The Ball at Your Feet

This time meeting at Anfield made Zhao Yaning a little bit embarrassed.

Last season's Chelsea can be called Liverpool's number one enemy. The two teams have been entangled from beginning to end. It can be said that Chelsea forced Liverpool to win the championship with the highest score in the league.

And since this season, Chelsea's situation has made people very sigh. After Cech and Kudinic were injured, Chelsea's situation is also going down. In the first two seasons, Terry, Carvalho, Makelele, and others who played like iron men have all suffered injuries, and the veteran Robben and others, not to mention, also played one game after another. . Many media have said that this is the curse of Mourinho who left Chelsea-but more people know in their hearts that this is a problem with Chelsea's training.

Although the relationship between each other is not harmonious, but the other party is so depressed because of the injury problem, it is difficult for Zhao Yaning to harden his heart to mock. Zhao Yaning still knows the truth that rabbits die and foxes are sad, and things hurt their kind. If the other party just has poor grades, Zhao Yaning is happy to watch jokes, but it's better not to talk about things like injuries. No one wants to get hurt. Such an accident happened, enough to make everyone very unhappy. Apart from expressing regret, everything he said was wrong.

On the eve of the game, Chelsea successfully brought in the goalkeeper-they bought the 35-year-old Blackburn American goalkeeper Friedel to serve as their starter. The veteran goalkeeper who used to play for Liverpool has fully proved his strength in Blackburn. Now, although he is not the best candidate, considering that after all, he only has a main position for half the season, he will still have to play as a substitute in the future. , Friedel's age and his condition are just right, and he has become the best candidate.

However, this game was his first time playing for Chelsea, and the first time he had to face a team like Liverpool, it was obviously a big test for him.

In this game, because Carvalho, Terry, Makelele, and Robben are all injured, Chelsea’s formation is arguably the strangest formation: their defensive line is Gray. Mi, Ferreira, Essien, Ashley Cole and Freder formed the defense line, and their midfield line is composed of Mikel, Ballack, and Lampard. . On their forward line, Drogba is in the center, with Wright Phillips and Kalou on the left and right.

Kicked back to 433-but this is not surprising. Chelsea is now seriously understaffed in the midfield. Makelele is injured, Terry is injured, Carvalho is injured, Robben is also injured, in this case , It would be surprising if they had enough manpower to kick 451.

And Chelsea's current practice of letting Ferreira and Essien play central defenders is enough to see how embarrassing their manpower is. Mourinho did not like rotation, and Galla could also play as a central defender. Therefore, Chelsea did not have a suitable substitute for the defender in the Mourinho era. In the 04-05 season, Chelsea still had several substitutes, but due to long-term inability to play, they all left the team one after another. This season, Abramovich firmly believes that his team is very strong. Chelsea did not buy a defender at the beginning of the season. This makes them too stretched when they want to replenish their manpower in the winter. They cannot find the right person. Until now, they have also Essien and Ferreira had to be temporarily on the back line.

This move is quite a good choice: when Ferreira was at Chelsea, he was criticized at the beginning: the defender, who spent more than 20 million and bought a record-breaking record, was hyped by Mendes and became the best in Europe. A good right-back player, after arriving on the team, played really messed up-he did make very few mistakes, but that was because he never got in. His slow speed and slow turn around have made him the biggest shortcoming at Chelsea's defender, and he has always been criticized.

However, at this time, he has become a life-saving straw for Chelsea. Right back, left back, and now playing central defender, he can go wherever he needs to be added. His outstanding performance has allowed Chelsea to maintain a part of its strength.

And another defender, Essien, is a good choice. Essien played as a central defender when he debuted in Ghana. After he arrived in France, he became a midfielder because he was unqualified as a defender, but he had a strong athletic ability. Compared with his teammates, He still has some basic skills. At this time, he can also play a central defender.

But even if they play well, they are still far behind Terry and Carvalho. The strength of those two people is known all over the world, but the current line of defense is far worse. And Chelsea, if there is no defense like a bronze wall and iron wall, how can it be called Chelsea?

From the beginning of the game, Liverpool deliberately played fast. The faster the game is played, the more opportunities there will be, and for the current Chelsea defense, both sides have the same number of loopholes, and they will definitely be the side that has conceded more goals.

This season, Chelsea have lost four games in half a season, largely because of the Premier League's targeted arrangement of their weaknesses. Everyone else has done this, and Liverpool will naturally not let go of this opportunity.

"Liverpool completely took the initiative in the game. This situation is the first time in the match between the two teams. Although Liverpool's record against Chelsea has always been very good, they can dominate the game. This is the first time such a big advantage. It seems that the injuries caused to Chelsea are very serious. Now their strength has been drastically reduced, and it is completely impossible to say that they are a championship-level team."

Zhao Yaning also felt this, but at this time, he was more concerned about another change in Chelsea.

Ballack is now fully integrated into this team. Zhao Yaning was still quite surprised by the speed of integration. In his thoughts, Barack and Lampard’s position conflicts and their abilities are similar. Even if one of the two people transforms, it will take a long time before they can get together, but now it seems that they have been able to adapt. It was a good kick out and cooperated.

This is really surprising. Ballack is now in the position of the midfielder, which is not his best position, but obviously, he does play quite well. Although he is not Makelele and cannot predict and intercept every ball, he can better cooperate with the teammates of the team. Not only on defense, he can better match Mikel. Cooperation, moreover, he can also help the team make offensive and defensive transitions, or run positions to meet the passes of teammates. Although it seems that his position is a bit messy, he has to do everything in defense, attack, support, organization, and he is not solely responsible for any tasks, but he has played a good role in lubricating the team. Role, it connects Chelsea's front and back very well.

In just half a season, although he still hasn't found his own position, he has already taken a big step in trying to integrate into the team.

But it's a pity that he is not behind Makelele, and there are no Duff and Robben on the side. Chelsea is currently short of major generals and the overall structure is chaotic. No matter how good Ballack is, it will be difficult to turn the tide of the battle.

Soon, Liverpool’s constant pressure began to force Chelsea to retreat, and it didn’t take long for Zhao Yaning to take the ball one step at a time. After passing Geremi, he rushed towards the center.

Normally, this position will be covered by Makelele. But this time, Mikel's slow speed prevented him from being able to arrive in time. Zhao Yaning would naturally not let go of this opportunity, but also increased his speed, wanting to surpass this distance.

But at this time, Essien had rushed out of the penalty area. His speed is still enough, almost two or three steps, he has rushed to Zhao Yaning.

This guy is troublesome no matter where he is.

Zhao Yaning felt this way the first moment he saw him. Zhao Yaning judged his speed and position himself, and estimated that it would be difficult for him to rush into the restricted area when he rushed in front of him.

But this time, his position is not a midfielder, but a defender. As a defender, such a blind attack is a bit too much. An extremely obvious loophole has appeared behind him. Both Barack and Ferreira saw this loophole, but they all had no time to rush back.

Essien also found a loophole in his back during Ballack's yelling. He stretched out his foot and tried to block Zhao Yaning's pass. Zhao Yaning's pass had already been sent out, and his kick passed in the direction of the left goal post.

There was no one in that direction... but Essien immediately cursed. Milito saw Zhao Yaning's pass, and he ran over very cleverly. Zhao Yaning's pass was indeed a bit crooked in order to avoid Essien, but such a pass could not be difficult for Milito.

Milito received a pass from Zhao Yaning less than ten meters in front of the goal. Stopping the ball, Essien is still outside the penalty area, while Ferreira's speed is a bit slower. Now there is still two meters away from Milito who are relegated. This distance is definitely enough for a top striker who eats in the penalty area. No, he didn't give Ferreira a chance to make up his defense, so he lifted his foot, took a close shot, and hit the ball to the goal!

Freder threw it out, but Milito took a shot from the far corner, but Freder couldn’t save it~www.ltnovel.com~ The football flew into the bottom right corner of the goal. Once again, Milito and Zhao Yaning His wonderful cooperation scored a goal for Liverpool!

"Diego Milito!! He used his wonderful shooting again and again to let us see what a top shooter is! What a wonderful shot! A pass pushed to the left post from the left, from the right Lu hit a shot in the lower right corner! They drew a tick in front of the goal and kicked the ball into the goal! Nike should sponsor the goal. Is this their goal route? The two men worked together wonderfully to score Liverpool's For the first goal, Frederic played for Chelsea for the first time, and he was not able to retreat in his entirety!"

Milito smiled at the large portrait of him in the stands. This is the level he should have. In the first half of the season, the impact of injuries has affected his performance a lot, but now, he has come back!

"Joy, pass the ball to me!" After celebrating the goal, Milito also grabbed Zhao Yaning and whispered, "Pass the ball to me, I have a hunch, I can still score."

"Find the status?" Zhao Yaning asked with a smile.

"Well, I found it." Milito nodded and said, "Thank you for persisting in passing the ball to me. Let us continue this game. Let us show our strength in this game!"