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As soon as the whistle blew, Liverpool's first World Club Cup match officially began.

The first to kick off was the host Japan's Gamba Osaka. After the game started, Gamba Osaka did not immediately launch a ferocious attack. Instead, he controlled the football at his feet, passing the ball back and forth, tearing apart Liverpool's defense.

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The characteristic of Japanese football is excellent skills at the feet, and their national team and club are of the same origin, with basically the same tactics and basically the same style of play, as if they were carved from the same mold. If they all wear the same shirt and the same color, the fans will

It’s really hard to tell who is the club and who is the Japanese national team.

Japanese football attaches great importance to technology and coordination. The football they play is indeed much ahead of some Asian teams. However, in front of strong European teams, Japanese football will still show some shortcomings. Of course, their biggest weakness is their body.

However, this has also become their advantage, that is, they are flexible and fast enough. Therefore, the Japanese team is very fast when they counterattack. Their good skills provide support for their quick counterattack. When they counterattack,

The number of passes will never be too many, and the ball will usually pass through the midfield in one or two kicks and hit the most dangerous position in the opponent's hinterland.

Therefore, when playing a game against a Japanese team, you must pay attention to the opponent's counterattack. So don't look at Gamba Osaka's three-four-three attack formation at this time. In fact, they do not advocate offense, but full-out defense and counterattack.

The three forwards of the Japanese team are very fast, and they are obviously prepared for counterattacks. Moreover, when defending, the two wingers of the Japanese team, Yamazaki Masato and Bodo Ryuji, are recycled into the center.

Of those who participated in the defense, only one Lucas was left to harass in the frontcourt.

There are some good passers in the midfield of Gamba Osaka, and Endo Yasuhito is the most outstanding representative. Endo Yasuhito's passing skills are among the best in the whole of Japan. With this

The guy sat in the midfield, which provided strong support for Gamba Osaka's quick counterattack.

In terms of counterattack, Gamba Osaka's coaching staff is not worried, even when facing European champion Liverpool. Now they are worried about defense. Indeed, the Japanese team's defense actually has some problems, especially in high-altitude balls.

Defensively, this is their natural weakness.

Today's Liverpool center Fernando Torres is a very comprehensive world-class center. This guy is also very capable in fighting for high-altitude balls, which Gamba Osaka is very afraid of. Of course, there is also Liverpool's midfielder Qiu

Ze and Gamba Osaka are also very afraid.

In the eyes of Gamba Osaka head coach Nishinoro, Qiu Ze is already one of the best midfielders in the world today. Qiu Ze's creativity and offensive power in the midfield are very sharp, which will give Osaka Steel

Tomoe's defense created a lot of pressure, and Gamba Osaka's head coach Nishinoro was not particularly confident in his defense.

However, Nishinoro wouldn't even dare to play against a team like Liverpool. Wouldn't it be easy to die faster? Liverpool's offensive strength is very awesome. Gamba Osaka really can't beat his opponent. Gamba Osaka

The only chance now is to counterattack quickly.

Liverpool's defense does not have particularly fast players, and besides Luke Young, the other three in Liverpool's defense are all tall and strong defensive players. They will definitely suffer some losses in terms of speed and turns.

These happened to be the defenders that quick and agile players like Japan were most willing to deal with. Therefore, Nishinoro thought that Gamba Osaka had a very high hope of winning the game.

As Nishinoro expected, the Liverpool team launched a ferocious attack from the start. It could be seen that they were not worried about their defense at all. It seemed that in the eyes of the Liverpool people, Gamba Osaka would not pose any threat to them.

Seeing that the people of Liverpool did not take Gamba Osaka seriously, Nishinoro felt unhappy. At the same time, he was also happy in his heart. Nishinoro thought that the more this happened, the more chance Gamba Osaka would have.

After the game started, the Japanese team's ability to control the ball and pass the ball was displayed. Their skills are indeed good, even compared with the players of Liverpool. However, they did not have too many positional attacks.

method to tear apart Liverpool's defense.

Liverpool's defense is very good, and Liverpool's players have a great physical advantage. It is really difficult for Gamba Osaka's players to tear down Liverpool's defense. Soon, Liverpool took the initiative on the court, and Liverpool began to

Launched a ferocious attack.

The Liverpool fans at the scene were very excited, because Liverpool showed very strong dominance and they played very wonderfully. Especially the tacit cooperation of Qiu Ze, Arshavin, Fernando Torres and others in the frontcourt, which made the stands

The Japanese fans on the show were mesmerized by it.

The first shot of the game did not appear until the ninth minute of the first half. Fernando Torres received a pass from Arshavin in the penalty area and jumped high to beat Osaka Steel.

Tomoe's central defender Yamaguchi Satoshi headed the ball towards the goal.

Fernando Torres grabbed the ball well, but failed to hold it down. The ball was slightly higher, which made the Liverpool people regretful and certainly made the fans of Gamba Osaka very happy.

However, the fans of Gamba Osaka were very nervous, because these damn guys from Liverpool were really shameless, frequently playing high-altitude balls and bullying their team's players for being short and not strong enough.

The general tactics of the Liverpool team are indeed like this. The tactics developed to deal with the weaknesses of Gamba Osaka's players are to launch high balls and bombard headers through the two wings.

There is no problem with Benitez's tactics. He knows the opponent's weaknesses and does not use them. That is a fool, a big fool. Gamba Osaka's weaknesses are so obvious. As a world-class tactician, Rafael Benite

Of course Si will not be lenient.

After the game started, Liverpool frequently passed high-altitude balls through the two wings, threatening Gamba Osaka's goal. This put a lot of pressure on Gamba Osaka's center back Satoshi Yamaguchi, who simply couldn't handle Liverpool's center.

Fernando Torres.

There is a clear gap between Satoshi Yamaguchi and Fernando Torres in height, body, and points. In the first twenty minutes of the first half, Satoshi Yamaguchi was almost beaten by Fernando Torres.

It's no longer in human form.

On the sidelines, Gamba Osaka's head coach Nishinoro certainly saw this, and he was very nervous. Several times he felt his heart beating out of his mouth fast enough. He could feel Yamaguchi Satoshi

There was pressure on him, but he did not make adjustments. He hoped that the team's counterattack could be launched as soon as possible and create some threats to Liverpool. In this way, the pressure on Yamaguchi Satoshi would be less.

However, at this moment, Gamba Osaka lost the ball. After receiving the ball, Liverpool midfielder Qiu Ze suddenly dribbled the ball forward, seemingly directly hitting Gamba Osaka's penalty area. Gamba Osaka immediately shrank its defense.

.Liverpool midfielder Qiu Ze immediately pushed the football to Arshavin who was on the wing.

After Arshavin, who came in at high speed, caught the football in the open wing, he did not wait for the defensive players of Gamba Osaka to pounce on the wing. He directly took out a curve ball and sent the football into the goal of Gamba Osaka.

Restricted area. In the restricted area of ​​Gamba Osaka, Spanish center Fernando Torres had been waiting for a long time. He spotted the ball, jumped high, once again overwhelmed Satoshi Yamaguchi, and slammed the football towards Gamba Osaka.

's goal.

This time, the overwhelmed Satoshi Yamaguchi did not interfere with Fernando Torres, allowing Fernando Torres to comfortably head the football. The football immediately shot towards Gamba Osaka's goal like lightning. Facing such a powerful head from such a close range

The goalkeeper of Gamba Osaka, Yosuke Fujitani, had no choice but to watch the ball fly into the goal.

In the 22nd minute of the first half, European champion Liverpool broke through the goal of Asian champion Gamba Osaka. Gamba Osaka was still unable to withstand Liverpool's aerial bombardment, which made the Japanese fans at the scene sigh.

The players who scored against Liverpool were not particularly excited, because they had known for a long time that it would not be difficult for them to score, because the opponent's weaknesses were too obvious. And Liverpool was strong in this area. If they didn't score,

That really doesn't make sense.

After losing the ball, Gamba Osaka started to counterattack. Their skills were indeed excellent and their passing was good, but they did not create many opportunities in their positional offense.

However, in a rare counterattack opportunity, they still gave the Liverpool players a thrilling feeling. After Gamba Osaka stole the ball in midfield, he immediately handed the foot to Yasuhito Endo in midfield. Yasuhito Endo

After receiving the ball, he did not stick to the ball or delay, and directly passed the ball to the frontcourt with an overhead kick.

Gamba Osaka's speed came into play in the frontcourt. Yamazaki Masato on the wing quickly moved forward, caught the football that passed over Giorluka's head, and then cut inside directly.

Yamazaki Masato, who cut inside, attracted the defense of Liverpool center back Ferdinand, and suddenly passed the ball back to the center of the penalty area in an inverted triangle. The Brazilian foreign aid Lucas, who followed in the middle of the penalty area, faced a single opportunity and directly pushed with his kick.

The shot pushed the football to the far corner of the goal.

This is a very good opportunity. The fans of Gamba Osaka in the stands have jumped up and are ready to cheer for the goal. On the sidelines, Gamba Osaka's head coach Nishinoro also jumped up and raised his hands high.

Unfortunately, Liverpool goalkeeper Reina reacted quickly and miraculously saved the ball.

The fans of Gamba Osaka at the scene immediately let out bursts of regret. This goal is really a pity. If, if this area had been slightly further out and the angle was more awkward, this goal would have been possible. What a pity, Lu

Cass wasted a great opportunity.

The threat of this ball is indeed great. Look at Gamba Osaka who intercepted the ball in the midfield and penetrated Liverpool's defense with only three passes, creating a murderous opportunity. The counterattack is simply too fast and efficient.

It was also very shocking. This really made the Liverpool players tremble with fear and gave them a chill in their hearts. It seems that the team that can win the Asian Football Champions League still has certain strength.