Chapter 867
The four forwards faced the frontless team. When the game was eighty minutes old, Liverpool and Everton began to make their last move.
The two teams have their own goals. Liverpool's goal is to win. They have the advantage of their strength and play one more player. If they cannot score three points at Goodison Park Stadium, they will definitely be laughed at by countless people after the game.
Everton's goal was also to win, but after Hibert was sent off, winning was no longer Everton's first goal. Their most realistic goal was to maintain the status quo. Therefore, Everton replaced two defensive players, while Liverpool replaced two forwards.
In fact, without the support of the midfield and backcourt, the power of four forwards on the field is not necessarily greater than that of two forwards or even single forwards. However, Benitez does not think that four forwards are better than double forwards, but Everton goalkeeper Howard performed too well, and Liverpool saved the goal that must be scored many times. As the saying goes, substitution is like changing the knife. Benitez hopes to change the knife to see if he can break through the goal guarded by Everton goalkeeper Howard.
The game continued, with Liverpool players in possession of the ball, and Liverpool's midfielder Alonso holding the ball.
Alonso's position is at the 30-meter area of Everton. Seeing that two strikers on his side were in the penalty area, Alonso moved the ball on the side, he made a gesture to let the two come out to respond.
Crouch and Wollenin were in the middle. At this time, Chen Yu and Kuyt, two players who could play on the wing, came to the position of the wing forward. Seeing Alonso waved, Crouch was a high center forward standing in a stance, of course he couldn't run easily. Wollenin had excellent skills, dribbling, passing balls, and shooting excellently. When he saw Alonso ask him to go over and receive him quickly, he immediately ran over to receive Alonso.
Alonso passed the ball to Wollenin, continued to step forward, and reached out to ask for the ball, asking Wollenin to cooperate with him.
Wallenin just played. As a substitute striker, he hoped to show highlights in his limited playing time. Only in this way can he get the chance to get on the lead. He did not see Alonso's reaching out to ask for the ball, or even saw it, he took the ball and turned around and played.
Although Wallenin is not Liverpool's main striker, Everton has not relaxed his defense. When he comes out, players have followed him. When Wallenin turns and shoots, he intercepts his Yabo foot and blocks the ball.
After the ball flew out, it was picked up by Liverpool player Pennant. Seeing that it was a little messy in the penalty area, Pennant directly hung the ball towards the penalty area and asked his teammate Crouch to compete for this landing point.
Pennant's pass is not fast or spinning, it is high or accurate, and it is just playing Crouch. At this moment, there are many players in the penalty area. The goalkeeper can get this ball, but it is not easy to get it. Other players can only push Crouch's position to get this ball. However, although Crouch is called a bamboo pole by fans, it is because it is too high and its weight is not light. It cannot be bullied by any defender.
With the interference of the opponent's defender, Crouch still grabbed the landing point, but he couldn't jump up, so he could only weigh his feet on the spot and push the ball towards the far corner.
If you can't jump up, you can't exert force. This is inevitable. The ball that Pennant passed has little power to borrow. Although the ball has a very tricky angle, it does not pose much threat to Howard, who has almost opened a plug-in.
Howard's confidence also came up. He did not choose to hit the ball, but flew over and threw the ball under his body, not even giving Liverpool a corner kick.
Crack
The Everton fans at the scene cheered and applauded warmly. Until now, they have no other pursuits. They can get a point from Liverpool. Seeing Howard's limelight over Chen Yu, they feel relieved.
Howard still delayed his time slowly this time and drove the ball to the side again.
This approach is a bit dirty, but at this time, Everton had already beaten one less person and everyone had sympathy for the weak. Even if Everton was a little dirty, no one except Liverpool fans said anything. Instead, he felt that this was forced, which was not easy.
The ball went out of the sideline, but this time the Liverpool players were prepared. After the ball flew out, Riser did not let the caddie pick up the ball. He quickly picked up the ball and sent the ball out of the boundary to launch the attack as quickly as possible.
Liverpool had the advantage in strength and numbers. After 20 minutes of attack, it did not break through Everton's goal. This made Liverpool players anxious and annoyed, and the attack was not as calm as before. After Riser sent the ball to Alonso, Alonso, who had the most stable personality, had no patience to pass it slowly to the frontcourt, but directly passed the ball to Everton's penalty area.
Such a long pass does not pose much threat to the Championship team, let alone Everton, who was headed by Everton's defender as soon as the ball flew into the penalty area.
However, Everton's problem is also very serious now. They can make the penalty area defense impeccable, but they are not able to form a counterattack. After the ball is cleared, they are still obtained by Liverpool's players and then continue to attack. If such a game takes a long enough time, it will be sooner or later for Liverpool to break Everton's goal.
Now for Everton and Liverpool players, time is the most critical factor. One must make full use of time and the other must fully waste time. Whoever can seize the opportunity in the last ten minutes will win the derby victory.
The head coaches of Liverpool and Everton could not sit still. The two walked back and forth along the sidelines with the players' offense and defense, shouting, waving, and directing the players with words and physical movements.
In the 83rd minute of the game, Chen Yu suddenly shot coldly on the corner of the penalty area. The kick was very sudden, and the swing of his legs was very small. Goalkeeper Howard did not respond, but he was lucky. The ball hit him and bounced into front of Liverpool striker Wallenin. Wallenin was not prepared for this rebound ball, and subconsciously blocked it with his legs, and the ball rolled out of the baseline against the post.
This is also one of Liverpool's best opportunities, but when luck is needed the most, luck is not on their side.
At this time, the Evertons really saw hope for a draw. Everyone united and guarded the situation strictly, and they must get a draw if one person is missing.
Although winning at home is the expectation of Everton fans, it is very embarrassing to draw Liverpool if one person is missing. In addition, it can also hold back Liverpool's championship and give Manchester United, Chelsea, and Arsenal a chance. For Everton, as long as Liverpool does not win the championship, it is a great pleasure to win any other team.
Benitez on the sidelines was almost desperate. He changed from the command of "Whispering the Football" just now to silent because he had no choice. He had finished playing all the cards he could play, and now he could only look at the players' performance and luck.
The Chinese commentator Duan Xuan at the scene kept saying Chen Yu, hoping that Chen Yu could stand up again to save Liverpool.
This is the Merseyside derby that is attracting the whole world. Chen Yu's performance was almost put under a magnifying glass to watch. Although Chen Yu has scored a goal and created a red card, if Liverpool cannot win this game, I believe that there will be no fewer people attacking Chen Yu after the game. Due to Chen Yu's wonderful performance in recent years, there are many people who want to blackmail Chen Yu. As long as they have the chance, they will definitely show it.
Chen Yu actually tried his best today. He shot more than 7 times by himself. However, Everton's goalkeeper Howard performed too bravely and saved his shots repeatedly. In addition, he was not lucky and was always a slight difference from the goal.
In the 88th minute of the game, it was already very close to the end of the game. Liverpool, who had been attacking for a strong moment, suddenly changed the pace. Finnan, Kuyt and Pennant made continuous triangle cooperation on the side of the wing. Kuyt flashed into the penalty area from the crowd on the side of the penalty area. This cooperation was too fast. So many players in Everton did not have time to intercept. At this time, everyone thought that Pennant, who was running to the front of the penalty area, would pass the ball directly to Kuyt, and goalkeeper Howard also moved to Kuyt to prevent him from shooting.
However, when Kuyt inserted into the penalty area diagonally, most people were attracted by Kuyt's attention, and they did not notice that Chen Yu was quickly inserted into the penalty area from the corner of the penalty area on the other side.
Pennant noticed that because Chen Yu cut in from the same side of him, he could see clearly from the outskirts of his eyes.
Compared with Kuyt and Chen Yu, Pennant pushed Chen Yu straight without thinking.
After Chen Yu entered the penalty area, he looked sideways. After the ball came, he swept the ball and swept it to the lower left corner of the goal.
At this time, goalkeeper Howard was running to the other side of the goal, and it was impossible to come back. No matter how magical he is today, he would not be able to block Chen Yu's shot again.
When Chen Yu shot, all Liverpool fans were ready to jump up and applaud. In their opinion, the ball was bound to be in. There was nothing that could stop Chen Yu from scoring twice.
Well, there is a defender on the goal line. Although the ball is not powerful, I swept it with the trend, no matter how awesome the defender is, he cannot reach the far corner of the goal.
However, at this time something that stunned everyone happened. The defender Stubs, who was standing on the goal line, suddenly transformed into Howard, jumped into a fish and hit the ball out of the bottom line with one hand.
Chen Yu was also stupid. He even suspected that he was dazzled. It was not the defender, but goalkeeper Howard who ran over, but looking closely, it was still Stabbs, and the jerseys were different.
The Liverpool players were anxious. They raised their arms and ran towards the referee, "Handball! Handball!"
Without Liverpool players, the referee Clattenberg also saw it, and he flew into the fish and jumped. He would be blind if he couldn't see it anymore.
force!
Penalty! Red card!
This is unquestionable. Stabus, who had just passed the goalkeeper, also knew the result. He did not have any regrets or regrets. Instead, he walked to Howard and patted his shoulder: "I have done what I can do, and it depends on yours."
Howard suddenly felt under great pressure. This Stubs was just a dog who was meddling with other people's business. Damn, he scored just after entering. He insisted on facing Chen Yu's penalty twice. Isn't this torture himself!
But Howard could only muster up the courage and say, "I will do my best!"
The commentators talked about this rare scene in several years and made fun of it.
"This...Stubbs' save is still very professional. He is old and can work as a substitute goalkeeper part-time!"
"I'm trying to score goals in the sports game!"
"Isn't this trying to steal Howard's limelight? Howard couldn't save the ball just now."
"Stubbs! What did Howard think about you steal the show like this? What did Chen Yu think?"
"This is also urgent! Or it's crazy! The derby is really cruel!
...
Amid the booing of tens of thousands of fans at the scene, Chen Yu stood in front of the penalty spot again.
This penalty kick puts more pressure on him, and time is almost gone. It will probably be 90 minutes after he finishes the penalty kick. If he fails to score, Everton players who have lost two players will definitely come to defend in the penalty area. At that time, if you want to score a goal, you can only rely on God's help, and the referee will not award a penalty again.
Everyone knew how much pressure Chen Yu was at this moment. Facing Howard, who had cheated, he stood in front of the goal twice, and one goal decided the winner. Once he didn't score, he would definitely be criticized like a storm after the game.
Chinese commentator Duan Xuan sighed: "Is this a test of Chen Yu? Chen Yu must hold on! If this ball is not scored, the dark guys will definitely say that Liverpool can't beat Everton even if they play 11 or 9. But I believe Chen Yu! He will never lose his chain at this time."
At this time, except for the Everton fans who wanted to use boos and throw miscellaneous items to interfere with Chen Yu, everyone else watched Chen Yu and Howard standing in the goalkeeper PK, whether Xiong or a bear, it was decided at this moment!
At this time, Gerald in the stands also closed his eyes. He didn't dare to look at it anymore, so he could only draw a cross on his chest and pray to Chen Yu.
This is not the championship final, it is just a derby, but in the minds of many people, the derby is more important than the championship.
force!
Referee Clattenberg's whistle sounded.
Chen Yu, who was running a small way, came to the ball. He made a move to pull the ball directly, but when it fell, he gently rubbed the ball. The ball drew an arc like a naughty elf and flew into the net. At this moment, goalkeeper Howard had chosen to save from the left side of the goal.
2:1
The Everton fan who was booing wildly came to an abrupt end, as if he was being snatched from his neck!
"spoon!"
"Spoon penalty!"
"Ah! Spoon! Oh my God! Chen Yu kicked a spoon penalty at this time!"
"Big Heart!"
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Chapter completed!