1496 Flying Immortals
Yang Yang suddenly made a cold arrow on the right side of the penalty area, and after scoring a goal, he did not celebrate.
He still has feelings for Liverpool, and breaking the Liverpool goal is not something worth celebrating for him.
Even if it's a Champions League final.
Liverpool fans have a complicated relationship with Yang Yang's goal. The booing at the scene was not obvious, but more were cheering and cheering from Real Madrid fans. Obviously, the Reds fans are not willing to boo the star they once highly praised.
Even now, they still regard Yang Yang as their own.
Yang Yang has always been in the honor room of Anfield Stadium. Some people even suggested that after Yang Yang retires in the future, Liverpool will erect a statue for him outside Anfield Stadium.
Although it has only been three years, Yang Yang has been favored by Liverpool fans, but now both sides draw their swords to each other, which is a pity.
But this is football.
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After Yang Yang scored the goal, he turned around and walked back.
He was not uncomfortable, but he had no idea of celebrating.
On the contrary, Real Madrid players rushed over happily. Even Suarez was excited and excited about Yang Yang's goal, because he played for Liverpool shorter than Yang Yang, and it happened to be in the team's trough again, so his relationship was naturally not as deep as Yang Yang.
As for other Real Madrid players, they were naturally even more excited.
For a mature and stable team like Real Madrid, taking the lead is undoubtedly a knock on the door to victory.
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The game starts again.
Real Madrid did not change their strategy because of the goal. They still insisted on starting from the tenth minute, finally stabilizing their formation, trying to slow down the pace, and more control the ball through the mid-and-back court to pass and pull the ball.
After Liverpool concedes the ball, the players on the field are somewhat anxious.
This is their first time playing in the Champions League final. For many people, they may only have this one in their lifetime and want to win.
But now, Real Madrid scored a goal first, which hit them a big blow and disrupted their position. Only by equalizing the score as soon as possible or even reversing the opponent can their mood be truly calmed down.
Real Madrid took the ball in the backcourt, focusing on the 30-meter area, while Liverpool made a big push, actively pressing and pressing at high positions, and pressing forward in the midfield and frontcourt, suppressing Real Madrid through large-scale active running.
Faced with Liverpool's pressing and oppression, Real Madrid also has targeted strategies.
That is, Hazard retreated deeply and had a large range of movement. Yang Yang and Suarez in front were pressing tightly at the forefront, forcing Liverpool to not be able to push the defense forward boldly.
In this way, it will be difficult for Liverpool's three midfielders to cover such a large area.
Therefore, Liverpool's players are more concentrated in the middle of the midfield, specifically targeting Real Madrid's pressing in the middle of the middle. The wings inevitably become weak and it is easy to qualify for the blockbusters.
Marcelo and Carvajal actively moved forward, using these gaps, and rushed forward with the ball when they had the opportunity. If they didn't, they would patiently control the ball, becoming the main contact points for the team's midfield and backcourt pass and control.
Yang Yang's goal just now was initiated by the right back Kavajal's sudden back insertion. Before that, it was the team's continuous kicks from Marcelo, Tony Cross, Hazard and others on the left.
It can be said that Real Madrid players have very clear execution ideas, and the two full-backs always appear very boldly on the sidelines to receive the ball.
This style of play makes Liverpool very painful because the Reds dare not let their full-backs push forward.
Yang Yang, Suarez or Hazard are all very capable of being among the top five superstars in the world. If the full-back presses forward and lacks protection in the ribs and wings, then the personal ability of Real Madrid Trident can quickly pose a threat once the ball reaches the feet, which is very terrible.
Yang Yang's counterattack just now came from Robertson's forward shot and was hit by the penalty area. Yang Yang took the ball alone and directly broke through Liverpool's goal. Van Dijk didn't even have time to stop it.
This is the manifestation of the gap in strength between the two sides.
Liverpool is not able to defend against superstars like Yang Yang, Suarez and Hazard with super personal abilities.
Therefore, they can only rely on a large number of people and overall defense to curb them.
But in this way, the full-backs dare not move forward easily, so Marcelo and Carvajal will get more space on the sidelines.
So, after Yang Yang scored, Real Madrid almost firmly controlled the ball, with a ball possession rate exceeding 70%, and the highest period, even exceeding 80%.
But Real Madrid still played without being impatient and very patient.
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Klopp was wearing a gray-white long-sleeved T-shirt tonight, and he still had his signature stubbornness, but his face didn't look good because he was depressed to find that his team had no way to deal with Real Madrid.
In fact, even without Yang Yang's goal, Liverpool will find it difficult to get rid of the embarrassing situation now.
Unless Real Madrid makes a mistake.
Of course, Liverpool's defense and pressing also blocked Real Madrid's offense, but the ball possession rate was too small.
Less than 30% of the ball possession rate means that Liverpool players run most of the time during the game, while Real Madrid is more passing and controlling the ball, which is obviously a very unfavorable situation for Liverpool.
If you continue like this, you will sooner or later be dragged down.
Is there a way?
The start of the attack did not work. Real Madrid's overall strength advantage is obvious, and its pass control ability is far above Liverpool. It can be said that Real Madrid tonight is like the Barcelona universe team that year, slipping against Liverpool with the ball.
The superstar’s personal abilities in the frontcourt force Liverpool to tighten their defense, which further aggravates the passiveness in the scene. Even as the team’s head coach Klopp is difficult to change.
It is hard to cook without rice, and he cannot make Liverpool's strength suddenly become stronger.
Liverpool was mentally prepared for such a situation.
Whether it was conceding a goal first or having a huge disadvantage in ball control, these were predictable before the game, and Klopp also made sufficient plans, so the Liverpool players on the court were not in chaos.
But what really worries Klopp is that Real Madrid plays too steadily.
It is so stable that people can hardly see hope.
Sometimes Klopp is wondering why this Real Madrid has been able to be in European football for nearly ten years?
It’s really just that the management bought a bunch of talented stars, plus a few outstanding world-class head coaches?
As Klopp, who has experienced many battles and has achieved certain achievements in the Champions League, he naturally knows that in the knockout stage, just geniuses and famous coaches are far from enough.
There are so many teams with geniuses and famous coaches, why can’t other teams?
Tonight, facing Liverpool, Real Madrid can play the suffocating pass and control of Barcelona. Previously, facing Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus, Real Madrid can play the pressure and impact of Heinx Bayern. The team can also play the crazy and crazy wall when needed, and their counterattack is as sharp as ever.
He is almost the master of European football skills and tactics in the past few years, representing the highest level.
And most importantly, they have a Yang Yang!
Rather than saying that Real Madrid has been Benitez's team, Ancelotti's team, and Zidane's team, it is better to say that it is Yang Yang's team.
I believe Zidane has also seen this clearly, so he asked Yang Yang to be his chief assistant coach in an extraordinary manner.
Before, Klopp led Dortmund to face Real Madrid, but that feeling was different from tonight.
When he saw that his team failed to break through Real Madrid's goal ten minutes before the start of the game, and even failed to create many threatening dangers, he already knew that it would be difficult for Liverpool to escape from Kiev tonight.
It’s not that he is afraid of fighting, but that he has self-knowledge.
The game trend was as expected. After Real Madrid survived the first ten minutes, they successfully controlled the ball and rhythm.
Klopp kept walking to the sidelines and kept reminding his players to keep patience and not be in a hurry.
But as the ball is controlled by the opponent and as the game falls behind, Liverpool's players will only play more and more urgently as time goes by.
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When the first half entered forty minutes, Liverpool players tried to strengthen the pressing and pressure again.
Real Madrid used a large-scale transfer. After Marcelo stopped the ball in the left side of the center line, there was a large open space in front.
Brazil's left-back drove the ball forward, and passed the ball to the front of the penalty area with a diagonal pass from Liverpool's 30-meter area.
Suarez took the lead and stopped the ball back to Yang Yang.
Yang Yang tried to find an opportunity, but at this time, Liverpool's front-line of the penalty area was full of people.
Without a chance, Yang Yang chose to protect the ball, took two steps back and passed the ball back and reorganized it.
The ball is still at Real Madrid's feet, but the position has advanced to the outside of Liverpool's 30-meter area.
After several passes, the ball was transferred to the left by a long pass again.
Hazard pulled to the left, stopped the ball, and cut in, but he never got through Liverpool's defense and was forced to pass back to Tony Cross in the midfield again.
The German midfielder stopped the ball and saw that the defensive players were pulled to the middle by Hazard, he immediately divided the ball to the left again.
Marcelo had already stepped forward to the left side of Liverpool's penalty area, and no one was defending around. After stopping the ball steadily, seeing Arnold pounce on him quickly, Brazil's left defender immediately rushed forward and rushed to the bottom line.
Seeing Arnold being thrown away by Marcelo, Lovren rushed over to help with the defense.
As early as Marcelo received the ball, Liverpool's entire defensive center of gravity tilted towards this side of Marcelo at the same time.
When Marcelo saw Lovren coming up, he knew that he could not get a cross from the bottom. After suddenly dunking the ball back, he saw Yang Yang's gesture at the front of the penalty area.
This is to let Marcelo pass the ball to his front.
Brazil's left-back would not hesitate, and directly passed the ball with his left foot to the penalty area.
Liverpool's central defender Van Dijk reacted quickly and noticed Yang Yang as soon as possible. He quickly entangled Yang Yang, but because Yang Yang was the back, the Dutch central defender missed the best position.
After quickly rushing forward, Yang Yang blocked Van Dijk with his body and at the same time determined the landing point of the ball. After standing firm with his right foot, he stood still and without waiting for the ball to land, he turned half-turned and shot directly at the air with his left foot.
At this moment, everyone in the audience was confused and only one thought popped up in their minds.
A flying immortal from the sky!
Chapter completed!