Green Journey

Chapter 434 The Immortals Fight!
Under Klopp's frenzied roaring and punching command movements in the coaching area on the sidelines, Liverpool's morale, which had lost two goals in a row, rose instead of falling, and began to counterattack.

So the scale of the game began to tilt towards Liverpool again. Liverpool used practical actions to show people that the fundamental reason for their rapid upward momentum this season is that Klopp has created an efficient offensive system.

After Chu Zheng noticed the changes in Liverpool and the defensive pressure they brought, he was shocked.

He has never encountered a team with such mental attributes as Liverpool.

After conceding two goals in a row, the Liverpool players not only did not lose their confidence, but instead fought harder and fought harder, as if they had been beaten.

In the 35th minute of the game, Chu Zheng retreated to his own half along the left rib.

Kolarov, who was pressed from the outside of the penalty area on the same side, quickly moved forward without stopping the ball.

Chu Zheng ran to meet the ball, and was about to turn the ball around and launch a surprise attack from the side.

But as soon as he ran forward, two red figures appeared in the front left and right front sides of his sight.

Wijnaldum and Henderson rushed to Chu Zheng and fell to the ground and shoveled.

Chu Zheng was so frightened that he yelled "Nima", quickly gave up his plan to take the ball, and then jumped forward to avoid it.

In the next second, the ball that just rolled over was shoveled and flew up, hitting Chu Zheng and flying out of the baseline.

"Whether biu is worth it!!!!"

"Crack, clap, clap!!!!"

The incident happened right next to the Liverpool coaching area. Klopp clapped his hands when he saw Chu Zheng avoiding him in fright, and signaled to Wijnaldum and Henderson for this time. The defense did a great job.

Guardiola next to Klopp was dissatisfied, and went directly to the fourth official on the sidelines to complain.

Although Wijnaldum and Henderson came rushing for the ball, this two-person sliding tackle was too dangerous, and Chu Zheng was at risk of injury.

Still the same sentence, people on the football field will never be as fast as the ball.

No matter how good a player's defensive skills are, he cannot guarantee that he will touch the ball every time he stretches his foot.

And once the dangerous action of sliding shovel fails to shovel the ball, the feet of the opposing player may suffer.

In football, it can even be said that it is not uncommon for players to be carried down due to this kind of rough defense that rushes the ball without rushing.

Fortunately, Chu Zheng dodged quickly this time and jumped over.

After Chu Zheng got up from the ground, he also had lingering fear on his face, thankful that he hid quickly.

Otherwise, he will definitely be brought down by Wijnaldum and Henderson, and either he will be injured or the two of them will be injured.

The hard work of Liverpool players is really scary.

Chu Zheng glanced at Klopp next to him. He knew very well that the blood of the Liverpool players was injected by this passionate coach on the sidelines.

As the saying goes, a raging soldier will coax a nest. With a passionate coach like Klopp, how can the players not be crazy.

Soon, Liverpool's rushing and scrambling on the field paid off.

In the 40th minute of the game, on the right side of Liverpool's half-time circle, Wijnaldum retreated to get the ball and wanted to take the ball forward.

But De Bruyne and Yaya Toure quickly crossed him from left to right.

Seeing that the way out was blocked, Wijnaldum quickly stepped on the brakes, and then did not give De Bruyne a chance to get close, raised his right foot and hit Manchester City with a long pass from the side.

At the moment of passing the ball, Mane, who was only less than six meters away from Wijnaldum in front of the center line, quickly started, continued to accelerate like a rocket rising into the air, and moved towards the sideline.

On the right side of Mane, Kolarov has already turned around ahead of time and rushed up.

On the left front side of Mane's body, Stones, who retreated early, has already run a distance advantage of more than one meter.

However, in the blink of an eye, the smoky Tai Sui Senegalese striker, whom Zhan Jun called the fiery King Kong, continued to accelerate like a rocket that took off from the launcher, not only leaving Kolarov behind. Behind him, he used speed to bluntly smooth out the disadvantages of him and Stones, and got a pass from Wijnaldum on the sideline.

On the outside of the upper right corner of the penalty area, the moment Mane touched the ball, he rubbed the instep of the left outer instep, and the ball rolled towards the sideline of the inside penalty area.

Immediately afterwards, Mane, who was sprinting at high speed, began to turn left and overtake on the outside lane.

At this time, Stones had crossed positions with Kolarov and came to the wing.

But although Stones' speed is considered fast among central defenders, it is far from enough in front of a speedy forward like Mane.

In the blink of an eye, Stones was wiped alive by Mane on the outside line on the right.

Stones did not give up and continued to chase.

In the next second, Mane brought the ball to the sideline of the penalty area.

At this time, Kolarov has already defended and settled along the sideline of the penalty area, and cooperated with Stones to form a front and rear flanking force against Mane.

However, at the moment when Kolarov was about to grab, Mane, who came to the sideline and faced the middle of the penalty area, suddenly knocked the ball to the left with his right foot, and then he followed the ball and got out.

This sudden change of direction allowed Stones to rear-end Kolarov directly.

After getting rid of the defense, Mane took the ball across the right side of the penalty area to the front of the upper right corner of the small penalty area, with his right foot and the ground at an angle of four to five degrees, and then his left foot directly landed on the ball in front of him.

On the right front of Mane, Stones fell to the ground to block, but he made a mistake in his judgment.

Although Mane's shot hit the far corner, it didn't hit the ground.

In the next second, with two bangs, the ball hit the inside of the far post and bounced into the Manchester City goal.

"boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Recovering a goal directly pushed the atmosphere at Anfield to its peak.

At this moment, none of the Liverpool fans who were at the scene and exposed to the cold wind felt the cold. They only felt as if they were in a crater, and the surrounding air was scorching hot.

"The ball went in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Sadio Mane!"

"This is his ninth Premier League goal after joining Liverpool this season. In addition, Mane has 9 assists!"

"Fiery King Kong, smoky Tai Sui!!!"

"It's overwhelming, it's unstoppable!!!" Seeing Mane help the team win a goal, Zhan Jun, a diehard Liverpool fan, was extraordinarily excited and happy.

Of course, the main reason is that Mane's goal is highly ornamental, with a strong visual impact, which makes people excited.

It can be said that this ball was scored by Mane relying on his strong individual blasting ability.

After shouting a few times to vent his excitement, Zhan Jun smiled and said: "The gods are fighting, this is definitely a rare goal fight!!!"

Zhang Lu next to him laughed straight, and said: "Klopp's vision is as good as ever. The player Mane is definitely worth the money. Judging from the transfer to Liverpool, this player is definitely worth more than 3400 million. GBP."

On the field, after Mane scored a goal, he turned around and ran all the way to the Liverpool coaching area, avoiding Firmino and others who were rushing along the way.

Before running to the coaching area, Mane pointed at Klopp with both hands.

Klopp, who was grinning and showing his big white teeth, quickly understood, turned around and bent down.

In the next second, Mane jumped directly on Klopp's back, and a group of Liverpool players surrounded the two to celebrate.

The Liverpool fans in the stands also cheered continuously, deafening!
Next to him, Guardiola turned around and walked back to the coach's bench to sit down after witnessing Liverpool pull back a goal just now, and directly drank half a bottle of water.

Liverpool scored this goal and he had nothing to say.

It was scored entirely by relying on the strong personal ability of the forward players.

There is no problem with Stones and Kolarov's defense. The two change positions, choose positions, and have no problems with each other's tacit understanding and cooperation.

On the court, Chu Zheng's face remained normal. Looking at the crowd celebrating in Liverpool, he shook his head slightly, not knowing what it meant.

After pulling back a goal to rewrite the score to 3-2, Liverpool's morale became even stronger, and the hard work infected everyone at Anfield.

Especially the Liverpool fans in the stands, everyone was crazy, cheering wildly to cheer for the Liverpool players on the field.

Perhaps having tasted the sweetness of Sterling, who was booed semi-invisibly, Liverpool fans began to boo others.

De Bruyne, Aguero and others were all booed. Liverpool fans frantically created psychological pressure on Manchester City, trying to create opportunities for the team in this way.

And Chu Zheng, who was almost scheduled to be the best in this game so far, was booed constantly.

But after finding that Chu Zheng was hardly affected, Liverpool fans jumped their feet in anger, but quickly set their targets on De Bruyne and others.

But in the last few minutes of the first half, although Liverpool's offensive was fierce under the cheers and cheers of the fans, they were not afraid at all on Manchester City's side, and they also responded with fierce fighting and total defense.

When the game time jumped to the 47th minute, the referee Paulson blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

The camera returned to the LeTV Sports live broadcast room. Zhang Lu, who was writing and drawing on the table with her head down, quickly raised her head to look directly at the camera after hearing the prompt in the earphone.

After a brief summary of the first half, Zhan Jun looked at Zhang Lu and said, "Zhang Zhi, five goals were scored in the first half of this game. How do you think the situation will develop in the second half?"

Zhang Lu put down the pen between her fingers, turned her head to look at Zhan Jun, then smiled and said: "There will definitely be goals. Judging from the open confrontation scene in the first half, I personally predict that there are still two more goals." one or more goals."

After saying that, Zhang Lu looked at the camera, pondered for a while, and said, "Whether it's Liverpool or Manchester City today, they are in very good condition."

"Except for some small mistakes in the respective defense lines, there is almost nothing to criticize in other aspects."

"Okay!" Zhan Jun smiled and changed the topic, "Then I will ask Zhang Zhi to analyze the tactical confrontation between the two sides in the first half for the fans. What kind of tactical strategy did Guardiola adopt, which led to the gradual evolution of the two teams' game in the first half into a confrontational situation."

"Hey!" Zhang Lu smiled.

"Liverpool, if you watched Liverpool's games last season, you will find the beauty of Liverpool's tactical changes?"

"Aesthetic sense?" Zhan Jun was taken aback.

Zhang Lu glanced at Zhan Jun and continued: "I personally think that Liverpool have found the most suitable head coach for them."

"The current Liverpool is not when Klopp first came. That team only pressed high, played fast, robbed the rich and gave to the poor, and gave people a Liverpool whose tactics seemed a bit nonsensical."

"Liverpool this season, after cleaning and signings, Klopp's tactics already contain advanced tactical concepts."

"Liverpool's current offensive system is to create more receiving points in the frontcourt through continuous and quick changes of position, and then to unbalance the opponent's defensive system and create more loopholes."

"Just like in today's game, when a one-on-one or two-on-one opportunity is formed in an area, Liverpool players will quickly form a goal or breakthrough through simple frontcourt cooperation, and finally score a goal."

"The specific implementation method of this style of play is that Wijnaldum and Coutinho retreat to receive the ball, and cooperate with Henderson to form other opportunities to take the ball forward after taking the ball, creating breakthroughs for players on the side. Opportunity."

"Well, that's true!" Zhan Jun nodded and gave an example, "It seems that in the goal just now, Wijnaldum retreated to take the ball and sent it behind him, giving Mane a chance to break through. In the end, it was an unreasonable goal."

"Yes, to sum it up, it is to press strongly, switch between offense and defense quickly, and enter the blitz mode!"

Zhang Lu stopped at this point in his analysis. In fact, he wanted to talk about the disadvantages of Klopp's tactic, but he ran out of time.

So he turned the topic to Manchester City.

"For Manchester City, we all know that the core of Guardiola's pass control system lies in the continuous pressure formed by passing the ball in the midfield and the rapid on-the-spot high-position press after losing the ball."

"Pep Guardiola's team, in fact, in an ideal state, he can completely suppress the opponent in the 30-meter area of ​​the opponent's half and cannot play the ball."

"Guardiola still insisted on his tactical concept today. The full-backs premised on accumulating a large number of players in the midfield to press and intercept, and let Aguero, Chu Zheng and De Bruyne play their best in the frontcourt. Offensive talent."

"In addition, the overall state of both sides is very good today, and their respective head coaches are sticking to their own tactical concepts, and then the game will naturally become more open as the game is played, and it becomes a duel in terms of scoring efficiency!"

"A duel with extremely high technical and tactical levels!"

At this time in the Manchester City locker room, Guardiola was also talking about the tactical adjustments in the second half for the players.

Whether it is Liverpool or Klopp, an old friend, Guardiola has done enough homework and has enough understanding.

He knows exactly where Klopp's tactical culprit is.

Klopp's tactical strategy adopted this season is indeed very fierce, and if he can't hold it, he may be kicked directly.

But as long as they survive the first half, Liverpool will fall into the quagmire of Klopp's tactical flaws in the second half.

In the eyes of Guardiola, the advantages and disadvantages of Klopp's tactic are almost polarized.

This tactic can support Liverpool's fourth, but the championship is definitely unsustainable.

Because one of the most fatal flaws in Klopp's tactics is that his tactics are unsustainable.

Such high-intensity running can indeed create a lot of offensive opportunities, but no matter how flexible the running position is, as long as the player is moving at high speed, the human body will be in an anaerobic state.

Even if Liverpool can adapt to this internal environment through training, mistakes and loopholes cannot be avoided.

Once these created opportunities cannot be seized, converted into goals, and established a goal advantage, Klopp will inevitably be backlashed by his own tactics in the second half.

After listening to Guardiola's analysis, Chu Zheng immediately thought of the game in which Liverpool led by a large score this season, was chased for several goals in the second half, and was finally defeated or narrowly won.

Immediately, Chu Zheng was filled with admiration, and the bald man's gaze was as pernicious as ever.

This is because a large amount of physical energy is consumed by the offensive method and high-position pressing, which makes it difficult to have too much physical energy to support in the second half. Under the influence of physical overdraft and continuous anaerobic internal environment of the body, the players' judgment and attention will appear obvious. It is difficult to resist the opponent's crazy counterattack.

Chu Zheng felt that Klopp was practicing Qishangquan, which hurt both others and himself.

(End of this chapter)