Chapter 122: A Controversial Turning Point in the Game

'Liverpool now seem to have recovered a bit of their disadvantage on the pitch and are pressing aggressively and hard to bring Chelsea into a rhythm that will clash with them. Up front, they put a lot of pressure on Chelsea's ball-handlers, and so far it has worked well, with Chelsea's mistakes on the pass and receiving starting to mount. However, they must note that their most important task at the moment is not to limit Chelsea, but to do everything they can to get on the scoresheet. This style of play now will be a huge drain on their body and will leave Chelsea with excellent crotch for counter-attacking at the back. Time is Liverpool's worst enemy at this point and they must do everything they can to keep the equaliser short. ”

Just when Lineker kept analyzing the situation on the field, Lao Lei had already opened the devil's muscles in advance in advance. The physical problem still manifested itself at this time. If you don't start the devil muscles immediately, Lao Lei already feels that he can't support the repeated impact of Liverpool players on him. As the brains of Chelsea, Ray was frantically distracted by all the Liverpool front-line players. The continuous strong physical confrontation made Lao Lei's physical fitness in the best condition exposed in advance.

After clicking on the devil's muscles, looking at those Liverpool players who looked like mad cows, Lao Lei felt that his confidence was back. You must know that at the beginning of the second half, he has already suffered a lot of dark losses. In this short period of more than 10 minutes, Mr. Lei has been put down 5 times, which makes his jersey and socks already dirty. Although the condition of the players on the field other than the goalkeeper is not much better, there is no doubt that Lao Lei's appearance is the most sloppy one on the field at the moment.

It's not just Kayla and Cindia who are worried. Deeply afraid that Lao Lei would be injured, even Lineker, who was commentating the game, couldn't help but sigh at the fierce Cheng dù of this game. Regarding the appearance of Lao Lei now, he commented even more teasingly: "Lei Ma is now like he has just finished a rugby game." ”

And now it's good. Lao Lei, who turned into an invincible truck again, began to murderously take these "cheap" back. In the Liverpool team, the first thing he targeted was Colwill, who had already played him twice in this game. In the 59th minute of the second half, when the Liverpool player wanted to make a move at the edge of the penalty area, Old Ray suddenly let go of Gerrard and sprinted to his side.

Of course. Considering that he was already carrying a yellow card, Lao Lei would naturally control his actions. Squeezed and leaned against the tail vertebrae he pouted, and Old Ray was behind Colwill. With a look of no force, he directly pushed him to eat, and let him taste the taste of the turf of the millennium course. In addition to this, Lao Lei's action control zhì is undoubtedly successful. The referee's whistle did not sound. Amid the protests of Liverpool players. Chelsea's counter-attack begins again.

This time, it was the small cooperation of Ashley Cole and Robben on the left side, and once again successfully broke through Liverpool's right side of the defense. It was another successful, fluid counter-attack, only for Drogba to head over the bar from Ashleycole's cross in front of goal.

'That's what we just said, Liverpool's problems at the back. Only an equaliser before Chelsea's next successful counter-attack arrives will allow Liverpool to retain their hopes of winning the Carabao Cup. Lineker commented on Chelsea's counter-attack. At this time, everyone also knew. The next goal will be the goal that will decide the game, who scores. Whoever wins this final has a good chance.

Chelsea's goal again, needless to say, was two goals ahead enough to secure the trophy in their hands. If Liverpool equalizes, it will definitely boost morale, and once the game drags into extra time, then Liverpool's physical advantage will be infinitely magnified, and Liverpool will have an advantage in the number of wins and losses. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that the next goal will directly belong to the League Cup champions.

The players on the field and the managers of both sides know this, which is why there will be such an anxious and intense scene on the field at this time. In the 62nd minute of the second half, Liverpool, who still had not yet equalised, took the lead in making personnel changes, and Benitez was extremely bold to replace right wing-back Finnan with Czech midfielder Smitchell. In the next game, Liverpool's back line will be under extreme pressure. This substitution has also become a signal that Liverpool is going to fight for his life in the eyes of the outside world.

As soon as Smitchell came on the court, the pressure on Ray increased again. After all, he already has a yellow card on him, and in the fierce grappling, if he doesn't control well, he may be sent off. This risk subconsciously restricts Lao Lei from being able to play at his full strength. But the defensive pressure he is facing at the moment is so great, after all, Smitchell is a star who has long been famous and one of the Czech troika, which is not an ordinary person.

In the 75th minute of the second half, Lao Lei was forced to make a tactical foul that made him break out in a cold sweat. In the fierce confrontation, Lao Lei's midfield partner Thiago did not touch the ball in time, dribbled too much, and guided the football at his feet, which was quickly pressed and cut off by Gerrard behind him. Liverpool then immediately launched a counter-attack on the spot. At this moment, Chelsea's penalty area gathered three Liverpool attacking players, including Steven Gerrard, and all of them could pass and shoot, and had a good long-range shooting ability.

In the face of such a situation, even Lao Lei, who drove the devil's muscles, was a little stretched. No matter how good his individual ability is, he can't defend one-on-three against three world-class midfielders on the defensive end. So after Smitchell gave the football to Colwill, Lao Lei, who had fallen behind Colwill, reluctantly hit Colwell with his body and knocked him to the ground.

It was an unquestionable foul and the referee's whistle sounded immediately. At this time, it was time for Lao Lei to wait helplessly for the penalty. His fate, and indeed Chelsea's, is now completely in the hands of the referee. And it is clear that the players on both sides. The fans and the manager know that very well.

After the referee blew the whistle, players from both sides rushed to the referee's side, each appealing for their own team's benefit. Faced with this penalty that could determine the future trend of the whole game. The players were very excited. Around the referee, Thiago and Carragher even broke out over the corners of their mouths. At this time, the fans on both sides were also desperately making noise and putting pressure on the referee. In an instant, the Millennium Stadium was as noisy and irritating as a large vegetable market.

The referee at the moment. became the absolute protagonist, and everyone's eyes and pressure were on him. However, before he gave the final decision. He first needs to push back the players on both sides around him and keep them calm. Taking advantage of this time, the commentators of the broadcast TV station began to watch in slow motion while constantly expressing their opinions.

In such a situation. The referee was stunned for 1 minute after the whistle. only then did he give his final penalty. As a result, the blue side breathed a sigh of relief, and the red side was dissatisfied and wanted to make a fuss. Even Lao Lei, who has always had a big heart, had to admit that when the referee walked in front of him, his heart seemed to jump out of his throat. When he saw that the referee was just giving him a verbal warning, Lao Lei's heart was filled with passion no less than scoring a goal, and he instantly thanked all the names of gods and immortals he knew.

However, the old Lei was relieved, and the Liverpool side was naturally dissatisfied. Thereinto. Gerrard and Bertster, who have always been steady, even received a yellow card for slamming the referee with too strong words. When the Liverpool players left in a cursing. Not to mention how happy the Chelsea players were, even though they were just as panicked as the revenants.

After this huge upheaval, the game continued to restart, but it was clear that the controversy and impact caused by the foul and the decision were not over yet. Outside the pitch aside, the Liverpool players remained unfettered from their excitement and dissatisfaction after the start of the game, and their actions showed that on full display.

Less than a minute after their free-kick in front of the goal, Garcia was booked for kicking Thiago from behind. When Gerrard's direct free-kick bounced off the Chelsea wall and was snatched up by Thiago for the second spot, the still angry Spanish midfielder used a big move to bring Thiago down irrationally.

With this yellow card, Liverpool have received three yellow cards in a row in just a few minutes. The referee's successive penalties caused a huge controversy among the commentators. Among them, Rheinker and Ali Hansen are on very different positions. Lineker expressed a different opinion on his old partner's firm red card, saying: "Considering that Reima has already carried a yellow card, it is completely understandable for the referee to take a verbal warning, after all, Reima did not make a big move. On the other hand, on the Liverpool side, their dissatisfaction is understandable, but they must immediately control their feelings. Otherwise, the passage of time will only kill them. ”

Obviously, Benitez, who was grumpy on the sidelines at this time, was the same as Lineker's second half of the story. He kept using downward gestures to ask the Liverpool players to calm down and control their temper. But human emotions and psychology are not lights with switches, and you can see the effect immediately when you press it.

On the pitch, the Liverpool players were constantly making big moves to vent their feelings when they were killing this Carabao Cup final with their own hands. With the passage of time, although the difference of one goal allowed the game to still maintain the gap on the cards, the actual suspense has begun to slowly disappear.

The disgruntled Liverpool players in the game may not have been aware of this, but onlookers saw it, including the Liverpool fans, who were still booing at the referee and Lao Lei, who were aware of the team's disadvantage.

It is precisely because of this that the next scene is born.

In the process of a dead ball, Lao Lei ran to the bottom line to pick up the ball. With the Liverpool fans behind the Chelsea gate, his ears were immediately numbed by thunderous boos as soon as he walked into the stands. As soon as he looked up, Lao Lei could even clearly distinguish the lip shape of the Liverpool fan's swear words.

This scene made Lao Lei, who was originally picking up the ball, immediately stand up straight and stood there like that.

In an instant, his ears were even more numb. If it weren't for the security guards, it is estimated that Liverpool fans would have rushed down the stands to give him a good look.

The smug smile on the corner of his mouth deeply irritated the Liverpool fans.

After enjoying such a scene for a few seconds, Lao Lei suddenly walked in front of the camera near the bottom line.

At it, he pulled his finger at his lower right eyelid, stuck out his tongue, and made a standard comic-style proud proud expression.

It's just that if you don't have the extremely disdainful smile on the corner of your mouth, then this expression may look much more pleasing to the eye.

When this scene appeared on the big screen at the scene, the red color of the entire Millennium Stadium instantly transformed into fiery magma! It's boiling!!

The boos were as deafening as if a bomb had exploded at this moment!

And Lao Lei, who was in this qiē, just waved his hand gently at the Liverpool fan stands, as if he was a farewell friend.

It's just that he waved his sleeve and took away the boos!

Endless boo!! (To be continued......)