Lin Hai Ting Tao
Chapter 1393 One Minute After Equalizing (Fourth Update for Monthly Tickets!)
The Barcelona players even more so.
They had analyzed Liverpool a lot before the game, but they had not paid attention to this small detail. Of course, it didn't matter if they didn't pay attention to this small detail, it wouldn't affect the overall situation. Knowing it wouldn't help them play this game.
After all, this detail was related to Chen Hero, and not much to Liverpool, so it was easily overlooked.
Besides, Barcelona was not a Premier League team. Since Chen Hero joined Liverpool, they had never played against them. So they naturally wouldn't know what this shout meant—if Liverpool's final opponent was Manchester United, Manchester City, or another Premier League team, everyone would suddenly realize, and then… raise the alert level.
Why raise the alert level? Because Chen Hero was about to go berserk.
Unfortunately, Barcelona was not a Premier League team and had never encountered such a thing in a game. So they had no idea what it meant.
They were just a little annoyed that their cheers for their goal had been interrupted by the shouts of Liverpool fans.
Their good mood, which had been so good, was gone, as if they had been splashed with a bucket of cold water.
They hastily finished their celebration and returned to their own half, allowing Liverpool to kick off.
Messi didn't care much about the interruption of the celebration.
Anyway, he scored a goal, which the Liverpool fans couldn't erase no matter what they did.
In the contest with Chen Hero, he took the lead and was temporarily in the lead.
He, Messi, would not admit defeat in a single game!
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Guardiola didn't care about the interruption of the celebration either.
Scoring goals was the real thing, everything else was fleeting.
He was very pleased that the team was able to quickly equalize the score within ten minutes of conceding a goal. This proved the team's strength, and he was even more confident of winning this championship.
Facing such a strong opponent as Liverpool, they could quickly equalize the score after conceding a goal, so what else could they not deal with?
What he should be thinking about was what the team should do next. Should they shrink their defense and drag it to the end of the first half, or should they take advantage of the momentum of the team's equalization and go all out to score another goal and end the first half with a lead?
He decided to continue attacking without much consideration.
Seven minutes after conceding a goal, the score was tied, and the morale was at its peak. It would be a pity not to take advantage of it. Such an opportunity might not appear twice in a game.
So he waved his hand and told the team to continue attacking for the next few minutes.
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"Leo Messi scored a goal in the game, but Chen Hero hasn't. This is a competition between two great strikers, but it's not about the top scorer, but about the honor and dignity of the two men." The commentators also focused their attention on Chen Hero and Messi.
This was normal.
As soon as Messi scored a goal, the first person everyone thought of was Chen Hero.
Just like when Chen Hero scored a goal, everyone would immediately mention Messi.
Whether these two people were willing or not, they were already one in the same in a sense.
Messi scored a goal, but Chen Hero didn't, so everyone wanted to see what Chen Hero, who was unwilling to be outdone, would do.
Pavlov in the stands was staring at Chen Hero. Now, he was watching Chen Hero more than he was watching the game.
His eyes had not left Chen Hero for a second.
Because he was curious, he wanted to see if the Liverpool fans were crazy, or if Chen Hero really had the ability to score another goal for the team within five minutes…
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The game restarted, and Liverpool kicked off.
After Chen Hero passed the ball out, he ran straight forward.
He didn't care where the ball would be passed to, because it would definitely come back to him in the end. He had to make sure he was in the right place at that time.
Liverpool's attack after the kick-off took the simplest method - passing the ball back.
Seeing Liverpool constantly passing the ball back, Barcelona also pushed forward. They still remembered Guardiola's teaching to try to use this momentum to score another goal.
So naturally, they had to push forward and attack. Moreover, pressing in the frontcourt was what Barcelona was best at. If they could intercept the ball in the frontcourt, they could launch an attack on the spot and directly threaten Reina's goal.
Faced with Barcelona's pressing, Liverpool only passed the ball back, from the midfielder to the defensive midfielder, and then from the defensive midfielder to the defender, seemingly unable to find a point or direction to pass the ball out.
In the end, the ball was simply passed to goalkeeper Reina's feet.
The Barcelona fans in the stands cheered triumphantly, happy and excited that Liverpool was being suppressed by them.
They seemed to be able to see such a scene - under the pressing of Barcelona players, Liverpool players lost their composure, and finally kicked the ball to Villa's feet. Then, the *Huluwa* dribbled past the attacking goalkeeper and passed the ball to Messi, who easily pushed the empty goal into the net...
After Reina got the ball, he found that the Barcelona players were still pressing forward, especially Villa, who was running towards him like a red bull.
He quickly passed the ball to central defender Skrtel, who had retreated to the penalty area.
After Skrtel got the ball, he did not dribble the ball, nor did he look up to observe anything, but sent the ball to the feet of defensive midfielder Inler, who was in front of him on the side.
Inler did not stop the ball, but directly passed the ball horizontally to right back Van der Wiel on the right side.
Enrique also did not stop the ball, but once again made a diagonal pass, sending the ball to Gerrard's feet in the center.
While the ball was flying towards him, Gerrard looked around and observed the situation around him and in front of him.
He saw that because Barcelona was pressing forward, there was a large area of space in front, as long as it could be used...
He noticed that there was some space on Barcelona's right side, which was guarded by Alves. Because Alves pressed up to participate in the attack and had not returned...
So he stepped aside to let the ball pass, then turned around and swung his left foot, making another diagonal long pass.
The ball was sent directly to the gap behind Alves!
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When Gerrard passed the ball, Bale was almost on the same line as Alves. Although Alves came up to assist, he still didn't dare to completely relax his defense against Bale. He knew how good Gareth Bale was.
Bale's foot skills were naturally far inferior to those of the Barcelona players, but to deal with Barcelona, you couldn't play delicately with them. He had a weapon that the Barcelona players couldn't match, but it was also the most effective. That was... speed!
During Liverpool's dazzling series of one-touch passes in the backcourt, Bale was watching, and when he found that the ball was passed to Gerrard, he realized that this was an opportunity.
Almost at the same time as Gerrard turned to pass the ball, he started!
Gerrard's pass had enough lead time, and he could fully use his speed advantage to increase his speed to the highest.
Alves only felt a gust of wind beside him, and then Bale, who was with him, disappeared.
When he looked back, he could only see Bale's back in the distance...
He was stunned for a moment and quickly chased back.
But when it came to comparing speed with Bale, he was really... not good enough!
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"This is Liverpool's attack! Beautiful! Gerrard's pass is very beautiful!"
Harry Levey shouted excitedly.
The Liverpool fans in the stands cheered even harder to cheer for Bale.
Barcelona's other central defender, Fontàs, saw that Gerrard's pass had found this gap, and quickly made up for it.
Logically speaking, he was closer to the ball than Bale, but he was too slow. So just as the two met, Bale stretched out his foot and poked the ball through Fontàs's legs. Then he deftly bypassed Fontàs and caught up with the ball!
Now in front of him, there was only goalkeeper Valdés and one central defender Piqué left!
This was a great opportunity!
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When Pavlov saw this scene, he was stunned.
Could it be... could it be that Liverpool was really going to score again within five minutes of conceding a goal?!
He couldn't believe his eyes, but the Liverpool fans around him made a deafening cheer, reminding him that he was not dreaming, all of this was real!
Liverpool used a kick-off opportunity to directly threaten Barcelona's goal!
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"Damn it!" Guardiola didn't expect his team's defense to be so easily penetrated by Liverpool's pass... He really didn't expect Liverpool to be able to make such dazzling cooperation in the backcourt. In his impression, this kind of cooperation was Arsenal's specialty in England...
But now he didn't have time to complain about these things. His eyes were fixed on everything that was happening on the field, and his heart was in his throat.
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Gareth Bale passed Fontàs, and the cheers in the stands were even louder.
Piqué was now in a dilemma.
He was the only defender left, and the other side was a two-man attack.
If he went to defend Gareth Bale, who had the ball, Bale would definitely pass the ball to Chen Hero, even if he thought about it with his knees. At that time, Chen Hero would be unmarked and face Valdés directly... Piqué didn't dare to think about it anymore. It wasn't that he didn't trust his teammates, but Chen Hero's scoring ability was there for all to see.
But what if he stuck to Chen Hero and didn't intercept Bale?
Then Bale would break into the penalty area by himself and face the attacking goalkeeper Valdés for a one-on-one! Bale's scoring ability was not weak either.
And because of Pepe's example, the Barcelona players now didn't dare to ignore the other Liverpool players besides Chen Hero.
What if the scene of the first goal was repeated again? That would be a big loss!
Looking at Chen Hero, who was eyeing him on his left, and Gareth Bale, who was dribbling the ball on his right.
World-class central defender Piqué was in a dilemma.