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In fact, Houllier can't be blamed for such an arrangement. After all, Kaiserslautern's offense last time impressed him very deeply, so he sacrificed some of the team's offense when arranging the lineup. However, in his arrangement, Ridge Ladd has assumed more responsibilities in defense and offense, but Houllier believes in his own judgment. You think Kaiserslautern will never play offensive tactics. With a goal lead, anyone will first consider It was a pity that he met a young man who refused to admit defeat, a young man who had no fear and led a group of such young men.

After a simple entrance ceremony, Kaiserslautern got the right to kick-off luckily after guessing from both sides.

Players from both sides stood in their positions. Ibrahimovic and Kaka stood in front of the football, waiting for the referee's whistle.

Finally, the referee near the middle circle raised his hand to check his watch, and after confirming with the fourth official on the sidelines, he blew his whistle immediately, and the game officially started.

At the beginning of the game, many people who followed the game seemed to have been slapped, including Houllier, who originally wanted to sit firmly on the coach's bench. After the referee whistled, Kaiserslautern , did not shrink the formation as they expected, but instead pulled the formation apart, launched a crazy attack on Liverpool's defense line, and immediately launched a high-intensity siege on the spot after losing the ball After the opening, Kaiserslautern behaved like a side behind, trying to score quickly.

Kaiserslautern's performance after the opening let Houllier know that he had miscalculated, and was given a routine by the young and excessive head coach opposite.

In fact, Houllier judged that Kaiserslautern would play defensive tactics, because after Kaiserslautern arrived in England before the start of the game, Jiang Feng was interviewed by reporters and asked how the game would be arranged. , Jiang Feng vowed on the spot that this game will continue to stick to the style of play that Kaiserslautern has maintained this season, that is, offense. After Houllier knew what Jiang Feng said in the interview, Houllier judged Jiang Feng's behavior. It was a smoke screen, so I am sure that Kaiserslautern will change their tactics in this game, give up the opening offense and play a defensive counterattack, but after the game really started, Houllier also knew that he was fooled.

After the first round of the fight, Houllier also knew the destructive power of Kaiserslautern's crazy attack. It was due to the defensive tactics of the whole team on his side, and now his arrangement on the field is an offensive formation. So Houllier is very worried about whether his formation can persist under the attack of Kaiserslautern.

Since the start of the game, Houllier has been anxiously shouting at the players on the sidelines, telling them to keep their formation, keep calm and so on.

Jiang Feng stood on the sidelines with a blank face as always. No one could see anything from his face. He believed in the abilities of his disciples.

The result is indeed the case, less than 5 minutes into the game, Kaiserslautern completed an effective shot.

After Kaka received Ibrahimovic's return pass at the top of the arc, he volleyed and shot the ball towards the goal. Fortunately, Dudek's attention was very concentrated, and he managed to save the ball with his outstretched hands. bottom line.

Then Evra took a corner kick, and Ibrahimovic grabbed the first point in the penalty area. The header shot was slightly higher than the crossbar, but it also scared the Liverpool players into a cold sweat.

Immediately after the 8th minute of the game, Kaiserslautern made a comeback. This time, after Ronaldo broke through from the left, he formed an inward cut. He volleyed from a small angle in the penalty area, slightly wide of the goal and hit the side net. .

In less than 10 minutes of the opening, Kaiserslautern completed two attacks, and they were very threatening, which even made the Liverpool fans in the stands very nervous and stood up to cheer for Liverpool.

On Liverpool's side, because of the three-back tactics, they could not effectively contain Kaiserslautern's two-wing tactics, so the result was to let their two full-backs beat themselves. Putting more energy into defense, although it played a certain role, but at the same time, it also made his offense not improve, especially the two full-backs can't defend, and they need two defensive midfielders. Assisting in the defense, this made the offense arranged by Houllier impossible to play at all.

Houllier on the sidelines has been anxiously watching the situation on the field, thinking about how to adjust, whether to change tactics and do a good job of defense first, or continue to attack as usual, but the tactics of attacking with two midfielders simply cannot be done Seeing that, Houlier was caught in a tangle.

At this time, Kaiserslautern's players helped him make the decision.

As Houllier had always feared, Liverpool's players could not stop Kaiserslautern's frantic attack.

In the 13th minute of the game, De Rossi directly got Liverpool's big foot to clear the siege, and then sent the ball to the feet of Evra who inserted from the back row. After one pass, Evra got rid of Murphy's entanglement directly, but Harman has been defending Evra from the side, but at this time, no one noticed that Ronaldo had no ball after cooperating with Evra. Run to a position near the middle.

Evra did not choose to go to the bottom after dribbling the ball for some distance, but sent a horizontal ground ball to Ronaldo's feet. The unguarded Ronaldo easily received the pass. Carragher hurriedly He stepped forward to defend, but he didn't expect that just as Carragher left his position, Ronaldo handed the ball to Kaka next to him. Kaka caught the ball without stopping the ball and made a through pass. Resma just hit it.

After receiving the ball, Quaresma intercepted Henk in front of him, so when he saw that there was no shot angle, Quaresma took a few steps in and sent the ball to the penalty kick with a ground ball Near the point, Ibrahimovic caught Hyypia and volleyed directly. Such a strong volley from such a close range made the football very fast. The fast Dudek didn't have any reaction at all. When the shot was taken, the football was already bouncing in the goal.

1 to 0, Kaiserslautern used the continuous passing of the frontcourt to cooperate in the 15th minute of the game, and finally Ibrahimovic's shot gave him a one-goal lead.

This goal not only allowed Kaiserslautern to lead Liverpool in the away game, but also made Liverpool's away goal advantage vanish.

After the goal, Ibrahimovic stood under the stands of Liverpool fans very arrogantly, shouting "I want to conquer you" towards the stands, and even put his index finger on his mouth, such an arrogant action It also made the boos of the Liverpool fans in the stands louder, and Ibrahimovic laughed happily when he saw this.

The referee also couldn't understand Ibrahimovic's arrogance, and immediately ran over to warn Ibrahimovic.

After Jiang Feng saw Ibrahimovic's goal, he punched continuously on the spot. This goal also completely put his heart back.