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"uncomfortable"

This is what most Liverpool players feel the most.

The temperature is more than ten degrees lower than in England, not to mention the cold wind hitting the face is bearable, but the breathing, panting, and inhalation of cold air into the lungs during the running process made many players feel strange.

Even in the previous training in Moscow, the Liverpool players have tried their best to adapt and adjust their breathing rhythm, but training and competition are two intensities after all.

At this time, under this kind of cold wind, being driven by the opponent's attack to run with all their strength, the cold air was gasping for breath during the march, and it was directly inhaled into the body. The uncomfortable feeling caused by it made the Liverpool players quite uncomfortable.

Even breathing and panting during running brings discomfort. How can the players concentrate on the defensive end and do their best.

First of all, Liverpool's defensive problems appear in the defense and defense of the wing. After all, Liverpool's major midfielders are the kind of players who are good at running and defending. They are "rough-skinned and thick-skinned". , the adaptability reaches the strongest.

In this regard, Yang Feng and Skrtel on the defensive line actually did a good job and had an impact, but they were not as prominent or as big.

But Liverpool's left back Moreno has suffered a huge impact.

Such a "harsh" game environment has made the Spaniard Moreno, who is familiar with the Mediterranean climate and plays in a warm and humid environment all year round, severely interfered with his running and breathing during the game.

Under such uncomfortable circumstances, Moreno's defense on the wing, naturally, can't do much perfection.

In this case, Moreno is a typical example of strong offense and weak defense. Naturally, he is even less able to exert his full strength on the defensive end.

Brazilian-born football player Fernandez, who has been naturalized in Russia, has always been a key offensive corridor for CSKA Moscow in the position of right back.

Facing Moreno's abnormal performance on the defensive end, Fernandez will seize the opportunity to directly attack Liverpool's defense in the penalty area.

CSKA Moscow's offense, from the very beginning, stared at Moreno, the defensive weakness on the left side of Liverpool, and stormed.

Fernandez and Tosic took turns attacking on this side.

In the 11th minute of the game, Fernandez made a breakthrough from the wing to the bottom. After attracting Moreno's defense to follow up, he made a pass back and easily handed the ball to Tosic, who followed behind.

After Tosic received the ball, he directly attacked Liverpool's penalty area.

Due to Tosic's own flexibility, he also has excellent technical ability with his feet.

Although Lucas came over quickly to make up the defense, Tosic, who brought the ball to the edge of the penalty area, made an emergency stop and smashed the ball on the move, and directly dunked past Lucas, who was rushing to make up the defense at full speed.

Before the rest of Liverpool's defense was in place, Tosic swung the ball to his left foot, curved the ball low and flat, and "passed" the ball directly to the point behind the goal.

Tosic kicked the ball directly after this smash on the right, which made Liverpool's defensive players sweat instantly.

Judging from the flight trajectory of the ball, this kick seems to pass and shoot. No one knows whether Tosic has a little control problem when he shoots directly from the far corner, or he chooses to find a pass from the back point.

It can only be said that Musa, who was at the back point, rushed forward and flew forward and shot, getting rid of Skrtel's follow-up defense, but he was still a little short of touching the football.

Musa's stab shot was a little bit off, and the football flew according to the original trajectory, and the distance from the center post to the net was less than 10 centimeters away.

It can be said that this time Tosic's sudden insertion into the penalty area gave Liverpool a wake-up call, that is, it is not so easy to get out of Russia.

In the first half, although Liverpool put on a double striker arrangement, they still played more defensive counterattacks in their own half.

Benteke plays more of his role as a fulcrum, serving as a fulcrum during Liverpool's counterattack after completing the defense, to help his teammates control the first point of the football, and then pass the ball to his teammates to create a counterattack threaten.

However, due to the lack of players with real speed and the strength of the team's counterattack, and although Benteke is physically strong, among CSKA Moscow, the central defender combination of the Russian national team is not a vegetarian. .

The physical fitness of the fighting nation is still very good. With their better confrontation ability and their outstanding performance in the cold environment, Liverpool's counterattack did not achieve very good results.

Liverpool's counterattack threat is limited, which naturally greatly strengthens the determination of CSKA Moscow players on the offensive end.

The offensive rhythm in the early stage of the game was completely in the hands of the CSKA Moscow players, and Liverpool's defense was almost suppressed in their own half for a siege.

The home team's continuous attack on the right finally paid off in the 32nd minute of the game.

The continuous offensive impact made Liverpool's side defense absolutely jittery.

In CSKA Moscow, under the impact of the attack for nearly half an hour, taking advantage of the home team's players passing the ball in the midfield and relieving their physical strength to prepare for the last wave of offensive in the first half, Liverpool's defense began to actively press forward, trying to exert opposition to the ball. The pressure of power, let the home team not play so easily.

But it is such an ordinary frontcourt pressure, but in the away game, there is a huge problem because the player's state is greatly damaged.

Zagoyev was in possession of the ball in the midfield, facing Henderson's press, turned around on the spot to complete the pass, and went directly to plan the team's offense.

When Liverpool's defensive players were all attracted by Zagoyev, Zagoyev did not choose to take the ball down by himself when there was still a certain space in front of him, but sent a kick over the top during the march. Pass, go directly to the depths of Liverpool's right penalty area.

This long pass accurately landed at the corner on the right side of Liverpool's penalty area. Due to the forward pressure of Liverpool's overall defense, the defender could not control this position, and Mignolet could not arrive in time to attack.

In the speed competition between the two sides, Moreno closely followed Fernandez, who was rushing forward from the right side of the home team.

The ball bounced forward, and Fernandez, who was taller, stretched out his foot first and hooked the ball back.

Moreno, who had been running back with all his strength, didn't realize that much. The ball bounced forward on the ground. Moreno didn't control it, but he moved forward with inertia. He suddenly encountered the football hooked by Fernandez and flew towards his face. Subconsciously Moreno reaches out to block...

The trajectory of the ball did not occur too much on the sideline. After being controlled by Fernandez, he directly completed a powerful kick with his left foot, but was completed by Mignolet in front of the goal and blocked the ball out of the baseline.

For Fernandez, completing this kick was just a coherent action of his subconscious. Compared with a corner kick, Fernandez, who had just seen Moreno's handball in the penalty area at close range, wanted a penalty kick more at this time.

Faced with the protests of several home team players, explaining to the referee that it was a handball, the referee took advantage of the opportunity of the dead ball to communicate with the assistant referee...