Chapter 748: Champion in Progress (3)
The last battle
Liverpool's players waited a season for this game, and even thought they didn't have this opportunity for a while, but now, not only do they have this opportunity, but they also have their destiny firmly in their own hands, as long as they beat the relegated team in front of them, they can lift the glittering trophy in the stands.
The relegated team, this is the unified name of Charlton by Liverpool's players since they knew that Charlton had received black gold, they looked down on this team very much, and very much wanted to ravage them in the game, so that their dreams of making money were shattered, and the championship trophy was close at hand, and even if you looked up, you could see the beautiful pattern on the trophy, which was so exciting for Liverpool players that they were a little anxious to win.
After Clattenburg's whistle blew, Charlton did not rush forward, even if striker Darren Bent and forward Zheng Hua were only hovering around Liverpool's 30-meter area, which did not stimulate Liverpool at all.
Charlton accepted black gold, and there is more than one, it is two, one from Manchester United, one from Chelsea, Manchester United's request is to at least draw Liverpool, and Chelsea's request is to beat Liverpool, Charlton people believe that not only them, may Manchester United's opponent West Ham also accepted Chelsea's black gold, although Charlton beat Liverpool and West Ham United beat Manchester United have little hope, but as long as you pay a small amount of money, you can have one more hope of winning the championship, It's Chelsea's favourite thing to do, not to mention that paying black money for winning is similar to the club setting up a bonus for winning, even if the FA knows it, it's not a big deal, the FA is fighting on deliberately losing, not winning, and winning at any time is welcome.
Although Charlton accepted the black gold, Pardew is not without self-knowledge, they know very well how big the gap is between Charlton and Liverpool, a real battle, Charlton has no chance of winning, if Charlton wants to win or draw, there is only one tactic, that is, defensive counterattack.
In the 4411 formation that Charlton discharged today, there are actually only four players who are really engaged in attack: striker Darren Bent, forward Zheng Hua, and two full-backs Ambrose and Sam. And these four people also have defensive tasks in addition to attacking, especially Zheng Hua, although he is a front midfielder, but because he has the experience of playing back and defender, so Pardu will let him play front midfield today, the purpose is to play his role in defense.
Charlton didn't attack, Liverpool were welcome, they couldn't wait, they couldn't wait to end the battle immediately, so that they could touch the championship trophy that they had coveted for many years. Before the ball could reach Charlton's back line, Liverpool's front three arrived at a brisk pace.
In the general game, Crouch is not much when he participates in the pressing, he is too tall, not fast, and consumes a lot of physical energy, so Benitez did not ask him to force the opponent's defender, but today, Crouch took the initiative to participate in Liverpool's pressing action, he and Chen Yu, Kuyt directly forced Charlton's three defenders, forced Charlton's defenders to pass the ball to the midfield, or open a big foot.
Charlton has four defenders, Liverpool strikers only three, Chen Yu, Kuyt and Crouch pressing, Charlton's back line can always leave a vacancy, but Charlton's central defenders do not dare to pass the ball in front of Crouch for a long time, because Crouch is two meters tall, tall and long-legged, once he intercepts the ball, it is undoubtedly a nightmare for Charlton, as for passing to the midfield, it is more unworkable, Liverpool's midfielder runs more range, and has more experience in stealing, So Charlton's defenders could only drive the ball out steadily and throw possession to Liverpool.
Less than a minute into the game, Charlton defenders kicked wide, the ball was picked up by Liverpool's defenders, and the ball easily fell to the feet of the Liverpool players.
The sea of red in the stands couldn't help but roar, like a hurricane swept through the sea, and in the eyes of Liverpool fans, Liverpool with the ball could immediately crush little Charlton to pieces.
The mood of Liverpool's players is actually similar to that of Liverpool fans, in such an exuberant environment, people's emotions will be infectious, even people like Chen Yu and Alonso are about to boil in the manic atmosphere of the scene, they now just want to immediately crush this weak team that dares to stop them from winning the championship.
Liverpool's defender passed the ball to Alonso, who did not bring the ball forward when no one was pressing, but passed the ball to Chen Yu, who was a winger, as fast as possible.
There is an air bully like Crouch in the middle, and it is a fool not to make full use of it, Benitez is certainly not a fool, he is a master tactician, he knows very well the truth of attacking the enemy's shortcomings with his own strengths, so he discharged a 433 formation, making full use of Crouch's height and Chen Yu's impact on the side, and attacking Charlton's goal.
Chen Yu's cross on the side is difficult to defend, even if Charlton puts two players on the side, Chen Yu also has the ability to pass the ball out, so Charlton no longer bothered about this, they only left a fullback stuck in the inner line, not allowing Chen Yu to cut inside, as for the cross, then let him go, anyway, Charlton deployed heavy troops in the middle, and it was too difficult to play in the crowd with a thin bamboo pole from Crouch,
Chen Yu passed the ball almost without any hindrance, and the target was Crouch, this guy stood very eye-catching wherever he stood, completely like a big penny.
Crouch is very tall, but just like his nickname Big Bamboo Pole, Crouch is too thin, if he is as strong as Drogba, and so tall, then he is invincible, but now, Crouch has seen the landing point, and only he can reach it, but under the sandwich of Charlton's two central defenders Bogra and No. 3 Herdasson, Crouch can't jump normally, and the two people who can't touch the ball at all pretend to jump up, pushing him with his body and holding him between his arms, Crouch could only watch as a good opportunity slipped over his head.
Crouch didn't touch, Gerrard didn't play in front, and Kuy, who was at the back post, quickly retreated to the side, ready to stop the ball on the sideline, but the full-back Thatcher who followed him did not let Kuyt control the ball easily.
Don't look at Kuyt is so strong, but Thatcher has a way to deal with Kuyt, he doesn't look at the ball flying in the sky, just stares at Kuyt seriously, and when Kuyt jumps up with both feet and is about to stop the ball with his forehead, he jumps up hard and hits Kuyt.
Kuyt was close to reaching the ball when he lost control and the ball rubbed against Kuyt's head before flying off the touchline.
"Foul foul"
The fans in the stands could see clearly that they had nothing to do and wanted to find trouble, and at this time they were even louder and angry, pressuring the referee Clattenburg, although it was difficult for the opponent to eat cards, but it was very possible to get the ball.
Clattenburg did not say that not only did he not punish the fouling full-back Thatcher, but also gave the ball to Charlton Athletic.
This made the Liverpool fans in the stands angry, and they couldn't help but shout the insulting word "Manchester United dog".
Although Clattenburg is known as Ferguson's royal referee by the media, he actually has no close relationship with Ferguson, and his decision is in favor of Manchester United just because he likes Manchester United and Ferguson more, but now Liverpool fans humiliate him like this, Clattenburg is a little angry, and he decided to be strict with Liverpool.
Charlton's throw-in was actually not very useful, the ball was passed at the feet of Charlton players only three times, and he was immediately forced to kick again, and the ball fell to Liverpool's feet again without any suspense, and Liverpool did not hesitate to launch a new round of attack.
The ball transitioned from the defender to Alonso's feet, and Alonso immediately passed the ball to Chen Yu, continuing to implement the tactics formulated by coach Benitez to rush on the side and grab points in the middle.
Chen Yu is bound to the consciousness of the mid-level superstar Figo today, an all-round midfielder who is good at making a fuss on the wing, but also able to organize in the middle, and can also solve problems with goals.
The reason why Figo was chosen was because Chen Yu expected that the battle with Charlton would definitely be an offensive and defensive battle, and his position was mostly fixed around Charlton's penalty area, so that the awareness threat of binding an all-round midfielder would be greater.
Seeing the ball passing, Chen Yu did not attack directly to the bottom line, because the outflanking power in the middle was not enough, and he lacked confidence in Crouch, Chen Yu wanted to wait for his teammates to press forward again, and he then attacked the cross, and the threat may be much greater than his current cross.
Chen Yu slowed down for only a few seconds, and full-backs Luke Young and Ambrose came to attack, and Charlton's forward Zheng Hua was also coming to this side, intending to cut off Chen Yu's connection with the players behind him.
Chen Yu knows that this is the time for him to break through, at this time, as long as he can break through to the bottom line cross, there is the high point of Crouch in the middle, and there are Gerrard and Mascherano in the front, the probability of scoring will definitely be a lot greater, even if the middle point of the front point cannot be touched, Kuyt, who is fast cutting into the penalty area, also hopes to grab the back point.
Chen Yu made a feint, quickly moved the ball forward, and prepared to use the strong defense of Luke Young and Ambrose.
Ambrose is a midfielder, and his defensive ability is worse than that of a defender, but seeing that Chen Yu has the intention of breaking through, he did not hesitate to pull his skills and dragged Chen Yu, who had already started, to the ground.
"Forced"
Referee Clattenburg's whistle blew before the Liverpool fans could scold, but because Clattenburg did not show Ambrose a yellow card, the Liverpool fans were still dissatisfied and came out to boo.
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