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When Zhao Yaning's extraordinary action just now attracted the attention of tens of thousands of spectators in the audience, what Benitez did was to stare closely at the running of the opponent's midfielder.He wants to see how the opponent's counterattack is going to be carried out through the opponent's first movement reaction after getting the ball when defending.

But the opponent's running position is completely contracted, and there is no sign of wanting to press up at all.Then Cech caught the ball, and when the ball was kicked off again, the Chelsea players were still running unhurriedly.

This also made Benitez understand that these guys didn't think about counterattack at all-what they wanted to do was to stick to the whole court and defend with all their strength, so that Liverpool could return this game. !

Mourinho's calculations made Benitez feel that he had been seriously deceived: what he considered was the opponent's possible offense and defense from a tactical point of view, but the opponent did not consider Liverpool's attack at all, but prepared to stand up for himself. After this game, go away to beat Liverpool!

Mourinho still has a deep contempt for Benitez.What he chose was not to rely on tactics to defeat Benitez, but to rely on such tricks to keep Benitez from moving forward.And he did succeed. Relying on his doubts, he successfully took advantage of Benitez's overthinking and tactical supremacy, and won more than 30 minutes of free time for Chelsea's defense. [

With this period of time as a buffer, Chelsea don't have to worry about lack of physical strength.And the time left for Liverpool is less than 60 minutes, which also makes Liverpool waste time.

Relying on psychological warfare to win this kind of advantage for the team, what Mourinho did is indeed not easy-but the problem is that Liverpool can never be unable to respond, and there is still a chance to attack now.

With Benitez's tactical changes, Milito, Gerrard, and Garcia all stepped in, which also made the fans of both sides start to get excited.

"Liverpool are finally attacking now! Thank God, at least one of them wants to attack!"

Martin Taylor couldn't help but speak.Liverpool and Chelsea have been on the defensive for half an hour, and no one is willing to attack.Half an hour later, the combined shots from both sides were less than five times, and no more than three players crossed the half-court when both sides attacked. How could such a way of playing be like a matchup in the Champions League?The relegation team doesn't play like this when they play for the league championship.

Although everyone knows in their hearts that the most important thing in a game is victory rather than good looks, especially in this kind of competition, the outcome is extremely important.People have always said that a good game in a big game, that is, a game that is too important to win or lose, is often conservative and not good enough to play. , but the two sides defend together, a game of football can make people drowsy, and both sides can't defend, so what's the point of this game?

As the game progressed, Liverpool began to slowly overwhelm the halftime.At this time, Chelsea did not choose to hedge against Liverpool, but began to shrink, shrinking the lineup to the front of the penalty area.From the very beginning, this was their plan. Since their personnel were at a disadvantage, they chose to completely shrink and not make tentative efforts just in case.

However, although Liverpool's attack can easily enter the front of the opponent's big penalty area, it can no longer continue in this place.Chelsea's formation was flattened, but Liverpool didn't dare to have too many people pressing on it. It was difficult for four or five people to fight against the opponent's defense of eight or nine people, and the opponent's formation was shrunk to their own penalty area. At the front, the distance between everyone is very small, and it becomes easier to cover the defense. This kind of defense requires the extreme ability of continuous passing, and it is extremely difficult to break through.

After all, like Zhao Yaning just now, when facing three people at the same time and the guard can break through, there are really not many times.But even so, Zhao Yaning tried to carry out a surprise attack in order to create an opportunity for Liverpool.

When Zhao Yaning got the ball again, he was basically targeted.Makelele blocked his path for the first time, and at the same time, Thiago and Carvalho also came together.Zhao Yaning turned half and half first, and when Thiago was tempted to grab it, he threw him aside with a fried ball movement, and then hooked the ball behind his right leg with his left foot, shaking Makelele suddenly. One, stepping away from Makelele.

Carvalho immediately thought that Zhao Yaning shoveled over, but when he shoveled over, Zhao Yaning picked the ball with his ankle, jumped at the same time, and picked it from his foot.

Then, he passed the ball with one kick, gave the ball to Garcia, and then ran forward, and Garcia swayed past Gallas and sent the ball into the penalty area.

Terry was guarding Zhao Yaning, but the ball was attacked by Cech. Although the ball had a strong spin, Cech was afraid of letting go and dared not catch it hard, but he still hit the ball out of the penalty area with both fists.

Gerrard grabbed the first spot and hit the goal with a strong kick.But Terry turned his back and blocked the ball out of the penalty area with his back.Zhao Yaning received the ball, but he didn’t make any moves yet, and Thiago also pulled him to the ground with a pulling motion.

Thiago received a yellow card, but Liverpool's attack could only be temporarily stopped.

"Chelsea's defense is very good, and they work hard." Martin Taylor heard the applause from Stamford Bridge for Terry's defense, and couldn't help but say, "After they retreat now, almost everyone can play quickly. Supplementary defense. And Chelsea pays great attention to physical confrontation, which makes Liverpool hardly have more than a second of confrontation time when they get the ball in the frontcourt. Such fierce confrontation makes Liverpool in the frontcourt, almost only Zhao Yaning can succeed Takes the ball and makes dribbles, but even so, because there is not much time and space, he has a few passes and shots, which are not very good...”

Under high confrontation, the various performances of players will be greatly affected.When Liverpool players confront each other in the frontcourt, they will all be scrambled, not to mention the impact of the confrontation, and because of Chelsea's dense positioning, each of them has very little room for movement. Under such circumstances, it is naturally difficult to do What an excellent attack.

This style of play is completely different from the usual thinking of the Premier League.In addition to high confrontation, the biggest feature of Premier League games is the fast pace.But now, Chelsea's practice of sticking to the penalty area can be said to minimize the rhythm, which is not the same as the fast pace when they usually have Robben.This style of play is closer to the Italian defensive style. It has extremely high requirements for players' ability to surmount people in a small area and the ability to react immediately. This also makes it extremely difficult for Liverpool, who are also a Premier League team. Get out their flaws.

"This is a good idea." Andy Gray made such a comment, "Chelsea is really good to defend like this without Robben Duff. At least under this rhythm, it is difficult for opponents to break through them. the door." [

"Yeah, if even Zhao Yaning can't pose enough threats to Chelsea's gate in this situation, then no one in the entire Premier League can threaten Chelsea..."

Zhao Yaning's level, in the eyes of Premier League football experts, is already recognized as being on the same level as Henry.However, the difference between him and Henry is that Henry's style of play is open and close, and when he has enough acceleration space and counterattack speed, he can play the most perfect football. The rhythm can be said to be more suitable, and it is precisely because of this that he can be said to be unstoppable when he plays in the Premier League.Not to mention, he also has the most outstanding teammates and coaches, who can build a lineup around him, or let Bergkamp, ​​who has won the top three Golden Globes, serve him.This makes him even more powerful in playing football. Every season, he has more than 24 goals and more than ten assists. This ability is only possible in the Premier League.

The difference between Zhao Yaning and Henry is that he can adapt to more tactics, more rhythms, and is completely afraid of various playing styles.Whether it is relying on speed to counterattack, relying on physical kicks to fight, or relying on rigid defense to defend the backcourt, Zhao Yaning is not afraid at all.After all, he has physical and technical advantages, and he doesn't care about any kind of playing style.But in terms of overall fit with the Premier League, he is not as good as Henry.

This is also the reason why Henry's data in the European War has dropped sharply, while Zhao Yaning has risen slightly: when it comes to the European War, the rhythm is not as monotonous as the Premier League, and Henry will inevitably perform slightly worse.But Zhao Yaning’s skills and body are excellent after all. In the European war, he also has enough ways to deal with the opponent’s rhythm changes and defensive play, and because the opponent doesn’t know him enough, sometimes, it may be the opposite. Suffer more.The technical honing in Monaco, the effect is gradually revealed.

However, this is exactly what surprised Martin Taylor: Chelsea's defense after retiring has formed an extremely solid iron wall, which also made it difficult for Liverpool to penetrate their defense.And if even Zhao Yaning's extraordinary ability is difficult to break through Chelsea's defense, then who else can break through Chelsea's defense?

Could it be that Chelsea's final mode is not to rely on the wing to quickly advance to the next level, Drogba to do it back, and Lampard to shoot from a long distance, but to rely on their steel defense line, to defend wretchedly, and to look for opportunities?

Such thoughts made Martin Taylor shake his head again and again.Not to mention that Chelsea's backcourt does not have the ability to directly launch long passes to attack the opponent's backcourt, and they do not have the talent of Liverpool's Alonso. Even if they have this ability, who in Chelsea can seize the opportunity?Drogba?His shooting skills are so bad that he is really not made for this job.

This is why Mourinho did not choose to use him as a counterattack arrow!After all, relying on Drogba's counterattack to seize opportunities is too unreliable.This black big man can do everything, but his shooting ability is a mess.

Until the intermission, neither side was able to find any opportunities.Several of Liverpool's attacks hit Chelsea's iron wall, and Chelsea had no intention of fighting back.Although Chelsea's Lampard was also late for a yellow card, the game was still 0-0

"The game has now entered the halftime stage. Let's see, in the second half of the game, whether they will do anything more."