Section 439 Cross Counterattack
If a football team has failed to win the league championship for many years, it is finally possible to win such a year, until the last round of the league, they still suppress the sworn enemy, leaving the sworn enemy helpless, but in the last round of the game, they may be overturned by the opponent and let their championship slip away......
If it had been before, hearing such a story, Gerrard would have said at most that this team is really a bunch of unlucky guys. Now, though, thinking about his situation, Gerald found that he seemed to be such an unlucky person.
Why did you get to the last round, but at this time, the chain was dropped?
However, Tottenham's wing attack is indeed very strong - Gerrard has long known his weakness on the wing this season. Many teams met them and put away the lineup without saying a word, blocking in front of the goal, and the side that bullied them couldn't open up space and couldn't break the goal. If it's a strong team, forget it, many Premier League relegation teams deal with Liverpool in this way, and Liverpool can't take it down because of the resistance of these teams.
Tottenham exploited their weaknesses well: Kuyt on the right was enough to make it impossible for one of the wings to attack, but Li Bin did not attack Liverpool's right at all. He opted to bring his right-back on and opened up the game with an effective attack down the right.
This kind of game situation seems to be a bit bad...... Gerrard frowned, this was the last game of the season, how could he miss the opponent's wing attack in such an important game?
Gerrard didn't expect it, and Benitez didn't expect it either: Tottenham's right side obviously has such a good attack, and Li Bin can actually press it for a season without using it, until the last game, to deal with Liverpool.
Benitez is also a coach from Spain, he was born in Spain, and the use of the wing is actually not bad, but the good side is expensive, Liverpool can't afford it, and he sees Li Bin's tactical arrangement very clearly: fullback, full-back, central midfielder, and even forward, forming an effective transposition when attacking and defending, which is a way that belongs to continental football, not the way of English football.
Toure gives the ball to Piszczek, who cuts forward and Toure has to go to the wing to fill in. Piszczek came up, it was supposed to be Di Maria forward, but Mascherano was very clever to force Di Maria to the side, and Bale came to pick up the level and the level was not enough, so Piszczek cut in himself, and the space he left was filled by Suarez. When the central players are on the wing, the level of passing is higher, Suarez passed a good ball, and in the middle, Bale helped Piszczek open up space, so that Piszczek scored - it looks like Piszczek is rushing all the way regardless of it, but if you look carefully at the filling position on the side, you will know that this is definitely not a whim of Tottenham, this is a change made by Li Bin for the wing, and the Premier League model of straight up and down, from 45 degrees to the bottom line directly put a long pass and go The style of play, there is a big difference.
These guys really have a good side lane...... Benitez is also envious: it is not easy to be able to train this offensive concept, Liverpool has not been able to practice some decent wing attacks for so many years, and Benitez is also quite jealous of such a smooth side attack.
He knows that Li Bin has been cultivating Tottenham's progress for a season, and it is not surprising that Li Bin, who can make good use of Parma, will use wide attacks. However, what made him helpless was that this one was used well! Wait until next season, how you like to use it badly, you have to cause trouble with this ball!
However, he knew what the team had to do to win. He called Torres to his side, and after a few words, let him back on the pitch.
Soon, Torres was back on the pitch again, and when he received the ball again, he was already moving towards the right wing.
"Torres has changed now, do Liverpool want to rely on Torres' strong eating on the wing to open a gap?"
Lineker was right: that's what Benitez had in mind. Despite Tottenham's strong attack on the right, Benitez is adamant that Mascherano will not fall twice in a back-to-back trap. At the same time, what he wanted to do was to score by pulling Torres wide and switching positions with Kuyt to slam into the ribs of Tottenham's box.
Liverpool's attacking style is few but practical. Torres has missed more than a dozen games this season due to injury, but he has always been a big threat when he comes on the pitch. Tottenham stormed the right flank, the left side was bound to be recycled, and the back three tactics were bound to fail to form a particularly good protection on the wings, and Liverpool are now going to storm here to form a goal.
Benitez knows that Liverpool's squad flaws make it difficult for them to derive too many tactical changes. If you want to change with Tottenham, Liverpool is afraid that it will be ugly to die. However, Liverpool is strong, although there are few changes, but it is enough to use. With the world's No. 1 midfielder, England's No. 1 BTB midfielder, and the best counter-attacking striker and long passer, what they need is not variation, but strong attack.
When they meet in a narrow way, Liverpool wants not to fight with their opponents, but to take out Tottenham with heavy blows.
Tottenham's attack continued, and this time, Yaya Toure, who got the ball, gave the ball to Gustavo on the left, and when Gustavo walked forward, Yaya Toure made up for it to the right, and Piszczek also added it to the middle. This kind of transposition, which is also the way full-backs are used, makes it very few opportunities for Liverpool to exploit.
However, Gustavo's onslaught did not form a good offensive. In front of him, Alonso had already blocked, and he wanted to turn and control the ball to get rid of Alonso, but Gerrard behind him also rushed at this time. The two men were quite beautiful and Gustavo couldn't hold on to the ball, Gerrard grabbed the ball, he played it back to Alonso, and then turned and ran forward.
Gustavo tried to block Alonso's pass, but it was too late. Alonso kicked the ball straight behind him with a clean, long pass. Behind him, Yaya Toure was already clinging to Gerrard, but he couldn't look at Gerrard, Gerrard carried him on his left shoulder, unloaded the ball with his right foot, and then thought about a straight plug on the right side!
Kuyt and Torres had already completed the transition run by this time, Torres got the football on the right and was already threatening Tottenham's back line!
Tottenham's attacking style is European, as is Liverpool's. Although Benitez has a British player like Steven Gerrard at his disposal, his tactical core has always been Alonso, and the most important person in the front field is Torres. His tactical arrangement, too, is close to the continental, and this kind of cross-running is an example.
England players can only stay away from their opponents because of their poor skills and help their teammates to pull space, and if their teammates are running in front of them when they are attacking, they will run to the left and right, forming a situation where they go hand in hand. And if it is a mainland player, because of his good skills, he dares to run against the ball, they will form a cross situation. In football, cross-running can better attract defensive power, and even some mean mainland media call the English-style straight running position 'ice hockey running', ironically saying that they don't know what is called skill. However, Liverpool under Benitez's tutelage is not all ice hockey running. Torres's skills can be regarded as good, and Kuyt has won the Eredivisie Golden Boot at any point, plus Gerrard's skills are also considered to be at the top level of the Premier League, and their attacks can be played.
Torres, who got the ball on the wing, relied on the running of Gerrard and Kuyt, and had rushed directly to the ribs. Jerome Boateng made up for it and tried to stop him here. However, Torres did not live up to his reputation as the Premier League's number one striker, and when facing Jerome Boateng, he only paused for a moment and rushed forward!
He almost ran towards Boateng, but, just before the two collided, he suddenly kicked the ball to the right side. His idea is clear, that is, to rely on the fact that there is no one behind Boateng to play this vacancy. Boateng was instantly overtaken by him, and although he wanted to get back in time to get the ball back, Torres had already rushed past him - his strength and speed were excellent, and he barely gave Boateng any chance to catch the ball in the box.
Tottenham should have players to fill in – with Fernando Torres also watching out for Palmeri or Thiago Silva rushing over to grab the ball. However, to his surprise, neither of them rushed over, but Neuer had already snatched it at this time.
The defender hasn't moved yet, what kind of trouble are you going to make a goalkeeper?
Torres also knows that Neuer seems to be famous in the Premier League for his wide defensive range and decisive attack, and he can even sometimes hit outside the box, which is difficult for other goalkeepers to imagine. However, as a goalkeeper, regardless of tactics, rushing out to defend by himself, this is definitely not a wise choice, being able to stop Anelka, does not mean that he can stop Torres, Torres has this confidence in himself!
He slashed the ball towards him and looked like he was going to shoot immediately. This action made Neuer immediately lower his body and wanted to fall to the ground to save the ball. However, Torres didn't shoot, he stepped forward and the ball hit his thigh, he ran forward, shook off Neuer and brought the ball behind him.
Palmeri had already rushed to the goal-line to defend, but Torres didn't care about him - if a defender could be used as a goalkeeper, then what should a goalkeeper do?
He adjusted his pace and kicked the ball out. It was a right-footed instep shot that went straight to the top corner of the far post!
Palmeri judged the direction of the ball, but he was a defender, not a goalkeeper, and he tried to put his head on the ball, but he was still short. The ball slipped over his head and into the goal, and at the same time, Torres slipped to his knees, rolled over, sat in the box, and celebrated his goal!
"Torres' goal! Liverpool pulled a goal back! They weren't beaten by Tottenham and Fernando Torres scored at the crucial moment! ”
The score returned to a 1-1 draw, and Liverpool's fortunes were saved by their own goal. The game is not over yet, the winner of this league, Liverpool still has hope!