The strongest winger

Chapter 488 The game is over, advanced to the final!

Chapter 488 The game is over, advanced to the final!
In the tactics class before the game, the players on the field knew that Xavi Alonso's long pass accuracy was the most accurate in the Liverpool team, so they had to guard against it. At this moment, they all followed Liverpool's forward players and retreated into the penalty area.

But how could the defenders who are accustomed to Liverpool's slow pace guess the direction of Liverpool's attack in the first place?
Aiello was brought in by the sudden inward cut from Dirk, and Del Horno's attention was also on Dirk. In the past ten minutes of the contest, he has personally learned the strength of the Dutchman.

However, the right foot that Xavi Alonso swung was not a big long pass, but a short pass to the full-back Finnan who missed the space on the right. Del Horno quickly stepped forward to defend, but Finnan immediately passed it across.

Due to the sudden advance of the four Liverpool players, there was a vacuum at the front of Valencia's penalty area. Gerrard took advantage of his explosive power and speed to grab the ball before Ballack.

Xavi Alonso!
No one thought that Gerrard, who had the space to shoot, passed the ball back, and Harvey Alonso got the football about 26 meters away from the goal.

Ballack goes down to block Gerrard's shot, so Xavi Alonso gets the ball unmarked!
Baraja, who was the closest to Xavi Alonso, hurried forward to defend, but there was still a distance of about two meters. At this moment, Xavi Alonso suddenly swung his right foot and shot! ?
No!

When Baraja made a natural blocking action, Xavi Alonso picked the ball directly into the penalty area.

Standing at the end of the defensive position, Moretti subconsciously raised his right arm, because the standing there was already in an offside position.

However, Didier Didn't seem to have the idea of ​​taking the ball, but turned to look at the assistant referee without doing anything, indicating that he did not move.

According to the offside rules issued the year before, as long as the offside player does not participate in the offense, it is not offside.

Didn't have the ball, so... who did Xabi Alonso pass the ball to?
Could it be...?
Moretti hastily turned his body to clear the ball, but a red figure suddenly appeared in his vision, and he immediately realized that it was the opponent's back to participate in the attack!
The moment he stretched out his foot, he immediately realized that it was in the penalty area. If he tripped it, it would be a 100% penalty!And I still have a yellow card on my back. If I get another penalty + red card, I will become the eternal sinner of the team!
Even if Liverpool's offense scores the ball and the total score is still tied, then at least there is still overtime to fight for. If he is sent off, then 9 to 11, and a penalty kick, then the team is basically eliminated!

So after Moretti reacted, he quickly retracted the outstretched foot.

Finnan looked up and half turned his head to observe the football coming, and then stopped the ball forward.

Originally, he was going to hit the goal directly with his right foot, but the moment he raised his right foot, he found that he lost his center of gravity, fell to the ground, and the football under his feet was gone, so he instinctively raised his right arm to signal a foul in the penalty area.

But the imaginary whistle didn't sound, and the referee still gestured at him. An angry Finnan slapped the Anfield turf in dissatisfaction.

It was not until a chance of a dead ball that the big screen in the stadium showed the slow motion of Finnan falling in the penalty area.

At that time, it was the opponent's goalkeeper Wang Xiaolei who made a decisive attack, and the moment Finnan stopped the ball, he fell to the ground and threw the ball sideways, blocking the ball in his arms.

At the same time, the narrator in the studio once again gave all the words of praise to Wang Xiaolei who had a wonderful performance.

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Seeing that the time was about to enter the stoppage time stage of the game, Liverpool hadn't scored a goal yet, and they all started to get anxious.

If the game ends according to this score, then they will definitely be eliminated. This is undoubtedly a very unacceptable fact for Liverpool, who are playing at home.

So the offensive rose again, and Valencia's defense obviously felt a lot of pressure.

"Persevere, we will advance to the final!"

Moretti fell to the ground and blocked Gerrard's long-range shot, followed by Baraja and drove the ball directly out of the sideline. Taking advantage of this spare time, as the captain on the field, he clapped his hands and said loudly to his teammates who were on defense for most of the second half.

After hearing Baraja's roar, the team members, whose physical fitness had declined significantly, immediately became full of strength.

There will be stoppage time soon, and if you hold on to this score, you can advance to the final!
After 2 minutes, the fourth official on the sidelines held up the electronic card for 7 minutes of stoppage time.

For this extra long stoppage time, Flores off the field was very dissatisfied, and he had to complain to the fourth official.

But the fourth official can only say that this is according to the referee's order on the field, and he has no right to change it, so Flores can only pin his hopes on the players on the field.

In fact, the most nervous thing is Liverpool's head coach Benitez. Apart from the Champions League, he can't win any domestic championship for Liverpool this season.

This is his last fig leaf, and he has to fight for it!

So, Benitez waved his hand, and the 32-year-old veteran Fowler replaced right back Finnan.

When stoppage time came, fans of both the home team and the visiting team chose to remain silent at this moment. It wasn't that they didn't have the energy to continue cheering for the team, but that they were afraid that their voices would affect the team they supported in their hearts.

If it is really affected, then you can only cry to death...

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"The time has reached the 3rd minute of stoppage time, which means that there are only 4 minutes left in the game, come on! Liverpool!! We still have hope of qualifying!!!"

Kenny Dalglish said with clenched fists.

"Yes, just keep going! Think about our UEFA Champions League final in the 2004-2005 UEFA Champions League season, the final qualification must be our great Liverpool!!"

The guest commentator took over Kenny Dalglish's words.

The Liverpool players on the field are no longer as patient as before, but directly and frequently take the ball on the two sides. Even Agger and Carragher have already entered the Valencia penalty area at this time. Counting Crouch, Fowler and Dirk.

During this period, Valencia's goal was faltering, but Ai Luo's accurate header judgment and Wang Xiaolei's excellent state made it possible to keep the goal.

In the player era, Flores was born as a defender, so he always wanted to play when the team was in crisis.

Benitez, not far from the side, kept signaling his players to press forward.

At this point, let the defense go to hell!
Everywhere is dead!
Time passed by every second, but Liverpool failed to score the ball for a long time, which indirectly caused their confidence to gradually lose. In the 95th minute, Wang Xiaolei attacked and held the corner kick taken by Xavi Alonso firmly in his arms, and then threw the ball forward. sent off.

Only then did boos erupt from the stands.

Obviously, the fans of the home team were very dissatisfied with the referee's penalty. In their perception, it was obvious that the damn Chinese was flopping!

But in any case, the referee's penalty has been given and cannot be changed.

Although before the end of the game, Liverpool was sent off Mascherano, but Liverpool's tactics have not changed, that is, to seize the last time to overtake the score on the field and drag the game into overtime!

But with the unity of the Valencia players, how difficult is it to score the ball?

Coupled with the presence of Wang Xiaolei, who has performed superbly in this game, how could he score?
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The time soon reached the 96th minute of the game, which means that only the last minute is left for Liverpool.

"Maybe this is Liverpool's last chance. My God, the goalkeeper Reina also went up. It seems that he is preparing for the last fight!"

Taking advantage of the corner kick, even Reina rushed forward.

Now not only the players on the court became nervous, but the fans in the stands held their breath again. Even the commentators from various countries in the live studio chose to remain silent at this time.

The 20 players from both sides of the game basically flooded into the penalty area.

At the same time, this is also the time to test the level of the referee on duty, because at this time, both the offensive and defensive teams use their hands to compete for positions.

After Reina rushed into the penalty area, the referee on duty stopped the game at least 3 times because of players from both sides. By the time Harvey Alonso was about to kick a corner kick, the game had reached the 98th minute.

This is a time that exceeds 7 minutes of stoppage time, and Flores has complained to the fourth official more than once.

Just then, Xavi Alonso took the corner, flat and fast, probably somewhere between the penalty area line and the penalty spot.

Albiol, Moretti, Agger and Crouch from the previous point did not hit it, and the football missed it and flew where it should have flown.

Since there were people everywhere in front of the goal, it directly hindered Wang Xiaolei's attack, so he chose to stand conservatively on the goal line just to be on the safe side.

The front point was not hit, so the players of both sides focused on the middle. Gerrard, Carragher, and Ayala were all ready to fight for this point, but a figure suddenly jumped out before them and pushed the ball out.

Riise, who was waiting at the front of the penalty area, saw the football flying towards him, and subconsciously raised his left foot to shoot, but the effect was not ideal, and he shot directly into the stands.

The referee then blew the whistle to end the game.

"In the 99th minute of the game, the referee on duty blew two short and one long final whistles!" Huang Jianxiang raised his arms and shouted at this moment: "The game is over, the game is over, Valencia drew 1:1 away with Liverpool, with a total score of 3:2 and took the lead to enter the Champions League final of this season!"

(End of this chapter)

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