green mercenary

Chapter 238 Prudent Liverpool
Seeing the ball rolling in front of him, Bai Xiaotian rushed into the circle at the first time to grab it.

Owen, Heskey, Gerrard, Harman and others began to pass the ball, and Liverpool's overall formation pressed forward and began to attack.

Bai Xiaotian ignored Owen who was passing by him, but ran towards the ball passed behind him.

The "East-West Golden Boy Controversy" in some tabloids was not staged, which made some screaming female fans quite regretful.

Both Bai Xiaotian and Owen are forwards, and their positions are not compatible. It is not like some unscrupulous media said that the two will fight each other when they meet.

Actually, Bai Xiaotian and Owen are not familiar with each other.In addition to reading the opponent's information in the club, other life and court are also different.

Owen belongs to the speed-type drift player, while Bai Xiaotian is barely classified as a body-type player because of his powerful ball head.

Moreover, there is also a three-year age difference between the two. In Owen's view, Bai Xiaotian is just a junior on the court.

As for why the "Golden Boy Irving" is so popular in later generations, it is probably because Irving showed his best years when he was young.Later, no matter whether it was a transfer or an injury, this former chasing boy did not return to the top state.

The older the goalkeeper, the more demon, but Irving is different.Bai Xiaotian couldn't say whether he was lucky or unlucky, he met Owen at his peak.

Although Liverpool is called "my barrel" by domestic fans, this "barrel" is not the "barrel" of the "iron barrel", but the "barrel" of the "toilet".

Therefore, the Red Army is not good at defense. At this time, its offensiveness is much higher than its defensiveness.The same goes for Eindhoven.

Gretz set up a "rush attack" tactic before the game, but obviously, this tactic is difficult to implement.

Bai Xiaotian ran to the offside position after rushing out less than 20 meters.

The opponent's defender didn't care about Bai Xiaotian's attack and rush, and after a few passes, he handed the ball to the frontcourt.

Bai Xiaotian had no choice but to turn around and return to the opponent's defender.

Although Ruud van Nistelrooy has a tall stature of 1.8 meters eight, his status in the team is special.So if PSV's two strikers want to send one of them back and forth to defend, then that person must be Bai Xiaotian, not Ruud van Nistelrooy.

In the 4th minute of the opening, Heskey received a cross from his teammate from the side, leaned on Kevin Hovland in the penalty area and forcibly took off, earning a header.

However, the England striker didn't seem to find where the goal was. The ball was pushed far away from the goal post and hit the billboard.If he wasn't wearing a red jersey, fans might really think of him as an PSV defender.

Seeing this result, neither the players nor the coaches cared about it, and even the fans applauded the "header". After all, this was Liverpool's first shot since the opening and also the first shot of the two teams.

Fréjus fired a big kick and directly found Ruud van Nistelrooy in the frontcourt.Ruud used his tall body to ferry the ball to Bai Xiaotian's feet.As soon as Bai Xiaotian stabilized the ball, he found that Babel was already sticking to his side.Bai Xiaotian moved left and right twice, and found that he couldn't get rid of the opponent, so he stabilized the ball and handed it to his teammate behind him.

Afterwards, Bai Xiaotian immediately ran forward, but no matter whether he was running sideways or turning back, the Liverpool full-back unexpectedly followed closely beside him.Bai Xiaotian suddenly realized that he had already been on Liverpool's "blacklist", and it seemed that it was not that simple to succeed in a sneak attack by relying on his opponent's underestimation of him.

The Chinese reporters hurriedly focused their cameras on Bai Xiaotian and Babel, the dignified Premier League giants, unexpectedly sent a powerful team general to guard a 19-year-old Chinese player. It can be seen that Bai Xiaotian is famous in Europe, and even giants like Liverpool value him so much.

At the pre-match press conference, Liverpool Eindhoven issued a strategic contempt, but in terms of skills and tactics, the Liverpool coaching staff did not take it lightly.

Looking at the tall Babel, Bai Xiaotian shook his head, it seems that Eindhoven's attack plan went bankrupt ahead of time.According to this momentum, Eindhoven can only passively play defensive counterattacks.

In the 8th minute, Eindhoven got the ball again, but the Liverpool players had already returned to defense, and Eindhoven had to start a positional battle.

Bai Xiaotian pulled the defensive line horizontally in the opponent's frontcourt, constantly turning back and running to find a gap.But he also knows that doing so is almost futile. As Germany's main international player, Babel is most commendable for his physical strength.

It is simply an unrealistic idea to exhaust the opponent's physical strength.

But Bai Xiaotian was helpless, he had no better choice when dealing with Bayern's main right back, he could only take advantage of the sudden change of direction, take the opportunity to pull out of space, and seek opportunities to catch the ball.

The front of the restricted area, about 30 meters away.The ball passed by John de Jong was a bit short, forcing Bai Xiaotian to stop with the ball and break through.

However, just now when Bai Xiaotian turned his back and pouted his buttocks, Babel straightened his waist slightly behind him, Bai Xiaotian's center of gravity was unstable, and he fell forward directly, and the ball was snatched by the opponent.

The referee Gilles from France just glanced at the fallen Bai Xiaotian, and didn't even bother to hold the whistle in his mouth.This level of physical collision is too common. You must know that the Premier League has the title of "barbarian football".

Seeing that the referee did not blow the whistle this time, the players on both sides nodded secretly, understanding something in their hearts.Good players can grasp the size of the referee's penalty after committing a foul, while some low-level players have not figured it out until they are sent off with a red card.

The on-site commentator explained in the microphone, "Oh, the goodbye boy from China is obviously inferior in terms of physical contact. Babel just stood up straight and was able to fight for the position. Is the goodbye boy too young? Or is Babel too strong?"

Hearing the commentator's explanation, some girls in the stands who understood it blushed, while some male fans with the "No. 1" attribute began to focus on Bai Xiaotian.

Gretz, on the sidelines, shook his head. He was not fascinated by Bai Xiaotian's figure, but he knew that this game was really difficult to play.

The opponent not only arranges a big and tall man with plenty of physical strength around Bai Xiaotian to contain Bai Xiaotian's header, but also considers Bai Xiaotian's long-range shooting ability.Even if Bai Xiaotian catches the ball outside the penalty area, the opponent will not let Bai Xiaotian kick easily, and will not even send a free kick.

It seems that they are worthy of the Premier League giants, and they don't give each other a chance.

In this way, after two unsuccessful attacks, Eindhoven decisively gave up the opening game and switched to the team's compressed defense.

Seeing that Eindhoven retreated, Liverpool also took over the ball without hesitation and launched a siege on Eindhoven.

However, after a few shots, Gretz was a little dazed: Nima, this is the legendary Premier League giants Liverpool?Isn't this water gate level too low? !
In the opening 20 minutes, Eindhoven only completed one shot, while Liverpool scored a total of 7 head kicks.Among them, 1 shot on target and [-] planes.And these six times, five shots came from England striker Heskey.

When the big black man of Antiguan descent fired the ball into the camera in the air again, the entire audience focused on him.Looking at the unified "black question mark face" of the audience, Heskey scratched his head and trotted out of the Eindhoven penalty area, serving as Liverpool's first line of defense.

(End of this chapter)