Aiello has not left the penalty area since he returned to the penalty area to help with the previous corner kick defense.
Because Liverpool's offensive was very fierce during this period, he was afraid that if he left the penalty area, Crouch or Kuyt would seize the opportunity.
Get a goal back.
And Flores looked at the team's passive defense and did not ask Aiello to return to his position to wait for an opportunity to attack.
After all, the game time has reached the last few minutes of the game, and there is no need to watch the third goal ahead.
So heavy, at this point, no one dares to guarantee that Liverpool will not score a goal in the remaining time.
So at this time, it is understandable to choose a more conservative approach.
Immediately, Flores began to mobilize the team, replacing David Silva with Edu, strengthening the defense of the center, and also strengthening the restrictions on players crossing from the wing.
By the 85th minute, Valencia's players basically retreated to the 30-meter defensive zone in their own half, leaving only David Villa at their own arc as a strategic containment.
Although the team chose to retreat to half-time during this period, the fans in the stands did not boo the home team because of this change.
The team they supported was Valencia, which could win the 2004-2005 UEFA Champions League with 2:0.
Championship winner Liverpool is already very good, and choosing defense at this time is the most appropriate choice.
The team chose to defend, and they continued to cheer on the sidelines to encourage the team they supported.
Liverpool's offense seems very fierce, but in fact it is not a big threat, because Aiello is more prepared for the placement of the football than Kuyt and Crouch.
Ai Luo's focus on football amazed every commentator in the studio.
"Oh my God, he jumped so high."
"Wow, he pushed him out again.
He jumped higher than Crouch from the same place.
How can the Liverpool players survive?"
"It's so amazing.
I think he should play in the NBA instead of playing football."
This was the line spoken by commentators from various countries during this period when Aiello perfectly cleared Liverpool's cross from the wing.
Seeing that the game was about to reach the last minute of regular time, Liverpool suddenly changed their style of play.
They no longer blindly crossed the ball from the wing, but chose to control the ball at their feet.
This change came as a bit of a surprise to Valencia's defenders.
Since the front edge of Valencia's penalty area was basically full of people, Xavi Alonso passed the ball back, then circled back and reorganized the attack about 40 meters away from the Valencia goal.
The football was too far away from the penalty area.
Valencia's defense took a few steps forward under Ayala's command, so Crouch and Kuyt both ran a few steps forward to avoid falling into the offside trap. among.
The team's formation was still gradually pressing forward, so Xabi Alonso, who was holding the ball, had no one to mark him.
He looked up calmly and observed.
At this moment, Pennant suddenly walked along the left side of the ball.
The last defender in the West Asian defense made a lateral run.
Xavi Alonso raised his right foot without hesitation and passed the ball long Ayala was experienced.
When he saw Xabi Alonso swinging his right foot, he quickly directed his teammates to pay attention to Pennant's movement.
He immediately attracted the attention of Albiol and Baraja, and the nearby The defense also focused on Liverpool's two forwards.
But in fact, Harvey Alonso's long pass was not looking for Pennant, but using his footwork to find Finnan who was cutting in at high speed from the right.
The power angle of this ball is very good, it is the kind of ball that reaches the ball.
Seeing the situation, Del Horno rushed to defend, but what he didn't expect was that Finnan had no intention of stopping the ball and passing it.
Instead, he directly used his right foot to move the ball to his ribs, stopping and passing.
"Steve Finnan" The BBC commentator shouted loudly.
Finnan's stop-and-go action was very smooth, and it was completed without slowing down.
Therefore, Del Honora did not hold back, and central defender Ayala could only step forward to cover the defense.
In the flash of lightning, Valencia's solid defensive system showed a loophole.
Since Finnan has already run ahead of the Liverpool offensive player closest to the bottom line, Crouch, Kuyt and Pennant who are advancing in the middle are not offside, so Valencia's defense can only follow.
Recycle.
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When Finnan was about to reach the boundary between the penalty area and the baseline, he raised his head slightly and looked back at his teammates' movement, and then passed a very fast ground ball.
Crouch and Kuyt have the size and ability to basically attract all effective defenders.
So much so that there was a vacuum between the penalty spot and the penalty area.
The football from Finnan rolled towards this vacuum.
"Gerrard" England's commentator collectively shouted at this moment.
Gerrard cuts in at high speed and heads towards the football.
It was obviously too late for Albiol to turn around and block the block due to his tall stature, and Moretti was still at the far end, further away from the vacuum zone, so the important task of blocking was given to Albelda who was also running back. on the body.
However, Gerrard's speed and explosive power are obviously better than Albelda, so he can only use the inertia brought by running to make up for this shortcoming.
He fell to the ground and made a sliding tackle when he was about two meters away from the football, hoping to Interfering with Gerrard's shot.
When Gerrard completed the shot, Albelda's right foot came belatedly.
Gerrard's choice of shot was very smart.
It was about 13 yards away from the goal.
He did not round his right leg, but used the toe of his right foot to shoot.
Because Canizares' vision was blocked, by the time he saw the football, the football had already reached the line of the small penalty area, so it was too late to react, and the football ran towards the far corner of the goal.
In the end, the football rolled into the goal under the exclamations of the home team fans.
After scoring the goal, Gerrard was very excited.
He ran all the way to the corner flag, then raised his arms and shouted loudly.
Naturally, what he received was a roar of boos, because his behavior was judged as provocation by the home team fans in the stands.
However, Gerrard doesn't care about this.
His goal in the Champions League final two years ago sounded the clarion call for the magical Istanbul counterattack.
He firmly believes that this goal will definitely have a profound impact on the two-leg knockout round. .
Because when the team returns to Anfield, it only needs an economical 1:0 to get a chance to advance to the final.
"Steve Gerrard, the spiritual leader of Liverpool, showed his value at this moment.
He helped the team reduce the score to one goal before the end of the game.
The most important thing is that he helped the team get a valuable goal. away goals” "The score became 2:1.
Although he did not perform well in the nearly 90 minutes of the game, he stood up at the most critical moment and scored a goal.
He is the soul of Liverpool."
"No one expected that Liverpool would create an excellent opportunity at the last moment of the game.
Perhaps it was because their sideline was too weak during the nearly 90 minutes of the game, but it happened to cause Valencia's defense to be distracted. " The England commentator, who had been silent for nearly the entire game, finally found the opportunity to completely vent his long-standing negative emotions.
Amid their chants, Liverpool's players ran towards Gerrard to celebrate the goal, which came a full ninety minutes late.
When the Liverpool players finished celebrating, the fourth official on the sidelines just held up the electronic sign indicating three minutes of stoppage time, a very standard stoppage time.
Canizares, who recovered from his depression, seemed to find something wrong.
Albelda seemed to be lying on the ground holding his right thigh, and his expression was painful, but this pain was not caused by losing the ball.
The result was more like an injury.
Soon, other Valencia players also noticed Albelda's discomfort.
Canizares, who had just discovered that something was wrong with Alberda, reacted the fastest.
He made a sign to the team doctor on the sidelines to sign on.
After a short diagnosis, team doctor Hernandez made a substitution adjustment gesture towards Flores on the sidelines.
It seemed that Albelda's injury was difficult to sustain.
The stadium director reacted quickly and turned the camera back to the scene where Albelda fell to the ground to block Gerrard's shot.
What was originally a very clear situation has become clouded due to Gerrard's goal and Albelda's injury.
Valencia's promotion road is once again full of haze.
So Flores on the sidelines was very unhappy.
He thought he would win the game with a score of 2:0, but he never expected that God would play more than one joke on him.
Since all three substitution adjustments have been used up, Valencia can only challenge with ten players.
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The next game will be very difficult for Valencia, because they have one less person to fight, and what is missing is the team's metronome, the offensive and defensive hub.
Of course, Ballack can also complete this job.
But in this case, there will be no one in Valencia's frontcourt to organize the offense.
David Silva has been replaced before, so in the next time, we can only rely on Aiello's personal ability to make breakthroughs and find opportunities.
Chance.
But the results can be imagined.
In the end, Valencia defeated Liverpool 2:1 at home.
Although they won the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-finals, the players on the team were not happy.
In a two-round format, being given an away goal by the opponent was a very dangerous sign.
"The game is over.
This result should be an unacceptable fact for Valencia.
They were about to win the game with a score of 2:0 without any blood, but fate played a big joke on them.
In the normal situation, Gerrard knocked on the door in the 89th minute, and also lost captain Albelda.
It is true that blessings never come alone, and misfortunes never come alone."
This is Huang Jianxiang's closing line in this game.
"In general, Valencia performed very well in this game.
After all, they still won the game at home.
In the second round next week, they only need a draw to advance to the final.
However, Aiello seems He has fallen into a scoring drought in the Champions League.
He has not scored in the Champions League for 200 minutes
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