Chapter 283 What Can You Use to Fight Me?
At this moment, Benítez was smiling happily and proudly on the sidelines!
Who in Anfield cares about the skinny, short and often injured Michael Owen now?
The younger, stronger, more handsome and more deadly new golden boy Fernando Torres has completely replaced the former wind-chasing boy in Anfield. The so-called fans' feelings and reluctant memories will become insignificant in front of Torres' endless goals...As long as he can bring victory to the KOPs, even if he drives Gerrard away one day, Benítez is very confident that he can rule steadily in Anfield!
And at this moment, the broadcast camera also gave Benítez and Crazy Li a close-up of two or three seconds respectively. The smile of the Spanish coach and the coldness of the Chinese coach formed a vivid visual impact in an instant!
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On the field.
Force~~~~~
The whistle sounded.
After the three-minute crazy celebration of the Liverpool players, the game finally continued!
However, the scene began to become dull.
Perhaps because they were scared by the fact that Liverpool seized the opportunity to score two goals in two consecutive attacks, Newcastle's offensive became less sharp than at the beginning, and they began to patiently pass the ball back and forth in the middle and backcourt-
Alan Smith retreated to Joey Barton's position to help the red card professional to assist in defense. Duff and Juan Mata also appeared on both sides of their own half from time to time to assist Jose Enrique and Habibi to limit Liverpool's wing attack.
The Magpies adopted an extremely conservative full-line defense and retreat strategy!
And Liverpool's initiative on the field made the KOPs in the stands fall into a wave of climaxes. After a short period of time to adapt to the game, Liverpool fans have not hesitated to send boos that belong to Anfield's enemies, even when Michael Owen got the ball.
The split appeared at this moment. Because no matter what the reason is, when Owen decided to leave Anfield three years ago, it was destined that this scene would happen sooner or later.
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Sidelines!
Li Tongfan looked at the passivity on the field, quite helpless.
You know, in a football match, if you just focus on defense, you will definitely fall into a disadvantageous position and fall into a passive position, and it is very likely that the team will collapse across the board because you can't withstand the opponent's unbridled attack...
But Newcastle had to do this at this time.
Because, there is a man in Liverpool's midfield who is known as a passing expert - Xabi Alonso.
Although the Spanish midfielder's defensive ability in the back waist position can only be considered average, his long-distance dispatching and long passes are definitely top-notch in the world of football. Even to a certain extent, Alonso's existence is the same as the role played by David Beckham in the invincible Real Madrid era of Li Tongfan a year ago -
The "passing expert" sits in the backcourt like a cannon conveyor to continuously deliver gunpowder to Gerrard in the frontcourt. In addition, he has Mascherano, a top-level beast waist, to escort him. He doesn't have to be distracted by defense. For a while, he actually firmly suppressed Newcastle's midfield and made it immobile!
Neitez's tactics are essentially very similar to the 4-1-2-1-2 adopted by Lee Tong-Bum in the Real Madrid era, except that the Spaniard wisely sacrificed the central midfielder in the formation and let Alonso and Mascherano "combine" to form a power no less than Beckham after being modified by FM-MM at that time.
It is no exaggeration to say that Benitez's tactics have 60 to 70 percent of the strength of the "Terrible Madrid" in the mythical season last season. This season, the Reds were able to kill Manchester United and defeat the Blues Chelsea in the BIG4 small league, which was not due to luck.
And this also clearly proves how much a midfielder with superb passing ability will greatly improve the team's tactics and strength! Therefore, if Newcastle wants to make a difference next season, it must do everything possible to find such a player.
Today at Anfield, Newcastle's passive scene at Anfield made Lee Tong-Bum more determined to find a super "ammunition conveyor" for the Magpies next season. However, looking at the European football world, there are too few players with such ability, such as Xavi of Barcelona, Beckham of Real Madrid, Pirlo of AC Milan, Ballack and Lampard of Chelsea...
Such players are all the treasures of their respective clubs and are not for sale. To rely on Newcastle's fame and financial resources to dig them out is like a toad wanting to eat swan meat and a fool's dream.
Since the peak star in his prime could not be abducted, Lao Li had to look for him among veterans and young boys.
At this moment, I am afraid that no one in Anfield, more than 50,000 people, could believe that when Newcastle was 0:2 behind and the situation was precarious, the madman Li, as the head coach of the Magpies, had already been planning for the team lineup for the next season!
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In the 30th minute, Liverpool created a killing opportunity again!
It was Xabi Alonso who made a large-scale transfer as soon as he received the pass from Mascherano.
In the frontcourt, the Dutch engineer-type striker Kuyt attracted Steven Taylor's attention, while Fernando Torres seemed at ease when facing the defense of another central defender A-Faye. The new golden boy jumped high in the Newcastle penalty area, shook his blonde hair and passed the ball back to Gerrard who didn't know when to cruise to the middle.
Gerrard used a stop to shake off Joey Barton's pressure, adjusted his steps and then shot!
Bang! !
The football was like an angry cannonball dragging an invisible white tail in the air and attacking the goal like lightning!
"...GOOOOOOOOOOOOAL...Gerrard!! Gerrard!! Gerrard...Aww, God? The ball didn't go in? Newcastle goalkeeper Given's reaction speed was too fast, which was simply beyond human adaptability! He actually managed to lift the ball over the crossbar... Alas, a corner kick!"
In the commentary booth.
The commentator at Anfield couldn't wait to shout the goal slogan at the moment Gerrard shot, but who could have guessed that such an absolute world wave shot was unbelievably rejected by the Irishman Given... The old man could only beat his chest in frustration.
He and all Liverpool fans knew that although the two-goal lead was safe against Newcastle, it would not be so safe when a man called Crazy Lee stood in front of Newcastle's coaching bench. Because, since the magical guy known as the "God on the Football Field" was able to use two middle fingers to capture Mourinho's Stamford Bridge in the last minute, it seemed that the defense of Anfield could not let the KOP sit on the fishing platform.
On the field!
The soul of the Red Army, Gerrard, also opened his mouth and stared at Given in disbelief for three or four seconds, and then rubbed his wet short hair with both hands and turned back unwillingly... After the shot just now, Gerrard originally thought that he would definitely score a goal. It was a very mysterious premonition feeling after the top players shot. Who knew...
Terrible Given!
Gerrard had a strange feeling: it seemed that even his goalkeeper Reina could not do this...
Sidelines!
Li Tongfan finally smiled on his tense face. It seems that after the FM-MM modification, Given's [Reaction] ability has indeed reached a perverted level. Newcastle will not have to worry about the goalkeeper for at least the next few years!
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The boos and cheers at Anfield continued.
But until the end of the first half, because Newcastle was stubbornly defending in their own half, and the magpie goalkeeper Given was like a god, the Red Army Liverpool tried their best but failed to score a third goal.
Beep-beep-beep~~~~
When the referee blew the whistle to stop the rematch, Anfield once again erupted in a hurricane-like cheering frenzy. The fans were cheering for the perfect performance of the Red Army in the first half.
At the entrance of the player tunnel on the sidelines.
The high-spirited Benítez stood there and patted every Liverpool player who walked past him, and even hugged the golden boy Torres warmly, then glanced provocatively at the Newcastle command seat and entered the player tunnel last.
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Just in the fifteen minutes of the halftime break, the electronic screen above Anfield was replaying the two goals scored by Fernando Torres!
One header!
One shot into the empty goal!
The two goals fully demonstrated the positioning and ability to seize opportunities of the Spanish striker, who has been affectionately called "Holy Child" by the KOPs. This fiery and terrifying state is not much worse than Michael Owen's peak state.
In fifteen minutes, Torres' goal replay lasted at least ten minutes.
So much so that when the referee Andre Marina blew the opening whistle of the second half, both Liverpool fans and Newcastle supporters in the stands could replay the complete scenes of the two goals in their brains with their eyes closed!
The game continues.
The KOPs' cheers like a raging wave proved that they were still looking forward to seeing the golden boy's goal performance again in the second half of the game. And the golden boy did not disappoint them and scored a goal soon!
Unfortunately, this golden boy is not the same golden boy!
The goal was scored by the old golden boy Michael Owen!
In the 46th minute of the game, when Michael Owen appeared at the back of Liverpool's goal like a ghost at midnight amid the horrified expressions of Liverpool fans, he jumped on the spot and unceremoniously hit Juan Mata's 45-degree diagonal pass near the penalty area into the empty goal behind the Red Army goalkeeper Reina who made a mistake in attacking, Anfield was silent!
The former golden boy who had been silent for 45 minutes showed his white and ferocious fangs less than a minute into the second half, and hit a fatal blow!
1:2!
What Anfield was most worried about finally happened!
In the Red Army penalty area.
Mascherano stared blankly at Michael Owen who ran to Juan Mata to hug and celebrate, his eyes filled with incredible shock: "Just now... what happened? The previous second I just held this guy who had no offensive power firmly behind me... but why did he appear behind the goal the next second? What happened?"
On the sidelines.
Benitez's somewhat smug smile froze on his timid face before it could fully bloom.
Owen's goal was so similar to Fernando Torres' lightning strike in the 56th second of the first half -
Time!
Location!
The way of scoring!
Exactly the same!!
Watching Michael Owen wave his fist towards the coaching bench on the sidelines after celebrating with his teammates, Benítez could only choose to remain silent at this moment.
Even a fool knows who that fist is waving for!
However, the frozen smile on the Spanish coach's face soon melted: the game is not over yet, and I am still leading. Newcastle, Crazy Lee... Ha, the lineup is not as good as mine, the players are not as strong as me, the tactical changes are not as good as me, the fans' cheers are not as loud as me, and even... even the referee's bias in the penalty is biased towards me because of Anfield...
What can you use to fight me?
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Tell me something.
In fact, Xiaodao's fixed update time every day is at 1pm, 8pm or 10:30pm, as mentioned in the public chapter. I guess I was in a good state some time ago and updated it after coding, so it gave the brothers the illusion of updating at 12pm every day.
Here I will clarify the update time again:
Noon chapter 13:00
If it is divided into two chapters in the evening, it will be 8:00 and 11:00, and if it is a two-in-one chapter, it will be at 10:30.
Finally, thank you brothers for your support! Today, I will still write at least 9,000 words, and the battle at Anfield will end.