After Liverpool scored, Comain suppressed his excitement and waved his arms. Liverpool's strategy today was to attack at the start of the match!
Because there was one thing that Comain was wary of.
In the two-legged battle with Barcelona last season, Liverpool had a huge advantage in the first leg to be able to suppress Barcelona at Camp Nou. In the end, they drew with Barcelona at Camp Nou.
At that time, Barcelona's offensive strength was still a certain gap from the current one.
It was impossible to compare the level of Ibrahimovic and Villa alone.
It was because Ibrahimovic did not fully integrate into Barcelona's system, but Villa did.
After the team's chemistry, it was an indisputable fact that Barcelona's offensive strength was now stronger than last year.
Liverpool was able to break into the Champions League final this year, and it was held in London. It was considered half of Liverpool's home ground. How could they let go of such an advantage and not take advantage of it?
Once Barcelona was allowed to operate perfectly, it would be really difficult to say who would win.
In light of this, Comain's tactical strategy for Liverpool was to attack fiercely in the first half!
Even if they were leading Barcelona by one goal, they should not retreat and weaken the attack.
Because in a collision between two world-class offensive teams, a one-goal lead was not safe at all!
After the game resumed, Liverpool used a pressing strategy in the middle and front field, forcing Barcelona to also speed up the pace.
And because Liverpool got into the zone faster, Barcelona's probability of making mistakes at a high tempo was higher!
Although it was uncertain, Liverpool thought it was the right thing to do after weighing the risks and benefits.
In the 13th minute of the game, Iniesta passed a ball into the penalty area in the front field. Villa jumped before Skrtel to head the ball. His shot was slightly over the crossbar.
Liverpool had a false alarm.
After that, Liverpool's full-backs began to launch a one-sided attack.
In the 16th minute of the game, after Alonso had a short pass with Baines in the backfield, he suddenly crossed the ball diagonally to the front right.
Kuyt passed the ball back under Abidal's marking. Johnson, who had just crossed the half of the field to assist, looked at the left half of the field and then made a long pass on the spot!
A long diagonal pass sent the ball into the empty space behind Alves.
Qin Xiong was running at full speed on the left side of the road. Alves was not slow when he turned around, but the distance between him and Qin Xiong was gradually widening.
Alves was still hoping for a fluke. He saw the football bounce again after bouncing on the ground and predicted that the football would go out of the sideline.
But just as the football was about to fly out of the sidelines, Qin Xiong leaped high and lifted his left foot in the air to deflect the ball, as if the football was stuck to the surface of his foot!
The skill of stopping the ball in the air was breathtaking. Not only did the fans applaud and cheer, but even the Barcelona players sitting on the substitutes' bench were stunned.
After Qin Xiong stopped the ball, he took a step towards the end line. Then, he did not wait for the opponent's defenders to get close to him before he sent out a curveball!
The ball surprised the Barcelona defenders. They had previously thought that the football would fly out of the sideline, but they did not expect the ball to be controlled by Qin Xiong.
Now the pass was behind the two center backs, and the goalkeeper, Valdés, was unable to abandon the goal.
The football bypassed the front of the goal and began to fall.
Raúl, who rushed to receive the header in the penalty area, was sandwiched by Puyol and Piqué. It seemed that there was no danger, and Kuyt was also entangled by Abidal.
But Gerard, who suddenly charged into the penalty area, was unmarked!
He rushed over two meters to the right of Piqué and jumped to head the football as it fell!
Bang!
When all the Red Army fans thought that the Red Army would expand their lead, Gerard's header hit the crossbar and bounced out of the end line.
The Red Army fans in the stadium held their heads and sighed. Gerard himself was in disbelief!
"Liverpool's threatening offensive almost knocked on Barcelona's goal again! Qin Xiong opened our eyes with his superb stopping skills on the flank, and then his pass was also good. Gerard already had a chance, but he finally headed the ball on the crossbar! Just a little bit more! "
Barcelona was still in shock, and Liverpool's offensive was so strong that it almost crushed Barcelona in one breath!
In the 21st minute of the game, when Messi was surrounded by Liverpool's defenders in front of the penalty area, he suddenly inserted the ball diagonally into the penalty area. Villa's start was a step slower, and the football was directly collected by Reina.
Liverpool launched a quick attack again.
After three passes and two falls in the midfield, the football came to Gerard's feet in the front field. He passed the ball to Kuyt under the interference of Xavi and Boots. The latter saw a large space in front of the penalty area, and he did not hesitate to cross the ball to the front of the penalty area.
Qin Xiong shook off Alves and cut across the middle, but Puyol boldly rushed out of the penalty area and took the lead to clear the ball.
Puyol kicked the ball directly to Iniesta in the midfield.
Iniesta passed the ball in front of Alonso to Messi, who retreated to receive.
Messi calmly controlled the ball and he stroked the ball forward. When Mascherano and Baines came to defend him together, he first broke through to the outside.
Baines retreated to protect the inside line, and Messi turned the ball back. After swinging out of the passing angle, he quickly passed the ball diagonally back to Iniesta's feet in the middle.
Mascherano was not in position when he returned to the middle to defend. Iniesta stopped the ball and made a move to break through to the left front. Mascherano quickened his pace to intercept, but Iniesta stopped and changed direction, which made Mascherano miss!
After brushing past Mascherano diagonally, Iniesta suddenly used his outside instep to stuff the ball straight into the penalty area against Alonso's pressing from behind!
The ball hit directly behind Skrtel!
Skrtel, who was caught off guard, turned around and looked back. He was horrified to see that Pedro cut inside the penalty area and no one was pressing him!
Pedro stopped the ball with his left foot and shot with his right foot in the next step!
His right foot blasted out a powerful volley.
The football went straight to the top right corner of Liverpool's goal!
Reina could do nothing!
After seeing the goal, Pedro roared and rushed to the sidelines to celebrate.
The Barcelona players were also very excited!
While Liverpool suppressed Barcelona with a frenzy of attacks, the game time was also ticking away.
The Red Army players did not realize that Barcelona's entire team might have entered the game a few minutes ago. The faster the pace, the more they could play the fierce offense they were good at.
Comain gritted his teeth on the sidelines. Liverpool's defensive line was not world-class after all. After giving Barcelona a certain amount of space, the flaws in the defensive line were easily magnified and then exploited by the opponent.
Barcelona destroyed Liverpool's defensive line with their best pass and cut!
The Catalan army's machine guns were also loaded and ready to fire wildly!
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