green showman

Chapter 1028 Evolution
"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKOOOOOAL!"

"United's poor defense, they missed Matip completely!"

Matip, who holds the record for the youngest goal in the Champions League so far, rushed out of the penalty area and rushed straight to Klopp on the sidelines in excitement.

De Gea in front of the goal picked the ball out of the net with a displeased face and kicked it towards the center circle. For such a close-range violent header, the goalkeeper can do very little, and the save action can only rely on luck.

There is no high point among Liverpool's frontcourt players. Manchester United's main targets in defense are Bailey, Matip and Nzonzi.

Van Dijk jammed Bailly when Götze took the corner, Alderweireld and Nzonzi huddled together, but Matip made a clever circle from the back to get away from Fabini Ao nodded and shook his head to attack the goal.

Because the distance is too close, even though Matip's header angle is not tricky, the ball still drilled into the near corner from the caught off guard De Gea.

Mike Phelan on the sidelines was okay, but Rolf kicked on the seat angrily, because he was responsible for the team's set-piece offensive and defensive tactics.

So far, Sun Wu's plan for this game has been completely disrupted.

Sun Wu's plan before the game is that it is best not to concede the ball at home, 0-0 is acceptable, or other draws are acceptable, and the score is absolutely not allowed to fall behind.

Now that everything is empty, Sun Woo needs to find a countermeasure quickly.

However, in order to find a countermeasure, Sun Wu must first accurately judge what Klopp will do.

After the re-kick-off, Sun Wu retreated deeply, running in the middle and backcourt non-stop, and at the same time observing the movements of Liverpool players from the "God's perspective".

In such an important game, Klopp maintained enough caution. Liverpool did not press forward to try to quickly score the second goal, and did not press high, but they did not recover very deep. The main focus was on the midfield The fight is on.

It's a bit difficult... Sun Wu couldn't help but smile bitterly. Klopp knows himself too well. Dealing with this Manchester United team is sometimes difficult, but sometimes it's easy.

Tenacious fighting spirit, non-stop running and pressing, accurate and desperate blocking of gun holes, high concentration, coupled with the sense of oppression brought by just taking the lead, this made Manchester United almost unable to find any channels to attack.

Salah's breakthrough seemed to be stuck in a quagmire. Matip and Bailey took turns to clear the cross from the wing. Milner could only return to defense again and again under the opponent's oppressive defense.

In the next quarter of an hour, Manchester United won nearly 80% of the possession of the ball, but they never created any threat. They could only keep crossing, crossing, passing back, passing back...

When Sun Wu received the ball in a few times, one of Emre Can and Nzonzi would rush forward to entangle him, and the other would immediately come to defend, preventing Sun Wu from easily passing and receiving the ball. If there is a foul, try not to shoot directly Area.

On the contrary, Liverpool played two high-quality counterattacks.

In the 20th minute, Nzongzi steals Sun Wu's oblique plug, left back Robertson drives straight in, cuts in and Firmino hits the wall and then kicks a long shot. De Gea hits the ball with a single punch.

In the 26th minute, Manchester United's midfielder made a lateral pass. Liverpool's right back Alexander-Arnold suddenly went forward to steal Luke Shaw and passed through. His strong shot hit the post and flew out of the bottom line.

Sun Wu knew that a change had to be made.

Mike Phelan on the sidelines also thought so. He gestured to Sun Wu for a substitution, but the latter shook his head.

There is no need for substitutions, and adjustments can also be made through the situation on the field. This is one of the meanings of the head coach appearing on the field.

After playing for half an hour, Zhan Jun immediately noticed the change, "No, Manchester United has changed."

Zhang Lu: "The premise of Paval and Luke Shaw's position on the two wings...Fabinho retreats, this is a change of 343."

Fabinho can play central defender. In fact, he used to play this position often on the training ground. One of the tactical training subjects on the field.

In fact, Pochettino had this kind of thinking in the first two seasons, and now Tottenham's midfielder Dell is such a tactical pawn.

However, in the past two years, due to the tactical characteristics of Schneiderlin and Fletcher, there was a lack of manpower in this area. This season, Kanter was too short and also echoed the tactical requirements. Really take shape.

Klopp frowned tightly on the sidelines. Although he didn't know how effective Fabinho's retracement was to play as a central defender, one thing is for sure. More shots.

Klopp's prediction was quickly verified. In the 34th minute, Sun Wu received a cross from Pavard during a lateral run, and kept pushing the ball to Salah who was diagonally forward.

The Egyptian leaned on Robertson behind him and knocked horizontally. Sun Wu went forward to get the ball again. It was still a non-stop pass. A rub was sent behind Salah, and he found Pavar who was sprinting away from Lallana at high speed.

"Pavar...Pavar...he entered the penalty area!"

"Inverted triangle...Best shot!"

"Ooh, Joe Hart made an incredible save!"

Sun Wu rolled up his jersey and covered his face. This attack was classic from planning to running and coordination. After receiving an inverted triangle pass from Pavars, he deliberately dunked Nzongzi, who was pasting him, and rubbed his left foot at a different angle. Shoot far corners.

Unfortunately, Joe Hart made a beautiful side throw and rubbed the ball out of the baseline with his fingertips.

In the rest of the first half, Manchester United continued to maintain an absolute advantage and absolute ball possession on the field, but did not invest in high-position pressing and maintained the integrity of the formation. This made it difficult for Liverpool's counterattack to be effective. Fabinho, who was withdrawn, performed very well, no matter whether he was pressing forward or choosing a position, he made no mistakes.

Sun Wu is very aware of the current situation. If the score fails to equalize in the first half, Klopp will definitely make adjustments during the intermission. Depay, who is extremely fast and in excellent condition, will definitely come off the bench. This former "Manchester United" Parallel imports have scored 14 league goals this season and 20 goals in all competitions.

But now Liverpool has completely given up the counterattack. Gotze and Lallana on the two wings have retreated deeply. Firmino and Shinji Kagawa have come back to help defend, plus Emre Can and Nzonzi.

Every time Sun Wu moves, he is closely guarded. Every time he touches the ball, he will be entangled if he does not take the ball with one foot. Even if he takes the ball with one foot, he may be pulled, bumped, or even knocked down.

But even so, Sun Wu still organized a wonderful attack in the 43rd minute, but this time the protagonist was not himself.

In the 43rd minute, Salah and Pavard passed on the right.

After Pavard made a cross, he accelerated to the bottom and took away Robertson. Salah leaned against Emre Can and moved his shoulder slightly under extremely difficult circumstances. After turning to the side, he suddenly turned to the other side. cut in.

Liverpool's defense is very tight, both Firmino and Shinji Kagawa recovered very deep, the Egyptian winger did not continue to dribble, but swung the outer instep of his left foot horizontally, and then bypassed Firmino in front of him to receive the ball again. Sun Wu's one-kick pass.

Sun Wu, who was shoveled by Nzongzi, did not perform any performance this time. His eyes were fixed on Salah. Both Emre Can and Nzongzi lost their positions. This is a rare good opportunity!
"Salah...cut inside...cross, two to one..."

"Salah...Harry Kane, one kick after another!"

"Salah, Salah, Salah..." The combination of personal ability and tacit cooperation made Mortensen shout: "Shoot...no, keep dribbling...Salah...still fake of!"

"Salah shoots!"

"boom!"

The crisp sound of the center post fell to everyone's ears, the faces of the Liverpool players were ecstatic, Matip immediately cleared the bottom line with a big foot, and the Manchester United players were in mourning, so they didn't make it!
Salah kicked the goal post resentfully. He has done his previous work to the extreme. In Mortensen's words, this is a typical Messi-style and Barcelona-style attack.

The Egyptian cut in obliquely, and played cleverly with Sun Wu and Harry Kane along the way. He tricked Matip and Arnold with consecutive false shots in front of the penalty area, and chose a low shot from the far corner until he went to the left side of the penalty area. , Joe Hart was powerless, but the post denied the wonderful shot.

Sun Wu also spat bitterly, luck is very important, but luck is not everything, I don't believe it!

(End of this chapter)