Chapter 109
Chelsea fans counted their heartbeats as they heard the referee blew the whistle to start the game.
Liverpool kicked off, but they did not launch a fierce attack on Chelsea's goal right away. Instead, they slowed down the pace of the game and slowly moved the ball forward.
But Liverpool slowed down, and the Chelsea players didn't want to play any push-pull game with Liverpool. In the fifth minute of the game, Cole tackled Torres who was dribbling the ball in the midfield. Ballack caught the ball rolling backwards before the Liverpool players and then passed it directly to Drogba.
Drogba received the ball, paused for a moment and shot hard, but Liverpool goalkeeper Reina flew and saved the ball from going out of bounds.
After the restart, Drogba took a direct corner kick, but Liverpool successfully cleared the ball. The ball did not go directly into the goal, but it went around and around and finally landed at Ballack's feet.
Ballack made another straight pass, and this time Essien received the ball and kicked it from the same position as Drogba's last shot. The ball flew slightly above the crossbar and Chelsea failed to expand the score.
"Chelsea played very aggressively at the start, and they acted as if they were the one that was behind. But in fact, even if Chelsea didn't score a goal in this game, they could still successfully advance to the final with the two-goal advantage in the last game. This is why Chelsea fans at the scene put up banners before the game was over."
They can advance without scoring any goals, and Chelsea still has Endrit. Chelsea fans can't find any reason why they can't successfully advance to the final and create new Chelsea history.
Ten minutes into the game, Liverpool, who were two goals behind their opponents, finally found an opportunity: Cole was successfully intercepted by Benayoun in the frontcourt, and after driving straight into the field, he passed the ball directly to Gerrard, who received the ball and passed it diagonally to Torres in the penalty area.
Torres, who was on the left side of the penalty area, did not kick the ball directly after receiving it. He was a little hesitant, not knowing whether to shoot low or lob. But before he could figure it out, he saw Chelsea defender John Terry approaching him rapidly out of the corner of his eye. Torres did not dare to delay and relied on his shooting instinct to kick the ball directly towards the goal.
It was a shot from a small angle, and the ball went straight to the lower left side of the goal. Endrit rushed forward and kicked the ball with his leg.
John Terry, who had just run towards Torres to steal the ball, caught the ball and made a long pass, and the ball flew directly to the midfield.
Lampard ran forward a few meters and kicked the ball from the spot, heading it to Essien. After receiving the ball, Essien drove straight into the Liverpool penalty area. When defenders Riise and Skrtel came to double-team him, he faked a shot and passed the ball directly to Lampard.
Lampard headed the ball into the Liverpool goal.
Chelsea leads Liverpool 1:0!
Chelsea fans in the stands stood up excitedly and cheered for this goal.
Lampard, who scored the goal, was not excited at all. He walked to the center of the field, lowered his head slightly, folded his hands on his chest, closed his eyes, and recalled his mother's last appearance in his mind, hoping that she could see this goal.
The entire Stamford Bridge stadium suddenly became quiet because of Lampard's action. Chelsea fans sat down and bowed their heads in silence.
"Although she left Lampard, she never left Lampard's heart."
For the first time, the referee did not check the time with his watch before blowing the whistle. He waited until Lampard ended the moment of silence before blowing the whistle to start the game again.
Chelsea led Liverpool 1:0 and the ball immediately fell into Liverpool's hands.
In the 16th minute, Liverpool's Riise brought the ball into Chelsea's penalty area and passed it to Torres. Carvalho fouled during the interception and was awarded a free kick by the referee. Riise took the penalty.
In the eyes of Liverpool fans, Riise, who caused Liverpool to fall behind by one goal in the last game, is still the damn culprit of their failure. But for Liverpool players, especially Reina, after the angry cursing at the time, the remaining criticisms and accusations are entirely the responsibility or power of head coach Rafael.
After all, as players, it is impossible for them not to make mistakes on the court. After the mistake in the first leg of the semi-final, Liverpool's teammates still gave Riise trust.
But Riise's free kick hit the wall directly, and the Liverpool fans in the stands booed in dissatisfaction. Although other people might not be able to make the free throw, who can blame Reese for having so many debuffs stacked on him?
Three minutes later, Drogba broke away from the defense of Liverpool defender Carragher and shot in the penalty area. The ball hit the right post of the goal and went wide.
In the 23rd minute, Riise passed the ball to Benayoun from the left. Benayoun volleyed the ball in the penalty area at the ball flying in front of him. The ball turned a corner before flying into the goal and went wide.
Liverpool fans couldn't help but boo Riise again: Benayoun's shot was too far off! It must be that Riise’s pass was not good!
Benayoun, who thought he was being booed, suddenly heard Riise's name, turned his head to look at Riise with a shy expression. He just volleyed the ball, but his foot hit the ball a little off, causing the ball to go straight out.
Riise pulled the corner of his mouth expressionlessly, thinking that these fans had some conscience by not throwing the bottle down directly (busui)
In the 26th minute, Drogba passed the ball to Ballack on the left, but the latter's powerful shot was saved by goalkeeper Reina.
Seven minutes later, Lampard made a straight pass down the middle and the ball flew straight into the penalty area. Defender Arbeloa stared at the ball and prepared to intercept it directly in the middle, but Kalou intercepted the ball in front of him and immediately shot hard. Reina attacked again and blocked the ball directly out of the goal.
But before he could breathe a sigh of relief like he did seven minutes ago, Drogba rushed forward and kicked the ball - with a "swish", the ball successfully went into the net and Drogba scored with a follow-up shot!
"GOALLLL!!! The ball goes in! Chelsea leads Liverpool 2:0!"
"It will be difficult for Liverpool to turn the tables. They need to score at least five goals to beat Chelsea and win a ticket to the finals! But the goalkeeper they are facing is Endrit! A man who never misses in front of the goal!"
Falling behind Chelsea again, even though their head coach did not make any changes to their lineup while Chelsea were celebrating their goal, they played very aggressively after the game resumed.
In the 41st minute, Alonso tackled Kalou from behind, received a yellow card and gave Chelsea a free kick opportunity. Ballack took the penalty, but missed and the ball flew straight out of bounds.
Although Liverpool restarted the throw-in, they failed to seize the opportunity to make another breakthrough in the first half.
Chelsea had the upper hand in the first half and was far ahead. After the start of the second half, Liverpool quickly launched a counterattack.
In the 48th minute, Alonso made a long pass, Gerrard headed the ball to Kuyt on the left side of the penalty area. The latter shot in front of the small penalty area, but Endrit stretched his legs to block the ball.
Kuyt's heart instantly reached its highest point. He thought Chelsea was going to launch another quick attack, and sparks were ready to fly under his feet. However, after Ashley received the ball, he and John Terry and others passed the ball slowly in the backcourt, with no intention of continuing the attack.
Kuyt, who had just seen Ashley turn around and run back to defense after receiving the ball: …
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In the 64th minute, Liverpool got a great chance. Midfielder Benayoun cut from the right to the middle and passed the ball directly to Torres. Carvalho stepped forward to make a tackle, but failed to repeat his wonderful performance in the previous game. Torres jumped over Carvalho's tackle, faced Endrit and made a low shot towards the lower right corner of the goal.
When Endrit saw Torres raise his foot, he couldn't help but sigh, flew forward to hold the ball, then stood up, shook his hands and threw the ball to Ashley.
"It's a pity. If Torres faced a goalkeeper other than Endrit, he would have a high chance of scoring."
"I have discovered something," Melville said excitedly. "In these two games, Liverpool players always shoot low when facing Chelsea. Why is that? Is it a tactic? But this tactic is not working yet?"
In the 74th minute, Liverpool, who had seized the ball, launched an attack from the middle again. Benayoun made a cross, and Torres raised his foot to lob the ball after receiving it, but this time the ball was blocked by Carvalho and went out of the baseline.
Liverpool replaced Skrtel with Hyypia.
In the 84th minute, Gerrard took a corner kick from the right side, Hyypiä headed the ball, and the ball hit the right post of the goal and flew out.
In injury time, Alonso passed the ball and Babel made a final attempt with a long shot outside the penalty area. After seeing Endrit easily put the ball in his arms, Babel sighed and covered his face with his hands.
With only three minutes left in the game, Liverpool fans in the stands no longer held any hope and stood up and left the stands early.
But there were too many people leaving at the same time, and no one knew what happened in the passage, so people were stuck together and had to queue up to leave.
"What's going on in front? Why are they stuck there!" Gray couldn't help but yell towards the front. He spent a lot of money to buy tickets to support Liverpool, hoping to see his team enter the finals again, but the result of this game made him very uncomfortable. Now he was stuck here and couldn't get out, and he felt even more annoyed.
The people in front were noisy and no one answered his question. Gray hesitated for a few seconds before reaching out to push through the crowd. He used all his strength to squeeze to the front from the back and found a group of people gathered in front of a few tables, writing something.
"Do you know the movie 'Iron Man'? It will be officially released in China the day after tomorrow! Anyone who comes to watch today's game can get a free movie ticket by registering with their ticket!"
"Free? Really? There are so many people on the court today!"
"Yes, that's why I called you back to register..."
"Is it only for Chelsea fans?" Gray was in no hurry to leave. He couldn't help but interrupt the conversation between the two young people. "No wonder they have to register with tickets."
"No," Max raised his hand and pointed at the sign over there in a somewhat strange tone, "Didn't you see it? The registration seems to be for a lucky draw, and the prizes are autographed photos of the entire Iron Man cast and Endrit!"
Gray found it boring and walked out with a sullen face, but he stopped when he was about to go out, thinking that it would be a waste not to take advantage of this free thing, so he turned back to register, received a movie ticket and drew a lottery.
"Why is it Endrit's signature?"
"Don't you want it?!" The red-haired freckled boy next to Gray came over excitedly, "If you don't want it, you can give it to me. We can exchange it. I can also give you money..."
Gray paused for a moment and then stuffed Endrit's autographed photo into his pocket, "No change!"
When he comes out again during this year's European Cup, won't his brothers be so envious?
He actually didn't want it at all, he just wanted to show off to his friends. That's right, that's what he thought! (Serious face)
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