Chapter 1104: Vicious Battle (II)
Benitez was an courageous choice to attack at the height of the opposition's attack, especially when it was Chelsea. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
When Liverpool pressed forward like a spring, Grant was full of respect for Benitez.
Now he finally understands that Liverpool's ability to reverse Milan 0:3 in 05 is not all due to luck, it is also the result of courage and hard work.
But tactics are just tactics after all, and the people who execute them are the most important factor.
When Liverpool launched a counterattack, Grant finally saw Chen Yu's power again.
Chen Yu and Steven Gerrard are both superstars with a very strong ability to read the game, and even if they retire as a coach now, they are definitely a good coach, and they understood the coach's intention when they were waved forward by Benitez, which was to suppress Chelsea's attacking momentum and prevent the opponent from playing their own rhythm and morale.
As the saying goes, the best of the two compete wins, Chelsea and Liverpool are originally equal, Liverpool is slightly stronger, but Chelsea has home advantage, whoever plays their rhythm and morale, who is lucky, who can win, Benitez such an on-the-spot command is absolutely a master.
Benitez's on-the-spot command is strong, and Chen Yu's execution is stronger.
Liverpool suddenly counterattacked, like a corpse, hit Chelsea by surprise, the ball was cut off by Mascherano when passing in the middle, Mascherano originally planned to take a few steps forward to have a good time, but in front of Chen Yu reached out to ask for the ball when he got the ball, Mascherano knew that he was the core of the team, the red man in the eyes of the coach, how dare Chen Yu not give the ball.
Disrupting your opponent's rhythm? This Chen Yu doesn't know too much, he is not a defender or a defensive midfielder, but finding his own rhythm, this is what Chen Yu is best at.
Chen Yu is not in a hurry to catch the ball forward, but to dribble to no one's place, where no one is to deal with the person who is easy to deal with, before and after, left and right, at the beginning Chelsea is only a player chasing, other players regional defense, but soon they found that the gap in the regional defense is too big, and they simply grabbed Chen Yu's ball, so they surrounded and robbed, and soon they found that many people could not grab it, let them chase and intercept, it was difficult to grab the ball without fouls.
Also Makelele decisive, he saw that he was taken down by Chen Yu like this, the defense line will definitely be a mess, don't look at Chen Yu and headless flies everywhere, in fact, this Chinese is fine, accidentally may be passed by him a fatal ball, so Makelele dragged Chen Yu to the ground in the back, which is also Makelele is worried about eating cards, otherwise it is a shovel over.
A free kick near the center circle, of course, there is no threat from such a free kick, but the ball is a big threat at Chen Yu's feet.
Chen Yu grabbed a free kick but did not make it, and the experienced Makelele blocked the forward passing line early.
Then Gerrard passed the ball to Chen Yu, Chen Yu took the ball again, and just as the Chelsea players were about to surround Chen Yu, Chen Yu suddenly made a long diagonal pass to Rieser, who quickly inserted it on the wing.
This is a very unexpected pass, the angle of the ball is extremely tricky, Chen Yu almost 90 degrees turned around and passed the ball out, Chen Yu not only passed Diao, but also passed accurately, directly to the front of Riese two or three meters away.
For long passes, the ball that goes to the head is not good, and the ball in front of you is the best, so that the player who cuts forward does not need to slow down, which will make the defender more uncomfortable.
Reese certainly didn't live up to such a good pass, and in the face of the defense of former Barcelona defender Belletti, he actually ate the opponent with strength and speed, and passed the ball into the penalty area.
At this time, the Chelsea players once again witnessed Chen Yu's lightning speed and ghostly movement, just after he played a long ball just past the centre circle, and by the time Rieser got down to cross, he had already hit the back post to grab the point.
Because Kuyt and Gerrard in the middle attracted most of the troops, Chen Yu's back point was undefended, however, Chelsea's defenders were not vegetarians, and Reese's accurate pass to Gerrard's ball was rubbed by Terry, Chen Yu was caught off guard for a while, the ball was above his forehead, and flew high off the crossbar.
Seeing the ball fly out of the bottom line, Chen Yu waved his fist hatefully, feeling depressed that he had pushed out such a ball. "If only it were two centimeters taller."
Gerrard came over and hammered his chest and said, "Okay, no one can top a ball like this." ”
Chen Yu regretted that he had lost a good opportunity, and the fans, players, and coaches of Chelsea over there were almost stupid, so Chen Yu got an unguarded shooting opportunity, which was simply a gift.
It wasn't until the ball flew off the line that the Chelsea players came over in horror to thank John Terry for the lud.
Even the "Sky Sports" commentator who is biased towards Chelsea has to admit that Chen Yu is powerful, "Chen Yu is Chen Yu, but he took the ball twice, and he beat Chelsea's offensive momentum down at once, and now Liverpool is up, it depends on whether Chelsea can hold it, if you don't see Chen Yu dead, I'm afraid it will be difficult, but if you look at Chen Yu, Liverpool and Gerrard, Chelsea is really a bit of a headache, fortunately, Chelsea is also a giant team, and there are many "cutting-edge weapons" at hand, like Drogba, Terry, Lampard, These are the stars who can change a game in an instant...... It's a great fight! ”
Although Chen Yu changed the rhythm of the game on the field and suppressed Chelsea's morale, at this time, it was reasonable that Benitez should take advantage of the victory to pursue and expand the results, but Benitez was scheming and did not rush to achieve it, but took advantage of the time to wave to Chen Yu at the time of the goal kick, called Chen Yu to the sidelines, and said: "Press the rhythm, you run leisurely." ”
Chen Yu was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood that Benitez was asking him to save a little physical strength. 、
Chen Yu is also not reckless, he is very physical now, but it does not mean that he still has physical fitness after playing seventy or eighty minutes, and against a team like Chelsea, you have to prepare for more than 90 minutes of physical fitness.
Chelsea sent a goal kick and was ready to fight hard with Liverpool, but he didn't expect Liverpool to shrink, and Chelsea's sudden punch was like hitting cotton and was shaken.
Being attacked and defended by Benitez like this, Chelsea was a little suspicious, and in the face of Liverpool, who shrank to the opening state to play defensive counterattacks, Chelsea did not dare to attack boldly for a while.
Benitez wants this state, he let Chen Yu attack a few times in front, the purpose is to disrupt Chelsea's rhythm, not let them get up, not let them play at a high level, and now that the goal has been reached, Benitez has returned to the tactics formulated before the game.
Although this set of tactics to overcome rigidity with softness is not as fast and exciting as offensive football, but the victory is safe, now Liverpool is 7 points ahead of Chelsea, Benitez does not want to take a big risk, even if he gets a draw, Liverpool can also overwhelm Arsenal with one point, in the face of Wenger's youth army, Benitez is still very confident, if facing the Red Devils of Lord Frell, Benitez estimates that the idea is different.
After all, Chelsea has reached the point where they have their backs to the water, and the players dare not take their lives, and after a little hesitation, Terry roared, "Let's fight." Chelsea attacked again.
The game became anxious again, Chelsea's three lines pressed forward together, the attack pressed wave after wave, Drogba stood like a giant bear in the Liverpool penalty area, he was like an attacking bridgehead, using his strong body to distribute the ball from all sides of Chelsea to his teammates and opponents, and he was also ravaging the Liverpool defender Carragher who defended him.
Liverpool's tactics are defensive counterattacks, and they are mentally prepared for Chelsea's attack, but during this time, Chelsea is too fast and fierce, and the fouls are extremely decisive, giving Liverpool no chance to organize an attack, except for set-pieces, Liverpool has played very few times in the Chelsea penalty area.
Chelsea held Liverpool at bay for almost a little over a minute before shrinking, taking a breath or two to adjust and ready to attack again.
Chelsea's attack just now is too fierce, the well-trained and well-prepared Liverpool is in a hurry, Chen Yu wanted to repeat the old trick several times, suppress Chelsea's offensive, but this time Benitez did not let Liverpool fight back, Chen Yu was also destroyed by Chelsea's several vicious fouls.
This situation made Chelsea manager Grant a little uneasy, he always felt that this Benitez was by no means a person who swallowed his anger, he was pressed by Chelsea at the beginning of the game, and then he counterattacked, this time Chelsea was more aggressive, but Liverpool was still like that, in the eyes of pseudo-fans, Liverpool is now scared of courage.
However, when the coach of a big club, which is not tried-and-tested, which is not talented, which is not resolute, even after seeing Liverpool's unexpected small counterattack, Grant continued to wave forward, allowing the players to continue to attack, and it was as if they were attacking until the end of the first half.
Benitez is certainly not a coward, he is very bold, but he is very aware of the strengths and weaknesses of his team, Chen Yu's physical fitness has always been a time bomb, the team's lead is a big advantage, but the player's fighting spirit is definitely not as good as Chelsea, this is a disadvantage, how to play to the strengths and avoid the weaknesses, Benitez's solution is to reduce Chen Yu's running distance, and replace the need for more offense with counterattacks.
Playing away from home, without the pressure of the fans, Benitez's style of play is undoubtedly very reliable, but who wins in the end depends on luck.