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Chapter 738 - Advance to the Champions League Semifinals?


For many defensive midfielders, they have their own unique tricks to defend speed players.

The trick of Brazilian Lucas is that he likes to make a powerful move when facing speed players one-on-one.

He previously defended Ai Luo.

The heavy responsibility has been assigned to Mascherano, so he often protects in the middle and has no chance to directly confront Aiello.

Until a few minutes ago, Mascherano showed his spikes while defending Aiello from the front, resulting in himself receiving a yellow card.

This also allowed Lucas to find an opportunity to give Aiello a chance to show off his power.

In the group stage and bronze medal match of the Beijing Olympics last year, he became a green leaf to set off Ai Luo.

Now his mentor Benitez is under great pressure, and he also takes advantage of Xabi Alonso's injury to become the main force.

He wants to To save Benitez and prove himself, when Mascherano was defending Aiello, he did not hesitate to approach the left rib of his defense.

Sure enough, Aiello easily passed Mascherano with a fake move, and Lucas also found the opportunity to tackle from the side.

However, the effect was very different from what he imagined.

Ai Luo had a very strong sense of danger and jumped forward.

Lucas' side flying tackle was originally aimed at Ai Luo's right ankle, but he did not expect that it would only be brought to the sole of the shoe.

Apart from the pain of falling to the ground, there was no real damage to Ai Luo.

Instead, Lucas received a yellow card.

This was a disaster for a defensive midfielder.

The defense could not let go and did not dare to make up for it with a foul when losing position.

This was completely equivalent to put shackles on his hands But what left Lucas even more speechless was what happened later.

After Aiello sat on the grass and arranged his shoes and socks, he said a few words in Modric's ear and took the football from his hand.

This is the rhythm to try "Oh Aiello wants to take this free kick" Huang Jianxiang was explaining Lucas's foul just now.

When he saw Aiello appearing in the camera with a football, he instinctively became confused.

Logically speaking, the position of the free kick at this angle is a bit biased for Aiello.

It is five meters in front of the corner of Liverpool's left penalty area, approximately 60 degrees to the left post, and 28 or 9 meters away from the goal.

Also confused was Benitez, who was standing nervously off the court.

He really regrets it now.

If he had not considered defense first before the game, he would not have sent double midfielders to restrict Ai Luo in the game. , but what I didn’t expect was that fifteen minutes later, both defensive midfielders received yellow cards.

What to do in the next 75 minutes?

And judging from Ai Luo's current posture, it seemed like he was about to kick him.

Thinking of Aiello's amazing free kick percentage, Benitez became nervous again.

In sharp contrast to his expression was Mourinho.

His butt had never left the coaching bench except for Mascherano's previous action of flying to tackle the soles of Ai Luo Liang's shoes.

It was obviously against his ball.

The team is confident.

Lucas and Babel stood 912 meters away from the football and became Liverpool's defensive wall.

When the referee saw that the wall was standing still and the players in the Liverpool penalty area made no obvious hand movements, he blew his whistle.

Immediately, huge boos erupted from the stands.

At the same time, Liverpool players on the Anfield pitch became nervous, especially goalkeeper Reina.

Only then did he understand the meaning of what Casillas said during the national team training.

It turns out that players who can scare Casillas really exist.

Aiello's signature run-up and acceleration, the third step was particularly big, and his left foot was stuck about 30 centimeters on the left side of the football, which directly caused the goalkeeper Reina to move his throat, but Aiello's handling this time The ball is very different from usual.

Because he didn't shoot directly The moment his right foot was about to hit the football, he changed the hitting position from the inside instep to the outside instep.

The football rolled against the turf towards Modric, who was preventing Liverpool from quickly counterattacking in the middle.

Lucas and Babel jumped up instinctively, and they jumped with all their strength.

Therefore, their abundant physical fitness and good explosive power allowed them to jump very high.

If this situation is to defend a direct set ball or cross, it can have a significant effect, but Aiello does not shoot or cross, but passes the ball to Modric, and then he accelerates directly in the middle Secondary acceleration.

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The boos in the stands were also disrupted by Aiello's sudden change, and many Liverpool fans forgot to boo.

"Run-up to hit the goal" Lineker opened his throat and was preparing to wait for Aiello's shot to score, but Aiello in the camera was not like that.

Instead, he passed the ball to Modric.

Fortunately, his reaction was quick enough and his words came out.

Turn and exclaimed: "Passing and set-piece tactics" Modric did not pass the football passed by Aiello into the penalty area, but passed the ball to Aiello's forward route like hitting the wall.

In order to fully add up Aiello's speed, Modric gave a very sufficient amount in advance. .

By the time Lucas fell back to the ground, it was too late to catch up with Aiello.

Fortunately, Arbeloa pulled out quickly enough, but the distance between the two was more than five meters, so it was difficult for Liverpool's defense.

There is still a long way to go.

The power of the pass is a bit strong.

Players with average speed may feel that the amount of advance is large, but for Aiello, it is just right.

Aiello stopped the ball while running, then raised his left foot and made a pass.

Players from both sides in the penalty area quickly became entangled, and goalkeeper Reina also adjusted his pace in small steps, ready to attack and pick up the ball at any time.

Arbeloa saw this and flew over from a long distance to interfere with Ai Luo's pass.

However, Aiello swung his left foot not to cross, but to disrupt the defensive rhythm of Liverpool's defenders in the penalty area. really After Aiello swung the ball back to the right with his left foot, the Liverpool players in the penalty area showed varying degrees of relaxation.

Then, without making any adjustments, Aiello directly started to pass with his right foot.

Reina looked up at the oncoming football and did not choose to attack to pick up the ball.

Aiello's cross was too strong, fast and flat, not suitable for attacking.

Watching the football flying in the air towards the goal, the Liverpool players in the penalty area became nervous again, but the previous state was from tense to relaxed, and now they have to go from relaxed to tense again.

Such a change is not easy to adjust.

In a blink of an eye, Liverpool's defense leaked people in some locations.

Terry and Carvalho at the forward point did not reach the ball, and Drogba in the middle did not completely take off under the defense of Skrtel and Carragher, and the football flew to the back point.

Dossena took off in a hurry, but at this moment he deeply felt the pressure from behind.

Then the body contact in mid-air was completely at a disadvantage.

The strong Ivanovic nodded the ball from behind and headed the ball towards the goal.

Reina moved quickly from the near corner, but he chose to give up in the third step because Ivanovic's header was directed towards the near corner and he could not save the ball even if he tried his best.

"Ai Chuan" Chelsea TV commentator Clive Walker shouted, and as the camera changed, he lengthened his voice: "Branislav Ivanovic" "gooooooooooooooooa Chelsea leads Liverpool by one goal away from home" "Ai Luo passed the ball," Huang Jianxiang shouted excitedly: "The football flew to the back point, Ivanovic scored the ball, scored, scored, scored."

The Chelsea fans in the stands raised their arms and shouted, while the Liverpool fans lost all color at this moment, as if they had seen the results of last year.

The same was true for the Liverpool players on the court.

Even captain Gerrard had his hands on his hips and looked confused.

Are we really going to be eliminated again?

They don't know.

In past games, Aiello has always been a terminator to kill the game, but what I didn't expect is that his assist ability is equally good.

Facing such a comprehensive Ai Luo, is it possible to come back and win?

The possibility is almost zero When the game restarted, Liverpool's players on the field felt like they couldn't find their way.

Five minutes later, Mascherano and Lucas, who were carrying yellow cards respectively, were trying to defend Aiello in the middle.

They did not dare to foul when facing Aiello's speed breakthrough.

Finding an opportunity to shoot directly from the front of the penalty area, goalkeeper Reina leaped forward, but did not pounce on the football.

The football went straight into the dead center of the goal. 0:2 The home team goes first and the away team goes last.

Benitez looked at the celebrating Chelsea players with their mouths half open and made no next move for a long time.

The Chelsea fans who came to the scene were as happy as children.

They knew that Chelsea would enter the Champions League semi-finals for three consecutive seasons.

However, before the end of the first half, Liverpool captain Gerrard's long shot from 30 yards directly broke the goal guarded by Cech, showing Liverpool's tough side.

Tied the score to 1:2 Just when everyone thought that this exciting UEFA Champions League 14th final would turn around and show a shocking reversal, iron defender Ivanovic took advantage of a corner kick and headed the ball into Reina's goal, expanding the score again.

Two goals were scored, giving the excited Liverpool people a head-on blow.

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What was even more unacceptable for the home team was that in the 81st minute of the game, Mascherano lost control and was sent off after two yellows and one red.

Not long after, Lucas, who also had a yellow card, was sent off after accumulating two yellow cards while defending Aiello.

To make matters worse, coach Benitez also protested off the court and was ejected.

Two players were fined on the field, and the coach was also sent to the stands.

Everyone knew that Liverpool was beyond redemption.

Before the game, Anelka came on as a substitute and Chelsea beat Liverpool 4:1 away from home.

This result was beyond everyone's expectation.

Liverpool actually lost eight games in a row against Chelsea.

If nothing else goes wrong, it will most likely lose nine games in a row: