Chapter Three Hundred and Eighty-Second The Trick!

FA Cup final, Wembley Stadium.

Dalglish sat in the coach's bench as if on pins and needles, resting his chin in his hands, staring at the court with a brow like a mountain.

Counted!

Assistant coach Steve Clarke couldn't sit still for a long time. He stood on the sidelines and watched, and from time to time, he shouted a few words toward the court to remind the players to pay attention.

This is a very experienced assistant coach, and even has the ability to stand on his own.

At the beginning, Liverpool saw that Dalglish had not coached for many years and was somewhat out of touch with modern football, so they invited the former assistant of Mourinho to Liverpool to assist Dalglish.

Therefore, the prestige of this assistant coach in the team is not small.

But even so, it still can't change Liverpool's disadvantage on the pitch.

Southampton attacked Liverpool violently almost from the beginning of the game, hitting the Reds' midfield and defence again and again.

And this game, Liverpool also committed a big problem in the formation of the lineup.

The goalkeeper is Reina, the defense is Jose? Enrique, Skrtel, Agger and Glenn? Johnson.

The midfield is a combination of Gerrard, Spearing and Henderson, and the front is Downing, Suarez and Bellamy.

The reason why Dalglish and Clark are in such a lineup is more because they want to control the initiative in the game.

But what they did not expect was that Southampton would press on from the very beginning.

Goalkeeper Neuer, David Alaba, Xavi Martinez, Gary Cahill and Carvajal in the back line, Stromman, Matic and Vidal in the midfield, trident in the frontcourt It's Neymar, Drogba and Sturridge.

Tony Cross didn't even come on!

This completely messed up Dalglish's pre-match arrangement!

In the two targeted training sessions yesterday, Liverpool rehearsed how to encircle and suppress Toni Kroos and suppress Southampton's midfield.

But yesterday evening, at a press conference in Southampton, Bielsa announced that Tony Cross was out due to injury.

This disrupted Liverpool's deployment.

As of today, in the last pre-match training session, Liverpool could not conduct tactical drills due to confidentiality.

What Dalglish and Clark can do is to remind players to be careful as much as possible.

What is there to say?

The game is the result of training, and if the training is not done well, the game is difficult to play well.

With the strength of Southampton, Liverpool may not be able to win the opponent even if they are tactical opponents.

Not to mention that the current tactics are completely wrong!

The simplest point, Southampton grabbed the point of Spiering and kept playing, Vidal and Strowman boldly pressed on.

Liverpool had no choice but to return Gerrard and Henderson.

This leads to passive across the board.

Steve Clark, who was standing in the coaching area, looked at the time and the situation, and sighed helplessly.

"Kenny, we have to adjust!"

Dalglish still looked straight ahead,

He asked casually, "Substitution?"

Clark was instantly speechless.

Change in ten minutes?

In the professional league, except for major injuries, otherwise, the head coach will not make substitutions in the first half.

Even midfield substitutions are relatively rare.

In the first place, this is an admission of the failure of the team's starting tactics, which will damage the morale of the team and the fighting spirit of the players.

Secondly, the player who was replaced must be unhappy, because he will feel that the head coach pulled himself to be a scapegoat.

If the substitution is really made now, the players will definitely be on fire, and the fans in the stands will definitely not do it.

"But the situation is bad now!" Clark said worriedly.

"Southampton's midfield pushed heavily and used Spearing to play the midfielder, but the effect didn't come out, but instead exposed weaknesses. Gerrard and Henderson retreated across the board, and the three players in the frontcourt were not very invested in defense. Our defense is under too much pressure!"

How could Dalglish not know?

However, Liverpool does not have a reliable defensive midfielder at all right now!

Since Mascherano moved to Barcelona, ​​Meireles moved to Chelsea. Although Liverpool has cultivated a Lucas, the Brazilian has frequent back waist injuries, and this game was missed due to injury.

He is also a clever woman who can't cook without rice!

Under the alternating impact of Vidal and Strowman, Spiering made frequent mistakes and became very nervous after the opening.

Henderson is basically a soy sauce role, with no decent passing and performance.

The only one who is quite decent is Gerrard.

The captain of the Red Army is hard-working, and his skills and awareness are also very good, but the key is that he is old and no longer as brave as he used to be!

"Let's bet, maybe there is a chance to fight back!" Dalglish could only say that.

Not to mention, just two or three minutes later, Southampton's offensive seemed to loosen up a bit, and Liverpool seized an opportunity and played a counterattack.

Henderson, who had no performance throughout the first half, even gave a long diagonal pass to transfer.

Bellamy quickly followed the right, chasing the ball and rushing up.

The move immediately sparked enthusiasm among the Reds fans in the stands at Wembley Stadium.

For a time, the entire Wembley Stadium was the voice of the Red Army fans.

Bellamy finally caught up with the ball on the right side of the Southampton penalty area.

When he stopped and raised his head, he saw a figure flashing in front of him.

David Alaba is back!

This kid is really fast!

Bellamy had forgotten, in fact, he would soon be thirty-three years old.

Seeing the Welshman dribbling the ball skillfully, he suddenly made a false move and wanted to throw off David Alaba.

In the middle, Suarez and Tangning had already come up, and Gerrard and Henderson had also rushed into the 30-meter area.

As long as you get rid of David Alaba, you will have a lot of opportunities, and maybe you can even create a threat!

But at the moment Bellamy shook off David Alaba, Harvey Martinez, who had been defending behind David Alaba, suddenly stepped forward and stabbed Bellamy's ball. go out.

The Spaniard defended very decisively and calmly this time!

After the ball was stabbed, it fell behind Bellamy. David Alaba quickly caught up, grabbed the Liverpool player, and made a big foot forward to make a clearance.

The ball was not far from the siege, and the landing point was still in Southampton's half, around the top of the arc in the middle circle.

Drogba stubbornly blocked Agger with his body and headed forward to meet the ball's landing point.

The ball is knocked back to Strowman.

The Dutchman faced the attacking direction, raised his head, looked at Neymar on the left, and then looked at Sturridge on the right, knowing that when the ball arrived, he stopped and rubbed it.

The ball slid across a low, flat and fast arc, passed over the head of Liverpool left-back Jose Enrique, and fell behind the defensive line.

Sturridge was like a cheetah ready to go, waiting for an opportunity to stare at his prey. When the ball came, he immediately started like a bolt of lightning, sprinted forward, and instantly threw Jose Enrique away. behind.

This time, the audience cheered and became Southampton fans!

All Saints fans are chanting Sturridge's name, cheering for the England teenager!

After Sturridge got rid of Jose Enrique, there was no defensive player in front.

Liverpool's other central defender, Skrtel, is still a bit far away. Even if he runs over to defend, Sturridge can already rush into the penalty area.

It can be said that at this time Sturridge's opponent is no longer someone else, but himself.

Stop the ball, bring the ball, and play this one-shot!

Sturridge sprinted very fast, but also kept an eye on the ball.

To avoid being overtaken by Jose Enrique, he didn't turn around to stop the ball because it was so slow.

He directly faced the landing point of the ball, raised his foot and picked it gently.

When the feeling of contact with the ball came from the instep, he knew and picked it.

The ball bounces, the body catches up, and the chest pushes the ball forward.

Although Jose Enrique caught up, Sturridge blocked him with his body.

The Spanish left-back stretched out his hand and tried to pull Sturridge from behind.

But the Englishman just stumbled, but did not fall to the ground, but started to accelerate again.

Facing the ball, both the person and the ball entered the penalty area.

Skrtel came, and Jose Enrique was behind him, but Sturridge didn't even look at them.

He looked at Reina in front of the goal.

This is his only opponent now!

Reina did not dare to attack, and his eyes were also staring at Sturridge, constantly making judgments.

The angle is too big, where will he hit?

left? right? far corner? Or close-up?

Reina was a little confused. He couldn't guess Sturridge's choice at all. He could only watch his movements and react instinctively.

far corner!

The Spanish goalkeeper pounced into the far corner!

But Sturridge hit a close corner with his left foot!

The ball almost rubbed the right column and got into the lower right corner of the goal!

"!!!!!!"

The whole Wembley Stadium suddenly boiled up!

In the stands, all Southampton fans rushed out of their seats frantically, shouting frantically, and shouting Sturridge's name frantically!

"In the thirteenth minute, Southampton finally scored Liverpool's goal!"

"It was England's youngster, Daniel Sturridge, who opened the scoring for the Saints!"

"The Saints striker has been outstanding this season, making several appearances for the team and has scored 13 goals so far, including the Europa League, FA Cup, Carabao Cup and Championship. !"

Sturridge rushed to the sidelines excitedly, doing his unique dance celebration to the Saints fans in the stands.

Behind him, the Southampton players jumped up one after another, directly throwing Sturridge to the ground.

"fantastic!"

"Southampton played very resolutely after the opening, and completely suppressed Liverpool with a tidal wave of attack!"

"The Red Army seems very passive, and now they are one goal behind, this game will become very difficult for them!"

"This is the Liverpool manager, Kenny Dalglish, and he should start thinking about it!"

When the Southampton players celebrated from the sidelines and walked into the stadium, the coach Bielsa on the sidelines was also shouting loudly and waving at the players.

Anyone familiar with Southampton must know that Bielsa's action is telling the players.

Don't relax, it's only a goal, continue to attack me, press on, crazy attack!

When you meet a team like Liverpool, you have to be rude.

Seize a weak spot, attack desperately, and strive for more goals.

Once you slack off, wait until this tenacious team adjusts and stabilizes the situation, then you have no chance.

At the time of the Istanbul miracle, Milan led by three goals, but in the second half, after the team adjusted, they also scored three goals. In the end, they defeated Milan on penalties and won the Champions League. champion.

It can be seen from this that if you don't take advantage of the situation to fight against Liverpool, if you are beaten to death and maimed, the hundred-footed worm will die but not stiff, and sooner or later, it will still fight back!

Therefore, after the restart, Liverpool took the lead in sounding the clarion call.

But Southampton, who was one goal ahead, did not have the slightest fear and started a head-to-head battle with Liverpool.

In the football field, you come and I go back and forth, and exciting scenes appear frequently

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