Green Journey

Chapter 435 One More Goal!
In the second half, the start of the game was still a hot scene where sparks hit the earth. Liverpool and Manchester City's offensive and defensive transitions were as fast as ever.

There were no substitutions on both sides, and there was not much change in tactics.

Perhaps Klopp knew where the dead end of his tactical strategy was. After the start of the second half, Liverpool's overall game rhythm was well controlled.

Compared with the first half, the biggest change for Liverpool is that they have pass control, unlike the first half when players get the ball and run forward frantically.

On the sidelines, Guardiola had no expression on his face, but felt a little helpless in his heart.

He guessed that Klopp would not ignore his tactical weaknesses, and there must be follow-up tactical designs.

However, Guardiola did not expect that the German guy on the opposite side would steal his teacher and use pass control to make up for his tactical flaws.

Guardiola has carefully studied Klopp's tactics this season, and he has summed up two key words.

Speed ​​and stability, this is actually a description of Liverpool's two states in the game this season.

As a world-class coach, Klopp knows that speed and stability are actually difficult to balance in the football tactical system.

Because speed and stability mean two very different game rhythms.

It is too difficult for any team to quickly complete the transition of these two rhythms in a fast offensive and defensive transition.

It's like a person who was in great pain one second, but suddenly turned into great joy inexplicably the next second.

It's so hard!

Of course, there are people who can do it, but those people are in mental institutions.

In addition to the overall rhythm of a football game, each player has his own rhythm.

This is like an engine running smoothly at a certain rhythm after it is started, but in fact it relies on countless parts to work together.

And humans are not machines after all.

But Klopp used pass control to make the transition, which has to be said to be a unique whimsy.

In this way, pass control can not only become a buffer for the two rhythms, but also relieve Liverpool from the physical burden brought by the mad dog-style rushing tactics. It really kills two birds with one stone.

On Manchester City's side, the small cooperation in the frontcourt increased significantly in the second half, and the awareness of holding the ball forward was also clearer.

Compared with the somewhat mindless passing control in the first half, Manchester City's passing intention in the second half was clearer and clearer.

Can't you Liverpool run and grab, okay, then come and grab.

In addition, the personal rhythm of Manchester City players has also accelerated a lot.

Perhaps it was Guardiola's request during the intermission. In the second half, each Manchester City player rarely stopped the ball at their feet for more than two seconds.

Of course, the acceleration of personal rhythm and delivery has also led to a gradual increase in Manchester City's pass error rate.

But in football, risk taking is an integral part of the game.

Seek stability in everything, and victory will be farther and farther away from you.

At least Guardiola feels the risk is worth it.

As long as another goal is scored to expand the score to 4-2, as the game time goes by, the physical fitness of Liverpool players will also decline. It is completely idiotic to want to continue to maintain the crazy pressing intensity of the first half.

At that time, the situation will be completely reversed, and they can use pass control to slowly play with Liverpool until the Liverpool players can't run anymore.

On Klopp's side, although they are temporarily behind by one goal so far, he is very satisfied with the performance of the players.

His tactical strategy today mainly relies on the three of Coutinho, Firmino, and Mane, plus Wijnaldum and Henderson behind him. In addition to forming opportunities when going out of space, it can also cause a partial encirclement of Manchester City's players with the ball.

Once the Manchester City defender receives the ball and tries to control the ball, he will immediately fall into the siege of at least two of their players.

When receiving Manchester City's attack, his strategy is to withdraw the three players in the frontcourt to participate in the defense, continue to fight, and never let Manchester City enter the penalty area.

Even if Manchester City passed the ball into the penalty area, Lovren and Klavan could immediately control the first point and then make a clearance.

Although from the beginning of the first half of the game to the present, the team's defense has made several mistakes, but overall, Klopp is quite satisfied with the tactical execution of the players on the field.

After many strong dialogues this season, Klopp knows that he has found the right direction for team building.

Now that the framework of the offensive and defensive system has been established, he can slowly find the players he needs to fill in this framework.

As the season progressed, Klopp became more and more grateful that he chose Liverpool last summer.

He signed a rare six-year contract with the club a few months ago, which means he has enough time to build the team.

If Manchester United was chosen at the time, let alone a six-year long contract, maybe he is about to leave now.

Looking at Mourinho's recent encounters, not only were his tactics criticized as outdated, but even his signings were scolded and blinded by fans. He felt very lucky when he thought about it.

Since Ferguson left, Manchester United has been filled with impatience from top to bottom, eager to rebuild its glory, it is simply a dream.

Soon, the scene that Klopp was looking forward to appeared.

In the 61st minute of the game, Chu Zheng retreated in the middle circle to steal the ball from Coutinho's feet, and then avoided Henderson's tackle with his delicate skills, turned around and kicked a long pass from the back of the head, directly launching a swift and fierce counterattack.

The ball fell straight to Sterling, who was already speeding up on the right half.

"Woo!!!!!!!!!!" Suddenly, there were bursts of boos at the Anfield Stadium that shook people's eardrums!
In the live footage, there was no one around Sterling who brought the ball to the upper right corner of the penalty area.

At this time, Aguero has crossed the end line of the penalty area from the arc top area of ​​the middle road, leaving Lovren on the left rear side, and Milner is on the right side parallel to Aguero.

At this time, Aguero was perfectly onside, and Milner was not fully in place, blocking the passing line.

At this time, if Sterling resolutely crosses, there is a chance to send the ball to Aguero.

But after being distracted by the huge boos, Sterling hesitated.

With this hesitation, the opportunity disappeared in an instant.

As Milner slowed down, Aguero was instantly offside, and even the passing line was cut off by Milner.

Not only that, Emrejan, who has a certain recovery speed, also quickly returned to the arc on the right side of the top of the arc, blocking the possibility of Sterling's lateral inward pass or goal.

On the sidelines, seeing Sterling wasting the excellent counterattack opportunity created by Chu Zheng, Guardiola was so angry that his breath became disordered, and he couldn't help but feel a negative emotion that Sterling could not create.

This kind of spiritual attribute is too crude.

Next to him, Klopp's face was full of survivors.

If today's game can be tied or won, then the Liverpool fans in the stands feel that they should be credited.

This boo is so timely!
At this moment, Klopp laughed directly.

On the field, seeing how happy Sterling was, Chu Zheng was almost out of breath, and he quickly pressed to the front of the top of the arc.

"Raheem!!!"

"Pass the ball!!!!" Chu Zheng pointed at Aguero who suddenly retreated in the middle of the penalty area in front of him, and yelled at Sterling.

This shout was like a slap in the face, and Sterling woke up instantly, and saw the hidden passing line that Chu Zheng had only pointed out to him.

Although it is a bit risky, Sterling has no choice at this time.

In front of Sterling, Milner and Emrejan also instantly saw the passing line and quickly moved closer to each other.

But it was too late.

Before the two got close to each other, Sterling made a small step adjustment on the spot, swung his left foot, and the ball shot past the ground between them.

At the same time, Aguero dropped back to the penalty spot to receive the ball, and the timing was perfect.

But although Aguero got the ball with his back, he was quickly blocked by the experienced Lovren and couldn't turn around to face the goal.

On the left side of the penalty area, although De Bruyne came up in time, there was Klein standing between him and Aguero.

Even if Aguero blindly passes the ball with his heel on a whim, he can't make it through.

Seeing Henderson standing next to Chu Zheng on the penalty area line at the top of the arc, Aguero suddenly passed the ball back.

In the next second, as he expected, Chu Zheng activated at the same time as he passed the ball, leaving Henderson behind in one fell swoop.

Facing Aguero's cannon, Chu Zheng shot with one kick.

But Lovren was not slow, and quickly stepped forward and stretched his feet to block.

Bang!After the ball bounced up, it fell in a parabola to the front of the top of the arc in the middle.

Coutinho rushed to the point quickly.

Facing Otamendi who was coming up in front of him, Coutinho stretched out his right foot and dunked the ball forward to the left.

Suddenly Otamendi was hit by Coutinho on the goal of turning slowly.

Pedal and turn around to start chasing back, Coutinho has already thrown him behind.

But fortunately, Coutinho was not fast, and Otamendi caught up in a blink of an eye.

On the arc in the middle circle, Coutinho, who knows that his physical confrontation ability is weak, saw Otamendi on the right leaning over to steal.

There was a Zabaleta ahead of him waiting for him to pass, and he quickly smashed the ball with his right foot and began to run in circles.

Seeing that Liverpool's counterattack was forced to slow down, Otamendi and Zabaleta quickly completed the handover of defense.

At the same time, Firmino, who followed up from the right side of the backcourt, rushed a little too far and was offside in the ribs.

Seeing that Manchester City's defense did not withdraw, Coutinho began to circle around to avoid Zabaleta's attack. Firmino quickly guessed the intention of his fellow Brazilians.

So in the next second, Firmino, who was standing sideways, suddenly jumped back a step to the left, slightly behind Stones, who was dragged behind by Manchester City's defense in the center circle area, and then quickly started forward.

At this moment, he turned around on the spot and smoothly stuck Sabaletta behind Coutinho, who directly passed a half-high ball with his instep.

Immediately, Stones and Kolarov raised their hands at the same time, indicating that Firmino was offside, but the linesman did not take any action.

By the time the two realized that it was bad and started to chase back, Firmino had already chased to the side to get the ball and went straight to the right rib of the top of the arc.

After a few breaths, Firmino took the ball outside the upper right corner of the penalty area and made a low pass directly.

Although Kolarov returned to the rib area in time, it was of no avail.

At the same time, Mane entered the penalty area from the top of the arc like a supercar.

Before the penalty kick, facing the ball rolling from the right side, he almost didn't adjust much, so he used his right foot to complete a push.

In the middle of the goal, Bravo judged the direction and rushed to the left, but the angle of Mane's shot was really tricky.

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

With the goal of an equalizing goal, the atmosphere at Anfield fell into madness again.

The Liverpool fans who pulled their necks and cheered all showed ferocious faces, venting their excitement hoarsely like a madman.

(End of this chapter)