The strongest winger

Chapter 477 Misfortunes Never Come Alone
After Aiello returned to the penalty area to help defend with the previous corner kick defense, he never left the penalty area, because Liverpool's offensive was very fierce during this period, and he was afraid that if he left the penalty area, Crouch or Dirk would seize the opportunity to pull a goal back.

And Flores looked at the team's passive defense and did not ask Ai Luo to return to his position to wait for an opportunity to attack. After all, the time of the game has reached the last few minutes of the game.

So at this time, it is understandable to choose a conservative approach.

Immediately, Flores began to deploy troops to the team, replacing David Silva with Edu, strengthening the defense of the center, and at the same time increasing the restrictions on players crossing from the wing.

At the 85th minute, Valencia's players basically retreated to the 30-meter defensive area of ​​their own half, leaving only David Villa at the arc of their own side as a strategic containment.

Although the team chose to retreat to the half court during this period, the fans in the stands did not boo the home team because of this change. The team they supported was Valencia. Liverpool, the winner of the UEFA Champions League in the 2-0 season, was already very good. Choosing defense at this time is the most appropriate choice.

The team chose to defend, and they continued to cheer on the sidelines, cheering for the team they supported in their hearts.

Liverpool's offensive seems to be very fierce, but in fact it is not a big threat, because Aiello is more prepared for the football's placement than the judgment of Dirk Dirk and Crouch.

Every commentator in the studio is amazed by Ai Luo's landing point of football!

"Oh my God, he jumps so high!!"

"Wow! I was pushed out by him again. This standing jump is higher than Crouch. How does this make Liverpool players live?"

"It's amazing, I think he should play in the NBA instead of football!!"

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This is the line of commentators from various countries when Ai Luo perfectly cleared Liverpool's wide cross during this period of time.

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Seeing that the game time was about to reach the last minute of regular time, Liverpool suddenly changed their style of play, no longer blindly crossing from the side, but chose to control the ball at their feet.

The change took Valencia's defense a bit by surprise.

Since the front of Valencia's penalty area was basically full of people, Xavi Alonso passed the ball back before turning around and reorganizing the attack about 40 meters away from Valencia's goal.

The football was too far away from the penalty area, and Valencia's defense moved a few steps forward under Ayala's command, so Crouch and Dirk Drivet followed a few steps forward to avoid falling into the offside trap.

The team formation was still gradually pressing forward, so Harvey Alonso, who was holding the ball, was not marked by anyone. He looked up and observed calmly. At this moment, Pennant suddenly ran laterally along the last defender of Valencia's defense line on the left.

Harvey Alonso swung his right foot without hesitation and made a long pass!
Ayala has rich experience. Seeing Xavi Alonso swung his right foot, he quickly directed his teammates to pay attention to Pennant's running position. He immediately attracted the attention of Albiol and Baraja, and the nearby defenders also focused on Liverpool's two forwards.

But in fact, Harvey Alonso's long pass is not looking for Pennant, but using footwork conversion, looking for Finnan who is plugging in at high speed from the right.

The power angle of this ball is very good, which belongs to the kind where people reach the ball.

Del Horno rushed to defend when he saw the situation, but what he didn't expect was that Finnan didn't intend to stop the ball and pass it, but directly used his right foot to hit the ball to the ribs, and even stopped and passed!

"Steve Finnan!!!"

The BBC commentator shouted fiercely.

Finnan's continuous stop and belt movement was very stretched, and it was completed without slowing down, so Del Hornora didn't hold back, and central defender Ayala could only step forward to defend.

Between the lightning and flint, Valencia's solid defensive system has a loophole.

Since Finnan had already run ahead of Liverpool's offensive players closest to the bottom line, Crouch, Kevin Dirk, and Pennant who advanced in the middle were all onside, so Valencia's defense could only follow and recover.

When Finnan was about to wade the ball to the border of the penalty area and the baseline, he slightly raised his head and glanced back at his teammate's running position, and then passed a very fast ground ball.

The height and ability of Crouch and Kevin Dirk are there, basically attracting all effective defenders.

So that there is a vacuum between the penalty spot and the penalty area.

And the football passed by Finnan is rolling into this vacuum.

"Gerrard!!!!" England's commentators shouted collectively at this moment.

Gerrard cuts in at high speed, heading for the ball.

It was obviously too late for Albiol, who was tall, to turn around and block, and Moretti was still at the far end, farther away from this vacuum zone, so the heavy responsibility of blocking was entrusted to Albelda, who was also running back.

But Gerrard's speed and explosive power are obviously higher than Albelda's, so he can only use the inertia brought by running to make up for this deficiency. He fell to the ground about two meters away from the football and slid the tackle, hoping to interfere with Gerrard who was shooting.

When Gerrard finished his shot, Albelda's right foot was late.

Gerrard chose a very clever shot, about thirteen yards from the goal. Instead of rounding his right leg, he took a shot with the toe of his right foot.

Canizares' vision was blocked, and when he saw the football, the football had already reached the small penalty area line, so it was too late to react, and the football ran towards the far corner of the goal.

In the end, the football rolled into the goal under the exclamation of the home team fans.

After scoring the goal, Gerrard was very excited. He ran all the way to the corner flag before he raised his arms and shouted.

What he got in return was naturally a tsunami of boos, because his behavior was judged as provocative by the home team fans in the stands.

However, Gerrard didn't care about these things. In the Champions League final two years ago, it was his goal that blew the horn of the magical Istanbul counterattack. He firmly believed that this goal would definitely have a profound impact on the two-round knockout round.

Because the team only needs an affordable 1:0 to get a chance to advance to the final when they return to Anfield!

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"Steve Gerrard! The spiritual leader of Liverpool!! He showed his own value at this moment!! He helped the team narrow the score to one goal before the end of the game, and the most important thing was that he helped the team get a valuable away goal!!"

"The score became 2:1!!! Although he didn't have any outstanding performance in the nearly 10 minutes of the game, he stood up at the most critical moment and scored a goal!! He is the soul of Liverpool!!"

"No one thought that Liverpool would create an excellent opportunity at the last moment of the game, perhaps because their sidelines were too poor in the nearly 90 minutes of the game, but it happened to cause Valencia's defense to be distracted..."

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The England commentator, who had been silent for nearly the entire game, finally found a chance to completely vent his long-standing negative emotions.

Amidst their chants, the Liverpool players ran to Gerrard to celebrate the goal, which was a full nine and 10 minutes late.

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When the Liverpool players finished celebrating, the fourth official on the sidelines just held up the electronic card for 3 minutes of stoppage time, a very standard stoppage time.

Canizares, who recovered from his depression, seemed to have noticed something wrong. Albelda seemed to be lying on the ground clutching his right thigh, and his expression was painful, but this pain was not caused by losing the ball, it was more like... an injury.

Soon, other Valencia players also noticed Albelda's discomfort.

It was Canizares, who had just noticed that something was wrong with Albelda, who reacted the fastest. He made a gesture to the team doctor on the sidelines.

After a brief diagnosis, the team doctor Hernandez made a gesture of substitution and adjustment to Flores on the sidelines. It seems that Albelda's injury is difficult to persist.

The director of the stadium responded quickly and switched the camera back to the scene where Albelda fell to the ground and blocked Gerrard's shot.

Originally a very clear situation, but because of Gerrard's goal and Albelda's injury, it became cloudy. Valencia's road to promotion is once again full of haze.

So Flores on the sidelines was very upset!Originally thought that the game would be won by a score of 2:0, but never expected that God made more than one joke for him...

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Since all three substitutions and adjustments have been used up, Valencia can only fight with ten players.

The next game will be very difficult for Valencia, because they have one less player to fight, and what is missing is the team's metronome and the offensive and defensive hub. Of course, this job can also be done by Ballack.

But in this case, there will be no one in Valencia's frontcourt to organize the offense. David Silva has been replaced before, so in the next time, he can only rely on Aiello's personal ability to make breakthroughs and find opportunities.

But the result... one can imagine.

In the end, Valencia defeated Liverpool 2:1 at home.

Although the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final was won, the players in the team were not happy. In the two-round format, getting an away goal by the opponent is a very dangerous signal.

"The game is over. This result should be an unacceptable fact for Valencia. They are about to win the game with a score of 2:0, but fate made a big joke for them. Gerrard knocked on the door in the 89th minute of regular time, and also lost the captain Albelda.

This is Huang Jianxiang's closing line in this game.

"...In general, Valencia played very well in this game. After all, they still won the game at home. In the second round next week, they only need a draw to advance to the final. However, Aiello seems to have fallen into a scoring drought in the Champions League. He has not scored in the Champions League for [-] minutes."

(End of this chapter)