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Chapter 43 Gerrard's Counterattack
"Steven, can you keep up physically?" Benitez found Gerrard in the locker room of the home team.

At this moment, Captain Jie was sitting in his seat with a towel on his shoulders, frowning and staring at a certain place.

The Jie team's school celebration was obviously not very good.Since becoming the captain, the Jie team has rarely seen such a depressing halftime.

Of course, if you want to talk about depression and lack of fighting spirit, it's not enough, at best it's just a little bit depressed.I have experienced games like Istanbul Night, no matter how difficult the game is, isn't that hello-kitty?

Benitez just sat beside him.

"Fortunately, it's not a big problem." Gerrard said, the 27-year-old Jie team is at the peak of physical fitness and energy.

"What do you think of the current Manchester City team?" Benitez asked.Gerrard, who plays on the field, obviously has a more intuitive feeling than his head coach.

"Strong and weak!" Gerrard thought for a while, but gave a contradictory answer, which he might find absurd. Gerrard then explained: "Their defense in the middle is very good, especially on the central axis. Patton and Mido, Richards and Mills are tough to deal with."

"Two pairs?" Benitez noticed Gerrard's statement, not saying "four people", but saying "two pairs of people".

"Between Richards and Mills, and between Barton and Mido, the tacit understanding, defense, and cooperation are very good. But once you look at the cross, between Richards and Barton, Mills and Mido The connection is very weak." Gerrard said.

Samaras and Andy Cole were automatically ignored. In the first half, Manchester City retreated and defended. The only time this pair of strikers appeared on camera was Manchester City's goal.However, this goal was not a direct cooperation between the two, and Trabelsi was sandwiched in the middle.

The exchange with the Jie team gave Benitez a deeper understanding of Manchester City.The Spanish head coach pinched his chin: There is too little communication between the three lines, maybe we can make a fuss about it!

"Boss, how long can I play in the second half?" Gerrard said, he knew that he had to stay strong for the Champions League, and he couldn't play the whole game in this game.

"Up to 15 minutes." Benitez said.

"Enough!" Gerald nodded, and after a short rest, fighting spirit appeared in Gerald's eyes again.Team Jie is the kind of player who doesn't need to be comforted. The more difficult the situation is, the team Jie will be able to explode with stronger fighting power!
A person who can become a captain of a wealthy family at the age of 24 is by no means a person who can be easily defeated!

The 15-minute intermission passed quickly.The staff knocked on the door, announcing that the time had come and it was time to play.

"Let's go! Show those Manchester bastards a little color in the second half!" Gerrard greeted his teammates. The Jie team not only has its own "fighting spirit recovery halo", but also has an instant "fighting spirit stimulation halo"!
In the player's aisle, a line of words is eye-catching and refreshing: "This is Anfield!"

This is Anfield, our home stadium, how can we allow you to act wildly?

Gerald shook his fist.

There was a time gap between the two teams. Liverpool stood up on the field before Manchester City came out of the player tunnel.

With the debut of Manchester City, the boos in the stands gradually became louder again.

"It's so noisy!" Trabelsi frowned. Everyone is a professional player, so they must be immune to these boos.

"The second half! Don't relax!" The players formed a circle, and Captain Button encouraged morale.

The two sides switched venues in the second half, and with the referee's "beep -", the second half of the game began.

As soon as Liverpool started the second half, they showed a different style from the past.Driven by Gerrard, the team aggressively attacked the Manchester City penalty area.

It has to be said that in terms of personal ability, Liverpool still has obvious advantages over Manchester City.

Gerrard showed a different toughness. After he got the ball, he didn't choose to pass the ball, but chose to do it alone!

This made Barton passive. Technically speaking, the captain of Manchester City couldn't escape the comment of a "rough brother".

He already had a yellow card on his back, and during the intermission, Duncan emphasized that if it is not necessary, he must reduce the number of cards.

So the captain of Manchester City can only be very hard to follow the captain of Liverpool.

The two confronted each other like this, and slowly approached Manchester City's penalty area.

Without the two dragons coming out of the water, Barton immediately lost the bravery of the first half. He couldn't judge Gerrard's intentions, so he could only follow step by step, looking very embarrassed.

Another midfielder, Mido, simply disappeared.Gerrard glanced at the corner of his eyes, but Mido was staring at Alonso who was not involved in the attack.

what happened?

Gerrard was also very surprised. In the first half, Button, who was impeccable, and Mido, who was accurate in stealing the ball, suddenly disappeared.

Instead, it was Barton who was sloppy and Mido who was man-marking and wrong.

After only 15 minutes, the two completed the transformation from tall, rich and handsome to ** silk.

But strange is strange, Team Jie didn't hesitate in his actions.

Gerrard knocks the ball to Bellamy, Bellamy passes it back without stopping, and then Gerrard is in a vacuum!

"Oops, Manchester City's defense made a mistake! It missed someone! It shouldn't be!" the commentator sighed.He didn't understand, why did Manchester City, which performed well in the first half, miss out in the second half?
"Bellamy's unmarked! Gerrard made a pass... a neat two! The football is back at Gerrard's feet! Gerrard is in the box, but now he's surrounded by no defenders! Gerrard Plenty of time to prepare for the shot!!"

Gerrard mustered all his strength, swung his right foot fiercely, and shot a goal. There was a loud "bang", which was so loud in the hustle and bustle of Anfield!

Isaacson judged the right direction and touched the ball, but the ball was too powerful. Isaacson only changed the direction of the ball slightly, but he couldn't save the ball.

"Shua..." The football hit the net.

"1:1! Gerrard equalized! Tough Gerrard! Tough goal! This is the real Gerrard!"

"Wow..." The moment the football hit the net, the entire Anfield burst into cheers like a torrent, and Duncan even felt the seat under him trembling!
If in the previous games, Liverpool's stands were just a "rumbling" cloud, then now it's all about howling winds, bigger than pouring!
The more than 1000 Manchester City fans who came with the team are like boats in the raging sea. If you don't pay attention, the boat will crash and people will die.At this moment, the fans are the real owners of Anfield!
Gerrard, who scored the goal, did not celebrate. He glanced at the time: 50 minutes and 22 seconds.

There are 10 minutes, enough!
"Let's take a look at the slow-motion replay. Although Bellamy's two-for-one cooperation was used for the ball just now, the last shot was the most exciting and crucial part of the goal! It's powerful! The heavy artillery is roaring! This is a Gerrard-style goal!" The Liverpool commentator spared no effort to advocate their captain: "This goal can definitely be selected as the best ten goals of the season!"

The commentator on Manchester City's side was relatively silent.He can't praise his opponent, although Gerrard's ball is indeed a 360-degree good ball with no dead ends, so he can only analyze his own shortcomings: "Gerrard's tough change is the main factor for the goal, but Bella Mi's sudden retracement is also a key! Let's watch the replay."

In the TV screen, Gerrard and Bellamy cooperated exquisitely, while Button and Mido completely became the background cloth.

"Obviously, in the battle with Gerrard, Button was defeated." The commentator said.

On the sidelines of the court, Duncan looked at Benitez, the head coach who is famous for his tactics, and he was really extraordinary.At first glance, this ball seemed to be Gerrard's sudden explosion, but in essence it was a tactical arrangement made by Benitez noticing the decline in Manchester City's defensive strength in the midfield.

So this goal is not only the accident of Gerrard's explosion, but also the inevitability of Benitez's tactical use.

Duncan glanced at Benitez, as expected of a master tactician, he really is amazing!

Benitez has been standing on the sidelines, and he is aware of Duncan's gaze, but he doesn't look back.

For Benitez, although Duncan is in the limelight now, leading the team to five consecutive victories, but in the eyes of Benitez, he is always a rookie coach.

You are a newcomer, and you may achieve certain results because you are new to the Premier League and no one knows you.But once everyone gets used to you, then you will naturally be beaten back to your original shape.

In Benitez's view, there is no shortcut to the profession of coaching. Only by taking one step at a time can we go steadily.From becoming a coach in 1986 to winning his first league championship in Valencia in 2001, Benitez spent 15 years studying and accumulating before he finally achieved success.

But what about Duncan?
Four months as the head coach of the reserve team and one month as the head coach of the first team, this is Duncan's resume.

This is not a prejudice against Duncan, but as a "accumulated" head coach, "God rewards hard work, one step at a time" has been deeply imprinted in Benitez's mind, and he does not believe that there are any shortcuts .

"Young man, there is still a long way to go." Benitez thought about what he said to Duncan at the end of the game.

On the pitch, after scoring a goal, Liverpool was very imposing. Under the leadership of Gerrard, they launched waves of offensives!
(End of this chapter)