Chapter 1181: The Devil
The main battlefield of football is always on the pitch, whether it is the war of words before the game, or the fighting style of the club's top management, the most is to make the game more eye-catching, and if you want to win the game, it depends on the performance of the players on the pitch. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals was first played by Barcelona and Porto, two games between Manchester United and Roma, in the first leg, Manchester United and Barcelona both won away from home, and the strength was better than their opponents, and there was no suspense in the second leg, Manchester United and Barcelona both defeated their opponents again and easily advanced to the semi-finals.
Although Chelsea lost the first leg away to Fenerbahce, with Chelsea's quality, the probability of a comeback at Stamford Bridge is very high, so the media and fans will mainly focus on the strong dialogue between Arsenal and Liverpool.
This is the fourth dialogue between Liverpool and Arsenal this season, even if it is a game of Liverpool and Arsenal's level, played four times in a row, fans are also a little aesthetically fatigued, if it is not for the promotion and elimination of the team, maybe Anfield Stadium will not necessarily be full.
For such an important game, Liverpool and Arsenal must have to prepare seriously, because they have played three games before, especially the last two, just a few days ago, the two sides know the roots, not to mention the main players, and even the substitutes are very familiar, that is to say, no matter what adjustments and changes Arsenal and Liverpool make, the other party will not be caught off guard by this, so simply do not do anything about the change, that is, to discharge the strongest lineup for the opponent's weaknesses, and make a final fight with the opponent.
Seeing the opponent's starters come out, Benitez and Arsene Wenger both put their hearts in their stomachs, and they are still worried that the opponent's lineup is not what they expected.
The fans in the stands have experienced a Champions League and two league games, and the sense of expectation and freshness is gone, but they still support their team with all their enthusiasm.
Once the game started, Arsenal were at a disadvantage and had to score goals to advance, and they played aggressively and attacked first.
Liverpool are playing at home, but they have a valuable away goal, even if they do nothing, they can successfully qualify, in this case, Liverpool actually lack the desire to attack, due to this time; Liverpool's game is relatively tense, and Benitez has no other ideas, that is, to win the final victory and successfully advance, as for whether the game is good or not, and whether the fans are satisfied or not, Benitez has no time to take care of it.
Life and death are at stake, and I am holding my stomach in my heart, Arsenal played very well today, all kinds of tacit cooperation, all kinds of clever passes, at this time all played out, Arsenal fans came a lot today, they were infected by their own team, and from time to time burst out of bursts of sound and screams.
After almost half an hour of this game, Arsenal couldn't rush to attack, and finally showed a small flaw, and when the attack reached the front, there was a mistake, and the ball passed to the Liverpool player.
Liverpool seem to be passive and don't seem to have much aggressiveness, but they also definitely want to win the game, at least score a goal to be safe, and now that the opportunity came, Liverpool's forwards and defenders immediately got into action, some of them ran to the side to open up space for their teammates, and some ran forward, ready to receive passes from their teammates.
It was Mascherano who dribbled the ball quickly, and he shook off a defender and continued to lead forward.
At this moment, Chen Yu, who was inserted forward, had already thrown off the player who was defending him more than two meters away, and there was still a space for the defender, Chen Yu immediately reached out to ask for the ball, but Mascherano did not pass the ball, Chen Yu did not dare to accelerate again, and then accelerated offside, Chen Yu suddenly changed direction sharply, and inserted diagonally into the gap between the central defender and the fullback.
Seeing Chen Yu suddenly cut diagonally and shook off the defender, Mascherano decisively passed the ball to Chen Yu.
Chen Yu didn't just bow his head to run, he also looked back at Mascherano with the ball when he was running, and found that the Argentine had passed the ball, Chen Yu immediately slowed down and ran sideways, waiting for the ball to roll, and also observed the running of defenders and defenders.
Ball to! The central defenders ran to the wings, and the full-backs ran to the middle, ready to pinch Chen Yu and prevent him from receiving the ball and shooting or entering the penalty area.
Chen Yu did not follow the ball to the penalty area, but knocked the ball horizontally to the middle, and he also changed direction to run to the middle.
This was an unexpected change, central defender Toure was caught off guard and was directly shaken to the ground, and the marking players who followed Chen Yu were also completely shaken away by Chen Yu.
"Good!" There was applause and applause from the stands.
Chen Yu had a chance to rush into the penalty area at this time, but Chen Yu gave up this opportunity, and he caught up with the ball and shot directly with his feet.
Twenty-five or six meters of cold shooting! The ball went straight to the top left corner of the goal.
The speed is fast, the angle is awkward, or when the goalkeeper can't tell whether to break through or shoot, this is too much of a threat to the goalkeeper.
Goalkeeper Almunia made two preparations, just because of the two-handed preparation, when Chen Yu shot, he could not pounce on the incoming ball at the fastest speed, the best moment missed, and when Almunia jumped up to save, it was too late, the ball flew past Almunia's hand, and flew into the net by grazing the goalpost.
1:0
Liverpool took the lead comfortably.
“goalgoalgoal……”
The fans jumped up and cheered, and the applause instantly resounded throughout Anfield.
Chen Yu didn't have much excitement after scoring the goal, and stood in the center of the stadium with his hands raised coldly to accept the cheers of the fans.
The more Chen Yu stood indifferently like this, the more excited and excited his fans became, "Seeing no, Chen doesn't take the goal to heart at all!" "What is there to be happy about not breaking the Gunners goal!" "That's what you want! Awesome! "Ahh It's so handsome! ”
Chen Yu's pretense didn't last for a few seconds, his teammates rushed over and pounced on him, and two or three people came over and pressed him to the ground.
Benitez on the sidelines just shook his fist when he scored and was very calm.
The away 1-1 result has reassured Benitez, with that away goal, so that neither Benitez nor the players are nervous, not afraid of Arsenal's goal at Anfield, Benitez believes that with previous experience, beating Arsenal is not a problem, Chen Yu's goal is just a verification of Benitez's pre-match assumption.
Wenger's eyebrows raised, he had an urge to scold, the central defender was shaken so easily, not to mention, where did the people who were guarding Chen Yu go? Why is Almunia so slow to react, twenty-five or six meters, such a long-range shot goalkeeper should have a chance to save.
But think about what they are facing Chen Yu, Wenger endured and endured, and finally did not get angry, after all, the situation is not too bad, the result of 1-1 at home determines that you must score at Anfield Stadium, and now it is still the same, it turned out to be just a goal to lead, and now the goal is an equalizer, but as long as you score, you have a chance.
Arsene Wenger beckoned Cesc to him, "Sesk! Go on the offensive! Shoot long when you get the chance! Draw the opposition defenders out, break through the flanks more, press the Liverpool defenders and midfielders together, and then give the wide cross a chance for the players in the back row to shoot! ”
Arsene Wenger briefly explained to Cesc Fabregas, then walked back to the dugout with a cold face, sat down with his ass crossed, and waited for the game to start again.
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The two Liverpool bosses were there, their faces beaming, high-fives each other, desperately praising Chen Yu and Mascherano, as if forgetting that Arsenal's general manager Hillwood was still sitting in the box.
Hillwood tried his best to calm himself, he was very dissatisfied with the current situation of Arsenal, and he was full of doubts about the game between Arsenal and Liverpool, he felt that it was like an unsolved mystery, whether Arsenal played well or poorly, they always couldn't win the game, and they almost suppressed Liverpool in the last game, and finally only got a draw.
When the call came, Hillwood looked at the number, immediately got up and walked out of the box, and went to the aisle to answer the call.
"I played well at the start and then conceded the goal, what is the reason for that?" A leisurely voice asked.
"Then there are still things we haven't done well, Mr. Kroenke." Hillwood replied calmly to Kroenke.
"I don't think it's that we didn't do a good job, but that China Chen did too well, he is the devil, do you want to subdue this devil?" At the moment, Kroenke spoke in a tone more like the devil.
"How to subdue?" Hillwood asked subconsciously.
"There are two ways, only money can subdue the devil and buy him, or buy stronger players."
Hillwood didn't answer, and at this time he seemed to see the greedy heart hidden under the gentle smile of the American Kroenke.