Hero of the Penalty Area

Martin O'Neill felt that his resolute support for Chen Yingxiong still played a role. The relationship between Chen Yingxiong and himself has become closer.

At least when he criticized Chen Yingxiong and other players the next day after the game, Chen Yingxiong's attitude was very good-accept it with an open mind!

By the way, before the training started on this day, Martin O'Neal really trained everyone again with a straight face. He did not praise the players' spirit and fighting spirit because the team won the game.

"This game won, yes we got three points, and we also rose to the first place in the league. But what does this mean? It only shows that you are lucky!" On the training ground, Martin O'Neal. Standing among the players with a serious face, the players formed a circle, with their hands behind their backs, standing with their heads down and listening to the coach's criticism.

"If it weren't for the hero's second goal, I wouldn't dare to say whether we could win the game. Even though we won the game, I want you all to know that this is a lesson! Good luck will not take care of us every time! If you are always so proud and underestimate the enemy, I don’t think we will go too far! I don’t want to see you again next time because of such stupid reasons to get the team into trouble!"

These words were in fact like saying in the locker room after the game, but at that time Chen Yingxiong's red card was very controversial. He had to go to the press conference to try Chen Yingxiong, so he didn't care to say it.

Now that he said it, he observed the reactions of the players and found that the effect was good.

The team was not overwhelmed by their final victory.

Especially Chen Yingxiong, as the team's biggest contributor to the win, he did not take credit for arrogance and showed any disdain. Together with other players, he bowed his head and accepted criticism and education honestly.

Martin O'Neal thought in his heart, would this be related to the fact that he had stunned him yesterday?

Ok……

He found that treating Chen Yingxiong was really like treating a child. When he made a mistake, you could never criticize him in front of everyone. You even have to support him and not save his face. Then the two of you under si can communicate whatever you want. Because Martin O'Neill and Chen Yingxiong talked alone several times, it also proved that Chen Yingxiong is not the kind of unreasonable, self-righteous, self-centered person.

Martin O'Neill felt that after Mo understood Chen Yingxiong's temper, it was not difficult for him to get along well with Chen Yingxiong and make full use of him...

To put it bluntly, it means to save him enough face, then he will give you face.

O'Neal feels that he has reached a point, and he has more confidence in his coaching prospects in Liverpool.

I also have more confidence in the upcoming away game in Anderlecht, Belgium.

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After playing against Everton's Merseyside Derby, the Liverpool team took a break and flew to Belgium as a group.

To participate in the third game of the Europa League group stage, their opponent is Anderlecht.

This game is very important for Liverpool, if they can beat Anderlecht away, their qualifying situation is bright.

Anderlecht is currently ranked second in the group, winning and one tie after two games, accumulating four points. Sporting has one draw and one loss, accumulating one point and finishing third in the group. Bottom was Grika, who lost both games and scored zero points. Liverpool won both games, accumulating six points.

But for Chen Yingxiong, qualifying from the group is not his goal at all.

The group stage is for him to score goals!

The food and drink group is in action. The goal of this game is to make Chen Yingxiong score as many goals as possible.

If Martin O’Neal knows what these players are thinking, he will find that he has more confidence before, it’s not necessary...

Even if he does not criticize the players, it will not affect the outcome of this game...

Anderlecht is no unknown, they are the most successful team in Belgian football. Since the end of World War II, Anderlecht has gradually become the greatest team in Belgian history. After winning the league championship for the first time in 1947, they were out of control. In the following sixty years, they won nearly half of the league championships-thirty-one times. In the Belgian League Cup, they have won the championship eight times, in addition to the Belgian Super Cup eight times.

In the 1970s, Anderlecht put his focus on the European arena. Between 1976 and 1983, they won five European championship trophies, won the Cup Winners Cup twice, the UEFA Super Cup twice, and the UEFA Cup Championship.

The most successful team in Belgium.

The greatest player in Belgian football history, Enzo Sieff also made his debut in Anderlecht.

In addition, the offside tactics that are already very commonly used were originally invented by the Anderlecht team.

This is definitely not an unknown person, but a prominent nobleman. It's just that as football becomes more and more commercialized, the gap between the teams in the small leagues and the teams in the top leagues has widened, and Anderlecht can only play the corner of the nest...

In the face of such an opponent, Martin O'Neal did not dare to neglect, but Chen Yingxiong did not consider whether he could win the game at all. He only scored goals in his mind, in addition to goals or goals!

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Chen Yingxiong is full of motivation, because Messi did not score a goal in the Champions League game yesterday. He still scored three goals.

This gave Chen Yingxiong a chance to overtake him.

He is going to kill him in this game!

Although Anderlecht had invented offside tactics, it was a special product of a special period. At that time, the offside rule was that as long as the ball was passed, there were players on the offensive side between the back line and the goalkeeper, regardless of whether they were involved in the attack or not, it was considered offside.

So when watching the game at that time, the players will often see that when the opposing player is going to pass, the defending player will press forward very quickly and neatly, leaving the offensive player behind. At this time, as long as the football is passed, The referee will blow his whistle to signal that the attacking team is offside.

Using this trick can kill many opponents' offensive opportunities.

Later this trick was learned by Sacchi in Milan, and Milan carried it forward.

It’s just that this kind of game now seems to be quite happy...because the defense has become a simple back line of forward pressure, leaving the opponent behind instead of man-to-man, one-on-one, tactical and technical contests. ...

So FIFA later felt that this offside tactic was too rampant, and it has completely damaged the development of football and made the game meaningless and fun. The offside rules were revised to stipulate that as long as the offside players who are left behind do not participate in the offense and do not interfere with the defensive players, then they are not considered offside.

As a result, those offside tactics become impossible to implement, and teams that attempt to create offside will die miserably.

The offside tactics invented by Anderlecht have completely disappeared in the history of football development.

Today, the offside tactic is still being used, but it is a bit more complicated than before, and the timing is stricter. Of course, the possibility of failure is also very high...the risk is greater, and it has become a typical double-edged sword. Not too many teams use it.

Today, Anderlecht doesn’t use offside tactics anymore-now facing a strong team, the best defensive strategy for a weak team is not to make offside, but to park a bus in front of the goal, and then to the important team Perform melee defense.

Both Chen Yingxiong and Liverpool were treated like this.

Anderlecht knows how good Liverpool is, and knows the horror of Chen Yingxiong better. They did not arrogantly rush out to attack Liverpool because they were playing at home.

Anderlecht's goal is to qualify in the group, not to beat Liverpool at home. If you can draw Liverpool at home, get a point that is a victory. Because their direct competitor is not Liverpool, but Sporting Lisbon. Sporting Lisbon is an away game against Grica, and they shouldn't be a big problem to win.

If Anderlecht loses to Liverpool at home, it will be tied to Sporting Lisbon in points.

On the contrary, what if Anderlecht draws against Liverpool at home? They are one point more than Sporting Lisbon and still have an advantage.

So Anderlecht's goal in this game is to draw the opponent.

But how could Chen Yingxiong give them such an opportunity?

A draw by Anderlecht does not mean that he will not score a lot of goals? If you want to say that you can score a lot of goals in a draw, it means that Anderlecht can also score a lot of goals. I am afraid that few people believe it?

Although Anderlecht is on his home court, but under the tactical guidance of defending and striving for a draw, he can score two goals even if it is amazing.

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Anderlecht was suffocated to draw with Liverpool at his home court, so they gave up offensively and chose to defend.

But this kind of defense only lasted 21 minutes...

In the 22nd minute, Chen Yingxiong grabbed a point in the penalty area. After receiving a pass from Suarez, he scored the football with his right foot into the goal and opened the scoring for the team!

At the same time, this is his fourth goal in the Europa League this season, and he continues to lead the scorer list.

The loss of the ball did not make Anderlecht give up the idea of ​​continuing to defend. After all, it is not a big deal to be behind only one goal. As long as the first half does not continue to lose the ball, Anderlecht still has the adjustment after the intermission. Hope to tie the score.

And hope is not small.

But three minutes later, Liverpool made a comeback and Chen Yingxiong made a comeback!

After Chen Yingxiong got the ball away from the penalty area, he suddenly turned around!

Then came directly from outside the penalty area and turned around for a long shot!

Football only has a dead end, Liverpool leads 2-0 away!

After two goals, Anderlecht couldn't defend it... not only was it difficult for them to be behind by two goals, but what was even more frightening was that through these two goals, they discovered that defending is for Chen Yingxiong... It's useless!

Is it to continue to stick to it and hope that it will not lose the ball again with better luck?

Or change the tactics and switch to offense, and also hope that good luck can get one point back and reduce the score gap to one goal?

Anderlecht's head coach made a decision after thinking about it-defensive counterattack!

Not only is it defending, but it is also going to fight back.

This decision was made quite sensibly, indicating that he has not lost his composure, and has not yet been in a mess. If he allows the team to press out and aggressively attack, it is estimated that he will die even worse. But if you stick to it, it will hurt the players' active xing.

So defensive counterattack is the safest solution.

But this kind of calmness and rationality is meaningless in front of Chen Yingxiong who has gone crazy in pursuit of scoring because he is not rational at all!

Before the end of the first half, Liverpool got a free kick opportunity. Chen Yingxiong took the kick and made a beautiful free kick. The football was blasted into the goal by him for the third time!

"hero--!!!"

The narrator stretched his voice and roared.

"Liverpool led the home team Anderlecht by three goals in the first half! It was Chen Yingxiong who scored again! He performed a hat trick!"

"It's incredible! The hero is second to the group in the guest scene, and Anderlecht, who is not weak, can easily perform a hat trick! The nickname "bug" given to him by the British media is really worthy of the name! For Anderlecht In terms of Chen Yingxiong, it is an unsolvable'bug'!"

"The Europa League has only played three games, and the hero has already scored six goals! The hero Chen, who scored 13 goals in seven games in the Champions League before, is back! This is the first time he has scored in a season. Participating in the European war again, although it is only a low-level Europa League, the hero's performance is as sharp as ever! He proved to us his terrifying scoring ability! The whole Europe, are you ready to tremble at his feet!"

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I don’t know if Europe is trembling. At least Anderlecht is already trembling.

After a 15-minute intermission, it can be seen that Anderlecht’s coach did not make any effective adjustments during the intermission. He just let the team press out in the second half to attack— -Nor can it be said that his approach is wrong. After all, he has fallen behind by three goals. It is almost impossible to get a tie. So instead of this, it is better to score a few more goals. Maybe Liverpool led by three goals in the first half Just slack off? The second half will not continue to score, then the home team will not only be able to score goals, but also recover a little loss on the goal difference.

But such an approach is meaningless in the face of Liverpool's still strong offensive in the second half.

In the end, Anderlecht really scored the goal, and they recovered a goal in the second half, which was a bit of face saved.

Chen Yingxiong did not score in the second half. His teammates Suarez and Agger scored a goal each to help Liverpool beat Anderlecht 5:1 away.

After three games, Liverpool won three games in three games, accumulating nine points, which has basically established the advantage of qualifying in the group. If there is any suspense, it may be the first or second suspense of the group, but the suspense is actually very small... it doesn't make much sense.

Chen Yingxiong performed a hat-trick in the game, scoring a total of six goals in the Europa League, and continued to dominate the Europa League's top scorer list.

As I said before, Chen Yingxiong is a Champions League-level shooter. He is actually condescending to play in the Europa League, so the gap in the strength of his other players in the shooter list is obviously widened.

It's not a class at all...