This player is not professional

Chapter 333
The result was naturally as expected. Liverpool was tied 1:1 and missed the chance to defend the league title.

But Klopp is not worried. The first leg of the Champions League semi-finals is on April 4. Before that, Liverpool still has one league round. Liverpool is now leading by ten points. There are still four rounds of the league. In the next round of the league, Liverpool only needs If you win, you can defend your title in advance.

Liverpool's opponent in the next round is Chelsea, and Liverpool has a great chance of lifting the Premier League trophy at Chelsea's home court.

It can be seen that in order to maintain their dignity, Chelsea will definitely try their best to resist and prevent Liverpool from successfully defending their title at home.

On April 4, players from both sides walked out of the field to the cheers of fans, then lined up to take photos, shake hands with each other, guess sides...

After a series of necessary procedures were carried out, they stood in their respective positions, waiting for the game to begin.

With the whistle of the referee, the game started.

Just 2 minutes into the game, starting right back Manquillo made a cross near the right sideline. Firmino headed the ball in the penalty area, but it went slightly wide.

"Firmino! What a pity!" the TV commentator exclaimed. "The game has just started and Liverpool have a chance to directly threaten Chelsea's goal!"

Firmino, who didn't push forward, was also very upset and slapped him hard.

However, Chelsea also changed colors quickly. In the 4th minute, Hazard shot a low ball with his right foot from outside the penalty area. The missed ball rolled directly out of the baseline.

Both sides had a shot that did not hit the goal frame.

Both teams were in the game right from the start, which meant that the game certainly wasn't going to be a slow game.This made the commentators and fans happy.

In the 6th minute, Cahill and Henderson clashed during the fight. Fortunately, the two were pulled away by the referee in time during the quarrel, otherwise they might have been bullied...

"Both players need to control their anger. There was a conflict just after the game started. If there were less players, the excitement of the game would be greatly reduced..." the CCTV commentator said.Since it is a Chinese derby, of course he must abide by his neutrality, at least when it comes to showing it.

From a neutral perspective, of course we don’t want to unbalance the game.

Fortunately, the conflict between Cahill and Henderson did not expand or extend, and the game returned to normal.

Not long after the conflict ended, in the 7th minute, Lin Yi picked up the ball in the midfield. At that time, he was facing the right wing, and Chelsea midfielder Matic rushed up to steal the ball.

Lin Yi pulled the football to the left with his right foot and dodged Matic's foot. At the same time, Lin Yi pulled the football to the left with his left foot and turned around.From facing the right wing, I adjusted to facing the left wing. At this time, there was a huge gap on the left wing, and Royce was driving forward at high speed!
Without any hesitation, Lin Yi took up his right foot and passed the football diagonally.

The football flew forward quickly against the turf, but it did not roll directly to Royce's feet.Lin Yi's kick sent the football to the corner of the penalty area. As long as Royce can catch the ball, he can directly turn this attack into a solo attack!

Sure enough, seeing Lin Yi's pass, Royce cut inside and accelerated to catch up with the football!

"Lin Yi! Beautiful escape and transfer! Royce formed a single-handed attack!"

Royce received the ball and shot in the penalty area!
At this moment, many Chelsea fans were really frightened, because Liverpool's offensive opportunity was so good...

Begovic decisively abandoned the goal and attacked.

And just when Begovic abandoned the goal, Royce also took a shot - he obviously didn't want Begovic to block the angle of his shot. It was originally an oblique angle and the angle was not facing the goal. At that time, if Begovic blocked him, there would be no shooting angle.

Royce is very aware of this man's strength. If he hesitates a little, he may lose his best opportunity.

The ball shot by Royce headed towards the far corner, but it did not finally reach its destination. On the way, Begovic was knocked away with his fist by Begovic who threw him sideways!

The football played by Begovic flew far out of the penalty area and happened to pass by Liverpool forward Firmino, who was rushing forward to connect. Firmino jumped up and tried to top the ball for a supplementary shot, but the ball was too far behind. It's so far away that I can't reach it at all...

The football flew out of the penalty area and landed at the feet of Fabregas, and the crisis was resolved.

This is why Begovic chose to hit the ball with his fists instead of hitting the ball with his palms like other goalkeepers - when he struck out, he noticed Firmino's forward thrust, and he was worried that if his palms could not Full contact with the football. If you fail to exert force when making a save, you may leave the football in the penalty area, which will give Firmino a chance to make a supplementary shot.So he simply chose to punch outwards with his fists.

Of course, this is risky. After all, the contact area of ​​​​the fist is smaller than that of the palm, and in order to exert force, there is also a hitting action. In that electric moment, this hitting action seems a bit redundant and may cause the fist to Missing football.This is not a very safe plan. The safe way is to block it directly with your hands. If you can block the first blow, it is very good. As for the possible second blow, many goalkeepers cannot think that much at all...

But talented people are bold. Begovic accurately judged that Royce was going to hit the far corner. When he saw Royce shooting, he threw himself outwards. His body drove his arms to rush outwards. He didn't need to Waving the arm itself can have the effect of hitting, so Begovic succeeded!
"Begovic! Great save! He's so quick!"

While Royce was still regretting that he missed this opportunity, Chelsea had already used this opportunity to launch a counterattack.

The football played by Begovic fell to the feet of Cesc Fabregas. Lin Yi realized that Chelsea might have to counterattack quickly, because it was Liverpool who was attacking just now, and problems are most likely to occur when transitioning between offense and defense.

So he rushed forward to stop Fabregas. Even if he couldn't steal the ball, he still had to hold him back and give his teammates time to defend.

But Fabregas also knew this, so he didn't give Lin Yi a chance to hold him back. He immediately passed the football to Hazard in front.

The football rolled past Lin Yi's feet so fast that even Lin Yi, who was so fast, couldn't even reach out to destroy it.

He could only watch as Hazard received the ball, then ran forward with the ball from the center.

Next, he passed Lovren and Skrtel, tore apart Liverpool's defense, and then distributed the football to William on the right. William passed a half-high ball into the penalty area. Raore came out of the middle and volleyed with his right foot!
Bang!
The football shot through Mignolet like a bullet and flew into the goal behind him...

"Traore——!! Traore!!! Chelsea is one goal ahead of Liverpool!!" the on-site commentator shouted excitedly. "Mourinho's Chelsea played a typical Mourinho-style quick counterattack!!" This is indeed a very, very classic Mourinho-style counterattack - from Begovic hitting the football away to Traore volleying The whole process of breaking the goal only takes ten seconds, which is very fast.

When Mourinho was coaching at Real Madrid, this offensive idea was vividly reflected by the group of players in Real Madrid's midfield and frontcourt who were good at running.

"Ah...Traore! Liverpool's defense has been disrupted by Hazard's breakthrough. When everyone thought he was going to shoot, he gave the ball to Willian...While defending, Liverpool's The players completely forgot about Traore!"

On the Chelsea side, Begovic is particularly happy because in this offense, he can be regarded as the initiator - both the terminator of Liverpool's offense and the initiator of Chelsea's goals, a combination of savior and offensive instigator. It feels so good to wear it all together, there is nothing more exciting than this.

Excited, he did a somersault with both hands on the ground in front of the goal. Even if he was celebrating alone, he still had to steal the spotlight with his strength...

This is really not something he did for himself. The commentators also mentioned Begovic's contribution to this goal.

"The key figure in Chelsea's goal was Begovic! He first saved Royce's single-handed ball, and then the football he saved fell to the feet of Cesc Fabregas, which directly led to this quick counterattack. "If he saved the ball from the bottom line, although it was a very good save, but he also gave Liverpool a corner kick, how could it be the same as the current situation that led to Chelsea's counterattack goal?"

"Look at this save. I believe that those who were still questioning Chelsea's decision to let Cech go in order to keep Begovic should reflect on it. I also believe that Cech will only do it for Begov after seeing this save. Vicky applauded and had no other thoughts..."

Chelsea's players ended their celebrations and the game resumed.

Everyone knows that if Mourinho's team takes the lead, the game will be difficult to play.As time goes by, the situation will become unfavorable to Liverpool, and the morale of Liverpool players who have already been hit will further decline...

If you want to restore the morale of Liverpool's players, you have to do something to make them believe that being behind by one goal is not an insurmountable chasm.

At this time, someone who can boost morale is needed.

After the kick-off, Liverpool took advantage of the opportunity to attack the ball.

Firmino did not stay in the penalty area in front of the goal, but moved to the wing to get the ball.

After receiving the ball, he chose to pass the football directly into the penalty area and made a pass.

Originally, this was supposed to be a very casual cross that would never pose a threat to Chelsea's goal.

But when Lin Yi suddenly appeared in the penalty area, jumped up and volleyed towards the flying football, the situation was different from what everyone expected...

"Lin Yi——!"

Amidst the prolonged roar of the TV commentator, the football fell from above Cahill's head. The Brazilian center back did not hit the ball, but Lin Yi, who jumped up behind him to volley, hit the ball!
Near the penalty spot, Lin Yi hit the football firmly with his kick, and the football flew towards the goal like a cannonball!

Although Begovic made a save, his movements still seemed a bit slow in front of Lin Yi's sudden volley...

However, Lin Yi's kick failed to hit the goal frame. Instead, it missed the far goal post and flew out of the baseline!
"It's off! Ahhhhhh--!"

Begovic, who fell to the ground, looked back and saw that the football did not fly into the goal, and secretly let out a sigh!

Although Lin Yi's volley did not score a goal, it played a role in boosting morale.

This was Liverpool, or Lin Yi's response when Chelsea had just taken the lead - if you think you have an advantage just because you are one goal ahead, you are wrong!
Even a fool can see this ball. If Lin Yi can hit it within the goal frame, Begovic will not be able to save the ball. He will definitely score!
The fact that he didn't save the ball just now was not because the football missed the target, but because he was slow.

The same ball, if Lin Yi shot within the goal frame, Begovic still couldn't save it.

So in the next game, the performance of Liverpool players did not fall into chaos because of conceding the ball early as some people expected.

On the contrary, it made the offense more vigorous and more threatening...

In the 11th minute, Lin Yi picked up the ball near the center circle. Without even raising his head, he turned around and sent a diagonal pass to the left.

When the football rolled past, Henderson used his speed to catch up with the football, and then led it towards Chelsea's penalty area.

Then a pass was passed, and Firmino received the header in the middle, but Cahill's personal interference led it high.

In the 16th minute, Lin Yi himself took a long shot from the top of the free throw arc outside the penalty area. It was not a powerful and heavy long shot, but a shot with an obvious arc. The football drew an arc. It bypassed the Chelsea defender in the penalty area, and also bypassed the fingertips of goalkeeper Begovic's shot. Of course, because the arc was too large, it also bypassed the right post, missed the goal, and then touched the side netting. !

Although he didn't score a goal, this kick scared the Chelsea fans, because the scene when the football touched the side net and lifted the net was really like a goal...

Lin Yi himself felt very sorry and held his head in his hands.

Begovic got up from the ground, his heart beating a little fast... It was always dangerous to let the opponent continue bombing like this.

No. 20 In the second minute, Firmino got the ball in the penalty area and responded. Royce followed up with a long shot from outside the penalty area. This was a long shot with strong force and a tricky angle.

But the football was saved by Begovic bravely.

"Although Chelsea haven't played very conservatively yet. But I believe that as the game time goes by, when there is not much time left in the second half, if the score has not been rewritten, Mourinho will definitely not mind playing in front of the goal. Bus. It will be difficult for Liverpool to score by then...

(End of this chapter)