Fortunately, head coach Pearson also had the same idea as Ling Feng.
I saw him applauding first, making the locker room quiet.
Then, he began his speech:
"I'm so proud of your performance in the first half!"
He first praised his disciples, and then suddenly changed the subject:
"However, the game is not forty-five minutes, but ninety minutes. And our opponent is Liverpool!"
"So, don't take it lightly until the game is over!"
After the head coach's instructions, the Blue Fox generals came back to their senses, and the smiles on their faces couldn't help but shrink a little.
After all, Liverpool is also a Premier League giant, and their background is there.
Even if the state is not good this season and the ranking falls to the middle, we cannot
Moreover, underestimating the enemy is a taboo on the golf course!
After a short intermission, the two sides returned to the court again.
At this time, Ling Feng discovered two Liverpool players in red shirts standing on the sidelines, preparing to come on as substitutes.
One of them, Ling Feng, was simply not too familiar.
That tall and straight figure, with bulging black muscles, is full of explosive beauty, coupled with that unique mohawk hairstyle.
The coming general is the world-class "Baroness God" Balotelli from below the brain!
Obviously, the performance of the team's center Lambert was really lackluster in the first half, and he was almost guarded by the two tough men Morgan and Wasilevskiy.
This made Rogers very dissatisfied.
So, during the halftime break, he made substitution adjustments:
Lambert was replaced and replaced by "Barcelona God" Mario Balotelli, who joined from Milan in the summer window of this season for a transfer fee of 22 million euros!
Originally, fans had high hopes for this former prodigy, hoping that he could carry Liverpool's offensive banner and bring a steady stream of goals.
It's a pity that Balotelli is never Suarez.
It has been three months since joining, and Balotelli has disappointed all Liverpool fans.
Because this former "Super Mario" has never scored a goal in the league so far!
However, considering that Balotelli occasionally has flashes of inspiration on the court, and his physical fitness is explosive, his speed and dribbling are better than Lambert, he can just attack the Blue Fox's defense.
That's why Rogers decided to sacrifice the "big killer" of God Ba
What if Bashen scores a goal?
In addition, Rogers was also manipulated by Mahrez in the first half, and Manquillo, who had a yellow card on his back, was also replaced by Alberto Moreno!
This young Spanish full-back is known for his ability to provide assists and is an offensive full-back.
Last season, he was the absolute main force of Sevilla, helping Sevilla win fifth place in La Liga and also win the Europa League.
After moving to Liverpool this season, he quickly replaced Jose Enrique, who was in obvious decline, and became the first choice on the left side.
However, since the start of the Premier League, it is his frequent insertions on the wing that have led to huge defensive gaps behind him. Opponents have always seized opportunities and directly threatened the goal.
Therefore, in recent games, Rogers has used Manquillo's away left back to defend so poorly.
However, in this game, Manquillo's performance was really unflattering.
Under the adversity of being two goals behind, Liverpool cannot continue to be conservative and must strengthen its offense!
At this time, sending in Alberto Moreno, who is strong in offense and weak in defense, can increase the number of back-up and support players on the wing, thereby achieving the local advantage of playing more and less.
These two substitution adjustments all express the determination of Rogers and Liverpool!
They plan to fight hard in the second half!
. . .
Beep~~~
With the referee's whistle, the second half officially began.
After Leicester City kicked off, they did not rush to attack, but passed the ball back.
However, what they didn't expect was that Liverpool adopted a more aggressive pressing force than in the first half, pressing the entire formation!
Whether it is Rogers or the Red Army players, they are very clear that if Leicester City has the ball at their feet, they will continue to be passive.
Time will also pass quickly under meaningless steps.
Anyway, they have already conceded two goals. There is no difference between losing two goals and losing four or five goals. It cannot change the fact that they lost the game.
Therefore, if they want to retreat from the King Power Stadium, the only way is to give up defense and attack with all their strength!
To attack, you must first steal the ball from your opponent!
As a result, even Balotelli, who never liked pressing, under Gerrard's shouts, spread his legs and pressed forward against Leicester City's backcourt players, thereby causing them to change the ball. It was difficult and even made mistakes.
Leicester City's midfielders and backfield players have very average ball-playing abilities.
As a result, under the surprised gazes of tens of thousands of fans in the stadium and countless viewers in front of the TV, the situation of the home and away teams suddenly experienced a huge reversal!
In the first half, Leicester City's formation pressed forward and pressed Liverpool crazily in the frontcourt, almost pinning Liverpool in the half;
In the second half, it became Liverpool's full pressure, crazily pressing Leicester City!
Under Liverpool's relentless frontcourt pressure, Leicester City's backcourt was a bit uneasy.
Even if Cambiasso and Brother Drinkwater took turns to drop back to catch the ball, Morgan and others on the defense did not dare to pass the ball.
On the one hand, they have a clear understanding of their own footwork.
On the other hand, there is always a red shadow following the player receiving the ball!
In desperation, they did not dare to push the ball forward, so they were forced to play long passes into the frontcourt.
And there is no threat at all from such a long pass.
Vardy in the frontcourt was unable to get the ball in front of Skrtel and Kolo Toure.
For a time, Liverpool took over the rhythm of the game, firmly controlled the ball, and launched one red wave after another against Leicester City!
Seeing Liverpool's formation pressing past half-time and holding most of the Leicester City players in half-time friction, Ling Feng was keenly aware of the opportunity to kill the game.
In order to regain the score, Liverpool will put on an all-out offensive posture.
However, the higher they press, the more space there is for the defense.
Leicester City's long pass from the backcourt reaches the frontcourt. Whether it's Vardy, Mahrez, or him, as long as he can hold the ball in the frontcourt, he can penetrate the entire opponent's defense with one kick!
However, the premise is that they can resist Liverpool's attack first!
In order to add a fulcrum in the frontcourt, Ling Feng also took the initiative to position himself close to Vardy, forming a parallel position with two forwards.
In this way, after the long pass from the backcourt is played, both Vardy and he can respond to each other nearby, thereby fighting for the ball in the high altitude ball in the confrontation with Liverpool's two central defenders.
This can only be done without a big center on the court.
However, before this change could happen, their defense was broken by Li:
After the start of the second half of the game, the most active person in Liverpool's formation was not the bald central defender Skrtel, who had become an "air lord", nor Balotelli, who had just come on and was pressing hard in the frontcourt, but the youngest player in the Red Army's formation. - Raheem Sterling!
Whenever the ball was regained, the Red Army players did not hesitate at all and handed the ball directly to Sterling, allowing him to tear the Blue Fox's defense from the right.
This season, Sterling, who is just a few days away from turning 20, has taken on more offensive tasks.
His sharp breakthroughs from the wing are one of the few highlights in Liverpool's offensive routine this season.
This time, Gerrard in midfield once again passed the ball to Sterling on the right.
"Sterling gets the ball!"
"The person guarding him is No. 15 Schlupp!"
Facing Schlupp, who also has excellent physical fitness and speed, Sterling, who had already suffered a loss in the first half, did not choose to directly use speed to make soup this time, but adopted a breakthrough method of changing rhythm.
He first pushed the ball forward with the inside of his right foot, and then carried the ball forward with his whole body.
Schlupp, on the other hand, chose to fight and retreat instead of rushing forward.
To sum it up simply, excelling on the court means grasping one's own center of gravity and deceiving the defensive player's center of gravity!
In many cases, all changes in passing are designed to induce or deceive defensive players into reacting first.
If the defensive player loses his composure and tries to steal the ball.
Then the offensive player can completely pass the defensive player the moment he takes the shot.
Of course, if the defensive player has a better defensive awareness, he will not take action easily, but will fight and retreat.
Then the offensive player can directly activate the soup and pass the opponent directly with speed!
However, if the defensive player has good defensive awareness and is fast, then some changes and techniques must be added to force the defensive player's center of gravity to move.
According to the defensive player's center of gravity, the offensive player can choose to break through in the opposite direction of his center of gravity.
If the body's center of gravity is slightly to the right, it will break to the left; if its center of gravity is to the left, it will break to the right.
In this way, with the body's center of gravity lost, the defensive player cannot forcefully push his body back and block the offensive player!
As he watched, Sterling first shook his upper body to adjust Schlupp's center of gravity, and then just when he thought he was going to cut in, he suddenly came up with a reverse bull's tail!
I saw him first dunk the ball inward with his right foot, then move the outside instep outward, and directly passed from the outside.
After passing Schlupp cleanly, Sterling made an unpretentious move and reached the right side of the penalty area!
"Sterling's gone!"
"If you have the chance, you can cross!"
Looking up into the penalty area, Sterling passed a half-high ball with his right foot without hesitation!
At this time, Balotelli, who was running parallel to Morgan, fully demonstrated his sense of goal!
I saw him first pretending to rush forward, then suddenly stopping his steps, and then walked around behind Morgan,
Morgan, who was caught off guard and rushed to the forward point, did not dare to touch this with his foot, for fear of sending the ball into his own goal.
He could only try to stand up straight and let the ball fly past him.
Immediately afterwards, he turned around suddenly and saw Balotelli lift his leg and put the ball into the goal.
The distance was too close, and little Schmeichel in front of the goal had no time to react. He just subconsciously knelt down on one knee, opened his arms, and expanded his defensive area.
But he couldn't stop the ball from jumping into the net and causing ripples.
In an instant, the Red Army fans in the entire stadium burst into extremely warm cheers!
"The ball is in!"
"Super Mario!!!"
"The former European golden boy finally scored his first league goal in Liverpool three months after joining the team! This is also his first goal after returning to the Premier League after 670 days. ball!"
After scoring the goal, Bashen was not too excited or excited. He just ran into the goal with a nonchalant expression, picked up the ball and ran towards the kick-off point in the center circle.
On the way back, I just reached out and gave high-fives to other teammates, which I thought was a celebration.
Rogers on the sidelines also applauded vigorously, encouraging his disciples:
"Well done! Mario!"
"That's it!"
Watching Bashen running past him and putting the ball on the kick-off point in the center circle, Ling Feng's face was full of solemnity.
As a hardcore Premier League fan, Ling Feng also knows a lot about Bashen's short time in Liverpool.
According to his recollection, Bashen only scored one league goal in Liverpool.
And definitely not against Leicester City!
Obviously, this is another small change caused by my own butterfly.
Moreover, Sterling is still very strong when he is unhappy.
At least in terms of breakthroughs, he ranks high in the entire Premier League!
. . .
Less than ten minutes into the game, they pulled a goal back.
The morale of the Liverpool players suddenly felt as if they had been given a shot of blood and became even stronger.
Facing Liverpool's high press, Leicester City had no good solution.
In this era of Premier League, the requirements for defenders are not as high as they were seven or eight years ago.
Therefore, many defenders pay more attention to their defensive abilities, and their ability to play the ball is very average.
The personal strength of Leicester City's defenders is not outstanding either.
Especially when under pressure, passing mistakes are more likely to occur.
Even under Pearson's instructions, Ling Feng frequently retreated to the midfielder position to add a connecting point.
However, whenever he wanted to get the ball, his opponent would immediately foul him and not allow him to turn around or pass the ball out.
And such a foul is very effective.
Because Ling Feng is the launching point of the Blue Fox's counterattack, as long as he is prevented from passing the ball out, the Blue Fox's counterattack can be directly eliminated during the transition between offense and defense!
In addition, the referee Oliver seemed to have an order from the Football Association, and the penalty scale was relatively loose.
Especially turning a blind eye to Liverpool's fouls.
Except for Henderson who pulled him directly to the ground for the third time and received a yellow card, the other Red Army players only received verbal warnings.
In desperation, the Blue Fox could only compress its formation, retreat to half court, and launch a defensive counterattack.
However, under the indiscriminate bombardment of the Red Army, their goal was breached again:
In the 73rd minute, Sterling broke through from the right and created a corner kick opportunity.
Taking advantage of the chaos caused by the corner kick, Lallana's follow-up shot hit Morgan's slightly raised arm in the penalty area.
With the Red Army players raising their hands, host Oliver decisively awarded a penalty kick!
And Gerrard, who took the penalty, deceived Schmeichel and made an easy hit!
In less than thirty minutes of the second half, Liverpool tied the score at two to two!
Looking at the Liverpool players celebrating wildly in front of the visiting team's stands, many Blue Fox fans felt that something was not quite right.
Could it be said that this is the rhythm of two chasing three? !
(End of chapter)
