Chapter 97: Meeting on a Narrow Road (Second Update)
"Here is Penguin Live's 2015-2016 Europa League semi-final Villarreal vs Liverpool. In the first half, China's Dai Zhiwei opened the scoring for Villarreal, and Liverpool equalized at the end of the first half, and the current score between the two sides has not changed, and Villarreal temporarily drew with Liverpool with a score of 1:1. ”
"The second half of the game was much more boring than the first half, and there were almost no exciting scenes. However, there were many more fouls than in the first half, and it was the penalty fouls from both sides that interrupted the offensive organization of both teams. ”
Only Ruiz received a yellow card in the first half, but at the start of the second half, Milner was booked for a foul on Suarez for a tackle.
Ten minutes later, Bruno was shown a yellow card for a tackle on Moreno again.
In the 56th minute, Liverpool's yellow card army made a comeback again, and Lovren was yellow carded for a foul on Soldado.
Although the second half was played more ferociously and roughly, it was clearly more conducive to Liverpool's performance, after all, the Premier League relied more on physical confrontation than La Liga clubs have always relied on physical confrontation.
Milner used his body to fend off his defender Mario Gaspar on the flank, and then reversed the triangle to Coutinho.
Coutinho received the ball with no one within three metres of the perimeter, so he immediately shot with his feet and fired a good quality that Asenjo couldn't save.
However, Coutinho's shot bypassed the goalkeeper's ten fingers but was still unable to find the back of the net, the ball hit the right post and bounced back, and Firmino's powerful shot from 15 yards tried to score a brace, but this time it was saved by Asenjo in just the right position.
Coincidentally, shortly after Liverpool hit the post, the Villarreal midfielder launched a fast attack, Dos Santos passed through the front of the penalty area, and Dai Zhiwei successfully countered offside and then fired a powerful volley from 16 yards on the right side of the penalty area after dodging Kolo Toure's entanglement.
"Let's go inside!" Dai Zhiwei's shooting felt good, and when he saw Mignolet, who was one step slower, he was ready to celebrate, but ......
"Bang!" Dai Zhiwei's shot hit the left post hard.
However, he reacted immediately and rushed forward to shoot again, but Lovren was closer to the ball and kicked it off the left post.
"Hah!"
The helpless Dai Zhiwei had to slap the column with his right palm, this time he was really depressed, he really experienced the sadness of hitting the column, and it was better not to give people illusions at all.
It's like eating a fly while eating, and finding no paper after going to the toilet.
Nearly halfway through the second half, Marcelino and Jurgen Klopp on the sidelines began to deploy their troops, and the Yellow Submarine replaced Dos Santos with Leao.
Unlike Villarreal, who were just substitutions, Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp was a little more aggressive, bringing on striker Ibi for Coutinho, who was out of form this game.
The final battle of this game is about to start.
After the substitutions of the two teams, the game continued, Liverpool adopted the style of play of pressing Villarreal with attack, Klopp's line-up was somewhat unexpected by Marcelino, and for a while there was a lot of noise in front of the yellow submarine.
In the 68th minute, Firmino crossed and Lallana's shot from the edge of the box was blocked by Asenjo.
In the 72nd minute, Lucas split the side, Moreno passed the ball on the right edge of the small penalty area, and Ibby, who had just come on as a substitute, slid wide from 30 yards.
Two minutes later, Herna's free-kick from the right sparked a scuffle, Villarreal was barely cleared by the Villarreal defence, and Lallana's left-footed volley from the edge of the box went wide of the left-hand post.
Although Liverpool's attacking momentum is wave after wave, and it seems that the goal is just around the corner, it is common for the football field to be scoreless, not to mention that the opponent has a sharp knife that is enough to kill people.
At this moment, the last thing Liverpool wanted to see happened - the Reds' front-court combination suddenly made a mistake, Lallana couldn't get past Bruno when he chose to break through, so he passed back to Joe Allen next to him to look for another opportunity.
Originally, this was a normal cooperation, but at the moment of his pass, Soldado suddenly rushed out, like a leopard that had been lurking on the grassland for a long time, and quickly pounced on his prey, and Lallana's ball was broken.
It also means that Villarreal's counterattack begins!
There was also a burst of cheers from the stands at the Love Song Stadium, and the fans had been depressed for a long time watching the attacking tide of the visiting team Liverpool. At this time, Soldado's wonderful steal made their eyes shine and let them burst out the passion in their hearts instantly!
If there is anyone in the Villarreal squad who is most eager to have a good performance in this game, Soldado will be the one who will be in charge.
In the past, it was the return of the Premier League that made the Spanish striker from a thousand favorites to a balloon star, and at this time in the face of the Premier League giants Liverpool, he desperately wanted to use his outstanding performance to prove that it was not that he couldn't adapt to the Premier League, but because of the mistakes of the year.
Lallana wanted to step forward to take the ball back again, but this time he miscalculated, Soldado did not give him a chance to get close at all, without the slightest drag, and passed the ball directly to Dai Zhiwei, who was waiting in front of him.
Counterattack!
Dai Zhiwei excitedly rushed to Liverpool's position with the ball, his feet exploded with unprecedented speed, one second he was still receiving the ball near the center circle of his own half, and the next second he was rushing to the front of the field and hitting the Liverpool defensive area.
Dai Zhiwei's pace once again showed the crowd that he should be in the sprint event of track and field rather than hiding behind the offside line.
He dribbled the ball at his feet, but his eyes kept scanning the positions and runs of the players around him, but the Liverpool players behind him were difficult to shorten the distance between him.
Dai Zhiwei used his astonishing speed to rush to the front of Liverpool's penalty area in an instant, and he already knew about the pursuit of Liverpool players later, but he had no other Villarreal players in his eyes at this time, and he had no intention of passing the ball at all.
Chloe Toure has been teased by Dai Zhiwei many times before, and he wants to use this opportunity to completely wash away his shame.
But he was powerless, Dai Zhiwei's speed of rushing up was not something he could stop at all, he just flicked the ball lightly, and then relied on acceleration to rush past Kolo-Toure.
Kolo Toure was followed by his centre-back partner Lovren, who saw Dai Zhiwei break through Kolo Toure's defence, but the ball was a little out of the zone of control and he was just a tackle to disrupt the attack.
Dai Zhiwei saw Lovren's choice, he didn't flinch, a sliding tackle, but also a tackle without hesitation, but it was a shovel!
"When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins, fight!"
(End of chapter)