Section 712 The unsheathed sword

(Cat flutter Chinese) 'The match between Liverpool and Chelsea at Anfield was the most important game of the season for both teams. If Liverpool win the game, they could be in the hunt for the treble again, and if Chelsea win, they will be the perfect end to their slump this season. ”

With just a few minutes to go, the game is about to begin, and at this time, Lineker and Alan Hansen are also discussing this year's Champions League fixture.

'Yesterday's game, Milan won, now Manchester United have been eliminated. It is already impossible for Premier League teams to meet in the final. However, this game will decide a winner and go to the final against Milan, there will still be teams in the Premier League who will reach the final, and there will also be a chance to win the cup. Personally, I'd prefer Liverpool. After all, I would like to know who Zhao Yaning has the better level in the final when he faces Kaka. ”

After a hard-fought 3-2 win at home to Milan, Manchester United lost a clean 0-3 away game.

"We have nothing to say about our losses."

That was the consensus of the United side after the game. In fact, many people have not realized at this time that these two games against Milan have also made Ferguson complete a further transformation: before, although he was bent on mainlandization, but in his bones, Ferguson was still the attacking and enthusiastic attacking coach in 99. And after this game, Ferguson's painful result was to put Manchester United completely on the road of defense first. This huge shift, after '08, is becoming more and more obvious.

Kaka scored Milan's first goal in this game, extending his goal to double figures, and also amazed everyone with his own performance.

"Kaka is the Son of God!" These are the words that the Italians shouted after the game.

Indeed, Kaka's performance in the game, even if it is said to be a god-level performance, is not wrong. He gave full play to his strength in the game, and he was completely one level ahead of others.

It's just this level, not including Zhao Yaning.

Although Zhao Yaning did not score in the first game against Chelsea, the first two hat tricks also made no one dare to ignore his role. The English media may lose something else, but they won't lose a fight of words and scolding each other.

"Zhao Yaning is unique!" The English media is also promoting Zhao Yaning's role, "People who have not scored a hat trick in the Champions League until now, why should they compare with Zhao Yaning?" ”

"I don't know if Kaka can compare with Zhao Yaning, but I'm looking forward to seeing Kaka's outstanding performance, Zhao Yaning will give us a more exciting performance in this game." Alan Hansen didn't give much evaluation to the media's statement, after all, he still understands that at the level of Zhao Yaning and Kaka, their strength is more determined by their performance. Who is better than whom, he doesn't dare to jump to conclusions, "I'm looking forward to Zhao Yaning's good performance in the game, he has shocked me more than once, and this time, I'm also looking forward to it." ”

"But in the last game, he was clearly not the best." Lineker replied.

"Yes, in the last game, Chelsea's defense was very thorough, they relied on the cooperation of Essien, Ballack and Mikel to prevent Zhao Yaning from holding the ball and breaking through, and they also relied on the cooperative position of three people to compress Zhao Yaning's space for interspersed running, which made Zhao Yaning play the worst game since the Champions League knockout round." Alan Hansen did not disagree with the time, "It was quite a wonderful defense, and I have to say that I was very surprised to see someone who was able to defend Zhao Yaning with tactical cooperation. ”

"I was also surprised...... Don't you feel worried? You're from Liverpool. Lineker asked.

"Of course not." Alan Hansen shook his head, "I believe that in this game, Liverpool already have a way to deal with them. We all know that Coach Benitez is a master of arranging the opponent's formation, and it is impossible for him to watch Zhao Yaning continue to be deflated. And Zhao Yaning himself is also a very smart player, when he is targeted, he knows how to change his style of play to get opportunities. He didn't score in the last game, the media has already criticized him, I don't believe he will still be defended very hard. He's the kind of player who keeps improving, he was killed in the last game, and in this game, he's definitely going to learn his lesson and figure out a way out for himself. ”

"It's true, Zhao Yaning is indeed a very good and smart player, which is undeniable." Lineker nodded, "But whether he can really break free from the encirclement, let's see." ”

At this time, the game has already begun, and the lineups of both sides have not changed much from the previous game.

For Chelsea, the rear remains the same, and in the front, only the returning Robben replaced Shepchenko's position, and a somewhat strange single-striker, single-winger style of play was placed on the forward line. However, this style of play is also more threatening, after all, with Robben and Drogba up front, Chelsea can also be a little more threatening.

'Chelsea still look like they want to play in the same style of play, and the last time they managed to stop Liverpool, I don't know if they will succeed this time.'

For Liverpool, the backfield is still unchanged, and in the front, it is Zhao Yaning, Gerrard and Figo used to play as a striker, and Milito plays as a striker.

Compared to the previous game, Kuyt did not play, which was the biggest change Liverpool made.

"In the last game, Kuyt made a rather low-level mistake that caused Liverpool to concede a goal, and that goal was the only time Liverpool conceded in the whole game. And in this game, Liverpool immediately replaced Figo and replaced Kuyt, presumably, it has something to do with Kuyt's poor performance. Alan Hansen looked at the substitution and immediately made a judgment.

"Not really." Lineker said.

"What do you think?"

"Kuyt's tactical role, that is, counter-grabbing, running involves these two. His passing ability, shooting ability, and breakthrough ability are all not up to the requirements. In the face of Chelsea, Liverpool's possession rate is much higher than that of the opponent, they don't need too much counter-robbery, and Chelsea's dense defense is not something that can be torn apart by simple running, so if Liverpool sends Kuyt again, the tactical effect is not great. In contrast, although Figo has played a lot less this season, his skills and awareness are still there, and Liverpool don't need him as a flashpoint, but only need him as a good catcher, and he is better than Kuyt, after all, he has fewer mistakes and should play better. ”

"You mean that Figo is more suitable for this game, which means that this game, Liverpool have been carefully arranged?"

"Definitely. The only thing that puzzles me is that as we all know, dense defending is a very difficult defensive system to break, if you can defeat Chelsea under dense defense? This is not an easy question. ”

Even Zhao Yaning's superhuman breakthrough ability, when Chelsea can't defend it, is just as deflated, this kind of play, Liverpool was helpless in the last game, and in this game, how can Liverpool break the opponent's defense? This is also something that everyone is curious about.

"The game started and it seemed that Liverpool was really playing a little different from the last game."

As soon as the game began, Liverpool's offensive began. Chelsea didn't even have a symbolic scramble, immediately retreating to their defensive third, and the decisiveness of their contraction was indeed a perfect practice.

And Liverpool's attack did not stop, Zhao Yaning immediately broke through on the left side, and after Essien came over, he immediately gave the ball to Alonso behind him, Alonso didn't wait for Lampard to come over, and directly made a long pass into the penalty area!

"Milito!! Didn't grab the point. Less than a minute into the game, Liverpool had already tried to find the back of the net, but Cech was decisive and timely to intercept the goal. But Liverpool's offensive immediately started again, they played at a very fast pace, such a fast pace, but with a veteran like Figo, do they really want to exhaust old Figo? ”

As soon as Liverpool came up, they kicked the pace of the game to the fastest tempo. Catching, playing, passing, they barely let the ball stop for a moment. Although most of these passes were completed near the midfield and did not pose much of a threat, because the pace of the game was so fast, the emotions of the surrounding fans were extremely high.

"I can see a little bit of Liverpool's thinking: they want to play at a faster pace to create more chances and more mistakes. Liverpool are the dominant side and they are not afraid of mistakes, while Chelsea are the besieged side and if they make mistakes, they will be in big trouble. ”

The faster the pace of the game, the more likely it is to make mistakes when playing. And the faster the pace of the game, the more mistakes are likely to be made by both sides. Liverpool are in a better position than Chelsea under siege and it will help them to increase the tempo.

And that's not the point. Lineker got a little bit of a idea: quicken up the tempo, the three of them interspersed with running positions up front, supplemented by Alonso's inserted long-range shots and long balls, and their attacks will become three-dimensional. More importantly, if there are more runs and passes, in order to prevent the back line from being completely disrupted by Liverpool, Chelsea's defense will have to be more solid and cannot make changes at will, and in this way, they will inevitably reduce the space compression on Zhao Yaning, who is more likely to make changes to the game.

Benitez is still betting on Zhao Yaning's performance, and such intentions are extremely obvious. But what if Chelsea knew? If they had enough ways to deal with Zhao Yaning, they wouldn't have played so obscenely.

Zhao Yaning is a peerless treasure knife, and now, with the right tactics, let the treasure knife come out of the sheath.

"It seems that in this game, Zhao Yaning is indeed likely to play well." Cat flutter Chinese