Second Watch-

The battle between Liverpool and Arsenal has begun.

Liverpool were at Anfield and took the lead in attacking to increase the tempo of the game.

Alonso plays a commanding role in the middle, methodically directing forwards, with a high pass success rate, a reasonable direction and the right timing of his passes with his team-mates.

This allows Liverpool's left and right wings to put pressure on the Arsenal defence frequently, moving left and right to maximise Arsenal's lateral defensive distance.

Qin Xiong is not opposed to Gerrard in defense, and both of them can be said to be front-midfielders, so when the offense and defense are contested, the starting distance between the two is a bit far.

Qin Xiong can't keep an eye on Gerrard, and the player he should pay attention to the most when defending is Alonso.

He won't give Alonso a chance to threaten when he gets forward.

As for Alonso's passing organization in the midfield, then Qin Xiong can only look at the ball and sigh, he can't rush to the front to take the initiative to press, otherwise it will widen the distance between him and Vieira Silva and give Gerrard more room to move.

Liverpool's wing attack is more balanced, whether it is the Riser Colwill combination on the left or the Finnan Garcia combination on the right, the threat of the two wings is relatively close, it can be said that they are very threatening, and Gerrard in the middle is also a midfielder in English football, Liverpool's attack is still bad, I am afraid that the center Baros's appearance in the club is far less impressive than his in the Czech team.

On the other hand, on Arsenal's side, when they needed to attack, Gerrard tried his best to interfere with Qin Xiong. can be used every time the attack and defense are switched. Turn around. His distance from Qin Xiong made it impossible for Qin Xiong to be caught up by him for a physical confrontation.

Qin Xiong, on the other hand, was decisive and equally good at organising in midfield, constantly giving opportunities to Pire and Ljungberg to attack Liverpool's defence with a break from the wing.

Thanks to the excellent wide players of both teams and the role of midfield commanders, Qin Xiong and Alonso are able to ensure that their teams are fluent in attack, and the midfield is overly stable and the best attacking direction is selected forward. Therefore, both Arsenal and Liverpool tacitly put the main defensive area at the back, and did not let the midfield line and the back line press forward to give the opponent space behind him.

In the 17th minute, Alonso's long pass from the back side accurately passed the ball to the feet of Colwill, and the Australian winger took two steps inside with the ball and quickly passed the ball to Gerrard, who was inserted behind, and Gerrard met the ball with a heavy shot, and the football flew two meters off the post and flew into the stands.

Two minutes later, Qin Xiong sent a scalpel diagonal in front of Alonso, Pirenet also did not stop the ball and directly rubbed the ball into the far corner of the goal, Dudek did not touch the ball, but Pire's shot flew out of the bottom line by grazing the outside of the post.

Qin Xiong and Alonso constantly provide opportunities for their own attack. The two of them are the guarantee and source of Arsenal and Liverpool's attack!

Gradually, a kind of war between commanders formed!

Arsenal's defenders were speculating about where Alonso would pass the ball to Liverpool's attack.

Liverpool also always pays attention to Qin Xiong's movement when defending.

Even the fans in the stands watched the game with an unusual taste.

They opened their eyes wide and watched intently at Qin Xiong and Alonso's appearance. As the two of them continued to instigate their own offensive, effectively and steadily passing the ball to advance their own attack to the front line, they saw a chess battle where their opponents would meet good talents!

Is that really the case?

Alonso will not be reconciled, just maintain the same level of play as Qin Xiong.

He wants to show more offensive talent, after all, he is older than Qin Xiong.

When Alonso passed the ball to Garcia in the 23rd minute and quickly advanced to the front, Qin Xiong watched Alonso's running and Liverpool's attacking form develop intently.

There was a hint of excitement in him.

Because he thinks the same thing as Alonso.

As a commander, you can't show too much of your ability beyond the passing organization at the beginning, you must focus on the big picture and activate the team.

But when Steady's offense can't create a great opportunity, then the display of individual ability should be unleashed.

Whether it is Liverpool or Arsenal, they have not been able to simply cooperate with the front line to tear apart the opponent's defense, so it is the most common way to insert in the back row and mobilize more attacking forces.

Alonso's forward participation in the frontcourt attack is not accidental, and Qin Xiong also has this intention in his heart!

It's just that Alonso took the lead.

But this was enough to make Qin Xiong excited.

It is impossible for him to keep an eye on Gerrard, but in terms of counterpoint, he has to freeze Alonso, who rushed to the front.

Qin Xiong, who paid close attention to the opponent's attacking direction, saw the opportunity, when Gerrard took Vieira to the side to create an empty space in the middle, and then passed the ball to the middle, hoping to pass the ball to Alonso's feet, Qin Xiong decisively rushed to the front of Alonso, and while the football rolled over, Alonso stretched out his foot to control the ball, and Qin Xiong stretched out his foot to destroy!

Bang!

The two touched the ball at the same time, and at one point they formed a pair of feet, and the ball flew out of control and flew off the sideline in the collision squeeze.

Alonso took the lead, Qin Xiong was prepared to strike backwards, and Alonso lost his body balance and fell to the ground, Qin Xiong took the initiative to reach out and pull Alonso up, and then prepared to do the sideline ball marking defense.

Alonso turned his head to look at Qin Xiong, who was standing less than two meters away from his body, and said secretly in his heart: Trouble!

Qin Xiong's defensive pressure may not be felt at the back of the middle line, Qin Xiong just stuck his passing line to the middle as much as possible, so he could only play to the side.

And he crossed the midfield to the front, Qin Xiong seemed to be inseparable from him, especially when he was tepid without the ball, but when he began to run to respond, Qin Xiong's speed explosion was Alonso's envy and headache.

Qin Xiong, who was more confident and slightly arrogant than before, had Alonso in his heart never imagined.

"You can't get past halftime!"

In Liverpool's half, Alonso can organize and play the specialty of long passes and accuracy, but if he wants to participate in the attack in the front, Qin Xiong will never let him succeed!

As far as the current game is concerned, Arsenal is actually dominant, because in the middle of the midfield, Arsenal has not yet broken out a strong attack, from the perspective of personnel encounters, Qin Xiong, who serves as a forward midfielder in defense, can freeze the opponent's central midfielder Alonso, turn around, what if Arsenal attacks in the middle?

Three minutes later, Qin Xiong controlled the ball in the halfway line, he turned forward and began to dribble, Alonso's face sank like water, paying attention to the distance between himself and Hamann, and then slowly pressed Qin Xiong.

Here it comes!

When he was still one meter away from Alonso, Qin Xiong suddenly changed direction and went to the right!

Alonso guarded against Qin Xiong's dribbling rhythm change, and he immediately moved to the same side, but just after taking a step sideways, he was shocked to find that Qin Xiong's right foot pulled the ball back to the left side!

While he stabilized his center of gravity, Qin Xiong forcibly broke through from his side!

Two premeditated changes of direction!

Alonso turned around and immediately wanted to foul, but Qin Xiong deliberately distanced him with the ball, and then in front of Hamann, Qin Xiong gently pushed the ball sideways.

Henry dropped back to respond, Hamann struggled to defend himself at the back, Henry got a chance to kick up from outside the box and fired a decisive shot at goal!

Hyypia used his body to block the football, his shoulder changed what looked like it would be a shot that would go straight to the corner of the goal, Henry sighed a little regretfully, and then gave Qin Xiong a thumbs up.

Qin Xiong ran towards the backfield as usual, clearly running towards the front of Alonso, and then turned around when he returned to the halfway line.

Alonso has a solemn expression and his ball intelligence is very high.

When Qin Xiong exerted his personal dribbling breakthrough ability, although he only passed him once, only once, but this time it meant that he was defeated one-on-one in defense!

He deeply understood the gap between the two, and he would not go to Qin Xiong one-on-one again and again.

Even if the defense is successful, it doesn't prove anything.

Although he was reluctant in his heart, he still made up his mind that when Qin Xiong made a personal dribble in front of the court, he would retreat closer to Haman to compress the space and not give Qin Xiong room to break through.

Benitez, who had been sitting in the dugout without smiling, suddenly stood up and walked to the sidelines, and he made a gesture to the players, which no one knew except the Liverpool players. (To be continued......)