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Liverpool took the initiative on the field through stronger ball possession ability after the opening.

But Liverpool did not raise the pace of the game.

It can be said that Liverpool's attack group today has a very strong ability to control the ball in the frontcourt.

Qin Xiong, Suarez, Gerrard, Cabaye, plus Alonso behind Cabaye.

These five players are distributed in various areas of the midfield and frontcourt, occupying the frontcourt offensive space to the maximum extent.

Liverpool's field control is divided into two levels: front and back.

Cabaye, Alonso, Baines, and Johnson dominate the midfield and backcourt, while Qin Xiong, Gerrard, and Cabaye dominate the frontcourt.

Cabaye's role is critical, and Koeman's ability to let him start in this game is a very strong performance of trust.

Fortunately, Liverpool has too many players with a higher threat value than Cabaye, so that Cabaye can have enough room to play under the cover.

Ramirez was assigned to play right midfielder today. His main task is to defend, and cooperate with Ivanovic to freeze Qin Xiong on the wing.

On the other side, the starter Di Matteo's prediction failed. He thought it was either Raul or Dirk, but he did not expect Koeman to "boldly" put Gerrard on the right winger.

In fact, think about it, Gerrard used to play in the England national team or Liverpool club. He played in the right midfielder position in the early days after 2000, and he played well. If Beckham could not play at that time, Gerrard is the main candidate for the right midfielder. It was not until Gerrard became famous in the midfield that the England team fixed Gerrard in the midfield position, which also opened the prelude to the long-term difficult coexistence of the two virtues .

Today, Coman's formation and tactical arrangements are mainly based on control.

Although an English civil war.

But he can't let this Champions League semi-final turn into the Premier League!

In other words, he didn't want to see the bloody and out-of-control rhythm in England.

Because Chelsea's tactics are clear at a glance.

How Chelsea eliminated Barcelona, ​​they must want to repeat the same tricks to eliminate Liverpool.

Extreme anti-reverse!

Especially on the road, even more so.

That's it, Liverpool can't continue to play in a state that is too fast and almost out of control. Once Chelsea seizes an opportunity, they will get an away goal!

Therefore, Liverpool played very cautiously and carefully in this game, relying more on the overall operation of the team.

The football rolled back and forth in the frontcourt, and the players skillfully ran without the ball to find space to respond, and after frequent lateral tearing, they took a long shot when they found an opportunity!

In the 8th minute of the game, Gerrard got the ball from the right side of the front field and passed the ball to Suarez who came to meet him. Suarez, who had little room to play, did not hesitate to pass the ball back.

After the football came to Cabaye's feet, he passed the ball diagonally to the left in front of the penalty area.

As soon as Qin Xiong touched the ball, he was caught in a three-sided trap. In addition to Ramirez and Ivanovic, there was Meirelles.

He picked the ball superficially to the middle diagonally behind.

Alonso rushed up and volleyed 28 yards from the goal!

Lampard fell to the ground with a sliding tackle to block, and the football hit his thigh and bounced into the stands.

Chelsea's counterattack was difficult to play.

Due to miscalculation of Liverpool's starting right winger, Ashley Cole may not be able to freeze Gerrard alone, and Mata must retreat, at least to compress the space to interfere with Liverpool players looking for Gerrard's passing space.

Under such circumstances, Chelsea has only Drogba in the frontcourt.

In the 16th minute of the game, Suarez turned around in the front half of the penalty area and wanted to volley, but was intercepted by Terry fiercely, and the football rolled to Ashley Cole's feet.

Ashley Cole didn't dare to pass the ball to the middle, fearing that Cabaye would steal the ball from Mikel or Lampard. Chelsea's defense fell back very deep, which made their own space for receiving the ball smaller.

And Liverpool's counterattack is in place, which makes Chelsea have to choose a simpler way when counterattacking.

Ashley Cole drove the ball upfield.

Drogba took the lead in stopping the ball in the competition with Mascherano, but his stop was a little too big. Alonso who came back took the lead to control the ball and passed the ball to Baynes .

Liverpool have always been slow and controlled in attack, but when the time is right, they will choose to speed up suddenly when they create the final blow.

In the 25th minute of the game, Qin Xiong retreated from the left. After responding to Cabaye's pass, he suddenly passed the ball into the penalty area.

The ball is hanging behind Cahill.

Cahill thought that Qin Xiong's pass was too big, but when he turned around and looked around, he suddenly found Suarez jumping up behind him and shaking his head to attack the goal!

This goal made Liverpool fans look forward to it very much.

But Suarez shook his head and hit the goal more like a football rubbed against his head, and then there was no obvious change in direction, and the football flew straight out of the baseline.

Suarez gave Qin Xiong a thumbs up after landing.

Qin Xiong showed a thoughtful look in his eyes.

Chelsea's current defense is really united, and the defense feels quite watertight.

Liverpool must do more in attack.

At least the method should be varied.

After he went to Cabaye to say a few words, Liverpool's offense caught Chelsea off guard in the 38th minute of the first half.

Qin Xiong, who had been active on the left side of the frontcourt, suddenly changed positions with Cabaye!

After receiving a pass from Cabaye, Qin Xiong held the ball on the spot, and Ramirez, Ivanovic, and Meireles stepped up cautiously to form an encirclement.

After Qin Xiong waited for the time to be basically ripe, he pulled the ball behind him, immediately kicked the ball out, and passed it back!

Ramirez was passed by Qin Xiong. He turned his head and saw Baynes rushing up.

After passing the ball, Qin Xiong immediately moved towards the middle of the penalty area.

Meirelles ran towards Qin Xiong, while Ramirez turned around and grabbed Baines.

If they can directly break the ball at Baynes' feet, Chelsea can launch a very threatening counterattack!

Ivanovic withdrew to the parallel position of the back line.

Baynes glanced at the direction Qin Xiong was running, and he immediately passed the ball to Qin Xiong.

Qin Xiong seemed to be rushing towards a surrounding circle.

Meireles behind, Mikel in front, Chelsea defenders in the penalty area on the left and Lampard on the right!

But no Chelsea player noticed that Cabaye was also running when Qin Xiong was running!

He is running towards Qin Xiong's previous position!

Three seconds ago, Qin Xiong was encircled there.

Three seconds later, there was a clear gap!

The football from Baynes just arrived in front of Qin Xiong, Lampard was ready to steal it, Meirelles was ready to steal it, Mikel was ready to steal it!

Situation surrounded on three sides.

Qin Xiong kicked the ball out!

This kick made all Chelsea players unable to react!

The heel hit the ball, and the football rolled to the direction where he ran, which is where Cabaye ran! (to be continued~^~)