Green Life

"We are all from the Ruhr..." There was a deafening singing on the court, because Jones had just tackled Benayoun's ball back to the frontcourt.

Enrique received the ball and kicked it back to Reina. Schalke did not press forward, but tied the defensive line in the midfield.

Let their two high center forwards run all over the court, and they will have to stop at halftime.

"Both teams were very cautious at the beginning and did not advance aggressively. Once they lost the ball, they immediately returned to their positions and set up a defensive formation. Liverpool pressed harder in the frontcourt," Duan Xuan said.

"Liverpool's pressing is to destroy Schalke's possession of the ball in the backcourt. In fact, they don't rush forward. Once the ball reaches Liverpool's backcourt, even Mark Qin will come back," Zhang Lu continued.

All kinds of noise were being made in the stands, interfering with Liverpool's possession of the ball in the backcourt. Alonso had retreated to the backcourt, receiving and distributing the ball, and controlling the team's rhythm.

Jones went over to defend, and Mark Qin returned to the front midfielder area to respond, and Keya followed him.

Schalke's formation shrinks relatively narrower, so that the distance between the players in the 442 formation is closer.

Alonso knew how to play after observing the backcourt. At this time, there must be a winger to open the opponent's formation.

There are no wingers in Liverpool, only false wingers. Gerrard and Benayoun watched the team hold the ball in the backcourt, and immediately opened to the two sides. Alonso, if you don't let him pass long passes from both sides, it is a waste.

Regardless, Schalke still kept their formation width. After running two laps, Mark felt that their overall formation was maintained quite well, and the movement of the defensive center of gravity was an overall behavior.

Interesting, he thought to himself, after almost half a season of games, this is really the first time he has encountered this kind of defense.

The defense of the England team is fierce. It is absolutely impossible to give you easy space to hold the ball in the 40-meter area.

So in the Premier League, there are not two good central defenders, and the defense is not enough, and every minute is missed.

Schalke's defense emphasizes a coordinated protection, and the responsibility of the midfielder is quite heavy, because it is their primary responsibility to protect the defender in front of them because they defend from the side.

The primary responsibility of their two central defenders is to defend the back ball, and to defend the striker and control the penalty area.

Ma Keqin decided not to play in the middle, it was too easy to be dumped, he decided to bully Rafinha who was shorter than himself.

Picking up soft persimmons, if he didn't have this IQ, he wouldn't be able to play as well as he is now.

Whether Rafinha is a persimmon or not, he decided to wait and see.

He quickly passed these thoughts through his mind, and ran towards Rafinha on the left side of his side.

After three passes and two falls, the ball returned to the feet of Alonso in the middle. He made a diagonal pass and found Mark Qin who ran to the side to press the back line.

At this time, it can be seen that their defense is different. Mark Qin skillfully stopped the ball on the sideline, and saw their midfielder pulled over like a line led by himself.

However, the two central defenders did not leave the penalty area to fill their positions, and Rafinha stepped forward.

Mark Qin dribbled the ball to the bottom line. He decided to try the current quality of this right back who will be able to secure the main force of the giants in the future.

"You must pay attention to that Mark in the back line. His running position is quite flexible. Don't underestimate him just because he is young," Slomka said in the locker room.

Regardless of his age, he is still a rookie in the coaching field, and the arrangements with his players are only in a tone of reminder and suggestion rather than orders.

These people are too old at Schalke.

"His one-on-one ability is average, but his passing is very threatening. When he gets the ball, the zone defender must not give him the opportunity to kick the ball casually."

This is what Rafinha did. He let Mark Qin take a step and a half, and maintained a posture that could grab and block the pass at any time.

"#@!$", there was a sound from the stands behind, Ma Keqin ignored him, nothing more than shoveling him to death.

He made a gesture with his right foot and wanted to cut in, and Rafinha immediately stepped forward.

Hey, I've been prepared for a long time!

He rarely takes the outside line on the wing, and it seems that he has been targeted.

Rafinha is small and has a fairly fast pace. Mark Qin quickly turned sideways to separate him from the ball and prevent him from stealing the ball.

Fortunately, he has short legs~

He immediately passed the ball back to Benayoun, and ran behind Benayoun in a circle.

Rakitic kept up with Mark Qin, he kicked back to Alonso, and then quickly ran towards the combination of Rafinha and Bordon just like the West Ham United game.

Alonso had a tacit understanding, and at the moment Mark Qin crossed the back line, just like the West Ham United game, he directly passed a long pass over the top.

But this time it didn't go as smoothly as West Ham. Rafinha quickly returned to his position behind him, and Ma Keqin stabbed the ball out of his control, and Bordon immediately made a clearance.

"Mark Qin went in..., Rafinha is very fast, oops, it's a pity, Liverpool's pass and cut are very tacit."

Duan Xuan and Zhang Lu regretted this attack in the commentary seat. If Ma Keqin didn't have such a kick, he might have gone it alone.

Mark Qin got up from the ground and looked at Rafinha. They collided just now and brought him down.

Soon, the replacement is also timely.

"Oh~ oh~ oh~", the stands applauded for Schalke's successful defense this time.

After a struggle for the ball in the midfield, it was Asamoah who relied on his body to control the ball at his feet, waiting for his teammates to come up.

Liverpool hurried back to the defense, Schalke 04, after the midfield scheduling on both sides, finally waited for their two full-backs to press up.

Rafinha's speed is quite fast, Benayoun follows him, and Mark Qin helps defend in the corner of the penalty area.

"After Liverpool's two quick attacks in the opening game, Schalke 04 gradually pressed up. Asamoah's fulcrum is still quite strong. He can hold the ball and wait for his teammates to come up," Duan Xuan said.

Zhang Lu went on to say: "That's right, Schalke 04 wanted to advance through the midfield at the beginning, but failed to advance a few times, and was blocked by Liverpool as soon as they reached the midfield. Gram 04 pressed up"

"Ma Keqin met his opponent today, Rafinia is so quick~" Seeing the failure of this attack on the domestic network, a post was immediately posted in the group.

Liu Qi saw this post and immediately opened it and replied: "Be safe and don't be impatient, Ma Keqin will definitely figure out a way."

Mark Qin is indeed thinking of a way. Schalke 04 has tied the fence so tightly. If the two sides cannot break through one-on-one, even if they hit the penalty area, the recovery of their two central defenders and midfielders will squeeze the space. Press very lightly.

Benayoun is also used to walking in the middle, not to mention that he is not a left-footer, so he can only wait for his two full-backs, especially Enrique, to come up and think of a way.

Schalke's attack ended with a cross from Rafinha, which Reina took off before Asamoah.

The two sides played you and me for 20 minutes. Liverpool had a slight advantage, but they didn't make any achievements. They played very cautiously.

Benayoun has cooperated with Mark Qin several times, Bordon has rich experience, and Rafinha is very fast.

Mark Qin finally realized the attitude of this top cup game towards defense. It is too difficult to find an obvious gap.

The most frustrating thing is that their back line, except for Rafinha, is all over 1.87 meters, and several crosses were cleared in advance by them.

This is their home court. Mark Qin didn't expect them to play so patiently. It seems that their first task is to defend.

Twenty minutes later, Benitez waved his hand and made a gesture on the sidelines, meaning that the offense can be strengthened.

Liverpool's attack started from the right this time. After a simple cooperation between Gerrard and Finnan, Finnan's cross from a 45-degree angle was cleared by Bordon in the penalty area.

Schalke 04 launched a counterattack, but Ma Keqin did not chase this time because he could not catch up.

He just inserted into the penalty area to grab the second point, but the first point was controlled by Schalke several times, and Torres, who was quite tall, didn't grab the point.

"Schalke counterattacked. The two sides played very dull in the past ten minutes, and did not form any threatening shots." Duan Xuan explained when he saw Liverpool return without success again.

Zhang Lu analyzed the situation on the field and said: "Both sides don't invest much offensive force. Look at Schalke's counterattack. Kuranyi was entangled by Skrtel. A free kick from Schalke's midfield"

Ma Keqin shook his head, kicking a bit depressed, Schalke's defense is completely a precise iron lump, the needle can't be inserted in the middle, and the efficiency is too low if it is knocked outside.

The most important thing is that they are not aggressive at home and do not give Torres the space to use his speed. Once the attack fails, they immediately come back and set up the fence.

It seems that they also want to take advantage of Liverpool's psychology of wanting to win, and wait for opportunities to attack without losing the ball.

When Enrique saw the situation, he didn't dare to advance too far. If he was counterattacked from his side, he couldn't bear the responsibility.

"Jossi, we have to think of a way", taking advantage of the free kick, Mark Qin ran to Benayoun and said.

Benayoun was also depressed, and didn't care about the position competition with Mark Qin, "What do you think?" In all fairness, he still admires this kid, and he has great insight into the scene. Talented.

Of course, it would be better if you don't compete with me for the position.

"Their air defense capabilities are very strong. I want to take advantage of Rafinha's height. Depending on the situation, one will draw Bordon's attention and the other will attack Rafinha."

Benayoun thought for a while, and had to say, this is an idea that is quite likely to succeed, "You want me to insert more into the penalty area to grab points?"

"Well," Ma Keqin said, "They recovered very badly, the space is tight, don't go into the restricted area, it's too tiring to fight outside."

Benayoun nodded, "Okay, let's try."

Then he went to talk to Gerald for a while, and Gerald nodded and agreed with him.

Mark Qin's current role and status in the frontcourt, if he puts forward some ideas, his teammates will not think it is abnormal.

Schalke's free kick passed directly into the penalty area. This time Kuranyi finally grabbed the point, and Skrtel headed the ball towards the goal first, but it was a pity that he was a bit weak.

Reina took the ball into his arms with a strike, got up and looked around, and immediately ran to the edge of the penalty area and sent it to Torres who was already rushing up the frontcourt.

Liverpool also want to fight back against Schalke 04!

"Torres~", Duan Xuan yelled, "Reina made a long pass with big feet~"

Torres usually runs past the left-behind Hewedes, as long as he catches up, he will be single-handed~

"Torres~, Neuer~, he did a great job. He ran outside the penalty area and directly shoveled the ball out of the sideline with a tackle. The ball came out in time~"

Torres jumped up to avoid Neuer's flying shovel, and beat his head depressed, what a great opportunity, just hurry up!

He gave Reina a thumbs up. He hasn't had the chance to sprint like this until now, and Kostakic sticks to him like a plaster.

There was another burst of applause from the stands, cheering for Neuer's wonderful clearance outside the penalty area.

Ma Keqin slowly ran to the front court, staring at Rafinha, buddy, I want to find the feeling of a center forward in you...

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