, Fuchs no longer cares whether it is reasonable or unreasonable, he and Drinkwater and Albrighton always aim to prevent Zhang Yuan from holding the ball, as long as Zhang Yuan has the ball, they think they are all threats, even if they take the ball near half court!
Zhang Yuan is low-key again, his brain is also thinking about strategy, in his heart he still has a lot of complaints about his teammates, he is not in good shape enough, but his teammates are in worse condition than him, there are many people who dare not take the ball, for example, Ali, today in terms of courage is not like a newborn calf, dare not pass, and dare not pass some penetrating passes, Zhang Yuan is also quite puzzled, the power of the half-way champion is so great, bringing so much pressure to everyone? !
Taking advantage of a dead ball, he grabbed Ali and said to him, your passing intentions are too obvious, it is easy to see through, I need some penetrating passes! Don't worry about the pass being broken, what we should be worried about is not being able to score!