"The ball went in! God, the ball really went in-!?"

“gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo—!!”

"This is amazing! Liverpool took two goals at home, but it was amazingly not this... Both goals were scored by Zhang, and he just scored a direct free kick from 35 meters away - that was a free kick, not an ordinary long shot, not a world wave, a free kick! Free kick!"

"Before this, I've never seen Zhang play a free kick!"

"This is Zhang's third goal in the Premier League, but I think such a perfect free kick will definitely be the best goal in this round!"

...

When Zhang Tiehan stood in front of the football and was about to take the free kick, many Chelsea fans breathed a sigh of relief. Gerald walked away. Alonso was not good at playing long-distance free kicks, and Zhang Tiehan... Can he play free kicks?

Chelsea fans disagree.

As a result, Zhang Tiehan took the free throw and knocked the ball directly in!

The Chelsea fans were stunned immediately. They didn't think the ball could be scored at all, so the ball went straight into the ball. If it was to the opponent's goal, they would be very surprised. Unfortunately, the football flew into their own goal. Obviously, the surprise belonged to their opponent - Liverpool fans.

Just listen to the sound of Anfield Stadium in your ears.

Liverpool fans are cheering wildly, they are all in surprise, and Chelsea fans are very depressed, and they are also a little incredible-

How could Zhang Tiehan kick the ball in?

Liverpool fans have the same attitude and they find it incredible. Their understanding of Zhang Tiehan is - long shots and headers. Free kicks? That is completely a matter of another planet. If Gerald kicks the ball in, they will not be strange. But Zhang Tie, the free kick cannot be found in any way with Zhang Tiehan, but the two are now connected.

They were surprised and confused, and so were the media.

"Zhang scored a long-distance free kick!"

"This is Zhang's second goal!"

"Beautiful! Perfect! It's really incredible! Zhang actually scored the ball!"

"Liverpool probably didn't expect that they would have such a first half!"

"Zhang scored two goals and dominated the game!"

...

Zhang Tiehan also seemed very excited after scoring the goal.

In fact, he didn't have much confidence in this ball before playing, but he just suddenly wanted to try it. He wanted to test whether he could try to play this kind of ball. After all, it was a free kick. There was a wall between him and the goal, so it was not easy to score the ball. But I didn't expect that this was no different from the usual long-range shot...

Shooting, goal, that's it!

He played according to his own feelings. As a result, the football went straight into the game. Zhang Tiehan was also very surprised. He ran to the sidelines and stomped his feet hard, stepped on the grass hard, pointing his right leg with his right hand, as if saying to the fans, "Look, this leg hit the ball."

Before he could express his meaning clearly, he was pressed under him by his teammates rushing over from behind.

Anfield Stadium is full of cheers from fans.

There were also a small number of booing from Chelsea fans. They were very dissatisfied with Liverpool's goal, but their voices were completely drowned in the cheers. Even a ripples couldn't be splashed.

...

Liverpool celebrates the goal, and Chelsea's players are not very good-looking. They didn't expect the team to concede two goals, or to concede two goals in the half, especially the second goal was a free kick scored by Zhang Tiehan.

Cech half-squatted on the ground, turned his head to look at the football in the goal. He clenched his fists and smashed the grass hard, as if he had any hatred with the grass.

His face was quite helpless.

The other Chelsea players are not much better, and they didn't expect the game to turn out like this. You should know that they are Chelsea - last season and this season, they were two goals behind in the league in the half. Nothing happened at all, whether in the away or at home.

But the worst-looking Chelsea coach Mourinho.

Mourinho has reason to look bad. His team is two goals behind Anfield Stadium and is only half-time now. But the situation is not the reason for his bad face. He is not the coach who cannot afford to lose.

What he couldn't accept the most was that both goals were scored by Zhang Tiehan, and he could imagine what the media would say after the game.

Thinking of this, Mourinho was determined not to lose!

But now the half is over, my team has conceded two goals, and it will definitely be difficult to play in the next game... The defense must be done well, so the next step is to delay the time to the midfield and make some adjustments to the tactics at the break.

Looking at the tall man over 1.9 meters among the Liverpool players celebrating, Mourinho strengthened his defensive heart.

Facing such a Liverpool forward, you must do more defense to have a chance.

...

There is not much time left in the first half.

Chelsea is determined to drag the game to halftime, while Liverpool takes advantage of the goal and wants to continue working hard. One side defends and the other side attacks. Many people will think that Chelsea must be very passive.

Actually, this is not the case.

Chelsea mainly focuses on defense, but shrinking the defense is defense, and pressing the whole game is also defense. There are many ways to defend. Obviously, Chelsea is an expert in this field. They do better than Liverpool in defense, and they are also good at counterattacks. I'm afraid there are no one who thinks that Chelsea, which has a luxurious lineup, is not good at attacking. In short, in the game between the two teams, Liverpool actually does not have much advantage. Chelsea's counterattack can occasionally create a great threat, which makes Liverpool even more afraid to attack too far.

But Chelsea was unable to use counterattack to save the situation. Their counterattack was very threatening, but Liverpool's offense, especially when the two teams changed hands, was even more threatening. When Zhang Tiehan almost broke through the goal of Cech's handle with two long shots, Chelsea attached great importance to realizing that it was easy to lose the ball when playing like this, and they began to shrink their defense line.

Mourinho's request to the players is that he cannot concede the ball before the end of the first half. As for equalizing the score or even overtaking, it's better to save it in the second half before solving it.

Mourinho still wants to make adjustments in the midfield.

Although Benitez is known as a tactical master, Mourinho firmly believes that his ability to adapt on the spot is not worse than that of the opponent. In this regard, the two may be matches. A Liverpool vs. Chelsea is a game between players and a battle for the coach. He knows that his battle with Benitez has begun in full swing, and Benitez is now at the upper hand. Because of Liverpool's performance, not his tactical ability, all he needs to do is to rest at halftime, give the players confidence, and adjust the team's tactics so that he can regain the situation in the second half.

Being two goals behind is not the end of the world for Mourinho, and he believes that he and Chelsea can do it.

When Chelsea contracted its defense, Liverpool's offense could not see the result at all. How strong Chelsea's defensive ability is, it really takes them to understand it. At least in the next five minutes, Zhang Tiehan found no chance at all. Liverpool's only shot was forced to kick and only shot a plane, which did not cause any threat.

The first half was over. In the end, Liverpool was unable to expand its advantage, but fortunately Chelsea also performed poorly. They didn't score a single goal.

2-0, Liverpool leads.

The two goals in the first half were in the lead, and Anfield Stadium was filled with joy, but Benitez's face was very serious. He knew that the team had not yet confirmed the victory, and Mourinho was an opponent that must be paid attention to. Chelsea would not surrender just because of 2-0.

If you want to win this victory, you must play the second half.

Mourinho will definitely adjust the tactics and they will start to seek attack. So what should Liverpool do? Should we change the tactics to defend and counterattack? Or should we continue our previous tactics and use offensive strategies to fight with Chelsea?

Benitez was a little confused.

With two goals leading, it is obviously more stable to play defensive counterattacks, so that Liverpool can play its lead and the opponent has to attack. As long as one of his own side stabilizes the defense and finds the opponent's loophole to seize the opportunity.

But this changed the team's tactics.

If it were in the past, Benitez would not have hesitated. Liverpool's 442 was originally a conservative formation. If you can attack when you encounter a weak team, you can attack when you meet a strong team at the same level, you will be a defensive counterattack formation. After all, the formation and tactics actually depend on the ability of the players to form the formation. Liverpool is not good at attacking on the sidelines, and Gerrard is a player who has both offense and defense. If Carragher comes forward to replace Alonso's position, then Liverpool's 442 will completely become a defensive formation.

But now it's different.

After Zhang Tiehan joined the team, the new formation 4411 has outstanding offensive capabilities and is not bad in defense. Benitez is quite satisfied with the power of this formation. If the formation is changed, it will be difficult for Liverpool to have an advantage in offense, but it will become passive in the game.

At Anfield Stadium, with two goals leading, Chelsea can only defend. Benitez thinks that Liverpool fans will be dissatisfied, but this is also the way to win the most likely victory.

Defensive counterattack-the chances of victory are the greatest, almost 90%.

Maintain the offense - the game will look good, but the chance of victory will drop to 70%.

Choose one of the two.

Benitez is really hesitant.

By contrast, Liverpool players don't have to think so much. They led two goals in the first half, and they had enough reason to relax. Every Liverpool player's face was filled with a relaxed and pleasant smile.

The same goes for Zhang Tiehan. He and Gerald walked back to the locker room talking and laughing.

Alonso and Cice walked to the side and said, both of them talking about Zhang Tiehan's second goal. Zhang Tiehan was very excited about his goal and was talking to his teammates about the feeling of shooting. Occasionally, "boasting", which made Gerald and others laugh.

They are really a little used to Zhang Tiehan.

The commentators at the stadium were also summarizing the first half, and Zhang Tiehan became their main focus. "At the end of the first half, Liverpool won two goals, both of which were scored by Zhang, and one of them was a very beautiful free kick..."

"Let's start looking forward to the second half!"
Chapter completed!