The first tumor in football

Chapter 159: Counterattack Begins!!

Song Wen knew that Liverpool's defense was a weakness compared to their full-powerful offense.

In this case, he can not only rely on his breakthrough shooting ability to score goals, but his teammates can also find opportunities with his assists.

After all, Grealish will be a billionaire in the future. Although people outside joke that this kid has no skill points in shooting, it does not mean that he really can't shoot at all.

McGoldrick, after a season of cooperation with Song Wen, has already mastered the skill of catching rebounds to perfection, and his shooting ability is naturally excellent.

Liverpool did not invest too many people on the defensive end, and these two are fully capable of finding opportunities in it.

Song Wen's tactic is to help McGoldrick or Grealish score a goal first.

As a result, Liverpool had to adjust their personnel to defend against these two players who would threaten their goal.

And you will be able to gain a certain amount of space, which will be more beneficial for you in the second half when other players' physical strength begins to decline, so you can use your extreme speed to achieve greater benefits.

So Song Wen was not in a hurry at the beginning, but instead retreated to the position of a defensive midfielder, choosing to help the team connect the balls and push the overall formation forward.

While laymen watch the fun, insiders watch the door.

Fan Zhiyi looked at the changing formations of both sides and became highly concentrated.

Klopp on the sidelines also noticed Song Wen's intention and was about to give instructions when Song Wen got the ball again.

This time, Song Wen started to move towards the middle. Because Song Wen's position was already relatively forward at this time, he immediately attracted the defense of three Liverpool players.

Even the attention of frontcourt players such as Salah and Firmino was attracted by Song Wen.

Song Wen realized that he had attracted enough attention, and his excellent vision allowed him to pass the ball directly to Grealish on the front line.

At the moment of passing the ball, Song Wen had already raised his hand and pointed diagonally behind Grealish!

Grealish knew that Song Wen's pass was intended for him, so he immediately understood Song Wen's command.

His peripheral vision had already caught sight of McGoldrick who was starting to sprint!
So Grealish just tapped the ball lightly with his foot and changed the path of the ball!

"Oh!!!"

A burst of exclamations suddenly broke out above Anfield Stadium!
Because when Liverpool players reacted, McGoldrick was already two body lengths away from Liverpool's entire defense line!

Arnold rushed forward with his head down and signaled to the referee that the opponent was offside.

In fact, Arnold didn't know whether the opponent was offside or not, because everyone's attention had not yet turned away from Song Wen!

The entire Liverpool defense line had forgotten about McGoldrick!
Although speed is not McGoldrick's strong point, he started more than a second earlier, and the distance of two body lengths meant that no one in Liverpool could catch up with McGoldrick.

In front of him, there was only one last opponent, goalkeeper Karius!
Unfortunately, Liverpool also did not have their goalkeeper Alisson at this time.

If Alisson was here, he would definitely choose to take the initiative when facing McGoldrick's one-on-one opportunity.

This is not only because Alisson is an attacking goalkeeper, but also because in front of a striker like McGoldrick who is not very skilled at footwork, taking the initiative will allow the goalkeeper to take greater initiative.

But Carius chose not to do so.

He just stood nervously in front of the goal line, staring at the ball under McGoldrick's feet, trying to make a save in front of the goal.

Although McGoldrick is not one of the world's top striker players, facing such wide shooting conditions, there is naturally no possibility of him getting sick.

"McGoldrick!"

In the Douyin live broadcast room, Zhan Jun shouted passionately!
"A one-on-one opportunity! Karius didn't choose to attack! He was scared! McGoldrick! Shoot! This ball goes in!!! The game lasted 51 minutes, and only six minutes into the second half, Ipswich scored a goal! The score was changed to 1:5! In the desperate situation, they did not choose to give up, but chose to roar into despair! Will this be the clarion call for their counterattack!!"

"McGoldrick! He didn't choose to celebrate. Instead, like their captain, when they were behind, he gave up any possible way to waste time and went straight to Liverpool's goal to get the ball back! He expressed his determination to all the fans who were watching this game and caring about them!!!"

Finally, a smile appeared on Fan Zhiyi's face for the first time in nearly an hour.

"Song Wen, these back passes may seem ordinary, but it is precisely because of this that Liverpool's entire defense line has relaxed its vigilance. Many people will overlook one thing, that is, Song Wen is not only a top scorer, he is also a top tactical master!"

"We see that the Ipswich players are excitedly encouraging each other! Yes, they really need a goal to break the desperate situation they are facing now! This goal is definitely more than just a goal, it is also a shot in the arm for the Ipswich players! Now they must maintain this excited state and put all their energy into the game!"

“Maybe miracles don’t always happen, but we must believe in miracles, because Ipswich is such a team that creates miracles!”

Ipswich's goal undoubtedly gave their fans an injection of stimulant.

You have to know that before this, Ipswich fans were almost burying their heads in their crotches when sitting in Anfield.

After all, before the game started, the fans of both teams had already had very friendly and amicable exchanges.

As a result, Ipswich was scored five goals by Liverpool at the beginning.

This made Liverpool fans hold their heads high, but it also naturally spurred Ipswich fans.

Faced with the ridicule from Liverpool fans, Ipswich fans were able to curse back at first.

But as the gap between the two sides widened, the intensity of the counterattack became weaker and weaker.

In the end, everyone just fell silent.

There is no way. I am really embarrassed to say anything when the team plays like this.

But this goal naturally gave the fans hope.

Although we know that there is still a huge gap of four goals to equalize the score, the concepts of the gap between zero to one and one to five are completely different.

Ipswich fans cheered loudly, rooting for their home team.

McGoldrick had already brought the ball back to the center line. He and Song Wen high-fived with excited expressions.

Da Laohei's heart was far from being as calm as he appeared. During the halftime break, Song Wen specifically told him that he would try to create as many opportunities for him as possible in the second half.

But McGoldrick must concentrate fully, seize every opportunity and never make any mistakes.

This sudden attack was exactly what Song Wen and McGoldrick had agreed on before.

That's why McGoldrick was able to start at the first moment, instantly creating a distance of two bodies behind Liverpool and getting such an easy one-on-one opportunity.

"Song! I can! I can do this!"

He also wrote a letter of guarantee to Song Wen.

Song Wen smiled and nodded. This comrade who had fought alongside him in the first friendly match, with the help of the BUFF, the two of them had already cooperated seamlessly.

Perhaps McGoldrick still has a big gap in personal ability compared to some top forwards in the English Premier League.

But for Song Wen, team tacit understanding is more important than those so-called personal abilities.

"Hold on, we can do this!"

The referee blew the whistle to continue the game.

Liverpool players did not panic because of losing a goal.

After all, I have already entered five.

Moreover, Liverpool players already knew that their defense has always been a weakness, and it was impossible to avoid losing a goal.

They lost goals in every game before, even when facing weak teams, but this did not prevent them from winning the game with their absolute firepower advantage.

So Klopp did not make any other tactical adjustments to the team.

Just score if you can.

I will just hit you back with more goals.

But Klopp overlooked one thing.

That was Song Wen in the second half of the game, who started running frantically to assist in defense.

And he himself retreated to the position of defensive midfielder.

He even locked his defensive target on Firmino.

The reason for choosing Firmino is that although Firmino seems to be the least prominent one among the Red Army's trident, this person is often the initiator of the attack.

Song Wen’s concept of defense has never been to block the opponent’s attack, but to directly choose to strangle the opponent’s organizer.

Under eye marking, Song Wen almost blocked the connection between Firmino and the team.

Even if he finally got the ball, Firmino would helplessly find that whenever Song Wen was in front of him, he did not dare to raise his foot to pass the ball to the position he wanted. It seemed that Song Wen had already seen through him completely, and as long as he raised his foot, he would be blocked by Song Wen.

This strange feeling made Firmino feel uncomfortable. Naturally, he didn't believe it. After two feints, he wanted to use a clever lob to pass the ball to Salah on the wing.

But his foot had just touched the ball, and at the moment when he couldn't retract his movement, Firmino's eyelids twitched wildly, but Song Wen's foot had already arrived!
boom!
The ball had just flown up when it hit Song Wen's foot directly.

What's even more outrageous is that Song Wen even had time to adjust the direction of his feet during such a quick process, allowing the ball to pass right through Firmino's crotch.

Song Wen intercepted the ball and started quickly. With just one step, he had already gone behind Firmino and got the intercepted ball.

By the time Firmino turned around and wanted to stop Song Wen, Song Wen had already rushed out like a gust of wind and no one knew how far he was!

"Song Wen! Perfect steal! He starts sprinting!"

Accompanied by Zhan Jun’s shouts, Song Wen ran wildly on the court like a dragon!
Even under the lens of a high-speed camera, Song Wen's pace was so fast that afterimages appeared!

As soon as Song Wen moved, the entire Liverpool's defense became tense instantly.

Several midfielders chose to rush forward to surround him at the first moment, but they were shaken and bumped into each other by Song Wen's extremely exaggerated change of direction!
Song Wen ran all the way across half the court. Seeing Song Wen's speed, everyone focused their eyes on Song Wen!
Especially those Ipswich fans, they all clenched their fists and stood up from their seats!

Because they have seen Song Wen's speed too many times!

Next, there will be another wonderful one-on-one goal!!
The fans all know Song Wen’s playing habits, and Klopp naturally knows it too.

Looking at Song Wen running wildly, Klopp felt his nerves jumping.

He shouted loudly on the sidelines, reminding Liverpool players to block Song Wen's path.

Of course, Klopp doesn't need to remind this at all.

At this moment, Song Wen has already become the only focus of the whole audience!
Faced with Arnold's forceful pressure from the side, Song Wen simply chose to resist with his body.

Arnold only felt that he seemed to have hit a high-speed train that was traveling at high speed. He even staggered twice due to inertia and completely lost the ability to chase.

But fortunately, Liverpool's defense was well prepared.

Their defensive midfielders have already retreated to the front of the penalty area, forming a triangle with the other two defenders, almost forming a dragnet that can block all of Song Wen's routes of advance in the first place.

Seeing that Song Wen was still rushing forward and seemed to be about to fall into the trap, just at the first second when the Liverpool players started to move, Song Wen's instep with the ball suddenly lightly lifted up! !

Obviously, both the ball and Song Wen were rushing forward at a very high speed, but Song Wen was able to kick out such a light and fluttering lob that was extremely awkward! !

The ball drew an arc over the heads of several people!
When he was about to land, a soldier in blue rushed out from the side at the first opportunity! !
"Grealish!!!"

As Zhan Jun exclaimed, Grealish, who was already covered in mud, had a gleam in his eyes!
He looked at the ball in the air with some surprise, and couldn't imagine how Song Wen managed to make such a perfect pass in terms of angle and landing point while rushing forward at high speed, which allowed him to shoot directly!
Without any hesitation, he kicked the ball hard with his right foot before it hit the ground! !

At this moment, Liverpool goalkeeper Karius's eyes just turned over!!!
(End of this chapter)