Liverpool's goal scored just twenty minutes after the first half, which made Liverpool fans cheer.

Although one ball is not enough to secure the victory, one ball is enough to play with momentum.

"Villareal paid the price for their pride. The single midfielder's style of playing is outdated and can't play like this now. They are really too proud of their way."

Martin Taylor commented on this goal soon.

That's true. The approach of single-middle back is indeed a bit unable to keep up with the times.

Since the European Cup in 2004, the style of playing with double midfielders has become popular all over the world. Now, except for some La Liga teams that insist on attacking, most teams no longer insist on using single midfielders.

Barcelona may be the only team that still uses single midfielders - but when Barcelona plays, they rely on the active counter-attack of the frontcourt players to ensure that they do not lose the ball. Moreover, after Xavi has seriously injured and withdrawn from the main lineup this season, Barcelona's midfielder sometimes uses Van Bomel and Ed Milson to play the ball. The problem of single midfielder defense is easily penetrated, which is already very obvious.

In this game, Villarreal's head coach, Pellegrini, who is known as a Chilean engineer, did this, but was just betting on three things: one was Riquelme's organizational talent, which was enough to make Liverpool's midfielder lose weight. The second was Senna's defense, which was enough to make Liverpool's progress less smooth. The third was betting that Liverpool, as a Premier League team, was not as clever as the La Liga team in terms of cooperation and connection.

This bet cannot be said to be completely wrong. At least, Riquelme played well, and Senna did have excellent defense. But what he missed was a kind of offensive method that Liverpool is increasingly using: large-scale transfers.

Liverpool's attack is accustomed to large-scale transfers on both sides. This attack method can handle siege well and can better break through the opponent's ribs. Liverpool's wing players' long passes are not bad, so they also pay great attention to developing this style of play. What they originally prepared was for La Liga teams that cooperated well on the ground and counter-attacked on the spot.

And this time, several Liverpool players completed the attack well.

"Just do this, we will definitely win!" Several players in the frontcourt celebrated with high fives. It would be much easier to score a goal. What needs to be considered now is how to expand the advantage.

With this attack, Liverpool began to control the situation slightly. Liverpool players began to accelerate their running at this time. After all, in the eyes of most people, the way to speed up may be the best way to deal with Riquelme. Riquelme is slow and the ball is slow, and his playing style always seems out of place with modern football. If he plays fast-paced football, he may not be able to hold on for too long.

Villarreal's overall rhythm is dominated by Riquelme. If he can't play his role, the final winner of this game will naturally be Liverpool.

However, when Liverpool's speed gradually accelerated, their advantage did not appear. After Villarreal contracted properly, he established a very good defense in the backcourt. In the midfield, Riquelme did not lose its effect, but was constantly swimming in search of opportunities.

This made Zhao Yaning start to doubt: Why haven’t they made adjustments yet, or what are they waiting for?

Suddenly, Zhao Yaning thought of something: Although he noticed Rikelme's slowness, he still ignored one thing: Rikelme's slowness is not his own slowness, but the slowness caused by his kicking habits to the overall team. His habit of protecting the ball and dribbling defense is mainly based on technology. When encountering high-intensity confrontation, there is a lack of effective breakthrough methods, and too many falls will also cause a large number of meaningless free kicks. At the same time, because Rikelme's control is too strong, the team's counterattack speed will not be increased. However, based on this, it is considered that Rikelme's playing football is slow, which is a big mistake.

Riquelme is slow, but he has reached the extreme control of the ball and rhythm, and is very good at grasping the change from slow to fast: since his debut in 1997, he has had many precedents of cooperating with fast players. Most of the Argentine players are not lacking in speed, and Riquelme has worked with the extremely fast clown Aimal since his time in the National Youth Team. He said that he lacks this experience and really underestimates him. After 2005, his collaborator in the national team became a small jumping player, and no matter which fast player he was, he

All around him can play easily. The combination of Riquelme and Messi in this year's game was very exciting. The movement and quietness, the fast and slow style was just right by Riquelme. This has always been the source of excellent viewing for the Argentine national team. When he arrived at the club, he would definitely not forget how to play football. He never lacked fast teammates, and he had no ability to grasp the speed-based style. Of course, it was OK to fight him by relying on the rhythm, but simply speeding up and blindly doing it is impossible.

They are waiting for an opportunity to launch a counterattack. Many of Rikelme's styles of playing are not suitable for modern football, but, no matter what, his passing ability is extremely outstanding. If he finds an opportunity to counterattack, he will definitely seize the opportunity.

After realizing this, Zhao Yaning did not rush to attack when he got the ball again. He controlled the ball and passed it to Alonso behind him. However, Alonso kicked the ball into the penalty area. Obviously, he had not reacted yet - this was Villarreal's trap.

The ball was cut off by the opponent, and this time, they handed the ball to Riquelme as soon as possible.

When Riquelme turned around, he was already near the half. Sissoko rushed up immediately, but Riquelme hit the ball with his right foot, dunked it behind his left foot, then retreated with his left foot, pulled the ball with one step, turned around, and flashed through Sissoko. At this time, Diego Fran had already run to the backcourt, and Riquelme passed the ball without hesitation and sent the ball out!

A thirty-meter straight pass to the ground - this kind of football is already extremely rare in modern football. This kind of ball is too risky. Using this ball to play games is likely to be a waste of opportunity!

But the passer is Rikelme, and the waste of opportunities will not appear easily. This ball was delivered to Fran's feet with extreme accuracy. When Fran got the ball, Vidic had already rushed up, but Fran kicked the ball and scored the ball with one shot, knocking Vidic, who was robbed, and rushed into the penalty area!

Carragher rushed out, but Fran did not enter the penalty area. He was near the top of the penalty area. He suddenly adjusted his foot, and then shot with one kick!

"gooooal!!! Diego Fran!!! Excellent goal in the 41st minute!!!!"

Fran shouted and rushed to the sidelines. He said before the game that the goal scored in the game was dedicated to Manchester United. Liverpool players' impression of him has always been at the stage of playing for Manchester United, and their defenses were not tight. In the end, Liverpool players swallowed the bitter fruits themselves.

This former Manchester United player won the European Golden Boot last season. Although it is amazing to share the Golden Boot with Henry, his honor is still ridiculous in the eyes of the English. After all, in the eyes of the British, his image has long been confirmed: slapped, sloppy, overestimated, and not adapted to the wealthy family.

In fact, Diego Fran is indeed not a first-class striker, but it is not that bad either.

If you only look at his highlights, you may think that this is the world's top striker. He has good shooting skills and strong abilities. Especially the mid- and long-distance shooting are almost all very eye-catching goals. It can be said that he is a forward who does not score in difficult shots.

However, he does have his problems: I won't mention the problem of squirting too much. His ability to grab points is indeed average, and his ability to grasp opportunities is not very good. In Manchester United, a team that requires cooperation, cooperation, and requires everyone to fulfill their responsibilities to play football is indeed not what he is good at.

What he is good at is playing football in small teams and in open leagues. At Manchester United, he can't play at level, but when he reaches Villarreal, his encounter with Riquelme can be said to have made both of them shine: Fran's lack of running ability was compensated by Riquelme's extraordinary pass. His superb shooting skills also transformed Riquelme's pass into goals. His style and La Liga complemented each other, which allowed him to complete a gorgeous turn, from a parallel in the Premier League to a super striker that has attracted attention from all over Europe.

It was the right choice for him to leave Manchester United. In La Liga, with the help of Pellegrini and Riquelme, he had a chance to be reborn.

In fact, he has always been grateful for Manchester United's release: in 2004, he took the initiative to leave, and after he left, Manchester United actually had only three strikers left, which scored the lowest record in history, which was not unrelated to his departure.

Now, he scored a goal against Liverpool. Although it was not a huge achievement, it made Liverpool uncomfortable and made it extremely huge for Manchester United fans.

When it was halftime, everyone who walked into the locker room was still a little angry: someone scored a goal at their home court, then after the away game, they had to work hard again. The original plan was not met, so everyone naturally became angry and low.

"I blame me for being careless. I thought we had controlled the rhythm." Alonso was a little distressed, "Joey saw it, I didn't see it. It was my fault."

"Now is not the time to hold people accountable. Besides, it is not embarrassing to make mistakes when facing such a player. Didn't I react to it later? Still, I have little experience... What I think is, how should we deal with him?" Zhao Yaning said.

The fast pace is obviously not possible. Villarreal obviously made arrangements for this possible situation. Anyway, Riquelme did not participate in the counter-attack. Liverpool's unilateral speed could not change his rhythm. Instead, it was possible that he would press too much, resulting in a void in the backcourt and was hit by Villarreal. Although Fran made a lucky goal, what if he got another lucky goal?
Chapter completed!