Chapter 228

Maybe it's because Deportivo La Coruna had better luck today, the home dressing room, the home side, and the first ball are all here, which is certainly a good luck, but neither Juan nor Benitez cares too much.

Although there are many superstitions in the football field, after all, things are man-made, and no one will care about this small problem when the game comes, as long as it does not affect their morale.

Obviously, a small setback at the beginning of this kind will not shake Liverpool's confidence at all, and Deportivo there is some joy up and down, but also cautious at all times.

'Obviously, both Deportivo and Liverpool are ready to give their best today. Frank coughed lightly and frowned and said, "And it was Deportivo who kicked off first today, and it wasn't all bad for Liverpool." ”

Indeed, if you have to go into detail, Deportivo kicked off first at this time, which is a good thing for both Deportivo and Liverpool.

Deportivo La Coruna is good at "getting off the horse", while Liverpool is good at defending and counter-attacking, and if they let Liverpool attack at the beginning, they are probably not happy with it.

The players of both teams stand on the pitch and the referee Gonzalez blows the whistle to kick off!

'Liverpool's starting XI today was Dudek; Finnan, Carragher, Hyypia, Traore; Luis Garcia, Gerrard, Xavi Alonso, Reese; Colwill, Barosh, obviously they still have to play their most familiar 4-4-1-1 formation, such a defence-oriented defensive counter-attacking formation has obviously played its own effect at this time, and Liverpool's backfield at least this time looks as stubborn as a copper wall. ”

"As for A Coruña, it hasn't changed much...... Diego López; Capdevilla, Andrade, Juan Sorin at the back; Bellerón, Redondo, Riquelme, Aimar, Portillo in midfield...... Well? ”

Although the two of them felt that something was wrong when the players on both sides stood together and sang the team anthem, now that Deportivo was in a good position on the pitch, Dean was the first to notice that something was wrong.

In other words, it should be very wrong.

How did Portillo slip back to midfield? Although he will also have a good performance in the midfield position, but what is the difference between this formation and the previous 4-3-3?

Not to mention the people who stand at the front......

The big screen turned, just past the two people.

One is Morientes and the other is Romario.

The expressions on both men's faces were calm, and after the referee's whistle, Morientes was already running, while Romario stood lazily in place.

"Why Romario?" Frank and all the fans present were a little puzzled, although Romario's departure has not yet been announced, but everyone knows that in such a game, what Deportivo needs most is the offensive sharpness of Portillo and Morientes - at least in their opinion, and only the combination of the two of them can make Liverpool have no respite under pressure.

Moreover, Gago's role on the court is not small, he is not on the court at this time, so who will protect Aimar?

Unlike everyone's doubts, incomprehension and worries, Juan himself is very calm.

Although Aimar used to be able to play alone without the protection of Gago, after all, he can be regarded as a first-class and mature top player, Gago can play a role like a tiger by his side, but even without Gago, even if he is prone to injury, then he is also a tiger!

And although Gago and Aimar have been a very smooth pairing, and AC Milan already have a similar pairing, Pirlo and Gattuso, which makes AC Milan almost undisputed in terms of possession, Aimar himself has a little bit of an opinion on this.

He specifically said to Juan: "Boss, although I am more prone to injury, I am not a porcelain doll, and it is right that my ability can be maximized with Gago by my side...... But that doesn't mean I can't do without Gago! ”

After all, the road of a player still has to be walked alone, and it is rare for two people to go all the way to retirement, especially in the big team, which often happens, so no matter how suitable the two partners are, they must get used to playing alone.

In this game, Gago sat quietly on the field, but he was ready to play as a substitute at any time, and now he is still a little young, and he is fine in the usual games and even other games in the Champions League, but the last game against Bayern made Juan see his problems, so he was temporarily taken off and precipitated himself.

This game depends on the situation on the field, anyway, he has improved a lot during this time, if the replacement is selected, he must be the first choice.

Deportivo La Coruna kicks off.

Standing in front of the football, opposite Steven Gerrard and Xavi Alonso, the Deportivo captain took a deep look at the Liverpool captain opposite, as if to remember the overly young captain, and then moved his feet slightly.

The ball was passed to the back in a very soft motion, and the person who received the ball was Redondo, who had obviously expected the pass to come, and the ball only stayed at his feet for a short time, and then passed directly to Riquelme.

Riquelme was actually standing in a parallel position to Belleron, but Belleron still passed the football to Redondo first, and then Redondo quickly transferred, it can be said that the transfer of the three people was almost completed in the blink of an eye, and the Liverpool players were directly attracted in an instant.

If Belleron had passed the football directly to Riquelme, their defense would have not moved at all at this time, but Belleron unexpectedly gave it to Redondo.

When Redondo got the ball, no one dared not care, so most of them moved, but before they could let go, the ball was handed over to Riquelme by Redondo.

At this moment, even Liverpool, who was preoccupied, shook for a moment, barely revealing a little gap.

"Chance!" Riquelme's eyes lit up, and he knew what he was going to do at this time!

Juan stood on the edge of the court, watching Riquelme take the ball and frown.

If it had to be said that Liverpool would directly expose such a flaw at the beginning of the game, Juan would not believe it, but after thinking about it for a while, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

If he is Riquelme, in the face of the situation that the opposite side is almost empty, his only choice is naturally to take advantage of the situation and give the other party a ruthless dismount.

It is precisely because he himself has such an attitude that during the game, both Juan and Deportivo are also like this, and it is appropriate to demonstrate at the beginning!

Riquelme immediately caught a route, hit the penalty area directly with the ball, and couldn't see what he was doing, obviously it seemed to be a slow speed, but no one could catch up with him, even if he broke the ball from the front, Riquelme simply fiddled with it, the football was like sticking to his feet, and no one could succeed.

Riquelme swept into Liverpool's half like a hurricane, and as soon as he entered, he suffered a very tragic siege, after all, everyone knows Riquelme's sharpness, if he really made him this game, how would he play?

Although Liverpool are very good at turning over difficult situations, it doesn't mean that they like difficult situations!

Especially at this time, you still have to work hard to change the name of the product!

Facing the siege of Reese and Luis Garcia, Riquelme's face showed a look that seemed to be smiling, and before these two people surrounded him, he directly sank into the dantian and raised his feet high-

"Bang".

It's not a shot.

Riquelme flew to the other side like a cannonball with such a kick with huge kinetic energy, no one expected that he would choose a long pass!

After all, at this time, it is okay for him to force a shot from an angle!

Although this is outside the restricted area, as long as Riquelme wants to do it, it is probably not a problem.

But Riquelme actually chose to transfer the ball, and it was so widely transferred, why is this?

Soon, the doubts in everyone's minds were revealed—for a simple reason.

Riquelme was able to transfer the ball so easily and without any delay, naturally because he believed that the man who received the ball had a better grasp of the goal than himself!

Normally, even if it were Morientes, Portillo, Riquelme would not concede the ball so easily, at least for a little longer, but this is obviously not the case now.

The person who received the ball was Romario.

His pace of catching the ball is very steady, the footsteps of stopping the ball are very small, obviously the football that flew from so far away, but it seems that there are magnets on his feet, and his feet are very lightly cut, lifted, and the football is like a milk swallow returning to the nest into the range of his feet, so well-behaved that it makes people's eyes widen.

And Romario didn't hold it up at this time, the football was already under his feet, and he subconsciously raised his head.

Look at him like this, in fact, although people are one or two steps away from Liverpool's big penalty area, no one knows why he stopped here, you must know that Morientes is the same as him is in the front position, but everyone is about to stand on the edge of the small penalty area!

However, Romario raised his head like this, but many people remembered that there was a Morientes in the penalty area, and suddenly many people, such as Liverpool's goalkeeper Dudek, began to get nervous.

Morientes himself stood in the corner of the goal very calmly, looking intently in the direction of Romario, and his unfeigned actions at this time alone had already reassured many people.

Deportivo La Coruna was going to attack at the beginning!

Although Liverpool is not strong in defense or attack, isn't Deportivo so big?

Just when some people in the stands were secretly sneering and some were worried, Romario chose a move that surprised everyone at this time.

He stared closely in the direction of Morientes, and then raised his legs in the eyes of the people around him, and his thigh muscles tensed.

"Not good!"

"Heavy artillery!"

The players around them, whether they were friends or enemies, reacted instantly, and they almost cleared a way in front of them, after all, everyone knows that it is not comfortable at all for a ball like a heavy artillery to hit the body, and it may be a trivial matter to have a fracture or something when the time comes......

But Romario is like this, isn't he afraid of any accident from Morientes, who received the ball?

Such a doubt in everyone's hearts disappeared in a flash, only Gerald immediately raised his head and shouted: "Dudek, block!" ”

Although the distance between the two sides was very long, Dudek still heard Gerrard's voice, and his eyes immediately froze, but before he could sink down, he heard a whistling sound in his ears, followed by the sound of a football slamming on the door frame!

The iron goalframe rattled at this time, sounding as if it was anthropomorphically exhaling pain, and Dudek immediately turned his head to look.

Football is not in the door!

He breathed a sigh of relief, but soon that heart came up again.

Football is out of bounds!

It just flew high into the sky, it flew high, but apparently it was not far away, and the danger of Liverpool was not yet solved!

Dudek's heart sank, and he was immediately ready to attack, he was ready to go out and hold the ball directly!

After all, now Liverpool has a Morientes in the penalty area!

A Coruña's big killer!

The Liverpool players were really all staring at the flying football at this time.

Although I knew that the game would be tough and tense, and that the battle between the two sides would be imminent, who knew that the game would be so ferocious from the start?

In less than two minutes after the opening, Deportivo La Coruna went directly to the front of Liverpool's small penalty area, with a domineering and self-confidence!

The football was falling, and Morientes took the lead, but were the Liverpool players around him vegetarians?

Especially at this time, in the Liverpool penalty area, Deportivo La Coruna is only Morentes, how can he grab the ball with a group of Liverpool players like jackals and tigers around him?

Morientes was directly blocked by Finnan and Carragher with his body, he didn't break through left and right, and suddenly felt very pity, and could only watch the football being held in Dudek's arms.

Liverpool's goal kick.

At this time, the Liverpool players were obviously still a little apprehensive, and several people looked at each other, the expressions on their faces changed several times, and then looked at Gerrard in front.

As the captain of Liverpool, Gerrard obviously knows that he should take the lead and command at this time, and he is usually very familiar with such things, so it is naturally no problem to do it, but Gerrard still hesitated, and then subconsciously looked at the side of the field.

Regardless, it was Benitez who led Liverpool to where they are now, so Gerrard would like to take his advice on the table anyway.

Now that the ball is in Dudek's hands, obviously, if Deportivo can be given a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye, Liverpool's players will not be relentless, after all, they are also a group of young people, who hasn't had one or two blood and strength?

Benitez stood on the edge of the pitch and saw a crowd of people on the pitch looking at him, of course he knew what God meant, but after a moment of silence, he slowly shook his head in disappointment from the people on the pitch.

Not to mention anything else, if Liverpool takes the initiative to attack the key itself at this time, it is almost an act of looking for death.

Although Deportivo LaCoruna's tackling and overall interception ability are not the best in the world, it is not a big problem to deal with Liverpool.

And that's not the scariest thing, the scariest thing is that Deportivo La Coruna has already shown their attacking ability at the beginning of the game, as long as they find the slightest opportunity, Deportivo will try their best to strike, and there are many opportunities to directly threaten the goal.

If the ball is picked up by Deportivo again, with their various attacking methods, no matter what, stabbing the Liverpool defense that has already been attacked is similar to stabbing a layer of paper, and it will not take much effort.

Deportivo have taken out a number of teams this season with a variety of attacking tactics, many teams have exhausted their methods against Deportivo La Coruna, and Liverpool are now opting for the roughest but most effective approach.

They definitely don't take the initiative to attack, so as not to give Deportivo their sore spots, which is also the safest.

Seeing Benitez forbidding them to attack, many Liverpool players were a little depressed on their faces, but they didn't show much disgust, obviously they had long been accustomed to Benitez's character and behavior, so at this time they still hibernated quietly, slowly falling in the backfield, and luring Deportivo to take the bait automatically.

Juan stood on the edge of the court, his blue eyes narrowed to see everything, he was silent for a moment, and couldn't help but smile.

Of course, he understands what Liverpool's style of play is now, their style of play is really simple and rough, and it is directly on the surface, even if Juan wants to play stupid, he has no chance.

The other side gave him a bright plan, and for now, Deportivo seems to have only one foot in it, to see if Liverpool's defense is a turtle shell.

But are Juan and his A Coruña so easily swayed?

The smile in Juan's eyes flickered, and he gestured to the court.

Belleron, who had been paying attention to Juan, received Juan's meaning as soon as he could, waved directly to the back, and then ran back quickly.

？？？

Not to mention the Liverpool players who are still luring the Deportivo players on the opposite side, the Deportivo players in the opponent's penalty area are also stunned when they turn around.

A Coruña, too, sacrificed the Iron Bucket Array!

However, everyone knows that Deportivo La Coruna is not good at defense, what they are best at is interception, so at the top are Redondo, Juan Sorin, Capdevilla, and Andrade is still behind.

Seeing such a formation, even Dean and Frank were stunned for a moment.

"What, what's going on?" Frank was a little slurred, and he turned to look at Dean to the side, wanting to hear what he was thinking.

Dean was silent for a while, then raised his eyebrows: "Deportivo is this reversing?" ”

“？？”

Dean didn't mean to explain, just watched Deportivo react intently.

Now, Liverpool's own goal is to attract Deportivo to attack, but Deportivo immediately put on a non-penetrating defense, which immediately made Liverpool confused.

At the same time, they are not the only ones who are confused.

Romario almost wants to jump up and scold!

He kind of knows Juan's plans!

Look at him and come to squeeze him to run around the field when he's leaving?!

He, he...... Damn it, he's really eating this!

Romario glared almost viciously at a tall figure standing on the edge of the pitch, and ran towards Gerrard with the ball.

Gerrard was also taken aback, after all, everyone knew that Romario was usually too lazy, and if the ball hadn't been at his feet, he wouldn't have moved at all.

Who knew that he would rush over directly?

And that speed...... It's not slow at all!

Gerrard, who was shocked, wanted to pass the ball almost immediately, he originally wanted to send it to Alonso on the side for refuge, but when he turned around, he saw a Riquelme standing quietly next to Alonso, smiling at him.

However, it is clear that the power of Riquelme's previous rush and long pass is still in Gerrard's memory, and he immediately chose to pass the football to Luis Garcia on the other side.

Although Luis Garcia is not very good at controlling the ball and organizing attacks, he must not give football to the opponent's attacking master!

It's a hard balance to strike, but Liverpool are trying to get it right, and it's clear that that's how Benitez has tailored it for Liverpool to win.

Although it had only been seven minutes since the game began, Juan had already felt a little bit about the situation on the court, and he couldn't help but smile. 166 Reading Network