Chapter 603

After the start of the game, opportunities were still created by the cooperation between Coutinho and Messi on the wing, and most of the shooting opportunities Suarez got were awkward.

Although he is a center forward with superb shooting skills, Van Dijk figured out Suarez's characteristics in this game.

"Van Dijk cleared the ball before Suarez!"

"Controlling the ball in the backcourt, Van Dijk's long pass accurately found Joe Gomez!"

"When Liverpool eliminated Barcelona last season, Van Dijk was not in the team. Now Van Dijk's joining makes Liverpool's backcourt stronger, plus goalkeeper Alisson, this is a match made in heaven!"

"Alisson's pass combined with Van Dijk's, one short and one long, one high and one flat, the two can clearly choose multiple passing routes in the backcourt to ensure that their backcourt will not lose the ball."

"Klopp has unknowingly transformed Liverpool's backcourt!"

After scoring the goal, with Alisson and Van Dijk working together to pass the ball in the backcourt, Liverpool took possession of the ball. At the same time, Barcelona was forced to retreat and fell into a stage of being tortured by Liverpool.

Some call this the Klopp phase.

Whenever Liverpool takes the lead, the Klopp stage will appear. During this stage, Liverpool's passing rhythm will become faster, and the driving-type pressure tactics will appear instantly, interrupting Barcelona's central axis!

Coutinho, who was very active, gradually began to disappear, and Ousmane Dembele was nowhere to be seen. When Ter Stegen got the ball in the backcourt, he couldn't see his teammates at all. He anxiously waved his gloves many times to let his teammates come closer to him to receive the ball.

Because Barcelona likes to organize attacks starting from the goalkeeper, but now Ter Stegen can hardly organize defense, let alone offense.

Rakitic is the best performing player in Barcelona's midfield. Whether he is retreating or pressing forward, Rakitic's versatility can play a role.

In the past, this kind of active midfield would mostly be handled by Lin Chen himself, but now this task is given to Rodri.

After communicating the tactics with Henderson, Rodri began to defend Rakitic closely, using his strong body to prevent Rakitic from connecting with Barcelona.

Messi even had to go back to his own backcourt to receive the ball and help the team pass the ball smoothly.

Throughout the first half, Liverpool achieved the desired effect at their home ground!

"People called this semi-final a strong match before the game, but the situation was different from what we thought. Just like when Liverpool played Watford before, most fans thought they would crush them, but Watford performed well instead."

"But in this game, people expected it to be a strong match, but Barcelona did not perform well enough to compete with Liverpool."

Countless Chinese fans who stayed up late to watch this semi-final were very excited, of course, except for the Barcelona fans in China.

"Although the game was not 55-, Liverpool's magnificent attack was worth my staying up late to watch it."

"Barcelona are indeed in a period of renewal, and the results of their renewal are not good."

"I still can't believe how much we spent on Coutinho and Ousmane Dembélé, especially Ousmane Dembélé. His performance before was really good, but is it really worth such a high transfer fee?"

"Don't be so mean, Ousmane Dembélé is capable, but he is too young. He tends to short-circuit at critical moments. He really needs to hone his skills and grow."

Suarez has played many games, but he has never been as helpless as he was in this game.

Because he couldn't feel what kind of offensive tactics his partner was going to play, Ousmane Dembele and Coutinho's sudden confusion made Suarez lost as well.

Klopp's tactics were perfectly implemented once again!

He has observed Barcelona's goals so far this season, and found that most of them were scored by Messi and Suarez. Suarez's shooting ability can only be brought into play when Barcelona sends the ball to Suarez's feet or to a certain range around Suarez's body.

The 32th minute of the game!

"Busquets wants to pass to the wing, but there is no chance there, Lin Chen is pressing forward again!"

Lin Chen pressed forward again, and Busquets could only pass the ball to Rakitic, but Rakitic also faced interference from Rodri.

Out of desperation, Rakitic could only choose the simplest way of passing the ball, passing it to Suarez through a high ball. This time, Matip successfully cleared the ball, and Henderson protected the landing point and passed it back to Robertson.

Robertson passed the ball back to Alisson, and Liverpool once again successfully resolved Barcelona's attack and continued to patiently organize their next attack.

"At the beginning of this season, Klopp's favorite Liverpool midfielder was Wijnaldum, Henderson and Lin Chen.

"Later, it gradually evolved into a combination of Rodri, Fabinho and Lin Chen, and now it has become a combination of Rodri, Henderson and Lin Chen."

"Liverpool's starting midfielders are always changing, the only thing that remains unchanged is Lin Chen!"

Gullit was just about to analyze why Lin Chen was able to secure his starting spot when Alisson passed the ball from the backcourt again. This time he did not pass it to Lin Chen, but aimed at Firmino!

Firmino played the role of protecting the ball and passed it to Rodri, who followed up with a through pass. The beautiful penetrating pass gave Salah the opportunity!

Many commentators saw the route of the goal, and Lin Chen naturally saw it too!

When Salah started, Lin Chen had already rushed to a position forward than Firmino!

After Rodri's through pass found Salah, Liverpool actually broke through Barcelona's defense in an instant!

Both Lenglet and Alba made fatal mistakes!

Salah made a decisive cross, and when Lin Chen stopped the ball, he already had a one-on-one opportunity!

The final volley brought Ter Stegen’s impetuous save to an abrupt halt!

The Chinese commentator had to admire Lin Chen's goal and Liverpool's attack!

"Beautiful goal by Rodriguez! Assist by Salah!"

"The pond is filled with waves and scales, blocking the stars!"

"The unrivaled Lin Chen!"

"Another Liverpool goal!"

"Lin Chen scored another goal!"