The moment the football fell into Chelsea's goal, Qin Xiong showed a wild and even slightly sinister smile!
Because in his view, Chelsea had given Liverpool a victory for free today!
He roared at the top of his lungs and ran around the sidelines with his arms wide open in celebration!
Chelsea of the Blues!
I really admire you!
Ask the current super strong teams in Europe!
Real Madrid or Barcelona!
Who the f * * k would dare to move the front of the defensive line close to the center circle when facing Liverpool?
High pressing?
This was indeed the development direction of the frontier of football, but even the super strong teams did not dare to use it so boldly!
Are you experimenting in front of the king of Europe? Or are you treating this red and blue war as child's play?
The opponent made a mistake!
Chelsea made a huge mistake!
And this mistake wasn't made yesterday, but before the season!
It was already made when Abramovich hired Villas-Boas!
Mourinho the Second?
If Mourinho himself came to lead, the current Chelsea would not dare to use high pressing so arrogantly in front of the king of Europe!
The weak should be more humble, more pragmatic, and understand the terrifying battle prowess of a King Tier!
Chelsea, have you woken up from your dream?!
The stands where the Stamford Bridge home fans were located were silent!
The Blues fans looked gloomy. Villas-Boas let them down.
The strange loss to Manchester United could be explained, but the loss to Arsenal had already torn off the fig leaf that created the worst defense in the Premier League era!
Now they were two goals behind the defending champion Liverpool at home.
Villas-Boas, what did you bring to Chelsea?
A gorgeous offensive? Where is it?
A technical style? Where is it?
An advanced football concept? Where is it?
It only exists in your lofty words and your fantasies!
Not only did it not improve Chelsea's offense, but it also ruined the foundation that Chelsea had accumulated in the past to compete for the Premier League: defense!
Villas-Boas was expressionless on the sidelines. His frown disappeared. He was a little unable to control the situation on the field now.
Perhaps he himself was at a loss on how to restrain Liverpool.
"Liverpool have scored their second goal! Qin Xiong! Super Qin Xiong! A beautiful and elegant goal!
A looping shot from outside the penalty area!
Liverpool's quick counterattack once again penetrated Chelsea's defensive line!
Gerard, Johnson, Qin Xiong, and Suarez.
When Chelsea's full-back went up to assist, the horizontal defensive area of their defensive line, which was already pressing forward, became larger because they lacked a full-back to defend in the defensive zone.
Liverpool seized this flaw and attacked fiercely. Suárez dribbled the football into the penalty area after he pulled to the side to receive Qin Xiong's masterful straight pass.
Čech abandoned the goal and went out. This attack was debatable, but not incomprehensible. If Suárez had not taken the initiative to stop the ball and kick back, Terry and David Luiz might not have been able to catch up with Suárez.
But Suárez judged the situation and made the best decision. After he stopped the ball, he passed the ball back to Qin Xiong, who plugged in from the middle. At this time, Qin Xiong was facing an empty goal.
He did not stop the ball and directly shot into the empty goal!
What a wonderful goal!
The game is less than a quarter of the way through and Liverpool is leading by two goals at Stamford Bridge! "
"Look, I'm not wrong. If Chelsea doesn't change their defensive strategy of pressing high up the pitch, they'll still lose the ball, and it'll come quickly. Liverpool's offense in the middle and front field is advancing too quickly. It's easy to blow up the Blues' rear defensive line at lightning speed, especially when the Blues don't have enough defenders and expose a huge space behind them. Now Villas-Boas is in trouble. Can he accept a loss at home? If he can, it is not too late to adjust now. But if he can't, Chelsea has been pushed into the abyss! "
"Gary, why do you say that? Weren't you the one who said to change before? "
"Yes, when they conceded the first goal, there were still more than 80 minutes left in the game. Chelsea pulled back to strengthen the defense in the dangerous area in front of the goal. They had plenty of time to deal with Liverpool. After all, Liverpool's formation today also determined that the Red Army's positional play creativity would be reduced. But Chelsea did not do that. It was too late to change after they conceded the second goal! Liverpool may concede a goal in 80 minutes today, a distraction, an accident, all these could happen. But after leading by two goals, Liverpool will hardly give Chelsea a chance to equalize the score. After all, their three defensive midfielders today are good at disrupting the opponent's offense. With Gerard's withdrawal, Suárez and Qin Xiong's deterrence in the front field, Chelsea will suffer and lose the game. I can boldly say that if Liverpool themselves do not have problems, Chelsea will lose based on their current performance. Chelsea can't decide victory or defeat. They will lose. The only fate they can control is how many of them do they want to lose to Liverpool today? "
Chelsea's players were filled with anger. Terry, the captain, vented his anger on the team's midfield defense.
He criticized Ramires and John Obi Mikel's defense.
Ramires innocently explained to the captain, "I can't let Liverpool's flank attack go straight in!"
Terry yelled at him, "Glen Johnson, Baines, let them go wherever they want, but not Qin Xiong! Freeze that Chinese man! He is the one who Liverpool needs to defend the most! "
Ramires and John Obi Mikel could only silently accept the captain's arrangement.
But Terry was wrong.
He was very wrong.
There was no point in simply marking Qin Xiong.
What really determined the quality of their defense was their defensive strategy and tactics.
When Chelsea's offense in the front field was still unable to break the situation, Liverpool played fast attacks with peace of mind.
In the 26th minute of the game, Lampard fired a long shot from the periphery.
Four minutes later, Mata passed to Drogba from the flank. This time, Drogba was able to head the ball to attack the goal, but it was ridiculously wide. He was forced into a position by Skrtel and Tiote, and the angle of the shot was very small. Moreover, it was a header, so one could imagine the difficulty.
The two teams were in a deadlock in the middle of the midfield for a while. Chelsea's John Obi Mikel received a yellow card for a foul on Qin Xiong.
Ramires was also shown a yellow card by the referee for a tackle during a scramble with Gerard.
In the 35th minute of the game, Chelsea's double defensive midfielders, who restrained their defensive actions due to yellow cards, could not contain Liverpool's midfield.
Gerard passed the ball to the flank again in the middle of the backfield.
This time, it was Baines' turn to press on the flank.
The attacking routine was still very simple.
To Baines' surprise, no one came to snipe him from the back waist line.
There was only one full-back in front of him, Ivanovic.
After passing the front waist line, Suárez took the initiative to approach the left flank.
Baines and Suárez completed the wall combination.
Then Baines went to the bottom.
At the same time, Ramires and John Obi Mikel, who were originally in front of the defensive line to double-team Qin Xiong, were stunned to find that Qin Xiong had run away!
Of course, Qin Xiong, like a track and field athlete, burst out with an amazing acceleration!
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