The sweeping army of the greenery

Chapter 72

Greece, Athens, Kareskakis Stadium
Li Tiancheng tightened his coat. It's not yet October, and the wind in Greece is already biting cold.

What is more piercing than the cold wind is the score on the field.

1:0
According to international practice, the home team is at the front and the visiting team is at the back.

The first half was coming to an end and Liverpool showed no signs of equalizing.

This is so unacceptable.

Of course, Liverpool's formation in this game is still 4231, but it has been slightly adjusted.

Because Kewell was injured, Garcia played the position of left central midfielder.

Baros played the trailing striker, and Cisse was in front.

Warnock continued as a right-centre midfielder.

The midfielder is still partnered by Alonso and Harman.

Back line Riise, Carragher, Hyypia, Josemi.

Goalkeeper Dudek.

The lineup is not much different from the victory over Norwich a few days ago, but it did not show an advantage at all.

Instead it was the Greeks who showed their discipline.

Olympiacos players are generally tall and burly, and they chose to retreat all, thus packing their own half to the brim, leaving only veteran Rivaldo to harass Liverpool's defense.

The Greeks used the ultimate defense to win the European Cup and created Greek mythology. As a Greek giant, Olympiacos seems to have completely inherited the Greek tactics.

With a strong body and decisive and timely fouls, he would rather give Liverpool a free kick than let their cooperation fight.

To make matters worse, they took an early lead.

In the 17th minute, Warnock fouled and Rivaldo took a free kick from the right. Stortidis beat Hyypia and scored with a header from 9 meters in front of the goal.

Liverpool's situation is even more difficult.

Cisse has no space to show his speed at all, and Baros is also very uncomfortable in the position of a trailing forward.

Garcia's dexterous dribbling has been brought down, but it has brought Liverpool a few good free kick opportunities, but it is a pity that the free kicks taken by Baros and Riise were either high or wide!
Alonso also seemed helpless. His passing and scheduling faced such a muscular forest that was strictly defended, and his teammates did not perform well enough.

Originally, he could still attack, and his long shots and final pass were also very good.

Unfortunately, after taking the lead, Olympiacos had the guts to fight back, and they always came up on the cold.

But today Dudek didn't know if he was frozen, no matter the timing was good or not, he always attacked, attacked, and attacked again, making the front door always dangerous.

This exposed Alonso's weakness. The range of activities is really small. After attacking the frontcourt, it is difficult to return to the defense in time. In this case, he would not dare to make an assist.

Li Tiancheng didn't know what other people thought. Anyway, he was starting to miss Gerrard. If Gerrard was around, the situation might be much better both offensively and defensively.

It's a pity that he will have a truce for eight weeks, and he can't quench his thirst far away.

Then there is Kewell, he has good ability and can bring help to the team, but unfortunately he is sitting next to him at the moment, this guy has just recovered from his injury, he strained his thigh during the game against Norwich, and said Is it restored, who knows?
Then there is myself. They all say that the Premier League is fiercely confrontational, but I have never encountered this kind of team, and it is all about my body.

I like challenges, I don't like being abused.It is conceivable that if he relied only on himself and did not have room to speed up and dodge, he would be in a similar situation to Garcia, and being knocked down continuously would be the only ending.

However, if you can connect with your teammates, it will be different. Baros is not reliable, and there is Garcia.

Besides, hehe, maybe we can let them know that there is a price to pay for total fouls...

As expected, at the end of Li Tiancheng's halftime, Li Tiancheng received an order - to warm up directly.

At the beginning of the second half, Li Tiancheng played as usual, replacing Warnock and playing right central midfielder.

Warnock's hip pull on both ends of the floor proves only one thing: he's not ready for the Champions League.

After Li Tiancheng came on the field, he found out that there was a reason why his teammates did not perform as expected. On the surface, the physical confrontation continued for a moment, which was uncomfortable enough, but in the dark, small movements were everywhere.

Resisting the opponent just about to catch the ball, his butt was touched, Li Tiancheng was shocked, and even made a small mistake in stopping the ball. Fortunately, he reacted immediately, and the second movement was quite quick, and he finally regained control of the ball. It's just that the rhythm was disrupted all of a sudden, so I had to quickly pass the ball out.

Li Tiancheng turned his head to look at that guy, this kid has no shame, a guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes is actually acting like this!

Endure the nausea, overcome the odds, and always keep trying.

Tried the 45° bombing again, the effect was as expected, very bad, Carragher and Hyypia were blocked by Rivaldo in the backcourt, the best choice is to find Baros, but Baros This nerve knife really doesn't have nerves today-it's just that you retreat a few meters from the initial position, so you can't play football?

Looking at Cisse again, Li Tianguo gave up on this thought, his ability to grab high points is not as good as Barosh!
Then there is a combination of side and center. Li Tiancheng tries to dribble the ball by himself or cooperate with Josemi, who has an assist, to widen the width of the opponent's defense line, and then quickly pass the football to the center or left, exchanging time for space, hoping that the opponent will have a loophole Or lack of concentration!
Then I discovered a helpless old problem. In the case of the forward pulling his hips, there was one missing long-range shooter outside the arc of the penalty area.

Harman was originally good offensively and defensively, which is reasonable, but after all, he is older and more inclined to play defensively. Alonso also has a small range of activities. Both of them have the same problem. It is easy to retreat when they attack the frontcourt. lead to dislocation in time.

That is, without Gerrard.

Josemi made a pass back from the bottom, and Li Tiancheng managed to squeeze the ball to the top of the penalty area in the collision of Olympiacos, but Baroche directly came with a soaring cannon.

It's not that Li Tiancheng doesn't want to go straight into the penalty area, but the defenders are too dense to penetrate!
Moreover, the cooperation with Barosh and the position change are not ideal. After cutting to the middle, the two running positions can overlap, and Barosh has no awareness of position change at all.

"After Li came on the field, he did bring a lot of vitality to Liverpool, but it was not enough. Liverpool seemed to lose sight of the envious strikers a few months ago!" BBC commentator Lineker was a little anxious.

"Alonso also came up to assist, which is a bit risky, but with Harman behind, a little risk is acceptable."

"Oh, Lee was brought down. Lee and Alonso cooperated with each other to attack. Olympiacos chose a direct foul and another free kick."

"It was Li who took the penalty this time. His free kick is very good. The arc and strength are perfect. His famous work is the corner kick that directly scores the goal!"

"Oh! Hit the door directly, and flew out by rubbing against the beam!"

"The ball would have gone five inches lower..."

Li Tiancheng shook his head. The human wall was too high. In order to get over the human wall, he deliberately raised the ball up a bit. As a result, the arc was not enough. It would be great if there was a way to let the ball fall directly from a high place.

Keep trying next time.

The continuous attack was fruitless, and Riise couldn't bear it any longer. Regardless of 21, he directly shot a long-range shot, intending to make a big miracle.

(End of this chapter)