"Liverpool is the first to make a substitution. Raúl, who scored the first goal of the game, is replaced by the defensive midfielder, Tiote. Comain's substitution looks like he wants to strengthen the defense. Replacing a striker with a defensive defensive midfielder, Liverpool is going to hold on to their victory with about 25 minutes left in the game.
No matter what Liverpool's plan is, first of all, let's pay tribute to the Grassi legend, Raúl. He can still fight in the Champions League final at his age and play well. He deserves the respect of the world. "
Strengthen the defense?
No, no, no!
Comain would never think that way. If he thought so, he would have let the team play extreme defense after Liverpool took the lead at the start of the game.
It was not for defense, but for better offense. It was just an adjustment to the defense.
After Tiote came on, Liverpool's formation changed.
It changed from 433 to 442, or 4411.
Kuyt played as the center forward and Qin Xiong played as the shadow forward.
The midfield was a three-defensive midfielder system.
Tiote and Mascherano were on either side of Alonso, and Gerard was the center midfielder.
Liverpool's tactical adjustment was planned before the game. It was one of the options they could change their formation.
The purpose was to free up the full backs.
After Baines or Johnson went up to assist, one of Tiote and Mascherano would help defend the flanks, ensuring that there were at least two midfielders in the middle to act as a barrier in front of the penalty area.
The full backs provided offensive support on the flanks and continued to allow Liverpool's offense to make full use of the width of the field.
But in the eyes of others, especially Barcelona, Liverpool was really going to defend!
Guardiola gave the team a more aggressive offensive command.
Now the two teams were only one goal apart. As long as Barcelona could equalize the score, the team could readjust their tactics.
But this was based on the score being a draw.
In the 70th minute of the game, Barcelona attacked in the front field. Iniesta suddenly pulled to the left.
Pedro cut into the penalty area and became the two forwards with Villa.
Abidal came up to assist and attacked with Iniesta on the left flank, driving Liverpool's defensive line into the penalty area. Then Iniesta suddenly passed the ball back to Xavi outside the penalty area.
Xavi observed the overall situation before he received the ball. He saw that Messi was marked by Tiote and Baines and did not have a good space to plug in.
However, the space in front of him was extremely wide, so he could try a long shot.
Therefore, he raised his leg and shot at the goal from 30 yards away.
Gerard's block was a step too late. The football bypassed the heads of the Liverpool defenders. Everyone turned their heads in horror and saw that the football, which had started to fall, had a chance to fall into the Liverpool goal.
Fortunately, the angle of this ball was not particularly tricky. Otherwise, Reina would really be powerless to reverse the situation!
Reina flew to save and directly hugged the ball with both hands. The power of Xavi's ball was not particularly strong, allowing Reina to perform a wonderful save.
The Red Army fans at the new Wembley Stadium were now calm and looking forward to the team being able to maintain their lead. On the other hand, the Barcelona fans were a little nervous and restless.
In the 75th minute of the game, Liverpool's midfield controlled the ball. Alonso, Gerard, Tiote, Mascherano, Johnson, and Baines passed the ball back and forth in the midfield and backfield, front and back, and horizontal passes.
Barcelona's counterattack in the front field could not break Liverpool's control of the football. This made the Barcelona people bitterly think that Liverpool was stalling for time!
Therefore, they could only put in more counterattacking forces.
Just after Xavi rushed forward, Liverpool suddenly launched a quick attack.
Alonso's diagonal pass sent the ball to the feet of Baines on the flank. The latter began to scamper on the flank with the ball.
After rushing across the half of the field, Baines found that no Barcelona players were coming to intercept him, so he continued to dribble the football forward.
Barcelona's counterattacking forces in the front field returned immediately to defend, but their speed was still too slow!
When Gerard sprinted to the dangerous area forty yards away from the goal in the front field, Xavi had already been left behind by Gerard.
Baines pushed forward on the flank to attack. Before encountering Alves, he looked at the situation in the middle and then lifted his leg to pass!
The ball was passed to the back of Kuyt.
And Kuyt also happened to step on the line of the penalty area and did not continue to move forward.
Why did the two men have such tacit understanding?
Because the tactical arrangement before the game was that once Kuyt played as a center forward, his duty was to be the fulcrum!
Puyol and Piqué ran to pincer Kuyt. Kuyt looked at the falling football with his back to the penalty area and directly headed the ball back!
Boots, who was running in the direction of the penalty area, suddenly stopped and looked at the football flying over his head before turning around.
He saw Gerard rush up from behind, stop the ball, and then lift his leg to pass the ball!
Over the top and straight!
Diagonally!
The football flew to the left side of the penalty area.
Previously, Puyol and Piqué went to block Kuyt together. At this time, the football flew into the penalty area again. They turned their heads together to look and were surprised to see Qin Xiong like a whirlwind rushing into Barcelona's penalty area.
Puyol immediately rushed to Qin Xiong.
Even he had to admire the subtlety of Liverpool's offense.
Kuyt was not only the fulcrum, but also acted as a cover. There was also Baines. Although Qin Xiong was no longer playing as a winger, with Baines holding back Alves on the flank, the gap in the flank in the penalty area expanded!
Qin Xiong rushed to the left side of the penalty area in front of the landing spot of the football. The goalkeeper, Valdés, abandoned the goal and Puyol was running quickly.
Valdés and Puyol locked their eyes on Qin Xiong. After Qin Xiong made his next move, the two men were furious: How dare you?!
Qin Xiong rose into the air and swung his leg in a prone position. The football that fell in the air was directly kicked by his right foot towards the goal!
A prone shot in the air!
Countless fans in the new Wembley Stadium could not help but stand up and stretch their heads out to focus on Qin Xiong's world-class shot!
Puyol was no longer able to interfere with Qin Xiong and the football he shot.
Valdés, on the other hand, was completely caught off guard!
Qin Xiong did not stop the ball at all and shot suddenly. In his line of sight, the angle of the football shot made him grit his teeth!
Qin Xiong deliberately lowered the football and a downward bouncing ball flew towards the goal.
On the line of the small penalty area, which was two meters away from Valdés, the football bounced on the ground and flew up again. Valdés subconsciously made a horizontal save, but the football flew under his armpit!
He turned his head to look before landing. In fact, even the action of turning his head was driven subconsciously.
He knew the ball had gone in!
Sure enough, the cheers in the new Wembley Stadium suddenly rang through the sky and shook all directions!
The football bounced on the ground and flew into Barcelona's goal!
Not only the Barcelona fans in the stands, but even the manager Guardiola on the sidelines was dumbfounded!
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