I started with Torres, to revive German football

Chapter 150 The League Cup Championship Contest.

Stepping onto the field and passing the League Cup trophy at the exit, there are no words to describe the mood of the players of the two teams at this time, and no one can control their gaze.

Although it is far from the FA Cup and Premier League champions, at this moment, this trophy is the most precious thing in the eyes of the players of the two teams!
"Fans and friends in front of the TV, good evening everyone! Welcome to the [-]-[-] League Cup final, I am your old friend Andy Gray!
The game is about to start, and players from both sides are on the field! "

In the Sky Sports studio, Andy Gray and Carragher, a pair of newly promoted hot partners, are responsible for explaining this game that has attracted the attention of Premier League fans.

At this moment, Andy Gray quickly introduced the formations and players of the two teams. As a supporter of Manchester City, he was very excited today.

"Manchester City still chose the most stable main lineup since January, Guardiola did not hesitate to use four three three as his starting lineup!

Zhao Jinge teamed up with Aguero and Mahrez as strikers, while Mane and Sterling were on standby off the court.

The midfielder is De Bruyne, Gundogan, and Kanter. It is surprising that Yaya Toure, who played well in the last game, did not start.

On the back line are Kyle Walker, Kompany, Au, Tamendi and Clichy, and the goalkeeper is Joe Hart! "

"Liverpool on the other side played a [-] today!
Sturridge and Firmino acted as double centers one after the other.

Coutinho's position was not placed on the front midfielder, but directly placed on the left winger. The right winger is Milner. It seems that Liverpool's main attack point today may be on the left!

The midfield is composed of Emre Can and Henderson, and the defense is Klein, Lucas, Sakho and Moreno lined up from left to right, goalkeeper Mignolet!
Klopp changed his regular formation in today's game, and did not use the four-three-three that he often played recently. I don't know if the change of the German coach today will have good results. "

Accompanied by Andy Gray's introduction, after a series of opening ceremonies, Kompany and Henderson chose sides under the leadership of the referee. Manchester City won the priority to choose sides, and Liverpool had the right to kick off first. .

After the captains of the two sides shook hands and exchanged team flags, they quickly returned to their respective halfs.

While shouting to cheer, the Manchester City players spread out their formations, gave each other high fives to encourage, suppressed all the messy emotions in their hearts, and focused all their attention on the current game.

Sturridge and Firmino stood on the center circle line, Liverpool kicked off first, Liverpool fans sang you will never walk alone, and Manchester City raised a huge TIFO not to be outdone:

Blue Moon is embracing three trophies, among which the Holy Grail of the Champions League and the Premier League Champions Trophy are in a blurred state, and the League Cup trophy is shining.

The meaning of TIFO is self-evident. I want all the trophies in Manchester City's third-tier championship this year!

With the whistle of the referee, Wembley Stadium once again fell into cheers, and Liverpool and Manchester City also quickly launched their formations!
As soon as Sturridge kicked off on Liverpool's side, Zhao Jinge immediately led Manchester City's midfielders to press. Relying on the experience of the last league match, Manchester City's players did not hesitate to launch a full-scale attack from the very beginning. oppression.

Facing the pressing, Sturridge quickly transferred the ball to his own midfielder, and Henderson quickly came to respond.

After Gerrard retired, Henderson has become the backbone of Liverpool's midfield in the past two years. The midfield duo formed by him and Emre Can has performed very well in Liverpool's performance this year.
But in all fairness, the gap between Henderson and Gerrard in football is still visible to the naked eye. At least in the face of Manchester City's strong oppression, Henderson can hardly hold the ball at his feet.

Seeing the menacing Manchester City players, Henderson immediately passed the ball back to Emre Can after receiving the ball, Zhao Jinge changed the direction of the fight again, and rushed towards his national team teammates relentlessly.

Emre Can glanced at his defense line after taking over the pot. Neither of the two central defenders could play the ball. If he passed back to the defense line, he might have made a mistake on the spot.

Seeing Zhao Jinge decisively grabbing the ball at his feet, Emre Can hesitated for a moment, and suddenly realized that he didn't even have room to pass back, so he could only hastily kick the ball to the frontcourt.

With a big foot forward, in the helpless eyes of Klopp on the sidelines, Gundogan, who was dragging behind Manchester City, seized the ball firmly before the retreating Firmino, and then handed over the ball to come forward. De Bruyne.

"Manchester City's opening press was very active! Liverpool seemed a bit unable to adapt to this rhythm, Manchester City players played their aggressiveness,
Under the guidance of Guardiola, Manchester City's frontcourt pressing is in place. If Liverpool has been in this state, then they will be in big trouble! "

Accompanied by Andy Gray's commentary, Manchester City's midfielder counterattacked extremely quickly and decisively after grabbing the ball. Liverpool managed to defend, but before the ball was transferred to the frontcourt, Manchester City pressed fiercely. The pressing interrupted the rhythm.

After Guardiola polished his tactics for most of the season, he allowed Manchester City to play the current systematic high-position pressure. The key players in the frontcourt of Blue Moon are all young and able to run, and the tactics are executed very well.

Except for Aguero at the center position, there is no player over 25 years old on the field. He spared no effort in pressing, which made Liverpool's players very uncomfortable.

The uneasiness in Klopp's heart became more and more intense. When he met Manchester City in the league in the first half of this season, Manchester City at that time gave him a kind of almost suffocating defensive pressure. Now after replacing some young players, this The stock pressure is even better!

In the first contest of this season, facing Guardiola's oppression/ball possession system carefully polished by relying on multiple core structures in the midfield, the Red Army's oppression/counterattack system was directly beaten to misfire by Manchester City!
Klopp's goal of restricting Zhao Jinge with his own defense system has not been achieved at all. Apart from saving a little face with Coutinho's goal at the last moment, Klopp's Liverpool can be said to be completely defeated by Manchester City!

In today's game, Guardiola hid the exhausted Yaya Toure.

Relying on Zhao Jinge to lead the high pressure, through a strong overall cooperation to cut Liverpool's midfield organization into pieces.

It is true that the midfield possession combination of Emre Can and Henderson is definitely on the weaker side in the competition between the strong teams in the Premier League.
Except for the old Manchester United, the remaining four teams in the Premier League's Big Six are not weaker than Liverpool in terms of midfield playmakers alone.

Especially today's opponent Manchester City, Klopp looked at Yaya Toure and David Silva on the opposite bench, not to mention how envious he was, two world-class midfielders actually sat on the bench, Manchester City Really luxurious and terrible!
Now Liverpool's weak midfielder can't hold the ball at all. Henderson and Emre Can shattered on the midfield line.

Less than 10 minutes into the game, Liverpool was almost completely at a disadvantage. Except for mindless kicks, otherwise the offense would not be able to reach Manchester City's defensive third area.

After finally defending Blue Moon’s attack, the ball was taken back by the opponent within a minute. Is the gap between Liverpool and the strong team already so big?

The situation on the field did not allow Klopp to think about it. He could only make tactical adjustments. Under tremendous pressure, Liverpool immediately shrunk their formation after only 10 minutes of the opening.

Coutinho came to the position of the attacking midfielder and formed the new metronome of Liverpool's frontcourt together with Firmino in the retracement organization.

Emre Can, Henderson, and Milner retreated to form a three-back midfielder, lying in a dish shape more than ten meters behind the two front midfielders.

Except for the half-court where Sturridge was left in Manchester City, Liverpool all retreated behind the halfway line.

Starting from the two attacking midfielders, three lines of defense were formed to fight aggressively, and they fought with the Manchester City players who were pressed into their own half.

I hope to launch a counterattack quickly after winning the ball. Relying on Sturridge's speed and Coutinho's long-range shot, we can see if we can steal one while Manchester City is pressing.

But Klopp underestimated Manchester City's current defense line and defensive system. In the contest at the beginning of the season, Liverpool could rely on the forward's personal ability to catch one or two small mistakes of Manchester City and make a quick attack.

But that was the result achieved when Manchester City's two main central defenders were injured and there was no full-time defensive midfielder!

Now facing Manchester City's well-staffed defense and Kanter staring at Coutinho, Liverpool's occasional opportunities to run out are of no use at all!
The situation is almost tilted towards Manchester City. In the final analysis, football is a sport of skill and body.
Liverpool's players may not be at a disadvantage in physical confrontation, but there is indeed a big gap at the technical level.

Relying on their control of the ball, Manchester City launched wave after wave of attacks.

In the No.17 minute of the first half, after Manchester City grabbed the ball at the center line, they launched a rapid advance. Gundogan took the ball forward and interspersed a few meters, and directly passed a large-scale long pass.

The football quickly swept to the left of Liverpool, where Mahrez was plugging in at high speed, and Liverpool's full-back Moreno had been left behind by him!

Almost at the same time, Zhao Jinge, Aguero and other Manchester City players also moved forward resolutely. Zhao Jinge ran to the far point, and Aguero went straight to Liverpool's penalty area. The actions of the two directly drove Liverpool's defense back!

De Bruyne ran to the empty position in front of Liverpool's penalty area, Emre Can was desperately chasing back, Henderson went to intercept Mahrez, Milner was also attracted by Kyle Walker who inserted behind,
For a moment, Liverpool's midfield defense was instantly pulled apart, leaving only the two central defenders in the penalty area guarding the last line of defense!
Mahrez observed the situation outside Liverpool's penalty area during the rapid advance with the ball. After seeing that Zhao Jinge and De Bruyne were both in favorable positions, he decisively crossed the ball to the outside of the opponent's penalty area. top position.

The football quickly flew to De Bruyne's area, and Zhao Jinge and Aguero also tacitly interspersed their positions. They crossed each other, one ran backward and the other ran forward.

De Bruyne directly used his left foot to face Mahrez's cross. With his excellent footwork, Mr. Ding hoisted the football to Liverpool's penalty area.

The central defender Sacco from France was distracted by Zhao Jinge and Aguero's transposition. He believed that the football's landing point was the front point of his own penalty area.

So this tall black central defender chose to run forward with Aguero first, and let another central defender Lucas defend Zhao Jinge!

But after running a few steps, he suddenly discovered that De Bruyne's pass had drawn an inexplicable arc, flying past him, and finally found Zhao Jinge, who was ordered later!

A flash of lightning flashed across Shaco's mind, and he made a mistake in his judgment!I followed the wrong person!

Before the game, Klopp gave him and Lucas thousands of instructions, must keep a close eye on Zhao Jinge, and never give him a one-on-one chance in a dangerous zone.

Both Lucas and Sacco have good confrontation and defense abilities. If they play together, they can barely guarantee that they can defend against Zhao Jinge who is in good condition. But if the two of them separate to intercept, it will be Calabash Baby saving Grandpa one by one. sent it!

If you want to defend Zhao Jinge one-on-one, unless it is the world's top central defenders like Ferdinand and Vidic, other people will hardly have any effect!
Sacco, who wanted to make amends, rushed towards Zhao Jinge's direction. He prayed in his heart that Lucas would be stronger, at least not allowing Zhao Jinge to easily catch the ball in his penalty area!
Sacco looked nervously at the direction where the football fell, but saw the scene he least wanted to see:
After Zhao Jinge adjusted his physical condition, when the football was about to fall, he leaned back sharply. Lucas, who was about to take off, was suddenly leaned on by Zhao Jinge and lost his balance, and failed to take off successfully!

After Zhao Jinge got rid of Lucas behind him, he stopped the falling football with his chest, and then turned around and stopped the ball directly to his side with his back facing Sakho.

Looking at the slowly falling football, Zhao Jinge, who was half turned around, fully stretched his left leg with the help of his body turning around.
The whole person is like a long bow with full strings, pouring out the hidden strength in the body in an instant, and hitting the lower part of the football hard with the left foot swung out with all its strength!
At the moment of impact, the football flew straight towards the upper right corner of the Liverpool goal, flying towards the intersection of crossbar and goal post.

Zhao Jinge volleyed with all his strength, avoiding the palm of Mignolet's save, and got into the net of Liverpool's goal!

It was like a heavy artillery shell bombarded the Wembley Stadium at this moment, which aroused almost crazy cheers from the Blue Moon fans!
(End of this chapter)