This player is not professional

Chapter 312
The commentators began to analyze the first half. This first half was indeed exciting, especially for Liverpool fans...

Of course, Sevilla fans may have different opinions.

For them, this first half was simply a hellish journey, a 45-minute ordeal...

In the second half of the game, the two sides changed sides and played again, without any substitutions.

At the beginning of the second half, Liverpool once again launched a fierce offensive with rapid passing and cutting.

Sevilla, on the other hand, seemed to be prepared after midfield adjustments. It did not press forward after the start of the second half and wanted to use high-pressing tactics to score.

Klopp told his players to use quick passing tactics after the start of the second half, but did not tell the team how long they would use it.

When Lin Yi saw Sevilla like this, he knew what Sevilla wanted to do.

Everyone knows that the quick passing and cutting tactics consumes physical energy. If Sevilla does not press high and press up, then the quick passing and cutting is actually meaningless. Compared with the defense-breaking effect and the physical energy consumed, it is too much.

Sevilla did this just to make Liverpool consume energy for no reason.

So Lin Yi immediately changed his strategy. When he got the ball in the frontcourt, he directly passed the ball back to goalkeeper Mignolet in the penalty area. This was a kick 45 meters away. The return pass...

If Lin Yi had done this at Sevilla's home stadium, he would have been booed.

But there were no boos at Liverpool's home ground.

After Lin Yi passed the ball back, he ran back and made a "steady" gesture to Mignolet.

Mignolet understood it at a glance, and he was not in a hurry to kick the ball out. Anyway, the Sevilla players were all huddled in their own half, and no one came up to steal his ball.

The rules stipulate that the goalkeeper must not hold the ball in the penalty area for more than six seconds, but there is no regulation on the length of time the goalkeeper can hold the ball in the penalty area.

So as long as he is thick-skinned enough and no one comes up to press him, Mignolet can theoretically control the ball like this until the end of the game.

Of course, this situation is generally impossible to happen. Even if no one comes to press, the referee will probably intervene.Such shameless behavior will not be allowed on the pitch.

Mignolet couldn't really do that. He held the ball, waited for Lin Yi to run back, and then passed the football to him.

When Lin Yi got the ball, he was the deepest player in Liverpool except Mignolet. He was not in a hurry to pass the ball, but hooked his hand to signal his teammates to withdraw. It was completely different from the previous request. .

The backline began to drop back, as did the midfield, and Risk leaned back slightly.

Lin Yi passed the football to Lovren who was retreating, Lovren passed it to Kanter, and Kanter passed it to Lin Yi who was running up.

Just as Lin Yi got the ball, Gameiro rushed up.

So Lin Yi turned around again and passed the football directly back to Mignolet's feet...

Turned around and returned to the original point.

Seeing this, Gameiro didn't know if he should continue to press Mignolet, but even if he pressed him, he would be alone and would do nothing except waste his physical energy and be fooled around by his opponent. It makes sense...

So he fell back, keeping the formation intact.

"Liverpool was just passing the ball forward quickly... Suddenly it started to slow down, and it took a leisurely step in the backcourt... But this behavior of delaying the game time is too obvious, isn't it? Isn't it a little early to delay from now on?" The Spanish commentator ridiculed Liverpool's behavior.

Liverpool made unscrupulous kicks in the backcourt to delay time. In this way, they could still get cheers from the fans in the stands.The Liverpool fans even cooperated and counted, counting how many balls Liverpool passed in succession...

This is at Anfield.If it had been at Sevilla's home court, there would have been boos all over the sky at this time.

Unai Emery looked livid from the sidelines.

He never imagined that Liverpool could be so shameless.

Ask the team to shrink the defense and don't give Liverpool a chance to pass quickly.

Who would have thought that Liverpool would give up on fast passing and cutting, and act like this in the backcourt.

Sevilla's players will not pass the ball up, and Liverpool's ball will definitely not be passed up.

This is Liverpool's home court again, and the atmosphere in the stadium is completely in favor of Liverpool. Liverpool players will not feel any psychological pressure when they play like this.

But time will pass by like this.

It's impossible for him not to be pushed out.

Unai Emery now feels that if no changes are made, Liverpool can really just keep playing at the back...

Thinking of this, Unai Emery had to make adjustments.

He allowed his forwards and attacking midfielders to press forward, but the backline remained stationary.

This will of course cause a disconnect, but at least it can break the current situation.As long as their defense remains intact, even if they are disconnected, there will not be such serious consequences...

Unai Emery's adjustment quickly spread to the pitch, and Gameiro no longer had to retreat, but was allowed to press forward to steal.

Vitolo had already suppressed his anger.This time it was like a tiger descending from a mountain, pounced on Liverpool's defense.

Other Sevilla players quickly followed suit.

They pressed forward, and after the formation was stretched, some gaps appeared behind them.

Liverpool did not really want to delay time, but wanted to lure the Sevilla players to press out and create a space that they could exploit.

After the Sevilla players pressed forward, Liverpool no longer moved back and forth in the backcourt, but passed forward very cleanly.

The game can finally proceed normally...

In 5 minutes, Salah passed the football into the penalty area. Sergio attacked but failed to hit the football far. The football fell to the edge of the penalty area. Royce followed up with a shot.Fortunately, Sergio's second reaction was really fast, and Royce's shot was a bit on point, and the football still fell into Sergio's arms.

In the 9th minute, Aubameyang shot hard with his right foot after continuously getting out of the penalty area and the ball was blocked by Sergio again.

In the process, Sevilla also organized some counterattacks.

In the 601st minute, Salah's dribbling was intercepted, and Sevilla launched a counterattack. They hit the football to the outside of Liverpool's penalty area. Finally, N'Zongzi took a long shot, but it did not have any power.The football was easily held by Mignolet.

"... Nzonzi's shot was Sevilla's first shot within the goal frame in this game! It's not easy!" He Wei said. "It was only one hour into the game that a shot hit the goal frame... So far in this game, Sevilla has been completely suppressed by Liverpool."

Unai Emery told Sevilla players to be patient at half-time and wait for Liverpool to run out of energy.

But he misjudged the situation. It was not Sevilla that needed patience, but Liverpool. Time was not on Sevilla's side.

They have to score.

But time passed by minute by second, and there was not much time left for them to break through.

It's now the 601st minute, Sevilla has not scored a goal, and the chances are getting slimmer.

And just looking at the game situation now, no one believes that Sevilla can score in the game.In the first six and 10 minutes, there were only four shots in total, and only one hit the goal frame...

With such data and performance, how could he score a goal in the last 10 minutes?
If you want to score goals, you must make changes. At least you can't play like this and be out of touch.

When defending, it may not have a big impact, but it has a great impact on the offense - after attacking, it is found that there are no teammates behind to follow up to provide support, Sevilla's offense will lack confidence and level, and it will be easy to Stopped by Liverpool.

Unai Emery naturally knows that in order to make the offense threatening, more troops must be invested. At least two full-backs must go up and participate in the offense.

Just in this way, there will be more space behind the defense. He is worried that Liverpool will launch a fast attack style again.

However, Unai Emery is also a bloody head coach. He decided to fight to the death with Liverpool in the last three and 10 minutes!

They both lose anyway, there is no difference between 3:0 and 4:0.

So he waved his hand and asked Sevilla to take the initiative.

Facing Sevilla's adjustments, Liverpool also made targeted adjustments on the court - they resumed a fast passing and cutting style!

"Oh! My God! Liverpool is firing on all cylinders again! Playing like this consumes a lot of energy! I really wonder if Liverpool's players are all robots, why can they still play like this?!" the Spanish commentator exclaimed.

Both sides attacked, but it was obvious that Liverpool's offense was more threatening. They not only suppressed Sevilla's offense, but also threatened the goal guarded by Sergio.

No. In the 605th minute, Lin Yi sent a wonderful pass with his heel outside the penalty area. Aubameyang received the ball in the penalty area and turned around to shoot!
The ball bypassed Sergio's fingers, but missed the far post...

Two minutes later, Royce cut in from the wing and suddenly made a pass. Henderson shot in the penalty area but was saved by Sergio.

"Liverpool got consecutive shooting opportunities in a short period of time, and they all threatened Sevilla's goal!"

Faced with Liverpool's aggressive offensive, Sevilla could only use foul tactics to stop Liverpool.

In the 609th minute, Sevilla's midfielder Iborra hit Kante on the right side of the goal with his elbow while fighting for the top. Kante covered his face and fell to the ground.

However, the referee only showed Ibora a yellow card instead of a red card and sent him off directly. This caused dissatisfaction among the fans and Liverpool players and coaches.

For a moment, the stands at Anfield booed loudly, and the assistant coach stood up and shouted a protest to the stadium. Klopp was very smart. He did not do anything that might lead to punishment, and let his assistants do it.In this way, even if the referee wants to use thunderous methods to maintain his authority, it will only be the assistant coach who is sent to the stands, not him, and the impact on the team will be much smaller.

On the court, Liverpool players surrounded the referee and complained, thinking that a yellow card was too light and should be given a red card.

If Iborra can be sent off with a red card, then Sevilla's midfielder will lose the ability to organize offense, and Sevilla will basically have no chance to counterattack. This game will be won.At the same time, Ibora will definitely not be able to play in the next round, which will cause irreparable damage to Sevilla's strength. By then, Liverpool will be able to go to the away game and be relatively relaxed...

This is what Liverpool have planned.

However, there is of course a reason why the referee did not give a red card - after Ibora jumped up, his arm naturally spread out and hit Kanter in the face.This action itself was unintentional. Iborra had no intention of deliberately elbowing, so giving a yellow card warning is already the limit. If the referee encounters a looser penalty standard, he may not even give a yellow card, let alone Red card.

This penalty still affected the mood of the Liverpool players.

Kanter then committed another retaliatory foul on Iborra, resulting in him also receiving a yellow card...

Klopp on the sidelines was also dissatisfied with Kanter's foul. He stood up and roared into the court.

Of course he wasn't scolding the referee - in that case it would have been the assistant coach - he was scolding Kanter. This retaliatory foul was really stupid. Fortunately, he only received a yellow card and was not sent off directly.

When Kanter received a yellow card for retaliation, the game had entered seven and 10 minutes.

Sevilla still showed no signs of breaking through.

Although Kante's yellow card cast a shadow over Liverpool's victory.

But other than that, Liverpool's performance was outstanding.

Under Lin Yi's control, Liverpool sometimes harassed Sevilla's defense with quick passes and cuts, suppressing them who were ready to move.Sometimes he would step in the backcourt to delay time.

In the 703rd minute, Liverpool got a free kick 26 meters away from the goal. Royce took the kick. He did not kick the high ball to bypass the goalkeeper, but unexpectedly kicked it. Boccia, the football rolled against the turf toward the lower corner of the goal.

Sergio once again made a wonderful save, falling to the ground and diving sideways, blocking the football from the baseline.

In the 709th minute, Liverpool almost scored again.Salah, who had switched to the right wing at that time, made a pass from the right wing. Henderson jumped up on the line of the small penalty area and beat Kolodejchak to header.

The football had successfully bypassed Sergio's fingers, but was ruthlessly blocked by the goalpost!
"Goal post! Goal post! Oh! Henderson's header hit the goal post! This was a very high-quality header! But in the end it hit the goal post and Liverpool lost the opportunity to expand the score. Chance... If this goal is scored, the suspense of the second round will probably be completely ended!" He Wei yelled regretfully.

Henderson also looked very disappointed. He knelt on the ground with his head in his hands and stared blankly at the goal. He couldn't believe that such a beautiful header would be blocked by his home goal post...

(End of this chapter)