Chapter 110: Tangled Liverpool
Liverpool is still the same Liverpool, and Villa is still the same Villa in the league at the beginning of January. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
It's just that Liverpool, who wanted to learn some experience from Arsenal a few days ago, found that Arsenal played exactly the same way as they did at the beginning, attacking in the first half to open the gap, and then defending in the second half. Although Arsenal drew with Villa in the end, the result was better than Liverpool's previous loss, but in fact it was not how well Arsenal played, but Villa made a mistake and exhausted their energy prematurely, which gave Arsenal a chance to equalize at the last moment.
Of course, it can't be said so deadly, after all, if the weak Villa did not play against Arsenal in the first half, maybe they will not have a chance to overtake the score. But in any case, it is true that Liverpool have not learned from Arsenal any way to deal with Villa. And in this League Cup final, Liverpool can only see what tactics Villa uses, and then improvise.
On the Villa side, after several tough battles in the past two months, especially after the lessons of the last game with Arsenal, they are also more experienced in the distribution of physical fitness.
So, after waiting for this final, Liverpool once again felt the feeling of being led by the nose by Villa.
In the first half, Liverpool still played onslaught as always, while Villa neither contracted the defense nor played against the opponent, but played the most ordinary TF-BP tactics, balanced offense and defense.
After 20 minutes of the first half, the two sides were tied at 1-1, and Liverpool's hearts began to grow hairy, because they couldn't figure out what Villa's intentions were.
Judging by Villa's previous games, it is only against those who are weaker than them that they will play like this. Against strong teams, such as Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal, Villa will make some targeted deployments.
But today, Villa's seemingly normal, but actually quite abnormal performance, made Liverpool not know what to do, they were afraid that they didn't know when, Villa would come to a "surprise attack", which caught them off guard.
And in the midst of this entanglement, Liverpool's attack began to become timid, and the efficiency of the attack was greatly reduced. Originally, according to common sense, if the offense is weakened, the defense will be strengthened accordingly. However, Liverpool are not in a state of "common sense" right now, so when the attack is fruitless, the defense has not become much stronger, and then ......
At 2:1, Villa scored the leading goal.
The bystanders are clear, and the authorities are confused. The players on the field of Liverpool don't know how to play, but the manager on the sidelines sees it quite clearly.
"Attack~! Offensive~! Offensive~~~!!! Don't care how they fight~! Offensive~~~!!! ”
The words of the Liverpool manager were simply shouted, not only by the Liverpool players, but also by the Villa players.
"No change, go on." Wang Shuai heard the roar of the opposing coach, shrugged his shoulders, and laid out the tactical arrangements for the other teammates lightly.
However, although Liverpool's players followed the manager's instructions, they were subconsciously still on the lookout for Villa, so even if they started to organise again, they were nowhere near as effective as in the first half.
On the contrary, it was Villa's side, who watched Liverpool's empty backline, and in the last ten minutes of the first half, they seized the opportunity to score a goal again.
At 3-1, Villa returned to the dressing room with a two-goal lead.
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In the case that Villa has not yet presented a "killer feature", they have a two-goal lead, and everyone understands that this season's League Cup championship trophy has completely missed Liverpool.
This kind of truth that non-professionals can understand, and the whole Liverpool team can understand it very well. But it's obviously impossible to give up with half time left, and if they do, the Liverpool fans will be able to spray them to death when they return to Merseyside.
But if you don't give up, you should also pay attention to the method, if the method is right, it is called tenacious struggle, and if the method is wrong, it is called stubborn resistance. And Liverpool's method is to attack.
So, in the second half, the fans watching the game saw an incredible scene. In the face of Villa's strong attack, Liverpool completely abandoned the defense and instead played against Villa.
After a brief moment of stunnedness, the audience boiled.
Wembley Stadium is a neutral stadium after all, and the vast majority of fans at the scene are not die-hards or black fans of the two teams, they want to see not which team wins the championship in the end, but want to see goals, the more the better. So after both teams started to attack frantically, the vast majority of the fans on the scene began to cheer, of course, they will never cheer for a team, but which team controls the ball, cheer for which team.
Well, Villa and Liverpool, two teams, in the same game, feel the atmosphere at home and away at the same time, which is also a miracle.
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From the point of view of attack power, Villa's accelerated TF-BP tactics are slightly higher than Liverpool's Trident, after all, TF-BP tactics have system bonuses. On the other hand, Villa did not give up defending when attacking, and on this alone, Villa's advantage is much greater than that of Liverpool.
The game did exactly that, and when Villa's attacking formation finally withdrew after half an hour, the score was 6-2. Following the 3:1 in the first half, Villa played again with a 3:1 score in the second half.
With less than fifteen minutes remaining and four goals down, there was no suspense in the game, and after Villa's attack died down, Liverpool's side also completely abandoned the game, and the Carabao Cup final went into garbage time early.
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"Toot ~! Honk~! Honk~~~!!! ”
"The final score, 6:2~! The winners of this match, who are also the winners of the League Cup for the 2022-2023 season, are .................. Aston~~~Vera~~~!! ”
As the referee's final whistle blew, the on-site commentator at Wembley Stadium also called out the game, which was also the final result of the entire Carabao Cup this season.
For Villa, the title doesn't weigh that much, as this is their third trophy of the season, and so far in the schedule, almost a third of the season has not been played.
There's still a long way to go.