This player is not professional

Chapter 227
There are a total of 38 rounds in the Premier League. After defeating Manchester City, Liverpool beat Burnley 2-0 and completed the No.20 eight rounds. With only ten rounds left in the league, Liverpool still leads Chelsea by eight points. This advantage It's already pretty big.

But for Liverpool, the most important thing now is the UEFA Champions League match, which will usher in the second round with Shaker 04 at home.

Because Shaker's state in the league has recovered, Klopp dare not be careless even if he leads an away goal. Fortunately, there is no FA Cup schedule, and Liverpool players have a week's rest.

On March 3th, Liverpool, who were ready for battle, ushered in their opponents at Anderfield, but there was bad news before the game. Gerrard had a relapse from an old injury, so Klopp had to change the lineup and let Reus The position of the team moved back a little to fill in the lack of some midfielder positions, and Henderson and Leiwa served as connection points between Lin Yi and Royce.

Before the game against Schalke 04, Klopp arranged tasks for his players in the locker room: "Don't think that if we win them away, we will definitely advance to the quarter-finals. In fact, even The probability is not necessarily higher than the opponent. After all, we only won them by one goal. Now they have a full 10 minutes to fight for an away goal. If we let them score a goal, then our away advantage will be in vain .”

When Klopp said these words, his expression was very serious, which made people think that he was going to emphasize the importance of defense next.

But then he changed the subject and said: "So we have to score earlier than them in this game. As long as we can score more goals than them, no matter how many goals they score in the end, they will be eliminated!"

Shaker coach Di Matteo still draws densely on the tactical board.It looks a bit messy.

He is eloquently explaining Liverpool's tactical characteristics to his players, to contain their wings, to contain their center, to pay attention to their core Lin Yi, to pay attention to their Royce and Firmino ...

There is no way, he took over Shaker from the life-sustaining madman in the middle of October, and now the league has just left the lower zone, and the Champions League is in the knockout round, which is bad news for him. Maybe he might step into the footsteps of his predecessor at any time, so he is naturally a little nervous!
When the game started, Schalke 04, who was fighting to the death, launched a fierce attack on Liverpool's goal.

At the height of their attack, Liverpool couldn't even pass the half-time.

Even the TV commentators were exclaiming whose home game it was.

Of course, Schalke 04 also paid a price for playing like this.

Their full-back Höwedes received a yellow card just 28 minutes into the game.

No.30 at two minutes.Midfielder Hegel also received a yellow card for being late for a foul on Lin Yi. In addition to the yellow card he received on Lin Yi in the last round, even if Schalke 04 can break into the quarterfinals, he will miss the quarterfinals. First leg of the quarter-finals.

At the end of the first half, striker Huntelaar also received a yellow card for his excessive movement in the tackle...

In the first half, Schalke 04 had three cards, both front, middle and back.This can be reflected in the data. What is not reflected in the data is that the defensive actions of Schalke 04 players are very large.

But they can't.

With Lin Yi leading the midfield, Liverpool is a team that is very good at controlling football and rhythm.If they want to break the rhythm of Liverpool, the most effective way is to foul...

Fouls can frequently interrupt Liverpool's possession rhythm.

Of course, it will also bring them a very high risk of getting a card. After all, this is Liverpool's home court, and the referee will more or less favor the home team.

At this time, in order to advance, Schalke 04 can't care so much.

Facing the siege of Schalke 04, Liverpool had a hard time coping, but at least they did not concede a goal.

Lin Yi frequently used the pass to control the situation, but he also became the key defensive object of the Schalke 04 players. The yellow cards on Hegel and Huntelaar were all taken from him.

Di Matteo obviously also washed away his experience and lessons from the defeat in the first match, he surrounded Lin Yi in all directions.

Of course, he also knows that it is impossible to make Lin Yi completely useless, so he chooses to limit Lin Yi's role in a certain part, such as offense...

His siege forced Lin Yi to pass back or pass more, but could not pass the ball forward, so that Liverpool could not play a threatening attack.In this way, Schalke 04's defense was temporarily safe, so that Schalke 04 could concentrate on attacking and strive to score first before Liverpool scored, reversing the situation.

Standing on the sidelines, Di Matteo, with his hands in his pockets, stared very intently at the court, watching the development of the game closely.

He believes that as long as Schalke 04 can score first, it will change the trend of the entire game and pave the way for the final reversal to win...

But until the end of the first half, he did not see the goal appear.Although Liverpool seemed to be coping with it very hard, they just didn't concede the ball. Their defensive toughness was greater than Di Matteo imagined...

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. Schalke 04 still attacked Liverpool mainly against the visitors. Liverpool was compressed to its own half, and it was rare to be able to attack Schalke 04's half.

This scene really made the fans of Schalke 04 excited. If it was at their home stadium, the sound of cheering would have rang through the sky.

But unfortunately this is Liverpool's home ground, so the only thing all over the stadium is... boos.

Amid the boos, Schalke 04 made a desperate charge towards Liverpool's goal.

Not every time their attack can threaten Mignolet's goal.

Some attacks will be intercepted midway.

At this time, Liverpool players will choose to kick the football forward with their big feet, keeping Liverpool's goal away from danger temporarily.

But there are always exceptions to everything.

For example, this time, when Skrtel was about to kick the football straight away, he caught a glimpse of Lin Yi's hand gesture to him for the ball.

He took a look at the situation around Lin Yi, because Lin Yi withdrew to the back, so there are no Schalke 04 players around him for the time being, this is a chance to get the ball...

So he passed the football on.

But just as he passed the football, he saw Schalke 04 midfielder Ai Khan rushing towards Lin Yi!
But when he observed by himself, he was still far away!

This kid is like a black panther lying in ambush in the grass, carefully hiding his body, waiting for the opportunity, and then jumping up to his prey!

Obviously, Lin Yi is his prey!
The point is that Lin Yi, who had his back turned to him, couldn't see him at all. It was impossible for him to know that there was a murderous black panther pounced on him behind him.

Skrtel wanted to remind Lin Yi that the football was already in front of Lin Yi as soon as he opened his mouth, and he must be too late.

So he quickly set up a defensive posture, ready to meet Schalke 04's counterattack.

But at this moment, he saw Lin Yi swung his foot against the football and knocked the football sideways to Henderson. At the same time, he turned around quickly, as if he had eyes in the back of his head, and bypassed Aihan!
And when he turned around, Ai Khan was still in a daze—he didn't expect his sudden attack to be missed!
Seeing this scene, Skrtel shouted excitedly in his heart: Well done, Lin!
"Lin! Turn around beautifully! He dodged Ai Khan's pressure!"

Henderson didn't stop the ball, but passed the football passed by Lin Yi diagonally to the front, and the goal was Lin Yi who had already turned and charged!
Just like that, Lin Yi bypassed Ai Khan with a wall-hitting two-for-one cooperation.

Seeing Lin Yi get rid of the defenders, the other Liverpool players naturally knew what they should do.

Henderson, Leiwa, Firmino, and Sterling moved quickly. Some ran forward, while others moved closer to Lin Yi, ready to meet him.

Liverpool's offensive system suddenly started to work after half a game in silence, not jerky at all, smooth and smooth.

And the core component of this system is naturally Lin Yi who holds the ball.

After catching the ball, he raised his foot again and made a long pass without raising his head to observe.

The football flew directly to Leiwa's feet on the other side.

As soon as he finished passing the ball, Hegel was in front of him—Schalke 04's players were indeed very fast in defense. If Lin Yi stopped the ball to observe, or took one more step, Hegel would be killed. Er stop straight...

But he seemed to know this in advance, so he avoided this risk perfectly!
After passing the ball, Lin Yi didn't stay where he was, and accelerated to run forward.

When Leiwa received the ball, there were no Liverpool players around him. He took two steps forward, and the Schalke 04 players rushed towards him immediately.

Rewa passed the football to Firmino who retreated to meet him.

And when Firmino received the ball, Lin Yi had already run up.

Therefore, Firmino, who had his back to the attacking direction, did not have to turn around and force a breakthrough, but passed the football back to Lin Yi.

Liverpool's set of counterattacks was very fast, and they had already passed the center circle between three passes and two downs. At this time, the players of Schalke 04 were still rushing back to defend and organize the defense.

Hegel rushed towards Lin Yi, hoping to end Liverpool's counterattack here.

Could Lin Yina make his wish come true?

Before he catches the ball, he has been optimistic about the space, and now what he has to do is very simple, just pass the football in that direction!

So he swung his right leg and delivered a forward through ball!

As soon as the football was passed, he jumped up, taking advantage of the situation to avoid Hegel's tackle!
Many people watching this scene sweated for Lin Yi in front of the TV.

If Lin Yi had passed the football a second later, Hegel would have shoveled him!

Lin Yi escaped Hegel's tackle, this is not the point of this attack, the point is where did the football passed by Lin Yi go?
Everyone's eyes turned to the front with the TV camera, and then they saw Sterling receive the football in a huge gap!

At this time, he was less than five meters away from the penalty area.In front of him, there is only Schalke 04 goalkeeper Weren Reuter alone!
The Schalke 04 central defender Neustadt who is closest to him is also ten meters away!
This is simply a great opportunity!

"Sterling!!"

Amidst the excited shouts of the commentator, Sterling waded the football towards the penalty area!

"No. 607 minutes, now Sterling has another chance to end the suspense of the game!"

Schalke 04 goalkeeper Weren Reuter abandoned the goal and rushed towards Sterling.

And Neustadt also turned and pounced on Sterling.

The three seem to be converging at a certain point in the restricted area.

But Sterling didn't want to do that.

As soon as he entered the penalty area, he suddenly kicked and shot!

Not a hard volley.But a lob shot!
The football went over the head of the attacking goalkeeper Weren Reuter and fell into the goal of Schalke 04 under the watchful eyes of Nesta!
"1:0!! Sterling! Sterling!!"

There were huge cheers in the sky above Anfield.

"The goal is scored! We lead Schalke 04 at home, with a total score of 2:0! The one who scored the goal was Sterling—"

"Sterling!!" The [-] fans at the scene shouted in unison, calling out Sterling's name with great momentum.

After the goal, Sterling waved his arms excitedly, catering to the cheering rhythm of the fans.

Then Lin Yi, Royce, Firmino and other teammates ran up to celebrate the goal with him.

Behind the running Liverpool players.It was the battered Schalke 04 player.

Their most important task in this game is to score goals, and the second most important task is not to concede.

As a result, the two tasks have not been completed yet...

They still have time to complete the first task, but the second task is considered a complete failure.

The current situation is very unfavorable for Schalke 04.

They not only have to ensure that they will not continue to concede goals in the next game, but also score two more goals.

As long as they can equalize the total score, they can eliminate Liverpool with the advantage of away goals.

But can they really score two goals in the final 20-odd minutes to equalize the total score?

After the goal, Liverpool's fighting spirit was high, and the difference in mental outlook directly led to the difference in the players' performance in the game.

In the last 20 minutes, the Schalke 04 players became more and more impatient, and they were getting closer and closer to being eliminated.

Liverpool, on the other hand, shrank their defense and counterattacked with peace of mind. Even if the counterattack could not threaten Schalke 04's goal, it could still consume some time.

In the singing of Liverpool fans, the game time passed by every minute.

Although DiMatteo used up all the substitution places.It still hasn't been able to reverse the situation and change the result.

When the referee Debrick blew the whistle for the end of the game, the score of the game was fixed at 1:0.

“比赛结束！1：0！利物浦以2：0的总比分淘汰掉了沙尔克04，闯进了欧冠的八强！”

"Participating in the Champions League again after six years, I didn't expect to be able to break into the quarter-finals. Let us congratulate Liverpool!"

The Liverpool players who eliminated Schalke 04 were extremely excited and hugged and celebrated on the court. Lin Yi received the most hugs because he was the main contributor to the victory of this game.When the team was in a passive situation in the first half, it was his pass that stabilized the situation for Liverpool, making it less easy for the opponent to steal the ball and counterattack.

In the second half, he instigated another quick counterattack, and finally assisted Sterling to score the only goal of the game.

Firmino hugged Lin Yi and shouted happily in his ear: "Final eight! Quarterfinals! We are the quarterfinals of the Champions League!"

Lin Yi patted him on the back hard: "Look at you, you are only the top eight!"

Fei Mi was shocked. Isn't this guy a Chu Ge?Why can you pretend so plainly?
He waved his hands casually, pretending to be calm and calm, "Just wait and see, I will win the Champions League sooner or later!" Lin Yi said confidently, "Not one, not two, not three !"

(End of this chapter)