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"Liverpool, which needs at least three goals to be able to reverse the game and qualify for the promotion, made substitution adjustments at the beginning of the second half."

"And it is to directly replace two offensive players with different styles to strengthen the team's offense."

"By Bayern in the first half, Joe Allen and Downing, who were the most successful defensively, were sitting on the bench to rest at this time. Rodgers chose to deploy Coutinho and Sterling, two young players, in such adversity. people."

In such a major game, Rodgers knew that if he wanted to cause trouble for Bayern in the away game, and even if he wanted to have a chance to reverse, he had to abandon some conventional play restrictions.

It is to use the momentum of young people who are not afraid of tigers as newborn calves to strive for the momentum on the court and to play out Liverpool's offense.

The team's momentum is indeed sluggish when it falls behind by two goals, but if it can really recover a goal quickly on the offensive end, then a team with explosive offensive power like Liverpool may have a chance to create miracles.

Anyway, already two goals behind, Rogers also further liberated the defensive pressure of the midfielders, allowing the players to give up some defensive tasks, go more, and better participate in the team's offense.

It's just that in view of Bayern's rapid advancement of the two sides, Rogers is not arrogant enough. I believe that Yang Feng can really stop all of Bayern's counterattacks. Glenn Johnson and Jose Enrique are so reluctant A full-back who can combine with Robbery to stop Bayern's counterattack speed still needs to focus on defense in the game.

Even without the large assists from the full-backs, Liverpool's offensive strength on the field is actually not weak.

Sterling's speed, Coutinho's foot skills, Gerrard's long-range shot, Henderson's transfer, Suarez and Sturridge's shooting skills in front of him, as well as pulling ability, are all Liverpool can use offensive point.

As for the Bayern players, after taking a two-goal lead, although the whole team will not completely relax, it is natural for the Bayern players to slack off a little.

It is most obvious in Bayern's defense on the wing.

Franck Ribery and Robben are originally players who rely on their offensive strength to gain a foothold in world football. In the team's defense, they are only responsible for proper defense on the side.

In the first half, Franck Ribery and Robben were the main offensive points for Bayern's offensive suppression. On the offensive end, the continuous wing attacks, although Liverpool's two wingers were beaten badly, their physical consumption was actually not enough. few.

A two-goal lead naturally does not require offensive players like Robben and Ribery. On the unnecessary defensive end, doing "engineering" work consumes precious physical energy.

Heynckes would not be so harsh on the two of them, and the two of them just interfered with Liverpool's offensive players on the wing, and they would not run too hard.

Perhaps in a normal game, there is no problem with Bayern not doing their best on the wing defense, but in front of Liverpool, who are very hungry for honor and victory, and want to rise again to become a European giant, Liverpool players , The most indispensable thing is to rely on more efforts to grab opportunities, let alone opportunities, which already exist in front of Liverpool players.

Coutinho on the left can confidently accelerate and change directions when facing Robben's defense on offense, and use the change of rhythm to directly break through Robben's defense.

The same is true for Sterling on the right. The price of Ribery's lack of defensive position is that even if Glenn Johnson does not attack significantly, Sterling can also get a 1v1 match with Alaba in the game. Chance.

Although Sterling's speed advantage is not too obvious for the time being, but thanks to Tangning's consumption to a certain extent in the first half, Sterling's speed advantage will definitely decrease a little bit during the game. revealed.

Other Bayern players, from the second half onwards, also had some decline in running enthusiasm, and did not show the same suppressing force as in the first half. Even though Liverpool's midfielder began to press forward more eagerly, Bayern gave counter pressure, but there was no As strong as the first half, and threatening.

Heynckes on the sidelines was also frowning.

He could see that Liverpool's offensive was gaining momentum. Although Bayern had a big lead, and even if the team relaxed a little, Liverpool's offense might not be able to achieve effective offensive effects.

But this sense of anxiety still made Heynckes call Gustavo on the bench to warm up and prepare to play next time to strengthen the team's defense.

It's just that Heynckes didn't make too many points about Ribery and Robben's "walking" defense.

"Walking" is not laziness, but better storage of physical energy. Ribery and Robben are "walking" on the defensive end at this time, but when Bayern's counterattack unfolds, the two can immediately burst out their energy. The side with the ball creates a big enough threat.

Those players who are not strong enough but still like to "walk" are the real lazy people.

But before Bayern counterattacked and rewritten the score again, Liverpool had already achieved the coveted offensive effect on the offensive end.

Robben's delay in Coutinho's attack was limited.

After the breakthrough by Coutinho, Robben did not consume too much physical energy to keep following. Instead, he gave Coutinho's defensive task directly to Ram and the rushing midfielder Schwein Steiger.

This time, Sturridge did not directly insert into the penalty area, but remained on the left side to cooperate with Coutinho.

The cooperation of two offensive players with good foot skills made it difficult for Lahm and Schweinsteiger's defense to make moves.

Using Sturridge himself to catch the ball as a wall to bully Ram's physical disadvantage, Coutinho used his flexibility and speed to directly dismantle and move laterally to the middle, and then received a pass from Sturridge , In the offensive and defensive confrontation with Schweinsteiger, Coutinho directly gained a physical advantage.

Coutinho's wonderful long-range shot in the league before was naturally what Bayern focused on improving when preparing for this game.

Even though Coutinho is just a substitute player, Bayern's players on the field, in the pre-match preparation meeting, must be familiar with the characteristics of every player in Liverpool's Champions League squad.

Kroos' pursuit from behind and Martinez's attack from the front are all intended to prevent Coutinho's possible long-range shots in the first place.

And if Coutinho takes advantage of his Brazilian characteristics and continues to stick to the ball, then Bayern can also quickly encircle and complete the steal of the ball.

Bayern's midfield defense focused on Coutinho's threat and on a star like Gerrard, but ignored another figure not far away.

Coutinho did not directly hit the goal with a long shot, nor did he stick the ball too much. Instead, before Bayern's defense came up completely, he made a cross pass and made a strong pass to the right.

Sterling has not been fixed on the right. When Coutinho and Sturridge are stirring up the situation on the left, Sterling has been looking for his own offensive opportunities.

Coutinho's lateral movement received the ball, and Sterling also accelerated instantly, ending the confrontation with Alaba on the wing, and suddenly crossed into the middle.

The tacit understanding between the two young people, Coutinho passed the ball at an excellent timing, and he passed the ball across and directly found Sterling.

Alaba then started to follow, suffering a great loss in his position, and Sterling, who had no one to defend himself, took advantage of the gap in Bayern's defense and quickly dribbled the ball directly towards Bayern's penalty area.

The situation on the field changed suddenly, and Sterling was like a sharp knife, piercing into Bayern's hinterland. Bayern central defender Dante could only come to defend with all his strength.

No one dared to bet on Sterling, who scored a goal in the last league game, but he dared not hit the goal in this game.

It's just that Dante made a wrong bet. Facing Dante's supplementary defense, Sterling passed the ball lightly while moving fast, and passed it to the empty position formed after Dante left.

Suarez's running position followed up, and within the penalty area, he pushed to the bottom right corner of the goal with excellent control, crossed Neuer's ten fingers, and directly helped Liverpool get back a goal!

2 to 1! Liverpool did not let the game end suspense early.