Volume 2 Chapter 86 The Clash of Styles (Part II)
'Fernando Torres, he got on the end of Gerrard's through-ball, Cech ......', Peterson shouted, 'top goalkeeper, he came out pretty fast and got the ball off the touchline'
In the chaos just now, the ball happened to jump at the feet of Gerrard, he did not stop the ball, and slammed it straight to Torres in the ribs.
"Gerrard was a little bit quicker and a little bit more powerful, otherwise Torres would have had a chance to reach it," McManaman said.
Peterson laughed and said, "Are you going to say that if it's Mark ...... again", Zola was also amused, and this match sentence really became McManaman's mantra.
"I'm right," McManaman said with a smile, "In the whole Liverpool team, no one is better than Mark in terms of short and medium passes, even in the entire Premier League, and Cesc Fabregas can compare to him"
Of course, this is not wrong, the U16 Ahlette and the U18 Hugh McAoray did not give him targeted training for nothing, and even when he arrived in the reserves, he had to take time to go back to Cocoby for a spot check, just to lay a solid foundation for him.
Mack's talent Kirk has a much deeper understanding than that of the coaches, after all, he has brought it up little by little since childhood, and his ball sense and ball quotient can be said to be the best in the past twenty or thirty years.
Peterson didn't say anything, why didn't he want Mark Qin to play, most of the 22 people on the field were superstars, but how to play and how to play, he could explain it with his eyes closed, there was no surprise, if Mark was on the court, it would be different.
The taste of this product is also diligently cultivated by Mark, full of creative stars, the world can pull out a few, most of them are the products of the youth production line, with distinctive characteristics, based on strength.
Why are there so many creative midfield stars on the Brazilian and Argentine side, obviously, because most of them are born in street football, there are not so many rules in their heads, and naturally what they kick out is their own things, and their own is unique.
"The game has been going on for almost 30 minutes, and the two teams are still 0:0", Peterson did not forget his duty and brought the topic back to the field at the right time.
"Together, we ride through the storm......"
The support of the Liverpool fans in the stands is unsparing, even if you don't play well, they will still support you unreservedly, but they are not like Real Madrid's Meilingue, who raises his taste so much, and he will be booed if he doesn't look good.
"I think it's possible to make it 0:0 all over the game", McManaman habitually complained, he is a technical star himself, and he personally likes to attack, and of course he doesn't like to look at defense.
"Then let's pray that the two teams will score first, then there will be a look", Zola didn't know, his words today, the mana is boundless, and he chased Pele.
In the 35th minute, Alonso received the ball from the back and sent it directly over the top to Kuyt, who was inserted from the Chelsea full-back and centre-back, and the ball was very good, showing Alonso's skillful long passing.
But Terry is very experienced, as soon as he saw that Kuyt had taken the lead, it was difficult for him to turn around and catch up, so he squeezed directly with his body, delaying Kuyt for a while, and when Kuyt almost caught up with the ball, Cech was directly confiscated by the attacker.
So the defense of this thing, talent is part of the body, experience and the tacit understanding of the whole team is more important, the defense of the Chelsea gang has been trained by Mourinho for several seasons, plus the tacit understanding of the personnel who have played together for many years, it is indeed strong for a reason.
Petr Cech grabbed the ball and threw it directly to Ashley Cole on the left, and the awareness of the counter-attack was firmly instilled in their minds, as Liverpool's right winger Kuyt was still by his side.
'Peter Cech confiscated Alonso's pass and tossed it to Ashleycole, who was pushing forward with the ball,' said Peterson, a situation that happened on both sides of the day and didn't take it as a spectacular spectacle.
Ashley Cole advanced into midfield and, after Gerrard came up in the back position, turned and pushed the ball across to Makelele and continued to cut forward.
Kuyt hadn't returned to defence yet, and Gerrard then filled him up on the wing, and Kuyt quickly switched positions and ran towards Makelele.
The reason why Makelele is known as the best midfielder today is not only because of his defensive skills and coverage area, but also because he rarely concedes the ball and has a certain ability to advance.
He looked up and saw that Gerrard and Ballack had pressed Liverpool's remaining two midfielders back and immediately pushed forward with the ball, still in a position where Alonso and Mascherano were combined.
When Makelle was out of the middle circle, Alonso had no choice but to go up, otherwise it would be even more dangerous for him to drive straight into the 30-metre area.
Alonso's forward press, and naturally Carragher behind him had to follow forward to defend Lampard, and it was at this time that Makelele passed a good ball.
He struck over the top and found Carragher behind him, while Malouda cut past Arbeloa for offside and headed straight for the ribs of the Liverpool penalty area.
"Makellele, he made a good pass and Malouda shook Arbelloa away", Peterson finally saw some exciting scenes.
The moment the ball crossed the top, Liverpool's back line was like a big enemy, but the excellent defensive quality still kept them from panicking.
Abelloa chases back.
Carragher turned back and chased back.
Skrtel gives up Drogba to the front point to block.
Mascherano rushed to Drogba to prevent him from stealing the point.
But such a counterattack opportunity, Chelsea didn't know how many times it was played, Malouda struggled to catch up with the ball, didn't even look at the penalty area, and directly dunked a pass with his left foot.
The ball slipped past Skrtel's feet and went straight to Ballack at the top of the arc of the penalty area, and he was empty!
"Malouda caught up with the ball and crossed back to the top of the box and Ballack ......," exclaimed Peterson.
Benitez tightened his hands on the sidelines, his heart burst, and the feeling of danger hit his whole body, only to see Ballack raise his arm, swing his thick right leg, turn slightly sideways, meet the incoming ball "bang", use all his strength, and hit the ball with one kick.
"Ballack ......, ...... long-range shot", Peterson seems to use all his strength to reflect the strength of the ball.
The ball turned into a white light and went straight to the left side of the goal, to say this Ballack, in fact, he was in much worse condition after arriving at Chelsea than in Germany, so his long-range shot was fast and fast, and the angle was not very awkward.
Reyna was ready to save a long-range shot when Malouda returned the pass, and when he saw the ball fly from Ballack's feet, he kicked directly with his left leg and flew to the side.
'Reina, good saves, his reflexes were pretty ...... Joe cole...... Supplementary ...... Goal… al… Al", a series of Peterson narrations popped out of his mouth.
Reina's save was on the ball, but because the ball was too fast, he didn't judge the position of the ball so accurately, he didn't save it with his hands, and hit his flying thigh directly and bounced to the small penalty area at the near post, which happened to be guarded by Joe Cole.
Joe Cole made a conscious block with his left foot and the ball flew straight into the net from the falling Reina.
Joe Cole ...... He scored a valuable away goal for Chelsea and Liverpool were on the defensive,' continued Peterson.
"The ball", McManaman shook his head, "Chelsea counter-attacked too quickly, and the most important thing is that they didn't expect Makelele to deliver such a penetrating over-the-top pass"
Benitez raised his arm in frustration, inserted it in the middle, plugged it in in the middle, and it was this that he arranged for half a day, and he was still caught by their two world-class central midfielders.
Mackin also slapped his chair depressedly, against a team like Chelsea, conceded an away goal, and the game has entered a hellish level of difficulty, these blue demons, playing a defensive counterattack, are more resolute than Liverpool.
Even if he could come off the bench, it would be incredibly difficult to score.
"Ah......h
The decibel levels were suddenly lowered throughout Anfield, and apparently most fans knew what it meant to be caught in an away goal by Chelsea.
Benitez paced back and forth frantically on the sidelines, pressing his hands down and shouting to the field: "Steady, don't be impatient, don't concede the ball before halftime"
With eight minutes or so to go before the first half, the Liverpool players were a little frustrated, but they were also old opponents on the other side, and they quickly adjusted.
When the whistle blew at the end of the game, they didn't concede any more goals, but they didn't make any decent attacks.
Looking at the Liverpool players as they walked down the tunnel, McManaman said: 'Liverpool have to figure out how to score in the second half and if Chelsea take 1-0 to their home stadium, everybody knows what that means'
Benitez does want to attack, but how to attack is another problem, and these players on the field are the best offensive lineup that can be sent on the basis of solid defense.
If he conceded another goal in the second half for the sake of attacking, the series would be completely over, so he looked around at halftime and finally decided not to make substitutions for the time being.
This made Mack Qin very disappointed.
When he was behind, the halftime passed quickly, because he felt that there was too much to say, Benitez explained everything in detail, and before he could finish his explanation, the fourth referee came to urge him to play.
"Benitez didn't make any substitutions in the second half and he still believed in his line-up in the first half," said Peterson as he looked off the pitch.
'Maybe he's in a dilemma because Liverpool are more afraid of conceding goals than Chelsea right now,' said Zola.
The second half started as scheduled, Chelsea were obviously a little more recovered than the first half, and it seemed that they were determined to play Liverpool's counter-attack, and Liverpool had no good way, even if they knew it was a trap, they had to jump in.
Once Chelsea have to defend, Barcelona will struggle to score, not to mention Liverpool now, who have to rely on non-stop ineffective crosses and long-range shots from Steven Gerrard and Marcos Alonso.
"Mascherano, good ball, oops, it was too dangerous just now, if it was crossed by Joe Cole, it is likely that Drogba will be able to make a single ......", the game went to the 68th minute, the score was still 1:0, Chelsea was ahead, and a Chelsea counterattack just now was quite dangerous.
"Benitez made a substitution, Benayoun replaced Aurelio," said Peterson.
"Why don't you let Mark play," McManaman asked, "and in a cross from the wing, Mark has better footwork than Benayoun"
However, no one knew what Benitez was thinking, and as the minutes ticked by, Liverpool's patience began to dwindle, and Gerrard had already fired two hasty long-range shots into the flak of the anti-aircraft gun.
Benayoun's in-cut dribbling didn't create much of a chance for the team, and the clock was already on the 76th minute, leaving Liverpool with less and less time left.
Benitez looked at his watch and finally made the most important substitution of the game, he asked Sami Lee to call Makqin, but he didn't have time to explain specifically, and said directly: "Mark, you go up to replace Torres"
Torres' fitness has been almost depleted, and now that Chelsea are shrinking their defence, there is little point in him staying on the pitch.