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Chapter 93 Counterattack, then counterattack

It is not surprising to the fans of the home team that Liverpool scored first in the away game.

After all, it was the Premier League runner-up last season.

The fans of the visiting team gathered in the east stand sang the team anthem bouncing around.

The fans of the home team also looked "no way", because from the whole process of scoring, it can be seen that the opponent's skills and tactics are much higher than their own team.

Just Sterling's ability to calmly deal with the defense in the penalty area is the quality of a first-class striker.

Not only Sterling, Coutinho's dribbling, Henderson's passing, every link is arranged around the team's tactics.

The players themselves have a very strong ability to read the game, so they are not so rigid when executing tactics.

After Rossi kicked off in midfield, Liverpool immediately launched a pressing.

After scoring a goal, it is necessary to take advantage of the opponent's mentality to expand the score in one go.

Liverpool is one of the best.

The players stepped up harder and continued to put pressure on Bournemouth's defense.

In the triangle formation formed by Lovren, Gerrard and Skrtel, Gerrard is in a prominent position in the middle, responsible for long passes from the backcourt.

There are only two central defenders who are really defensive.

If you think Liverpool's defense is too weak, it is absolutely wrong.

Although there are only two defensive central defenders, in front of Gerrard, Kolo Toure, Henderson and Lucas form a midfield barrier, which can attack and defend, and is very flexible.

With Kolo Toure's sweeping interception in the midfielder, Henderson and Lucas can attack more forward.

The Bournemouth team's coping strategy is to let go of the wings and concentrate their forces in the center.

Liverpool's lineup does not have a high point to compete for the top, so shrink the lineup and can double-team Coutinho in the middle.

Markovic and Lallana on the wing didn't rush to pass the ball to the center after they got the ball, but used dribbling to break through and disrupt the defense.

In the 25th minute, Markovic broke through with the ball on the left side, along the sideline of the penalty area, and suddenly dialed the ball quickly to the bottom line.

Francis quickly stuck to the defense and fell to the ground to block the passing line, but was still passed by the opponent when the ball was about to roll out of the baseline.

The ball was passed to the feet of Sterling, who was ambushing in the penalty area.

Sterling has his back to the goal at the moment, with Cook defending behind him, and O'Kane, the midfielder on the right, is also back in place, and there is no chance to turn around and shoot.

But on the line of the penalty area, teammate Coutinho was unguarded and was cutting in obliquely.

Sterling deftly returned the ball and ran towards the touchline to give his teammates more space to shoot.

Seeing this, Cook gave up defending Sterling and stepped forward to block the opponent's shot.

With no teammates outflanking in the middle, Coutinho chose to shoot directly.

boom!
In order to avoid Cook's defense, Coutinho shot to the far corner of the goal.

Goalkeeper Boruc lowered his center of gravity after Sterling took the ball. Seeing the opponent shoot, he quickly fell to the ground and blocked the ball with his right hand.

The blocked ball rolled to the back point, and full-back Adam Smith didn't dare to stop the ball in the penalty area, so he directly kicked the ball and cleared the ball out of the penalty area.

Due to the attack just now, Liverpool's defense line was pressed relatively forward, but Smith's clearance ball came to Stanislas' feet crookedly.

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight back.

Ricky in the midfield was already cutting in quickly, and after Stanislas gave him the ball, he galloped forward.

[The chance for Bournemouth to counterattack is now 4v4 in the frontcourt, let's see how Rich handles it. 】

[Facing Kolo Toure's defense, Rich chose to pass the ball to Stanislas on the wing. 】

[Rosie is running into the space to see if there is a chance to pass. 】

To counterattack, what you hit is speed, what you hit is surprise, and what you hit is full of power.

After seeing central defender Skrtel start to defend against the ball, Stanislas made a diagonal pass with one foot on the ground and sent it to the center.

When Rossi went forward, he kept watching the defensive line to avoid being in an offside position.

Gerrard is not a defensive midfielder, he does not have a strong sense of position selection at the first time, and his grasp of the timing of the attack is slightly insufficient.

He chose to stay on level with Rossi, blocking Rossi's inward cross-cuts and shot angles.

Don't seek to steal the ball, just suspend the opponent's attack speed.

Before receiving the ball, Rossi had already observed Wilson's forward position. He stretched out his right foot and gently led the ball forward with the outside instep.

He ran two steps forward, found that he didn't get rid of Gerrard's defense, and tapped the ball to the left with the heel of his right foot.

This "heel kick and change direction" works best when driving forward at high speed.

But after seeing Rossi change direction, Gerrard's strong body allowed him to quickly go from sprinting to stopping to defending.

Rossi was taken aback. In the British Championship, no matter how agile the defensive player is, he wouldn't be able to defend so quickly.

They paused long enough for him to pass the ball.

But Gerrard returned to the defense too fast, and Rossi had no time to adjust his body balance, so he sent the ball to Wilson on the right with his left foot.

He also lost his balance due to passing the ball, was shoved by Gerrard with his hands, and fell down.

The ball bypassed Lovren at the front and passed to Wilson who plugged in behind.

Although he got the ball, the inside line was occupied by Lovren, and he had to enter the penalty area before his defense was in place.

But Lovren's follow-up was timely, and he was already stuck on the line where Wilson sprinted again.

As long as he dares to step forward again, even if he can't break it, he will lose his shooting angle.

Wilson made a decisive decision and raised his foot to shoot, and Lovren immediately blocked it with his foot.

But at the moment of shooting, he dunked the ball to the left, trying to shake off the defense.

Lovren's outstretched left foot slammed to the ground, then quickly lifted up and continued to block.

Wilson did not expect that the opponent had already seen through his fake action.

In a hurry, he swung his legs on the spot, and in order to avoid the defense, he shot the ball with the instep of his right foot.

The ball was easily confiscated by goalkeeper Brad Jones due to lack of power.

Eddie Howe looked up to the sky and sighed, the speed and quality of this counterattack were good enough, but Liverpool's retreat and marking were so fast.

Just when the fans were regretting the attack, Liverpool goalkeeper Jones held the ball with both hands, abandoned the goal, and threw the ball hard when he was about to leave the penalty area.

The ball came to Gerrard's feet.

Throw the ball back!
Gerrard kicked directly, and with no defense, he made a precise long pass to Sterling at the front.

This time, it was Bournemouth's defense to take a deep breath.

The two full-backs did not come back, leaving only two central defenders and O'Kane who came back to defend.

Under Cook's interference, Sterling stopped the ball a bit too much, beyond the range of body control.

Cook decisively stretched out his foot and poked the ball out, and wanted to hand it to O'Kane.

Unexpectedly, he used too much force, but accidentally gave it to Markovich who was plugged in behind.

Seeing his teammates taking the ball, Sterling rushed forward. At this time, as long as Markovic passed the ball diagonally, it would be a one-shot.

Bournemouth defender Alphick, seeing something bad, hurried up and put Sterling in an offside position.

This small detail made Sterling stop immediately.

As a result, Markovic did not choose to pass the ball, giving O'Kane a chance to chase back and defend.

Missing the passing opportunity, Markovic could only continue to advance with the ball.

Central defender Elphick hurriedly moved laterally to defend him from breaking through.

The space behind him is handed over to O'Kane to defend and cut off the passing line by the way.

Markovic saw that there was no chance to pass the ball, so he took a step to the left. When his left foot just stepped into the penalty area, he shot a cold arrow with his right foot, turned around and shot towards the far corner of the goal.

The sudden shot caught Elphick off guard. He subconsciously stretched out his foot to block it, but the ball went through his crotch and went straight to the lower left corner of the goal.

Goalkeeper Boruc fell to the ground and threw the ball. Although the ball was not fast, it was played too suddenly and at a tricky angle. It bypassed his fingertips, almost stuck to the inside of the post, and got into the net.

0: 2!

[GOAL! ! ! 】

[The ball is scored, a shot from Markovic. 】

[No one thought that he would actually shoot a goal in this place where there is not a good opportunity. 】

[Liverpool spent 2500 million euros to introduce Markovic from Benfica this summer.He used this kick to prove his worth. 】

[This counterattack, until being counterattacked, is so enjoyable. 】

[This is the ability of the top giants.When you miss an opportunity, what awaits you may be an opponent's counterattack. 】

After scoring the goal, Markovic knelt on his knees, pointing to the sky, and muttering words.

After he got up, his teammates gathered around and celebrated the goal with him.

Attack, counterattack, and counterattack again, all this happened too fast, the fans felt like going through a roller coaster, their hearts were beating non-stop.

In the end, I found out that my own goal was broken and I fell to the bottom of the valley.

It took less than half an hour, and the team was already two goals behind, and the initiative was completely in the opponent's hands.

Next, what to do?
(End of this chapter)