Chapter 218 God's Masterpiece
On Sky TV, the match commentator George Woodgate was talking about the goal just now. After replaying the slow motion, the screen was locked on Wansheng's little finger raised towards the fans stand. George Woodgate smiled. Commenting on this action, "Wan Sheng responded to the provocation of Liverpool fans with action!"
Woodgate has commented on a lot of Wansheng games, and he has a good understanding of Wansheng.
"This is Wansheng! This is him! In the Premier League, there are two very characteristic head coaches, one is Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho, and the other is Wansheng!"
"Both of them are very considerate of the players and have a leadership style, so their team performance will be good!"
"The two of them are very sharp when it comes to their opponents and the other side's news media, and Wansheng is better than Mourinho in that even the opponent's fans, he will not be afraid!"
"Look at the present, Liverpool, Anfield Stadium, the hatred of tens of thousands of Liverpool fans to Wansheng is obvious. Maybe Liverpool fans want to use this method to increase pressure on Manchester City, but Wansheng is not the one who suffers. He was provoked. It's gone." The cameras pointed to the banner on the east side of the stand, which still said 'Wan Sheng, get out of Anfield', George Woodgate continued, "So he's going to come back defiantly, and he's going up after the goal. The little finger is the most powerful counterattack!"
“Of course, we don’t advocate doing this, just like the troubles that Wansheng is experiencing now, provoking fans must be against the rules, and it will definitely be censured by the referee. There are too many fans on the other side, so there is a certain danger, but in the end Sheng has done this. This is his style, his unique style. After this moment, some people may expect a good performance from Liverpool. He can be inspired to fight to tie the score, but I have explained many Wansheng leading the team. The game, I think next, what we should look forward to is what kind of performance Manchester City will perform. The suspense of the game may not be too big."
That's how George Woodgate understands the game.
He has carefully watched many games led by Wansheng. In my impression, if the game is still very difficult and there may be a lot of suspense, Wansheng will not take the initiative to make provocative actions. that is. It is not difficult for Manchester City to win.
certainly. Some people didn't understand it that way, especially those Liverpool fanatics, but when the game resumed, they found that the game was really going according to George Woodgate.
Liverpool conceded a goal, the score was already behind, they want to win or draw, they can only choose to attack, when the game restarts. They also tried to attack to equalize the score, but Manchester City's ability to "resist the pressure" is very strong. They took advantage of several Liverpool pass errors and launched several quick counterattacks in a row. Watching such a game, it was as if Manchester City had changed their tactics, but when they thought so, they saw that Manchester City had changed to normal control again. play.
This constantly changing style of play makes Manchester City's attacking rhythm unpredictable, and at the same time, Liverpool players feel very suffocated on the field.
It’s not the suffocation caused by the suppression of the game. Liverpool is still a strong team in the Premier League. It is almost impossible for Manchester City to completely suppress Liverpool. It can only be said that when the game is smooth, there are some advantages in the situation. That’s all, let Liverpool fans What feels suffocating is the change in rhythm of Manchester City - when City have the ball, it is difficult to judge how they will play, how fast they will pass and receive, whether this wave will be fast break or step by step, when they lose this kind of After the judgment, the Liverpool players felt very uncomfortable.
Sometimes after the ball is changed, they see that the place where the ball was stolen is in the backcourt, so they slowly run back, but if they don't pay attention, they will reach the frontcourt between the two or three foot passes of the football. They couldn't even defend.
Sometimes it's just the opposite. After Manchester City steals the ball, Liverpool players think it's a good opportunity for a fast break. They rush to the backcourt, but when they reach their position, they find that the ball is still being passed slowly in the opponent's half. , that way there is no rush to attack at all.
This uncontrollable rhythm made them feel depressed and want to vomit blood.
Even Benitez on the sidelines was amazed at Manchester City's style of play, because this rhythm-changing offensive is definitely very high-end.
Benitez is known as a 'tactician master'. In terms of football tactics, he has a considerable ability to understand. He uses various small tactics to knead together, so that Liverpool, which was not well-defended, can change its defense. be extremely stable.
As a tactician, he must have more high-end vision than ordinary players. At least he has watched a few waves of Manchester City's offense, and he can know where the core point of their offense is - Morris, David Silva, and then If there is, it is Ivan Crewe on the wing.
These three players are very important to Manchester City's entire strategy.
The most important thing is Morris. He is the core player in the midfield. When Morris has the ball, when the speed is raised, the speed of the entire Manchester City is also raised, and when he passes the ball slowly, Manchester City will Change to ask the promotion.
Morris is the benchmark for Manchester City's rhythm control.
David Silva can be said to be a 'substitute' for Morris. When Morris is in a bad position or it is difficult to get the ball, David Silva will come on the bench as a 'substitute' At the same time, his approach and function are the same as Morris.
Another player is Ivan Crewe. Usually, others are on the wing. Whenever he dribbles forward quickly, the attack speed of the entire Manchester City can be improved immediately.
With these three players as the core, the whole attack of Manchester City is driven.
It sounds simple, but it is very difficult to do.
A core player needs very strong technical ability. That is to say, first of all, Morris, David Silva and Ivan Crewe must have strong enough personal ability and technology, overall situation and so on. In addition, these three players alone are not enough. All players in the team must cooperate with the overall offensive, but the players' positions are different. It is impossible for everyone to pay attention to Morris or David Silva when attacking. Wait, so in fact, the speed of attacking and changing the rhythm is gradual. For example, when Morris got the ball, he accelerated his speed, and David Silva saw it and accelerated. Then there are Downing, Leto Ziegler, Dunn, and the forward pass is Anelka and other frontcourt players, and so on, the rhythm is slowly changing like this, and this "slow" is also very interesting. If a player reacts too slowly, they can't keep up with the rhythm. In other words, the overall strategy still needs everyone on the team to play properly.
Taken together, this series of premises shows how difficult it is to get a team to adapt to this kind of rhythm-shifting offense.
But its power is also extraordinary!
For example, in the current game, it is difficult for Liverpool players to adapt to Manchester City's constantly changing speed of attack, so they made various defensive mistakes, giving Manchester City a lot of opportunities. Fortunately, Liverpool's formation is relatively fast in retreating. Didn't concede a goal in the first half.
During halftime. Benitez explained the rhythm change of Manchester City to the Liverpool team. He just gave a general idea to let all the players understand the opponent's tactics, but in the second half, Liverpool's defensive performance was not much better.
In the understanding of players such as Gerrard and Alonso, they need to defend the core players of Manchester City, that is, Morris, David Silva and others, but "waiting" means the number of players. In particular, Morris and others are midfielders who are often the first to attack. Still in the midfield position, it is very difficult to defend in this position.
So if you want to fully defend, you still need to see the cooperation of the Liverpool team as a whole.
In addition, in fact, the easiest way is to play against Manchester City. Offense is the best defense. This sentence is not wrong in any game, but Liverpool do not have the same sharp offensive to play, and even their control The ball ability is much worse than that of Manchester City. They want to play against Manchester City, which is not a good choice. It will only make their defense worse and give Manchester City more chances.
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In the second half, Wansheng replaced Ozil, hoping that the young talents of Germany can bring new changes to the team's frontcourt.
Manchester City's tactics have not been adjusted, and the game mode of the two teams is basically the same as the first half.
The Anfield stadium was occupied by the cheering and cheering of Liverpool fans, but Manchester City was still the dominant player in the game. Liverpool did not have many opportunities in the frontcourt.
When Liverpool are passive, Gerrard's role is reflected.
He is simply the soul of Liverpool, and his performance alone has overshadowed ten other Liverpool players on the field!
Even many media have to sing praises for Gerrard.
When Liverpool was very passive, only Gerrard could stand up, but whether he could save Liverpool, but not many people were optimistic, because Manchester City still has Morris, and Morris' performance will only be better than Gerrard's Better, plus Morris has a better group of teammates.
Morris' performance is undoubtedly excellent.
Since the start of the game, Morris has not even made a mistake in passing. At the same time, there have been several personal breakthroughs. His superb foot skills have made Liverpool players very helpless. He is also the playmaker of Manchester City. He and his teammates made quick passes and received the ball, helping Manchester City to play all kinds of dazzling cooperation.
Whether it is an individual or the overall situation, Morris is much more dazzling than Gerald!
Maybe Gerrard was not convinced by Morris before, thinking that he was just a teammate and the team was better, but soon Gerrard's eyes on Morris became helpless.
This is a combination of middle and left.
Tangning made a breakthrough on the left and handed the ball to Morris with a straight pass. When Morris received the pass, his position was right at the front of the penalty area line. This was an extremely dangerous place. Liverpool would not ignore the nearby players. Defensively, two or three players immediately gathered around.
This is a fast break from Manchester City. Morris can only pass the ball back if he wants to pass, but his position and action do not allow the ball to be passed back immediately, so he can only protect the ball first.
Morris chose to break through.
When Carragher and Reese rushed over, Morris directly turned the ball to the left at a large angle, then forced Carragher to chase the ball, and used the outer instep of his right foot to move the ball to the right at a large angle. In a change of direction, the football went straight through Riise's feet.
Morris swung his body sharply and chased the ball past Carragher and Reese.
Between these movements, it is very fast to talk about, and it is nothing, but the twisting movement of the large change of direction makes people can't help but grit their teeth, and the commentator George Woodgate even said, "I I'm really worried that his waist will be cut off!"
Woodgate didn't have time to say anything. On the scene, Morris had already encountered Hypia.
Hypia is a veteran who is over 33 years old. He can still occupy the main position in Liverpool's midfield and backfield at the age of 33. Hypia's ability and experience are enough to face such a veteran in the penalty area. Morris dribbled the ball. , but made a shot.
Hypia didn't move at all!
His body stopped right in front of Morris, and the opponent had no space to shoot at all. From his experience, the opponent made a very stupid fake.
But the next moment, Morris shot!
It's hard to imagine that a low-powered push shot would end with an ordinary push shot in the face of Hypia's defense when protecting the ball in the penalty area. Many Liverpool fans saw this shot. They all took a long breath, and they felt the danger was over.
But what did they see next?
The football passed between Hypia's legs and rolled across the left-hand goal line under the slightly blank gaze of goalkeeper Reina.
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When the football hit the net, the referee pointed his finger at the middle circle, the score on the stadium scoreboard had been rewritten, and everyone at the scene recovered from their surprise!
The ball is in!
But what did they see just now?
"Morris, Lee Morris, his shot went through Hypia's crotch." George Woodgate said in surprise, "To be precise, Morris chose to shoot through the crotch, he put the football Pushed between Hypia's feet."
Finally he added, "Goalkeeper Reina didn't react at all!"
The media and fans at the scene also reacted, and everyone stared blankly at the excited figure in front of Liverpool's gate, with such an incredible expression on his face.
They all saw an incredible goal just now, that player, that player, after shaking off Carragher and Riise, facing Hypia's defense in the penalty area, with an easy tee shot, took the ball away from Hypia. pushed between his legs and the football rolled into the goal.
The whole process looks so smooth, but when you think about it, it's so unbelievable!
This is simply the work of God! (To be continued ~^~)