Section 339 Hard-hitting
When Gerrard scored on the pitch, the coaches of both sides stood up and called their players to their side.
Gerrard's goal had too much of an encouraging effect on Liverpool's momentum, and even Li Bin himself secretly applauded Gerrard's goal. Passing people in a row in a small area, flashing two opponents as dexterously as embroidery, and followed by a long-range heavy artillery, which caught a backline off guard - such a skill is indeed extremely remarkable. Although his actions do not seem to be particularly standardized, and his choice cannot be regarded as the most perfect, this kind of unreasonableness, that is, the ability to score goals, makes the Liverpool players feel more energetic. They were 3-0 down and there was no hope left, but with Gerrard scoring the goal, their morale suddenly soared, and the whole team followed Gerrard in shouting, running and celebrating, setting off an Anfield-like atmosphere on the pitch of Parma.
This situation also made Li Bin understand why they were able to win in Istanbul - this kind of desperate momentum is more terrifying than anything.
And looking around, Li Bin also found that Benitez had already begun to think of a way: he handed Kuyt to his side and instructed something: Li Bin knew that he should be instructing him to participate in the defense - relying on the striker to sweep wildly is what Liverpool has always done.
Therefore, Li Bin also wants to tell Yaya Toure a few words: the opponent's momentum is up, then their fight in the midfield will be more positive, as the midfielder Yaya Toure, the pressure to face is greater, he wants to tell Yaya Toure, let him be careful, pay attention not to lose the ball, but, before he can speak, Yaya Toure himself has already spoken, "I see it, I know what to do." ”
"Kick well, don't be afraid, Yaya, remember, your strength is not worse than him, you can play better." Seeing that he understood what he meant, Li Bin just patted him, "They should be more active in fighting now, but it is also possible that loopholes will be exposed because of this, so pay attention to making good use of them." ”
Toure nodded, remembering Li Bin's words, and looking at his unconvinced face, Li Bin also knew that he could play better.
'The score had become 1-1 and Steven Gerrard salvaged from distance to save a goal for Liverpool and now they were 3-1 down and they had also scored a goal at home to Parma. The game didn't go the way Parma had planned, and Liverpool are now in a much better mood and look like they want to pull off a big comeback. ”
On the court, when Yaya Toure got the ball, he immediately felt the pressure around him increase. Liverpool's lineup pressed very hard, Yaya Toure had deliberately paid attention to Gerrard's position, but Alonso also rushed up, increasing the pressure on Yaya Toure, Toure gave the ball to Motta next to him, and ran towards the side - Alonso's coverage was not large, he wanted to avoid Alonso, and then think about attacking, but when Motta passed the ball again, Kuyt also rushed over to grab the ball at his feet.
Our tactics didn't seem to be working - Yaya Toure understood right away. Kuyt's counter-grab was so fierce that it was difficult for Parma to attack, but it also aroused his fighting spirit, he pulled the ball, spun around in a circle, avoided Kuyt's top tackle, and then rushed forward with the ball without any hesitation!
Since the beginning of the season, his steals have increased and his forward missions have decreased, and people have rarely seen such an impact as Yaya Toure. However, when he rushed, he was still the biggest threat. Mascherano made a tackle and tackled him, but Yaya Toure pulled the ball back and flashed his tackle in front of Mascherano!
"Mascherano failed to make a tackle! This is the first time I have seen him fail to tackle in the Champions League this season, Yaya Toure did a good job, he did a good job! ”
The speaker shouted happily, and at this time, on the field, Hyypia came over, and under his pressing, Yaya Toure had to pass the ball back, but even so, this time he dodged Mascherano's tackle, which still made the court immediately burst into applause.
And that wasn't enough – listening to the applause, Yaya Toure knew that the team's momentum was starting to pick up. But that's not enough, we can play better.
"Give me a good kick!" Yaya Toure shouted loudly at all the players in the middle of the pitch. He's never been an eventful guy, but now, he's going to make his players play better.
Gerrard's goal can drive the momentum of the whole team because he is the leader of the team and because his efforts will make the players work harder. If he can do it, I can do it, and I won't be worse than him!
On the court, the fight between the two sides became more intense. After a successful breakthrough in midfield, the team looked at him more closely. When he moved forward again, Mascherano and Alonso were almost two people together staring at him around, not allowing him any room to break through.
This also allowed Toure to less possession of the ball, more of a run up front, and more of a game to be controlled by Motta at the back.
Liverpool's style of play against Parma changed, they relied on Kuyt, began to block the flank more of a breakthrough, and when Parma wanted to break through quickly, they preferred to foul the attack - the next round was against the weaker team, which made Liverpool dare to make bold fouls, they forced Parma to attack in the middle, and the game began to fall into a stalemate.
Parma's quick passage through midfield didn't work very well: Kuyt was an unconventional player, and he was completely destructive to Parma's tactics.
"Liverpool seem to have changed their tactics, Parma's attack, it doesn't seem to be working......"
The players on the pitch are starting to notice these problems, and Yaya Toure and Arshavin are also starting to run, and the two of them want to pull out a gap to give Parma a chance. However, Liverpool's backline is still stuck in various routes, giving Parma no chance.
If there is no chance...... Then let's do it! Yaya Toure took advantage of a dead ball to discuss with Arshavin and Motta, and when the two sides started playing again, Yaya Toure and Arshavin moved from the left at the same time, which made Liverpool's defensive center of gravity follow, and Motta also found his own pass opportunity at this time.
On the occasion of Yaya Toure again opening up the two midfielders, Motta made a pass from the back.
Motta's pass can be said to be just right, Yaya Toure was on the left side of the middle, and he caught the attention of Liverpool's two back midfielders, and Motta's pass was along the middle direction, staggering the two back midfielders and kicking directly to Milito in front. Milito ran a few steps back and came out, behind him, two Liverpool defenders had closed the door in time, but Milito did not receive the ball and turned to shoot, after receiving the ball, he kicked the ball to the side, just sent it to the feet of Yaya Toure who turned around!
Yaya Toure received the ball and immediately took a big step forward - his tall stature left both midfielders behind him, and he himself was already near the top of the box.
In front of him, both of Liverpool's defenders came forward. Carragher was always ready to block Yaya Toure's shot with his body, while Hyypia was Milito, who was running from the side of the defender. And behind Yaya Toure, Mascherano and Alonso also started the chase together.
Before Yaya Toure could make a move, Mascherano had already caught up, and he was on Yaya Toure's left, reaching out and grabbing Yaya Toure's sleeve, and pulled it violently, destroying Yaya Toure's power. This time, the referee did not blow, and Mascherano was secretly happy that his destruction was successful, and this time he lost his balance, and Yaya Toure could not score again. And as long as he goes around to Yaya Toure, Yaya Toure is even less likely to have a chance to score. However, Mascherano did not expect that Yaya Toure dunked the ball back with his right foot, and then allowed Mascherano to overtake him from the left, and around the back of the defense, he turned to the left and ran from behind Mascherano to the left.
Originally, Mascherano only had to turn half a circle to the left to keep up with him and continue to follow the defense. However, because when he reached out to pull Toure just now, he had already turned his body to the right a little, the two of them were very tight, and he was ready to stretch out his feet to intercept at any time, so his body was also turning to the right, and now Toure smashed the ball, to the left, and he also turned from the right - the difference between 90 degrees of rotation and 270 degrees of rotation is obvious, especially in the duel of top players. Yaya Toure turned to the left to keep Alonso at bay, and at the same time, relying on Mascherano's turn to the right, he blocked the view of the two defenders, and behind him, Yaya Toure had found a good enough opportunity!
Mascherano has not yet turned halfway to understand that Yaya Toure has played himself, from the beginning, he did not intend to use unreliable long-range shots to decide the game, he just had to rely on the rhythm of the grasp, seize the time difference, and clean himself! When he turned around, Yaya Toure had already shaken off a gap in his position, Mascherano still wanted to hold him, but it was too late, Yaya Toure had already found the opportunity, his left foot inside the inside corner of the back of the ball towards the penalty area, the ball was a step in front of Mascherano, almost close to the toe of Mascherano's shovel, rushed into the penalty area!
Mascherano was a step too late to keep the ball out of his first attempt, and the ball entered the box and sprinted between Arbeloa and Carragher and rolled towards the back. The two of them were blocked by Mascherano just now because they didn't see the ball first, and when they saw the ball, it was too late, at the moment of Yaya Toure's pass, to the left of Arbeloa, Arshavin had already run up, he received the ball behind Arbeloa, and when Arshavin and Carragher turned around, he had already accelerated, and it only took two steps for him to enter the small penalty area!
"Arshavin!"
Arshavin, who rushed into the small penalty area, was already faced with a one-on-one knife, and Reina had already saved. Arshavin tilted his body, found an angle under his feet, and made a gesture to push the far corner, Reina suddenly fell sideways in front of him, but Arshavin did not push it, his body twisted suddenly, and the ball was already picked up under his feet, Reina, who had fallen, quickly raised his hand to intercept the football, but his hand was not so long, and the football flew directly over Reina and fell to the goal behind him. It was too late for the Liverpool defenders to come back and Parma scored the second goal. Arshavin scored again!
"Arshavin!! Arshavin has once again breached the door of Liverpool! Wonderful combination, Yaya Toure in front of the penalty area, from the crowd came out of the crowd with a subtle assist! Arshavin scored twice, and it was only the first half, and he had already scored twice! Great team, outstanding players, now Parma, unstoppable! ”