Chapter 1498 Flying Immortal

Yang Yang shot a cold arrow in the right rib of the penalty area. After scoring a goal, he did not celebrate.

He still has feelings for Liverpool, and breaking Liverpool's goal is not something worthy of celebration for him.

Even if it's a Champions League final.

Liverpool fans also had mixed feelings about Yang Yang's goal. The boos at the scene were not obvious, but the cheers of Real Madrid fans. Obviously, the Red Army fans were not willing to boo the star they once admired so much.

Even now, they still regard Yang Yang as one of their own.

Yang Yang has always been in the honor room of the Anfield Stadium. Some people even suggested that after Yang Yang retires in the future, Liverpool will erect a statue for him outside the Anfield Stadium.

Although it has only been three years, Yang Yang has been favored by Liverpool fans, but now the two sides are facing each other, which is embarrassing.

But that's football.

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After Yang Yang scored a goal, he turned around and walked back.

He wasn't sick, but he didn't feel like celebrating either.

On the contrary, the players from Real Madrid rushed over happily. Even Suarez was excited and excited about Yang Yang's goal, because his time in Liverpool was shorter than that of Yang Yang, and he happened to be in the team. During the trough period, the relationship is naturally not as deep as Yang Yang.

As for the other Real Madrid players, they were naturally even more excited.

For a mature and stable team like Real Madrid, taking the lead undoubtedly opened the door to victory.

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The game restarts.

Real Madrid did not change their strategy because of the goal. They still insisted on the formation that they had finally stabilized since the tenth minute.

After Liverpool lost the ball, the mentality of the players on the field was somewhat anxious.

This is the first time they have played in the Champions League final. For many people, it may be the only time in a lifetime, and they all want to win.

But now, Real Madrid scored a goal ahead, which hit them hard and messed up their position. Only by equalizing the score as soon as possible, or even reversing the opponent, can they truly calm down.

Real Madrid used the backcourt to control the ball, concentrating inside and outside the 30-meter area, while Liverpool pressed aggressively, actively adopting high-position pressing and pressing, and the midfield and frontcourt worked hard to press forward, suppressing Real Madrid through a wide range of active running.

In the face of Liverpool's pressing and pressing, Real Madrid also has a targeted strategy.

That is, Hazard retreated deeply and had a wide range of activities. Yang Yang and Suarez in front were tightly at the forefront, forcing Liverpool to be unable to push forward boldly.

In this way, it is difficult for the three players in Liverpool's midfield to cover such a large area.

As a result, Liverpool's players are more concentrated in the middle of the midfield, specifically targeting Real Madrid's press in the middle, and the wings will inevitably become weak, and it is easy to get out of a large gap.

Marcelo and Carvajal actively moved forward, took advantage of these gaps, rushed forward with the ball when they had the opportunity, and patiently controlled the ball if they didn't, and became the main support point for the team to pass and control the ball in the backcourt.

Yang Yang’s goal just now was initiated by right defender Carvajal’s sudden drive in. Before that, it was the team’s left side Marcelo, Toni Kroos, Hazard and others’ continuous kicks transfer.

It can be said that Real Madrid players have very clear execution ideas, and the two full-backs always boldly appear in the midfield to receive the ball.

This style of play is very painful for Liverpool, because the Red Army dare not let their full-backs press forward.

Yang Yang, Suarez or Hazard are all superstars with very strong personal abilities, and they can all be ranked among the top five superstars in world football. , Once the ball reaches the feet, it can quickly form a threat, which is very scary.

Yang Yang's counterattack just now came from the fact that after Robertson's forward attack was frustrated, Yang Yang single-handedly dribbled the ball into the penalty area and directly broke through Liverpool's goal. Van Dijk didn't even have time to stop it.

This is the performance of the gap in strength between the two sides.

Liverpool does not have Yang Yang, Suarez and Hazard with super personal abilities, and it is difficult to prevent them.

Therefore, they can only rely on the number of people and the overall defense to contain it.

But in this way, the full-backs dare not move forward easily, and Marcelo and Carvajal will get more space on the wing.

Therefore, after Yang Yang scored the goal, Real Madrid almost firmly controlled the ball, with a ball possession rate of more than 70%, and even exceeded 80% for a period of time.

But Real Madrid still played calmly and patiently.

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Klopp was wearing an off-white long-sleeved T-shirt tonight, still with his trademark stubble, but he didn't look good, because he was very depressed to find that his team could do nothing about Real Madrid. No.

In fact, even without Yang Yang's goal, it would be difficult for Liverpool to get rid of the current embarrassing situation.

Unless Real Madrid makes a mistake.

Of course, Liverpool's defense and pressing also blocked Real Madrid's offense, but the ball possession rate was too little.

A possession rate of less than 30% means that Liverpool players are running most of the time in the game, while Real Madrid are passing and holding the ball more. This is obviously a very unfavorable situation for Liverpool.

If it continues like this, it will be dragged down sooner or later.

Can there be a way?

The opening attack did not work. Real Madrid's overall strength advantage is obvious, and their pass control ability is far superior to Liverpool. It can be said that Real Madrid tonight is like the Barcelona Cosmos back then, using the ball to slip away Liverpool.

The superstar personal ability in the frontcourt forced Liverpool to tighten up its defense, which further exacerbated the passivity on the scene. Even as the team's head coach Klopp, it is difficult to change.

It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, and it's impossible for him to make Liverpool's strength suddenly stronger.

For such a situation, Liverpool has long been psychologically prepared.

Whether it is a goal lost first, or a huge disadvantage in possession of the ball, these are all predictable before the game, and Klopp has also made sufficient plans, so the Liverpool players on the field are not in chaos.

But what really worries Klopp is that Real Madrid played too steadily.

So stable that it is almost impossible to see hope.

Sometimes Klopp is wondering why this Real Madrid team has been able to dominate European football for nearly ten years?

Is it really just that the management bought a bunch of talented players, plus a few outstanding world-class head coaches?

As Klopp, who has experienced many battles and has achieved certain achievements in the Champions League, he naturally knows that in the knockout stage, it is far from enough to be just geniuses and famous coaches.

There are so many teams with talents and coaches, why not other teams?

Tonight, facing Liverpool, Real Madrid can play the suffocating pass and control of Barcelona. Before facing Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus, Real Madrid can play the oppression and impact of Heynckes Bayern. The team can also play maddeningly strong walls when needed, and their counter-attacks are as sharp as ever.

He is almost the master of European football skills and tactics in the past few years, representing the highest level.

And most importantly, they have a Yang Yang!

Rather than saying that Real Madrid in the past ten years was Benitez's team, Ancelotti's team, or Zidane's team, it is better to say that it was Yang Yang's team.

I believe that Zidane also saw this clearly, so he made an exception and asked Yang Yang to be his chief assistant coach.

Before, Klopp led Dortmund to face Real Madrid, but that feeling is different from tonight.

When he saw that his team failed to score Real Madrid's goal ten minutes before the opening, and even failed to create many threatening dangers, he already knew that it would be difficult for Liverpool to retreat from Kiev tonight.

It's not that he is timid, but that he has self-knowledge.

And the trend of the game was as he expected. Real Madrid managed to control the ball and rhythm very smoothly after the first ten minutes.

Klopp kept walking to the sidelines, constantly reminding his players to be patient and not to rush.

But as the ball is controlled by the opponent, as the game falls behind, and as time goes by, Liverpool's players will only play more and more anxiously.

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When the game entered forty minutes in the first half, Liverpool players tried to strengthen the pressing again.

Real Madrid used a large-scale transfer of the ball. After Marcelo stopped the ball on the left side of the center line, there was a large open space in front of him.

The Brazilian left back dribbled the ball forward, and outside the 30-meter area of ​​​​Liverpool, he made a diagonal pass and sent the ball to the front of the penalty area.

Suarez took the lead and stopped the ball back to Yang Yang.

Yang Yang tried to find an opportunity, but at this time Liverpool's penalty area was full of people.

Without a chance, Yang Yang chose to protect the ball, took two steps back, and passed back to the midfield to reorganize.

The ball is still at the feet of Real Madrid, but the position has advanced to the outside of Liverpool's 30-meter area.

After several passes, the ball was again diverted to the left by a long pass.

Hazard pulled to the left, stopped the ball and cut inside, but was never able to carve through Liverpool's defense and was forced to pass back to midfielder Toni Kroos again.

The German midfielder stopped the ball, and when he saw that the defensive players were pulled to the center by Hazard, he immediately distributed the ball to the left again.

At this time, Marcelo had already advanced to the left side of Liverpool's penalty area, and there was no one around. After stopping the ball steadily, he saw Arnold rushing towards him quickly, and the Brazilian left back immediately moved the ball forward. The whole person sprints to the bottom line.

Seeing that Arnold was thrown away by Marcelo, Lovren immediately rushed to help defend.

As early as when Marcelo received the ball, Liverpool's entire defensive center of gravity was tilted towards Marcelo's side at the same time.

When Marcelo saw Lovren coming up, he knew he couldn't make a pass from the bottom. After he suddenly dunked the ball back, he saw Yang Yang's gesture at the front of the penalty area.

This is for Marcelo to pass the ball in front of him.

Where would the Brazilian left back hesitate, and directly pass the ball to the penalty area with his left foot.

Liverpool's central defender Van Dijk reacted quickly and noticed Yang Yang immediately. He quickly entangled Yang Yang, but because Yang Yang inserted from the back, the Dutch central defender missed the best position.

After Yang Yang quickly advanced, he blocked Van Dijk with his body, and at the same time judged the ball's landing point. After his right foot stabilized, before the ball landed, he half-turned and volleyed with his left foot.

At this moment, everyone in the audience was dumbfounded, and only one thought popped into their minds.

Flying fairy outside the sky!