Chapter 964
Words:1913Update:22/09/07 02:11:19
The halftime break arrived.
Real Madrid walked into the away team's locker room at Anfield. The morale of the team's players was not necessarily low.
After all, in theory, Real Madrid still needed to score a goal to advance to the top eight after a 1: 1 lead.
Now that they were 2: 1 behind, scoring a goal could really tie the total score and bring the game back to the starting point.
So, they had to score another goal no matter what.
It was just that to score a goal, they had to play a threatening offensive. There was no guarantee that every threatening offensive would be successful. Liverpool's ability to seize opportunities to fight back was very strong. The defensive line's inability to withstand had become an unchangeable reality.
So, what should be done?
No player could make decisions for the manager. The responsibility must be borne by the manager.
Bosque made a bold decision at halftime!
High pressure!
Instead of Real Madrid's defensive line being pushed back by Liverpool in defense, it was better to stake everything on a fight. Success or failure would be determined in a head-to-head contest.
In the second half, the two sides changed sides to fight again. Qin Xiong returned to the middle of the midfield again and Snede pulled the side.
When the second half of the game began, Real Madrid's offensive was still crazy.
In the 47th minute of the game, Snede transferred the ball in a wide area on the left side of the front field. Robben stopped the ball on the right side and knocked the ball back to the middle.
Qin Xiong plugged in from behind and touched the ball to change direction. He dribbled past Alonso's defense and sent a straight ball. Higuaín's volley in the penalty area was saved by Reina!
The smoking pipe's ability to fight hard still needed to be improved. His positioning was not a big problem, but his impetuousness and lack of calmness when handling the ball were exposed in a game of this level.
In the 50th minute of the game, Qin Xiong passed the ball straight to Raúl in the middle of the front field. The latter was intercepted by Mascherano and Carragher's bold defense.
Liverpool immediately spurred a counterattack.
Mascherano passed the ball straight to Gerard, who ran to receive in the middle of the front field.
At this time, Real Madrid's defensive line collectively moved forward. They advanced instead of retreating!
Compress the space as much as possible so that Liverpool would be strangled in the process of organizing a counterattack!
But when Gerard cleverly kicked the ball back to Alonso, who ran up from behind, Real Madrid's high press failed!
Alonso looked at the situation in the front field after he stopped the ball. He did not expect Real Madrid to adopt such a radical and risky defensive strategy.
He raised his leg and sent a kick over the top.
Torres sprinted forward between Cannavaro and Pepe. He was a full 40 yards away from the goal!
When the football flew over the heads of the Real Madrid players and they looked back to see Torres leaving them in the dust, everyone felt despair in their hearts!
Torres ran sideways to unload the ball with his chest, and then continued to dribble the football into Real Madrid's penalty area. The pursuers behind him, Pepe and Cannavaro, could not catch up with him at all!
Casillas had to abandon the goal and come out. When he was less than three meters away from Torres, Torres suddenly flicked the ball out of an angle and directly shot!
Casillas fell to the ground at a slower angle and the football rolled under his armpit. Casillas closed his eyes at this moment and did not look back.
Accompanied by a tsunami of cheers from Anfield, as expected.
The ball went in again!
"Torres scored a brace! Liverpool scored their third goal in Anfield and led Real Madrid by 3: 1!
Real Madrid had to pay the price for their rear defensive line's front pressing. Alonso's precise pass over the top formed an assist. Torres's anti-offside running coupled with his unparalleled speed allowed him to face the challenge alone. He calmly flicked the ball out of an angle in front of Casillas and pushed the ball out of an angle. Torres did it! He did what he said before the game: completely destroy Real Madrid! "
Bosque looked expressionless in the technical area, but in fact, he was gritting his teeth.
Did the gamble fail?
As an experienced manager, Bosque naturally knew that not every adjustment could produce the ideal expected result.
Naturally, there would be bad results.
Now, in the face of Real Madrid's situation where they had not recovered from their old injuries, Bosque was a little helpless.
They could only play like this!
The team's tactical adjustments could not produce extreme changes in a short period of time. In that case, it would only cause the team's technical and tactical system to self-destruct.
Real Madrid's players seemed to be numb. The team's defensive line was riddled with holes and it was not a matter of a day or two. Casillas was the one who felt it the most.
He was too lazy to complain about his teammates making this or that mistake.
In the 58th minute of the game, Liverpool launched another counterattack. When Real Madrid's attack was blocked by Carragher outside the Snede's penalty area, Liverpool's playmaker, Alonso, took control of the ball and directly passed a pass close to the ground!
He still looked for Torres.
But halfway through, he was intercepted by Las Diarra!
After the ball was intercepted, Diarra passed the ball to Ramos on the right flank.
Taking advantage of Riera's previous rush to participate in the attack, Ramos advanced the attack by 40 yards in one breath. Liverpool's defensive line had just gone through a round of bombardment. The counterattack was quick, but the aftereffect of not being successful was that there was less time to rearrange the defensive line.
Ramos passed the ball to Raúl in front of the penalty area on the flank.
Raúl quickly passed the ball horizontally under Mascherano's pressure.
Snede, who cut inside, stopped the ball and dodged Alonso's flying tackle. Then, he sent an over-the-top pass on the spot!
In the midst of the chaos, Qin Xiong quickly cut forward. He rushed past Carragher. Snede's over-the-top pass was for him!
Carragher knew that he could no longer stop Qin Xiong. This attack was very unexpected.
Many of Real Madrid's attacking players did not even run back a few steps before the second wave of attack came back. This gave them a good starting position for the attack, which was also one of the effects of high pressing.
It made the attack more direct and more difficult for the opponent to guard against.
Bosque's adjustment could not be said to be a complete failure. It could only be said that it could not avoid the risk.
As long as the tactical effect came out, it would certainly be good for Real Madrid.
Carragher raised his hand to signal that Qin Xiong was offside, but the assistant referee did not say anything.
Qin Xiong ran so fast that he came to the landing point before the football fell. Then, he looked at the falling football and jumped sideways on the spot. After he was in the air, he assumed a posture for a volley shot!
Bang!
His right foot kicked the football squarely on the instep!
Reina tried to stay calm to judge the trajectory of the football. He saw that the football was deliberately pressed down by Qin Xiong and flew towards the lower left corner of the goal!
He immediately moved and made a pouncing motion.
However, he did not predict the right angle of the football's downward flight!
It was a ball shot!
Because there was not much time left for Reina to react.
If he had really seen it clearly before he reacted physically, it would have been too late!
After Reina pounced, he was stunned to see the football bounce to the upper left corner of the goal after it bounced on the ground. It flew over his body and into the goal!
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