Chapter 104: Bad start
As the referee Tulpin's whistle blew, the ball began to roll on the pitch.
The Lille team sitting at home is young and vigorous, unwilling to give up the initiative of the game to the other party, in the face of a strong opponent chose the midfield to fight hard, the game has entered the rhythm of hand-to-hand combat in the midfield from the beginning, the number of ball exchanges makes the audience overwhelmed, but the viewing is obviously not satisfactory to the audience, under the fierce scramble, frequent fouls, frequent mistakes are the most common scenes.
With the departure of Essien and M. Diarra, although Lyon's midfield still has strong midfielders like A. Diarra and Jeremy Tulalang, there is no absolute dominance of the past, so far, Cabaye and Jane Macon, two midfielders have helped Lille establish a subtle advantage in the midfield, and now it depends on whether this subtle advantage can continue to expand, completely defeat Lyon's midfield, and pull the game into Lille's rhythm, But also beware of Lyon's sudden attack on both wings, and the wings of Malouda and Govu should not be underestimated. ”
As soon as the words fell, Malouda on the left received the ball from Juninho Jr. and ran wildly along the left corridor. Malouda rose to prominence from Guingamp when his attacking combination with Didier Drogba terrified the Ligue 1 princes. He moved to Lyon in the summer of 2003 and gradually became one of the best wingers in Ligue 1, making a name for himself during his three-year spell at Lyon. In 2004, he was selected by Domenech for the first time in the national team, and soon became one of the favorite generals, participating in the 06 World Cup as the main left midfielder of the French team, and the terrifying wings formed by Ribery were the heroes of the French team to the final.
In the face of the French international's approaching step by step, the young Lichstena did not choose to force up for a tackle, but followed closely with the opponent's footsteps, diagonally and step by step, because his back was extremely empty, and he did not dare to make a gambling tackle at the cost of the defensive line being breached.
However, Malouda made a stop-and-go move to let Lichsteiner know the difference between the two, and the Lille defence on the right side was declared lost when Lichsteiner fell to the ground with a stop, and Malouda quickly broke away from the Swiss defence and cut inside into the middle.
Lille centre-back Tafraridis stepped up quickly to stop Malouda from entering the box, but instead of going it alone, Malouda knocked the ball across the line to Fred, and the Brazilian brushed the ball past the defenders around him and into the box.
"Danger!" It's a thought that comes to the minds of all Lille fans.
When the goalkeeper faced the shooter alone, the goal behind him was undoubtedly dangerous, it was not a fair duel, but there was no chivalry on the pitch, Fred would not let go of this opportunity, before the Lille goalkeeper Silva pounced, the ball flew from Silva's side into the goal behind him, because the distance was too close, the ball was too fast, Silva did not even have time to make any savings.
“1:0!! Just seven minutes into the game, Lyon, playing away, took the lead. The goal was due to Malouda's excellent breakthrough and selfless passing, and he has matured after the baptism of the World Cup, and has already achieved excellent statistics of 2 goals and 2 assists since the start of the game. ”
The stands at the Stadio de Lille were unusually quiet, no one expected to be scored so quickly, the two sides had been tangled in the middle, and there were few attacks that advanced into dangerous areas, and it was the first shot on goal for both teams.
Reeves was also surprised that Malouda chose to pass the ball, Reeves clearly remembered that Malouda did not like to pass, and in later generations at Chelsea, he would rather pass back than to Torres in the front line.
And Fred actually scored the goal, Reeves clearly remembered that this guy was the weakest No. 9 in the Brazilian world, and the goal rate in important games was extremely low, especially the poor performance in the World Cup in Brazil impressed Reeves.
Sure enough, the impression flow is unreliable.
Anyway, still conceded the ball, damn it.
Reeves stood in the middle circle with his hands crossed over his waist and watched Fred celebrate wildly.
I have to work harder.
'This goal broke the situation on the pitch and Puel must have been depressed, there was a gap in quality and he conceded early, but I think the neutral crowd will be happy that this game will not become boring, because according to the previous games of the season, whether Lyon take the lead or Lille will not choose conservative tactics after conceding, which means that the rest of the game is likely to be a goal shootout.
Puel angrily got up and yelled at Lichsteiner on the field, a scene rarely seen in previous games, where Puel was a very elegant gentleman on the sidelines. The reason for such a big change is that Puel has never taken this game seriously, he has been in Lille for four years and has spent four years building this team, and he thinks it is harvest season, when the title is won from Lyon.
In his opinion, Lyon's present is the future of Lille, similar business strategy, the same many highly talented players, and Lyon's starting point is not high, before the five consecutive championships, he once sank in the second division, Lille's foundation is much better than it, he also spent four years to improve the team, last season has achieved the third place, and he is still in a few direct conversations with Lyon, he believes that the time has come for his own team, and the first step is to overthrow the old dynasty, starting from this victory.
So Puel was unhappy with the goal conceded, he didn't expect Juninho Jr. to get the ball from the crowd to the feet of Malouda on the wing, and he didn't expect Malouda to break through Lichsteiner's defense so easily.
But since it is behind, let's strengthen the attack, Puel wanted to grab control of the midfield and advance the attack step by step, but now it is behind, so the team can only temporarily give up the midfield competition and quickly advance directly to the opponent's penalty area, and strive to equalize as soon as possible.
As the midfield scramble came to an end, the game was no longer interrupted by frequent fouls, but with the coordination of passing and cutting, the scene became smoother, and the number of shots on goal from both sides increased, which is exactly what the audience likes to see.
In the 12th minute, Reeves finally got rid of the bag defense through relentless running, and after receiving the ball, he quickly pulled the ball and turned to complete the first shot, which was saved by the goalkeeper.
Reeves wasn't disappointed and although he didn't get on the scoresheet, he thinks he has found his way to the goal and he's running on that road at the moment.
The race has just begun.