Section 660 Broken opponents
(Cat flutter Chinese) This meeting at Anfield made Zhao Yaning feel a little embarrassed.
Last season, Chelsea were Liverpool's number one rivals, and the two teams were entangled from start to finish, and it was Chelsea who forced Liverpool to win the title with the highest points in the league.
And since this season, Chelsea's situation has made people sigh. With Cech and Judny Cudinic injured, Chelsea's form has been on a downward spiral. In the first two seasons, Terry, Carvalho, Makelele and others who played like iron men all had injuries, not to mention the old sick Robben and others, who also played without a game. Many media outlets have said it's a curse on Jose Mourinho, who has left Chelsea – but many more know in their hearts that it's a problem with Chelsea's training.
Although the relationship between them is not harmonious, but the other party is in such a slump because of injuries, it is difficult for Zhao Yaning to harden his heart and ridicule a few words. The rabbit dies and the fox is sad, and the thing hurts it, Zhao Yaning still knows this truth. If the other party just has bad grades, Zhao Yaning is happy to see jokes, but if you are injured, it's better not to speak. No one wants to be hurt, and such an accident happened enough to make everyone very unhappy, except for expressing regret, everything they say is wrong.
Chelsea managed to bring in goalkeepers on the eve of the game – they bought 35-year-old Blackburn Rovers American goalkeeper Friedel to start for them. The veteran goalkeeper who once played for Liverpool has fully proven his quality at Blackburn, and now, although he is not the best candidate, but considering that he has only been in the main position for half a season after all, he will still have to play as a substitute in the future, and Friedel's age and his condition are just right, so he has become the best candidate.
However, this game is his first time playing for Chelsea, and the first game against a team like Liverpool is obviously a big test for him.
In this game, because Carvalho, Terry, Makelele and Robben were all injured, Chelsea lined up one of the strangest formations: their backline was composed of Graimi, Ferreira, Essien, Ashley Cole and Fredel, while their midfield line was a midfield composed of Mikel, Ballack and Lampard. In the forward line, Didier Drogba is in the middle, with Wright Phillips and Kalou on the left and right wings.
Kicking back to 433 – but it's not surprising that Chelsea are now seriously understaffed in midfield, with Claude Makelele injured, John Terry injured, Carvalho injured, Robben injured too, so it would be strange if they had enough men to play 451.
And Chelsea's current use of Pacos Ferreira and Essien at centre-back is a testament to how manpower is strapped for them. Mourinho's era did not like rotation and Galla could also play at centre-back, so Chelsea did not have a suitable replacement at the back during the Mourinho era. In the 04-05 season, Chelsea still had a few substitutes, but due to the long-term absence of play, they all left the team one after another. This season, Abou is convinced that his team is strong, and Chelsea did not buy defenders at the start of the season, which has made them now overstretched when they want to replenish their squad in the winter, and they have now had to put Essien and Ferreira on the back for the time being.
This move is quite a good choice: when Ferreira was at Chelsea, he was also criticized at the beginning: the defender who spent more than 20 million and bought a record-breaking was hyped by Mendes as the best right-back player in Europe, and after arriving in the team, he played a real mess - he did rarely make mistakes, but that was because he never plugged in. His slow pace and slow turning have made him the biggest shortcoming in Chelsea's backline, and he has always been criticized.
However, at this time, he became a lifesaver for Chelsea. Right-back, left-back, now centre-back, wherever he needs to be added, his excellent performance has kept Chelsea in some of his strength.
The other defender, Essien, is a good choice. Essien played the central defender position when he debuted in Ghana, and after arriving in France, because he was not qualified to play as a defender, but he had strong athleticism, he gradually became a midfielder.
But even if they play well, they are still too much worse than Terry and Carvalho. The strength of those two people is counted in the world, but the current line of defense is much worse. And Chelsea, if there is no impregnable defense, where can it be called Chelsea?
From the very beginning of the game, Liverpool deliberately played the pace of the game very fast. The faster the game is played, the more chances there will be, and with as many holes in the Chelsea backline as there are now, they will certainly be the side that concedes more goals.
This season, Chelsea have lost four games in half a season, and much of this has to do with the Premier League's targeted placement of their weaknesses. Everyone else does this, and Liverpool will naturally not let go of this opportunity.
"Liverpool completely took the initiative in the game, and this situation is the first time in the confrontation between the two teams. While Liverpool's record against Chelsea has always been excellent, this is the first time they have been able to dominate a game so much. It seems that the injury has taken a toll on Chelsea, and now they have plummeted in strength, and they can no longer be said to be a championship-level team. ”
Zhao Yaning also felt this, but at this time, he was more concerned about another change in Chelsea.
Ballack is now fully integrated into this team. Such a speed of integration made Zhao Yaning quite surprised. In his mind, Ballack and Lampard have similar positions and similar abilities, and even if one of the two transforms, it will take a long time to get together, but now it seems that they have been able to play well together.
This is really surprising. Ballack is now in the midfield position, which is not his best position, but obviously he is playing quite well. Although he is not Makelele and cannot anticipate every ball and intercept, he is able to work better with his teammates, not only defensively, he can work better with Mikel, but he can also help the team with offensive and defensive transitions, or run to receive passes from teammates. Although it seems that his position is a bit chaotic, defending, attacking, playing, organising everything has to be done, and nothing is specifically for him alone, but he has played a good role in lubricating the team and connecting Chelsea in front and back.
In just half a season, although he has still found his position, he has already taken a big step on the way to try to integrate into the team.
But it's a pity that there is no Makelele behind him, and there are no Duff and Robben on the side, and now Chelsea is short of major generals, and the overall structure is chaotic, no matter how good Ballack is, it will be difficult to turn the tide of the war.
Soon, Liverpool's constant pressure began to force Chelsea to retreat, and it didn't take long for Zhao Yaning to take the ball straight to the ball step by step, flashing past Geremi, and rushing towards the middle.
Normally, there would be a Makelle complement in this position. But this time, Mikel's slow pace prevented him from arriving in time. Zhao Yaning naturally would not let go of this opportunity, and also stepped up his speed, wanting to rush over this distance.
But by this time, Essien had already rushed out of the penalty area. His speed was still enough, and almost in two or three steps, he had already rushed to Zhao Yaning's face.
This guy is a nuisance no matter what position he is in.
The first moment he saw him, Zhao Yaning had this feeling. Zhao Yaning judged his speed and position, and estimated that when he rushed in front of him, it was estimated that it would be difficult for him to rush into the restricted area.
But this time, his position is not a midfielder, but a defender, as a defender, such a blind grabbing is inevitably a little undeserved. Behind him, there was already an extremely obvious loophole, which Barak and Ferreira both saw, but they didn't have time to rush back.
Amid Ballack's shouting, Essien also spotted a loophole behind him, and he stretched out his foot to try to block Zhao Yaning's pass. Zhao Yaning's pass has been sent out, and his kick is passed to the direction of the left post.
No one in that direction...... But Essien immediately scolded the street. Milito saw Zhao Yaning's pass, he ran over very smartly, Zhao Yaning's pass was indeed a little crooked in order to avoid Essin, but such a pass was not difficult for Milito.
Milito was less than ten meters in front of the goal and received a pass from Zhao Yaning. Stopped the ball, Essien was still outside the penalty area, and Ferreira was a little slower, and now there were two meters away from Milito's relegation, such a distance was definitely enough for a top striker who ate in the penalty area, he didn't give Ferreira a chance to make up for it, raised his foot, shot from close range, and hit the ball towards the goal!
Freddell saved, but Milito's shot into the far corner was too late for Fredel to save. The football flew into the bottom right corner of the goal, and again, the wonderful cooperation of Milito and Zhao Yaning scored a goal for Liverpool!
Diego Milito!! He used his wonderful shooting skills again and again to show us what a top shooter looks like! What a brilliant shot! A pass that pushes to the left post on the left flank and a shot from the bottom right corner from the right flank! They drew a checkmark in front of the goal and kicked the ball into the goal! Should Nike sponsor the ball, is this their goal? The two men worked together brilliantly to score Liverpool's first goal, and Freddell was not able to get out of his first appearance for Chelsea! ”
Milito smiled at the large portrait of him in the stands. That's the level he should have, in the first half of the season, injuries affected his performance a lot, but now, he's back!
"Joey, pass me the ball!" After celebrating the goal, Milito also grabbed Zhao Yaning and opened his mouth in a low voice, "Pass the ball to me, I have a hunch, I can still score goals." ”
"Got the status?" Zhao Yaning asked with a smile.
"Well, I found it." Milito nodded and said, "Thank you for insisting on passing the ball to me, this game, let's continue, let's show our strength in this game!" "Cat flutter Chinese