Chapter 1322
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"Gerard! He broke the goal with great force! Even if Pyatov touched the football, it didn't help! Gerard equalized the score for Liverpool!
This time, Liverpool's quick attack had a devastating effect. Shakhtar Donetsk's dense defense in the penalty area lost the protection of the flanks. Gerard cut into the penalty area and formed a single blade before he volleyed the ball into the goal with a powerful kick! "
After Gerard scored, he immediately rushed into the goal and held the ball in his arms. He high-fived Raúl and Qin Xiong as he ran back. The Red Army players ran to the backfield. They looked serious and had a strong fighting spirit. There was no satisfaction at all. They even looked a little unhappy.
Because they only equalized the score. Shakhtar Donetsk had the away goal advantage. Realistically speaking, Liverpool was still behind!
The Red Army fans in the Anfield stands cheered enthusiastically for Gerard's goal.
Their belief was firm. Shakhtar Donetsk had scored, but Liverpool was not unable to create a great opportunity. As long as they grasped it, then the opponent would not be able to do anything to Liverpool!
The Red Army would win. Every Red Army fan was convinced of that.
Comain looked at the field with a blank expression. He was not angry about the team's goal concede. It was expected that they could score now.
Liverpool's form did not decline. The goal concede just now was just a normal phenomenon. Just like how Liverpool often won games in the league, it did not mean that they did not concede in every game.
Shakhtar Donetsk composed themselves and continued to actively organize the offense after the restart.
They could be said to be a passionate team. The team that was able to achieve 5 wins and 1 loss in the group stage and beat Arsenal to take the top spot, and the team that was able to defeat Roma with a score of 6: 2, was not without its characteristics.
They tried to use the flexibility and individual skills of the Brazilian players to tear apart Liverpool's defense in the front field.
In the 29th minute of the game, Douglas Costa started in the midfield on the right side. He received Fernandinho's pass and had a back-and-forth pass with Srna to get rid of Qin Xiong's defense. Costa then dribbled the ball forward along the right side.
When he saw Alonso coming to help defend the flank, Costa changed the direction of the ball to the middle. Alonso immediately slowed down to prepare to defend against Costa's cut inside. He did not expect Costa to change the direction of the ball to the outside and shake Alonso off.
Alonso could only retreat. He could not chase Costa on the flank. He would only be left behind by the opponent forever.
After Costa came in front of Baines, he nimbly changed the ball on his left and right.
Baines turned and immediately shoveled, but Costa was on guard against Baines doing so. His cut inside was more like a cross cut, so Baines' plan to shovel the ball to block his forward line fell through.
After coming to the front of the penalty area, when Costa was about to lift his leg, Alonso stretched his leg from behind to destroy the ball under his foot. Agger also decisively rushed up to shovel to block. Costa changed his decision at the last minute. Instead of lifting his leg to shoot, he gently kicked the ball to Judson, who plugged in from behind in the middle.
Judson received the ball and was about to volley, but Mascherano stretched out his leg to block the front of the football at the crucial moment.
There was a loud noise, and the football flew into the stands after the refraction.
Shakhtar Donetsk was awarded a corner kick.
Srna went to the corner flag area to kick a corner kick. A corner kick into the middle of the goal was cleared by Skrtel after he jumped up with all his might.
Meireles had just passed the ball to Qin Xiong on the flank with a header outside the penalty area, but he was directly knocked to the ground by Miksitarian.
Qin Xiong failed to receive Meireles' header, and the football flew straight out of the sideline.
The referee's whistle blew. Miksitarian had fouled with a collision.
Liverpool was awarded a free kick in the backfield, and Shakhtar Donetsk's players retreated like the tide.
They would not give Liverpool a great chance to fight back. When such a sign appeared, they would immediately take a foul.
Liverpool was not annoyed. They did not know how many battles they had to play all year round. Moreover, Shakhtar Donetsk did not set up an iron bucket formation. After all, they also wanted to score goals. They relied on a group of Brazilian star players to attack, which made their defensive strength in the middle and front field very low.
This was the nature of the Brazilian players and even the South American players. They were lively and romantic, but they lacked the spirit to endure hardships. Especially talented players always wanted to shine on the field but were unwilling to do the dirty work. The Brazilian star players with the strength could do it, but the Brazilian star players without the strength could not have a foothold in European football.
Liverpool patiently passed the ball to create opportunities in the midfield. After the Shakhtar Donetsk's attacking players ran out of patience, Liverpool would then launch a deadly attack forward. The advantage of this was that at least they did not have to worry about someone interfering with their frontal attack from behind.
In the 36th minute of the game, Meireles and Gerard broke through Fernandinho's defensive line through a one-two pass in the midfield. The two pressed in front of the penalty area and passed the football to Raúl. Raúl looked like he was going to break through into the penalty area. As soon as he stepped into the penalty area, he was surrounded by a double team, so he passed the ball to Gerard, who cut into the penalty area.
Probably because Gerard had previously scored a goal to equalize the score, the Shakhtar Donetsk's defensive players surrounded Gerard like a pack of wolves at this moment.
Gerard did not lift his leg. He could not even see the goal, but he had a three-dimensional image of the offensive situation in his mind. He did not even look before he diagonally passed the ball back.
There was a large space outside the Shakhtar Donetsk's penalty area. Judson, Costa, and William in the front field had not returned, but a Liverpool player appeared here.
Qin Xiong!
Qin Xiong, who was rushing towards the football, swept a glance at the situation of the goal and decisively lifted his leg to shoot a long shot!
About thirty yards away from the goal, Qin Xiong shot the ball out with a powerful shot!
After the football flew from his feet, it was like a comet, as if it contained the momentum to smash everything as it flew towards the top left corner of the goal!
Piatov stood on the right side of the middle of the goal. He was worried that Gerard would directly raise his leg to shoot, so he deliberately blocked the near corner of the goal.
But now, after the football shot by Qin Xiong flew over, it was obviously too late for him to move to the left side of the goal.
After he ran two steps, he gave up.
Piatov bowed his head, and the other Shakhtar Donetsk players also looked a little stupefied.
In the stands where the Anfield visiting fans were, the few Shakhtar Donetsk fans were shocked.
They saw the football follow a straight trajectory, pass between Srna and Ishchenko, and finally fly straight to the top left corner of the goal!
It was shocking!
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