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Once again, came to Stamford Bridge...

This is Zhao Yaning’s second visit to Stamford Bridge this season-the first time was an away game, and the League Cup final was played at a neutral ground. Therefore, when it came to this away game against Chelsea in the Champions League, it was him. Second visit to Stamford Bridge.

The fans here are still as crazy, but this time, they no longer argue that they are rich. This time, the banner they hung up became 'We have the Premier League champion'.

In fact, although it is the end of April, Chelsea have not yet been able to successfully win the championship.Although theoretically speaking, this year's championship is almost definitely theirs, but at this time, this slogan is indeed premature.But against Liverpool, they just want to play: who makes Liverpool have no Premier League title.

"It's really crazy." Regarding their actions, Zhao Yaning didn't say anything, but Alonso said, "Sure enough, he has a strong nouveau riche temperament. There is something that I can't wait to show off... I'd really like to know when they're going to shut up and just enjoy the game."[

"Maybe after Russia is gone?" Garcia laughed. "There are rich Russians, and they have arrogant capital."

This point is indeed defensible.As long as Chelsea has Abramovich, or as long as they are willing to pay, they are arguably a strong team.

And there is a reason for their boasting this time: Although they haven't won it yet, they are almost 2 points ahead of No. [-] Arsenal. If it wasn't for Arsenal missing a round, their championship would have been secure.They do have a Premier League champion, and this is something that Liverpool people really envy.

"However, their championship came from abuse." But in their mouths, the Liverpool players refused to admit defeat, "When it comes to the cup, it still depends on the real ability to talk with each other. Barcelona has not been clean for several years, why should they play against us?"

In this case, although it is a blunt mouth, it is also the most blunt and reasonable.

Since the beginning of this season, Liverpool has indeed been a rare and neat time for personnel.In the backcourt, Dudek, Riise, Carragher, Hyypia, and Finnan's defenses have all played quite well this season, and in the midfielder position, Liverpool has always been proud of Gerrard and Alonso. The defensive midfielder, after half a season of injury staggering, was finally able to play together in this game.And behind them, there is a Biscayne who is responsible for wiping their buttocks and playing with three midfielders. This game is also Liverpool's thinking.

As for Liverpool's frontcourt, although Kewell still did not come back, Zhao Yaning and Garcia were on both sides.

"I am more optimistic about Chelsea in this game." Andy Gray, the commentator, expressed his opinion at the beginning of the game, "Chelsea has played at home this year and has not lost a single game. Stamford Bridge and Anfield are both the most difficult bones to crack. I don't think there is any way for Liverpool to attack Stamford Bridge in this game."

"But Chelsea's past record against Liverpool doesn't prevail."

"But apart from the game at Anfield, Chelsea had the upper hand in the other two games. Especially in the League Cup final, if it wasn't for Coach Mourinho's confusion to provoke the fans... oh no, They won’t lose if they provoke the media, doesn’t even Benitez admit it?”

This matter is true, and Martin Taylor could only nod his head, "However, I always feel that Liverpool is more hopeful. After all, in this game, not only Duff, Robben was injured, even Ferreira is also injured. Chelsea is facing a very big problem, many people are absent. For Mourinho, who does not like rotation and only plays with one lineup, it may not be so easy to solve. .”

In this regard, Andy Gray also agreed, "Chelsea's situation is indeed a bit difficult..."

"It's been tough. With Robben playing for Chelsea this season, they averaged 38 goals per game, while Pisa without Robben averaged 13 goals per game. The gap is huge. And with Robben and Duff both In the absence, it is hard to say whether Chelsea can launch an attack." Martin Taylor said, "And, you should still remember how Zhao Yaning made a breakthrough against Zebina in the last round of the Champions League? Once, he faced Glenn Johnson, and compared to Zebina, he might be even more unreliable..."

"But after all, Zhao Yaning has played against Chelsea many times. I think Chelsea should have some good ways to deal with him."

"I am also very sure of this: Coach Mourinho is a very good coach. I also want to see what method he is going to use to defend against Zhao Yaning's excellent dribbling offensive."

During the discussion between the two, the game also started.

After watching for less than 5 minutes, both Martin Taylor and Andy Gray cursed in their hearts.

"Coach Mourinho, they chose to fully shrink... Their style of play turned out to be a standard way of playing when an underdog meets a strong enemy." Martin Taylor said something, "This choice is really unexpected. Unexpectedly...although it is very effective and really defended Liverpool very well, it is definitely not a good choice."

This choice was of course unexpected. The overwhelming publicity before the game was all about how strong Chelsea is, how they will meet Milan in the final, how they will have a peak duel, how kingly they are, and how domineering they are - but in this game, they But he directly chose to use the relegation team to play against the strong team. [

"Maybe it's because they saw Liverpool's poor record against the relegation team, so they pretended to be the relegation team?" Andy Gray said maliciously, and he didn't know whether he was satirizing Chelsea or Liverpool. , "This way of playing is really embarrassing."

In the duel between strong teams, the first step is to shrink the formation. This kind of approach does seem a bit wretched.In the first two rounds of Chelsea's matches, Barcelona and Bayern were also big teams in their respective leagues. Although Chelsea also focused on defensive counterattacks, they did not have such an overall contraction, especially in Stamford Bridge against Barcelona. The first battle, played can definitely be said to be an extremely classic competition.It is precisely because of this that people think that this game should be a wonderful and intense game.

No one thought that when they met the relatively weak Liverpool, they would choose to retreat and defend.

Such a way of playing is really surprising.Before the game, thinking of the propaganda in the media, most people thought that what Mourinho wanted to do was to make it to the final, win the Champions League, and use the Champions League crown to wash away the smell of nouveau riche for Chelsea. .

But in this game, one thing was immediately clear to people: those words were just smoke from Mourinho. The victory of the game.

Showing others with an arrogant side, but meeting the enemy with the lowest attitude: This approach, although unexpected, is indeed more secure.

"This kind of approach is indeed a bit surprising." Andy Gray said, "Liverpool's strength is worse than Chelsea after all. In the first three encounters, Chelsea also launched an attack. Although the game at Anfield was big. They were defeated, but Chelsea did not choose to hold on. But in this game, they shrunk completely. Although this is a big win, the momentum has also been vented. However, from a tactical point of view, in this way, Liverpool's Attacking, I am afraid it is extremely difficult."

"Yes, the Liverpool team does have a big problem when facing dense defense."

This question is actually very simple to put it bluntly: Liverpool's coach is also a coach who puts safety first.Their backcourt always has about four or five players. This way of playing makes their backcourt not have to worry about many problems. It is difficult for the enemy's counterattack to have any effect on them, but at the same time, this This also caused a big problem for Liverpool: there are too few people in the frontcourt, and it is difficult to launch an attack.

And when it comes to encountering opponents defending the backcourt, Liverpool's offensive will naturally encounter big problems.After all, if you stick to it, eight or nine people pile up near your penalty area, and the defense is naturally very strong. In contrast, on Liverpool's side, there are only four or five people in the frontcourt, and everyone will face two people's defense. It is very likely to be prevented from death.

Since this season, Liverpool's offensive has always been a big problem: Although Benitez has built offensive tactics around Zhao Yaning, so that Zhao Yaning can have more opportunities, but Zhao Yaning is only one person after all. Nearby, it is impossible for Zhao Yaning to pass a team alone to score a goal.

This is why Liverpool often don't play too badly against strong teams, but they play extremely poorly against relegation teams: Liverpool's defense line, after all, puts a lot of energy into it. Even if the opponent is very strong, there will not be too many mistakes. They can also resist the opponent's strong attack.

However, when encountering a relegation underdog who is stubbornly defending and not attacking, there are often three or more people dealing with a Zhao Yaning. At this time, Liverpool's attack will not be able to play.

This is why Zhao Yaning would rather cooperate with Morientes, who has a lower scoring rate than Milito: Morientes’ experience is better after all, and he can open up more space for Zhao Yaning.Although Milito's scoring rate is not low, but the tacit understanding with Zhao Yaning is not enough, and he is technically different from Morientes, a striker who has always been a striker. It is better to cooperate with him than to cooperate with Morientes.

But even this kind of cooperation has a good effect only when playing against underdogs.After all, the underdog players may have problems with their consciousness. Even if they stick to it, they may be found by Zhao Yaning.But for a team at Chelsea's level, if they only think about defending but not attacking, with their strength, it will become a big trouble for Zhao Yaning.

"Liverpool is facing a huge problem now. Their defense will not have too many problems, but in terms of offense... I don't know if my understanding is wrong, or it is true: Liverpool chose not to attack. , but in an away game, defending with the opponent? Two teams, choose seven people to defend and three people to attack? This is the most disgusting strong-strong dialogue I have ever seen!"