George Li did not expect that the ideas he proposed during the halftime break could have such a good effect.
When Leeds United attacked, Kuyt gave the Liverpool people the feeling of being everywhere.
One moment he just retreated to the midfield to help Sneijder organize the attack, and the next moment he inserted into the wing to make a pass. If you think this is the end, then the Dutch will use actual proof to tell you what is more terrifying about him.
In the 69th minute of the game, Leeds United got a not very good offensive opportunity.
It was the same routine as before. After Charlotte Black cut into the middle, she passed the ball to Kuyt who came to the wing.
This time Riise learned the lesson and did not leave his defensive coverage area, but immediately returned to his wing to defend.
Seeing that Kuyt had no chance to break through or pass the ball, he immediately made a large-scale transfer.
The ball was handed directly from Leeds United's right to Baines on the left.
Baines was not as active as he was in the first half in the second half. He kept in mind the arrangement given to him by the coach, which was to base his defense on defense and then seize the opportunity to participate in the offense.
Next to him is Parker who has just come from the right, and a little further ahead is Sneijder. It's just that Sneijder was being watched closely by Mascherano, so it seemed like he had little chance.
Directly in front of him, Smith was making a cross move with Arneson.
Smith went from the center to the left, while Arneson ran towards the middle of Liverpool's right back and centre-back.
Baines discovered that Liverpool's defense was not very dense in the direction Arneson was running. Arneson also discovered this opportunity and was turning back to signal to Baines that he could give him a through ball.
As soon as Arnesen turned his head to make a gesture for the ball, he saw a round thing appearing at his feet.
In the final analysis, Baynes is the kind of full-back with excellent assist ability, so his passing skills are relatively deep. This is only reflected in his crosses, but his short passes and through balls are also quite good.
This pass to Arnesen is a good example of this.
Arnesen received the ball very comfortably. He didn't even take an extra step, but directly chose to turn his body sideways and prepare to hit a far corner.
"Dong~"
Arneson kicked the ball hard to the lower left, and the ball drew an arc and flew away.
But he used a little too much force on the ball, and Reina touched it with his outstretched hand sideways.
Fortunately, the force was a little stronger, and the ball was not caught by Reina, but flew to the other side, to the right of the goal.
Kuyt, who was still on the wing just now, appeared at the landing point of the ball like a magic weapon descending from heaven.
"Haha~"
George Li was already laughing proudly. He was so familiar with this scene that he could guess what the next result would be. Soon Kuyt will tap the ball into Liverpool's goal.
The coaches around him got their butts off their seats, and the other substitutes pulled their hands together, preparing to celebrate the goal together.
But disappointingly, someone prevented this inevitable goal.
Kuyt touched the ball, but because someone pulled it slightly, he could only choose to shovel and shoot without hitting the right spot.
Even though Kuyt tried his best to kick the ball into the goal before falling to the ground, he could only tap lightly and let the ball slowly roll into the goal.
At this time, Reina had already finished getting up, and then with half his body still on the ground, he jumped hard and rushed towards the ball.
Just when the ball was about to roll into the goal, Reina magically held the ball down.
Then he rolled and crawled to the goal line and hugged the ball tightly.
The audience who was originally preparing to celebrate were dumbfounded, could this be possible?
The referee first indicated that there was no goal, and then indicated that the game would continue.
This shows that the ball definitely did not cross the goal line, and Kuyt's hit by Caragra was not considered a foul.
"Referee, that must be a foul."
Seeing that the opportunity was missed like this, and it was not wasted by myself, there were some other factors involved.
However, the referee ignored it and continued to run towards the midfield, because here in Liverpool, Reina had already started to counterattack by throwing the ball.
The ball was thrown to Riise, who immediately passed it to Liverpool winger Babel in front.
Liverpool wanted to take advantage of the chaos to launch a counterattack, but was immediately stopped by the organized defense.
After the protests on and off the field here at Leeds United were ineffective, they immediately entered the state and continued to play. After all, the team is still lagging behind.
Facing Milner, Babel chose to turn around and pass back, passing the ball to Mascherano in the center.
Just as the Argentinian was about to pass the ball to other teammates, he suddenly heard a familiar Spanish voice.
"Watch out!"
Alonso quickly reminded his teammates that there was someone behind him.
It was Kuyt who had just failed to shoot. He didn't know when he caught up and squeezed Mascherano away with his body.
"Little Ma" was knocked to the ground by this sudden physical contact.
However, the referee may not have dared to call Leeds United a foul because of the previous incident in Liverpool's penalty area, and also indicated that the game would continue.
Just like a turnaround, the referee turned around again and ran in the direction of Leeds United's attack.
Kuyt grabbed the ball from Mascherano and protected it because the opponent was still trying to steal the ball when he fell to the ground. He took two steps forward and saw that Liverpool's defense was a little loose, so he quickly looked around.
Seeing a man wearing a white No. 8 jersey nodding towards him, Kuyt immediately passed the ball and ran forward.
Due to the continuous transition between offense and defense, Liverpool's defense here was indeed a bit messy, which gave Leeds United a good opportunity to counterattack.
This time, Sneijder finally sent a perfect through ball. The ball passed through Carragher and came to Kuyt, who successfully countered offside.
Because Hyypia was at the back when Liverpool pushed forward just now, Kuyt was not offside at the moment Sneijder passed the ball.
By the time Hyypia reacted, it was already too late.
Kuyt was already facing Reina alone.
This time, Reina was not so lucky. Kuyt did not give him a chance to judge the direction of the shot. Instead, he used a pendulum style pass that he was not good at to pass Reina and succeeded in pushing the shot into the empty goal.
1 to 1.
Leeds United equalized with Kuyt's goal.
Kuyt was also very excited after scoring the goal and came to the sidelines to celebrate with Sneijder, who passed the ball to him.
This action caused the entire Leeds United coaching bench to pump their fists in celebration.
^^^
After the goal, Leeds United's morale was high, and the rhythm of the attack was wave after wave, but in the end there were not many threats to the goal.
This is also very strange. When we fell behind just now, the entire Leeds United team cooperated very well. Now after the goal, the score is evened, but some cooperation cannot be achieved.
There are two reasons. One is that this tactical system is indeed relatively new and the entire team lacks tacit understanding. For example, Smith, who had been a defensive midfielder for a whole game, finally couldn't run anymore, and the entire team's midfield interception ability dropped by a notch.
In addition, Liverpool also made certain targeted changes. No matter how hard Benitez insisted on 4231, he could not let the game go because of this persistence. He then deployed his troops to change the score.
In the end, the two teams ended with a score of 1-1.
When George Li shook hands with Benitez, he could feel the other party's unwillingness.
But, who isn’t?
