Firmino's retreating center is similar to Tottenham's Harry Kane. They both play as a pseudo-center. His retreating to get the ball, frontcourt pressing, and passing organization will create greater opportunities. threaten.
Mane's goal just now benefited from his retreat to get the ball for an assist. If Mane's ball had been deflected a little further, it would have been possible to avoid the goalkeeper's fingers and score a goal.
With the change of Firmino's position, the addition of Mane, and the stronger Velarde, Liverpool did not fall behind in the confrontation with the Galacticos Real Madrid, even because many of Real Madrid's main players were not available. And gradually took advantage of the field.
In the 22nd minute, it was Firmino again. When he diagonally inserted into the right rib of the penalty area and received an inverted triangle pass from Coutinho from the left to shoot, he attracted center back Varane to fly and block the hole of the gun.
As a result, Firmino's foot stopped suddenly and did not touch the ball at all. The ball rolled past his feet and rolled backwards into the gap in the arc of the penalty area.
Alan Willard stepped in from the back row and fired a shot without stopping the ball. He hit an earth-shattering heavy artillery wave and went straight to the upper right corner of the goal.
The central defender Ramos in the penalty area did not dare to block the ball head-on because he was too powerful. Instead, he jumped up and blocked the hole with his back. However, the ball was faster than he could block the hole and flew past him.
Goalkeeper Casilla was even more annoyed as Firmino's fake shot was tricked into the left side of the goal.
By the time he saw that Firmino did not shoot, but passed the ball to Velarde, and then turned around and pounced back to the right side of the goal, it was already too late.
In addition, Velarde's shot was powerful, fast and had a tricky angle. Goalkeeper Casilla had no time to make a save and watched the ball fly into the goal against the right post from a distance.
The commentators from England suddenly shouted excitedly:
"Wow, Goooooooooooooooooooooal..."
"The ball went in!!!"
"World wave!!"
"Villard scored the first goal of the game, opening the scoring for Liverpool and leading Real Madrid 1-0."
"Facts have proved that Velarde has not been affected by the dual travel of the Olympics and the European Super Cup. His physical fitness is still there, his skills are still there, and his strength is still there."
"The speed test came out, and the explosive speed of this kick is as high as 123 kilometers per hour."
"It's so strong. This goal perfectly reflects Velarde's strength and shooting skills."
"Of course, this goal also benefited from Firmino's fake shot in the penalty area, which not only deceived defender Varane, but also deceived goalkeeper Casilla, allowing Velard to receive the ball inside the arc of the penalty area. Coutinho’s inverted triangle pass completed an almost undefended hard shot.”
"Firmino may not be the most skilled, nor is he the best shooter, but his ability to support and organize in the penalty area is really strong."
"Last season, Klopp transformed Willard into a free agent."
"This season, Klopp has transformed Firmino into a false center again."
"The effects are remarkable."
"I would call Klopp a master tactician."
"Liverpool, under the leadership of Klopp, really has the potential to rise again and regain the glory of the Red Army that once dominated Europe."
Velarde, who scored, did not run to the sideline to celebrate alone. Instead, he ran to Firmino, patted him on the shoulder, and then walked with him to Coutinho, hugging and celebrating together.
Then other teammates came up to celebrate the goal.
Being able to score the first goal in the confrontation with Galaxy Battleship, everyone is in a very good mood, which will help everyone's performance next.
However, as a world-famous galactic battleship, Real Madrid is still capable of breaking through Liverpool's goal even if many of its main players are not available.
Less than ten minutes after Liverpool scored, Real Madrid used a team collaboration. Casemiro went straight into the penalty area. Center Morano turned his back to the forward, leaned on Lovren and made a cross pass. Winger Asensio left. Lu rushed into the penalty area, pushed the ball without stopping, and pushed the ball steadily into the near corner.
Although goalkeeper Mignolet made a relatively timely save, Asensio pushed the ball at an awkward angle. Mignolet missed the ball by a hair and could only watch the ball pass by him. He rolled his fingers diagonally downwards and rolled into the goal against the near post.
Real Madrid tied the score 1-1.
Next, both sides launched a high-position pressing and confrontation battle in the 433 formation. But in terms of pressing high up the pitch, Liverpool won completely.
After all, Liverpool has Willard, an all-around free agent, as well as the newly joined Wijnaldum and Mane, as well as the dedicated Firmino.
Although Mane and Firmino are both forwards, they do a very good job defensively. Even if the Real Madrid goalkeeper gets the ball, knowing that the possibility of stealing the ball is low, they will rush forward and force the opponent's goalkeeper to pass. ball in anticipation of the opponent making a passing error.
Officially, under the interference of a large number of ineffective running and pressing, in the 41st minute, Real Madrid's midfield passing error really occurred.
When left midfielder Kovacic was pressed by Velarde, the pass was a little hasty and the ball passed to defender Ramos was deflected. This caused Ramos to be pressed by Firmino when he received the ball. Arrive in front of me.
There was no other way, Ramos could only connect the ball and turn around, lean on Firmino with his body, and then turn around and pass the ball to goalkeeper Casilla.
Firmino immediately shook off Ramos and followed the ball towards goalkeeper Casilla.
Casilla was so flustered that he did not dare to stop the ball or pass the ball again. He rushed directly to the line of the penalty area and kicked the ball out to eliminate the danger.
Seeing Casilla about to take a big kick, Firmino, who had already rushed forward, naturally would not use his face to block the ball, so he turned around and took off, using his back to block the ball.
Unexpectedly, he was blocked by him. Casilla was panicking and opened his big foot, hitting the back of Firmino who took off without any bias, and bounced diagonally to the open space on the right side of the front edge of the penalty area.
Right winger Mane rushed up at high speed and won the speed competition with full-back Marcelo. He got ahead of Marcelo and Ramos who retreated in the center, and kicked the ball towards the goal without stopping the ball. Goal direction.
Although goalkeeper Casilla, who noticed something bad after kicking the ball, moved sideways and pounced on him, the ball was too close to him. Casilla could not judge the path of the ball at all, so he could only spread his legs and arms to try to expand the defensive area and make a sideways save. .
As a result, the ball flew impartially between his hands, and then flew into the goal in the disappointed eyes of a large number of Real Madrid fans.
Real Madrid conceded another goal.
Through the high-position press of all players, Liverpool forced Real Madrid to make a passing error in the backcourt, and Mane scored with a blast.
Liverpool rewritten the score to 2-1 and took the lead again.
