The strongest winger

Chapter 736 Advance to the Champions League semi-finals?
For many defensive midfielders, defensive speed players have their own unique tricks, and the Brazilian Lucas's trick is to be the first to dismount when facing speed players one-on-one. Previously, the heavy responsibility of defending Aiello was handed over to Mascherano, so he often protects in the middle and has no chance to directly confront Aiello.

Until a few minutes ago, Mascherano defended Aiello from the front and showed his spikes, which resulted in a yellow card for himself, which also allowed Lucas to find a chance to give Aiello a chance.

In the group stage and the bronze medal competition of the BJ Olympics last year, he became the green leaf to set off Aiello. Now his mentor Benitez is under great pressure, and he is also taking advantage of Harvey Alonso's injury to play the main force. He wants to save Benitez and prove himself.

Sure enough, Aiello easily used a feint to pass Mascherano, and Lucas... also found a chance and shoveled from the side.

It's just that the effect was very different from what he had imagined. Ai Luo had a strong premonition to distinguish danger, so he jumped up one step ahead.

Lucas' side shovel was originally aimed at Ai Luo's right ankle, but he didn't expect it to be brought to the sole of the shoe in the end.

Apart from falling to the ground and hurting a bit, Ai Luo didn't have any substantial damage at all.

Instead, Lucas got a yellow card. This is a disaster for a defensive midfielder. The defense can't let go of his hands and feet, and he doesn't dare to make up for it with fouls when he loses his position. This is completely equivalent to putting shackles on his hands!
But what made Lucas even more speechless was yet to come. After Ai Luo sat on the grass and sorted his shoes and socks, he said a few words in Modric's ear and took the football in his hand.

This is... the rhythm to try?

"Oh? Ai Luo wants to kick this free kick?"

Huang Jianxiang was still explaining Lucas' foul just now, when he saw Ai Luo appearing in the camera with a football, he was instinctively puzzled.

Logically speaking, the free kick position at this angle is a bit biased for Aiello. It looks like five meters in front of the corner of Liverpool's left penalty area, which is about 60 degrees from the left column and 28 or 9 meters away from the goal.

Also puzzled is Benitez, who is standing off the field nervously. Now he really regrets it. If he hadn’t considered defense first before the game, he would not have sent a double midfielder to limit Ai Luo in the game. But what he didn’t expect was that after 15 minutes, both midfielders received yellow cards. What will happen in the next 75 minutes?
And judging from Ai Luo's current posture, it seems that he is going to kick it.

Thinking of Aiello's amazing free kick, Benitez became nervous again.

In stark contrast to his expression is Mourinho. His ass has never left the coaching bench except for Mascherano's frontal shovel on Ai Luoliang's sole. He is obviously full of confidence in his team.

Lucas and Babel stood at a distance of 9 meters from the football and became Liverpool's defensive wall.

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The referee saw that the wall was standing still, and the players in the Liverpool penalty area had no obvious hand movements, so he blew his whistle.

Immediately, huge boos erupted from the stands.

At the same time, the Liverpool players on the Anfield pitch became nervous, especially the goalkeeper Reina.

It wasn't until this moment that he understood the meaning of what Casillas said during the national team training camp. It turned out that there are players who can scare Casillas!
Ai Luo's iconic run-up and acceleration, the third step is extraordinarily large, and his left foot is about 30 cm to the left of the football, which directly caused the goalkeeper Reina's throat to move, but Ai Luo's handling of the ball this time is very different from usual.

Because...he didn't shoot directly!
At the moment when the right foot was about to hit the football, the hitting part was changed from the inner instep to the outer instep, and the football rolled against the turf to Modric, who was in the middle to prevent Liverpool from counterattacking quickly.

Lucas and Babel jumped up instinctively, and they jumped up with all their strength, so their abundant physical fitness and good explosive power made them jump very high.

If this situation is to defend the direct positioning of the ball or cross, it can have a significant effect, but Ai Luo is not shooting or crossing, but passing the ball to Modric, and then he follows the acceleration just now and directly accelerates twice in the middle.

The boos in the stands were also interrupted by Aiello's sudden change, and many Liverpool fans forgot to boo harshly.

"Run-up! Hit the goal!!" Lineker opened his throat and was about to wait for Ai Luo's shot, but Ai Luo in the camera was not like this, but passed the ball to Modric. Fortunately, his reaction was fast enough, and his voice changed, exclaiming: "Pass the ball! Set-piece tactics?"

Modric did not pass the football passed by Ai Luo to the penalty area, but hit the wall and passed the ball to Ai Luo's forward route. In order to fully add up Ai Luo's speed, the amount in advance was very sufficient.

It was too late when Lucas fell back to the ground and wanted to catch up with Aiello. Fortunately, Alberoy pulled out fast enough, but the distance between the two was more than five meters, so there was still a long way to go for Liverpool's defense.

The power of the pass is a bit strong, and it may feel a lot of advance to the average speed player, but it is just right for Ai Luo.

Aiello stopped the ball on the run, and then swung his left foot to make a cross.

The players on both sides in the penalty area were quickly entangled together, and the goalkeeper Reina also adjusted his pace in small steps, ready to attack and pick the ball at any time.

Seeing this, Alberoa shoveled over from a long distance, interfering with Ailuo's cross.

However, Ai Luo swung his left foot not to cross, but...to disrupt the defensive rhythm of Liverpool's defenders in the penalty area.

really!

After Ai Luo kicked the ball back to the right with his left foot, the Liverpool players in the penalty area showed varying degrees of laxity. Immediately afterwards, Ai Luo did not make any adjustments and directly passed with his right foot.

Reina looked up at the oncoming football, and did not choose to attack to pick up the ball. Ai Luo's cross was too powerful, fast and flat, which was not suitable for attacking.

Looking at the football flying in front of the goal, the Liverpool players in the penalty area became tense again, but the previous state was from tense to relaxed, and now they are going from relaxed to tense again. Such a change is not so easy to adjust. Between the lightning and the flint, Liverpool's defense has leaked in some places.

Terry and Carvalho at the front point did not hit the football, and Drogba in the middle did not fully take off under the defense of Skrtel and Carragher, and the football flew to the back point.

Dorsena jumped hastily, but at this moment he deeply felt the pressure from behind!

Then the body contact in mid-air was completely at a disadvantage, and the strong Ivanovic nodded from behind to compete for the top, heading the ball towards the goal.

Reina moved quickly from the near corner, but he gave up on the third step, because Ivanovic's header was headed towards the near corner, and even if he tried his best, he could not save the ball.

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"Ai—a cross!!" Chelsea TV commentator Clive Walker shouted, and as the camera changed, he elongated his voice: "—Branislav Ivanovic!"

"Goooooooooooooooooal!! Chelsea leads Liverpool by one away goal!!"

"Ai Luo made a cross!!" Huang Jianxiang shouted excitedly: "The football flies to the back, Ivanovic! The ball goes in, goes in, goes in!!"

The Chelsea fans in the stands raised their arms and shouted, while the Liverpool fans lost all color at this moment, as if they saw the results of last year.

The same is true for the Liverpool players on the pitch, even the captain Steven Gerrard had his hands on his hips and looked confused.

Is it really going to be eliminated again?
they do not know.

In the past games, Ai Luo used the role of terminator to kill the game, but what he didn't expect was that his assist ability was also excellent.

Facing such a comprehensive Ailuo, is it possible to reverse and win?
The possibility is almost equal to zero!

The game restarted, and Liverpool's players on the field felt that they couldn't find their way.

Five minutes later, Mascherano and Lucas, who were carrying yellow cards on their backs, defended Aiello in the middle.

0:2
The home team is at the front and the visiting team is at the back.

Benitez looked at the celebrating Chelsea players with their mouths half open, and didn't make another move for a long time.

The Chelsea fans who came to the scene were as happy as children. They knew that Chelsea would enter the Champions League semi-finals for three consecutive seasons.

However, before the end of the first half, Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard directly broke through Cech's goal with a long shot [-] yards from the goal, showing Liverpool's tough side.

Chasing the score to 1:2
Just when everyone thought that this wonderful quarter-final of the Champions League would turn around, iron guard Ivanovic took advantage of a corner kick and headed the ball into Reina's goal, once again extending the score to two goals, giving the excited Liverpool people a blow.

What made the home team even more unacceptable was that in the 81st minute of the game, Mascherano lost control and was sent off with two yellows and one red.

Not long after, Lucas, who also received a yellow card, was also sent off with two yellow cards while defending Aiello.

To make matters worse, the head coach Benitez was also sent off for protesting off the field.

Two people were fined on the field, and the head coach was also fined in the stands. Everyone knew that Liverpool was hopeless.

Before the game, Anelka, who came off the bench, was the icing on the cake. Chelsea beat Liverpool 4-1 away.

This result was beyond everyone's expectations. Liverpool had an eight-game losing streak against Chelsea. If nothing else happened, it would very likely be a nine-game losing streak!

(End of this chapter)