"CCTV, CCTV, is now broadcasting for you the 2008-2009 English Premier League 24th round of the focus of the battle, the Reds Liverpool at home against the Blues Chelsea, the Reds meet the Blues, is the most spectacular league in this round of the Premier League! Coincidentally, these two teams are currently the top two teams in the Premier League, Chelsea are at the top of the league standings with 62 points from 23 games, 20 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, while the home team Liverpool has 23 games, 16 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses and 52 points, ranking second in the league by 10 points. ”

As the signal cut in, Premier League commentator Zhan Jun began to give broadcast comments.

"Well, the referee has blown the whistle for the start of the game, and the first kick-off is the visiting team Chelsea, who are wearing their traditional blue shirt and blue pants, attacking from the left side of the screen to the right, while the home team Liverpool is wearing their traditional red shirt and red pants and attacking from the right side of the screen to the left......"

Attendance at Anfield was very high, and so was the league game.

In addition to the many football hooligans, England fans give the impression of beautiful singing in the stadium, and Liverpool also represents England fans very well.

"You'll Never Walk Alone" shows no signs of stopping from the warm-up of the players on both sides to the start of the game, and every Liverpool fan in the red jersey sings very hard, holding the fan scarf in both hands, and they use the strength of the team to help the team.

Now can be said to be a great opportunity for Liverpool, as long as they win at home to Chelsea, then they will close the difference, I believe that in the next ten rounds of the league, Liverpool will reverse Chelsea to become the league champion.

Therefore, Benitez also sent an aggressive four-three-three formation in this game, the goalkeeper is Spain's No. 3 national Reina, the four defenders are Arbeloa, Carragher, Skrtel and Aurelio, the three midfielders are Mascherano, Xavi Alonso, and Gerrard, and the three forwards are Kuyt, Torres and Riera.

But Chelsea also play in the usual four-three-three formation.

And this team is basically the main players of Chelsea's previous five consecutive victories against Liverpool, but because of the sudden emergence of Modric, he replaced Essien's position and partnered Frank Lampard and Ballack in midfield.

However, what worries Liverpool the most is not this position, but Chelsea's number nine - Elloh!

In order to limit Iro's play, Benitez can be said to be a dangerous move in this game, using Mascherano to mark Iroh full-time, not giving him the slightest space to get the ball in the front court.

Although the man-to-man defense is no longer suitable for modern football, it has to be said that Benitez's defensive strategy is so good that Iello didn't do much for the opening nearly thirty minutes.

With Ello being restricted, Chelsea's attack was also in jeopardy.

So...... Liverpool's rare appearance pressed Chelsea for most of the time, only failing to score thanks to goalkeeper Petr Cech's brilliant play.

The score is still 0:0

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Taking advantage of a dead ball opportunity, Iroh looked up at the time on the big screen, more than half an hour had passed in the game, but he didn't have a chance to shine yet.

He turned his head helplessly to look at Mascherano who was staring at him, staring at him so sparingly, wasn't he afraid that his physical energy would be consumed too quickly?

Mascherano seemed to sense Iro's gaze and turned his head to look at it.

The two looked at each other, and Mascherano had a rare smile on his face, obviously...... He was very happy with his performance in this half hour.

Is World Footballer of the Year awesome? Isn't it inaction under my own defense?

Elo's attention lingered on Mascherano for half a second before running forward to get the ball over from Cech's goal.

The smile on Mascherano's face widened, and Iro's turn to walk away gave him the feeling of a defeated rooster leaving in disgrace.

If...... If Mascherano knew what was going on in Iroh's heart, would he vomit blood in anger?

Iroh stayed on his face for half a second only because he didn't play well in the half hour, and it had nothing to do with his good performance.

Defenders are always passive defenders, while offensive players are the ones who are absolutely active, so it's not so much that Mascherano is outstanding, but that Iroh is not playing well.

Petr Cech takes a goal kick and the ball flies towards his own side on the left.

Arbeloa and Mascherano leaned in at the same time, but neither of them was as tall nor bounced as Eilo, so the header battle became clear at a glance, and Elo easily headed the ball to Modric, then turned and pulled to the left wing, ready to catch the ball.

Mascherano didn't hesitate to follow Ello to the wing, but he didn't get close, because Arbeloa was already standing in the forward path of Ello, and he just had to cut off the passing path between the ball carrier and Elo.

It's not hard to see from here that he's a player who likes to play with his brain.

Iroh had to drop back again to increase the angle from which he could get the ball.

But...... Mascherano followed.

In the face of such an active defensive Mascherano, Iroh was not surprised, but took it for granted.

Because...... Iroh's pullback is not about gaining more space, but ...... For the sake of Mascherano's physical fitness, but also to confuse other opponents.

He didn't believe Mascherano would be able to recover quickly from the back and forth sprints.

Mourinho's brows on the field were about to wrinkle into a 'Chuan' word, he did not expect Benitez to reduce the number of defenders in the middle and increase the restrictions on Elo.

That is to say, Mascherano went out to defend Ayro, then they only had Xavi Alonso and Gerrard left in the middle of the two central midfielders, and then counting Riera and Kuyt, who were actively returning to defense, were just four people, but after all, Riera and Kuyt were not professional defenders, they were more of a show, helping to defend, if they were really one-on-one, it was estimated that they could only be regarded as stakes.

After being led back and forth by Iroh several times, even the physically energetic Mascherano felt the burning sensation in his lungs, but when he saw the almost expressionless Iro, he gritted his teeth and followed.

As he was running, Iroh saw Mascherano running at full speed, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, his feet swung a little faster, and he reached out for the ball.

Mascherano didn't have time to think about it, and followed Iro's frequency by a point.

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'Javier Mascherano was very good in the first half, ......limiting Ai to death,' said the local Liverpool commentator, smugly, and if memory serves, it was Mascherano's best game since he played against Elo.

Thinking of this, the Liverpool local commentator said an octave higher: "Break the ball, and then ...... Assist Fernando! ”

But as soon as the words fell, he was startled by this scene on the big screen.

After Mascherano fully raised the speed, Iroh was still about ten meters away from the halfline, and suddenly his speed stagnated, and the small broken step stopped in place with a slight adjustment, and then quickly turned around and accelerated forward.

Iroh suddenly stopped and turned to accelerate without warning, Mascherano didn't react at all, just instinctively followed the emergency stop, but because he was in too haste, he slid on the turf for nearly two meters before stopping, where could he still have time to defend?

Modric, who took the ball, saw that Ailo temporarily got rid of Mascherano and did not hesitate to pass the ball straight to his own side to attack the left rib.

Originally, because of Elo's retreat, Liverpool's rear was pulled very open, but Ailo was rigidly restricted, there was no pressure on the defense, and Benitez did not ask the players to stand up close on the field.

Coupled with Mascherano's close pursuit of Ailo, Abeloa stood on the right side of his defense and did not keep up with Mascherano's rhythm, which means that the two are far away from protection.

So...... There is a problem with Liverpool's defence!

Iello was quick to get the ball on, and in the blink of an eye it was in the 30-metre area of Liverpool's defence.

Fortunately, Xavi Alonso's sense of defense is super strong, and when he saw that there was a large vacuum on the right side of his defense, he consciously approached this side.

Sure enough, Iroh unexpectedly got rid of Mascherano and then turned and held the ball to the left flank.

In the face of Xavi Alonso, Iroh did not have any fancy moves, and directly pulled the ball to the left with the sole of his right foot, and then Xavi Alonso subconsciously stretched out his foot to poke the ball.

The arch of his left foot connected with the previous right-footed pull, stabbed between Xavi Alonso's legs and then went around the right.

Xavi Alonso tried to close his legs, but he was half a beat slower, and because he was too hasty, he didn't stand on his feet, and as a result, the soles of his feet slipped and he fell on the turf.

“oh-my-god！！！” Chelsea TV commentator Clive Walker excitedly shouted: "Crotch! Pull the ball past Xavi Alonso! ”

Countless Chelsea fans sitting in front of the TV stood up in excitement at Elo's brilliant pass, their fists clenched tightly unconsciously.

Benitez, who was standing on the sidelines, was taken aback by Xavi Alonso's fall because ...... Now Iroh has entered the 25-meter defensive zone unmarked.

The worst thing is that there is no protective barrier in front of the central defenders.

Vice-captain Carragher hurriedly greeted Skrtel and rushed to defend Iroh.

While approaching Carragher, Iello made a fake impression of passing the ball to Drogba, tricking the latter into subconsciously extending his legs, and then using the flexibility of his ankles, he pushed the ball between Carragher's legs with a push of the arch of his foot.

"Oh my God, it's crotch again!!" Clive Walker's love affair rose a few points.