Chapter 93: The Insidious Old Bei

The corner kick taken by Liverpool is not too powerful for Arsenal~ Whether it is Campbell or Sigan, the average height has reached 1.9 meters. Smitchell's corner kick was directly grabbed by Campbell to the first point and pushed out of the penalty area.

Arsenal are behind and say they don't want to equalise, that's impossible. It's just that Arsenal's players are very experienced in the game, so they naturally know that they can't be in a hurry when the score is behind, otherwise, they will give the opponent more opportunities.

But even so, the Arsenal players were always mindful of the need to equalise quickly. Arsenal's offensive strength is undoubtedly strong, and Arsenal, known as the Gunners, once the firepower is fully opened, I am afraid that there is really no backline that can withstand Arsenal's attack.

Vieira relied on his strong body to entangle with Alonso, pushing Alonso to the side, cutting off the ball at Arsenal's feet, and then passing the ball to Pire.

Pire shook off Smitchell's defence and then kicked the ball to Ljungberg on the other side of the pitch. Ljungberg, who got the ball, immediately showed his advantage in degree, and ran towards Liverpool's penalty area with the ball, and behind Ljungberg, the degree was also very fast, and Colwell was trying to chase back, but depending on the situation, I am afraid that it will not be able to drive all of a sudden.

"O~Ljungberg is very fast, Colwill can't stop Ljungberg, Liverpool's backline should be careful."

"I'm coming!" Don't look at Yepez's usual honest appearance, but once Yepez is involved in the game, then the crazy temperament of the South American players emerges. Seeing that Colwell was unable to stop the advancing Ljungberg, Yepes yelled and rushed towards Ljungberg.

"Hmph~ With you trying to stop me!" Seeing Yepes rushing towards him, Ljungberg smiled disdainfully, in Ljungberg's thoughts, Pace was just like his teammate Sigan, a big stupid man.

If it was in the penalty area, I'm afraid Ljungberg would still be sure to break through Yeppers's defense, but at this time on the sideline, there is a wide space behind Yepez, enough for Ljungberg to break through Yeppers. Thinking of this, Ljungberg, who was already very fast, sped up a little again, and rushed towards Yepes.

Ljungberg flicked the ball with his right foot and flicked it behind Yepes to the left, and then he flashed the result of the collision with Yepes and rushed over.

"Hmph. It's as simple as breaking through you. "I saw that I was about to rush in the opposite direction from Yepes. Ljungberg couldn't help but chuckle. To know in this case. Jepes is the word of God unless it is God. It's simply impossible to stop yourself.

But is Yepes really so good at breaking through, of course. Although Yepes is not as crazy and famous as those top full-backs, there is no need to doubt Yepez's individual defensive prowess. Otherwise, Bey would not have brought Yepes to Anfield in the first place.

Seeing that Ljungberg was about to break through himself. Jepeston was in a high running ground situation. Forced to turn around and kick. After half a second, he was able to leave Yepes to defend the ball. I was stunned and touched it.

Don't look at Yepes just a light touch. But that's it. The ball changed direction. Roll towards the restricted area. Got by Carragher. Kick straight into the midfield.

"Damn~ is this guy still human. Shit. What the hell is he doing with his waist? Ljungberg was stunned. Ljungberg couldn't have imagined it. The method that is most entangled in the ground and higher than others will fail. I couldn't help but look at Yepes, who had just stood up behind him. I thought to myself.

You know, just now Yepes was also running high. In the case of a high run place. Yepes was stunned and forced to turn around. Poked the ball. Causes the ball to change direction. Got by Carragher. You must know that in the case of a high running place. Forced turn. How strong the waist and abdomen are needed. And it's also very susceptible to injury. So Ljungberg after looking at Yepes. I also had to conceive. Is Yepes still human. Dare to do such a dangerous action.

'Defensively, we've done a really good job with Mario, whether it's at centre-back or full-back, Mario is always reassuring. Seeing Yepes sabotage one of Arsenal's attacks, the commentator couldn't help but sigh.

In the first minute, Thierry Henry received another clever pass from Bergkamp and fired from a tight angle. Unfortunately, Henry's shot broke through the Corkland defence, but it grazed the post and rolled off the line.

In the first minute, Arsenal made a comeback, this time it was the Dutchman Bergkamp, after receiving Silva's pass, with his back to Hyypia, he kept Silva's pass to the ground, and directly stretched out his foot to pick the ball behind him, and the ball suddenly crossed Bergkamp and drank Hyypia, and went to the penalty area.

Bergkamp himself turned quickly, did not give Hyypia any chance to react, and did not wait for the ball to hit the ground and volleyed directly into the air. But this time Liverpool's luck was good, although Bergkamp's shot was very sudden, so suddenly that Corkland didn't even have time to react, but Bergkamp's shot, the ball was stunned to hit Corkland's left foot standing in front of the goal and popped off the bottom line, and Liverpool escaped.

"Thank God, thank you to Lady Luck, Arsenal almost equalised, but unfortunately this time Lady Luck was on Liverpool's side. However, I still have to sigh that the Dutchman's wonderful shot, although there was no goal, but from Bergkamp's shot just now, it can be seen that Bergkamp is one of only two masters of football art in the world. ”

There is a saying in world football: if you want to see the purest football, the highest level of artistic football, one is to go to Madrid and see Zidane, and the other is to go to Highbury and see Bergkamp. When they leave, it means that the true art of football is completely gone.

From this simple sentence, you can see how strong Bergkamp's strength is. Although Bergkamp is old and physically unable to ensure that Bergkamp can break through and run as crazy as he did when he was young, no matter how good Bergkamp is and how old he is, as long as Bergkamp stands on the field, he is a player that no team dares to take lightly.

Bergkamp's shot scared Liverpool out of a cold sweat, and seeing that the first half was about to end, if Grkamp equalized at this time, it would not be a serious blow for Liverpool.

'Everyone was focused on the half-time and now we defended with all our strength and held on to the one-goal lead until the end of the first half. While Arsenal were still preparing for a corner, George also retreated from Arsenal's half, cheering on his teammates and reminding them.

Pire's corner kick was fast and low, and the ball flew straight towards goal. This kind of corner kick is the most difficult for the defender to defend because of the ball

, the power is naturally very large, if there is no top right part, I'm afraid it will be made.

For Corkland, it doesn't matter at all, but for Corkland: it's exciting to play against a strong opponent like Liverpool and Arsenal.

The excited Corkland naturally wouldn't waste any opportunity to perform, seeing that Pire was a little low, Corcorland suddenly rushed out and jumped high, grabbing the ball before Sigan took it off.

"Yes, this kid is really good, why didn't I see it before, I just don't know if this kid's state is temporary, or if he has this state himself. It seems that this kid will have to be given a little more time to play in the future. ”

As Pire's corner kick was annotated by Corkland, Lao Bei on the sidelines couldn't help but murmur. Or Corkland doesn't know that it is precisely because of his excellent performance from the beginning of the game to the present that he has successfully won the trust of head coach Lao Bei.

In the first minute, Hyypia Henry reached for Henry when he broke through and Arsenal were awarded a free-kick from 22 yards out.

Whether it's Arsenal or Liberty, both teams know that two minutes of stoppage time have arrived, and this free-kick could be the last attack before the end of the first half. Therefore, Arsenal pressed hard, and even goalkeeper Lehmann rushed up and was ready to grab points in the Liverpool penalty area.

Of course, the Liverpool team is also defending with all their strength at this time, except for the human wall, everyone else stays in the penalty area, constantly guarding every Arsenal player around them.

On the penalty spot, Bergkamp and Henry stood there at the same time, whether the ball was Henry or Bergkamp, no one would take it lightly, after all, Bergkamp himself is a master of free kicks, and Henry often uses free kicks to score directly this season, and has gradually been recognized as a free kick master.

"A little past the left, a little past the left, a little past the left." Standing in front of the goal, Corkland was nervously directing his teammates to line up the wall, and when he saw that there was still a gap on the left, Corkland suddenly shouted at George on the far left of the wall.

Hearing Corkland's reminder, George moved a few steps to the left, until Corcorland called a halt, and as George on the far left moved, Liverpool's human wall also moved to the left, completely blocking the angle of Henry and Bergkamp's direct attack.

"Are you coming or am I coming?" Looking at the goal, Bergkamp asked Henry next to him lightly. You must know that Bergkamp is a great and selfless player, if you put it on other players, you have very good free kick skills, you will never ask others, but will directly hold the ball in your arms and signal to your teammates, I will take this free kick.

"Come on, the angle is blocked, and you know, my free-kick is not very high." Looking at Liverpool's wall, Henry thought carefully and gave up the free-kick to Bergkamp, who had better footwork.

"ok~~ Then you can cover for me!" Hearing Henry's words, Bergkamp nodded, no longer polite, and commanded Henry.

George and his teammates who formed the first wall together dragged on for a while, and finally stopped under the referee's stop. Seeing that both sides were almost ready, the referee blew the whistle in his mouth.

When the whistle blew, Bergkamp took one last look at the position of the fans and goalkeeper Kirkland, and began to run towards the ball. At this time, Henry, on the other side, also started at the same time, followed closely behind Bergkamp, and rushed towards the ball.

"Who the hell, Henry or Bergkamp?" Seeing that Henry and Bergkamp were rushing towards the ball, Corkland, who was standing in front of the goal at this time, was also thinking quickly about who would take the free kick this time.

"Bergkamp!" In the end, Crane decided to put all his attention on the Dutch, because Kirkland also knew that Henry's free kick opportunity was not as good as the Dutchman's in such an important game, especially at the end of the first half, I believe that this free kick opportunity is very important for Arsenal This free kick will naturally be taken by Bergkamp, who has better free kick skills.

Thinking of this, Corkland's eyes stared at Bergkamp, his body slightly hunched, his legs tense, ready to save at any time.

There was nothing special about Bergkamp's free-kick, it just rushed to the side of the ball, flicked it left and right, and rubbed the ball the inside side of his right foot, and the ball suddenly volleyed into the air and flew towards the top left corner of the goal.

Don't look at the distance of the ball from the right side of the goal, it seems to be very far, when the ball leaves the ground and flies towards the goal, just in the blink of an eye, the ball has come to ten meters in front of the goal, and at this time, Corkland also suddenly pounced sideways with both feet on the left.

"Boom!" With a muffled sound, Kirkland did not block Bergkamp's free-kick, because Bergkamp's free-kick angle was too tricky, and it ran directly towards the corner of the top left corner of the goal.

However, it was precisely because Bergkamp's free-kick was too angle-seeking that although the ball was not intercepted by Kirkland, it hit the crossbar directly and bounced off the bottom line.

"!" Even Bergkamp, who has a good temper, couldn't help but curse when he saw that his free kick hit the crossbar and bounced off the bottom line.

And Henry on the side also shook his head helplessly, thinking secretly: ***, today's luck is really too much.

At this time, the referee also blew the whistle at the end of the first half, withstood Arsenal's ten minutes of indiscriminate bombardment, and even had several chances to score, whether it was a Liverpool player or a fan, at this time the heart had already raised his throat.

But the situation is not too bad, at least the first half of the game is over, and now everyone has more or less time to rest and relax, in order to calm their inner tension.

Of course, Arsenal's players naturally walked towards the players' tunnel with regret and depression.

We did a good first half, at least we were one goal ahead of Arsenal, so let's talk about how to play in the second half. As soon as Lao Bei walked into the locker room, he said to George and the others, and then waved his hand to let the players come around and began to arrange the tactics for the second half.

"There are two things that you don't have to worry about, the first is that Arsenal, like us at Liverpool, want to win this game. The second point is that Arsenal's attacking strength is very strong, even if it is five minutes, it is possible to score three goals in a row, although it is a bit exaggerated

Lao Bei looked at the team members and said calmly. Lao Bei's meaning is very clear, then tell the players, don't be satisfied just because you are one goal ahead of Arsenal, you must know that the advantage of one goal lead is not an advantage at all for a strong team like Arsenal.

'In the second half, Arsenal will definitely continue to attack, all the defenders will be in my own half and will definitely not be able to step up and assist. I'd rather we Liverpool score one or two fewer goals than have your defenders step forward to provide an assist for Arsenal so that the Arsenal players can take advantage of their chances to score. ”

'Arsenal's style of play is to attack from the ground and penetrate with short passes to tear apart the opposition's defence. So my request is very simple, that is, to keep an eye on the opposing striker, don't give the opponent a chance to pass the ball, if it doesn't work, give me a foul, don't hesitate. Of course, you also have to pay attention to the opponent's overhead passes, Henry, a Frenchman, is still very fast. ”

After talking about the defense, then naturally we have to talk about the offense, Lao Bei glanced at the players, and after the current players did not understand anything, he continued.

'Our attack is still in the style of our first half, but I want to emphasize one thing, that is, there are opportunities to shoot as far as possible, Arsenal's backline, especially the two central defenders, is still very strong defensively, and the defense of high balls is even stronger, so there is no need, don't cross, shoot directly from distance.

Speaking of this, Lao Bei couldn't help but smile and said: "At this time, we should also let those fragile boys of Arsenal know what is called Ying and what kind of food is called a man's attack." Everyone, you're welcome, give me a long shot, give me a bomb to kill them, even if we can't kill them, we have to give each other a deep impression, if anyone can bomb the opponent's goalkeeper, that German to the hospital, Lao Tzu invited him to have a good meal. ”

Hearing Lao Beishi's sinister words, Liverpool's dressing room suddenly sounded a burst of dark laughter At this time, if someone passed by the door of Liverpool's dressing room, and heard the dark laughter from the locker room, I am afraid that I really thought that there was a ghost in the locker room.

Lao Bei asked the players to find opportunities to shoot from a distance, and did not let all the players shoot directly from a distance without the slightest purpose. You must know that in the Liverpool team, Alonso, Gerrard, Colwill, Smitchell and George, the strength of the feet is very good, especially Gerrard.

It is precisely for this reason that when Lao Bei learned that the team's offensive players have this characteristic, he began to purposefully train Liverpool's long-range shooting tactics for the whole team. Of course, the reason why Bei trained this tactic at the beginning was to deal with the use of a dense defensive team, and he was facing a team that was defending with all his strength, no matter how fast and superb his foot skills were, there were too many people in and outside the penalty area, and there was no room for you to show it.

And Liverpool's long-range shooting tactics have also achieved relatively good results after a period of training. Liverpool's long-range shooting tactics are, in the final analysis, an offensive tactic centered on Gerrard and Alonso, and an offensive tactic centered on a double back midfielder.

When Gerrard and Alonso were ready to shoot from distance, one man was in charge of the shot and the other was in charge of covering. George and Colwill and Smitchell stood outside the penalty area when attacking the long shot at the back, when the long shot began, George rushed into the penalty area and Owen was ready to shoot at any time, after all, the goalkeeper is shooting vigorously from a distance, and the general choice is to hit or drag out of the bottom line, rather than save, if you are lucky, George and Owen will naturally make up for it.

As for Mitchell and Colwill, they will continue to stay in the penalty area, and when Alonso and Gerrard don't have a good angle to shoot, they can pass the ball to the two and let Smitchell and Colwill complete the shot, or continue to dribble down and cross. Although it is a long-range bombing tactic, this does not mean that Liverpool's attack is all long-range shots, with no bottom crosses and passing through shots, and players can choose their own according to the situation on the pitch whenever they have the opportunity.

Of course, George and Owen in the penalty area can also block the ball in the opposing goalkeeper, grab the ball and make up for the shot, if there is no opportunity, they can pass to the outside of the penalty area, and ambush the four people with double back and double front waist, you can immediately move a second fast attack.

To put it bluntly, the long-range bombing tactic is an attacking tactic centered on the double midfielders of Gerrard and Alonso, and when this tactic is activated, other people, no matter who they are, have to make way for the two, and they have to help the two as much as possible.

Of course, all this is also based on the fact that Gerrard and Alonso both have good long-range shooting skills, if the two do not have a certain long-range shooting skills and strong enough strength, then Lao Bei will not train this tactic.

'Sammy, Jamie, in the second half when Gerrard and Alonso go up, you pay attention to the defensive covers. Seeing that the team members and himself were smiling, Lao Bei nodded with satisfaction, it seems that the team members still have a lot in common with themselves, thinking of this, Lao Bei couldn't help but be secretly proud.

However, Lao Beike is a real master tactician, so naturally there will be no low-level mistakes that focus only on offense and forget about defense. That's why Lao Bei will command Hyypia and Carragher on the side at this time.

After all, when the long-range bombing tactics are activated, whether it is Gerrard or Alonso, the two will naturally plug in and devote themselves to the attack, and Gerrard and Alonso will naturally expose the gap behind them. As for Yepes and Reese, the position will also be behind Hyypia and Carragher, acting as a dual role of full-back and central defender, in short, everything will change depending on the form on the field.

The fifteen-minute half-time break passed and players from both sides came to the tunnel at the same time, ready to enter the second half of the game.

At this time, Liverpool's players all looked at Arsenal's players, thinking that Arsenal's backline, especially goalkeeper Lehmann, would be the focus of Liverpool's long-range bombardment, thinking of this, Liverpool players all sneered wickedly.

The Arsenal players only felt a cold wind blowing, looking at the Liverpool players who were staring at them and smiling, for a while, all the Arsenal players couldn't help but feel a little worried, because the Arsenal players couldn't help but feel very uncomfortable when they saw Liverpool's smiling expression.

Of course, if you say the most unhappy and uncomfortable person, of course, is Arsenal's goalkeeper Lehmann, at this time, seeing most of the Liverpool players smiling at him, Lehmann swallowed a mouthful of saliva for no reason, and secretly worried in his heart.