Chapter 192: Half Volley (Part 1)
The half-time break is coming to an end and players from both sides have left the dressing room and returned to the pitch.
Martinez walked slowly to the dugout, and he always felt unsure.
In fact, before the game, Everton unusually did not make unfriendly remarks about the Merseyside derby, let alone spit on Liverpool's number one star Jiang Chenxi, which was the request from Martinez.
Martinez specially studied Jiang Chenxi, and he found that interesting rule, but any team that spat on Jiang Chenxi before the game and was suspected of provocation will lose very badly, for criticism and provocation, the Chinese star has always fought back with goals, and the more fierce the provocation, the more ferocious the counterattack.
Martinez's demand for this game is to work the field, stop off the field, try to win at home, and settle for the three points.
Unexpectedly, the fans at home saw that the team was leading at halftime, and they were a little too excited, and directly taunted Jiang Chenxi.
Thinking of Jiang Chenxi's previous 'great achievements', Martinez is a little flustered now.
The home fans are understandably emotional, however, Martinez fears they will 'do bad things with good intentions'.
Martinez always felt that something bad was going to happen.
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At this time, the second half of the game has begun, after the two sides changed sides and fought again, from the field, it was similar to the first half, Everton and Liverpool had chances, the two sides fought fiercely, and the scene was deadlocked.
In view of Lukaku's liveliness in the first half, Liverpool focused on strengthening the defense of the Belgian centre-forward, and the effect was more obvious.
Lukaku is tall and has developed upper body strength, and he basically does not suffer from the frontal strength of the central defender; He is extremely fast in the center and often eats defenders raw on the wings; There is a certain amount of skill on his feet, and he likes to pedal a bicycle and heels. These seem to be the needs of a good center, and they can even be said to be rare advantages.
However, the shortcomings of the Belgian center forward are also obvious, uncoordinated lower body strength. Lukaku's legs are so thin relative to his upper limbs that you can barely see him jumping, and the occasional jumps are only a little high, resulting in almost no aerial duels. And such lower limbs also caused his shooting to be greatly limited. When you watch him play, you will find that no matter how good the chance, how big the gap, how long the single knife, Lukaku always "walks" to the ball before shooting, or stops the ball before shooting.
So you've hardly ever seen him volley or sweep without adjusting, whereas Romelu Lukaku always has to handle the ball a short distance in front of him to finish (and it's basically a close shot) that not only gives the defender time to steal, but also the goalkeeper time to block.
In response to Lukaku's shortcomings, Liverpool defended in the second half of the game, so after the start of the second half, people were surprised to find that Lukaku, who was more active in the first half, seemed to have become clumsy all of a sudden, and his shooting was also awkward under the entanglement with the opponent.
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Romelu Lukaku is an important part of Everton's attacking system, and when he loses his power, Everton's attack becomes sluggish and messy.
As for Liverpool, after the threat of the defensive line has decreased, the offensive has slowly picked up.
In the 55th minute of the game, Henderson broke the ball in midfield, and Liverpool launched a counterattack.
Philippe Coutinho played a beautiful ball and Salah ran wildly down the wing.
He first dribbled beautifully past McCarthy, then made a gesture to cut inside, and dribbled along the wing with a false shot.
Jiang Chenxi and Sturridge stepped forward at high speed, and one of the two rushed to the back point, and the other rushed to the front point.
Everton's defenders followed closely.
Stones followed Sturridge, and given Jiang Chenxi's threat, Jagielka and Oviedo pounced on the back post.
Salah made a sharp stop, avoided Coleman's tackle, and looked like he was about to pass the ball to the front post, but it was a change in foot shape that slid the ball towards the middle.
Almost at the same time, Jiang Chenxi, who had been rushing to the back point, suddenly stopped, turned back, and rushed to the middle of the road.
Jagielka followed with an emergency stop, but the center of gravity did not have time to change back and could not keep up.
Not only that, but Giagierka forced the brakes, but it blocked Oviedo's path, and the latter crashed directly into Giagierka's body.
The two men collided and turned over on their backs.
Then, everyone saw that Jiang Chenxi faced the falling football in the middle of the penalty area with no one to defend it, and made a very stretched half-turn volley.
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"Jiang Chenxi! Volley! Zhan Jun shouted.
"Oh! River!!! In John Mortson's roar, Jiang Chenxi's swinging right foot slammed into the soccer ball from Salah, and the soccer ball suddenly changed direction and flew towards the goal.
Faced with a very sudden, fast-paced shot from inside the box, Everton goalkeeper Hoel didn't even make a save, and the ball was already in the net!
“Goooooooooooooaaaaaaaal!” Mortenson yelled, "Wonderful goal, great goal!" ”
"Excellent running, beautiful shooting, Jiang is simply omnipotent!" Lineker was also full of praise for the goal.
The most thrilled were the Liverpool fans in the visiting stands at Goodison Park, roaring, jumping and cheering as they celebrated the equaliser.
And in the bars on the streets of Liverpool, the Liverpool fans who were not able to watch the game were even more excited.
"Jiang! River! River! ”
These Liverpool fans kept chanting the surname of the goalscorer, Jiang Chenxi.
Jiang Chenxi also seemed very excited, he was very satisfied with the goal, the shot was very stretched, the score was very beautiful, he ran to the away team fans under the stands, and made a gesture of kissing the Liverpool emblem on his shirt, this celebration made the Liverpool fans on the scene and in front of the TV almost crazy.
It was wonderful to score such a brilliant goal in the Merseyside derby.
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In the stands at Goodison Park, Everton fans let out loud, shrill boos.
However, this did not affect Jiang Chenxi's good mood in the slightest, for the shooter, the opponent's boos at this moment were the helpless voice of fear, which only made him more proud.
Liverpool's players all rushed to Jiang Chenxi, surrounded him, and celebrated the goal together.
On the sidelines, Klopp and his assistant high-fived each other, this goal came at a good time, not only to equalize, but also to greatly boost the morale of the whole team.
On the other side, Everton manager Martinez had a gloomy face:
His bad feelings were fulfilled.
I know, I know, the kind of behavior of the fans of this team will definitely stimulate this Chinese, hell, nothing to stimulate him to do?!
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