Chapter 126 Counterattack Is Coming

Chapter 126 Counterattack is coming

Under the appeasement of Gerrard and others, Liverpool's players quickly recovered their calm. Except for Abeloa, who received the yellow card, who was still full of anger, other Liverpool players returned to their positions.

The game also resumed quickly, and Liverpool's backcourt ball came out.

Liverpool, who were one goal behind, quickly launched a counterattack. As the commander of the team, Xavi Alonso still has a lot of time to get the ball.

Xavi - Alonso is a Spanish player, but he is not known for short passes like the Xavi of Barcelona, ​​but for his outstanding long ball.

The timing of his long pass and the accuracy of his long pass are among the best among midfielders in the world of football, and there are very few active players who can surpass him in this regard.

Liverpool's two wingers opened up the space, the purpose is also to play to this characteristic of Xavi Alonso.

However, Xavi Alonso's long pass has not yet played out, and he was overturned by Drinkwater just after receiving the ball.

Drinkwater, who was whistled for a foul by the referee, did not walk away, but stood at the foul spot to prevent Liverpool from being quick from the set-piece.

"Xavi Alonso's weakness - speed and ability to get away!"

"Stick to him! Don't let him pass easily!"

Before the game, Gao Bo gave Drinkwater a big task to limit Harvey Alonso!

Now Liverpool have two midfielders, Harvey Alonso and Mascherano. Mascherano is a pure sapper. His defensive ability is far greater than his offensive ability. Therefore, if Xavi is restricted - Alonso, even if the ball is given to Mascherano, does not help Liverpool's attack very much.

Mascherano is a world-class defensive midfielder, but if you let him play, maybe he can do some normal passing work, but let him pass like Xavi Alonso imagined A beautiful long pass with coexistence of power and penetrating power, it would be difficult for a strong man.

Xavi Alonso's game so far has not been very smooth, because as soon as he gets the ball, Drinkwater sticks like candy.

Xavi Alonso is a typical representative of the commander's rear position in modern football. In order to avoid the central and backcourt areas where the opponent's defense is dense, more and more teams tend to move the team's commander from the front midfield to the back. waist. And Xavi - Alonso is undoubtedly one of the typical representatives!

However, the contradictions always correspond to each other. When the commander of one side retreats, the defending side will naturally move the defensive force forward to limit the opponent's offensive organizer!

Gao Bo this move is not new, Benitez also thought of this before the game.

Luton's midfielder with the strongest defensive ability is Kante. Benitez thought before the game that Gao Bo would let Kante defend Xavi Alonso. After all, in midfield, Drinkwater has a large part of the task of organizing the attack.

But from now on, Drinkwater is sticking to Xavi Alonso all the way!

Benitez was a little strange, he glanced at Gao Bo on the other side.

What is this Chinese doing? Does his team need an offensive playmaker?

Even counter-attacks require a linker, and most of Luton's counter-attacks are initiated by Drinkwater's passing.

Kante stole the ball and handed it to Drinkwater, who counterattacked with the ball. This is almost the most routine counter-attack routine used by Luton.

Right now, though, Drinkwater seems to be focusing too much on defense.

Xavi Alonso tried to run and catch the ball, but Drinkwater seemed to follow him. Xavi Alonso was not fast and relatively limited his ability to escape, so Drinkwater It's still very tight!

Gao Bo smiled when he saw Xavi Alonso running.

This scene is his favorite to see! Because the 19-year-old Drinkwater is a lot more physically fit than Xavi Alonso, and if Alonso can be forced to pay most of his physical fitness in the first half, then No doubt Luton earned it!

Xavi - Alonso kicked very frustrated.

The Spaniard was a little annoyed when he was stuck by Drinkwater again and couldn't turn around and was forced to pass back.

He waved for the ball again, then slammed his back into Drinkwater's chest with a sudden force as Drinkwater came up against it.

Drinkwater screamed and rolled on the ground.

Xavi Alonso doesn't care so much, he turns around with the ball, ready to release a long pass.

It feels good to have no one sticking...

Xavi Alonso's good mood was interrupted by the referee's whistle.

"foul?!!"

The Spaniard's face is incredible!

The referee didn't pay much attention to it. He pointed to the location of the foul and ran over to warn Xavi Alonso!

"Watch your movements!!"

Xavi Alonso spread his hands: "Did you see the action of that kid?!"

"If it was a foul, the kid should have been red carded long ago."

When the referee on duty turned gloomy, no referee would be happy in the face of players' doubts about the penalty.

Gerrard hurry up Harvey - Alonso pull away.

He took Xavi Alonso into his arms and kissed the Spaniard on the head: "Calm down!! Calm down Xavi!"

"They did it on purpose!"

Xavi Alonso is also a seasoned player, and he quickly learned that he was being driven by emotions.

Alonso took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

"They're making too many small gestures, Steven!"

"I know... but it's not normal anymore, because they can't kick us with conventional methods!" Gerald became serious, "That's why they use this little trick!"

Gao Bo does not think that he is playing a trick. In order to defeat Liverpool, Luton, who is absolutely weak in strength, must of course do everything he can.

What's more, it's just a little bit more defensive...

Liverpool's stars probably don't know that for teams in the lower leagues, there is absolutely no such thing as a gentleman on the football field.

No gentleman covered in mud.

Drinkwater was helped up by his teammates.

"Are you all right, Danny?"

Adam asked worriedly.

Drinkwater winked quietly at Adam.

Adam knew right away, this guy was acting!

However, when he saw that the referee did not intend to draw a yellow card, Drinkwater got up from the ground with some regret, and rubbed Adam's head.

". Hurry up and prepare this set-piece!"

Drinkwater pressed the ball to his feet and it went out!

However, the referee did not allow him to serve quickly and blew the ball back.

There were boos from the stands, and the Luton fans were of course very dissatisfied with the referee's decision.

Gao Bo on the sidelines was also quite dissatisfied. He jumped on the sidelines: "Why can't you send quickly!! Damn..."

Lin Sen, who was on the side, quickly pulled the angry head coach back.

For Lin Sen, he really didn't understand why Gao Bo, who was so calm on weekdays, seemed to be a different person when he was in the position of commanding the game.

The game on the field also resumed quickly, Luton's free-kick did not create the threat as last time, and the ball was quickly returned to Liverpool's hands.

Xavi - Alonso was limited, Gerrard will drop back to catch the ball.

Compared to Harvey Alonso, Gerrard's ability to protect the ball and get rid of it is much higher, and after Gerrard came back, Liverpool's midfielder has an additional point of contact.

The long pass could not be played, and Liverpool simply advanced to the front court through short passes.

Liverpool's strength is still strong, they simply broke the tricks Luton arranged before the game.

Gao Bo has no regrets. He asked Drinkwater to limit Harvey Alonso, just to prevent Liverpool's long-range pass scheduling. There is no good way to do it, after all, you can't completely kill Liverpool's attack with such a trick - Luton's strength can't do it.

However, when Liverpool advanced to the front, they encountered new difficulties.

Gerald found the little black man in Luton too difficult to deal with. He failed to take advantage of several confrontations with Kanter.

In the 23rd minute of the game, as soon as Gerrard received the ball near the top of the penalty area, he was hit by Kante and almost lost the ball. Fortunately, Xavi Alonso also pressed him. The football that Kante poked out of the nickname was under control.

However, as soon as he got the ball, Kante jumped up! !

Gerald's eyes are about to pop out!

Kante tackles the ball directly and accurately shovels the ball away from the feet of Xavi Alonso!

And Drinkwater, who had been following Xavi Alonso, immediately turned around and launched a long pass! !

Adam White runs out of space in the frontcourt!

This time... it's a real counterattack!