goal goal

Chapter 253 Limit Operations
However, when facing opponents of different strengths, Manchester City's defense still had flaws.

Zinchenko is not a professional full-back after all, although in Guardiola's mind he can provide many abilities that ordinary full-backs do not have, such as passing ability, which is something Guardiola values ​​more than anything else, but a full-back, I still have to say it again, the most important ability of a defender is always the defensive ability. You can’t put the cart before the horse. I don’t want Kimmich. Kimmich is also very good at defense, but his interception and passing are also better. perform better.

It's not like Zinchenko, who passes the ball well and has good speed, but the defense is really average. This situation is not as good as the starting Mendy.

But Guardiola chose Zinchenko this time instead of Mendy, who had started consecutively before.

This decision puzzled many people.

But Zinchenko's return to defense just now, when he was about to return to the back line and became a three-center defender, he did not go back in time.

This directly led to a huge gap on the left of Manchester City. Salah and Firmino cooperated well and played a perfect cooperation on this side. Then, Firmino moved to the empty right and kicked Shot, hit the dead corner.

The ball is in.

In the 30 minutes of the first half, Liverpool scored.

And what directly led to this conceded goal was Zinchenko who was not in place in time.

"Defense players, the sense of position is a very important thing. For example, if the frontcourt players switch to the backcourt, many players will have huge problems in the defensive position, because keeping the distance of the defense line, or even creating offsides are all defenses. Players have been in elementary school, but offensive players don’t know anything about these things, and they certainly don’t know much. Therefore, after many offensive players in the frontcourt are changed to defensive players, they can play their own offensive advantages when facing weaker opponents. But when facing stronger opponents and tougher opponents, it is easy to expose the loopholes in your basic defensive skills. The same is true for Zinchenko today. In fact, Zinchenko had this situation at the beginning of the season, so Guardio La is re-activated Mendy who has returned from injury, but in today's strong dialogue, Guardiola uncharacteristically did not use the recent main force Mendy, but chose Zinchenko. Our guess before the game was that Guardiola Diola decided to make full use of Zinchenko's ability to organize passes, but it turns out that defenders still have to do their defense first!"

The commentator questioned Guardiola's starting arrangement.

And Liverpool fans have long been boiling.

Klopp looked at Guardiola on the other side.

I also feel funny in my heart.

"Substituting before the big battle, the key is that Mendy is not injured. Isn't this just looking for trouble for yourself?"

But the opponent's mistake is their advantage, so he is naturally happy.

At this time, Guardiola made the decision to replace Zinchenko almost immediately, because he saw that this point had been grasped and cracked by the opponent, then it was almost completely predictable that Liverpool would hold on to it This point keeps attacking.

However, in such an important game, the players were replaced directly in the first half, and they were still the players that Guardiola wanted to focus on training. Guardiola still couldn't make up his mind.

So he decided to wait and see until halftime.

And after Liverpool scored a goal, they didn't chase after them immediately, but played possession of the ball instead.

Guardiola couldn't think of Klopp's thoughts for a while.

And this first half reached the stoppage time of the first half in such a lapse of time.

One minute of stoppage time. Generally speaking, there is almost no stoppage time in the first half, but there were still some fouls by the two teams in the first half, so the referee gave 1 minute of stoppage time.

At this time, Wang Yi saw a loophole in Lovren's opponent.

To put it simply, it is leading too long and drifting away.

Van Dijk stood at the back and Lovren headed out.

At this time, Wang Yi suddenly started, because he looked back at De Bruyne just now.

De Bruyne understood, there is nothing to say about the tacit understanding between the two.

So, a long pass over the top.

Lovren wanted to retreat, but it was too late, so he leaned back and wanted to jump up, but fell directly to the ground heavily.

And Van Dijk wanted to come over to grab the ball horizontally.

But people are not as fast as the ball after all, Wang Yi unloaded the ball and entered the penalty area.

This time Van Dyke couldn't act rashly.

And Alisson also stabilized.

Wang Yi looked at the situation, didn't he attack?

Therefore, he decisively hit the lower right corner. Alisson's landing was not so fast, so Wang Yi took a step faster, and his ankle flicked. It looked like a fake move, pretending to kick the right, but actually kicked the lower left corner. , but suddenly, Wang Yi kicked with the outside of his foot.

high speed.

Alisson also rushed directly in the opposite direction.

Obviously, he judged wrong.

"Beautiful! At the end of the first half, Wang Yi scored a goal and equalized the game!"

"Wang Yi's goal is inseparable from De Bruyne's wonderful pass, and the cooperation between the two is just right!"

Wang Yi did not choose to celebrate after scoring a goal, but turned around and found De Bruyne and hugged him.

After the goal, the referee also blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

Back in the locker room, the momentum of the Manchester City team rose immediately.

The equalizer at the end of the first half was a major blow to Liverpool.

Neither of them had a chance to fight back and ended the first half.

During the intermission, Klopp was actually not nervous, because the conceded goal in the first half, in his opinion, was more due to the opponent's striker's flash of inspiration and Lovren's low-level mistakes. His tactical system Actually no problem.

As long as there is no problem with the tactics, he will not be afraid even if he wins the game because the opponent's superstar played well in the end. This is tactical confidence. What's more, Liverpool is now leading by 8 points. Even if they lose a game, they still have a 5-point lead. What about the points of the 2 games, so Klopp thought about the worst result from the beginning.

In the second half of the game, the two sides became a stalemate again.

Until the 80 minutes of the game, Liverpool's physical fitness still had a slight advantage, so at this time they controlled the rhythm of the game again.

But at this time Liverpool's frontcourt cooperation, Mane did not pass the ball, but was too independent to dribble forward and was about to shoot. Firmino and Salah were both in place, but Mane's side had 3 players. Clip, he just didn't pass, and he just shot softly, and Edson got it.

But at this time, Liverpool, who are pressing heavily, only have 2 players in their own half. At this time, Edson found Wang Yi in the frontcourt with a big foot.

Wang Yi was standing in the middle circle at this time, waiting for the opportunity to counterattack.

I didn't expect this opportunity to come to my feet so easily.

As a matter of course, when there was no one around, Wang Yi stopped the ball and pushed forward, and then immediately started to speed up.

Van Dijk kept retreating at this time, not intending to step forward to defend and block, and Lovren was still a reckless man, and he was about to slide. With such a big gap, you and I slide?
Wang Yi pushed the ball, then jumped up, avoiding Lovren's sliding tackle, and then Van Dijk saw that he was alone defending Wang Yi, he didn't want to lose his position, so he retreated.

But at the top of the penalty area, Wang Yi did not enter the penalty area, and Van Dijk had no way to retreat. Just when he was thinking of stepping forward to try again, Wang Yi swung his foot and shot.

Wang Yi didn't bother to toss about, just this kick, so and so love.

Van Dijk couldn't block it enough, and Alisson actually touched the ball, but the heavy ball hit the tip of Alisson's glove. Just this touch did not change the trajectory of the ball, and it still flew into the goal.

"The goal is scored! Wang Yi! Wang Yi! Score twice! He alone dominated the game that may determine the championship of this season! It was him! Wang Yi, he single-handedly defeated Liverpool!"

(End of this chapter)