Soccer Card System

Chapter 130 The Counterattack is Coming
Chapter 126 The Counterattack Comes

Under the appeasement of Gerrard and others, the Liverpool players quickly regained their composure. Except for Arbeloa, who was still full of anger after receiving the yellow card, the other Liverpool players returned to their positions.

The game also resumed quickly, and Liverpool's backcourt kicked out.

Liverpool, which was one goal behind, quickly launched a counterattack. As the team's commander, Harvey Alonso still had a lot of time to hold the ball.

Harvey Alonso is a Spanish player, but he is not known for his short passes like the Harvey of Barcelona, ​​but for his outstanding long passes.

The timing of his long pass and the accuracy of the long pass are among the best among midfielders in world football, and there are very few active players who can surpass him in this regard.

Liverpool's two wingers spread the space apart, and the purpose is to play this characteristic of Xavi Alonso.

However, Harvey Alonso's long pass hadn't played out yet, and he was knocked to the ground by Drinkwater as soon as he caught the ball.

Drinkwater, who was whistled for a foul by the referee, did not walk away, but stood at the foul spot to prevent Liverpool from being quickly kicked out by a set kick.

"Xavi Alonso's weakness - speed and ability to get away!"

"Stick to him! Don't let him make a long pass!"

One of the tasks that Gao Bo assigned to Drinkwater before the game was to limit Harvey Alonso!
Now Liverpool have two defensive midfielders, Harvey Alonso and Mascherano. Mascherano is a pure engineer player. His defensive ability is far greater than his offensive ability.

Mascherano is a world-class defensive midfielder, but if he is allowed to organize the offense, maybe he can complete some routine pass advancement work, but it is difficult for him to pass a beautiful long pass with both imagination and penetration like Harvey Alonso.

Harvey Alonso has not played very smoothly in this game so far, because as soon as he gets the ball, Drinkwater sticks to it like brown sugar.

Harvey Alonso is a typical representative of the rear commander in modern football. In order to avoid the opponent's dense defensive midfield area, more and more teams tend to move the team commander from the front midfielder to the back midfielder.And Harvey - Alonso is undoubtedly a typical representative!
However, contradictions always correspond to each other. When the commander of one side retreats, the defender will naturally move the defensive force forward to limit the opponent's offensive organizer!

Gao Bo's trick is not new, and Benitez also thought of this before the game.

The strongest defensive ability in Luton's midfield is Kanter. Before the game, Benitez thought that Gao Bo would let Kanter defend Harvey Alonso.After all, in the midfield, Drinkwater has a large part of the task of organizing offense.

But from now on, Drinkwater is sticking close to Harvey Alonso the whole time!
Benitez was a little strange, he glanced at Gao Bo on the other side.

What tricks is this Chinese doing?Doesn't his team need a playmaker?

Even if it is a counterattack, it also needs a linker. Most of Luton's counterattacks are initiated by Drinkwater's pass.

Kanter steals the ball and hands it to Drinkwater, who counters with the ball.This is almost Luton's most commonly used counterattack routine.

But now, Drinkwater seems to put too much energy on defense.

Harvey Alonso tried to run to catch the ball, but Drinkwater seemed to follow him. Harvey Alonso was not fast, and his ability to get rid of it was relatively limited, so Drinkwater was still very close!
Gao Bo smiled when he saw Xavi Alonso running.

This kind of scene is what he likes to see the most!Because the 19-year-old Drinkwater is much better than Harvey Alonso in terms of physical fitness, if Harvey Alonso can be forced to pay most of his physical fitness in the first half as the price, Luton will undoubtedly earn it!

Xavi - Alonso played very frustrated.

When he was stuck by Drinkwater again and couldn't turn around, and had to pass back, the Spaniard was a little annoyed.

He beckoned for the ball again, then hit Drinkwater's chest with a slam on his back as Drinkwater came up to him.

Drinkwater screamed and rolled on the ground.

Xavi Alonso doesn't care so much, he turns with the ball and prepares to release a long pass.

It's nice to have no one sticking to it.
Xavi - Alonso's good mood was interrupted by the referee's whistle.

"foul?!!"

The Spaniards are incredible!

The referee didn't pay attention to so much, he pointed to the place of the foul, and then ran over to warn Harvey Alonso!
"Pay attention to your movements!!"

Xavi Alonso spread his hands: "Did you see that kid's movement?!"

"If it was a foul, the kid would have received a red card long ago."

The on-duty referee's face darkened, and no referee would be happy in the face of players' doubts about the penalty.

Gerrard come up quickly Harvey - Alonsola away.

He took Xavi Alonso into his arms and kissed the Spaniard on the head: "Calm down!! Calm down Xavi!"

"They did it on purpose!"

Xabi Alonso is also a seasoned player, and he quickly learned that he was swayed by emotions.

Alonso took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

"They're doing too much petty tricks, Steven!"

"I know, but it's not normal anymore, because with conventional methods, they can't beat us!" Gerrard became serious, "That's why they play this little trick!"

Gao Bo didn't think he was playing a small trick. In order to beat Liverpool, Luton, who was absolutely weak in terms of strength, would of course have to do everything possible.

What's more, this is just a little higher defensive intensity
The Liverpool stars probably don't know that for low-level league teams, there is absolutely no such thing as a gentleman on the football field.

There are no gentlemen covered in mud.

Drinkwater was helped up by his teammates.

"Are you all right, Danny?"

Adam asked with some concern.

Drinkwater winked quietly at Adam.

Adam knew right away that this guy was acting!
But when he saw that the referee did not intend to draw a yellow card, Drinkwater got up from the ground with some regrets, and he rubbed Adam's head.

".Hurry up and prepare this set ball!"

Drinkwater put the ball under his feet and sent it out!
However, the referee did not allow him to serve quickly and blew the ball back.

There were boos in the stands, and the Luton fans were of course very dissatisfied with the referee's penalty.

Gao Bo on the sidelines was also quite dissatisfied, he jumped on the sidelines: "Why can't you send it quickly!! Damn it"

Lin Sen on the side quickly pulled the angry head coach back.

For Lin Sen, he really didn't understand why Gao Bo, who was so calm on weekdays, seemed to be a different person when he stood in the position of directing the game.

The game on the field also quickly resumed. Luton's free kick did not create a threat like the last time, and the ball quickly returned to Liverpool's hands.

Xavi Alonso is restricted and Gerrard drops back to receive the ball.

Compared with Harvey Alonso, Gerrard's ability to protect the ball and get rid of it is much higher, and after Gerrard came back, Liverpool had an extra midfielder.

Unable to make a long pass, Liverpool simply advanced to the frontcourt through a short pass.

Liverpool's strength is still strong, and they easily broke Luton's pre-match tricks.

Gao Bo has no regrets, and asked Drinkwater to restrict Harvey Alonso, just to prevent Liverpool's wide-ranging long pass scheduling. However, if Liverpool advance through ground cooperation, there is no good way for Luton.

However, when Liverpool advanced to the frontcourt, they encountered new difficulties.

Gerald found the little black man in Luton to be too difficult to deal with.He failed to take advantage of Kanter's confrontation several times.

In the 203rd minute of the game, Gerrard had just received the ball near the top of the arc in the penalty area, and was pushed by Kanter. He almost lost the ball. Fortunately, Harvey Alonso also pressed up.

However, as soon as he got the ball, Kanter rushed up immediately! !

Gerald's eyeballs were about to pop out!

Kanter tackled the ball directly and accurately shoveled the ball away from Harvey Alonso's feet!

And Drinkwater, who has been following Harvey Alonso, immediately turned around with the ball and directly launched a long pass! !
Adam White ran out of space in the frontcourt!
This time. It's a real counterattack!

(End of this chapter)