This player is not professional

Chapter 222
In fact, Liverpool also played very hard. Throughout the first half, Liverpool could not break through Shaker 04's goal, but Shaker 04 frequently threatened the goal guarded by Mignolet.

And in terms of opportunities, Liverpool did not get more chances than Shaker 04, but this was an away game after all, and the opponent did play more proactively. From the beginning of the game, Shaker 04 dominated.

However, Shaker 04 also failed to blast Liverpool's goal in the first 45 minutes.

Because Liverpool's defense also performed very well.

In the end, the two sides scored a goalless draw in the first half.

Klopp's analysis at the half-time break believes that after Shaker 04 failed to score in the first half, he will definitely attack very strongly in the second half. As long as Liverpool have enough patience, that is their chance, because Shaq will play at home first. If Er 04 can't win this game, the second round will become very difficult to play. They must score away goals and at least draw with their opponents. What is the atmosphere of Liverpool's home game?Even Real Madrid were helpless to lose there... How could Shaker pin his hope of promotion on the away game in the second round?

So the key is for Liverpool not to worry, even if they go back with a 0:0 draw in the end.

Composure is very important for Liverpool, and this is one of the important experiences of participating in the Champions League!

There are many teams in the group stage that the newborn calves are not afraid of tigers.He was very aggressive and performed very well, but after the knockout round, he became a mere egg and was played around by experienced opponents.

Because the group stage is not a knockout match, there is no need to determine the outcome in one or two games, and a full six games can be played, with a higher fault tolerance rate.

But after entering the knockout round.There are only two games in each knockout stage, one away and one home, and the error tolerance rate is greatly reduced. A mistake in one game may lead to irreparable consequences.At this time, momentum no longer becomes important, but instead, stable performance and rich experience.

This is why it is said that the group stage and the knockout stage are two completely different events.

There are many players in Liverpool's team who lack experience in knockout games, especially the core Lin Yi, who is still a first-timer in the Champions League. He is afraid of failing in the knockout rounds, so Klopp did not require players to strive for victory in order to stabilize the defense and then strive for progress. ball.

"This is the home court of Shaker 04, and they want to win the game more than us. Of course I am not saying that we don't have to win, but we can have more patience than them, because even if this game is played It's tied. There are still 10 and [-] minutes before we return to the home court. So don't worry, first stabilize the defense in the second half, and then look for opportunities. If the opportunity is not good enough, don't go up rashly, and don't have a situation where there are only a few players left in the backcourt..."

The players listened very seriously and nodded one after another.

Unlike Klopp who only used words to keep the players calm, in Shaker 04's locker room, the coach almost filled the tactical blackboard. Their league results are already so bad. If the Champions League is eliminated, He is not far away from getting out of class, so he is very eager to win this game!
He is arranging tasks for each of his players in detail, down to the specifics of how to move...

It can also be seen that coach Shaker is a little nervous.

In his own home court, with the right time, place and people, he failed to score a goal in the 45 minutes of the first half. What psychological impact and implication will this have on his own players and the opponent's players?

He hopes to score as soon as possible in the second half, otherwise the later the time, the worse it will be for them.

So his batch was very detailed and cumbersome, and he would rather cram all his brains into his players, and he didn't want to miss anything.

He talked the most about Lin Yi.

Because he is the core of this team.

The videos of the two matches between Liverpool and Real Madrid in the group stage have been repeatedly analyzed by Shaker's coaching staff.He thought that without Lin Yi, Liverpool might have qualified for the group stage, but it would definitely be difficult to qualify as the number one in the group so easily.

To beat Liverpool's performance, we must first curb Lin Yi's performance. As long as Lin Yi cannot perform, Liverpool's offensive effect will be greatly reduced.

In the first half, his players' restrictions on Lin Yi were quite in place, so Liverpool didn't have much threatening offense.

But it was not without paying the price. Midfielder Boateng received a yellow card for a foul on Lin Yi, which made Shaker 04 a hidden danger in the second half.

Secondly, Fox, another midfielder, is 30 years old. He is old after all. In the first half, in order to limit Lin Yi, he followed Lin Yi and ran non-stop. Many of them were sprinting up and down, which greatly improved his physical fitness. loss.During the intermission, Fox has been doing a muscle-relaxing massage.

Whether Lin Yi can be contained in the second half, I dare not guarantee it now.

Coach Shaker felt that the more important thing than containing Lin Yi was to score a goal as soon as possible in the second half. As long as a goal is scored, Shaker 04 at home will have an unstoppable momentum.

In the face of such a general trend, neither Lin Yi nor the Liverpool team will be able to stop it.

After the start of the second half, Shaker 04 obviously strengthened the offensive, hoping to score in the shortest time.

And Liverpool has long been prepared, first of all to stabilize the defense.

At the same time, when he can get the ball, even if there is no good opportunity to attack, Lin Yi will send the football forward, and then use the cooperation between two or three people to control the football, and Shaker 04's The formation was compressed back to keep them out of Liverpool's penalty area.

The purpose of defense is achieved through control and offense.

Liverpool's defensive method is to control the football at their feet. In control, keep the football away from the dangerous area, while consuming time and killing the opponent's fighting spirit.

Stealing the ball directly is the first half of defense, but what happens after the ball is stolen?
Many teams choose to drive out with a big foot to keep the football out of the danger zone.This is certainly a way, but it is not the best, because the ball will soon return to the offensive side, and they will continue to attack the defensive side, and the pressure has not decreased.Klopp believes that this is a passive defense and a helpless move.

But Liverpool is different. There are Gerrard, Royce, Henderson and Lin Yi in Liverpool's midfield, which means that Liverpool can choose to actively defend.

After breaking the ball, give the football to Royce, let Royce handle the next thing, with Lin Yi in the front, Gerrard in the back, Henderson in the back, Liverpool's The midfielder definitely crushes the opponent.

With such thickness in the midfield, Liverpool withstood Shaker 04's most rapid attacks.

Lin Yi doesn't need to think about how to send a deadly pass, but just take the football out of the danger zone, unless you don't let him catch the ball and knock him down before he catches the ball, but that would be a foul.

As long as the football can reach his feet, he will always quickly pass the football to the place where it should go. In fact, it is just a pass to a teammate. It does not involve any subtle running positions, scalpel-like throughs, etc. technology.

So very easy, but also a headache for Shaker 04's defenders.

After they rushed to Lin Yi's side, the ball was gone. This was really a result that frustrated the defensive players and damaged their morale.

They wanted to steal the ball, and the ball was gone, so what's the use of pushing Lin Yi to the ground?
Just like this, the second half of the game was almost halfway through. In the blink of an eye, the game reached 65 minutes, and the score was still 0:0. Shaker 04 failed to break Liverpool's goal.

Of course Liverpool will not be dissatisfied with this situation, but Shaker 04 will.

But the emotions displayed by the Shaker 04 players were different. They became...more irritable.

The impatience of Shaker 04 players is not only simple in offense, but also impatience in defense.

No. At 606 minutes, Shaker 04's central defender Matip got a yellow card for infringing on Fimi while defending.

As a central defender, carrying a yellow card is actually very dangerous.

In the offense, Shaker 04 pressed higher and higher. Sometimes even if he lost possession of the ball, he was unwilling to go back. He just surrounded the frontcourt, hoping to counterattack directly after stealing the ball.

It would be fine if their siege could indeed bring pressure to Liverpool, but such a siege requires a high level of tactical discipline.

Especially when facing Liverpool, who pass the ball quickly and accurately, the siege of Shaker 04 players can only leave more space for the defense behind them...

No. 70 minutes, Liverpool, who waited patiently, finally got the chance they wanted.

When the Shaker 04 players were scrambling in the frontcourt, Liverpool, under the command of Royce, passed the football back and forth, mobilizing the Shaker 04 players to press forward a little bit, getting closer and closer. superior.

Then the football was passed to Royce's feet.

At this time, Royce didn't look up, and stepped out abruptly.

This is a long pass that suddenly goes forward!

With this long pass, he accurately found Lin Yi, and after Lin Yi stopped the ball, he sent the football to the middle.

Fimi, who was originally in the middle, was supposed to catch the ball, but when the football rolled in front of him, he suddenly spread his legs apart.Leaked the football from the crotch!
This was completely beyond Matip's expectations, and he missed it!

The missed football fell to Sterling's feet.

Sterling took advantage of the situation and waded the football into the penalty area, and shot directly before Atsuto Uchida pounced!

"Sterling!!"

As he shouted, the football rolled past Atsuto Uchida's feet and the fingertips of goalkeeper Guiffer.Then... rolled into the goal!
"The ball went in!!!" Duan Xuan yelled. "Liverpool scored a goal! Liverpool scored a goal! They lead Shaker 1 0-04 in the away game and have a valuable away goal!"

"This is a goal worth a lot of money! Liverpool took the lead at No. 70 minutes, not only has an away goal, but also has a good chance of winning this game!"

Liverpool's players ran to Raheem Sterling to celebrate with him.Lin Yi was hugged by Fei Mi when he ran halfway, and the two ran towards Sterling together.

While the Liverpool players and coaches celebrated the goal with excitement, Shaker 04's players were dumbfounded.

They have been onslaught for so long without scoring a goal, and Liverpool scored with one sneak attack.

This is... too unfair, right?
After the restart, Shaker 04 launched a fierce attack towards Liverpool's goal.

They hope to be able to blast Liverpool's goal.

But their offensive thinking was a little confused. Some people wanted to cross from the side, and some wanted to attack from the center. The whole team became chaotic, and it became even more difficult to pose a threat to Liverpool!
Shaker 04, who are playing at home, needs one person to stand up and equalize the score for the team, and even win the final victory.

But until the end of the game, no one could break Liverpool's goal.When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, the score was fixed at 0:1.

The home team Shaker 04 lost to Liverpool by one goal!
"The game is over! 1:0! Liverpool won! They scored an away goal and got a win! It was perfect!"

The Liverpool players on the field were also very excited. They won the away game with a one-goal lead. After returning to the home court in the second round, as long as they can draw, they can advance to the quarter-finals.

Now it can even be said that half of Liverpool's body has been squeezed into the quarter-finals of the Champions League...

However, Klopp was still very calm. In an interview with reporters after the game, he said that Liverpool only led by one goal in the total score. This is not an insurance score.He repeatedly emphasized that Shaker 04 has rich experience, and Liverpool must not take it lightly when they return to the home court in the second round.

Coach Shaker also said at the post-match press conference that he would not give up on a small loss. There is still a second round in the game. Even if the second round is an away game, he and the team will go all out. Not the time to say give up.

A one-goal lead is really a delicate score.

Neither will the leaders lose their vigilance, nor will the laggards lose hope.

So there is still suspense in the second round of the game, which is probably the best result for the TV broadcaster...

For Liverpool, the Champions League has achieved a good result, and the next step is the league. Because of the Champions League schedule, the next round of the league is only three days away, and the opponents are not weak teams.

Southampton is currently ranked sixth in the league, behind Manchester United and above Tottenham. Originally, Klopp was facing a big enemy, and he was even prepared to lose the game. After all, it has the influence of the Champions League.

But for some unknown reason, Southampton, which is not weak in the league, was a little out of shape in this game, and the frontcourt performance of the entire team was terrible.

In the opening 10 minutes, Liverpool played their opponents as a strong team, defending in the backcourt, and did not launch an offensive immediately.But when 10 minutes later, Liverpool suddenly found that the opponent was a little hip, their courage began to grow.

Soon, Lin Yi tried to launch an attack.This time he started a breakthrough after receiving the ball from the wing.

(End of this chapter)