NovelsAlex Chapter 209 Final Attack and Defense
Chapter 209 Final Attack and Defense
Chapter 209 Final Attack and Defense
Stopping the ball is the most basic skill to test a player.
Wang Po's feet were like magnets that attracted the spinning ball, and he won the first move in his next move.
When Liverpool's defense is not in place, turn around, speed up, and dribble.
Robertson, who was going forward, was not in a defensive position at all. Right now, Wang Po's defense can only be limited by the midfielder's defense.
Fabinho quickly snatched from Wang Po, the replacement team in the middle.
In terms of speed, the Brazilian does not have an advantage. Facing Wang Po, who has already accelerated, he obviously couldn't keep up.
Liverpool's empty wing defense did not put too much pressure on Wang Po, who was holding the ball, and dribbled the ball into the sideline of the penalty area.
Van Dijk defended obliquely from the side. Wang Po tried to speed up to get rid of this extremely fast big central defender. As soon as he took the ball with one step, the Dutch defender made a block in advance, stretched out a kick, and cleared the ball out of the baseline.
Wang Po was greatly surprised by the speed of his feet.
Dortmund got the first corner kick of the game.
The ball was kicked out and landed at the front point. According to the pre-match tactical arrangement, Aubameyang was in charge of the front point of the ball. After the header, the point was pointing back. The column center Kuhn, who was ambushing at the back point, stood like an iron tower in the crowd.
Matip took off at the same time, and the two completed the confrontation in the air.
It was Kuhn who grabbed the first point and shook his head to attack the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was not fast enough and Alisson took it off easily.
In just 5 minutes, Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund both completed the attack on the opponent's goal, and both posed a threat.
Is this the level of offense in the Champions League final?
Such a fast-paced attack has made many fans hooked.
Although, on the wing, Dortmund hoarded a large number of defensive troops to strangle Liverpool's offensive players, but whether it is Mane or Salah, they are not only system players, but their personal abilities are extremely sturdy.
Players of their level can change their offense by reading the game.
Therefore, even if the Hornet's defensive system is tight, there will still be loopholes that will be caught by the opponent after all.
This time, Salah used his super dribbling ability to break through the encirclement. Facing Subotic who was supplementing the defense, he chose to pass the ball to Arnold who was on the edge. The latter led the ball and aimed at Firmino's head in the penalty area.
This attack shocked Dortmund's defense in cold sweat.
Bless the crossbar, the ball only needs to be two centimeters lower to score.
The Dortmund team, which had escaped unharmed, was still in a state of shock. Three minutes later, Liverpool's offense made a comeback again.
This time, instead of Mane charging, bullying people with pure speed, he cut into the penalty area along the baseline. When the defensive player was not in place, he swept a flat fast ball towards the penalty area. Salah, who outflanked the penalty area from the right, rushed to the penalty area and scored with a shovel shot, opening the scoring for Liverpool.
1:0.
In the 29th minute of the first half, Dortmund's defensive mistakes were finally caught by Liverpool and scored a goal.
Liverpool, an absolutely passionate head coach, in the past, whenever the team scored a goal, they would choose to roar and celebrate, and perform a signature "Farmer's Three Punches" on the sidelines.
This is the case with Dortmund, and it is even more so with Liverpool.
This time, Klopp was very calm, just loudly explaining some tactical issues to the players, other than that, he just looked at the field quietly, biting his lips from time to time, looking a little at a loss.
After the score took the lead, Liverpool did not shrink the defense, but continued to attack.
The reason is very simple. Except for the threat created by the Hornets' several attacks at the beginning of the game, most of the time they were suppressed in the half court and scored the second goal as soon as possible to completely kill the game.
At the 37th point of the game, Liverpool's offense reappeared. This is the best and familiar tactic of the "Red Army". Firmino came out to the front midfielder to dominate the ball, creating space for Mane, Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Robertson and others.
Arnold, who suddenly advanced forward with a defensive player hanging on his body, still completed the kick and shot. Not only that, the quality of the shot was also very high. Unfortunately, Schmelzer reacted very quickly to the ball and tried to keep the goal.
That's the case, in the last few rounds of offense, everyone can feel that Liverpool is not far away from scoring again.
"Steady, steady."
This is the Champions League final, and the head coach Tuchel on the sidelines said he was not nervous, that was a lie.
The high press came.
Even in the physical bottleneck period of the first half, Liverpool's frontcourt pressing and pressing still made Dortmund feel suffocated.
Faced with the drive of the "Red Army" defensive first echelon, this time, Subotic chose a big kick and swung the ball into a blurred area on the right side of the frontcourt. As for whether Wang Po, who is on standby on the side, can touch the ball, it can only depend on God's will.
As for the high-altitude ball judgment, Wang Po has a keen sense of smell and got stuck in advance of the ball's landing point.
With the previous lessons, this time, the two defensive champions Fabinho and Wijnaldum in the Liverpool midfielder took special care of Wang Po.
With one against two, two people were stuck with their bodies. The moment the ball hit the ground, they suddenly turned around with a heel knock.
The ball passed, but the people were not. Fabinho knew very well that Wang Po's speed was terrible, so he didn't dare to let it start, so he simply stretched his legs and hit the ankle of No. 11 Dortmund.
"Toot~!"
Wang Po fell to the ground, the referee blew his whistle and made a foul. Dortmund won a free kick near the sideline of the center circle.
Small move, but tactically significant for Liverpool, disrupting Dortmund's rapid attack.
Wang Po grinned and stood up. Although this position is flawed, the impact is not great, but the short-term pain is enough for him to drink a pot.
The position of the free kick is a long distance from the goal. Whether it is a direct attack or a long pass into the penalty area, it is impractical.
Subotic trotted all the way to the sideline of the middle circle. As a central defender, he was responsible for taking this ultra-long-range free kick.
Back up, run up.
Just when everyone thought that Subotic was going to throw the ball into the penalty area, Liverpool's defensive players had all retreated to the center and blocked the route. Unexpectedly, a sudden brake came before the ball, and a push pass was passed to Wang Po, who was unguarded on the side.
After getting the ball, Liverpool's defensive players reacted, and the Liverpool players gathered in the middle quickly bounced off the formation.
(End of this chapter)