Chapter 748 When the championship is in progress (4)
The free kick that Liverpool has won is average and it is difficult to shoot directly, so it is barely better than a corner kick.
Alonso was the one who took the free kick, which also means that Liverpool is not preparing to shoot directly, but is preparing to complete the attack with cooperation.
The players who came up to grab the points also proved this. Carragher and Agh both came up and did not stay, but they just wanted to take some risk to grab the points.
Charlton is mainly defensive and must have done his best and devoted all his energy to defense.
For Crouch, who has very forced air ability, Charlton sent two players to defend. Stars like Chen Yu, Gerald, and Kuyt, who have not strong air ability but are extremely dangerous, not only have people to follow and guard, but once they can't keep up, there are still people who can't defend at any time, so as not to leave any hidden dangers.
Instead of directly driving the ball to the player's head, Alonso drove the ball to the blank area between the player and goalkeeper Randolph.
"ah"
Seeing Alonso take such a free kick, Charlton's head coach Padou screamed in surprise, because such a free kick is definitely not for Crouch. If you look for Crouch, you will pass directly to the player's head and give full play to Crouch's height. If you look for Crouch, you will definitely look for Chen Yu, because this pass depends on the explosive power of the player's instant activation. In terms of explosive power alone, Chen Yu is definitely the strongest among all players. If his players can defend against this terrifying one, Padou has no confidence at all.
Liverpool's free kicks were trained for a long time before the game. Chen Yu and Alonso had communicated before the kickoff and prepared in advance. Alonso's ball was taken, and Chen Yu had already rushed out of the wall as fast as possible.
The player defending Chen Yu was Alexander. Song. This black guy followed Chen Yu very closely, but Chen Yu broke out so quickly. Moreover, Chen Yu started it in advance, so he didn't react. Chen Yu had already left him more than one meter away, and he couldn't even reach it even if he reached out.
It was not Alexander who defended Chen Yu. Song himself, and central defender Bogra, at least half of his attention was placed on Chen Yu. Seeing that Song did not follow, Bogra quickly pulled Chen Yu.
Bogra was pushing forward and pulling Chen Yu. He didn't hold on tight, but was led to the ground by the force that Chen Yu rushed out.
Although Chen Yu was pulled, his momentum of rushing forward did not decline. He still jumped high and rushed towards the flying ball.
Almost at the same time Chen Yu started, Charlton's goalkeeper Rondorf also rushed out of the goal at high speed and punched the ball that was stunningly passing through the penalty area.
Pogbara's moment worked, and the height of Chen Yu's leaping was slightly affected. Goalkeeper Rondorf's fists touched the ball before Chen Yu, and the ball was hit to the midfield.
Seeing that Chen Yu had no hope of touching the ball, he could only deflect his body to prevent being hit by Randolph, because Randolph raised his knees to protect himself when he was hitting the ball with both boxing. It would be painful to be hit on the front and maybe he would be injured.
Chen Yu and Rondolf collided with each other, and Rondolf did not close his knees. The knees hit Chen Yu's hips hard. The two rolled on the ground like gourds. The difference is that Rondolf is fine, but Chen Yu is so painful that he can't get up.
The ball cleared by Rondorf fell to the feet of the Liverpool player, but the Liverpool player saw that Chen Yu was covering his butt and did not get up, so he drove the ball out of the sideline.
"Chen stretcher comes on stage"
Benitez on the sidelines is the most worried and anxious. Regardless of the outcome of this game, if Chen Yu is injured, it will be a loss. Chen Yu's role in Liverpool is really important now, not to mention that there will be a Champions League final in ten days. Without Chen Yu, Liverpool's chances of defeating Milan will be at least 20%.
Worried that Chen Yu was not the only one, Benitez, the countless Liverpool fans in the stands stood up nervously, staring at Chen Yu, and even forgot to boo to Randolph, who was not holding back his legs.
Among the Chinese fans, Zhang Shubin, Zhao Muyu, and Gao Fei all stood up suddenly. The last time Chen Yu was injured at the end of the season, they didn't want to see that scene reappear.
Zhang Youzhen was very calm. She comforted Zhang Shubin and the other two and said, "It's okay. Chen Yu just turned his body and his hips hit the person's knee. There was no problem, he just had to rest for a few minutes."
When the stretcher arrived, Chen Yu tried to stand up, but in the end he was lying on the stretcher and was carried out.
When he arrived at the sidelines, the team doctor Waller pressed Chen Yu's arm nervously and said, "Where did you meet? Chen."
Chen Yu pointed to his hips and said, "I think it's okay here, just take a break."
Waller breathed a sigh of relief and said to Benitez: "It's okay Chen, he got hit on his hips, so just take a few minutes of rest."
Benitez then let out a long sigh, and a heart that had been hanging in his throat finally dropped. He said to Bellamy, who was preparing to warm up, "You don't have to warm up for now, Chen Yu can still do it. Just take a few minutes to rest."
A hint of disappointment flashed across Bellamy's face, but more of joy. Although he was eager to play in such a highly anticipated game, he knew very well that Chen Yu's role was much greater than that of him. For the sake of the championship, he would rather not play by himself than hope that Chen Yu would be fine.
Chen Yu cannot play for the time being, and Benitez has not sent other players to the field. Liverpool on the field temporarily plays one less player, which is a good opportunity for Charlton to score.
Padu obviously didn't want to miss this opportunity. He walked to the sidelines, waved to the players on the field, and made the moves to make the players rush forward.
In fact, even if Padou does not issue an offensive order, Charlton's players will take the initiative to attack. They are all professional players. They do not fully accept the coach's orders like a puppet on the court, but the coach's orders make their offense more resolute.
Before, Charlton did not have any strength to fight back. They didn't even have much chance to play halftime, and Liverpool's defense line did not feel pressured. Now, once Charlton launches an attack, Liverpool's defense line immediately finds that Darren Bent is so difficult to deal with, and he is like an extremely weakened version of Chen Yu. Chen Yu's fellow villager Zheng Hua is also very flexible and experienced, Alexander and Song are also very impactful. Although their strength is not that strong, they are definitely not a weak fish without combat power.
Charlton's first offense was initiated between Zheng Hua and Darren Bent. Zheng Hua passed the ball to Darren Bent, who dribbled the ball from the middle and ran to the side, using his speed to quickly attack Finnan on Liverpool's side defense.
Finnan was a little caught off guard, and Darren Bent swung his continuous fake moves away from an angle and quickly passed the ball into the penalty area.
At this time, the center position given up by Darren Bent was occupied by Zheng Hua and Alexander. Song. The two rushed to the penalty area one by one and the other to grab the point. Zheng Hua at the front point did not grab it, and Alexander Song in the middle grabbed the landing point before Carragher and headed the ball towards the goal.
Song was very strong, like a Black King Kong. Carragher did not take advantage of him, and he grabbed the header, but Alexander Song's header skills were also very average. Under the disturbance of a powerful central defender like Carragher, his position of heading the ball was not very good, and the ball was pushed high above the crossbar by him.
Although this attack caused a great risk, such an offense was very encouraging. Charlton's players immediately launched a more violent attack, trying to break through Liverpool's goal before Chen Yu came on the court.
The first wave of offense started from the middle and crossed on the wing. This time, Charlton started from the wing, and the full-back Thatcher passed the ball to the middle and handed it to Zheng Hua.
Although Padu's purpose in this game was not to lose, they did not give up the purpose of using this game to train players. Frontiers like Zheng Hua are only at the middle and lower level in the Premier League. However, in order to train him, Padu ordered the ball to be passed under Zheng Hua's feet and let Zheng Hua choose the direction of the attack.
Zheng Hua moved forward when he received the ball. Looking at the Liverpool player who was waiting for the game, Zheng Hua lost confidence. He looked at both sides and his teammates were not in good positions. Zheng Hua rushed forward decisively and saw two Liverpool players coming to double-team him. Zheng Hua decisively passed the ball back and handed it to Alexander Song.
If Alexander Song catches the ball and Liverpool players continue to press, he can only continue to pass it back. Even if this wave of attack ends in failure, Alexander Song doesn't want to start and end this time, he will follow up and shoot with a long shot.
Liverpool goalkeeper Renner was very excited today. Although Alexander Song's shot was fired 30 meters away, he still cautiously flew out and prepared to hit the ball with one hand instead of throwing the ball in his arms.
However, the ball flew to the front of the penalty area and hit the center back Age's leg, and flew to the net in one direction.
Reina was stupid. He had already rushed out and could not change direction at all. He could only watch the ball flew into the left net of the goal.
In the 7th minute of the game, Charlton's first shot was scored by their midfielder and a lucky refraction goal.
There was a silence in the stands. The fans were not worried about the ball, because they all saw that although the shooting was very theoretical, the angle was too straight and the threat was not great. However, no one expected that the ball would actually hit Age's leg and change direction and just flew into the net.
All Liverpool people were stunned. This was not the script they imagined and wanted to see, but the scene they least wanted to see, but in the seventh minute, this scene happened.
When the ball hit Ag's leg and refracted, Benitez was startled. Seeing the ball fly to the goal net, Benitez sat down in disappointment. This start was what Benitez wanted to see the least, but he happened.
"Goals, goals, goals, goals, yes, Charlton is incredible. Charlton used a refraction goal to score a goal. Liverpool, who has not won the Premier League championship in 16 years, encountered difficulties. They were behind Charlton at home. If they could not reverse Charlton in the end, they would likely lose the championship. I believe neither Mourinho nor Ferguson would miss this opportunity... Liverpool have time and strength, as long as they can calmly exert their strength, but in this case, can they perform at their normal level?"
"God Liverpool conceded the goal"
"Oh my God, Charlton actually scored the first goal."
Gillette and Hicks in the box looked pale and could not believe their eyes. Liverpool would fall behind a relegated team. However, they rubbed their eyes again, and the numbers on the electronic scoreboard remained unmoved, and Charlton led Liverpool 0.
"I'm afraid the gutter will capsize when it is dangerous." Hicks looked black.
After the initial shock, Gillette immediately calmed down and said, "It's okay, I can't cover the boat, don't worry, we still have Chen, as long as he is here, we can score the goal."
Speaking of Chen Yu, Hicks was also excited and said: "Now I can only rely on Chen. I believe Chen will definitely lead Liverpool to reverse."
Chapter completed!