song of the saints

Chapter 107 Kicking Your Way

The narrow road meets the brave to win!

This sentence is most appropriate when used between Liverpool and Southampton, who played against each other for the third time in two weeks.The third dip, the brave wins!

There is no temptation in the first game and no onslaught in the second game when the two sides enter.Now it has become a tug-of-war, just like the two sides are playing Go, slow, accurate, and ruthless have become the main elements on the field.

The Liverpool team is more proactive in attacking, because they are still one goal behind after all, what they have to do now is to equalize the total score first, and the two teams stand on the same starting line.

However, the Southampton team also figured out Liverpool's offensive ideas and routines after two games, and did not give Liverpool a chance to find opportunities between the center and the two ribs.

The first half of the game ended in such a tug-of-war between spear and shield. Chen Zhun heaved a sigh of relief and returned to the locker room.

Chen Zhun's tactical thinking in the second half is to base his defense in the first half while attacking forward appropriately, and he cannot just defend blindly. This will make the Liverpool team press down and have no space to speak of. If the Southampton team One or two chances to threaten Liverpool.Then the feeling of oppression will be greatly reduced.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, Benitez replaced the Czech veteran Smicer and continued to use the wing attack to make a fuss.Chen Zhun also replaced Glenshire, who continued to perform poorly, with David Prutton.Chen Zhun has gradually lost patience with Glenshire. It turns out that some players are futile no matter where they go.It will only work if you have a breakthrough in your heart.

After the start of the second half, Liverpool continued to attack with high pressure. This was not in line with their previous style of play, and it was obviously urgent.Benitez's position is not so stable. There is no hope of competing for the championship in the league. Even the qualification for the Champions League depends on the faces of others, so the hope is pinned on the cup.Now the League Cup is still on the verge of falling behind. If the League Cup is also eliminated, then Benitez's coaching position may be even more precarious.

In the 55th minute of the game, Southampton had a rare chance to get the ball near the center circle. After Yaya Toure got the ball, he did not choose a long pass because he was not confident in his footwork. The head coach also said After this game, you must be steady, and once you gain possession of the ball, don't lose it easily.

Yaya - Toure then continued to advance the ball, Gerrard stepped forward to defend, and he had a physical confrontation, such a confrontation is obviously Yaya - Toure won.Yaya Toure also knew that Gerrard was doing this to slow himself down, to slow down Southampton's attack, to give his defenders time to settle.Yaya Toure was actually not in a hurry and gave the ball to Las Diarra next to him.Diarra wanted to attack when he got the ball, but when he thought about what the head coach said, he gave up this idea. He must cherish the opportunity. His future is to play in a wealthy club, so he must have a good performance here. Impress those rich and powerful.

Diarra returned the ball to Yaya Toure and returned to the defensive position.Yaya Toure passed the ball to David Prutton, who responded to the retreat. Yaya Toure ran forward, and David Prutton returned to the center to take the ball. On the other side, Adam - Lallana also came to the center and brought Liverpool's defensive attention on the right.This gave right back Lichtsteiner a chance to run in.David Prutton had already seen Lichtsteiner's run, so he went through the ball early.

Lichtsteiner just hit the ball, and there was no player in front of him to defend him. Without any hesitation, Lichtsteiner immediately passed the ball to Crouch in the penalty area.The ball flew to the top of Crouch's head in the penalty area with a strong spin. Crouch successfully grabbed the first point, but due to the joint defense of Hyypia and Carragher, Crouch did not fully exert his strength in the air , Headed the goal, limp.The ball was easily won by Van der Sar.

When Crouch was still holding his head in frustration, Van der Sar had already thrown a long-range hand throw and was ready to attack.Van der Sar threw the ball to Riise, Riise quickly advanced across the half, and then passed the ball to the running Smicer, Smicer dribbled the ball along the sidewalk, At this time, Southampton's defense only had three players, two central defenders and midfielder Diarra.The wing that Smicer broke into was Southampton's right.Lichtsteiner was still chasing after Smicer, but it was too late.Smicer has already entered the penalty area, facing the defense of the central defender Lescott calmly, a low pass passed through Lescott's wicket, and the pass to the center has been outflanked. Gerrard's direction.

At this time, there were four Liverpool players in Southampton's penalty area, with Gerrard and Pangler in the front, Alonso in the middle and Garcia in the back.It's hard not to score this goal.

Gerrard and Diarra fought for the ball at the same time, and it was Gerrard who shoveled the ball into the goal.

Liverpool led [-]-[-], also tied the total score [-]-[-], and led Southampton by virtue of away goals.

Liverpool scored in Chen Zhun's way.Chen Zhun deeply felt the fear of the real head coach.Of course, Benitez is not the first head coach who has studied Chen Zhun's tactics and Southampton's defensive weaknesses, but he is one of the few head coaches who can use them so well.Chen Zhun also understands that more head coaches will figure out Chen Zhun's routines in the future. Fortunately, he still has a lot of new tactics in his mind, but there will always be a day when he sits on the mountain and eats nothing.If you don’t want to have that kind of situation, you need to cultivate a group of stable players. A good tactic must be based on a group of suitable players. Only with good players can you have a corresponding good tactic.

Chen Zhun shook his head helplessly. In front of Liverpool, he is still so weak. It seems that beating Liverpool for the first time really took advantage of the strength of the lineup.Maybe Benitez was just trying to test his true strength in that game.Of course, this is just Chen Zhun's guess.The current situation is the most difficult.

With a wave of the flag, Anders Svensson is finally back.He replaced Yaya Toure as the core of the midfield.

Chen Zhun walked up to Swensen and whispered: "It's the first time you play, do it according to your own situation, don't force it, just get familiar with the atmosphere of the game."

Svensson nodded, but he also knew that the manager wanted his free-kick to create some surprises.

Svensson was a little resistant at the beginning and was afraid of confrontation, but after all, he is not a young player and has a strong self-regulation ability. After several physical confrontations and passes, he found the feeling of the game before the injury.

(End of this chapter)