green waist king

Chapter 593

After the game ended, on the 5th of the next day, the whole Liverpool team went to Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, to challenge the opponents in the fourth round of the Champions League Group C, the Belgrade Red Star team.

On Moyang's private jet, Klopp was sitting on a soft sofa. Crayon Shin-chan was playing on the LCD TV in front of him, but he didn't even look at it. He looked down at the laptop screen on his lap.

The current scoring format for Group C is:
1. Liverpool, 2 wins and 1 loss, 5 goal difference, 6 points

2. Naples, 1 win, 2 draws, 2 goal difference, 5 points

3、巴黎圣日漫，1胜1平1负，净胜球4，积4分

4、贝尔格莱德红星，1平2负，净胜球-10积1分

After this round of the league, there are only two rounds left in the group stage, so judging from the current points form, although Liverpool now has the initiative to advance, it is still very dangerous. The luxury tankers of Naples and Paris can come from behind at any time to overtake them Kick into the cliff.

Regarding the Belgrade Red Star, Klopp did not dare to assert that this team will definitely be eliminated.

Although this team is a mid-range team in Europe, the strength of this team at home can be seen from their draw with Naples at home in the first round.

There was also the first round match between Liverpool and Red Star. Although they won 5-0, Red Star Belgrade also left a deep impression on Klopp. The mad dog-style full-court press made him a little afraid.

Now there are only two rounds left in the group stage. At present, the Belgrade Red Star's domestic league situation is very good, and they are far ahead.

Therefore, Klopp feels that the Belgrade Red Star will never give up the Champions League, and will definitely win the next three games with two hosts and one guest.

Klopp can almost foresee that they will be sniped by the Belgrade Red Star at the Red Star Stadium.

Two days later, on November 11, Klopp's hunch came true.

Because he just had a high-intensity and high-consumption offensive battle with Arsenal, in order to avoid the red light of the players' physical fitness again, Klopp finally chose to perform a certain degree of rotation in this game.

Gomez, Firmino, Henderson, Mo Yang and Mane were put on the bench by Klopp.

Forward, Klopp leaves Salah to partner with Ibrahimovic and Jota
In the midfield, he used Wijnaldum as a midfielder, with Lallana and Milner on the left and right.

On the defensive line, Klopp was afraid that there would be problems with the defensive line. He let Van Dijk continue to start, partnering with Matip.

Alisson was also replaced by Buffon. He also needs to rest. At the same time, Buffon, who is Liverpool's second goal, also needs a certain number of games.

As a result, after the game started, the situation was far beyond Klopp's expectations.

For the Belgrade Red Star, although the former Juventus striker Boakiye was injured, their main winger Marin, who was absent from the first round, returned to the starting lineup in this game.

In the early stage of the game, Red Star Belgrade, who were playing at home, burst out like a rainbow.

On Liverpool's side, many main players are absent, and Klopp's tactical strategy in this game seems to be relatively slow.

As the game time passed, although the slow Liverpool had a high ball possession rate, in the eyes of Mo Yang on the bench, it was actually invalid ball possession.

A lot of possessions don't make much sense.

Mo Yang knew that Klopp made the very creative Lallana start to replace him, to support the RYS combination of striker Jota, Ibrahimovic and Salah.

But in the more than ten minutes of the game, in Mo Yang's eyes, Lallana was unqualified.

The 30-year-old team's big brother did not play the performance that Klopp expected on the field.

Facing the two-man defense that Belgrade Red Star's midfielder, midfielder and full-back often appear, Lallana, who is slightly thin and relatively average in speed, is almost powerless to parry. own rear position.

And Wijnaldum, who is in the midfielder position, shoulders a lot of defensive work. In this way, Liverpool can only rely on Milner on the right to provoke the responsibility of connecting offense and defense.

And Salah, Ibrahimovic, and Jota are naturally unable to get high-quality and high-quality ball delivery from the three midfielders behind them because of the heavy load in the midfield.

After analyzing this passive situation, Mo Yang turned his attention to Arnold and Robertson.

But soon Mo Yang was disappointed again.

Because of the Belgrade Red Star's two-wing tactics, Arnold and Robertson did not play easily. Most of their energy was devoted to defense, and they rarely had the opportunity to support the striker.

In the 30th minute of the game, Red Star Belgrade won the ball by pressing the frontcourt and attacked, and won a corner kick on the right.

The Red Star midfielder Marin drove the ball directly to the middle of the penalty area.

Marin's pass speed and placement are very subtle, making Buffon unable to get out in front of the goal.

But what is frustrating is that Liverpool's defense still made a big mistake.

The Red Star team's 193cm high center Pavkov has no one to follow him after he plugged in from the penalty spot, allowing him to take off and rush to the top between Van Dijk and Wijnaldum without interference, hammering the ball goal.

Seeing this scene, Klopp and Mo Yang's faces were instantly livid with anger, but at the same time they were helpless.

However, just 3 minutes later, Liverpool suffered another major blow.

In the 35th minute of the game, Liverpool midfielder left, Lallana received a direct pass from Robertson in front of the center line.

As soon as he stopped the ball, he was immediately defended by Red Star Belgrade's right midfielder Krsticic and front midfielder Ben.

Lallana also learned a lesson. After he ran to the side to get the ball, he turned halfway and immediately unloaded a pass back to Wijnaldum on the arc of the middle circle.

But at the moment of passing the ball, he bumped Krsticic behind him, causing the ball line to deviate.

Wijnaldum was pitted badly, and the ball was finally taken by the Red Star midfielder Srnik who rushed out of the middle circle on his right.

Srnik didn't stop the ball, and he quickly passed it forward when he came to the ball.

Wijnaldum missed the interception, and the ball fell to the feet of Red Star center Pavkov.

After Pavkov took the ball, he turned around without haste and faced Matip and Van Dijk who were quickly approaching from both sides.

As a center, speed is not Pavkov's weapon. His real weapon is his super body and ability to protect the ball.

Although Wijnaldum easily chased behind Pavkov, he was blocked alive and couldn't get around.

After Pavkov took the ball, he first took it horizontally to the middle, and then turned a corner to the area 30 meters in front of the top of the arc.

Before the free throw arc, Matip and Van Dijk were fully prepared, but after all the calculations, they did not expect that Pavkov would be so decisive and kicked.

Suddenly a powerful long-range shot appeared, and the ball flew between Matip and Van Dijk, like a falling meteor, falling to the upper left corner of the goal.

On the goal line, Buffon flew sideways, but the angle of Pavkov's kick was too tricky, and it was going to a dead corner, so Buffon could only watch helplessly as the ball went under the crossbar.

"Goooooooaaaaal!!!!!!!!!!!!"

At the moment of the goal, tens of thousands of fans at the Red Star Stadium shouted in unison to vent the huge pain that Liverpool caused them in the first round.

The cheers all over the sky were extraordinarily excited and relieved.

(End of this chapter)