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Chapter 248 There is no option to slow down

Chapter 248 There is no option to slow down
The result of this draw was quite surprising.

But if you think about it carefully, it makes some sense.
Platini is under investigation.

Barcelona's 'godfather' is gone - before this, some fans felt that Platini, out of his preference for Messi and Barcelona's football, often took good care of Barcelona in the Champions League.

But the current UEFA President Ceferin has not shown any "love" for Barcelona or Messi.

Actually.

The godfather theory is just a "conspiracy theory" of the media and fans. Is UEFA President Platini really the godfather of Barcelona? Does anyone have any evidence?
UEFA also claimed that the draw results were completely random - but everyone knows there must be something fishy going on.

Wouldn't it be easy for UEFA to draw two teams together?

Anyway, the topic between Messi and Sunshine is so hot right now.

UEFA took advantage of the situation and directly drew Barcelona and Liverpool together.

Motivatedly, they have every reason to do so.

Just look at what people are saying about the Champions League quarterfinals now.
Almost everyone is talking about the duel between Messi and Sunshine.

This gimmick is enough to support the ratings of the Champions League quarterfinals.

what?
What do you think about the semi-finals?
get rid of.

It's the semi-finals.

Does UEFA still have to worry about ratings?
Veteran fans have summed up their experience.

There will definitely be one or two "strong dialogues" in the round of 16 and the quarterfinals.

The more gimmicky the better.

For example, in the round of 16, there was a clash between two rivals, Barcelona and Chelsea.

Why is Barcelona's luck in the draw so bad? They played against the Blues in the round of 16 and the Reds in the quarter-finals. Is they Nazi Germany?

They all say godfather.

The day after the draw results came out.

Yangguang was asked this question by reporters right at the entrance of the training base.

"It's nice to play against Barcelona."

Sunshine said.

"No matter who the opponent is, our goal will not change."

"You said that eliminating Messi will consolidate my position in the scorer list? My position in the scorer list has nothing to do with Messi. Because no matter what, I will get the Golden Boot!"

There were also media interviews with Barcelona players.

Coutinho is a former Liverpool player who was crying and shouting about transferring to Barcelona.

He certainly gets a lot of attention.

His transfer fee helped Liverpool get sunshine.

Although Coutinho's performance for Barcelona this season is quite good, he has made 33 appearances for Barcelona, scored 10 goals and provided 8 assists.

But it's nothing compared to the sunshine.

Facing the media camera.

"I am grateful to Liverpool and the Liverpool fans, but I will fight for my team," Coutinho said.

When facing the media, Messi rarely showed his aggressive side.

"I will do my best to eliminate Liverpool!" Messi said, "Of course I hope I can win the Champions League Golden Boot this season, but more importantly, the interests of the team."

The media are discussing the draw results.

As for Liverpool.

They don't have much time to think about their opponents in the Champions League quarter-finals in advance.

Because it was the third day after the draw.

The 30th round of the Premier League, a focus-filled battle.

Liverpool is going to challenge Chelsea away!

Needless to say, Liverpool needs points to compete for the championship.

And Chelsea, they are now in fourth place.

Tottenham and Arsenal are chasing closely behind them, and they may lose their fourth place at any time and slide to sixth in the league.

This result is unacceptable to defending champions Chelsea.

for many fans.

Liverpool's away game against Chelsea is also worth paying attention to.

Chelsea's home ground, Stamford Bridge, is undoubtedly an extremely difficult ground to conquer in the Premier League.

The three-center-back system created by Chelsea head coach Conte at Chelsea is also very solid defensively.

The result of this focus battle.

It will have an impact on both the championship and the top four.

Naturally, it will attract the attention of fans and the media.

The first round of the two sides' encounter this season.

Liverpool beat Chelsea 3-1 at home.

After that game.

Chelsea was declared to have withdrawn from this season's championship race early - because of the home defeat, Chelsea fell directly 9 points behind the top Liverpool.

This also caused Chelsea's performance to fluctuate in subsequent leagues.

And now.

After 29 rounds of the league.

Chelsea is already 19 points behind Liverpool!
Therefore, the championship race has little to do with Chelsea anymore.

But they have to hold on to fourth place.

Tottenham and Arsenal behind them are 1 point and 2 points behind Chelsea respectively.

Plus, Chelsea is 6 points behind third-placed Manchester United.

This basically means.

The fourth position.

There are three London teams competing: Chelsea, Tottenham and Arsenal.

A lot of pressure.

If we lose this focus battle.

Chelsea are likely to drop directly to sixth.

They have no way out.

There isn't much bad blood between Chelsea and Liverpool.

Neither are mortal enemies.

There is not much hostility between the fans of both sides caused by the competition during the championship.

When Liverpool was close to winning the championship, they lost to Chelsea. That game was not Chelsea's fault, but because of Gerrard's slip.
Therefore, before this focus battle, neither side engaged in any war of words.

This is pure football.

Both sides speak entirely based on strength.

Chelsea at home.

With the intention of revenge for the 3-1 defeat in the first round.

Soon they established an advantage at home.

They started the game with an aggressive attack, giving Liverpool a warning.

Liverpool's performance in away games was relatively stable.

They were not so arrogant as to think they could easily beat Chelsea away from home.

After all, the opponent is the defending champion of the Premier League.

In this game, Liverpool's defense line retreated to near the center line.

They did not conduct counterattacks too high in the away game.

This is out of fear of Chelsea's counterattack from behind.

at the same time.

Liverpool’s most powerful offensive method is counterattack!
They hope to seize the opportunity when the opponent presses forward and launch a counterattack in transition offense.

After attacking for a while, Chelsea found that Liverpool was prepared for their attack.

So they began to slow down the pace and retreat actively, inducing Liverpool players to press forward.

Chelsea is not a team that is good at playing intensive defense. In their bones, they are a team that relies on defensive counterattacks.

This is true for both Mourinho and now Conte.

Chelsea won the Premier League title last season.

It is the first Premier League team in history to win the championship by relying on a three-center-back system.

Conte's three-center-back system has been very successful.

And the key to playing with three central defenders.

Just catch the counterattack!
‘Chelsea’s recycle formation’

"They hope to lure the snake out of its hole!"

"Chelsea is still suited to playing counter-attacking football."

In the media box.

Reporters were buzzing.

"This trick works against other teams, but it might be dangerous against Liverpool."

"Liverpool are not afraid of dense defense."

A few days ago, Porto had a precedent in the Champions League.

Reporters are not optimistic about Chelsea's changes.

The sunshine is in great condition.

Chelsea voluntarily gave up the offensive initiative.

Is this a blessing or a curse?
It's really hard to say.

Conte sat in the coaching booth.

He doesn't think there's anything wrong with the team's approach.

Chelsea's opening strategy was to launch a fierce attack at the beginning and catch the opponent off guard.

If you can score a goal, you will earn it.

It doesn’t matter if you can’t score.

Then slowly retreat.

Lure the opponent's formation to press forward.

Klopp's team is not a team that parks the bus. Although they also attach importance to counterattacks, their counterattacks are aimed at converting the ball after intercepting it in the midfield, rather than parking the bus in the backfield.

Now Chelsea's attack is fruitless.

There is no problem in pulling back.

If Liverpool's formation is not allowed to press forward, how can the space behind them be utilized?
Conte's attention shifted to Chelsea's defense.

He saw the sunlight.

Suddenly, an idea flashed through his mind.

Kong Erlengzi was stunned.

He suddenly realized the mistake Chelsea had made.

Slowly retreat, the opponent slowly presses forward, and the overall formation passes half the court.
This logic may apply to other teams.

But Liverpool?

There is sunshine in front of them!
Slowly retreat?

Will Liverpool give you this opportunity?
Right now the distance between Chelsea's defense and midfield is not tight enough.

There is space in the middle!
If at this time, the football fell at the feet of the sun!

Think of this.

Conte couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on his back.

He stood up suddenly, startling the assistants around him.

Then he took a few quick steps to the court.

Slowly retreat?

This is absolutely not okay!
What is needed at this time is a quick return to defense!
Everyone shrank back.

Never give the sun any chance to take advantage!
"Return to defense! Return to defense quickly!!"

In the center back position.

Chelsea's central defender Gary Cahill looked at the head coach in confusion.

He was somewhat confused by the other party's English with a thick Italian accent.

Conte was dancing with excitement, telling his team to retreat quickly and not to play the game of you retreat and I advance with Liverpool!!

Conte's reaction was quick enough.

But he was still a beat late.

Just as he rushed to the sidelines, shouting at Chelsea players to return to defense quickly.

Liverpool have launched their attack.

For Liverpool players.

The moment they notice that the other party is relaxing their pressure, they look for the sunshine.

This is what Liverpool are constantly asked to do in training: in any situation, the first thing to do when regaining the ball is to look at Yang's position. If he has the possibility of receiving the ball, pass the ball to him quickly!
So when Van Dijk looked up, he saw the sunlight between Chelsea's defense line and midfield line.

There were no defensive players within two or three meters around him.

Such a great opportunity.

Van Dijk won't let it go.

He directly launched a long pass!

The football flew into the sun!
At this moment.

Chelsea players looked at the football flying into the air and immediately realized that Liverpool was going to get through to the Sunshine through a long pass.

But when they went to look for the sunlight, they had already lost the opportunity.

The sun quickly occupied the landing point.

within a short period.

Chelsea's players couldn't have been better in position than Sunshine.

This resulted in Yangguang completing the header pass very easily!

Long pass.

Sunshine Ferry.

Back row attackers follow up!
Almost just when Chelsea was about to slowly retreat.

Liverpool told them with such a lightning-fast attack.
Facing Liverpool, there is no option of "slowing down"!

at this time.

Chelsea players also heard Conte's shouts on the sidelines.

The ball was accurately passed to Salah by the sun.

moment.

Liverpool's offensive line moved from the backcourt to the frontcourt.

Three Liverpool attackers suddenly faced Chelsea's defense one-on-one.

They began to panic.

The Chelsea players in the front field noticed something was wrong and quickly returned to defense with all their might.

The Chelsea players in the backfield made a tingling discovery.

Liverpool's trident.
They were rushing towards them together.

The terrible thing is.

Although Chelsea has five defenders.

But when Salah received the ball, he had already rushed past Alonso.

The other wing-back Moses was still near the center line.

The three-center-back system has the advantages of the three-center-back system.

Two wingbacks who can move up or down can bring a lot of tactical changes.

But wingbacks naturally have disadvantages compared to full-backs.

The three-center-back system often has no wingers.

They can only rely on two wingbacks to play the role of wingers.

This means.

The three-center-back system faces the opponent's quick transition attack.

There are often large gaps on the wing.

Just like it is now.

Moses could not come back.

Mane plugged in at high speed.

At this moment.

Mane, Sunshine, Salah.

Liverpool's trident.

Facing Chelsea's three central defenders: Azpilicueta, Cahill and Rudiger!

"Van Dijk passes the ball to Yang! Salah!!! Oh oh oh oh! Liverpool's counterattack is coming! The situation changes suddenly! Three against three in the frontcourt! Oh my God. This is too sudden!"

The commentators exclaimed.

The three Liverpool central defenders felt a tingling sensation on their scalps.

At this moment, they had no idea how to use three people to defend the opponent's offensive trident.

It stands to reason.

Salah is the most threatening when he has the ball.

But in the hearts of Chelsea's three defenders.

Sunlight poses the greatest threat to the goal.

Just when Chelsea players were a little hesitant.

Salah decisively dribbled the ball towards the penalty area.

This forced Rudiger to come up and defend.

Otherwise it would have made no difference if Salah had scored directly.

Facing Rudiger's interception, Salah made a fake move to cut inside, and then quickly dribbled the ball to the bottom!
At the same time Salah passed Rudiger.

In the restricted area.

Liverpool's attackers and Chelsea's defenders were in a one-on-one matchup.

Mane was at the back post and Azpilicueta was staring at him.

Sunshine was in the middle and Cahill stayed close to him.

Salah now has three choices.

Shoot by yourself, pass the ball to the middle, or pass the ball to the back post.

Salah glanced at goalkeeper Courtois on the goal line.

Courtois certainly didn't dare to leave the goal and he guarded the near corner.

Then Salah made his choice.

He threaded the ball.

“Salah crosses!!”

the commentators shouted.