Chapter 84: The Birth of a King (9)
The game is not easy to play, this is not only Lao Bei thinks so, but even George and everyone else thinks so, after all, the strength shown by Valencia is there, whether it is covered up or not, and a discerning person can see it at a glance.
No, the game has just begun, Valencia relied on its strong midfield, gradually grasped the control of the midfield, and under the organization of Aimar, targeted attacks on Liverpool's goal.
Although Gerrard and Alonso and others are also playing in the midfield after being reminded by Lao Bei, Valencia's midfield strength is too strong, and the individual abilities of each player in the midfield are very good, not to mention one more person than Liverpool.
In the seventh minute of the first half, Valencia made a threatening attack through their core Aimar. Albelda cleanly cut off the ball at Alonso's feet and handed it to Aimar in front, who and Corradi made a one-two, shook off Carragher's defence, slotted into the box and shot from a tight angle.
However, Liverpool were lucky, Dudek's position was very good, and although Aimar's shot was very threatening, Dudek was still held up by Dudek with one palm.
"O~Marr's shot, the great Dudek managed to save the Argentine's shot and save Liverpool. Liverpool need to brace themselves and can't afford to let the Argentine continue to be arrogant in the box. ”
Seeing Aimar's shot, the commentator couldn't help but be nervous, although Aimar's shot was blocked by Dudek and did not score, but the commentator could still see that this could only be said to be Liverpool's luck, or Dudek's luck. If Valencia do this again, I'm afraid Liverpool will concede a goal.
"Cheer up, cheer up!" Dudek got up from the ground, bent over and clapping incessantly, shouting at his teammates. Aymar's shot just now also scared Dudek into a cold sweat, but Dudek also knew that it was not a mistake by his teammates, and it could only be said that Valencia's strength was too strong. Therefore, Dudek didn't know what to say except to cheer up his teammates.
"Understood! John, the opponent's midfield is very strong, don't plug in too easily, everyone come on, prevent Valencia's attack. As the heart of the team's defense, Hyypia naturally takes on the task of commanding from the rear. Upon hearing Dudek's words, Hyypia immediately replied, and at the same time signaled Riser not to step forward too easily, and then encouraged his teammates to prevent Valencia's attack.
Under Hyypia's command and the efforts of the whole Liverpool team, Valencia's corner did not pose any threat to Liverpool's goal. Carragher, who was already playing an increasingly good role at centre-back, got ahead of Corradi and took Valencia's corner kick out of the box and was picked up by Smitchell.
If it is said that it is fighting a positional war. Then Valencia, which has five people. It is significantly stronger than Liverpool in terms of strength. After all, there is a positional war. It's about passing and controlling the ball for a long time. Then patiently look for attacking opportunities. Therefore, it is generally good at playing positional battlefield teams. The midfield is often very strong.
Although compared to Valencia positional battles. Liverpool are also a bit weaker. But be aware. Liverpool ground style of play. Especially the offensive style. But it doesn't occupy the edge of positional warfare at all. Liverpool's attacking style is simple. That's what he's best at attacking fast. Or a few times from time to time, the traditional long cross in English football.
It's not. Get the ball to Deth Mitchell. As a veteran player. Naturally, there was no mistake in making substitutions for young players.
Valencia players are not given any chance to return to the defensive ground. Direct big-foot passes. Pass the ball to the left side of the pitch. This is on the left side of the pitch. Colwill was already reaching for the ball.
"Distant Australia. The wide land is free for you to run freely. Run. Children from Australia. Run. Liverpool ground wings. Run. Cowell. ”
When Colwill stops Smitchell on a pass. The entire Anfield stadium erupted in loud cheers. And the Liverpool fans. It was also sung on the ground and composed a hymn for Cowell. I have to say. England fans are crazy and musically creative in terms of unmistakable. Although this madness is not very friendly. This music is just a change of words from a pop song.
Of course, Colwill will not disappoint the Liverpool fans, stopping Smitchell's pass, sending the ball towards Valencia's front court, spreading his legs and starting to catch up with the ball, and running towards Valencia's goal with the ball. At this time, George and Owen also began to rush towards Valencia's goal at the moment when Colwill got the ball.
After Valencia's first attack, Liverpool also began to use their best way to start a counterattack towards Valencia's goal.
Obviously, for Liverpool's research, Valencia coach Emery has also worked hard and knows that Liverpool is good at fast attack, so Emery is also fully prepared for Liverpool's this.
No, at the moment when Valencia took a corner, none of Valencia's four defenders rushed to Liverpool's penalty area to compete for a corner, but instead stood in their own half, guarding against Liverpool's fast attack. At this time, with Liverpool's fast attack, Valencia's backline is also under the command of Ayala, the core of the defense, quickly retreating, and at the same time guarding against Liverpool's offensive triad.
"Kuro, you go up!" As Valencia's backline retreated into the box, Ayala shouted at Torres. Seeing that Colwill had not passed the ball yet, he had already entered a distance of thirty meters from the goal, and Ayala could not continue to tolerate Colwill to continue, who knows if Colwill will suddenly shoot from a distance, thinking of this, Ayala reminded Torres loudly and asked Torres to stick it.
Ayala has absolute authority and command in Valencia's backline, and after receiving Ayala's order, Torres didn't think about it, and rushed directly towards Colwill with the ball. At this time, the experienced Ayala also slowed down her retreat, greeted Marchena on the side, and quietly leaned towards Colwill on the side.
"Even if you want to stop me!" Seeing Torres post it, Colwell thought disdainfully.
When there were still three meters left between the two sides, Colwill suddenly waved the ball behind Torres, and at the same time, Colwill, who was already very fast, suddenly added and was ready to force Torres over.
It has to be said that although Cowell's trick seems simple, the simpler it is, the more effective it is. This Torres also showed Cowell's plan, although he understood Cowell's thoughts, but it was not easy to really want to prevent Cowill.
There was no way, Torres suddenly changed direction, ready to use his body, blocking Cowill's path, at this time, Torres was already there
Psychological preparation to be hit hard by the high-impact Cowell.
But Colwill was especially able to stop him so easily, seeing Torres in front of him, Colwill smiled disdainfully, and when the two were almost colliding, he suddenly gave way with his left foot to the side and rushed past Torres.
At this time, Torres only felt that his eyes were in front of him, and then Colwill broke through from his side in an instant. Seeing this, Torres smiled bitterly, defenders often seem helpless and helpless in the face of this kind of breakthrough forward, especially this kind of breakthrough of degree striker.
"Hmph~ But that's it, stop me if you want to, what do you think I'm Cowell, what!" Breaking through Torres, Colwill sneered disdainfully, and was staring at Torres's words, when he suddenly saw a fat ball two or three meters away from him, and suddenly a foot appeared, and he couldn't help but be surprised.
Knowing that he couldn't get the ball at this time, although he was very unwilling, the quality and morality of professional players also made Colwill jump subconsciously so as not to collide with each other.
"O~Weir's breakthrough, it's so beautiful, Colwill is like a gust of wind, breaking through Torres's defense, in front of Colwill, Torres defending, like a clown."
Seeing that Colwill broke through Torres, the commentator couldn't help but say excitedly, but saw that after Colwill broke through Torres, the ball was suddenly snatched by the opponent.
"Ayala ~ is Ayala ~ At the most dangerous time in Valencia, Valencia's defender, Ayala from distant Argentina, successfully broke the ball. Although it was an opponent, I also have to admit that Ayala's break was too beautiful and clean. ”
"Ayala!" Colwill managed to stop his tracks and turned to see who had broken the ball. When Colwill saw that it was the Argentine Ayala who broke the ball, he couldn't help frowning and said coldly. Because there are many things that can be seen from Ayala's broken ball this time, at this time, Colwell also had to sigh: "Sure enough, the shadow of the tree of human life, Ayala, an old guy who is over thirty years old, is a big trouble." ”
It turned out that when Torres rushed up, Ayala had quietly leaned towards Colwill and ambushed behind Torres. When Colwill flicked the ball past Torres, Ayala, who was lying in ambush behind Torres, immediately struck out and broke the ball before Colwill.
"Damn!" When Ayala broke the ball, George and Owen, who were still running in front of the Valencia penalty area, both stopped and cursed secretly. I have been running so hard for so long, Ayala is so broken, all the work I just did is in vain, thinking of this, the two of them have no good impression of Ayala who broke the ball.
Breaking off the ball, Ayala immediately handed the ball to Vegas in front, but Alonso quickly posted it, and finally the two scuffled, and the ball touched Alonso's feet and rolled out of the touchline.
"Steven, come here!" As Liverpool's attack was defused by Ayala, Lao Bei couldn't sit still at this time, and when he held the ball out of the sideline, he suddenly stood on the sidelines and shouted at Gerrard in the field.
"Coach, do you have any instructions?" Hearing Lao Bei's shouting, Gerald immediately ran to Lao Bei's side and asked. Because Gerrard knows that in this situation, the manager calls himself over, there must be some arrangement.
"Steven, you go and tell them, tell them not to play on the ground, the opponent's midfield is very strong, I believe you have experienced that. Tell everybody, we hit us with a long cross and hanged it, understand? ”
"Got it, Coach!" Hearing Lao Bei's words, Gerald nodded to indicate that he knew.
"Well~ you go!" Seeing that Gerald knew what he meant, Lao Bei nodded and told Gerald to tell the team how to fight.
Torres looked at his teammates around him and threw the ball player to Ayala in the backcourt, Ayala shifted with his big foot and handed the ball to Aurelio on the left, who immediately grabbed the ball when Owen rushed over and pressed closely, did not stop the ball, and directly knocked the ball to Albelda in front.
"Take your time, don't rush!" After getting the ball, Albelda saw that his teammates had begun to rush towards Liverpool's penalty area, and immediately yelled, signaling his teammates not to worry, and slowly looking for opportunities.
Albelda is still very prestigious in the Valencia team, and after being reminded by the captain, the Valencia midfielders suddenly slowed down and began to pass the ball in the midfield, looking for opportunities to attack.
After a couple of passes, the ball finally landed at Aimar's feet, and by this time, Carragher had already posted it to prevent Aimar from breaking through the distance and space.
Carragher leaned on Aimar and grabbed Aimar's jersey at the same time, preventing Aimar from having a chance to break through himself. At this time, Carragher deeply remembered the reminder of head coach Lao Bei, knowing that Aimal is a typical Argentine offensive striker who is stronger in attack than organizing passes, to put it bluntly, just like Maradona at the beginning.
Don't look at the two of them playing as a front-runner, but the two of them attack, no less than any striker, as long as there is a chance, Aimar will definitely take his own breakthrough to complete the shot, unless necessary, generally will not pass.
Aimar tried, and now Carragher's defense is decent, and the hand movements are not very obvious, but it also makes him unable to shake off Carragher's hateful hand for a while, thinking of this, Aimar has no choice but to distribute the ball to the feet of Vicente on the side.
Although Aimar was not reconciled, he preferred to be able to break through Carragher's defense and finish the goal. But his physical weakness made Aimar suffer a lot when he was attached to the strong Carragher. Because with every effort of Carragher, Aimar felt that he was about to lose his position and the ball if he made a mistake, and there was no way, Aimar could only pass the ball to Vicente on the left.
It has to be said that the South American players, especially those from Argentina and Brazil, seem to be more independent.
Look at Argentina's Crespo, Aimar, Maradona, Brazil's Ronaldo and Romario, and of course, Ronaldo, and of course, Ronaldo, all of them get the ball, and the first thing to think about is how to break through the opponent's defense and then complete the shot, and then pass the ball if it is really not good.
Although Ronaldo often passes and assists in Barcelona, if you really look closely, Ronaldo is more likely to break through the opponent and complete the shot. It is precisely because of this that when Brazil came out with a Kaka who was more inclined to the European style of passing, the Brazilian media called Kaka a great luck for Brazil, no, at this time Kaka is also the absolute midfield core of the Brazilian national team.
As for Argentina, although Riquelme's temper is not very good, Riquelme's excellent free-kick skills and willingness to pass the ball make Riquelme often enter Argentina.
No way, a real organized midfielder is what any team needs, after all, everyone is going to attack, no one organizes the attack, no one passes the ball, it's useless.
Vicente may not have performed well before, but since joining Valencia, he has started to grow highly, and suddenly became a left midfielder and of course a left winger in world football.
After getting Aimar's ball, he looked at Hyypia who was blocking in front of him, and when he learned that he couldn't shoot and pass, Vicente suddenly changed his strategy and rushed towards the sideline with the ball, looking like he was ready to go straight to the bottom cross. And Vicente did plan to do the same, rushing directly to the bottom line, taking a light bite, shaking off Reese's defense, and immediately crossed with his feet.
In the face of Vicente's pass, Corradi opened his hands, pushed away Carragher beside him, jumped high, met Vicente's pass, and smashed the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal.
"Hah!" In the face of Corradi's header, Dudek yelled, and immediately rushed sideways towards the left side of the goal, staring at the ball with both eyes, and stretched out his left hand to fan the ball out of the bottom line.
"O~ beautiful save, Dudek's save this time is really beautiful, it seems that the Pole is in excellent form today." Seeing Dudek sideways to attack Corradi's header, the commentator did not hesitate to use all the praise words to praise Dudek for making a wonderful save. And the Liverpool fans throughout Anfield Stadium also stood up in their hearts and gave their warmest applause to Dudek who made a wonderful save.
"Boom!" A muffled sound suddenly stunned everyone, and they looked at the place where the sound was made. At this time, the scene that appeared to everyone was Dudek lying on the side of the doorpost, slightly hunched over, and his face showed a painful look.
What the hell is going on, at this moment, everyone invariably has the same thought, everyone is confused, and they don't know what happened to Dudek.
At this time, the big screen on the scene cooperated with everyone to explain. I saw that on the big screen, Dudek used too much force in order to block Corradi's header and hit the post hard, so this scene appeared at this time.
"Corkland~ I'll warm up, hurry up!" Seeing this scene, Lao Bei couldn't help but be shocked, and a bad thought suddenly appeared. From the replay on the big screen, Lao Bei knew that Dudek's injury this time was probably really troublesome, thinking of this, Lao Bei couldn't help yelling at the backup goalkeeper Kirkland.
"Ugh!" Hearing the head coach's words, Kirkland couldn't help but be stunned, this can't be blamed on Kirkland, after all, the goalkeeper is out of position, unless he is sent off by a red card, in general, it is impossible to replace the goalkeeper.
But when he saw Lao Bei's serious and serious expression, he suddenly said yes loudly, took off his coat, and began to warm up.
At this time, Liverpool's team doctor had already rushed towards Dudek, ready to see what happened to Dudek's injury. And the referee also blew the whistle in his mouth very cooperatively, so that the team doctor could take a closer look at Dudek's injury.
"What's going on, is Dudek's injury serious?" At this time, all the Liverpool players on the field also rushed to the goal, seeing that the team doctor was examining Dudek, George asked with some concern.
"Damn, how could this happen, don't be wrong!" Lao Bei was standing on the sidelines at this time, and he also looked nervously at the team doctor who was examining Dudek, hoping to get good news from the team doctor's mouth.
You must know that the position of the goalkeeper in a team is not changed often, and you must know that in the position of the goalkeeper, unless the goalkeeper has any injuries, it is generally impossible to change the goalkeeper.
But it's a pity that the team doctor disappointed Lao Bei, because Lao Bei saw that the team doctor made a shaking head and substitution gesture to himself, which means that Dudek's injury is very serious and he can't continue to hold on to this game.
"Substitution!" Although he was very reluctant, the team doctor had already said at this time that Dudek could no longer continue to play because of his serious injury, and Lao Bei had no choice but to signal the fourth official to be replaced.
At this time, the fourth official nodded, and Corkland also took a deep breath and rushed towards the court. You must know that Corcorland has been waiting for this day for a long time, you must know that usually Corcorland only plays in some inconsequential cup competitions at most, and this time against a strong team like Valencia, playing in the Champions League, Corcorland can be regarded as the first time, although he is not on the field this time, it is not a scene that Corcorand wants to see.
When Kirkland stood in front of goal, the referee blew the whistle for the rest of the game, and Gerrard got a sideline ball thrown by Reese and kicked the ball towards Valencia's backfield to return the ball to Valencia. Because just at the moment of Dudek's injury, it was Lopes who kicked the ball out of the bottom line so that Liverpool's team doctor could come on the field to check Dudek's injury.
In this case, Liverpool naturally has to show a very professional ethic and return the ball that originally belonged to Valencia to Valencia again.
Maybe it's because of Dudek's injury that all the Liverpool players are worried and concerned, and everyone wants to know what happened to Dudek's injury earlier, so he behaves a little abnormally and is often distracted.
Hyypia's mental power is very concentrated, and Corkland, who has just been substituted, is bent on proving his strength, and he is very excited. Although Valencia supported the Liverpool players to attack several times without mental concentration, with the efforts of the two, they still defused Valencia's attacks again and again.
"What's the matter, Dudek's injuries are fine!" At this time, the team doctor had already carried Dudek to Liverpool's bench, and Lao Bei stood beside the team doctor, asking nervously.
"I'm sorry Rafael, I'm sorry to tell you that Dudek's problem is very serious, and I suggest that Dudek be sent to the hospital at this time for a more detailed examination and treatment."
"Okay~ Since this is the case, then let's send Dudek to the hospital!" Hearing the team doctor's answer, Lao Bei couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. Dudek's injuries are so serious that he has to be taken to the hospital. Thinking of this, Lao Bei felt a lot of headaches.
However, Lao Bei also nodded directly in agreement, after all, the team doctor said so, what else did he have to say. Although he felt very surprised, because Lao Bei didn't expect Dudek's injuries to be so serious that he had to be sent to the hospital, Lao Bei could only nod and agree to send Dudek to the hospital.