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With about five minutes left in the first half of the game, Barcelona wanted to stabilize the situation. It was also a good situation to walk into the locker room with a 1: 1 score from the away team.
But when Liverpool kicked off again, Liverpool immediately instigated a fierce offensive. Johnson dribbled the ball from the right all the way to the front field and then passed the ball to Gerard in the middle.
Qin Xiong burst into acceleration and cut inside the penalty area. Gerard decisively sent a straight ball.
Alves, Puyol, and Keita came together to block Qin Xiong.
Qin Xiong turned the ball back the moment he touched the ball, and then turned sideways to complete a shot at the goal.
The football drew a big arc and flew in the direction of Barcelona's goal. The football bypassed the head of the defender and finally went slightly over the crossbar and landed on the top of the goal net.
Anfield Stadium rang with the disappointed sighs of the Liverpool fans.
"Just a little bit more again. Qin Xiong's shooting today doesn't seem to be very good. His luck is not good. He had at least three shots that were just a hair's breadth away from the goal! Even if he could score a goal, the situation would be different. "
Qin Xiong realized that he had to make a change after he finished the shot.
He could not be too confident in himself as he used to be and use delicate footwork to pursue tricky angles.
Normally, he would not dare to say that he could hit every shot. It was certainly impossible. But if he could shoot without severe interference, and he felt that he could control his footwork, and the shot was completed ideally, there should be at least one shot in the goal range out of three or four shots, right?
If it was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper, Qin Xiong had nothing to say. But if it deviated from the goal, it was time to find out his own reasons.
Barcelona kicked off the ball and Maxwell saw that Liverpool's midfield defense was slightly loose. For example, Johnson was running wildly to the backfield and Gerard did not retreat to the middle of the backfield. He immediately sent the ball to the front field.
Pedro originally had the space to dribble the ball and cut inside on the flank of the front field, but he was not particularly confident in his dribble and cut inside. Comain's adjustment after losing the ball was right.
Pedro was a natural-born killer. He could push the offense forward and finish the shot. Unfortunately, he might have extraordinary strength in front of ordinary opponents, but he was still a bit lacking in this kind of top-level confrontation. Pedro was a natural-born killer. He could be a dragon, pushing the offense and finishing the shot. Unfortunately, he might have extraordinary strength in front of ordinary opponents, but he was still a little lacking in this kind of top-level confrontation.
Therefore, when he passed the ball to Xavi in the middle, he immediately cut inside and ran, waiting for Xavi to send him an exquisite straight pass.
But Xavi did not do so because he had an insight that Lucas was already retreating to guard against him delivering a straight ball to penetrate Liverpool's defensive line.
Xavi's thoughts were still focused on attacking in the middle. This time, he still passed the ball to Messi.
He hoped that Messi could contain most of Liverpool's defensive strength and create a better attacking space in the middle.
After Messi stopped the ball on the flank, he found that Liverpool's back waistline and rear defensive line had retreated to the danger zone of the penalty area.
It seemed that they had released the outside line to Barcelona.
Messi took advantage of the situation and dribbled the ball down the goal, then began to cut across the middle in front of the penalty area.
When Aurelio blocked in front of him, Messi suddenly used his left foot to spike the ball in the direction of the end line, and his body completed the breakthrough at the same time.
Aurelio could not resist Messi's charge at all, but when Messi controlled the ball in the penalty area, he was too close to the end line. Messi observed the situation around him.
He had no room to kickback. Mascherano blocked the route of his kickback to widen the shooting angle. This was to prevent Messi from using his best left foot to shoot. Even if he had to shoot close to the end line, Messi would use his right foot. In that case, the shooting effect would certainly not be as sharp as the left foot. It could be said to have the effect of shooting from a hundred steps away.
Messi used his right foot to complete a pass near the end line.
The football flew to the back of the goal. He was creating a chance for Pedro to shoot.
But when Pedro was ready to head the ball from behind the goal, Carragher had already stood in position at the football's landing point in advance. He then directly headed the ball to clear the siege and headed the ball to Johnson, who had retreated to his position on the right side.
After the end of the attack, Ibrahimovic gestured to Messi, indicating that he should have looked for him for the pass just now, instead of passing the ball to the back of the goal.
Ibrahimovic thought that he had a height advantage, which was true.
But the position of Messi's pass was too close to the end line. If it was passed to Ibrahimovic, the football's landing point was bound to be in the area controlled by Reina, which would lead to Reina getting ahead of Ibrahimovic to use his hand to destroy the attack.
Messi did not explain anything and walked back indifferently. His mood was actually similar to Ibrahimovic's, a little heavy and aggrieved.
In this game, Liverpool's intensive defense greatly limited their play. In addition, if they did not control the ball in the danger zone, Liverpool's players would improve their defensive aggressiveness with the characteristics of the Premier League's stronger confrontational ability.
This annoyed Messi immensely.
Liverpool's counterattack was resolute and decisive.
After receiving Carragher's header, Johnson dribbled the ball 20 meters along the right flank and passed the ball diagonally to the middle near the halfway line. The player who received the ball in the middle surprised Barcelona's backfield defenders.
Qin Xiong!
Qin Xiong moved to the middle at this time. After taking advantage of the momentum to lead the ball forward, he faced only one defender, Keita.
When the ball came in front of Keita, Qin Xiong's dribbling rhythm came to a halt and he immediately turned around to prepare to pass the ball back.
Behind Qin Xiong, Xavi was running side by side with Gerard in the direction of Qin Xiong.
Xavi naturally wanted to stay close to mark Gerard, but Gerard could at least run out of the gap to receive the ball.
When Keita saw this, he thought Qin Xiong was going to complete a one-two wall pass with Gerard, so he went forward to intercept Qin Xiong and interfere with Qin Xiong's pass. As long as he could make Qin Xiong miss the pass, it would be tantamount to directly ending Liverpool's attack.
But when he came to Qin Xiong's side to extend his leg, Keita saw Qin Xiong's next move and instantly regretted it.
A fake move!
Qin Xiong pretended to pass the ball, but in fact, he was pulling the ball backward!
He completed the turn at the same time as he pulled the ball and passed by Keita!
Keita was bypassed!
What was more fatal was that the distance between Keita and the rear defensive line was a little far, which meant that Qin Xiong could readjust his dribbling rhythm and continue to move forward after passing him without falling into a messy state.
Alves and Maxwell were ready to come forward at this time to act as a barrier in front of the rear defensive line.
However, Qin Xiong had taken the lead and stepped into the area 30 yards away from the goal.
Torres, who ran in front, was ready to reverse the offside position. Qin Xiong adjusted his shooting position. He was going to shoot!
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