There is a dream called football

Chapter 234

Before the game, Mourinho was asked many times about him and Robben. The madman said that he had a very good relationship with Robben and there was no problem.

But he still put Robben on the bench during the game. The madman's explanation for this was tactical considerations.

At Anfield, Chelsea played very conservatively at the beginning, instead of attacking quickly, they lingered in the midfield.

It is still dominated by possession of the ball. After all, the strength of the opponent in the last game caused Chelsea a headache. Liverpool and the Liverpool in the league are completely different teams.

But a mistake caused ripples in the game. This was a mistake by Dudek. Chelsea made a pass from the wing. It was a very simple chance to pick up the sideline ball, but Dudek let it go, which shocked the home fans into a cold sweat.

Fortunately, Hyypia, who returned to defense, arrived in time and kicked the ball out of the sideline.

Dudek patted Hyypia, "Thank you, but thanks to you."

"Haha, be careful, this is the semifinals."

Chelsea did not push up the offense, and Liverpool's offense was also difficult. When the ball reached Li Qiao's side, all Chelsea's defensive players immediately surrounded him, forcing Li Qiao to pass the ball back.

But Liverpool still regard Li Qiao as the focus of their attack, and the ball is still sent here again and again.

This finally made Chelsea's players angry. Someone made a big move and directly elbowed Li Qiao. He was Thiago.

When they were still in Portugal, the two played against each other. At that time, Thiago was in Benfica and Li Qiao was in Porto.

This blow directly caused Li Qiao to fall to the ground, and the players above almost started fighting.

Gerrard was the first to rush up.

"You should be sent off."

"People like you shouldn't be on the field anymore."

The Liverpool players were very excited. It was a bit of an intentional injury. It must be a red card, but Thiago intended to block it.

Li Qiao was going to cut over, he just wanted to block Li Qiao's route, there was no other meaning at all.

The Chelsea players are very experienced. They first protected Thiago, and then waited for the referee to come. Captain Terry negotiated with the referee.

The referee signaled everyone to go away, and the captain came over.

Finally, after negotiations, he gave Thiago a yellow card. During the whole process, Mourinho didn't say a word, because he was also very worried that Thiago would go down.

This kind of ball is completely up to the referee. If the referee gives a red card, there is nothing to say, because the action is really big. Fortunately, the referee is lenient this time, but the Liverpool fans in the audience quit, and they booed wildly.

Anfield seemed to have turned into a battlefield, especially when Thiago took the ball again, the boos were even louder, and it could even be said to resound through the sky.

It all stems from the tension between the two sides for the game. After all, for Liverpool, 0-0 is enough, and for Chelsea, 1-0 can actually ensure that they enter the final, so in fact, both sides are only one step away from the final promotion.

Soon, Chelsea got a corner kick. For the corner kick, Mourinho has carefully designed it. This is also a tactic learned from Liverpool last time. The reason why Chelsea was equalized in the end was also a very subtle free kick tactic by Liverpool.

So this time Chelsea's set-piece tactics were also specially rehearsed.

Lampard pretended to kick off at the corner flag area, but in fact he did not drive into the penalty area, but made a transition and gave the ball to Joe Cole at the corner of the penalty area, who was the one who actually crossed or shot.

Haman immediately pressed out here, he was going to block, and he must not let the opponent just cross like this.

But what I didn't expect was that Chelsea's tactics were very delicate this time. Joe Cole didn't pass the ball in the end. He continued to make a pass and gave it back to Lampard again.

This is one of the most popular passing methods in Europe now. Liverpool is also nervous in the penalty area, and it might be an own goal.

I don't know whose foot the ball hit, and then flew high. Later, watching the slow motion, I realized that it hit Garcia's foot, and he instinctively raised it. He also knew that the ball must not stay in the penalty area.

Benitez found Chelsea attacking, like a shark hungry for food, impatient.

Mourinho needs to take a gamble. After all, his team needs to score goals more, and Benitez keeps Li Qiao, Baros, and Garcia in front, and kills Chelsea completely as long as he has the opportunity.

The opportunity came quickly, Gerrard gave the ball to Li Qiao in midfield, and at the same time, Baros and Garcia also started.

One of the two was running diagonally and the other was running straight. At this time, Li Qiao's passing ability was tested.

He kicked straight to Baros in front. After the Czech got the ball, Li Qiao ran to the middle, forming a triangle with Garcia and Baros. This is a very delicate running position, and it is also a duel between experts.

Baros immediately replied to Li Qiao, and Mourinho's heart skipped a beat at this point, because Liverpool's offense has been fully opened.

Li Qiao has two points to choose to pass the ball, Garcia on the left or Baros on the other side.

But Li Qiao chose the most unexpected way - to shoot by himself.

Li Qiao aimed at the upper corner of the goal and volleyed. Even Cech had no choice but to shoot the ball, because he did not expect that Li Qiao would shoot directly, because passing the ball to the left to Garcia would have been a better choice.

It was too late when Cech stepped back and the ball flew into the net.

The ball went in! ! !
In! !
Anfield began to rejoice, because Liverpool's lead meant that they were close to victory. If Chelsea wanted to move back, they needed at least 2 goals.

Under the crazy celebration of Liverpool is Mourinho's lonely back. When Li Qiao completed the pass, he knew that something was likely to happen, but he was helpless.

Chelsea players are also very frustrated, two goals, two more goals at Anfield, this is easier said than done!
Mourinho also became ruthless. He asked his offensive players to warm up. One was Kežman and the other was Robben.

When Benitez saw the players on Chelsea's bench warming up, he was a little worried at first, but then he laughed, and Jose became anxious.

He is happy to make Mourinho anxious, and now it looks like Liverpool are the more likely side to advance, there is no doubt about it.

(End of this chapter)