Chapter 1428
Although Gerrard was shocked by Li Wei's substitution, he smiled bitterly in the end, without getting emotional, and silently untied his captain's armband and handed it to Modric. The Croatian will become Liverpool's hero on the pitch. new captain.
Modric felt a little lost in his heart. He hugged Gerrard, but he didn't say anything.
The Liverpool fans in the stands stood up and applauded Gerrard, applauding the Liverpool legend.In a trance, they realized that Gerrard was already old, and the old man could not continue to carry the team forward.
Although Gerrard was disappointed, when he got off the field, he still hugged the teenager Pogba who came on as his substitute, and said to him: "Come on, boy!"
Li Wei took the initiative to walk towards Gerrard, hugged the embarrassed man, and said, "You did a good job, but the team needs a tactical change."
Gerald smiled bitterly, "I know."
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Li Wei suddenly understood why Rogers had so much infamy at the beginning, and he also insisted on forcing several old courtiers in Liverpool away, including Gerrard.
Gerrard used to be the pillar of Liverpool, but as Gerrard got older, the former pillar unknowingly became a stumbling block for the team.Just like this Champions League final, whether Li Wei is willing or not, he finally arranged for Gerrard to start, but Gerrard's physical fitness is no longer enough to support him to finish this Champions League final.
He heard some boos from the stands, boos directed at Levi.
As an old courtier of Liverpool and a symbol of Liverpool's loyalty, Gerrard undoubtedly has an important position in the hearts of Liverpool fans.Even though Levi won many championships for Liverpool, in the hearts of some old Liverpool fans, Gerrard's status is much higher than Levi's.
Because Gerrard didn't leave when Liverpool was at its worst, he dedicated all his youth to this club-he was born for Liverpool, and Liverpool is proud of him!
Gerrard is not a person who doesn't know the big picture. He heard the boos of the fans, he turned around and hugged Levi, and he used his actions to support Levi.
Gerrard thought to himself, I probably really need to think about some players and coaches.This may be the most suitable thing for my future career plan... It will neither make it difficult for the head coach to arrange for me to start, nor do I need to be disappointed because I didn't get the start.
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After Griezmann came on the field, he did not play as a winger. Liverpool changed to 4-1-3-2. Griezmann and Hazard played the role of winger. Lewandowski and Neymar formed a double forward.The newly played Pogba was placed in the position of the attacking midfielder.Modric plays a single midfielder.
This lineup seems risky, but in fact Liverpool's defense has been strengthened.
Griezmann and Hazard moved to the wing, which can better assist the team's wing defense.Pogba is not Gerrard, he does not have Gerrard's long-range shots, and does not have Gerrard's ingenious passing, but he has a young body and abundant physical strength that Gerrard does not have, and he can continue to go up and down gallop.
He also has an advantage. He came off the bench in the No. 60 minute of the game. Unless he enters overtime, the regular time left for him is only about 10 minutes!He doesn't need to think too much about physical energy distribution. Pogba can unscrupulously use his physical energy to make himself run more actively and be more active on the football field.
The reason why Gerrard didn't go forward often before was because his physical fitness could not support Gerrard to attack as often as he did when he was young. Pogba didn't have such concerns.
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Substitutions are like changing knives, and Liverpool's offense immediately after the substitution posed a threat to Real Madrid's goal.
In the 603rd minute of the game, Modric made a long pass to Hazard, and Liverpool attacked Real Madrid's wing.On the football field, no matter which team it is, it must be heavy in the middle, and the side defense is naturally a relatively weak link.
However, the Portuguese full-back Coentrao performed quite well this time. He stuck his position and pushed Modric's long pass to the center. He wanted to find Alonso to play Liverpool's counterattack.However, Pogba's placement of the ball was very accurate, and his long legs moved faster than Alonso. He stood in front of Alonso, resisted Alonso's harassment, and gave the football to the striker. Lewandowski.
Lewandowski wanted to turn around after taking the ball, but Real Madrid was very strict with him. With Ramos' close defense, Lewandowski had no way to get rid of the opponent with the ball, so he had to use it as a fulcrum and put the football Back to Pogba.
After Pogba received the ball, he took advantage of the situation and moved horizontally, avoiding Khedira's press, and then dribbled the ball to attack.Pepe came up to defend, but was deceived by Pogba's fake action, which gave Pogba a chance to hit the goal.
Although the time and space for exerting force are very small, Pogba's calf force is still terrifying, and the ball flies straight to the left side of the goal like lightning.
This is a high-quality shot, but Casillas's state today is not ordinary brave, he leaped up and lifted Pogba's powerful long shot over the crossbar with one hand.
Liverpool got a corner kick. Modric's corner kick did not pass the top of Ramos, and Ramos pushed it out of the penalty area.
Neymar grabbed the first spot, facing the swarming Real Madrid players, he lobbed the ball into the penalty area again, but this time the ball was attacked by Iker Casillas, who jumped high and held the football with both hands.
Casillas launched a quick counterattack, throwing the ball to full-back Carvajal, who threw the ball away from Griezmann and dribbled the ball at high speed along the wing.
Pogba quickly filled the side to intercept Carvajal.
Carvajal crossed Khedira, Khedira didn't wait for Lewandowski to press, and passed it directly to Alonso. The Spanish midfielder found a through ball to C Ronaldo who found the frontcourt.
C Ronaldo's personal ability is too strong, he is a player who can make people pay attention even if there is no ball under his feet, let alone now he has football under his feet.
Because Liverpool's central defenders went up for corner kicks before, the defense in front of Ronaldo is now unprecedentedly weak.
The trailing full-back Ricardo Rodriguez pounced on Ronaldo and prevented Ronaldo from dribbling into the penalty area.
Ronaldo didn't stick the ball, he found Benzema with a diagonal pass.
Benzema quickly took the ball to the side of the penalty area and crossed to find the Welsh fast Ma Bell.
At this moment, there are no defensive players within three meters of Bell, so Bell calmly pushes with his left foot and hits the ball towards the lower right corner of Liverpool's goal.
The attacking goalkeeper Navas had no time to fall to the ground. He stretched out his foot to block it, but this was also a slow step, and the ball rolled past his feet.
At this moment, everyone's eyes were fixed on the ball, and the atmosphere was almost suffocated.
If the goal is scored, the overall situation of this final will be decided. In the 60 minutes of the second half, when Liverpool fell behind by two goals, it would be almost impossible to get back the score.This will also mean that Real Madrid has locked the current Champions League title.
This time Lady Luck was on Liverpool's side. Bale was worried that Navas would be able to throw the football away. As a result, his shot was all about the angle of the shot, and the football flew out of the baseline against the outside of the post.
"too frightening!"
"God bless!"
"Huh, I have to take a heart-saving pill to calm my shock!"
The Liverpool fans in the stands had the illusion of being alive at this time, and the situation just now scared everyone.
In fact, let alone the fans, even Li Wei was already desperate.He is even ready to accept the defeat of this game.
Bell was full of remorse. If he hadn't pursued the angle too much just now, he would have been able to break through the gate of Liverpool!
But in reality there is no if.