Football: Starting from the 05 World Youth Championship

Benítez obviously also discovered this problem, but there was no time to make personnel adjustments, so he could only let Mascherano ignore everything else and focus on Lin Feng.

But without Mascherano's help, Zenden was completely defeated.

After he was beaten, Kuyt on the front line could only sleepwalk because he had no support from his teammates.

"The situation in Liverpool is not good!"

Even the commentator could see that Liverpool's left side was completely useless.

"Benitez may want to use Zenden's speed to make some plays in the counterattack, but judging from the actual effect, it seems not ideal.

Moreover, Liverpool's choice of striker today is also questionable. Kuyt has neither height nor speed, and his ability to receive the ball with his back to the goal and to pass the ball is not outstanding.

If he is on the field, he will not be a threat to Inter Milan's defense at all, and will even hinder Gerrard's performance. I think if Liverpool wants to make personnel adjustments, they should first replace the striker.

In this case, substituting Crouch or Fowler might be more effective."

As soon as he finished speaking, Liverpool made a substitution.

Beniste decisively replaced Kuyt with Crouch and Zenden with Bellamy.

Benítez's substitution surprised many people because only half an hour had passed since the start of the game.

It is very rare in football matches to make substitutions in the first half and to replace two players at once.

Normally, a head coach will only make substitutions in the first half if he is extremely dissatisfied with a player's performance or due to force majeure.

Liverpool's substitution this time obviously belongs to the former.

Both Liverpool players were shocked when they learned they were being substituted.

Zen Deng even looked at the coaching staff and pointed at himself, obviously wondering if they had made a mistake!
But after realizing that he was really going to be substituted, he walked off the court with a gloomy face. When he passed by Benister, he didn't even say hello, but sat down on the bench without saying a word.

Compared to Zenden, Kuyt was also shocked but did not lose his temper.

He also knew that his performance was not good, so he felt very frustrated and worried when he left the court. He was obviously afraid of the criticism from the media and fans after the game.

As the saying goes, changing players is like changing knives. After Liverpool made such a radical substitution, the attack in the frontcourt did improve.

With Crouch, a "big bamboo pole" over 2 meters tall, leading the way, Alonso's long pass became threatening.

Xabi Alonso is a very smart player who is very good at using his brain.

Although he has slow feet and his dribbling and dribbling abilities are not outstanding, he has very strong vision and overall view.

He always finds the loopholes in the opponent's defense at the first opportunity, finds the space, and then passes the ball!
As long as his teammates can keep up with his rhythm and receive his passes smoothly, they will definitely create a huge threat to the opponent's defense line.

Relying on this trick, Xabi Alonso can gain a foothold and become an indispensable main force in the team's midfield and backcourt whether in Liverpool, Real Madrid or Bayern.

It was at this time that the quality of Liverpool's forward line was too poor, which caused him to lose a lot of assists.

But once he is paired with a top scorer like Torres or even Ronaldo, his threat will be multiplied.

Although Crouch is not a top striker, he can pass the ball to his teammates.

And given his height, he has an advantage when competing for headers with the opponent's defensive players.

After he came on the pitch, Alonso made several consecutive long passes to him. After getting the ball, Crouch did not choose to dribble or shoot, but instead passed it back to Gerrard who was coming in from behind.

Like Lampard of Chelsea, Gerrard is also a player who is very good at joining the attack from behind.

After receiving the ball from Crouch, Gerrard decisively took a long shot from outside the penalty area, although the shot missed.

But this shot has proved that their tactics are effective.

Even though it went wrong this time, it may not be the same next time.

And Bellamy, who was substituted in with Crouch, should not be underestimated. Although he is less than 1.7 meters tall and it is difficult for him to compete for headers, etc.

But he is very fast and extremely flexible, making it difficult for defensive players to completely keep a close eye on him when they don't have the ball.

Fortunately, Gerrard's organization and passing skills are average, otherwise, if he had passed the ball to Bellamy after Bellamy ran into the open space just now, Inter Milan's goal would have been in danger.

Mancini obviously noticed the tactical changes after the opponent's substitution. He did not send anyone to mark Gerrard or Bellamy, nor did he waste manpower to restrict Crouch.

Compared with the three players in Liverpool's frontcourt, the real target should be their midfielder Xabi Alonso.

So Mancini quickly changed his tactics, asking the players in the frontcourt to harass and press Alonso, not giving the opponent the opportunity to pass the ball easily.

Due to the positional relationship, the task of harassing Brother Long fell on Lin Feng.

Alonso didn't care at first. After all, the defensive ability of an attacking midfielder in this era is basically useless.

But as soon as the two fought, he immediately realized that he was wrong!

As soon as Alonso received the pass from his teammate, Lin Feng used his body to block him from behind, preventing him from turning around.

Feeling the force coming from his waist and back, Alonso imagined the other party using his arm to push against his waist.

Because Lin Feng's body blocked the referee's view, these details could not be seen from the referee's perspective.

If you encounter a player with a dirty and insidious defensive style, you will probably have to pinch or twist him.

Coupled with the trash talk that comes out of his mouth, it is easy to make the defended player red-hot, and then retaliate irrationally, and then get a card or even be ejected.

Fortunately, the other party did not do so, which made Brother Long feel a little relieved.

But just when he was careless, a long leg stretched out from between his legs and poked the ball away from his feet.

Alonso's face suddenly changed and he quickly accelerated to chase the ball that was destroyed by Lin Feng.

However, someone was faster than him. Torres, who had been lying in ambush on the side for a long time, rushed over unreasonably and got the ball before Alonso and Liverpool defender Carragher.

Seeing Torres get the ball, Liverpool's defense immediately sounded the alarm.

But Torres did not choose to act recklessly, but passed the ball to Cruz who came out of the penalty area.

Cruz used his body to set up a screen, not only blocking the pursuing defender for him, but also passing the ball back to the opponent after Torres broke into the penalty area.

If Agger hadn't raised his foot in time to block Torres' shot, Liverpool's goal would have been hit again.

"It's dangerous. We should try to avoid losing the ball in the backcourt!"

"Yes, this position is too close to our own goal. The opponent's offensive players can threaten the goal with the ball!"

"Alonso obviously underestimated Lin Feng's defensive ability. If he had passed the ball in time after receiving it, there might not have been this mistake!"

Both Sky Sports commentators began to sweat for Liverpool!

Inter Milan's twin stars were in very good form tonight, especially Lin Feng. He was active both on the offensive and defensive ends.

With the opposing players in such excellent form, it will be difficult for Liverpool to win!

...Alonso, who almost caused a disaster because of his mistake, looked at Lin Feng deeply.

Is this guy really only eighteen?

Which eighteen-year-old player has such sophisticated defensive experience?
The most important thing is that defense is just this guy's side job.

Offense is his main job, and he does it even better!

Alonso observed how Lin Feng organized the attack and admired Lin Feng's offensive talent very much.

That's why he was so shocked, shocked that there was someone in this world who could have such outstanding offensive talent and also do defensive work to such a level.

Maybe this is genius!

Lin Feng didn't know what Alonso was thinking. Seeing that he was staring at him, he smiled brightly and blurted out:

"Brother Long, I'm your fan. Can I exchange jerseys with you later?"

Xabi Alonso obviously didn't expect the other party to say that, and for a moment he didn't know what to do.

"Yes, it's ok!"

Don't hit a smiling person, and seeing the other person's sincere look, Alonso couldn't say no.

Maybe this really is his fan?
Alonso felt secretly happy when he thought that he had such a great fan.

But he soon stopped laughing, because his fan showed no mercy to him!
Although Lin Feng didn't make many small movements with his hands, he didn't say any trash words to him.

But the opponent has the physical strength, the confrontation skills, and is also very experienced in defense.

Whether it was defending, intercepting, positioning or even tackling, he did an excellent job.

He was really not given any chance at all, and was defended to the point where he began to doubt his life.

Facing such a fan with a sincere face and clear eyes full of admiration, Alonso did not get angry at all.

Alonso is the key to Liverpool's defensive counterattack. If he is closely watched by the opponent, Liverpool will become like a tiger without fangs, and its deterrent power will be greatly reduced.

However, it is unnecessary to think about attacking now. Liverpool should first consider how to withstand Inter Milan's offensive!

After Lin Feng entangled Alonso, Liverpool's counterattack threat dropped sharply. Inter Milan, with the pressure in the backcourt greatly reduced, began to invest more manpower and launched a fierce attack on the opponent.

Although Lin Feng's participation in offense decreased due to his distraction in defense.

But he is not the only one who can organize the attack on Inter Milan's side. Figo on the wing can take over the game when Lin Feng is absent.

Although Liverpool's attack on the left improved after Bellamy came on.

But defensively it is still the same as before, the left side is still their weak link.

If Alonso had not been watched closely, Inter Milan's right-back Maicon would not have dared to act rashly given Bellamy's speed and impact.

But now without Alonso's accurate long passes in the backcourt, it has become more difficult for Liverpool to pass the ball directly to Bellamy.

Then, the liberated Maicon began to show his power.

In just a few minutes, Inter Milan launched several waves of attacks on the right.

Figo's breakthrough and Maicon's cross caused great trouble for Liverpool's defense on the left.

In the 41st minute, Maicon dribbled the ball down the line again, but unfortunately his cross was blocked by Liverpool left-back Riise and went out of bounds.

Inter then took a corner kick, which was cleared by a Liverpool player at the first point.

With Crouch around, it's not easy to overcome this obstacle.

But the cleared ball fell right in front of Zanetti. The Inter captain seized the opportunity and shot decisively. The ball bypassed the dense crowd in the penalty area and went straight to the goal.

Liverpool goalkeeper Reina reacted quickly and flew to save the ball.

Inter Milan gets another corner kick!

The corner kick was taken and was once again headed out of the baseline by a Liverpool player, and Inter Milan got the third corner kick.

This time, the person who took the penalty kick was Lin Feng instead of Figo.

Considering the opponent's height advantage, direct crosses are not very effective.

Lin Feng did not choose to cross into the penalty area as he did before, but instead tried to shoot directly!
In order to confuse his opponents, he deliberately made a gesture of passing the ball forward, asking his teammates to move towards the near side of the goal, attracting the opponent's goalkeeper to move towards this side, leaving the goal on the other side empty.

Direct shots from corner kicks do occur in matches, but they are very rare.

Reina obviously didn't expect the opponent to be so aggressive, so his attention was focused on the Inter players near the small penalty area.

Although Inter Milan does not have a tall player like Crouch who is over two meters tall, there are many players whose height is close to or even over 1.9 meters.

Players like Vieira, Materazzi, Cruz and others all have good heading ability and pose a considerable threat to Liverpool's goal, so they naturally become Liverpool's key targets.

Seeing that his teammates had helped him attract most of the opponent's attention, Lin Feng felt relieved.

After taking a few steps back, Lin Feng looked up at the goal line.

Looking towards the goal from the baseline, the goal is almost invisible.

If you want to shoot in this situation, you can only make an arc and use the deflection of the ball in the air to spin it into the goal.

After figuring out how to kick, he suddenly accelerated, aimed at the valve of the ball, and kicked it hard.

The football flew towards the penalty area, but it was too high and obviously did not land in the front point!

"If you don't play at the front, are you going to play at the back? But there are no Inter players at the back?"

"Did the other party make a mistake?"

Seeing the trajectory of the ball in the air, Liverpool players were puzzled.

They had not yet realized the danger and just thought it was the other party's mistake.

Suddenly, when the ball reached its highest point, it took a noticeable deflection.

not good!

This is not a pass, this is a shot!

Reina on the goal line was the first to react. He moved quickly, trying to make up for his loss.

But the ball was flying much faster than he was moving. Before he could get into position, the ball flew into the goal with a strong spin, brushing the far post.

The score became 2:0, and Inter Milan further expanded its lead before the end of the first half! (End of this chapter)