heavy artillery king

[06] Chapter 170 Seventh First Half

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After the start of the game, both sides played very cautiously to avoid being attacked by the opponent, but soon, amidst the cheers of the audience, Liverpool quickly grasped the situation on the field. In the 10th minute of the game, Gera De threw off Hleb's defense on the right and advanced to the frontcourt at high speed.

Gerrard and Alonso formed a cooperation on the right side in front of the penalty area. Gerrard attracted the defense of Flamini and Silva, and immediately distributed the ball to the center. Alonso followed up with a strong shot, slightly Higher than the crossbar, opened the prelude to Liverpool's attack.

In the next few minutes, Arsenal was frequently intercepted by Liverpool in the midfield, unable to form an effective threat. Instead, the defense was suppressed by the opponent everywhere.

In the confrontation between the midfielders, the Arsenal players did not have an advantage at all. What's more, Liverpool's midfielders still did not lose even in the face of Chelsea. Their fierce interception made Arsenal very passive.

In just 5 minutes, Liverpool blocked Arsenal's ball seven times in the midfield and completed a three-legged goal.

Arsenal had to move back, and Henry retreated to the center to get the ball. After a period of time in the opening game, Arsenal blocked Liverpool's mad attack and finally played out their own attack. Ljungberg used himself many times The speed passed Kewell and Riise's defense line, and played a threatening attack.

The game quickly entered a stalemate. In the No. 20 minute of the game, Ljungberg passed Riise and sent the ball into the penalty area.

After seeing Ljungberg's breakthrough, Adebayor, the Togo beast, has already plugged in at a high speed. Seeing the ball fly to a position 13 meters away from the goal, he rushed forward, jumped towards the ball, and overwhelmed Carragher to grab it. Point forward, shake your head hard and rub back.

With the soft sound of 'Sasha', Hleb sees Adebayor jumping up, and moves forward at high speed on the left side, ready to outflank.

But Hyypia, who was watching Henry closely, returned to the defense immediately, and made a big kick first to clear the siege.

The ball fell to Silva's feet in the midfield, and Arsenal quickly organized an attack, while Liverpool's midfield was like a chain blocking the sky, tightly pinching Arsenal's offensive line, and did not let the Arsenal players Advance to the frontcourt.

Liverpool's tactics are relatively simple, which is to use the control of the midfield to defend against Arsenal's offense, and at the same time see if there is a chance to launch a fast break. If not, they will switch to a positional battle.

In the positional battle, use the control of Gerrard and others, and cooperate with the dexterity of the two forwards and the tallness to create a murderous intention. The impact force fights positional warfare.

And Arsenal still use their own tactics, ground coordination and interpolation on both sides, like a sharp knife inserted into the opponent's defense line, using their own skills, the last ball penetrates the opponent's defense line and hits a penetrating goal. .

But no matter what tactics the two teams use, the midfielders of both sides have become their own vital goals. However, facing Liverpool's midfielders who are taller and stronger than themselves, Arsenal seems to have little choice.

The tempo of the game changed quickly, and after a few threatening attacks by Arsenal, Liverpool began to tighten their grip in midfield, controlling the ball in midfield.

In this way, Arsenal's offensive line was broken, and Cesc Fabregas and Silva could not withstand the impact of Sissoko and Alonso.

And Hleb is unable to effectively contain Gerrard's offense. The only one who can compete with the opponent is Ljungberg. He and Kewell are basically in a state of mutual explosion. Although Ljungberg has repeatedly let the opponent The defense was tight, but the opponent also completed a few good quality kicks.

"Damn it." Xiao Ge saw the situation on the field, Arsenal was intercepted in the midfield many times, unable to attack the front of the opponent's penalty area, and felt anxious.

And Wenger looked at the situation on the field with a serious face. After all, his midfielder was too weak.

"Stephen, pass them!!" "Harvey, give us a beautiful world wave!" "Robbie, let them go pick up the ball, go pick up the ball!!"~~~~~~~~~

Seeing the team suppressing the opponent, the entire Anfield United Stadium made a terrifying sound, and as Liverpool's offense flocked to Arsenal's half.

In the 307th minute of the game, Gerrard first cooperated with Sissoko, changed his position to the middle, and then responded to Alonso's direct pass. Gerrard buckled Cesc Fabregas's interception, followed by a light kick with his toes , The ball drew a high arc and quickly fell into the penalty area.

Arsenal's defenders were all on alert before, but the ball passed over everyone's heads. Arsenal's players hurriedly turned back to chase, but one person had already responded quickly.

"Fernando! Fernando!! Go in! What's going on, what's going on, penalty kick! Penalty kick! Wise Ball, wise Ball, his judgment is incomparably correct, incomparably correct!!"

"Penalty kick! Penalty kick!!" "Send him off! Send him off!!"

"Referee, that's not a penalty. My foot hit the ball first, and I hit the ball first." But no matter how Eboue argued, Boll still pointed the ball to the penalty spot.

When Morientes unloaded the ball and was about to wade in again, Eboue made a sliding shovel from the side with a balloon and knocked him down. Ball directly awarded a penalty kick.

"Damn it." Wenger cursed a little angrily. Gerrard's pass just now completely tore up Arsenal's defense. Although Eboue was active, his performance still seemed a little frizzy.

Gerrard held the ball, walked to the penalty spot, and habitually looked down at the goal with his brows down.All the fans in the audience watched intently, without making any sound.

Lehman, on the other hand, tightly locked on to the front, half-squatting his body, and he didn't see any nervousness at all. He had seen this scene a lot, and he was in a particularly good state today, but his face was calm.

Both Gerrard and Lehmann were staring at the ball closely, but one of them inadvertently looked at the goal, while the other inadvertently glanced at the opponent's body, waiting for Ball's whistle.

At this time, the players on the bench of Arsenal and Liverpool had already stood up. Xiao Ge hadn't seen Arsenal get a penalty kick this season, so he couldn't help being nervous and squeezed his hands tightly.

Wenger and Benitez also stood up, their eyes sharp like goshawks, focusing on the penalty kick.

"Beep~~" A whistle sounded, and Gerrard started to start, approached the run, and took a long leg. During the run-up, the rhythm changed, and then started again, and then he pumped his right foot in the middle of the ball and hit the goal directly.

There was a "pop", "huhu"~~~ a long time of exclamation.

"****, I'm scared to death." "That's great Jens." "Nice job, fuck that iron man."~~Xiao Ge excitedly embraced the team members, and this penalty kick was single-handed by Lehmann To threw out.

Before Gerrard hit the goal, Lehman was deceived by him and shifted his center of gravity, but Gerrard didn't turn the angle and wanted to hit the speed directly, but was blocked by Lehman who reacted promptly.

"Whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" the whole Anfield was full of pity, "****, damn German." "Oh, Arsenal's luck is so fucking good." "Next time they won't be so lucky." "Next time Steph will kill Arsenal with his trademark cannon."~~~~

Lehmann's ball was not far away. Fabregas took a step ahead and kicked it forward. Hleb took the first step to catch the ball and the game restarted.

Gerrard shook his head in frustration, and immediately returned to his position to participate in the defense.

At this time, Hleb has turned from defense to offense, dribbling the ball forward on the sidewalk, and Alonso is tightly attached to his side.

The two struggled through the midfield, and Hleb found that he hadn't shaken off the opponent, and quickly distributed the ball.

Cesc Fabregas got the ball in the middle, and saw that Sissoko had rushed to his side, and obviously wanted to use his body to squeeze against him. As soon as the ball was delivered, his body turned, and he quickly left the defensive position of Sissoko, and at the same time Toure made a two over one and continued to dribble.

Adebayor has already settled his position. Fabregas easily slammed the ball and quickly sent the ball into the penalty area. Adebayor got the ball by Carragher in the penalty area. There is space, and the Liverpool players have rushed back, and hastily knocked the ball to the left again.

Henry has already plugged in. After unloading the ball, he swayed left and right, messing up Liverpool's defense and attracting everyone's attention. First, he flicked the ball with his left foot as if trying to cut in, driving Liverpool's defense.

Suddenly Henry stopped his body, dunked the ball, and immediately flicked the outer instep of his right foot. The ball quickly passed through the sight of Hypia and others, and rolled to the middle.

Seeing Henry's activation, Adebayor quickly took the defender away, paid attention to Henry's foot movements, saw Henry stop the ball and split to the neutral in the middle, and hurriedly shook off the defender. There is a chance!

"Rush over, rush over." Seeing Adebayor still hesitating to fight Carragher, Xiao Ge was about to get angry. If he had rushed forward to get the ball, he would definitely have gotten it.

In Arsenal, it's not about waiting for the ball, it's about running for the ball, using every opportunity to find the space that suits you, and the ball will be delivered to your feet immediately.

At this time, Liverpool's defenders have settled down, Alonso has taken the lead, blocked Adebayor's route, cleared with a big foot, and a great opportunity disappeared.

"Phew, damn it, if Harvey's a little slow, that ugly bastard's going to get the ball."

"Arsenal's counterattack is really terrible."

"Cheer up guys, you're the best!"~~~~

Henry and Adebayor did not form an effective cooperation, but many people were scared into a cold sweat.

Although Arsenal's offense did not have any real threat, the Liverpool players began to consciously slow down the pace to prevent Arsenal's counterattack. The game fell into a stalemate again, but Arsenal was at a disadvantage.

For the rest of the time, both sides tried to attack a few times, but to no avail. With Ball's "beep" whistle, the first half of the match between Liverpool and Arsenal ended, and the score was zero to zero.

Judging from the results of the score, the two sides seem to be evenly matched, but Arsenal's possession rate in the half was only 46, and they shot 2 times, while Liverpool's shots were as high as [-] times, which was obviously better than Arsenal. The data in the first half It has already shown that Arsenal is firmly suppressed by Liverpool.

On the scene, Arsenal's smooth offense could not be opened, and they could only defend passively.

Benitez and Wenger entered the locker room for the first time, making arrangements for their second half tactics.