Chapter 874: Vigorously Produce Miracles (1)
After falling behind two goals, Liverpool's players were woken up? It turned out that they still felt that Liverpool was a giant team and they were a star. When playing against a team like Besiktas, they should not only win, but also win beautifully. They should use their skills and consciousness to defeat their opponents, rather than using diligence and rudeness to win the game like their opponents. Now, they no longer care about the wealthy clubs or stars, and no matter what means and methods they use, they must save some face and never lose like a coward here.
A Liverpool who runs desperately, fights like a mad dog, and shoots desperately is terrible. Liverpool's strength has the upper hand, but now it is stronger than Besiktas in diligence and fighting spirit. The game has almost become one-sided. Besiktas was able to defend the offense and defense of the half-court, but now it has been completely suppressed to his own 30-meter area. He has only the defensive power and has no counterattack but attack.
The commentator on the scene said helplessly: "Liverpool's strength is still strong, but Besiktas is really lucky. However, if this continues, if you don't lose the ball, you may still need to be accompanied by good luck."
Chinese commentator Duan Xuan said: "Besiktas doesn't seem to want to set up an iron barrel formation, but it won't work now. This is a forced iron barrel formation. However, Liverpool has no room for attack, it depends on their shooting skills. If they can't score for a long time, they may have to win one goal in the end and save some face."
Whether active or passive, Besiktas is now in a state of intensive defense, which requires too high shooting skills for Liverpool players. They must be fast to shoot, and if they are not fast, they will be blocked; the route must be accurate, and there are too many people in the penalty area, leaving the player with extremely narrow space to shoot. If it is not accurate enough, it will either hit the player or miss the goal; the power must be large, and goalkeeper Alikan is on full alert. Without any strength, he will definitely save it.
Obviously, there are not many Liverpool players who have this kind of shooting skills, but the current situation is that Besiktas is closely guarding his own 30-meter area, and every Liverpool player has the opportunity to shoot. When he is behind two goals, everyone is eager to equalize the score. After getting the ball, they see if there is a chance to shoot and then shoot.
Ten minutes after Liverpool concedes the second goal, Liverpool scored six consecutive shots, almost once in less than two minutes, but only once could pose a threat to the goal, because Gerald's shot changed direction on the leg of the defender, causing goalkeeper Alikan to misdirect the wrong direction. However, the ball still failed to fly into the goal net, and just flew out of the baseline against the post.
Although there is only a chance to score a goal with a shot, what makes Liverpool fans and coaching staff feel is that Chen Yu has few chances to shoot. Among these six shots, Chen Yu only has one. The forward cannot get a chance to shoot, and the defender and midfielder shoot randomly, which is something that the coaching staff cannot tolerate.
When serving a corner kick, Benitez replaced midfielder Pennant, replaced forward Crouch, and played three forward tactics. Although Crouch has been playing as a substitute for this period of time and is in average shape, at least he has the advantage of height. When crossing, he can still pose some threats. Although Pennant's skills are good, his skills are not as delicate as being able to make a way out in the dense crowd. It is better to keep him on the court than to leave a strong Babel.
After Crouch came on the court, Liverpool also became a three-forward lineup of 433. However, the effect of the three-forward lineup was not obvious. Crouch is not a Warcraft-level forward like Drogba. He is just a big bamboo pole. He was knocked around by the fierce Besiktas in the penalty area. Not to mention how much threat it creates, even if it attracts many defenses like Gerald and Chen Yu, it is impossible to ferry when fighting for high-altitude balls. However, Besiktas players are everywhere, and it is difficult to create space for shooting after ferrying.
Although the offense is difficult, Liverpool did not give up. As a champion team and a wealthy family with a long history, Liverpool players still have a strong sense of honor. If they lose the game without any temper, they can't afford to lose this face. Therefore, the players' offensive thinking is very unified and of course they are very impatient.
In the 75th minute of the game, Liverpool superstar Chen Badminton showed his strong long-range shooting ability to the fans.
At that time, Gerald had already arrived at the front midfielder and stood behind Crouch. Although Crouch was unable to shoot under the defense of the defender and did not pose much threat to goalkeeper Alikan, he had a very obvious height advantage after all. He could often grab the landing point, and occasionally ferry to his teammates. This time he ferry to Gerald.
Seeing that the defensive players in front of him were overwhelming, Gerald lost the desire to shoot from a long time and dribbled the ball into the penalty area. He wanted to attract defense and then pass the ball out. It would be even better if he could get a free kick. Free kick tactics are also very critical tactics when breaking dense defense.
Gerrard is the only star in Liverpool's lineup that is only intimidating than Chen Yu. He dribbled the ball and broke through. Besiktas' players must double-team. Seeing the opponent coming to him, Gerrard passed the ball to the side and looked for his teammate Chen Yu, and came to meet him. He wanted to play a few passes and cuts with Chen Yu at the front of the penalty area to mess up Besiktas' defense.
Liverpool players are now very anxious and want to equalize or even reverse immediately. Even if Gerald is the captain, if he doesn't want the ball, most of them will not come back after the ball is passed, and whoever takes the ball will shoot directly. So Gerald just wants to play with Chen Yu a few more times now.
However, what Gerald didn't expect was that Chen Yu also shot directly.
Chen Yu did not stop the ball, nor did he mean to stop the ball. He seemed to have prepared for a shot when the ball was passed. He gave the ball to the front foot and shot on his heel.
Although Chen Yu played the ball directly in the air, the force was very sufficient and accurate. The ball hit the foot and ankles. The moment the ball touched the foot, Chen Yu tightened his muscles, straightened his instep, and kicked a beautiful elevator ball.
The initial arc of the ball was very high, and it crossed the dense defensive players in the penalty area. It suddenly accelerated and fell less than five meters away from the goal, flying to the left side of the goal.
The players who bypassed the penalty area did not slow down at all. This threatened the goalkeeper too much. Although Besiktas' goalkeeper Alikan had been very focused and started saving the first time Chen Yu shot, such a ball was still very difficult for him. He originally thought he could hit the ball with his palm, but the position of the ball touched the ball was the fingertips. The ball hit the post before flying out of the bottom line.
As a fan, he felt that the ball was threatening when he saw the ball touching the post. The more professional people started to exclaim after Chen Yu kicked the ball, and the screams became even louder after Alikan saved Chen Yu's shot.
The first exclamation was because Chen Yu could hit the elevator ball with his kick. The second exclamation was because Besiktas' goalkeeper Alikan's save was so beautiful that he could even save such a ball. This was definitely a super level performance. If this was Alikan's normal level, he would not have stayed in Besiktas for so long and would have been poached by those giants long ago.
Besiktas' players also came over to pat Alikan and gave him a thumbs up. The performance of these Besiktas' players also reflected that this shot was indeed a great threat, and being able to save was indeed a combination of ability and luck.
Liverpool got a chance to have a corner kick. During the corner kick, there were too many defensive players and many offensive players in the penalty area, and the space was greatly compressed, which was really not conducive to heading the ball.
With Chen Yu's elevator ball just now, Gerald, who took the corner kick this time, drove the ball to the outside of the penalty area again, looking for Agel, who had recovered from injury for the first time, and let Agel shoot.
There are several long-range shooting masters in Liverpool's team. Needless to say, Gerald and Chen Yu, Alonso and Lisser are also well-known figures in long-range heavy artillery. Only Agel has the long-range shooting skills of these people, but lacks enough fame and respect, so Gerald looks for Agel when crossing.
However, Agel had just returned from injury. Although he had a very accurate grasp of the landing point of the ball, he was not good enough for his body. His footwork was a little late and lacked the subtle movements of Chen Yu at the moment of touching the ball, so that the same volley made all the Besiktas sweat, while Agel's shot made everyone laugh because the ball flew straight into the stands.
This was an unsuccessful corner kick cooperation, but the Liverpool players did not accuse or vent their anger for this. Agel was Liverpool's main central defender before being injured. His long shot and header were also reliable. At this time, the forward player led by Chen Yu came to comfort him first, and then Gerald also came over, so that Agel would not have to worry and slowly adapt.
"It's okay, I believe in myself. If you pass the ball to me again, I will seize it."
Agel was ashamed and guilty about shooting so outrageously, but he did not lose confidence in himself. He has always been a successful person and will not affect his emotions because of this shot.
The game continues and Liverpool still has absolute ball rights.
After the team cooperated with the intensive defense of Besiktas, Liverpool players began to take turns to launch personal breakthroughs on Besiktas' defense, using personal breakthroughs to create opportunities for set pieces and shots.
In terms of breakthrough alone, the strongest ones must be Chen Yu and Gerald. They did play the role of vanguard under the cover and response of their teammates. From time to time, they pierced a hole in Besiktas' defense like a sharp knife. However, Besiktas' defense is too thick. As soon as the hole is torn open, someone will make up for it immediately. The opportunity is fleeting, and it is difficult for Liverpool players to seize it.
In a blink of an eye, the game time was 80 minutes, and Liverpool was still two goals behind. At this time, almost all Liverpool people were desperate. Although Liverpool fans were still singing the song "You Will Never Walk Alone", there was no confidence in the voice, just like a candle in the wind, which could be extinguished at any time.
Duan Xuan, a Chinese commentator standing in the commentary seat, was anxious and said: "There must be a goal at this time. If you cannot score at this time, Liverpool will definitely lose. What about Chen Yu? Chen Yu! You must stand up! If you don't stand up, there will be no time later."
Benitez on the sidelines kept waving and shouting, his anxiety was beyond words.
At this time, some Liverpool players began to give up their efforts and passed the ball to Chen Yu and Gerald, and they no longer had hope for the goal.
At this moment, Chen Yu received the ball near the baseline, but he did not make a cross, but quickly cut into the penalty area after a fake pass.
After Crouch came on the court, Liverpool used a lot of tactics from the bottom of the wing, but the effect was average. The players of Besiktas who were intensively defending were not afraid. So when they couldn't keep up, they would not foul if they couldn't keep up, so they let Liverpool's players pass. They just kept the middle and let Liverpool's cross do useless work, so when Chen Yu crossed the bottom line, no one followed to intercept.
Liverpool can cross at the baseline, but cannot cut inside, especially Chen Yu, and he cannot cut inside. Seeing Chen Yu twitch towards the penalty area, the Besiktas player was shocked. At least two players rushed towards the side quickly, trying to block Chen Yu outside the penalty area, because it was difficult to deal with after entering the penalty area and dared not foul.
However, Chen Yu was very fast, entering the penalty area before the player who made up for defense. When the defensive player Toraman made a steal, Chen Yu splashed the ball from the baseline in less than half a meter of space and continued to lead the steering wheel towards the goal post.
The impact of Chen Yu this time was even more terrifying. Almost all Besiktas's players attracted Chen Yu's attention. However, at this time, Chen Yu did not pass the ball horizontally, but vigorously passed the ball towards the top of the penalty area.
Chen Badminton uses too much power to pass the ball. When he flew through the cracks, Besiktas's players tried to intercept and failed to touch it.
There is Gerald at the top of Liverpool's penalty area, but Chen's passes the ball too fast, Gerald was unable to grab the ball, so he could only watch the ball fly by himself.
Chen Yu just wanted to pass it to Gerald, but his ball must be passed quickly, otherwise it would be cut off.
Seeing Gerald miss the ball, the fans in the stands were sighing and felt that this good opportunity was missed, because Chen Yu had just cut into the penalty area and attracted all the players in the middle to the side, and the number of players in the straight line between the top of the penalty area and the goal was greatly reduced.
Chapter completed!