aircannonsinc Chapter 196 You come and I go, fighting against each other
Chapter 196 You come and I go, fighting against each other
"In the 8th minute of the first half, Lin Kedi scored a very beautiful long-range shot after receiving Van der Beek's through ball! Ajax led 1-0. This is also the first time for Linke this season 20 goals in the UEFA Champions League, and created a new record. He became the first player in the history of the UEFA Champions League to score more than 20 goals in a single season. At the same time, he also became the youngest player in the history of the UEFA Champions League final The player surpassed Kluivert at the age of 18 to achieve this achievement. Obviously, for Lin Kedi, it has been a fantastic dream so far!"
While the Ajax players were celebrating crazily, Klopp paced the coaching area frowning.
He saw the problem that Liverpool had just now, but this kind of problem is difficult to avoid. After all, Liverpool is also a team that presses high. The full-backs are more offensive than defensive, but Arnold's defense is indeed a bit messy. In normal games, Matip can help him fill in, but today when facing Ajax who is in a very good state, Matip Pu didn't have time to make up for it, and Arnold was already wiped out.
And the passing of the Ajax team is clean and neat, and they will not take too much if they can play the ball with one kick, especially when there are Liverpool players around them, Ajax will do this even more.
Klopp also knows that Ajax will not last long, and he also knows that Ajax will definitely start the game.
But what he didn't expect was that Ajax was so successful in the opening game and scored a goal.
According to the strong dialogues that Ajax has encountered in the Champions League in the past, as long as Ajax is ahead, they can easily retreat to play defensive counterattacks. After all, they have top-level defensive counterattacks. Liverpool will next What we have to face is how to fight positional warfare.
The key is that Liverpool is also a team that is good at playing sports.
In terms of positional warfare, it is bound to have Van Dijk, Wijnaldum and other experts to go up to be effective, but if the midfielders go up, what about the emptiness of the defense?
These are all issues that Klopp needs to consider.
And while Klopp was thinking about this series of questions, the game had restarted.
After Firmino kicked off the ball, Klopp saw that the situation on the field did not develop as he thought. Ajax did not retreat and defend with a brain, but continued to press high.
Klopp suddenly looked at the coach's command area on the other side, and he saw the bald head with his hands folded and looking at the situation on the field seriously.
Klopp didn't know what medicine was sold in Ten Hag's gourd, but he didn't hesitate. Since you don't retreat to defend and continue to press high, then we have to speed up!
Klopp immediately made a speed-up gesture on the sidelines, and captain Henderson reacted immediately after seeing it.
The ball was supposed to be crossed, but he directly made a long pass to find Salah on the right side of the frontcourt.
"Did you kick the ball directly?" Salah immediately understood when he saw the captain's direct long pass. This is the speed-up tactic arranged by Klopp.
Speaking of which, when Klopp's Liverpool encounters teams that play high-position pressing tactics like themselves, the most commonly used tactic is to speed up. Liverpool's two wingers and four players are all very, very fast players. Most players are fast, so to speed up, that is, not to go in the middle, the midfielder takes the ball and goes directly to the side, and then the offensive players in the middle play a role of connecting and attracting the defense, and the work of finishing is handed over to the two sides. Way to solve.
And there are many changes in Liverpool's two wings. For example, Salah is dribbling forward with the ball at this time, and Arnold is speeding up to overtake behind him. As long as Salah sees Arnold running in front of him, The ball will be passed, and a cooperation can be formed between the two.
As soon as Salah passed the ball, he immediately ran into the penalty area from the right corner of the penalty area, and Arnold, who took the ball, immediately made another pass and sent the ball into the penalty area. At this time, Salah had already entered the penalty area. Passed the penalty area and got the ball.
"Danger!"
At this time, De Ligt was lying in front of Salah.
But tall central defenders like Dericht are actually most afraid of small and fast players.
And Salah is not only a quick spirit, he also has a strong physical confrontation, so Salah first rushed, and then suddenly changed direction, and his feet changed suddenly. Dericht also had to take a step at this time. This is a question of betting. Now the ball is at Salah's feet. If you take a shot yourself, you may break the ball, but if you don't take a shot and wait for the defense, if Salah passes, De Ligt Knowing that you are tall and big and want to turn around to grab the ball, it is a bit difficult in the penalty area, because that will directly cause physical contact, and physical contact in the penalty area is very dangerous.
So Dericht made a decisive move.
In fact, De Ligt's judgment was correct, because Salah's rhythm is to wait until De Ligt immediately pours the ball to the right corner, and then pull the ball from the right corner and make another pass.
Unexpectedly, Dericht took the lead.
However, De Ligt only touched the ball with this kick, because Salah reacted faster and swiped the ball to the right first, so De Ligt touched the ball, but not completely.
This time, De Ligt moved, and Salah had space. With a step forward with his right foot, he passed De Ligt.
Salah's right foot shot was not very stable, so Salah pushed his right foot to the left, and then shot directly to the lower left corner with his left foot.
But with such an adjustment, Onana has already judged that Salah is going to kick his right side, and he has made preparations in advance. When Salah shoots the ball, Onana has already flew low.
"Onana! God pounce!"
Salah saw his shot saved with his own eyes and jumped up on the spot, but he had no choice but to do so.
"Liverpool's corner, it's the second corner of the game and the first for Liverpool. Oh - we see, Virgil van Dijk goes into the box too!"
Liverpool's corner kick was taken, and several high points of Liverpool in the penalty area all jumped up.
Van Dijk overpowered Blind and hit the ball, but it was also higher than the crossbar.
The ball went back to Ajax.
Onana got the ball from behind the goal and without a pause, immediately threw the ball vigorously to Ziyech who hadn't returned to the frontcourt.
Ziyech started to accelerate after taking the ball. Link was in the middle at this time. After seeing Ziyech start, he also accelerated and rushed forward.
"Great opportunity to counterattack! It's time for Ziyech to pass! Hey - Ziyech pass the ball quickly!"
But Ziyech did not pass the ball in time. He was going to take two more steps before passing the ball, but when the ball was passed, Van Dijk happened to pass by and kicked the ball out of the sideline.
"A good counterattack opportunity, so delayed! Ziyech shouldn't!"
But Lin Kedi did not criticize Ziyech harshly. At this time, when you are leading, never say anything serious to your teammates.
At this time, Ajax still has the chance of a throw-in in the frontcourt.
The ball was shot by Mazrawi, but it was a pity that the power of the shot to Link was a bit weak, and it was intercepted by Liverpool.
However, when Liverpool intercepted this time, they did not play a fast break. Instead, Henderson passed the ball directly to the goalkeeper. Obviously, Liverpool was preparing to reorganize their offense.
Seeing this, the Ajax players naturally ran back to defend. (end of this chapter)