bloodnovel Chapter 178 The Powerful Blue Army
Chapter 178 The Powerful Blue Army
Chapter 178 The Powerful Blue Army
The cold rain soaked the jersey and wrapped it around the body, and the muscles also became cold. This kind of weather is very easy to get injured.
Why are there more injuries in the Premier League?In fact, it has a lot to do with this. After all, the UK is very cold and there is no winter break.
Li Qiao kept running to warm himself up. At this moment, something happened to Liverpool's striker.
Cisse suddenly fell to the ground while running without the ball. Experience tells Benitez that this should not be a trivial matter.
Under normal circumstances, injuries from running without the ball are serious injuries. Sure enough, the team doctor gestured towards the bench after a simple inspection.
Benitez could only let Baros play. Before the Czech ran on the field, Benitez warned: "Warm up after you play, and don't force yourself before fully warming up."
Benitez patted Baros, and the latter said he understood. Compared with Manchester United and Chelsea, the depth of Benitez's bench is average. In this case, injuries are what he is most worried about.
Mourinho let the rain hit him, he stood on the sidelines directing the game, he hopes to continue this season's unbeaten record.
Li Qiao and Kewell made a switch, and now they have come to the left. This is a relatively common winger switch tactic.
But Li Qiao came to the left and met his former teammate - Ferreira.
Ferreira is too familiar with Li Qiao, so it is impossible for Li Qiao to surprise him.
Li Qiao had no choice but to forcibly pass the ball, but Ferreira kicked the ball out of the baseline.
In the game against Manchester United, the full-back's assist tactics were very good. Riise's role was a stroke of genius, but Benitez did not continue to use it because he had to use it in the second half. After all, the full-back's high-intensity assists cannot last the entire game.
This is also where Mourinho stands, but Li Qiao and Mourinho are their own masters, and they are naturally like passers-by. But after the ball went out of the sideline, Mourinho took the initiative to help Li Qiao pick up the ball. When Mourinho threw the ball to Li Qiao, he stepped forward and gave Mourinho a hug.
Both of them chuckled, this move angered a small group of radical Liverpool fans this season, but Li Qiao didn't care, it was his willfulness.
The positions of Li Qiao and Kewell are often changed, but the two sides of Chelsea basically do not change.
These two wingers are very good at executing the tactics. If you can get down, then go down. If you can’t get down, then pass the ball directly. Anyway, it’s extremely important to send the ball to Drogba. Whether you get it or not, it will cause chaos in the opponent’s penalty area.
Under the leadership of this kind of thinking, Liverpool played very hard, or it was very hard for anyone to play Chelsea in that era.
Just when everyone thought that Drogba would be the one who smashed Liverpool's goal, the one who scored for Chelsea was an unexpected one. He was Makelele.
This was a corner kick opportunity. Joe Cole took a corner kick. Chelsea's big men all went to fight for the top, but none of them grabbed the header. Instead, it was missed by Makelele.
This is his first goal of the season and his second goal after joining Chelsea. It can be said that the iron tree has blossomed.
After the goal, Makelele was very excited. Mourinho just waved his hand, looking confident, as if everything was in his expectation.
Benitez had an ugly face. The goal was scored very strangely. A person who has never scored a goal scored a goal, which is a bit discouraging.
At the critical moment, Gerrard stood up, and he kept clapping his hands to encourage his teammates.
"Cheer up and don't forget the game against Manchester United."
That's what I said, but many people still feel that this game is obviously different from that of Manchester United, that is, Chelsea's defense basically has no weaknesses, while Manchester United's defense has obvious shortcomings, such as Brown and the goalkeeper.
Just when Liverpool was recovering briefly, blows came one after another. This time it was the black and hard Drogba who showed his power. After he jumped up, he received a cross from Lampard and smashed the ball into the goal.
This time Dudek was dumbfounded, because Drogba played too domineeringly. After scoring the goal, Warcraft used his signature kneeling to celebrate. He rushed to the sidelines, knelt passionately, and slid far away.
The camera was shot from behind Didier Drogba, and there were crazy Blues fans in front of Warcraft. Soon Lampard and others gathered around, and everyone celebrated together.
In the background are the lonely Liverpool players and the very quiet Red Army fans in the stands.
This game seems to be really different from the Manchester United game, and the fans can see that there is a gap between Liverpool and Chelsea at this time.
Shortly after the second goal was scored, the first half was over, and the Liverpool players hurried back to the dressing room. Benitez asked everyone to take a shower first, and then change into a clean jersey.
In fact, on the football field, hard bridges and hard horses are sometimes the most difficult to deal with. For example, the success of the German team in the 2014 World Cup was due to hard bridges and hard horses. Later, when the Germans played pass-and-control football in 2018, they failed.
At this time, if Liverpool meets Barcelona, it will not be afraid, but the opponent is Drogba who owns Warcraft.
"Bring some hot coffee to everyone," Benitez ordered.
"I used to drink a little whiskey first when I was playing football," Riise laughed.
"Haha, I'm not sure if this is a violation of UEFA's rules, of course I will not support you to do this."
Riise knew that he would play in the second half, and Benitez also asked his assistant to give him a small talk, reminding him of some tactics again.
Benitez said: "Before I came to the Premier League, I knew that the Premier League is difficult to play. This may be the most difficult league on earth."
"But I'm still here because I like a challenge."
"You may think that our team is going to lose, so let me tell you, don't admit defeat until the end of the game, never."
I have to say that Liverpool under Benitez is still very tenacious, and Benitez himself is not an incompetent coach, and many things later confirmed this, but he knows that simple bloodshed is useless, and he must give a solution.
And the way he gave was to make offside.
"Create offside?"
"Yes, offside against Drogba."
The four defenders looked at each other in blank dismay. Offside requires a high overall requirement for the four defenders. As long as one person is behind, the success will fall short.
Benitez clapped his hands together, "We have no choice, this is the best way to deal with Drogba."
Everyone also nodded. After all, if you want to rely on your body to limit Drogba, it must be done by a basketball player.
"Discuss with the four of you, and don't make mistakes for me."
Benitez's tone in the locker room was stern.
(End of this chapter)