505. What a missed opportunity
At this time, Qiu Ze and Huntelaar stood in the center circle, and Huntelaar crossed his hands on his waist and stepped on the football with his right foot. Qiu Ze, on the other hand, had his arms hanging down naturally, and his eyes were staring at the football, waiting for the game to start.
Howard, the referee of the game, was checking his watch at this time, and the game was about to start. The atmosphere was very tense, and the fans on both sides were quietly waiting, waiting for the game to start, and they couldn't wait.
Honk! It was at this time that referee Howard blew the whistle for the start of the game.
Huntelaar in the centre circle played a little football and then flew to Portsmouth's half. Qiu Ze passed the football back to the defender Khedira, and he pulled to the side to pick up Khedira. The Portsmouth players raced into Liverpool's half and the game began.
"Friends of the spectators, friends of the fans, the FA Cup final between Liverpool and Portsmouth has officially begun, and it was Liverpool who served first, and today Liverpool are wearing their traditional red shirts, and they will attack from the left side of the screen. Portsmouth, on the other hand, are wearing their traditional blue jersey and will be attacking from the right side of the screen to the left. Sky Sports commentator Tim 61 Laurson said immediately.
Blazing cheers rang out inside the new Wembley Stadium as fans on both sides cheered on their teams. They were so enthusiastic, so excited, that sound was about to overturn the roof of the new Wembley Stadium.
At the beginning of the game, Portsmouth's tactics did not exceed everyone's expectations, they went all out to defend as soon as they came up, and they put on a defensive jiashi, waiting for the opportunity to counterattack. And by this time, almost the entire Portsmouth team had returned to their own half-court defense.
"Sure enough, Portsmouth played a stubborn game, we think he didn't even think about counterattacking, they actually had only one purpose in this game, and that was to drag the game into a penalty shootout." Sky Sports commentator Gary 61 Lineker said.
Yes, at this time, the game has just begun, and Portsmouth's forwards will receive their own half, where is the meaning of counterattacking, which is obviously really defending.
The Liverpool players saw the reaction of the Portsmouth players and understood the opposition's tactics in an instant. The Liverpool players sighed in their hearts that it was indeed the case, and Portsmouth was going to park a bus in front of the goal for this game.
The Liverpool players were prepared in this way, and they had long expected that Portsmouth would choose to defend to the death, so they were not in a hurry, let alone panicked and helpless. The Liverpool players immediately transformed into Barcelona and began to pass the ball in possession in midfield.
It seems that the Liverpool team's passes are all horizontal and backward passes, but the Liverpool team's position is advancing layer by layer, they pass the ball back and forth horizontally and deeply, back and forth, tearing at the Portsmouth defence, just looking for space.
The game had just started and the Portsmouth players were very fit, their runs were powerful, they were fast and aggressive. So, now Liverpool's advantage in the pass looks not big at all, or even a little threatening.
However, everyone knows that Portsmouth's players can't run like this in a game, and when the Portsmouth players are in the middle of the game, when their fitness and concentration are down, that's when they are most dangerous.
Qiu Ze interspersed receiving and passing back and forth in the midfield, dispatching the Liverpool team's attack while dispatching and tearing the Portsmouth team's defense, he was like the engine of the Liverpool team's midfield, allowing the Liverpool team to run in an orderly manner, and it was becoming more and more fluid.
Seven or eight minutes into the game, Portsmouth didn't touch the ball once, much to the surprise of the fans and reporters at the scene.
How do you look at this game, how do you think it's a tacit ball. Could it be that Liverpool and Portsmouth have already agreed that they will go straight to Zuihou's penalty shoot-out?
It was so boring that the game was going like this, it looked so stuffy that it didn't feel like a heartbeat at all. This game is too bland, some guys in the stands can't hold it anymore, this hypnotic effect is simply amazing.
It was at this time that the Liverpool team suddenly attacked. Qiu Ze, who was interspersed with passes back and forth in the midfield, did not pass the ball out of the ball at the first time after receiving the football this time, but suddenly received the ball and turned around to face the goal of Portsmouth.
He then stretched out his leg to deliver a through ball that sped towards the Portsmouth penalty area, which appeared right in the small gap in the Portsmouth backline. And at this time, the line that Huntelaar inserted in front of it is exactly this line.
"Okris is a straight stopper! Opportunity! Portsmouth is in danger! Sky Sports commentator Tim 61 Laurson suddenly opened his throat and exclaimed, this was the first time they had opened their throats and roared, the thunderous sound suddenly sounded, but the fans in the stands were startled, and even those sleepy-eyed fans were woken up.
The fans in the stands immediately came to their senses and stared intently at the stadium, watching the rapidly rolling football. Suddenly, all the Portsmouth fans were terrified, oh my God, it's dangerous, stop him, stop him.
The ball rolled forward at a rapid pace, like a sharp arrow with a string, and quickly rolled through the Portsmouth backline and into the Portsmouth penalty area.
At this point, Huntelaar also quickly overtook the Portsmouth backline, successfully countered offside, and caught the football in one step in the penalty area.
"It's a single knife! Huntelaar single-handedly, Portsmouth is finished. Sky Sports commentator Tim 61 Laurson said in shock that he really didn't expect Liverpool's attack to appear so suddenly.
The game was calm before, why did the wind and lightning thunder all of a sudden? Liverpool's attack is simply too sharp, and this secretiveness is too high.
At this time, the Portsmouth fans were very exciting, they all stared closely at Huntelaar in the penalty area, and at the same time prayed in their hearts that Portsmouth's goalkeeper James would come to God and save Huntelaar's shot.
Seeing that Huntelaar was plugged in, Portsmouth's goalkeeper James immediately rushed out and went up to block the angle of Huntelaar's shot. His attack was still very timely, very fast, and appeared in front of Huntelaar in time.
Seeing James rushing out, Huntelaar immediately frowned, but his feet were not slow, he immediately used his right foot to dunk the football to the side, dunked James a little, and then he directly moved his left leg to hit the football fiercely.
"Shoot! Huntelaar! Sky Sports commentator Gary 61 Lineker burst into tears.
The Liverpool fans at the new Wembley Stadium were very excited and cheered one by one, they all jumped up, raised their hands high, very excited, they seemed to have watched the championship rush towards them.
Swish! The ball hit the side-netting hard and didn't fly into the goal.
"Oh, it's a pity, the ball hit the side-netting hard, and Liverpool's luck wasn't very good. Oops, alas! Sky Sports commentator Tim 61 Laursen immediately sighed.
Huntelaar, who shot at goal, didn't believe it when he saw the football hit the side netting, he directly raised his hands and hugged his head, his face full of surprise and regret.
And James jumped up from the ground suddenly, raised his right fist high, and was so excited that he couldn't wait to shout directly to express the excitement in his heart. It's a one-handed ball, and he's really lucky.
"Ahh All the Liverpool fans erupted into a sigh of extreme loss, how could this goal not be scored? It's a one-handed ball, Huntelaar!
The Liverpool players were a little unconvinced, how could this goal not be scored? Huntelaar what's going on? You can't hit a ball like this, is this still a striker? The Liverpool players felt incredible, incredible.
"Oh, what a chance, Chris's passing has been so brilliant that it couldn't have been more subtle. But Huntelaar made a mistake. In fact, when he dunked the ball, he should not dunk to the side, but to the middle. When he buckled to the side, he shot from a small angle, and it was changed to his left foot, which is understandable that he didn't eat the right part. If he had dunked down the middle, he would have shot at a bigger angle, and on his right foot, the accuracy would have been better, so it would have been a goal, but it's a pity. Sky Sports commentator Gary 61 Lineker analyzed.
Indeed, at this time Huntelaar was regretting it, just now he was too confident, he thought that he could easily score the football with his left foot, but unfortunately, the reality is still very far from his imagination, he missed a chance to exceed the score.
It was Liverpool's first attack of the game and it was very threatening, which scared Portsmouth a lot. This time, they didn't dare to underestimate the Liverpool team to take the damn reversible ball, and Portsmouth's manager Grant immediately came to the sidelines and signaled the Portsmouth players to step up their pressing and not let the Liverpool players pass the ball so easily.
Portsmouth's tactics changed a little bit and they significantly stepped up their pressing when they were holding on. Of course, they are not crazy to press all over the field, in that case the physical consumption is too fast, and the defense is very leaky.
Portsmouth's pressing is all around the edge of their big penalty area, especially when the Liverpool players face their box and the goal, their pressing is very strong, very ferocious, which causes a lot of problems for the Liverpool team's attack.
Several times Qiu Ze took the ball and wanted to turn around and face the Portsmouth team in the penalty area, but the Portsmouth team's defenders pressed fiercely, and Qiu Ze was difficult to turn around, so he had to pass the football back, and when Qiu Ze passed the football back, the Portsmouth guys retreated to defend.
But while they were waiting for the ball to be picked up, they came back and pressed again. Qiu Ze is having a hard time turning, and Liverpool's attack seems to be running into some problems.
At this time, the Liverpool team immediately made a change, Qiu Ze's pass direction also changed, he used the pass to dispatch the two full-backs of the Liverpool team began to insert forward frequently, and the Liverpool team was ready to take two wings and tear apart the Portsmouth defense with the breakthrough of the fast horses on both sides.
On the sidelines, Portsmouth's manager Grant frowned, this damn Liverpool team has so many methods that he is envious and jealous in his heart.
At this time, after Qiu Ze caught the football in the midfield, he saw Gareth 61 Bale on the side rushing forward, Qiu Ze did not have any delay, he directly made a long pass, and passed the football to the side. As soon as the football flew out, Portsmouth defender Brown's outstretched leg almost touched the football.
Qiu Ze sighed in his heart that he was a step faster, otherwise the ball would have been broken, and Portsmouth would have a counterattack.
The ball flew out quickly towards the side, and the ball flew forward quickly, and it flew in front of Gareth 61 Bale, not at his feet, so that Gareth 61 Bale's speed advantage was brought into play, although Gareth 61 Bale was one position behind the Portsmouth full-back at the start, but at this time, Gareth 61 Bale had already surpassed the Portsmouth full-back.