Grass roots glory

Chapter 158 Going Against the Trend
Facing the ever-shrinking encirclement, Zhou Tiancheng supported Gerrard with his body, and stepped on the ball firmly like a magnet under his feet. Although it was a bit difficult, he still calmly protected the ball. At the same time, he scanned the audience without blind spots, observing A possible route to the ball.

Slomka was very anxious on the sidelines and kept shouting: "Close to Zhou, close to him!"

But the scene was too noisy, which completely covered his voice. Slomka reminded the players with gestures that at this time, it is necessary to resolutely implement the established tactics.

But the trouble now is that Liverpool's small-scale circular defense is too ingenious, and almost all of the surrounding points that can respond to the ball are blocked.

Of course Zhou Tiancheng knew in his heart that it wouldn't work if it went on like this.No way, if you don't gamble, the result is already doomed.

Since teammates can't count on it, they can only rely on themselves.

Give it a try!
Zhou Tiancheng arched his back, pushed away Gerrard who was hanging on his body, then turned around 270 degrees on the spot, and at the same time knocked the ball back with his heel, directly from the defensive position of Mascherano and Alonso The joint of the ball leaks through.

Zhou Tiancheng's series of amazing personal operations made Aofu to the Schalke Stadium erupt into fierce cheers instantly. He Wei and his commentator partner Xu Yang shouted at the BJ studio at the same time: "Oh my god! Turn around, the ball is over!"

Mascherano also reacted very quickly. When Zhou Tiancheng was about to wipe him and complete his turn, he cut Zhou Tiancheng's waist with his palm, causing Zhou Tiancheng to stumble and fall to the ground.But at the same time Rakitic had caught up and got the ball. Dutch referee Kupels glanced at the scene of the incident and continued to run in the attacking direction.

"Javier Mascherano's violation of Zhou is very bad! But the attack is favorable, the game continues! Zhou has passed the entire midfield defense line of Liverpool, Ivan Rakitic took the ball forward, this is Schalke Opportunity!"

During the sprint with the ball, Rakitic observed that Altintop had thrown off the slower Hyypia and entered the right side of the penalty area. Without hesitation, he directly aimed at Altintop's run A bit gives a penetrating through plug.However, Rakitic's handling of the pass is still slightly worse than Zhou Tiancheng's. The lead is a bit large, and Altintop's sprint speed can't keep up.Liverpool goalkeeper Reina quickly confiscated the ball.

The home fans sighed, it is a pity to miss such an opportunity, but then they cheered again - after Schalke's attack was over, Kupels walked directly in front of Mascherano, He just added a yellow card warning to Zhou Tiancheng.

He Wei said with a slightly excited tone: "The referee is aware of the details. This yellow card will definitely bring hidden dangers to the defense of Liverpool's three midfielders. Mascherano can only blame himself. It is absolutely impossible for such an action to escape the referee's attention." Fayan, if you want people not to know, unless you do nothing."

As Rakitic ran back to the midfield position, he lowered his head and reflected that he should not miss such an opportunity.A familiar voice of encouragement suddenly came from my ear: "Ivan, you did a good job."

Rakitic raised his head, and Zhou Tiancheng walked beside him, but Rakitic didn't know how to answer the question now. Zhou Tiancheng's beautiful [-]v[-] created an offensive opportunity because he was not good at passing the ball , becoming anticlimactic.

Zhou Tiancheng didn't care much: "This is just the beginning, there are many opportunities, you will come closer to me later, and the focus will be to break through from the right side of the midfield."

The right side of the midfield is Mascherano's defensive area.

No need for Zhou Tiancheng to say anything, Rakitic understood in seconds.A defensive player with a yellow card is the key target.

Liverpool's offensive in the away game is simple and direct. Both Gerrard and Xavi Alonso have good long pass skills. When they hit the frontcourt, they rely entirely on the personal abilities of the two strikers Babel and Torres to solve the problem.

Both are speed players.Benitez's tactical arrangement seems to be a passive defensive choice, but in fact he has hidden murderous intentions. He specially arranged two forwards with first-class skills and strong impact to target the weaknesses of Schalke's two tall central defenders.

However, in the opening 10 minutes, Schalke's defense has no worries for the time being.Neuer is also in excellent form today, frequently attacking in a large area, making up for the defensive loopholes behind the two central defenders.Torres and Babel fought fiercely, rushing up several times to get ahead of Neuer, but Neuer used his body as a sandbag and did not hesitate to confront his opponent head-on. Anyway, the goalkeeper is absolutely protected in the penalty area. As long as the ball can be protected, the opponent has nothing to do, the big deal is to hang some color on his body.

But will Neuer care about this level of competition?
As long as you can win, it doesn't matter any price, you can do whatever you want!

"The state of Zhou Tiancheng and Neuer is gratifying. Although Schalke does not have any offense that directly threatens the goal, the advantages are accumulated a little bit. After all, the opponent is Liverpool, a team that can reverse three goals behind in the Champions League final , the ability to resist pressure is also superb, Schalke needs to continue to pressurize a little bit, and finally can complete the winning blow."

According to what He Wei said, the key to Schalke's suppression of opponents is still inseparable from Zhou Tiancheng.

After being surrounded at the beginning of the game, Zhou Tiancheng knew in his heart that he had to be more active, have a wider range of activities, and act more decisively, so as to tear a gap before the opponent formed a partial blockade!

No.15 minutes, Rakitic dribbled the ball on the left side of the center circle arc and was intercepted by Xavi Alonso and was almost cut off. Seeing Zhou Tiancheng's position, Rakitic decisively pushed horizontally and gave the ball To Zhou Tiancheng's feet.

After Zhou Tiancheng got the ball, he unexpectedly accelerated and made a breakthrough in the middle.

"Dangerous! Steven Gerrard, go up and stop him!" Sky Sports commentator Bob Clem's expression changed immediately when he saw Zhou Tiancheng start.

Gerrard and Mascherano approached immediately, but Zhou Tiancheng directly strode the ball out three meters, and then relied on his physical fitness to withstand the pull of the two hands, directly killing a middle field corridor.

"Ah! Good shot, Zhou Tiancheng is very strong!"

Liverpool's bullying three-for-one in the opening game really drove Zhou Tiancheng into a rage. In fact, he could distribute the ball to his teammates on both sides, which would be more beneficial to the situation, but he chose to do it himself.

You have to teach the other party a lesson, so you don't dare to be so unscrupulous.

Zhou Tiancheng dribbled forward all the way, and Liverpool's three midfielders chased after him. In the middle, he changed direction and directly passed the left wing-back "Biscuit" Aurelio, and dribbled the ball all the way to the edge of the penalty area. Carragher and Zhou Tiancheng directly kicked the ground and swung their legs.Carragher immediately made a leg extension block, but this time he was fooled cleanly.It's just a feint.

Zhou Tiancheng directly changed to cut inside and entered the penalty area at the moment Carragher was knocked down.

"Haha! A dragon! Zhou Tiancheng knows that there are tigers in the mountains, so he goes to the mountains! Against the enemy's siege, he goes against the trend, his ability is too strong!" He Wei exclaimed.

Xu Yang added from the side: "Zhou Tiancheng's choices always give people a sense of confidence. Even if such an absolutely unreasonable breakthrough is placed on him, we can only say that a man of high skill is bold."

(End of this chapter)