Chapter 393: Extreme Shot

Everyone in the stadium, including Barcelona goalkeeper Valdés, watched the ball crash into the goal.

At that moment, the Anfield stadium was completely boiling!

“Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!!!!”

The England commentator announced the goal with a long roar, the Sky Sports sports commentator was originally a Manchester United fan, he was extremely disgusted with Zhang Tiehan for a while, and when commenting on the Liverpool game, he did not say anything bad about Zhang Tiehan, but now when Liverpool and Barcelona matched, he stood on Liverpool's side for the first time, and at the same time was very excited about Zhang Tiehan's goal, he found that after so many games of commentary and watching the game, he really liked the Liverpool No. 13 who kept running on the field.

He often represents a goal.

Always score goals!

"Zhang! Sheet! After he completed the steal, he faced Valdés who was attacking, and calmly scored the ball with a hanging goal! 1 to 0! The score has been rewritten! Well done! ”

"This is the first goal for both teams, Barcelona may not have expected the goal to come so suddenly, let alone Liverpool who went first! Puyol made a mistake, he shouldn't have carelessly passed the ball in front of Zhang! ”

"This goal could change the game!"

"Zhang! It was his eleventh goal in the Champions League! Eleven balls! He has scored three more goals than Thierry Henry in the Champions League and is deservedly top of the scorers' charts, and we can see that his goals are still on the rise, and with eleven goals, it is almost impossible for anyone else to surpass him. He defended his Champions League top scorer title at two clubs in a row! ”

It's a great honor.

There are many players who can defend the Champions League scorer king in history, such as Vanney, Raul, Muller in the seventies, Nelson and others, but they all play in the same club and win the Champions League scorer king for two consecutive years, Vanney is at Manchester United, Raul is at Real Madrid, but Zhang Tiehan played for Rome, Italy last season, and now plays for Liverpool, which are two teams from two countries. It's a bit incredible to be the top scorer in the Champions League in a row.

As you can imagine. There will definitely be a lot of media mentioning this after the game.

This would make new football history.

Maybe no one has noticed this before, after all, the Champions League top scorer is not actually a much-watched honor, only limited to the Champions League, but winning the top scorer for two consecutive seasons is different. Especially in two clubs. This is almost announcing to the world. The player who made this history is certainly the top scorer.

Now Zhang Tiehan has just passed his twenty-first birthday, and no matter his age or achievements, he will make other shooters ashamed. All he lacked was a championship.

Champion!

After scoring a goal, Zhang Tiehan also thought of the championship!

At Wigan Athletic, at Roma and now at Liverpool, he has achieved a lot of easy goals himself, such as last season's European Golden Boot, which is the top honour for a goalscorer, but at club level, he has not won many titles.

League One champions? Maybe the current Championship champions? Does that make sense?

League Cup winners? Hehe.

European Cup Winners' Cup? Hahaha He needs a top-flight title, a Champions League title, not these unbeatable titles.

Then it's time to beat Barcelona, you have to!

Thinking about the championship, Zhang Tiehan is even more motivated, after a simple celebration, he and his teammates rearranged the formation to start the game, the first half is not over yet, he doesn't want to waste too much time, if you want to eliminate Barcelona must have an advantage in this game, otherwise the next game will be more difficult to play.

So Barcelona opponents, are you ready?

Lao Tzu is ready to fight again!

At this time, the mood of Barcelona people is not very good.

The goal was scored so suddenly that they were completely unprepared, and when they saw the football fly into the goal, many Barcelona fans didn't even want to believe that the ball had gone in, and the Barcelona players were a little dumbfounded.

The Spanish commentator, at the moment of the goal, said the goal, and at the same time said Barcelona, "The goal is in!" Liverpool lead 1-0! This goal has a lot to do with Puyol, he didn't notice Zhang who came over when he passed, he was directly tackled by Zhang, like a capable player like Zhang, when playing a single goal, it is estimated that no goalkeeper in the world has the confidence to block it, Valdés has no choice at all. ”

"It was Puyol's mistake," the Spanish commentator kept emphasizing.

In fact, Barcelona fans are just sorry for the goal, but they don't blame Puyol too much, after all, Puyol is a pure Barcelonan, he has played for Barcelona since he was a young man, and now it is his eleventh season, which is only counted in the first team, which is also his eighth season.

Eight seasons and five seasons as a regular player, Puyol's importance at Barcelona can be imagined, and his individual ability is unquestionable.

If it was someone else who made the mistake just now, even Marquez, Barcelona fans would have a complaint in their hearts, but Puyol, they can only think that it is not that Puyol did not do well, but that the opponent's 13th is too unexpected.

It's okay to think so

The Spanish commentator is also explaining this, obviously he also thinks similarly to those ordinary Barcelona fans, "This steal just now was too unexpected, Puyol didn't expect Zhang's explosiveness to be so strong, and when he reacted, the football has been snatched away, and it can be seen from here that Liverpool's No. 13 Zhang is in danger, Barcelona should pay more attention to Zhang's vigilance!" ”

By constantly touting the opponent to prove that the goal is not the fault of his own players, perhaps only Puyol, as the captain, can enjoy this kind of treatment.

But in the eyes of the Barcelonans, it doesn't matter if they concede a goal, they will make a comeback!

Not only ordinary Barcelona fans think so, but many media reporters also think that the goal has little impact on the situation on the field, after all, this can only be regarded as a sneak attack. Rather than really scoring with strength, although Liverpool scored a goal in vain, the two teams have not played a half and have not passed, and Barcelona has many more.

The Barcelona players thought the same way.

The other Barcelona players didn't blame Puyol, not only Puyol was their captain and the person they had always trusted, but also because of the ball just now, not to mention Puyol, they didn't react at all, they didn't expect the opponent's No. 13 to be so explosive. Put it on themselves. They couldn't react either.

And Barcelona are good at passing the ball all the time, unless they encounter the kind of opponent who is pressing all over the field, it is generally difficult for the opponent to grab the ball at their feet, but they can play against Barcelona. Which team in the world would dare to press with the same full-court pressing as they do?

No!

Other words. Barcelona have conceded very few goals at the back. It's hard to think of even when the last time it was.

In short, the people of Barcelona do not blame Puyol.

Puyol blamed himself a little, he didn't show anything on his face. But in his heart, he was still very dissatisfied with the carelessness just now, and Coach Rijkaard kept emphasizing that he should pay attention to the opponent's number 13, but he still didn't notice.

So get serious from now on!

Even if the team conceded a goal because of his relationship, Puyol did not think it was a matter of individual ability, he always believed that the combination of himself and Max was enough to limit the opponent's number 13!

The game is back on.

Even those supporters of Barcelona thought the same thing, and when the game restarted, it quickly returned to its original rhythm, and Barcelona still controlled the rhythm of the game with constant combined passing.

They kept passing, they kept passing, they used this way to get the ball in front of the Liverpool goal, so that the players in front of them could find good opportunities to shoot.

And they do it all the time.

But this is also different, when the football is in the backfield, Barcelona becomes extremely careful, because Zhang Tiehan is constantly running, they even reduce the number of passes and receptions in the backfield, put the main pass and receive the ball in the middle line, and the number of passes before and after has also been reduced, in short, where Zhang Tiehan runs, Barcelona will try not to pass the ball over.

They are quite vigilant!

This kind of change is not visible to outsiders, unless it is professionally analyzed, it is difficult for fans watching the game to notice, after all, Barcelona's tactics have not changed, it is still a constant pass.

But Zhang Tiehan felt obvious.

Before, he kept running, which can almost be described as 'chasing the ball and running', and many times before he was only a few meters away from the football, but now, when he is on the left, the football will go to the right, when he is on the right, the football will go back to the back In short, no matter how he runs, the distance between him and the football is more than ten meters, and it is too difficult to find a chance to steal, mainly because no matter how fast he runs alone, the threat is really small for the cooperation of a team in Barcelona.

Zhang Tiehan was a little helpless, but he should be satisfied if he could score an unexpected goal.

Liverpool's simple brutality.

Barcelona are still on the back foot, which is what they are good at, and it is also a way to keep the tempo in the hands of the team and slow it down.

Liverpool are pretty fast-paced.

When Liverpool gets the ball, it is forward, not a wave of counterattacks, or a wave of rapid advancement, football rarely moves laterally, most of them are forward and backward transfers, and Liverpool will hardly exceed half a minute from the launch of the attack to the end.

Barcelona is the polar opposite.

Half a minute is not even enough for them to get the ball from the back to the front, which is probably the reason why they have a lot of possession, and their pace is very slow, slow to the extreme, and the contrast between the two is quite obvious.

In comparison, it is clear that Barcelona have the better tactics.

Liverpool's style of play is very simple, very rough, is to use counterattack, is to use Zhang Tiehan's impact, other players attack is a pass, short passes are very few, when not attacking, everyone else is in their own half with it, with dense defense to completely block their own backfield.

This kind of football is more than a decade behind Barcelona

In the eyes of Barcelona fans, it is obvious that Liverpool's tactics are not worth mentioning, Liverpool's attack is so simple that the commentators don't need to explain, those non-fans probably understand the game, not to mention the Barcelona fans who have always been fascinated by their team's gorgeous tactics, they don't care about it at all.

No matter how disdainful Barcelona fans are of Liverpool football. One thing they have to admit is that Liverpool's simple and brutal style of play is still very effective.

When they attack, most of them are a long pass, or a high cross, and the opponent's No. 13 is more than 1.9 meters tall, the body is terrifying, and the header ability is quite strong, and the use of headers to deal with Barcelona's relatively short back line is really very, very effective.

In contrast, Barcelona's attack has been ineffective.

They kept falling on their feet. But Liverpool's defence was tight. There are very few holes, and their core, Ronaldinho, who is the best in the front, is very defended by Liverpool. It's like your own team paying attention to the opponent's number 13. Liverpool are also very attentive to defending against Ronaldinho.

Until now. Ronaldinho didn't get much of a chance either.

The Brazilians were limited and Barcelona's overall attack didn't find any decent chances, but each of their attacks still put Liverpool under pressure. After all, their attack is so flashy that everyone at Liverpool will have to concentrate to not give Barcelona a chance.

To reduce the pressure, you have to attack.

Defending too much is not always the way to go, and you have to add some offense to make the pressure less.

on the pitch.

Hyypia stopped Van Bommel directly, and then he passed the ball to Rieser on the wing, and then he exhaled a long breath, and Carragher next to him also exhaled, they are both Liverpool's defensive giants, but when facing Barcelona, facing Ronaldinho, the pressure is really not ordinary.

Forty minutes into the game, half time had not yet passed, but they were already tired.

Both looked forward.

Reese passed the ball to Gerrard, Gerrard took the ball forward, Edmilson, who came over to intercept, handed the ball to Alonso, who was inserted, Alonso directly to Garcia, and then he ran forward by himself, Gerrard was not in a hurry and slowly moved forward, sure enough, Garcia himself was difficult to break through Barcelona's side, he could only pass the ball back after protecting the ball, and the football went to Gerrard's feet again.

By this time, the Barcelona players had already returned to the defense.

Another wave of difficult advances!

This kind of attack is a headache, speaking of Liverpool's tactics is very simple, that is, passing, hoisting high into the penalty area to let Zhang Tiehan find a chance to shoot, but it is not easy to find a chance to pass, after Barcelona retreated, the defense of their own half is very tight, and it is impossible to complete the pass in the middle line, right? Liverpool don't have David Beckham in the team, they have to carry the ball up front, which also means that it is easy to be tackled, and Liverpool also have to worry about Barcelona after a steal, a quick counterattack, it will be really dangerous, after all, Barcelona players are quite good, they are not confident to be able to prevent that kind of counterattack.

Liverpool's attack was simple and rough, but they had to be on the lookout at all times, so it was not easy to find good opportunities to pass the ball.

They have to play together!

Zhang Tiehan stood in the front court, seeing that the team behind him was not good at pushing the attack forward, he could only retreat a little to get the ball, so he did it, and after seeing him retreat, Garcia, who had just got the ball again, passed it directly.

It's a sticking to the earth.

After getting the ball, Zhang Tiehan had to face Puyol and Marquez's sandwich, I have to say that the two have no advantage in defending the ball, but Zhang Tiehan is still very effective, Zhang Tiehan feels that it is difficult, after all, he only has one person with the ball, facing two experienced world-class defenders, as well as other Barcelona players not far away, he can really not do much.

He lifted his right foot and seemed ready to pass.

Max stepped forward to block the right side, apparently thinking that Zhang Tiehan might pass the ball to Reese on the right, but Zhang Tiehan did not do so, he came and kicked the ball back to Gerrard.

At the same time he rushed forward!

Almost at the moment when Zhang Tiehan passed the ball, Gerrard knew what he was going to do, not only he knew, but Alonso in the corner of the penalty area also knew that the three of them already had a very tacit understanding, often when Zhang Tiehan wanted to get rid of the defense, he would pass the ball suddenly, and then use stronger explosiveness and speed than the opponent to directly shake off the defense.

This proved to be quite effective.

Max didn't expect Zhang Tiehan to be so decisive at all, coupled with the gap in explosiveness, when he started and wanted to chase again, he could only follow Zhang Tiehan and eat ashes.

Gerrard, meanwhile, has already passed the ball to Alonso. After Alonso received the ball, he didn't do anything more, he crossed directly!

At this time, Zhang Tiehan and Riser both killed in the forbidden area.

Zhang Tiehan was killed from the middle, and Reese outflanked the penalty area from the right side, one in the middle and the other at the back point, making enough preparations for football, but Alonso's pass didn't seem to be in the right direction?

The ball wasn't fast, but it was heading straight for the line of the six-yard box, and it felt like a shot that was a little off.

But that's okay!

Alonso deliberately made such a pass. Because he didn't even think about Riser or anything. Seeing that Zhang Tiehan was fully activated, his goal was Zhang Tiehan!

Others can't chase such a ball, but Zhang Tiehan can, after he starts the outbreak. That speed is astonishing. It's just that this ball is still a bit dangerous. After all, if goalkeeper Valdés is decisive, then it is likely to destroy the ball first.

But it's all about chance!

It only takes more chances to fight for it, and everyone thinks Alonso will pass a high ball. The moment he passed the ball, many people could think of the next scene - the football flew high and hung directly in front of the goal, Zhang Tiehan followed up with a fish rushing to the top, and the football could fly directly into it if he was affected by the defense, it didn't matter, there was Riser at the back point to follow.

But Alonso's pass was unexpected.

It's a boccia!

Goalkeeper Valdés didn't expect it to be such a ball, he was stunned for a moment, but this moment was enough for Zhang Tiehan to take the lead.

There is only one Puyol by his side!

Puyol has always felt that his and Max's defense is enough to limit Zhang Tiehan, even in the face of high balls that he is not good at, he can use the experience to block this number 13 and prevent him from shooting smoothly, let alone even if he wants to score.

He's all ready to get in the slot.

When the opponent passes a high-altitude ball, it is difficult to be in the direction of the run, and when the football is in the air for a second or two, this 13th will definitely adjust the speed to slow down, and then he will be able to smoothly get stuck in the position.

He didn't expect it to be boccia.

In this way, the only thing he can do is to fight with Zhang Tiehan for speed, and it is best to destroy the ball before him.

But can this ball run?

As soon as Puyol looked at the direction of the ball, he knew that it was impossible for him to chase the ball out of the bottom line in the football, and at this moment he felt that it was safe, he couldn't catch it, so the thirteenth of Liverpool next to him couldn't catch it, so what else did he use to defend?

The next moment he knew he was wrong.

Puyol's speed did not slow down, but he saw that Zhang Tiehan was getting farther and farther away from him, and he could only see Zhang Tiehan's back between three or two steps.

Puyol felt a sense of despair and helplessness

But at this moment, the only thing he can do is to watch the figure in front of him continue to move forward, while praying to God in his heart that the other party will not chase the ball.

Pray, pray, pray

There are also many Barcelona fans who do this, many Barcelona fans also close their eyes, as if they can't bear to watch the next scene, they must be silently praying in their hearts, but most of them still have their eyes open, they all make their eyes bigger, bigger than they were, they have to pay attention to the excitement in front of the goal this time.

Zhang Tiehan is about to chase the ball.

Under the eyes of almost everyone, Zhang Tiehan's figure ran forward as hard as he could, his speed was really like lightning, and the ball, which was almost impossible to chase, was already one meter in front of him.

Zhang Tiehan clenched his teeth and took another step forward.

In one step, the football rolled over a lot of distance, but the two still got closer, Zhang Tiehan took another step, a big step to make his left leg far forward, like a tackle, and as if to seize the opportunity, in short, this is the only thing Zhang Tiehan can do - try to stretch out his left foot and let the toe touch the ball.

The two came into contact.

His toe poked directly into the side of the ball, and with this force, the ball instantly changed direction and rolled towards the goal

Anfield was silent.

Everyone was looking in the direction of the Barcelona goal, where a great encounter was taking place.

Zhang Tiehan, football, Valdés.

Three.

Zhang Tiehan's toe touched the football, and the ball changed direction and rushed towards the goal, while Valdés had already attacked.

The direction of his attack was not good, and he didn't expect Zhang Tiehan to really chase the ball, so when Zhang Tiehan shot, Valdés couldn't block the goal all.

Football has changed direction.

Valdés hurriedly pounced on that side, almost subconsciously, and he pounced in the right direction, but the moment his body fell, he knew that he had failed.

His movements were still a little slower.

The football rolled under his ribs, and the scene was clearly played on all TV screens at the same time, and even the big screen on the scene accurately recorded this moment, and the entire Anfield stadium was silent for a second, followed by a louder cheer than just now!

"Whew" the mountain and the tsunami!

Almost all Liverpool fans are getting up from the ground up and venting their excitement in the craziest way imaginable.

The rock flow in Anfield is finally gushing out! (To be continued......)