Chapter 929: Mu-style counterattack

On 6 August, the eyes of football fans around the world will be on Wembley Stadium in England, where the world's first officially recognized cup winner will be decided between world-class giants Liverpool and upstart Chelsea. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

As the champion of the Premier League and the Champions League last season, Liverpool's strength is undoubtedly the world's first, but Chelsea's strength is definitely not below Liverpool, especially after nearly two months of rest, the current state of both sides is not in normal form, and it is still difficult to predict who will win this game.

There is only one match in the Community Shield, but with the final being league and cup champions, the tournament was in short supply and sold out a week ago.

Modern football has developed to this day, football players have to participate in many competitions, big players even have to participate in more than 50 games a season, even if the player's body is specially trained is unbearable, in order to avoid player injury, clubs often give up some less important games, these competitions include the Community Shield, League Cup, Super Cup, and even FA Cup and other cup competitions, in extreme cases, some teams will even give up the league to specialize in the cup, or give up the cup to specialize in the league.

Although the Community Shield is a game that the giants do not take very seriously, and many times it is regarded as an important warm-up game, Liverpool and Chelsea obviously have different attitudes towards this Community Shield.

Before Abou and Mourinho took charge of Chelsea, the most notable confrontation in the Premier League was the confrontation between Manchester United and Liverpool, two old enemies with a long history of feuds, and coincidentally, the glory days of these two teams were the most downtrodden times when their opponents were at their worst, which also made Liverpool and Manchester United fans resentful of each other deeper.

Chelsea's swift and overwhelming victory in the Premier League after the arrival of Abou and Jose Mourinho made the confrontation between Manchester United and Liverpool meaningless, and the main theme of the Premier League became that Manchester United and Liverpool took turns against Sniper Chelsea.

In comparison, Liverpool is more of a headache for Chelsea than Manchester United, and after Chelsea won the Premier League, dominating Europe became their only goal, but Abu and Mourinho worked hard for this goal three times in a row, investing hundreds of millions of money, but they were unsuccessful, and two of them were lost at the feet of Liverpool, you can imagine how deep Chelsea's hatred for Liverpool is.

So Mourinho, whether he wins or loses, will have a glass of red wine with Ferguson after the game, but he is not even willing to shake his hand with Benitez before the game.

The hatred has reached this point, and the match between Liverpool and Chelsea is not a derby but a derby.

Chelsea and Liverpool's coaches and players, including senior officials, have all said in their pre-match speeches that they must strive for victory, and Chelsea are sharpening their knives and aiming for revenge. Judging from the starting lineups given by both sides before the game, these two teams have no intention of using this game to train at all, and they are all absolute main forces, and the new signings are all placed on the bench, and the players of the second team did not even enter the substitute lineup.

At 7:30 a.m., the Liverpool and Chelsea players walked into the pitch from the dressing room, and the crowd immediately became lively, with applause and shouts and boos, like a Category 12 hurricane suddenly blowing on the calm sea.

Seeing that Mourinho and Benitez finally shook hands with each other, Lineker, a guest guest on the commentary seat, sighed: "This is a bit of a giant-level coach, he didn't even shake his hand before the game, and he didn't have the slightest etiquette, won't he make fans all over the world laugh?" I think the Premier League is not only about showing great technique and tactics, but also about showing a culture. ”

Chelsea and Liverpool fans were clearly not prepared to show any culture, applauding their players while booing their opponents and even shouting insults at them.

The Chelsea and Liverpool players were also not prepared to show much culture, and some players competed with each other in the courtesy meeting ceremony, using words to provoke their opponents in the hope of provoking them and gaining an advantage in the game.

Liverpool and Chelsea's players are seasoned, of course, will not be fooled, after the start of the game, both sides are very cautious, patiently according to the coach's tactics to arrange the game, even the revenge of Chelsea is also very calm, did not swallow Liverpool in one breath.

Last season Chelsea lost to Liverpool in the league and cup, Chelsea fans have been holding back this anger for months, just waiting for revenge today, but looking at the players and the appearance of harmony, it seems that there is no revenge at all, the fans began to sing the Blues' team song, cheer up their players, strive to score early, and beat Liverpool to a falling point.

Lineker, who has been in the professional league for many years, can see at a glance the murderous motives hidden under the seemingly calm of the two teams, and he smiled and comforted the fans: "This Community Shield will not be dull at all, fans please be patient, Mourinho and Chen Yu are both huge variables in the game." ”

Professionals and fans alike saw things differently, with the game quiet for five minutes before Chelsea launched a lightning bolt counter-attack following a mispossession error by Liverpool's Mascherano in midfield.

Mascherano was not really a big mistake, he controlled the ball at the back, wanted to pass the ball, found that the connection between him and his team-mates was severed, and with no one around him, Mascherano decisively dribbled forward, hoping to attract the attention of the Chelsea defence and pass the ball to his teammates around him.

Mascherano had a good idea, but his skills were not enough to support his idea, so much so that just past the centre circle was destroyed by a Chelsea player and the ball fell to Chelsea's midfield lamp, Frank Lampard.

Seeing Frank Lampard with the ball, Chelsea's players were like vicious dogs seeing meat and bones, hula and cheer swarmed, and in a very short time, Liverpool's half had eight Chelsea players, with only two centre-backs and goalkeeper Petr Cech remaining in their own half.

At the moment, Liverpool still have a full backline and two midfielders in their own half, but Chelsea have gathered more troops than they can in an instant, and the determination and momentum of the attack are beyond the imagination of the Liverpudlians.

The Reds fans in the stands were so shocked that they even forgot to exclaim for a moment.

Despite seeing Chelsea hit back with a heavy force, Liverpool's players were not panicked, with two midfielders, Mascherano and Marcos Alonso, rushing to the ball-carrying Frank Lampard as fast as they could, even at the cost of a yellow card.

Quick counter-attack, heavy pressing, breaking through the wings, this is the essence of Mourinho's counter-attacking tactics, in this tactic, the person who holds the ball and initiates the attack is crucial, he must decide whether to play or dribble the ball as quickly as possible, the direction of the ball, this is the key to the success or failure of a counterattack.

At Chelsea, the key figure in the transition was Claude Makelele and now Frank Lampard.

Frank Lampard certainly won't give Liverpool's players a chance to foul and before Mascherano and Alonso could get past him, Lampard quickly split the ball wide and found his winger Wright.

At the moment, Chelsea have developed a advantage of playing more and less on the wing, with Wright Jr. and Ashley Cole sandwiching Liverpool full-back Finnan.

Playing more with less, experienced defenders will never be strong.

Finnan has enough experience, he didn't use foul tactics, in a one-on-two situation, he couldn't commit a foul if he wanted to, he was gradually retreating, waiting for his teammates to come to support, and the closer to the baseline, the less space the opponent had to cooperate, and if the opponent acted recklessly because of impatience, his opportunity came.

Finnan's choice is not wrong, he is calm enough, but on the pitch it is the strength that speaks, neither of the two players Chelsea put into the attack is worse than Finnan, the two people cooperate, and there is the initiative, Finnan wants to prevent there is no other way than relying on luck and the opponent's mistakes.

Wright Jr. and Ashley Cole have been working together for more than a season, and a simple one-two combination is still very easy to do.

Wright Jr. holds the ball, Ashley Cole slips in and goes straight to the baseline.

Finnan couldn't help but pursue Ashley Cole.

Seeing Finnan go after Ashley Cole, Wright Jr. quickly dribbled along the inside.

Finnan had to abandon Ashley Cole to intercept Wright Jr. when Wright Jr. was about to parallel him.

Wright Jr. made a pass and suddenly accelerated to break through, but Finnan just hesitated before being broken through by Wright Jr.

At this moment, Finnan has no way to defend Wright, whether it is a cross or an inside cut depends on Wright's mood.

At this time, Alonso, who came from midfield to make up for the defense, stopped pulling the side and quickly returned to the middle, and the Chelsea players defending the middle grabbed the point.

Onlookers clear, the fans in the stands, the coaches on the sidelines, and the substitute players anticipated the current dangerous situation when they saw that the players who were supplementing the defense in the midfield could not arrive in time, but when this scene really appeared, the stands still couldn't help but let out an exclamation, and Benitez on the sidelines also clenched his fists nervously.

Lineker, who sat in the commentary seat, high-fived and praised: "Mourinho's counterattack really has a doorway, the tactics are clear, the execution is strong, and the players also have strong individual ability, it is not surprising that Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool were beaten in the first two years, now let's see how the double champion Liverpool copes with this crisis, if Chelsea scores a goal, it will be passive, and now Liverpool still has a complete line of defense, if it is counterattacked by Chelsea in the onslaught, it is estimated that there is only a gun and not kill......"