Chapter 55: The Captain of the Red Army Returns
After all, this goal can be said to be George's first direct free kick in the Premier League, and the opponent is still Chelsea, and the goalkeeper is the experienced Cudicini. Although the goal this time is more due to Murphy, after all, it is really Murphy's cover for Liverpool's first penalty taker, otherwise, I am afraid that there is no way to deceive the experienced Cudicini, you must know that Cudicini, who is prepared, wants to break the door is not a simple matter. None of this affected George's mood.
"Well done." But as George ran near midfield, Gerrard rushed over and screamed loudly, knocking George to the ground and starting to ravage George's hair.
When George just wanted to speak, the other Liverpool players also ran over and began to join Gerrard's ravaging army, which overwhelmed George for a while, and he couldn't say it even if he wanted to.
Seeing the Liverpool players celebrate, the Blues fans were not happy and continued to let out deafening boos. There were even some Blues fans who were closer to where the Liverpool players celebrated, and they even cursed angrily.
Seeing this situation, the referee also considered the mood of the Blues fans, and only then urged the Liverpool players to end the celebration and hurry up the game. You must know that the angry scolding of some Chelsea fans is really excessive, and the referee does not want to see a certain Liverpool player Cantona possess and rush over to make two moves with the Chelsea fans.
George and others also knew that this was Chelsea's home stadium, and it was not fun to score too many points, so they followed the referee's wishes, hurriedly ended the celebration, and started the game.
In the 51st minute, Frank Lampard took the ball to 30 yards from Liverpool's goal and fired a furious shot from Doudek, only to be saved by Dudek amid the lamentation of the Chelsea fans.
A corner kick ensued, and Desailly's header was deflected wide by Hyypia's interference. Three minutes later, Chelsea were back in action, but Gudjohnsen's shot was blocked by Henkz's outstretched foot.
It can be said that in the space of 10 minutes, Chelsea launched a frantic attack and began to launch a frantic attack on Liverpool's goal. But fortunately, Liverpool's defensive strength is not bad, in the face of Chelsea's crazy attack, although the defense is very difficult, but still successfully ensure that the goal is not lost.
"It's not going to go on like this, Chelsea are crazy now, and if you don't make changes, I'm afraid it's dangerous." As an assistant coach, Thompson couldn't help but say to head coach Houllier next to him when he saw the current Chelsea offensive tide.
As a veteran coach, Houllier certainly understands that the current situation on the pitch is not good for Liverpool, and he also understands that if he stays for a long time, he will lose. But in the face of the current situation, Houllier can't think of anything to do for a while, after all, the morale of Chelsea has been boosted, and it is too early to make a substitution.
"Let's wait, it's too early to make a change." Houllier thought about it and decided to believe that the players on the pitch could withstand Chelsea's attack and did not plan to make substitutions.
Being able to be Houllier's assistant coach, Thompson also knows very well that it is indeed too early to make a substitution, and even if it is a substitution, I am afraid it will not have any effect, after all, the current Chelsea morale has risen.
But as an assistant coach, Thompson reminded Houllier even though he knew that Hollier could not do anything about the current situation on the court. Now hearing Houllier's words, Thompson didn't say anything, just carefully watched the situation on the field.
"Damn it!" Hamann worked extremely hard to shovel the ball at Lampard's feet, and looked at Frank Lampard, who was still alive and well from his side, and couldn't help but curse.
In fact, Hamann's physical consumption is very large now, after all, Hamann, as a defender, needs to participate in both the team's offense and defense, so that the physical consumption is naturally very large.
At the same time, as Liverpool's main midfielder, Hamann also started every game, and his current physical energy has been seriously depleted. From the start of the game, Hamann was able to rely on his experience and body to defend Frank Lampard with ease. However, as the game entered the second half, Hamann, who was clearly lacking in fitness, was already struggling to keep up with Lampard, and it was naturally very difficult to defend.
You must know that Hamann is a midfielder, Liverpool is the team's last attacking player when attacking, and when the team defends, Hamann is the team's first line of defense. It can be said that Hamann's play is very important for Liverpool.
'It's clear that Dietmar has a lot of energy and it's hard to keep up with Frank Lampard and it looks like he's going to have to make a substitution.
As for Hamann's situation, Houllier naturally looked at it, and found that Hamann was currently physically exhausted and could no longer pose a threat to Lampard, so he began to consider substitutions.
Houllier looked at the players on the bench, frowned and thought for a while and said, "Jamie, get ready to warm up." ”
Redknapp, who was sitting on the bench, was slightly stunned when he heard Houllier's words, but immediately reacted, quickly took off the Liverpool player's vest on the outside of the shirt, revealed the shirt on his body, and began to wrap around the pitch to warm up.
In the 65th minute, Zola relied on the opportunity of a free kick and seemed to tell everyone that although I, Zola, am old, but my free kick is absolutely world-class. Unfortunately, this time Zola was a little unlucky, a tricky shot hit the crossbar and was bounced off the bottom line, and to the huge cry of regret from the Chelsea fans, Houllier knew it was time to make a change, and immediately called back Redknapp, who was warming up, and began to prepare for the replacement of Hamann.
"Jamie, when you're on the pitch, you switch places with Steven, let Steven play as a central midfielder, use his body and his fitness, and nail the damn Frank Lampard for me. As for what you need to do, I'm sure you understand it without me saying it. ”
Seeing that head coach Houllier was ready to replace him, Hamann was not the slightest dissatisfied, after all, Hamann's physical consumption is very serious now, and it can even be said that he cannot play normally.
As a veteran player, Hamann naturally knew that it would be beneficial for Liverpool to replace himself now, so Hamann was not the slightest dissatisfied, trotted to the sidelines, and Redknapp came to give him an affectionate hug.
Redknapp was very excited to run into the field, and since the game was injured, Redknapp has not set foot on the field for a long time. Although excited, Redknapp did not forget the manager's instructions, telling Gerrard to put Gerrard in Hamann's position and himself in Gerrard's position.
Just then, Hyypia also ran over from the backfield and handed the captain's armband on his arm to Redknapp. Although Hyypia is the captain on the field, he is only the captain when Redknapp is no longer on the field, and to put it bluntly, he is the second captain.
Redknapp took the captain's armband that Hyypia gave him, and as the captain of a team, Redknapp had a natural arrogance.
Liverpool's substitutions were just a minor episode and did not affect the course of the game. Chelsea's attack is still unusually ferocious, and Liverpool can only defend with all their might.
I have to say that when Gerrard and Lampard met, it was like fate between the two Germans, and the war began, and the strength of the two was comparable, Gerrard had a physical advantage, Lampard had a technical advantage at his feet, and the two were in full swing for a while.
If the two of them knew that the two of them were fighting like this, they would have been fighting in the Premier League for many years, and I don't know how the two would feel.
(Today's update,Actually, there's no way.,Many book friends who have been paying attention to this book from the beginning should know that crazy people have a day at least twice a month.,Sometimes it's more.,No way.,Work reasons.,Please forgive me.。 )