Liverpool had a near-successful attack, and they continued their successful experience in the following games, attacking from both flanks, pulling Chelsea's defense in the middle, and the ball was played back to Chen Yu, who kept the ball and played it directly to Kuyt or Gerrard who cut inside the wing.

Liverpool's attacking routine was quickly spotted by Chelsea, but they found a good way to deal with it for a while.

Chelsea's right-back Ferreira is not in good shape, and Bellamy's degree is fast, Ferreira alone can not prevent Bellamy, can only be supplemented by the middle, once Bellamy hits the ball to the middle, Chen Yu is not a person can prevent it, at this time Kuyt and Gerrard on the side of the cut, Chelsea can at most have one person to defend one-on-one, obviously the defender has no support to go forward is very dangerous.

Chelsea's aim in giving up possession and shrinking the defence was to create a play-more and play less situation at the back, and now Liverpool have plenty of attacking opportunities, and Chelsea will be too disadvantageous if they can't get the advantage of playing more and less at the back.

Mourinho stood on the sidelines and saw clearly that he knew that this situation must not continue and that he had to take steps to deal with the situation at hand, otherwise he would concede a goal sooner or later.

Mourinho's decision was very decisive, because there was no way to replace the position of Ferreira, Mourinho withdrew the two wingers Kalou and Joe Cole, and let them assist the two full-backs to defend, as long as the full-backs can hold, the midfielders do not need to fill the two wings, the thickness of the midfield is there, and it is difficult for Liverpool's attack to break through Chelsea's defense.

The two fullbacks are all withdrawn without hidden dangers, this hidden danger is that there is only Drogba in the middle, the lack of counterattack power, completely passive beating is also very dangerous, the opponent attacks more times, the more balloons, even if one is covered by one, Chelsea is also difficult to accept.

But nothing is perfect in the world, it's the same on the football field, both sides are 11 players, the defensive strength is strong, the offensive force is weak, the offensive force is strong, the defensive strength is weak, if you want to balance the offense and defense, many times you can't attack and defend, Mourinho is not a perfectionist, he is a utilitarian, but also a gambler, in this case, he bet on Liverpool's inability to break through Chelsea's defense, ready to hold the score.

Benitez and Mourinho have played each other so many times, it can be said that they know each other well, seeing Chelsea recycle the two wingers to both sides of the penalty area, Benitez knew that Mourinho was ready to defend to the end, and he also boldly waved his hand to let his back line press forward, and went all out to play the last almost a minute.

The commentators on the scene were very speechless about Mourinho's decision to set up a bucket formation at his home stadium, which is too conservative, this is Chelsea's home stadium, Chelsea is the defending champion of England, and he only scored one goal to put an iron bucket formation, is he too utilitarian, or is he cowardly?

Chelsea fans didn't react too unusually, after all, this is a Champions League semi-final, the stakes are heavy, winning to reach the final, losing to go home, such a game is impossible to consider other factors than victory or defeat.

After Mourinho set up the iron bucket formation, it is meaningless for Liverpool to talk about any tactics, in the face of 1o individual defense, Liverpool do not have the superb short-pass penetration skills of Arsenal and Barcelona, what they can do is what is well known, wide crosses and long-range shots.

Chelsea said that they defend the second in the world, then absolutely no one dares to say that their defense is the first in the world, the strength of this defense line is conceivable, but their opponent Liverpool's ability to break the dense defense is also very powerful, as the most commonly used and effective means to break the dense defense: long-range shots, set-pieces and bottom crosses, Liverpool is good at all, especially long-range shots, Liverpool's long-range shooters are at least u people: Alonso, Gerrard, Ager, Reese, Finnen, Chen Yu; Whoever is a little more lucky with these six people and the opponent is a little looser in the marking, they may be able to deliver a fatal blow to the opponent.

In the 75th minute of the game, Liverpool, who had been looking for tactical cooperation, turned into a cross maniac and the king of prodigal shooting, although this English style of play was abandoned by Benitez early and transformed into a shock team integrating various European styles of play, but now, Benitez knows the times and decides to use this inefficient attack to find opportunities to score.

At this time, Gerrard is obviously out of place to play winger, this is not to say that Gerrard will not cross, but Gerrard only uses crosses is too wasteful, Gerrard is in the middle, he can shoot, he can break through, he can also pass, now Chelsea has shrunk so much, Liverpool's wing cannot create opportunities for the middle, and the middle cannot pass the ball to the side, Gerrard only has one cross, and the disadvantage in degree has also been magnified.

Rafael Benitez replaced Alonso, the heart of midfield, with Pennant on the wing, while Steven Gerrard moved in the middle to take over Alonso's work.

In the Liverpool game, Alonso's role is huge, he is not visible, but he uses an accurate pass to keep Liverpool's midfield in order, under normal circumstances, even if Gerrard is replaced Alonso has not been replaced, and now Benitez replaces Alonso with Pennant, completely giving up the organization of the midfield.

Benitez's adaptability was praised by the current commentator, "...... Benitez's table today is very good, decisively replacing Alonso and using Pennant to cross, it seems that it is not cost-effective to use a single functional player to replace the core of the organization, but with the current situation, Pennant is much better than Alonso, he can break through the cross on the wing, and improve the chances of scoring goals for Kuyt, Chen Yu and the midfielder inserted in the back row, while Alonso's role on the field is only long-range shooting, but this job is available to Reese, Gerrard, Ague and others, As for why Mascherano stayed on the pitch, it is estimated that Benitez has taken a fancy to his recovery faster than Alonso, and if Mascherano is down, Liverpool will not have a player who can chase back the defense......"

With Chelsea's current defensive intensity and numbers, even if Ronaldinho, Zidane, and Kaka all change to the field, Pennant's role is only to make Liverpool's crosses a little more, and it is Liverpool's long-range shots and headers that ultimately determine whether they can score or not.

Chelsea's defense can be unique and does have merits, even if there is an iron bucket formation, the defensive players are very rich, Chelsea's players have not relaxed their marking of Liverpool's key players, like Chen Yu, Gerrard still has people closely following, Reese, Ager and others as long as they get to the front, there will be people who focus on disturbing them to receive the ball, in short, any Liverpool player with a high probability of scoring goals is taken care of by Chelsea players, and Chelsea is determined to minimize Liverpool's goal probability.

In the first minute of the game, Reese hit a diagonal pass to Chelsea's penalty area on the right side of the penalty area, because there were too many people in the penalty area, if you want to achieve unexpected results, you must speed up the degree of passing, Reese's foot was too forceful, and it was intended to use the inside of the foot to pass a curved ball that rotated inward, but the ball hit a position more towards the instep, so that the pass suddenly changed direction in the middle of the way and flew straight to the back corner of the goal.

"Dangerous"

"Ahh

"Shot"

It was an accident, an accident that even Rieser couldn't have imagined, so Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech was even less likely to be prepared, but Cech was ready to intercept the pass, and in a fit of eagerness, Cech abducted with one hand and poked the ball with his fingertips, and the ball flew off the outside of the post and crossbar.

Watching the ball fly off the line, the Chelsea players and fans, including the coaches, breathed a long sigh of relief, what they are most afraid of now is this kind of passing ball and refracting ball, this kind of ball is simply impossible to defend, and now the Chelsea people can only pray that their luck is a little better, and the opponent does not have too many such balls.

At this time, some people are not satisfied with Mourinho's big swing of iron buckets, he is Chelsea's CPO Kenyon, Kenyon is sitting with Liverpool's American owner Gillette, Liverpool is behind the score, Gillette must be nervous, and Chelsea Although the score is ahead, Kenyon's expression is not better than Gillette at all, on the contrary, Kenyon is not only nervous, but also angry.

Chelsea's owner Abou spends so much money and buys so many stars, the goal is not just to win the championship, he also hopes that the team can play as good as Barcelona and Arsenal, which is why Mourinho has won two English championships in a row, and there are still rumors that Mourinho is going to leave class, as the manager of Chelsea, Kenyon naturally has to consider the owner's thoughts, he sees Chelsea playing so conservatively at home, being pressed by Liverpool at the same level like a relegation team, Kenyon can imagine what kind of mood Abu is feeling at the moment, Kenyon believes that with Chelsea's current configuration, it is completely possible to win this game happily, instead of shrinking down and kneeling to win this game.

Chelsea are most worried about surprises, but sometimes a flash of genius can be fatal.

Liverpool's corner kick, a chaotic battle in the middle of the penalty area, the ball was finally pushed out of the penalty area by a large number of Chelsea players, Chelsea had no one outside the penalty area, the ball naturally fell to the feet of Liverpool, Mascherano stopped the ball on his chest and divided the side, found Riser on the side, and let Riser and Bellamy cooperate to attack from the side.

However, Reese's long-range shot almost opened the scoring, which gave Reese a bit of confidence, and after winning the ball on the flank, he cut cross-cutting into the middle, and he decided to take advantage of the heat on his feet to do it again.

The Chelsea players also knew that Reese's shot was a big threat, how could he let him shoot with peace of mind, and Joe Cole followed closely and waited for Reese to intercept when he was shooting.

Reese is not a player known for his degree and flexibility, he changed direction twice in a row not only did not get rid of Joe Cole, but was almost stolen by Joe Cole, Reese did not dare to be careless, now Liverpool is empty behind, once the ball is broken, the consequences are unimaginable, he quickly passed the ball to Mascherano and let Mascherano reorganize the attack.

Mascherano is a typical South American player, who does not like to play long balls and likes to have the ball at his feet, he burst into the Chelsea penalty area with the ball, and after attracting the defence, Mascherano slotted the ball straight into Chen Yu, who came out of the box to receive it.

Chen Yu didn't make the usual stop action, he rubbed the ball with his toes, and the ball flew over his own head, just past Makelele, who was following him.

Makelle is behind Chen Yu, he is close to Chen Yu, as long as Chen Yu makes a move to get rid of, he will immediately foul, but Makelele's body is behind Chen Yu, and his height is much shorter than Chen Yu, he didn't see Chen Yu rubbing the ball past his top at all, and when Chen Yu turned around and started, Makelele thought that Chen Yu would break through with the ball, and the defensive action was not big, just reached out and pulled Chen Yu's jersey down.

Makelle is a smart foul, he pulls down, the range of action is not large, and his body is close to Chen Yu, the referee Merck is difficult to see clearly, and because the front of the penalty area is densely crowded, he only needs to delay Chen Yu's movements, and someone will come over to snatch or destroy the ball immediately.

But because Chen Yu had no ball at his feet, he turned around and sprinted with all his might, but Makelele didn't hold it and was thrown away by Chen Yu in one step.

Chen Yu used very skillful force when rubbing the ball, the ball fell behind him and Makellele, and after turning past Makelele, Chen Yu raised his foot sideways and shot into the far corner of the goal.

Chelsea's penalty area was densely populated, and when Chen Yu was shooting, at least two people rushed over desperately and used their bodies to block Chen Yu's shot.

Mikel pounced on the side and couldn't keep the ball out, while Terry pounced on it head-on, tall and wide, and the ball hit Terry's arm and went wide of the post.

Chen Yu could see it clearly, he raised his hand excitedly, and complained loudly to the referee Merck, "The penalty hit Terry's arm for the penalty"

Liverpool's players saw and didn't see it, but when they saw Chen Yu's appearance, they all understood what was going on, except for goalkeeper Reina, who stood still, everyone else rushed to the referee Merck and asked Merck to award a penalty.

But Merck's scale in this game has been very loose, essentially in favor of the home team, and now it has reached Ru minutes, without full certainty, it is impossible for him to award a penalty, not to mention that this goal may also be that Terry did not dodge.

Merck did not award a penalty, but pointed to the goal, indicating that it was a goal kick and that not even a corner was awarded to Liverpool.

Liverpool's players were furious, surrounding referee Merck for an explanation as he explained why it wasn't a penalty.

On the commentary bench, the commentators also had their own opinions on the decision, and some commentators thought that it was a penalty because Terry's arm expanded the defensive area, whether intentionally or unintentionally, a penalty should be awarded; Some commentators think that this is not a penalty, this is actually Terry did not dodge, if the arm hit Terry bounced into the goal, can Merck still think that the goal is invalid and let Liverpool take the penalty? Some commentators think that this penalty can be awarded or not, it depends on how the referee grasps it. Because in the Champions League or the league, there is a precedent for this kind of ball to be awarded a penalty and there is a precedent for not awarding a penalty.

Benitez on the sidelines was also very excited and angry, now that the time has reached the early 80 minutes, such an opportunity is rare, and may even be the last chance, he also rushed to the field to find the referee Merck theory.

Seeing Benitez rushing into the pitch, the substitutes on that side also tried to rush into the pitch.

Referee Merck was worried about the situation, so he immediately took out a yellow card and showed one to Gerrard, who was in the lead, and then showed a yellow card to Benitez, who was striding towards him, and reached out to get a second yellow card, as long as Benitez did not go back, he sent Benitez off the field.

At this time, goalkeeper Reyna saw the danger, Liverpool can lose this game, but the next game must not be lost, if Benitez gets a red card, there is no way to command the next game on the spot, which has too much impact on Liverpool, Reina hurried over to stop coach Benitez.

Benitez also calmed down at this time, he realized that he was too excited, forgot about the consequences, and now as soon as Reina stopped, he also got off the donkey, walked back to the sidelines, and stopped the Liverpool substitutes who were about to enter the field, and then called his core players over to set up the last ten minutes of attacking tactics.

The Chelsea players who took advantage of it have just been standing by and watching, they want Liverpool to make a big fuss and get a few penalties, and now they are disappointed to see the Liverpudlians calm down, but they understand that there must be a nameless anger in the minds of the Liverpudlians now, and in the next few minutes, their backline will be severely tested, and now they must be prepared for the hard work.

Jose Mourinho is the calmest one at this time, he has just called Chelsea's core players Drogba, Terry, Frank Lampard and others to the sidelines, let them seize the opportunity of the opponent's onslaught, resolutely counterattack, bold counterattack, the goal is to score another goal and increase the probability of promotion.

I have to say that Mourinho's success is not accidental, at this time, many people should be more stable, but he did the opposite, but he wanted to take a dangerous step, because to the surprise of the opponent, it may achieve good results.

In comparison, Benitez's line-up is a little more mediocre, he lost his cool at this time, blindly asking his players to attack, and it is normal for him to always fall behind in the competition with Mourinho.

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