The strongest winger

Chapter 599 Must Stand Up

After the game started, Ai Luo knew the real reason why this Champions League semi-final is different from the previous Premier League, that is, the game has a faster pace and more physical confrontation!
In other words, the Liverpool players are even more nervous about this game! !

Although Aiello feels a bit pressured by being a guest at Anfield in the Premier League this season, it is definitely not as great as it is now. If he feels very intense in this game, then the Premier League can only be regarded as mediocre.

In the 5 minutes of the game, Ai Luo did not get a chance to directly face the goal. He spent more time as a pillar to get the ball in the frontcourt, and then he attracted enough defensive force to pass the football, and then ran.

Chelsea's offense has become extremely smooth due to Aiello's running and fast passing and cutting, but the offensive efficiency is gone, and there are no shots that directly threaten the goal, only a dispensable ball possession rate.

According to Mourinho's coaching style, he would rather use the extra ball possession advantage to convert into a threatening attack, because the ball possession advantage only shows the control ability of a team, and the efficiency of using the only opportunities to create goals is a reflection of the true level of a team.

The current Liverpool is such a team. Although it seems that the proportion of ball possession is very small, once it passes through the midfield quickly and the extremely fast Torres dribbles the ball forward at high speed, the destructive power caused is very large, which is quite similar to the role of Aiello in Valencia.

Mourinho, who was standing on the sidelines, looked at the situation on the field and frowned. Obviously, he did not anticipate the situation on the field. The current Liverpool team is much stronger than expected, but...it is obviously the same lineup, why is it so much stronger in the semi-finals of the Champions League?It's really incredible.

If Benitez could get a glimpse of Mourinho's thoughts, he would definitely say proudly: "An upstart is a nouveau riche, with no rich background at all! Liverpool was the hegemony of Europe in the past, and it is now!"

What is the use of league dominance?Have the ability to compete in the Champions League?
Entered the Champions League semi-finals in three of the four years, one of the champions, what does Chelsea have?It's nothing more than entering the semi-finals of the Champions League twice in four years, and they were all eliminated, so...continue to be eliminated!Damn nouveau riche!

In the 10 minutes of the game, Chelsea still did not find a good opportunity to threaten the goal guarded by Reina, but Liverpool had three shots to hit the goal, which is an absolute disadvantage in terms of statistics.

"Ai, move forward!"

After playing for 10 minutes, the team has not yet created a chance. The core midfielder Lampard is a little anxious, so he took advantage of a dead ball and greeted Ai Luo.

After being reminded by Lampard, Ai Luo also realized that he was too quiet during this period, so he waved his hand to signal his understanding.

But having said that, Aiello also consciously took the ball forward, but he immediately encountered a strong interception - from the Argentine Mascherano.

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Seeing the football being stabbed away again, Ai Luo raised his brows, Xiao Ma was much... much stronger than he remembered!
Then the pressure felt more and more.

In fact, not only the person involved felt a lot of pressure, but also the Chelsea players on the field, and even the commentator in the studio could see it.

"The current Chelsea team has entered the semi-finals for the second time in four years under Mourinho's guidance, but the experience of the Champions League is obviously a little worse than that of Liverpool. You must know that most of the Liverpool players on the field participated in the magical night in Istanbul in the 2004-2005 season.

BBC commentator Lineker said, shaking his head.

"Yes, Chelsea is a team that has only been raised in the past few years. The rich background is not as deep as that of Liverpool. At most, it is considered a quasi-rich team. Only when they win the UEFA Champions League can they remove the word 'quasi' and become a real rich team. However, this road is still a bit far away for them, so they have to pay a lot of tuition..."

The commentator nodded and said.

Lineker and his guest commentators are still eloquently analyzing the actual combat effectiveness of the two teams on the field.

Liverpool on the field launched a surprise attack.

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In the past few minutes, Chelsea's offense has consciously launched from Aiello's left. Therefore, Javier Mascherano, one of the double defensive midfielders in Liverpool's half-court defense, has the task of marking Aiello within 30 meters of the goal, while Xavi Alonso covers this area in front of the central defender.

As usual, facing Mascherano's close defense, Ai Luo naturally opened his left arm, and then waved to Ballack, who was holding the ball, to pass the ball.

I don't know the reason, but Ballack's passing power is a bit light, so Ai Luo, who had just started to speed up, had to slow down and wait for the ball, and this waited for the defensive Mascherano to find a glimmer of hope to steal the ball.

Mascherano, who is 1.7 meters 1.8 in height, made an emergency stop faster than Aiello, who is [-] meters and [-] meters tall. In addition, Mascherano was shaken by Ai Luo's sudden start earlier, and the speed of the start was a bit slow, but Ballack passed the football just at the moment he started it, so...

Therefore, Mascherano took advantage of the low center of gravity, so he saw the football fell to the ground and stabbed it with his left foot. In order to avoid the incidental action of the former, Ai Luo jumped up, and this jump also made Ai Luo lose possession of the ball.

Coincidentally, the stab just hit the foot of Gerrard, who was half in front of Liverpool's arc. The latter took two steps in a roundabout way. When the ball rolled to his feet, he twisted his waist and swung his body, passing the ball directly to Chelsea's half, which is the direction of the ribs on the right side of the attack.

Torres, who started at high speed from the center line, was like a runaway wild horse. He threw away Carvalho and Ashley Cole in an instant, and slid the ball forward for tens of meters. What happened next was what the Liverpool players in the stands hoped to see. He lay down in the penalty area and scored the goal...

After confirming that the football hit the net, Torres was very excited. He took a big turn and ran to the KOP stand behind the goal, which is also the stand for diehard Liverpool fans.

It was as if he wanted to vent all the aggrieved feelings in his heart.

This season, he moved from La Liga to Liverpool and Chelsea at the same time as Aiello. They also paid the top transfer fees of their respective teams.

But Torres now tells everyone that as long as there is a chance, he will seize the opportunity to prove himself, just like now, scoring a key goal in a key game like the Champions League semi-finals to help the team break the deadlock!

If the team's defense is good enough, then this goal will be enough to ensure that Liverpool will reach the Champions League final of this season in the two semi-finals!
Therefore, all Liverpool fans in the stands of Anfield Stadium were quite excited, shouting Torres' name in unison, resounding throughout the stadium.

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Mourinho was very dissatisfied with the performance of this conceded ball. The ball was intercepted in the frontcourt just now, and the central midfielder standing in front of the defender did not reach Liverpool's core midfielder Steven Gerrard in time, which led to the latter's non-stop pass. Torres seized the opportunity to go straight to Huanglong.

This is not someone's mistake, but the team's defense system has collectively lost its mind at this moment. This is where Mourinho feels really angry.

"Wake me up to [-] points! If you don't want to continue playing on the court, tell me, and I will replace him immediately!!!!"

So when the loss of the ball became a fact, he rushed to the sidelines and roared loudly.

Looking at the player who was scolded by him and didn't dare to lift his head, he shook his head, turned around and yelled at Ai Luo, who was walking back to kick off, and motioned him to come over. He had something to say.

"After the game restarts, you have to hit two more ribs, let Didier come out to play for you, disrupt Liverpool's defense, and...don't stay on the left all the time, change positions with Florent, and if necessary, you can also change positions with Didier. Remember...your task is to send the ball into the opponent's goal. You don't have to think about other things, OK?"

Due to the loud noise at the scene, Mourinho pulled Ai Luo to his side and explained to Ai Luo the tactics of the next game in an orderly manner.

And Ai Luo nodded while listening to Mourinho's analysis and explanation.

After the Anfield stadium shot was shown on Torres who scored the goal, after a while, the shot was shown at the front of the visiting team's command area, which is where Mourinho explained to Aiello the technical and tactical play of the next game.

Immediately aroused the speculation of the narrators in the live studio.

"From the start of the game to the 18th minute, Spanish international Torres scored the first goal for Liverpool at home. This is a bit dangerous for Chelsea. Even if Chelsea have three consecutive kills against Liverpool this season, the League and League Cup matches are simply impossible to compare with the Champions League. Whether it is investment or attention, it is not a level of competition. Naturally, the results of the two games cannot refer to the three games of this season..."

"Oh? Mourinho called Ai, the team's top scorer, to his side. Is this to change the team's offense?"

"So far in the game, there are only a handful of threatening offenses by Chelsea, but Liverpool, who are playing at home, scored a goal with a quick counterattack and rewritten the score on the field to 1:0. Therefore, Mourinho also has some ideas about the offense on the field, so he called Ai to his side to teach the opportunity, thus changing the single attack on the field..."

Indeed, Chelsea's offense in the first 10 minutes was a bit monotonous, which made the team's offense not improve. Torres seized the opportunity to score a goal, and Chelsea wanted to reverse the defeat as soon as possible, so Aiello must stand up and contact the current crisis for the team!

(End of this chapter)