striker cool brother

Chapter 204 Traditional virtues, carry forward again

The score fell behind and replaced the two absolute main strikers. Is Ranieri crazy?
Ulloa, Rossi, and Kramaric, the speed of these three is not dominant, how to counterattack?
Switch to positional warfare?
But Leicester City's midfielder has no advantage!
Klopp can't guess the intention of the opponent's substitution for the time being, so he can only wait and see.

After taking the lead, Liverpool gave up their previous high pressing and adopted conventional defensive methods.

The reason is simple. With Liverpool's current staffing and injury situation, the high press is not enough to support the whole game.

If there are casualties during the period, the loss outweighs the gain.

No one can get hurt anymore.

In fact, Ranieri is the same.

After the morning training session, the team doctor tested the players' bodies. Vardy and Mahrez's physical condition was not good enough to support the whole game.

For the team's upcoming tough schedule, the two are indispensable main players, and they cannot risk injury just because of one game.

After the kick-off, Albrighton advanced along the wing, and the team formation became 4-3-3.

Ulloa is at the front, Rossi is on the left and Kramaric is on the right.

Rossi's position is more flexible. He retreated to the center, gave up the position on the wing to his teammates, and formed a double midfield with Andy King.

Liverpool's defense quickly pressed towards the side, making it difficult for the opponent to attack from the side.

Henderson presses towards the ball holder and intercepts passes into the centre.

Because Rossi is in the middle, his fast ball is not a joke, it must be blocked in time.

Albrighton passed Kanter back, and Kanter moved quickly laterally to pass the ball to Kramaric on the weak side.

Klopp was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood that the opponent wanted to quickly move laterally, and after being assigned to the weak side, he kicked the ball and passed it in, using Ulloa's high point to compete for the advantage.

boom!
After receiving the ball, Kramaric looked up and made a pass.

Ulloa rushed forward to fight for the spot, but was closely marked by Lovren.

Under his interference, the header went wide.

"Adam, keep an eye on that black kid!"

After receiving the order, Lallana slowly approached Kanter.

In the 70th minute, Lallana went up to grab the ball, but Kanter made an early kick and dialed the ball out.

Not only did he miss the ball, but he let Kante flash it.

After Kanter broke through the siege, he once again distributed the ball to Kramaric, forming an evenly matched offensive on the weak side.

Kramaric is not fast, but he has good dribbling skills at his feet, can cut inside to create murderous intentions, and can also break through crosses.

In the position of second forward or winger, it can have a surprising effect.

But at the beginning of this season, the strong performance of Rossi and Mahrez made it difficult for him to get a starting opportunity.

Another wing position, Albrighton and Schlupp firmly occupy the position, he can only sit on the bench, waiting for the opportunity.

Now finally have the opportunity to play, but Ranieri let himself pass the ball quickly.

How can you play your own characteristics in this way?
Rossi moves quickly to the center and reaches for the ball.

Kramaric wants to perform very much, but he must follow the head coach's tactics.

Rossi received the ball in the middle and was instantly double-teamed by two people.

As the defensive midfielder Emre Can went to help defend Rossi, there was a vacuum in front of Kramaric.

Huh?
If you can get the ball here, you can directly threaten the opponent's goal.

When Kramaric started the moment, Rossi seemed to have known his purpose and passed the ball into this vacuum before the double-team formed.

When Kramaric catches the ball, both height and speed are perfect.

Comfortable!

No wonder Vardy has an urge to kiss Rossi every time he scores a goal.

Change me, I kiss too!

Kramaric flicked the ball lightly first, and shot with his right foot.

The ball draws a low and flat arc, and suddenly falls while flying forward.

Goalkeeper Mignolet made a save in the direction of the ball's flight. He thought he was sure of it, but the ball suddenly fell to the ground and bounced, causing a refraction.

A small refraction, even the world's top goalkeeper, it is difficult to react.

Because in less than a second, it is impossible to predict the height and direction of the ball bounce.

But luck is on Liverpool's side.

The Anfield turf, due to the weather, has less elasticity and is just blocked by the goalkeeper's arm.

After completing a god-level save, Mignolet let out a roar and was hugged tightly by his teammates.

Although Liverpool's defense is united, Klopp has to analyze the opponent's attacks from the perspective of the head coach.

Leicester City do not rely on a single passing point when moving from strong side to the other.

Rossi, Kanter, Andy King, any one of the three can become a point of entry.

Moreover, the position of the three is vertical, and the vertical space is lengthened as much as possible, so that their defensive formation is stretched invisibly.

For the defense on the weak side, it is even more lax.

Klopp immediately made adjustments, Lucas replaced Coutinho, Joe Allen replaced Lallana, leveled the formation, expanded the horizontal defensive area, and did not have to worry about the opponent's transfer of the ball.

Ranieri knew that the opponent had to defend, and the last substitution was given to Nathan Dyer to strengthen the breakthrough from the side.

And let the central defender Morgan overwhelm the midfielder and participate in the team's offense.

Morgan's pressure, before Liverpool's two strikers came back to participate in the defense, could suppress the number of opponents' midfielders.

Liverpool's midfield defense will inadvertently press forward to prevent the opponent from advancing.

Kanter moved laterally from the left to respond, looked up after receiving the ball, and saw Kramaric, Andy King and Rossi standing between Liverpool's midfield line and the back line.

This vacuum is enough for them to pass the ball.

Kanter saw the timing and passed the ball forward. It was not Andy King who was in a straight line, but Rossi who was on the left.

At the moment of passing the ball, Andy King quickly advanced, rushed in front of Lorenfe, and entered the penalty area.

At this time, the ball slowly fell from the sky and landed on the line that Andy King had inserted forward.

[Beautiful pass, right-footed pass from Rossi. 】

[Andy King gets stuck and enters the restricted area. 】

【Shoot! 】

[Oh, what a pity, the ball almost brushed against the post and flew out of the baseline! 】

Andy King missed the scoring opportunity and regretted it very much.

Although he occupies a favorable position, Lorenf behind him has been interfering with his dribbling and made him complete the shot with an uncomfortable shooting action.

Klopp, who was startled into a cold sweat, rushed to the sidelines and roared towards the pitch.

He is not targeting a certain player on the field, but everyone.

One step wrong, step by step wrong.

When Klopp decided to defend, he was destined to be overwhelmed by Leicester City.

Leicester City uses the central defender's pressure to attack and increase the number of midfielders. After splitting or penetrating in the middle, it can threaten Liverpool's goal.

In the last 10 minutes, although Liverpool still had possession of the ball, Leicester City completed two threatening attacks in the few possessions, which caused boos at Anfield Stadium.

What a passionate coach Klopp, he actually defended at home, not passionate at all.

Klopp was very helpless.

The team suffered a lot of injuries, and had to play conservatively when they were in the lead.

Entering stoppage time, Leicester City got a corner kick, and goalkeeper Schmeichel attacked and came to Liverpool's penalty area.

Andy King took a corner kick and was pushed out of the penalty area by Lorenf. Kanter quickly appeared in the direction of the ball and chased it with all his strength.

When he was about to control the ball, he was pushed hard behind him.

Not only did Kanter fall on the turf, he even lost the ball.

The Liverpool midfielder Lucas, who was on the attack, returned the ball to the full-back Moreno, and quickly advanced with his teammates to form a 4v1 situation.

Moreno's pass easily penetrated the midfield and came to Benteke's feet.

At this time, in front of him, there was only Morgan, a defensive player.

【Schumeichel didn't come back, it's an empty door! 】

[Benteke, you're going to hit the empty door again! 】

Amidst the cheers of [-] fans at Anfield and the passionate shouts of the commentators on the spot, Benteke continued to advance with the ball.

He first used a fake shot to try to shake Morgan away, but the opponent didn't take it.

After Benteke took the ball a step to the left, he found that the angle of the shot was smaller and closer to the opposing player.

If you don't shoot, you won't be able to.

boom!
Benteke finally had a shot, but he chose Morgan's crotch.

At the moment of his shot, Morgan quickly fell to the ground, expanded the defensive area, and just blocked the ball impartially.

The ball rolled towards the bottom line. Lucas wanted to head the ball into the goal before the ball flew out of the bottom line, but Kramaric, who was chased back, blocked the bottom line with his body.

[Why didn't the ball push the empty goal early? 】

[Benteke's old habit of not passing or shooting alone, has committed it again. 】

【O~Thank you! ! ! ! 】

Afterwards, there was a piercing screeching sound at the scene, and the voice of the commentary disappeared.

The fans know it very well.

The narrator must have unplugged the wire and started swearing again.

(End of this chapter)