The strongest winger

Chapter 707
"CCTV, CCTV, is now broadcasting for you the 2008th round of the 2009-24 season of the English Premier League. The Red Army Liverpool played against the Blue Army Chelsea at home. The advantage ranks second in the league."

With the signal cut in, Premier League commentator Zhan Jun began to give comments on the broadcast.

"Okay, the referee has blown the whistle to start the game. The first kick-off is the away team Chelsea, wearing their traditional blue jersey and blue shorts, attacking from the left to the right of the screen, while the home team, Liverpool, wearing their traditional red jersey and red trousers, attacking from the right to the left of the screen..."

The attendance rate at Anfield is very high, and the same is true for this league game.

England fans give people the impression that besides the many football hooligans, there is the beautiful singing in the stadium. Liverpool also represent England fans very well.

"You'll Never Walk Alone" showed no signs of stopping from the time when the players on both sides warmed up to the start of the game. Every Liverpool fan wearing a red jersey sang very hard, holding up the fan scarf with both hands, and they used the power of the team to help the team.

Now can be said to be an excellent opportunity for Liverpool. As long as they win Chelsea at home, they will narrow the point difference. I believe that in the next ten rounds of the league, Liverpool will reverse Chelsea and become the league champion.

Therefore, Benitez also sent out an aggressive four-three-three formation in this game. The goalkeeper is Spain's No. [-] national goal Reina, the four defenders are Arbeloa, Carragher, Skrtel and Aurelio, the three midfielders are Mascherano, Xavi Alonso, Gerrard, and the three forwards are Dirk, Torres and Riera.

But Chelsea also played the usual four-three-three formation.

And this team is basically the main players of Chelsea's previous five consecutive kills against Liverpool, but because of the sudden emergence of Modric, he replaced Essien and partnered with Lampard and Ballack in the midfield.

But what worries Liverpool the most is not this position, but Chelsea's No. [-]-Aiello!

In order to limit Ai Luo's performance, Benitez can be said to be a dangerous move in this game, using Mascherano to mark Ai Luo full-time, and not giving him the slightest space to get the ball in the frontcourt.

Although man-to-man defense is no longer suitable for modern football, it has to be said that Benitez's defensive strategy is so good that Aiello didn't do much in the opening three or 10 minutes.

As Aiello was restricted, Chelsea's offense also had problems.

So...Liverpool's rare appearances suppressed Chelsea most of the time, and it was only because of goalkeeper Petr Cech's outstanding performance that they failed to score.

The score is still 0:0
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Taking advantage of a dead ball, Ai Luo looked up at the time on the big screen. More than half an hour had passed since the game, but he had no chance to shine.

He turned his head helplessly and looked at Mascherano, who was staring at him. He was so relentless in guarding, isn't he afraid that his physical energy will be exhausted too quickly?

Mascherano seemed to feel Ai Luo's gaze, and turned his head to look over.

The two looked at each other, and Mascherano had a rare smile on his face. Obviously... he was very satisfied with his performance in this half hour.

Is the World Footballer awesome?Under my own defense, is it not doing nothing?
Aiello's attention was only on Mascherano for half a second, and then he ran up the field, preparing to compete for the goal kick that Petr Cech was going to take.

The smile on Mascherano's face was even stronger, and Ai Luo turned around and left, giving him the feeling of a defeated rooster leaving sadly.

If... Mascherano knew what Ai Luo was thinking, would he vomit blood in anger?
Ai Luo stayed on his face for half a second just because he didn't play well in this half hour, and it had nothing to do with his good performance.

Defensive players are always passive in defense, while offensive players are absolutely active, so it is not so much that Mascherano performed well, it is better to say that Ai Luo did not perform well.

Petr Cech took a goal kick and the football flew to the left to attack.

Arbeloa and Mascherano leaned over at the same time, but both of them were inferior to Aiello in terms of height and jumping, so this time the header competition became clear at a glance. Aiello easily headed the ball to Modric, then turned and pulled to the left, ready to catch the ball.

Mascherano did not hesitate to follow Ai Luo to the wing, but did not stick close, because Arbeloa was already standing in Ai Luo's forward route, and he only needed to cut off the passing route between the ball holder and Ai Luo.

It is not difficult to see from here that he is a player who likes to play with his brain.

Aiello had to drop back again to increase the angle of the ball.

But... Mascherano followed suit.

Faced with such an active defensive Mascherano, Aiello was not surprised, but took it for granted.

Because...Ai Luo's retreat is not to gain more space, but...for the physical fitness of the trumpet Mascherano, and at the same time to confuse other opponents.

He didn't believe that Mascherano would recover quickly after sprinting back and forth.

Off the field, Mourinho's brows were almost frowned into a "chuan". He didn't expect that Benitez would reduce the number of defenders in the middle and increase the restrictions on Ai Luo.

That is to say, Mascherano goes out to defend Aiello, so they only have two central midfielders, Xavi Alonso and Gerrard in the middle, and Riera and Dirk Dirk, who are actively returning to defense, are just four. But after all Riera and Dirk are not professional defenders.

After being led by Ai Luo to sprint back and forth several times, even Mascherano, who is physically strong, felt the burning sensation in his lungs, but seeing Ai Luo who was almost expressionless, he gritted his teeth and followed.

Ai Luo, who was running, saw Mascherano running at full speed from the corner of his eyes, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, the frequency of his feet swinging a little faster, and he made a motion of reaching for the ball.

Mascherano didn't have time to think about it, and followed Ai Luo's frequency to speed up a point.

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"Javier Mascherano was very good during the first half, limiting Ai to death..." Liverpool's local commentator said proudly. If I remember correctly, this game is the best game since Mascherano and Aiello played against each other.

Thinking of this, the local commentator of Liverpool raised his voice an octave: "Stop the ball, and then... assist Fernando!"

But as soon as he finished speaking, he was taken aback by the scene on the big screen.

After Mascherano fully raised the speed, Ai Luo was still about ten meters away from the center line. Suddenly, the speed stagnated, and the small steps were slightly adjusted to stop at the same place, and then quickly turned around and accelerated forward.

Ai Luo suddenly stopped suddenly without warning, turned and accelerated, Mascherano didn't react at all, he just stopped instinctively, but because he was so hasty, he slid on the turf for nearly two meters before stopping, how could he have time to defend?

Seeing that Aiello got rid of Mascherano temporarily, Modric who got the ball passed the ball straight to his side to attack the left flank without hesitation.

Originally, because of Ai Luo's retreat, Liverpool's rear was stretched wide, but Ai Luo was firmly restrained, and there was no pressure on the defense. Benitez off the court did not ask the players to stand closer.

Coupled with Mascherano's hot pursuit of Aiello, Arbeloa was standing on his own defensive right, and did not keep up with Mascherano's rhythm, which means that the protection distance between the two is far.

So... there is a problem with Liverpool's defense!

Ai Luo advanced quickly with the ball, and in the blink of an eye, he reached the 30-meter area defended by Liverpool.

Fortunately, Harvey Alonso has a strong sense of assistance in defense. Seeing that there is a large vacuum in the right side of his defense, he consciously approaches this side.

Sure enough, Aiello unexpectedly got rid of Mascherano, then turned around and took the ball to the left rib.

Facing Harvey Alonso, Aiello didn't make any fancy moves, and directly pulled the ball to the left with the sole of his right foot, and then Harvey Alonso subconsciously stretched out his foot to poke the ball.

The arch of Aiello's left foot followed the previous movement of pulling the ball with the sole of his right foot, and lightly poked between Harvey Alonso's legs, and then went around from the right.

Harvey Alonso wanted to close his legs, but he was still half a beat too late, and because of his haste, he didn't stand firmly on his supporting feet. As a result, the soles of his feet slipped and he fell on the turf.

"Oh-My-God!!!" Chelsea TV commentator Clive Walker shouted excitedly: "Through the crotch! Stopped and pulled the ball past Harvey Alonso!"

Countless Chelsea fans sitting in front of the TV stood up excitedly because of Ai Luo's wonderful performance, and their fists were clenched tightly unconsciously.

Benitez, who was standing on the sidelines, was taken aback by Harvey Alonso's fall to the ground, because... now Ai Luo has entered the 25-meter defensive area without marking.

The most terrible thing is that there is no protective barrier in front of the central defender.

Vice-captain Carragher hurriedly greeted Skrtel and rushed to defend Ai Luo.

While approaching Carragher, Aiello pretended to pass the ball to Drogba, tricking the latter into stretching his legs subconsciously, and then using the flexibility of his ankle, he pushed the arch of his foot and sent the ball between Carragher's legs.

"Oh my god, it's wearing crotch again!!" Clive Walker's mood rose a little bit.

(End of this chapter)