Iello has not left the box since returning to the penalty area to help defend with the previous corner kick defense, because Liverpool's attack is very fierce during this time, and he is afraid that if he leaves the box, Crouch or Kuyt will seize the opportunity to pull a goal back.

And Flores looked at the team's passive defense and did not ask Iello to return to his position and wait for the opportunity to attack, after all, the time of the game has reached the last few minutes of the game, there is no need to take the lead of the third goal so seriously, at this time, no one dares to pack the ticket Liverpool will not score a goal in the remaining time.

So at this time, it is understandable to choose a conservative approach.

Flores then began to redeploy his team, replacing David Silva with Edu, strengthening the defense in the middle and also tightening the restrictions on wide crossers.

By the 85th minute, Valencia's players had largely retreated to the 30-metre defensive zone of their own half, leaving only David Villa in the local arc as a strategic containment.

Although the team chose to retreat to the half during this time, the fans in the stands did not boo the home team because of this change, and the team they supported was Valencia, and it was already very good to win the 2004-2005 UEFA Champions League winner Liverpool 2:0, and it was the most suitable choice to choose defense at this time.

The team chose to defend, and they continued to cheer on the sidelines, cheering on the team they were supporting.

Liverpool's attack looked ferocious, but in reality it was not much of a threat as Iello was more prepared for the football than Kuyt and Crouch had judged.

Iroh's landing on football is a sight to come to every commentator in the studio!

"Oh my God, he's jumping so high!!"

"Wow! He was pushed out again, and the jump on the spot was higher than Crouch, so how could the Liverpool players live? ”

"It's amazing, I think he should be playing in the NBA instead of playing football!!"

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This is the line of the commentators from various countries during this time, when Iello cleared Liverpool's wide cross perfectly.

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Seeing that the game time was about to reach the last minute of regular time, Liverpool suddenly changed their style of play, no longer blindly crossing from the wing, but opted to control the ball at their feet.

The change came as a bit of a surprise to Valencia's defenders.

With Valencia's edge of the box largely overcrowded, Xavi Alonso pushed the ball back before making a detour to regroup his attack some 40 metres from Valencia's goal.

The ball was too far from the penalty area and Valencia's backline pressed a few steps forward under Ayala's command, so Crouch and Kuyt both followed suit a few steps to avoid falling into an offside trap.

The formation was still pressing forward, so Xavi Alonso, who was on the ball, was not on guard, and he calmly looked up to observe, just then Pennant suddenly ran sideways along the last defender of the Valencia back line on the left side.

Xavi Alonso doesn't hesitate to pick up his right foot and make a long pass!

Ayala, who is experienced, saw Xavi Alonso pick up his right foot and quickly instructed his team-mates to pay attention to Pennant's movement, which immediately attracted the attention of Albiol and Baraja, while nearby defenders also focused on Liverpool's two strikers.

But in fact, Xavi Alonso's long pass was not looking for Pennant, but using footwork to switch and find Finnan who was inserted at high speed on the right.

The power angle of this ball is very good, and it belongs to the kind of person to ball.

Del Horno rushed up to defend when he saw the situation, but what he didn't expect was that Finnan didn't plan to stop the ball and cross, but directly used his right foot to go to the ribs and stopped!

"Steve Finnan!!"

The BBC commentator shouted violently.

Finnan's stop-and-go action was very stretched, and it was done without slowing down, so Del Ornora didn't pull it, and central defender Ayala had to step forward to make up for it.

Between the flashes of lightning, Valencia's solid defensive system showed a glimmer of holes.

Since Finnan has already run Liverpool's attacking players closest to the baseline, Crouch, Kuyt and Pennant in the middle are not offside, so Valencia's backline can only follow and recover.

When Finnan was about to get the ball to the edge of the penalty area and the bottom line, he looked up slightly and glanced back at his teammate's movement, and then sent a very fast boccia ball.

Crouch and Kuyt's height and ability are all there, drawing basically all the effective defenders.

So much so that there was a vacuum between the penalty spot and the penalty area.

And the football coming out of Finnan is rolling into this vacuum.

"Gerard !!!" The commentators in England chanted collectively at this moment.

Gerrard plugged in at high speed and headed for the football.

Albiol was tall and turned around to block, and Moretti was still at the far end, even farther away from this vacuum, so the responsibility of blocking was handed over to Albelda, who was also running back.

However, Gerrard's speed and explosiveness are clearly above Albelda's, so he can only use the inertia of running to make up for this shortcoming, falling to the ground and sliding tackle about two meters from the football, hoping to interfere with Gerrard's shooting.

When Gerrard finished shooting, Albelda's right foot was late.

Gerrard was clever in his choice, about 13 yards from goal, and instead of rounding his right leg, he struck a snatch with his right foot.

Canizares was obstructed in his field of vision, and by the time he saw the football, it had already reached the line of the small penalty area, so it was too late to react, and the ball headed towards the far corner of the goal.

Eventually, the ball rolled into the goal with the home team's fans screaming.

Gerrard was so excited after the goal that he ran all the way to the corner flag before he raised his arms and shouted.

Naturally, there was a tsunami of boos as his actions were judged to be a provocation by the home fans in the stands.

However, Gerrard didn't care about any of this, and it was his goal in the Champions League final two years ago that sounded the clarion call for a magical Istanbul counter-attack, and he firmly believes that this goal will definitely have a profound impact on the two-legged knockout round.

Because the team only needs a cheap 1-0 to get to the final when they return to Anfield!

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"Steve Gerrard! Liverpool's spiritual leaders!! In this moment, he showed his own worth!! He helped the team to narrow the score to one goal before full-time, and most importantly, he helped the team to a valuable away goal!! ”

The score became 2:1!! Although he didn't have any outstanding performance in the nearly 90 minutes of the game, he stepped up and scored a goal at the most crucial moment!! He is the soul of Liverpool!! ”

"No one expected Liverpool to create a great chance in the final moments of the game, perhaps because they were too poor on the sideline in the almost 90 minutes of the game, but it happened to cause Valencia's defensive distraction......"

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The England commentator, who had been silent for nearly the whole game, finally found an opportunity to completely vent the long-standing negative feelings.

Amid their chantings, the Liverpool players ran up to Steven Gerrard to celebrate the goal, which had been a full 90 minutes late.

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When the Liverpool players finished celebrating, the fourth official on the sidelines just held up the electronic card for three minutes of stoppage time, a very standard stoppage time.

Coming back from her downfall, Canizares seemed to notice something wrong, and Albelda seemed to be lying on the ground clutching her right thigh, and her expression was painful, but the pain was not caused by losing the ball, but more like ...... Wounded.

Soon, the rest of Valencia's squad also noticed Albelda's discomfort.

It was Canizares, who had just noticed that something was wrong with Albelda, who reacted the fastest, and he made a gesture to the team doctor on the sidelines.

After a brief diagnosis, team doctor Hernandez made a substitution gesture to Flores on the sidelines, and it seemed that Albelda's injury would be difficult to continue.

The stadium's director reacted quickly and returned to the scene where Albelda fell to block Gerrard's shot.

What was supposed to be a clear situation has become cloudy because of Gerrard's goal and Albelda's injury, and Valencia's road to promotion is once again full of gloom.

So Flores on the sidelines was very unhappy! I thought that this game would be won with a score of 2:0, but I never expected that God played more than one joke on him......

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With all three substitutions running out, Valencia could only play with 10 men.

The next game will be very difficult for Valencia, because they have one less man to play, and what they have less is the team's metronome, the offensive and defensive hub, and of course, Ballack can also do the job.

But in this case, Valencia has no one to organize the attack, David Silva has been replaced before, so he can only rely on Elo's individual ability to break through and look for opportunities in the next time.

Results...... It can well be imagined.

In the end, Valencia beat Liverpool 2-1 at home.

Although the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals was won, the rest of the squad were not happy, and being given an away goal in a two-legged format is a very dangerous sign.

"The game is over, this result should be an unacceptable fact for Valencia, it looks like they are about to win the game with a score of 2:0, but fate played a big joke on them, they were knocked on the door by Gerrard in the 89th minute of regular time, and they also lost captain Albelda, it is really a blessing and a curse......

This is Huang Jianxiang's closing line in this game.

“…… Overall, Valencia have been very good in this game, having won the game at home and only need a draw to qualify for the final in the second leg next week, although Iello seems to be in a Champions League goal drought, having been without scoring for 200 minutes in the competition. ”