Chapter 418: Decisive Battle at Allianz Stadium

Jiang Chenxi's hat trick in the first half of the game can be said to have killed the game directly.

Everton prepared well for this game and did everything they could, but they still couldn't do anything because they didn't have a star named Jiang Chenxi.

In the end, in the second half, Sadio Mane finally scored a goal to make up for the one he wasted in the first half, while Everton's side was scored by Deulofeu.

The final score of this game was 5 to 2!

Liverpool won the Merseyside derby in the FA Cup semi-final with a 5-2 win over derby rivals Everton at the new Wembley Stadium.

After the game, the media praised the game, which they praised as the most beautiful half of the season in the English league.

A day later, another FA Cup semi-final match was played at the new Wembley Stadium, where Crystal Palace beat Watford 2-1 to reach the final, making the London-based side the biggest dark horse in the FA Cup this season.

They will face a mighty Liverpool in the FA Cup final, and regardless of the outcome, it would be a remarkable achievement for them to reach the FA Cup final.

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The season has entered its final sprint, and before the Liverpool players have even had time to taste the joy of reaching the FA Cup final, they will have to go on the road again.

This time, they are visiting the Allianz Arena in Bayern Munich.

This is the first leg of the 2015/2016 UEFA Champions League semi-finals.

On April 27, outside the Allianz Arena, a crowd of people rushed to the stadium.

That's the beauty of the world's number one sport, no matter what you are in your usual life, whether it's a company executive or an ordinary bricklayer, at this moment, they only have one name in common: fans!

"This is Munich, this is the Allianz Arena and half an hour before the 2015/2016 UEFA Champions League semi-finals between Liverpool and Bayern Munich! It's going to be a fierce confrontation! This is also Jiang Chenxi's second visit to the Allianz Arena after two years. ”

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In the dressing room at the Allianz Stadium, Jurgen Klopp is making a pre-match speech.

"I don't need to say more, you all know what the night game is......" Klopp used as the opening sentence for tonight's battle mobilization.

"It's not an exaggeration to say that this game is about a season of our Champions League, if we want to qualify for the final at the San Siro, we have to get a satisfactory score and result at the Allianz Stadium!"

At this time, Jiang Chenxi, the deputy of the team, first stood up and said, "Coach, we all understand the importance of this game, and-" The captain looked at his teammates, "In this game, we are high-spirited!" ”

Hearing the captain say this, there was a burst of cheers below, Jiang Chenxi was right, the team does not need to mobilize now, they are extremely eager to play, eager for honor, eager to go to the San Siro Stadium, and compete for that supreme glory in the final at the highest level in Europe.

Klopp also smiled, that's right, in this game, Liverpool does not need to carry out pre-war mobilization at all, in fact, he believes that Bayern Munich is the same, there is no need for pre-war mobilization.

At the end, I explained the tactics of today's game and told the players some details and problems that need special attention.

Two minutes later, assistant coach Kravitz told his players, "It's almost time, ready to play." ”

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At this time, the stands at the Allianz Arena were already overcrowded.

"Go back to Liverpool!"

"Liverpudlians, you're finished!"

"Long live Bayern Munich!"

The commentators have already got their hands on the starting line-up for this game.

Bayern Munich (4-4-2): Neuer/Lahm, Martinez, Alaba, Bernate/Alonso, Douglas Costa, Vidal, Thiago/Koeman, Lewandowski;

Liverpool (4-3-1-2): Mignolet/Klein, Lovren, Van Dijk, Milner/Henderson, Emrejan, Lallana, Salah/Firmino, Jiang Chenxi;

Commentator John Morteson was briefing the fans in front of the TV about the game, "...... This game is an opportunity for Liverpool, Bayern Munich suffered a serious injury crisis, Xavi Martinez had to come to play a cameo role at central defender, even the German media expressed doubts about whether he could withstand the impact of Jiang Chenxi. ”

Jiang Chenxi and Firmino stood in the center circle, waiting for kickoff.

As the referee's whistle blows, the game begins.

Jiang Chenxi kicked the ball to Firmino, who passed it back.

After Salah had the ball, he continued to pass back and the ball was at the feet of Emrejan.

Emre Can continued to pass back, and Lallana kicked the ball to Klein on the wing, who did not continue to pass back, but kicked the ball to Henderson, who was diagonally in front of him.

Henderson handed the football to Emre Can.

Emrejan took the ball and motioned for Lallana to come and pick him up.

After a small one-two with Lallana, who came to pick up, Emrejan passed. He passed the football to Salah.

After Salah received the ball, he began to break through with the ball.

Salah's technique at his feet is outstanding.

"Don't let him break through easily." Martinez, who played at centre-back, has the style of a general, directing the defence.

Douglas Costa immediately pounced on Salah, and Bernat was on the sidelines, ready to pounce.

After seeing that he had managed to attract the attention of Bayern Munich's defence, Salah immediately stepped out and played the ball out.

A diagonal ball.

Football is back at the feet of Emre Can again.

Liverpool's attacking passing after the kick-off was very accurate, and the overall movement and reception were very skillful, which fully demonstrated their tacit understanding.

"Watch out for his crosses!" Bayern Munich's goalkeeper Manuel Neuer shouted loudly, and he was immediately alarmed when he saw Emre Can win the ball.

Today, Liverpool's forward line is Jiang Chenxi and Firmino, the duo of two strikers, and Salah's position is withdrawn, such a combination actually shows Liverpool's determination to attack away from home to some extent.

Emrejan did pass the ball. But he didn't pass it to Firmino, who was outflanking in the middle, and Jiang Chenxi, who was ready to answer on the right. He kicked the ball back. It was passed to Salah, who came to pick him up.

Salah received the ball and stopped it, but he stopped the ball and slowed down the pace of the game.

Douglas Costa and Bernat immediately came up again to pick up Salah.

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'Liverpool's attack quickly came to a stalemate, Salah was surrounded and he couldn't get out of the ball in time and Bayern Munich's defence was very solid.

Jiang Chenxi was originally in the forbidden area, but at this time, he ran back and got out of the forbidden area.

Seeing Jiang Chenxi retreating, Alaba, who was in charge of guarding Jiang Chenxi today, hesitated and did not follow. He felt that as long as Jiang Chenxi didn't come to the forbidden area, his side would be safe, and he was worried that once Jiang Chenxi was transferred out of the forbidden area, he would fall for this guy.

Jiang Chenxi had just run out, Salah saw him in the cracks, and immediately passed the football to Jiang Chenxi, who came up to pick him up.

Jiang Chenxi did not adjust after receiving the football. Without even observing, he kicked the football directly to Emrejan, who was waiting in the middle. He himself turned again and rushed into the penalty area.

Emrejan immediately crossed with his feet.

Jiang Chenxi rushed to the penalty area and wanted to jump to the top, Alaba immediately came up to defend, Jiang Chenxi carried Alaba on his chest, and then he stopped the ball on his chest and turned around and volleyed directly!

Fortunately, Alaba reacted quickly enough, he first made a move to block Jiang Chenxi's shot, the football was blocked, and then Martinez cleared the sideline, Liverpool's sideline ball.

"Liverpool's first attack after the opening, Jiang is stronger than when he was in Dortmund two years ago, but this time Alaba's defense against Jiang Chenxi is reassuring!" The German commentator praised Alaba for blocking Jiang Chenxi's shot.

Alaba began to shine under Heynckes, when he was mainly playing at left-back. Pep Guardiola has often played him in the middle this season, while he has always played as a central midfielder in the Austrian national team.

Speaking to Transfermarkt, Pep Guardiola commented: "There's no doubt that Alaba can be the best centre-back in the world. ”

Pep Guardiola praised: "Alaba is a real talent, he can do almost everything. He's fast, he's got a lot of vision, and he's got a great big picture. He always gives 100 per cent in his races. ”

Well, in fact, Bayern Munich has suffered a serious injury crisis at central defender, in addition to Martinez as a cameo central defender, Alaba is now also a central defender, and Guardiola has praised him vigorously in order to boost morale.

Yes, both of Bayern Munich's central defenders today were cameos, and although their performances were not bad, they did make cameos.

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The Bayern Munich fans in the stands cheered when they saw that Alaba had successfully defended Jiang Chenxi.

Henderson throws the ball to the touchline.

Salah received the ball, pulled the ball and turned around, and made a gesture to continue to go down, but suddenly passed the ball into the box.

In the penalty area, Martinez and Firmino grabbed the point together, and for safety, Martinez pushed the ball out of the bottom line, a corner.

Lallana ran to the corner flag and prepared to take the corner.

“…… Lallana takes a corner...... Jiang Chenxi scored with a header...... Unfortunately, the ball was saved from the goal line by defender Lahm, and Liverpool almost scored in the opening period......

Seeing that the ball was cleared by Lahm on the goal line, Jiang Chenxi regretfully jumped straight to his feet, this goal was a little bit worse, for Liverpool, it is very important to be able to score early and get an away goal earlier.

"Rahm saved on the goal line, he did a meritorious service." The narrator shouted.

"Guardiola should be grateful to Lahm, he saved Guardiola's heart." The commentator did not hesitate to praise Ram's goal-line rescue.

Lahm almost tipped the ball over the crossbar on the goal line and Liverpool won a corner.

The corner did not threaten the Bayern Munich goal.

Bayern Munich then launched a quick counter-attack.

Neuer tossed the ball and Alonso received it and passed it to Thiago, who in turn passed it to Koeman.

Bayern Munich's counter-attacks were also quick, as they quickly moved through the midfield.

After Coman got the ball, he first crossed the blind Klein beautifully, and in the cheers of the Bayern Munich players at the Allianz Arena, he came with a long-range shot, he wanted to hit Mignolet by surprise, but he didn't expect to miss the goal.

After a brief sigh rang out at the Allianz Arena. It was immediately replaced by applause again.

In the ensuing game, Bayern Munich, who were playing at home, gradually seized the initiative.

In the face of Bayern Munich's crazy attack, the Liverpool team was very wise, they quickly chose defensive counterattack tactics, Bayern Munich did not have many ways to defend against the Liverpool team, and the defensive ability of Liverpool's defense led by Van Dijk was very good.

Liverpool broke the ball in midfield, they tried to play Bayern Munich's counter-attack, Jiang Chenxi broke through Douglas Costa with the ball, and he was just about to get up to speed when he was tackled to the ground by Douglas Costa.

The referee showed a yellow card to Douglas Costa.

This time Liverpool's counterattack attempted, however, it scared Guardiola.

He is very calm and can see clearly, although the team seems to have the upper hand now, but Guardiola sees clearly that Liverpool's defense is orderly and there is no mortal threat, but their counterattack does not know when it will come, Liverpool has a superstar like Jiang Chenxi, which really makes Guardiola's heart go up and down.

A player like Jiang Chenxi is on the field, perhaps, just a moment's effort, he can give Bayern Munich a fatal blow.

Therefore, what Guardiola hopes to see most now is that his team can score first, and if he scores first, he will take the initiative first, and the hope of winning will be greatly increased.

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In the 19th minute of the game, there was an unexpected situation when Van Dijk fell to the ground after a scramble with Robert Lewandowski, and after a doctor's examination, the Dutchman could not continue the game for the time being, and Liverpool had to make substitutions.

"This is very bad news for Liverpool, Van Dijk is the absolute core of Liverpool's defence, with him on the field, Liverpool's defense is very solid, now Van Dijk is replaced by injury, Liverpool's defense is definitely not as solid as before!"

"This is Bayern Munich's chance! Here comes our chance for an attack group! ”

Liverpool's centre-back Virgil van Dijk was defeated by Joe. Gomester was replaced and formed a new centre-back combination with Lovren, and the most important thing is that neither of them was very reassuring, and Liverpool's backline immediately became dangerous.

Pep Guardiola, who is very experienced, immediately noticed the safety concerns at the Liverpool backline, and he shouted from the sidelines to his players to attack Liverpool in the middle.

Klopp couldn't sit still, he walked to the sidelines, called Henderson to the sidelines, and told Henderson and Emre Can to pay attention to protecting their middle, and it was clear that Klopp didn't know what to do with the temporary centre-back duo of Lovren and Gomez.

Gomez is a good seedling, but, with little experience, Lovren's biggest problem is the occasional sudden short circuit, which can be very lethal for a centre-back.

Bayern Munich attacked Liverpool's central flank, and it quickly paid off.

Vidal received a pass from Bernat and took two steps to pass the ball to Alonso.

Seeing Alonso break through with the ball, Henderson came over to intercept.

Alonso made a gesture to continue dribbling the ball, but suddenly made a sharp stop and passed the ball to Thiago in the middle.

Thiago made a long-range shot!

Seeing that Thiago seemed to be about to shoot from distance, Gomez came up to intercept, but, he was fooled and saw that he saved, and Thiago immediately passed the ball.

"Chance!"

"Bayern Munich's chance!"

'Coman received the ball and there was no one around him...... It was a chance that almost meant a goal for Koeman!!"

Coman didn't hesitate to shoot straight at goal, quite confident.

The distance was too close and the ball was so fast that Liverpool goalkeeper Mignolet couldn't make a save. I could only watch the football go into the net.

At this moment, the Allianz Arena was like an earthquake, and a huge cheer rang out.

See Coman score. Pep Guardiola also started running, but soon he was hugged by his assistant coach to celebrate the long-awaited goal.

Bayern Munich roared with joy in the dugout and on the bench.

"Bayern Munich took the initiative on the pitch and their hard work finally paid off! A beautiful offensive organization. Thiago's pass tore through the Liverpool defence! Gomez's blind scramble created an empty space in the ribs of the penalty area! For this conceded goal, Gomez has an unshirkable responsibility! 1 to 0! Bayern Munich broke the deadlock on the pitch!! ”

"Finally a goal! Koeman's goal broke the deadlock on the pitch, 1-0! Bayern Munich leads, they take the lead at the Allianz Arena! ”

'Liverpool have conceded a goal, they are now 1-0 down! This goal will be a morale blow to the team, of course, it is only more than 20 minutes into the first half, and the Liverpudlians still have time to pursue goals! ”

……

Both sides tee off in the center circle.

The game continued, Liverpool was still passive, Bayern Munich attacked more fiercely after the goal, and they took the initiative.

After Van Dijk left the pitch injured, Pep Guardiola's arrangement for the accident was very targeted, attacking the middle, and the two wings Lahm and Bernat also pressed frequently to put pressure on Liverpool's two wings. The aim is to threaten Liverpool's goal while trying to suppress Liverpool's possible counter-attacks.

At this time, an attack by Bayern Munich was blocked.

Liverpool launched a quick counter-attack.

First Joe. Gomes cut off Koeman's dribble and passed the ball to Emrejan.

Then Emrejan attacked with the ball, and Salah made a wall-to-wall combination with Emrejan after receiving it.

After receiving the ball, Salah did not dribble the ball, but took advantage of the situation, poked his toes, and the football rolled past the feet of the defender who had just rushed up, unable to stop because of inertia, and could only watch the ball roll behind him.

'Salah's pass – nice – "

Almost at the same time as Salah passed, Jiang Chenxi suddenly accelerated, getting rid of Douglas Costa, who had been entangled beside him, he caught up with the football, and directly shot at the goal, Martinez stretched out his foot to block, which changed the direction of the goal, this refraction made Neuer, who had moved in advance, dumbfounded, and he could only watch the football helplessly.

The Bayern Munich goalkeeper has nothing to do about this shot!

However, in the end, it was defeated by the goalpost!

Boom!

The soccer ball slammed into the post. Make a crunch sound.

Bayern Munich escaped, and Pep Guardiola breathed a sigh of relief in his seat.

Klopp, on the other hand, is a straight jump with regret.

After the ball was blocked by the post, Martinez quickly kicked the ball into the stands.

Liverpool's touchline ball.

Henderson threw the sideline ball, Jiang Chenxi ran out to catch it, and after he stopped the ball on his chest, he suddenly turned around and tried to pass Bernart's side, who saw that the situation was not good, and made a decisive tackle to shovel the ball out of the bottom line.

Liverpool won a corner.

Milner's corner kick went into the penalty area, this time, he drove the front point, Jiang Chenxi had the upper hand in the scramble with Alaba, he shook his head to attack, and the ball almost grazed the post and went out of the line.

"Oooo

"Alaba's defense has tried his best, and he still let Jiang Chenxi touch the football." Lineker said, "Jiang Chenxi's ability is indeed terrifying! ”

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As the game progressed, Liverpool gradually began to slow down and they began to be able to threaten the Bayern Munich goal constantly.

It was a counter-attack from Liverpool.

Jiang Chenxi quickly dribbled the ball to Bayern Munich's half from the side, Douglas Costa chased after him, Salah went to the side to meet Jiang Chenxi, and the two made a wall-hitting cooperation, Salah took advantage of the situation to send a through ball, Jiang Chenxi gave full play to his speed advantage and temporarily got rid of Douglas Costa.

Bayern Munich's players immediately gathered their forces in the middle to block Jiang Chenxi's possible long-range shot, they were too afraid of Jiang Chenxi, Jiang Chenxi was not only able to score in the penalty area, but also had a long-range shot, before the game, Guardiola repeatedly stressed not to give Jiang Chenxi a chance to shoot from a distance.

Lahm retreated, Vidal stepped forward, and Bernat detoured from one side, not giving Jiang Chenxi time to calmly get up.

Jiang Chenxi continued to dribble the ball.

Facing Vidal, who was robbing, he buckled the football and it passed!

Then, Jiang Chenxi lifted his right foot.

Is this going to shoot?!

Bayern Munich's defence is like a big enemy.

At this time, Jiang Chenxi suddenly sent a through ball that was close to the ground.

Then people saw a yellow figure appear on the trajectory of the football......

This is Roberto Firmino's chance......

The Brazilian striker on the run volleyed directly into the near corner of the goal, and the ball flew into the goal of Bayern Munich.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL!”

"Firmino!! He shot after receiving Jiang Chenxi's pass! Liverpool have scored! One-to-one! Liverpool equalised! ”

"Jiang Chenxi assisted, Firmino scored! Crucial goal! ”

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