Chapter 573 Is This Too Exaggerated?

The first half of the game went smoothly.

After taking the lead in scoring, Liverpool played relatively stable, and they tried to be stable in both attack and defense.

Chelsea is more stable in defense. The Blues' strategy is very simple. Since they have lost the ball, they must first ensure that they will not lose again, and then slowly look for opportunities to counterattack.

After Yang Yang scored, Liverpool completely controlled the situation on the field and frequently attacked Chelsea.

Especially starting from the thirtieth minute, for fifteen minutes, Liverpool completely suppressed Chelsea in the half.

Kuyt, Crouch, Gerrard, Yang Yang...

Long shots, corner kicks, grab points in the penalty area...

All kinds of attacking methods are constantly appearing in Chelsea's half, especially in the last few minutes, Chelsea is very embarrassed, and the scene is also extremely passive.

During these fifteen minutes, Chelsea didn't even have a chance to shoot, which made everyone feel Chelsea's disadvantage on the pitch, as if they could be scored anytime, anywhere.

Mourinho was clearly aware of this, so he made a decisive adjustment at half-time.

This season, the striker Pizarro, who has just transferred from Bayern Munich, replaced Kalu and partnered with Drogba.

The Portuguese obviously hope to play with Pizarro to bring more vitality to the team's attack in the frontcourt.

At the same time, Mourinho also replaced Wright Phillips with Brazilian defender Alex.

So, at the start of the second half, Chelsea's formation suddenly changed from 4-4-2 to 5-3-2.

Malouda properly retracted to the middle, forming a three midfield with Mikel and Lampard.

Alex appeared on the back line, forming three central defenders with Ben Haim and Terry, plus Essien and Ashley Cole, Mourinho hoped to stabilize the ball through five backs The team's back line.

But it would be wrong to think that Mourinho is being overly conservative because of that.

After the start of the second half, Chelsea took the initiative to launch a round of attack.

In the 47th minute, Lampard headed the ball to ferry, Pizarro headed the ball to ferry again, Mikel nodded and headed the goal from close range, which was a little high and failed to create a threat.

Two minutes later, Essien made a cross from the right, and Pizarro quickly headed the goal from the rear and went wide.

Less than five minutes into the second half, Chelsea made two threatening attacks.

Mourinho's big gamble to change two people in the midfield is definitely not to keep the score of zero to one, but to get more opportunities on the offensive end after stabilizing the defense.

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"In fact, it is not uncommon for Mourinho to make big bets on substitutions."

"Three days ago, when we played Reading away from home, we were one goal behind in the first half, and at the same time, the main defender Carvalho had a thigh strain. When he left the game early, Mourinho also made a decisive gamble, even more than he did at the time. It's even bigger at night."

"At that time, Mourinho made two consecutive substitutions at half-time and ran out of three substitutions at half-time, and he also replaced Pizarro at that time, strengthening the team's frontcourt attack."

"Not only that, but after the substitution, Chelsea also suddenly launched a counterattack after the half-time break and scored two goals in the 47th and 50th minutes, successfully reversing the score and making it 2-1. to the end."

"Tonight, Mourinho obviously wants to do it again, but Liverpool are not Reading."

"It should be said that Mourinho's substitutions did have some effects, especially Pizarro, who was very active, but after all, he still failed to seize the opportunity to break Liverpool's goal, after all, the Red Army's defensive hardness is thunder Ding is incomparable."

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With Chelsea's three opening axe failed to work, Liverpool quickly launched a counterattack.

Benitez did not guess that Mourinho would make a big gamble, but the players would adjust themselves according to the situation on the field.

After surviving Chelsea's opening rush, Liverpool quickly fought back.

First, Kuyt made a cross from the right and was cleared by Terry with a header. Yang Yang took a long shot from outside the penalty area and went wide.

Then there was another pass from the right. Gerrard shot a long shot in front of the goal and was blocked by Mikel. Gerrard followed and shot again, and was blocked by Terry.

Just two minutes later, Gerrard suddenly appeared on the right, and after a beautiful cooperation with Finnan, Finnan made a low pass from the right, Kuyt pushed forward and slid out again.

In return, after surviving Chelsea's counterattack, Liverpool's attack came more violently.

At one point, Chelsea had to hide in the 30-meter area of ​​their own side, and even Drogba retreated to the midfield, and even participated in the defense at the front of the penalty area.

In the 57th minute, Ashley Cole fouled Kuyt, was booked, and gave Liverpool a free kick from the right in the frontcourt. Aurelio took the free kick. He hit the wall and failed to make a threat.

Liverpool's left-back looked very depressed, because he remembered that Gerrard scored a direct free-kick in the first game.

Then Gerrard and Xavi Alonso obtained consecutive long-range shots from the outside of the penalty area, but they failed to create a threat.

Liverpool's attack was closely guarded by Chelsea.

When the Blues are huddled in their own half, even in the 30-meter area, no team can easily knock on their goal, including Liverpool.

But after seeing Liverpool's strong offense, all the fans in the audience were convinced that the team would win sooner or later.

But things often change when everyone thinks they are winning.

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In the 61st minute of the game, Chelsea played a quick counterattack in the embarrassing defense. Essien made a cross from the right to the back point. Malouda drove the ball into the penalty area and Finnan retreated to defend. , and caught up with Malouda in the penalty area.

But just as the two seemed to be in contact, Malouda suddenly fell to the ground, and the referee Rob Styles ran quickly to the left, and without hesitation blew the silver whistle in his mouth, ignoring Raising his hands, Finnan, who looked innocent, pointed directly to the penalty spot.

Penalty!

The whole Anfield stadium exclaimed!

Is this a penalty?

Why did it take a penalty?

Liverpool's players were also stunned. Compared with Malouda who fell to the ground, Liverpool players obviously believed in Finnan more, and the innocent Liverpool right-back was violently protesting to the referee, thinking that it was not a penalty kick. He didn't knock down Malouda at all, it was the French who lost his balance and fell to the ground.

But the referee Stiles had a very tough attitude, believing it was a penalty and would not accept any refutation.

Chelsea accepted it with peace of mind, Lampard stood on the penalty spot and calmly took it in one fell swoop, kicking the penalty into the goal.

One to one!

Who would have thought, who would have thought that Chelsea, who did not even have a threatening attack in the whole game, actually broke Liverpool's goal when they took the penalty kick for the first time?

This is definitely a plot of abuse that may only appear in those street racing novels!

But in reality it just appeared and happened!

Not only was it abused once, but it was abused a second time.

After a tragic equalizer, Liverpool quickly stabilized their position.

Benitez kept calling on the players to be calm on the sidelines, and the most important thing for the team is to continue to strengthen the offensive.

So, the Red Army quickly made a substitution, Pennant came on and replaced Mascherano.

This is a very clear signal to strengthen the team's offense.

As soon as Pennant came on, he immediately hit the ball with a kick, creating a yellow card for Ben Haim because he fouled Kuyt.

Then Gerrard shot two consecutive shots, and also sent a good pass to Yang Yang, allowing Yang Yang to volley, but it was a little short of the goal.

Lampard then fouled Xavi Alonso and was booked.

Players on both sides are getting more and more angry.

When the game went to the 74th minute, Liverpool launched another attack.

Yang Yang was holding back his strength and quickly cut inward from the left rib with the ball.

Essien already had a yellow card on his back in the first half, hesitant to act, he didn't dare to foul at all, and was easily thrown away by Yang Yang.

But when Yang Yang met Ben Haim, the Israeli central defender didn't know whether he was too anxious or deliberate. He chose to foul directly and knocked down Yang Yang.

At this time, the referee Stiles blew his whistle again.

Nearby Terry and Essien rushed up immediately, because they all knew that Ben Haim already had a yellow card, and if he got another card, it would really be a red card and be sent off.

Both Chelsea players were putting pressure on the referee, and Liverpool's players thought it should be a winning move.

With Yang Yang's strength, if it wasn't for Ben Haim's foul, it's entirely possible to score a goal.

Players on both sides became angry. Terry and Essien had some conflicts with Liverpool players and took the initiative to push Liverpool players. The referee Stiles persuaded both sides in time and gave Chelsea two The first player got a yellow card and slowly backed away, giving Liverpool a free kick to the left from the front of the penalty area.

But at this moment, the captain of Liverpool, Gerrard, asked the referee loudly why he gave Essien a yellow card, but did not give another red card?

This is too exaggerated, right?

"Stiles' enforcement tonight was really flawed."

"Malouda's fall to the ground just now was not a foul by Finnan at all, but he gave Liverpool an unwarranted penalty."

"And now, he gave Terry and Essien a yellow card each, which was already Essien's second yellow card in this game, but it didn't turn into a red card. This has to be said to be a very low-level mistake, and it is very Shouldn't be."

"This is what we have been saying all the time. Premier League referees should strengthen their law enforcement capabilities appropriately."

The whole Anfield stadium was booed.

Is there such a thing in the world?

Two yellow cards without a red card?

Coupled with the unwarranted penalty just now, I'm afraid even those online competitive novels dare not write like this?

This abuser is also too obvious, too outrageous, right?

Who dares to write like this, he will be pulled out and shot by readers in minutes!

But reality is often more absurd and exaggerated than fiction.

But the game has to continue after all, how about this free kick? by whom?