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Chapter 3 and Four: One and a half minutes, two attacks
"Okay, let's take a look at the starting lists of both sides. First of all, for Liverpool, Rodgers arranged a three-five-two formation. I think Li Zihan must be quite familiar with this formation. Li Zihan was at Juventus last season. It is one of the 'two' in the [-] formation. And many teams in Serie A still use the [-] formation, let's see if Rodgers' [-] can achieve miraculous results today."

"The goalkeeper is the young Belgian goalkeeper Mignolet who has suffered from external pressure this summer, and the three central defenders are Skrtel and Yaya Touré - brother Kolo Touré, who joined Liverpool as a free agent from Manchester City this summer. The last central defender is also the French black central defender Mamado Sacco who joined this summer. He was once the vice-captain of the Ligue 900 giants Paris Saint-Germain. He was transferred to Anfield for [-] million euros. A generous helping hand."

"In the midfield, the offensive full-backs on the left and right sides are Flanagan and Sissoko, and Lucas is on the midfielder. In the middle of the midfield partner is the old handsome Liverpool man and old captain Gerrard. And Henderson. The striker is a double center partner, Suarez and the teenager Sturridge. The attacking midfielder Coutinho and Stella are sitting on the bench, and there is also a loan from Chelsea on the bench. Forward Moses."

"Arsenal's formation is a four-three-three formation, which is biased towards defense and counterattack. The goalkeeper is the No. [-] Polish goalkeeper Szczesny, and the two midfield partners of Modesat and Koscielny are in the middle of the back. , next to the youngster Gibbs and the French veteran Sagna. This is almost Arsenal's main defensive lineup this season. The outstanding performance of the teenager Gibbs this season is obvious to all. Compared with the experienced Spaniard Monreal is even better, and the performance of the Spanish full-back this season has made him a substitute for young players. With such a defensive line, it seems that Arsenal are quite afraid of Liverpool's strong offensive line and dare not be careless."

"In the midfield Arteta is in the midfielder position, in the midfield is the Welshman Ramsey and his partner is unexpectedly Rosicky. On the striker, Ozil and the Spaniard Cazorla appear on the left and right. As a winger, Li Zihan is the main forward center forward. This can be regarded as a main offensive line, and Cazorla’s performance so far this season is also quite good.”

"However, considering that there will be a Champions League match with Dortmund in the middle of next week, Wenger is also staying put. Podolski, Walcott, Wilshere and others are sitting on the bench."

The commentator was also prescient, and read out the lineups of both sides in advance, without waiting for the kick-off.

As a guest, Liverpool launched a strong attack on Arsenal as soon as the kick-off, and their excellent performance this season gave them this confidence.

After Suarez gave the ball to Sturridge, he immediately went forward. Sturridge knocked the ball to Henderson in the backcourt, and then followed Suarez himself.

Henderson took control of the ball, took a step forward, watched Cazorla come to grab the ball and immediately passed the ball to Gerrard.Seeing that Flanagan and Sissoko had caught up with the two center forwards Suarez and Sturridge, Gerrard felt that there were enough teammates in the frontcourt to support him, and immediately passed a through ball to the sideline. Flanagan.

Flanagan watched Suarez take the initiative to come to the sideline to respond, and also bypassed Rosicky and passed the ball to Suarez.Flanagan made a ground ball, and he knew that neither Suarez nor Sturridge was good at heading the ball.

After Suarez received the ball, he turned and changed direction and shook Ramsey who came up.Then he broke through directly from the sideline and saw Arteta coming over and handed the ball directly to Flanagan here.In the end, he went forward by himself, but he didn't cut in, but a position on the side.

"Suarez is really flexible. He does a good job of changing direction. Ramsey is not a defensive midfielder. There is no way to face such a 'cunning' guy. Suarez almost knocked him down. It's on the ground."

Flanagan took the ball and knocked it back to Suarez as soon as possible. Suarez bypassed Arteta and received the ball behind the opponent.Then when he saw Koscielny coming to cover himself to defend himself, he suddenly kicked and passed the ball.

Sturridge in the middle unloaded the ball with his chest. As soon as the ball was unloaded, he was approached by Modesat who came up.The German central defender directly wanted to use his body to squeeze out this thin black forward who looked quite thin, even more so than his teammate Li Zihan.

Sturridge turned around halfway, and under the interference of Modesat's body, he hit the goal strongly.

In the end, the inaccurate ball went directly over the crossbar, and Szczesny, who had already judged it, didn't even take off just in case.Go straight to the side and ask the ball boy outside the court for the ball.

Sturridge shook his head, he was still a little uncomfortable with the [-] formation.A gap was formed in the middle, and both captain Gerrard and Henderson's frontcourt were slow.On the other hand, Sissoko did not actively cut in to support him. If there is a midfielder such as Coutinho, he can hand the ball to Coutinho behind him just now, and then run a bit and throw it away. Open Modesat's defensive area.

At that time, Coutinho will return the ball. Whether he is looking for a neutral shot or looking for Suarez to cooperate in the past, it is a good choice.

The experienced Gerrard knew where the problem was at a glance, although as a Premier League team he was not used to the [-] formation.However, after the head coach's explanation and some of his own experience, the captain of the Red Army has no problem controlling this non-Premier League team formation.

He beckoned Henderson over and whispered in his ear.When attacking, decisively go forward to assist, help Suarez and Sturridge, and leave the backcourt to myself and Lucas.Then, taking this opportunity, Gerrard also told Lucas behind him.If he and Henderson step forward to assist, he must pay attention to the opponent's counterattack as a midfielder.

While Liverpool was still adjusting their formation, Arsenal's counterattack had quietly started.Szczesny put the ball in the penalty area a little far away from the goal, then glanced at the position of his teammates on the court, then ran up and kicked the ball out with a big foot.

Szczesny's strong kick kicked the ball quite powerfully, and the ball went directly over the vast majority of players in the midfield to Liverpool's backcourt.

Li Zihan immediately started running, and Skrtel came forward with a bald head to stop Li Zihan.Li Zihan looked up at the ball in the air, then turned his back to Skrtel, pressing him behind him.

Facing the flying ball, Li Zihan stretched out his foot to cushion the ball.Then turned around quickly, and when the ball passed Skrtel's bright bald head in the air, Li Zihan also turned around below and successfully came behind the opponent.

The big bald head was startled, and wanted to reach out to pull the opponent's jersey, but when he turned halfway around, Li Zihan had already reacted.

Hanniang stretched out her foot again to pad the falling ball, using a little skill on her toes.Then the ball continued to fly into the penalty area in the shape of a half-high ball.In the end, Li Zihan started immediately, wanting to go to the front to catch the ball.

Kolo Touré tried to stretch out his foot to break the ball, but the height of the ball was a bit high, and finally passed him and came behind him.

Kolo Toure thought to himself, since I can't keep the ball, it's the same to keep people.But as soon as he lowered his head, he saw Li Zihan rushing fiercely.I want to stretch my feet to keep him, but the ball is a little bit on the penalty area line, and it is a penalty if I don't pay attention.

Not daring to be careless, he did not use foul tactics, but put his hands behind his back.Then he leaned towards Sakho on one side, and Sakho also came over to lean against him tacitly, trying to form a flanking 'closed' defense.

But they obviously underestimated Li Zihan's speed and his flexibility. Before the two of them 'closed the door', Li Zihan quickly inserted in from a small gap between them and came behind them.

"Li Zihan!! Passed through the joint defense of Kolo Touré and Sakho, passed the ball, and even passed the three major central defenders of Liverpool. See if there is any ball??"

Li Zihan just passed through Kolo Touré and Sakho, the ball landed on the ground, looking at Mignolet who had already attacked, he felt that it was too late to dribble the ball and shake the goalkeeper away, Ozil on the side was too slow He didn't keep up at all, and although Ramsey was in the ribs of the penalty area, it was obviously too late, not to mention that he was followed by Sissoko.

In that one tenth of a second, Li Zihan didn't use it to think about life, but quickly analyzed the current situation.

In the end, Li Zihan felt as if forcing a shot himself was the best choice but also had no choice.

Facing Mignolet's attack, Li Zihan swung his leg and shot vigorously.

Out of consideration for time, Li Zihan didn't straighten his legs, because that would take more time, and what he lacks most now is time.Although it is a strong shot, its strength is not great.

Now that Mignolet has attacked, of course he has to prevent the opponent from shooting directly.So he kept paying attention to Li Zihan's movement, and just when he was about to fly over to hug the opponent's ball, he saw Li Zihan make a shooting motion.

Reflexively, Li Zihan made a side attack. The ball Li Zihan just left his foot hit the Belgian goalkeeper Mignolet, and then rolled out of the baseline.

Li Zihan shook his head helplessly. The most important thing for this counterattack is to fight quickly. If he waits for the support of his teammates, the best opportunity will be lost.Li Zihan knew the disgusting degree of the three-five-two defense.When Özil and Ramsey, or Rosicky or Ramsey in the midfield come up to respond, the opponent's players will also be back in place.At that time, not only will the opponent's three central defenders be given the opportunity to adjust, but also the full-backs and midfielders will be given the opportunity to replay. At that time, the frontcourt will face the opponent's eight-man defense, and if the goalkeeper is counted, there will be nine players.

Therefore, in order to seize the opportunity, Li Zihan had no choice but to counterattack quickly.But the position of the three central defenders in [-] is also quite disgusting. It is quite difficult for a center forward with mediocre physical ability. Podolski, Walcott and even Chamberlain are also much better. At least relying on the speed of these three, they can be in place and cooperate with themselves before the opponent's midfield returns to defense.

"As expected of the focus of this round, the Tianwangshan battle in the league standings. It was really exciting. The game only lasted one and a half minutes, but both sides launched an attack and scored a goal. Li Zihan's ability once again It has been reflected, but personal ability is limited after all, and Arsenal is a typical example of an overall attack. Although they performed well, it is still a bit difficult to face three central defenders and a goalkeeper."