Lin Hai Ting Tao
Chapter 1584 Messenger of God (First Guarantee Update)
The fans and TV viewers who had been half-asleep were awakened.
They stared blankly at Liverpool's surging attack on the field, stunned for a moment, and then ecstatic!
Wasn't this the Liverpool team that had crushed Barcelona 6-0?
This was going to be good!
The commentators were also excited.
"Liverpool's offensive has suddenly intensified! Their attacks are coming wave after wave!"
"Who said Liverpool can only defend and counter-attack? We can attack too! This is the Liverpool team that defeated Barcelona 6-0!"
"Liverpool's attack is in full swing, can Real Madrid withstand it!"
Mourinho stood on the sidelines, clenching his fists as he looked at the field.
He had studied the tapes of Liverpool's match against Barcelona because he had fully considered that Liverpool might use this approach in the game. He had calculated whether his team could withstand Liverpool's attack. The result was that if they faced this kind of attack for the entire game, he couldn't say for sure. But if it was for a short period of time, it was still possible.
Now, even if Liverpool kept attacking from the start of extra time, it would only be thirty minutes until the end of extra time, not to mention that they certainly couldn't sustain it for thirty minutes. This kind of attack was very, very tiring. So they couldn't keep attacking like this for long.
In theory, his team should be able to hold on.
But why did he always feel insecure?
Extra time, extra time... Liverpool is so eager to attack, aren't they considering the next half of extra time? Can their stamina hold up?
Stamina, stamina... that's right, it's stamina!
Mourinho finally realized what he was worried about.
It was stamina.
Liverpool's stamina was running out, and his own side's stamina was also running out.
He hadn't considered the stamina factor when calculating before the game. If the opponent had started attacking like this from the first minute of the whole game, his team could have held on for a little longer. That was because the team's stamina was plentiful.
Defense, especially passive defense, is very exhausting.
But now it was the first half of extra time. The players had already gone through ninety minutes of high-intensity play. Both physically and mentally, they had been under tremendous pressure.
Whether they could complete the defensive task was questionable.
Perhaps during the defense, a deformed movement could lead to very serious consequences.
Like... Pepe.
He turned his eyes to Pepe, who was already wearing a Liverpool red jersey.
The last time Liverpool and Real Madrid played against each other, Liverpool eliminated Real Madrid. The decisive goal was scored by Chen Hero. Pepe, who was defending him, had a drop in stamina and huge psychological pressure during the game, which led to a deformed defensive movement. His foot slipped, giving Chen Hero a huge gap in front of the goal, allowing the opponent to break in alone and finally score.
As a result, Pepe became the scapegoat for Real Madrid's elimination.
Such a thing didn't need much, just once, and the result of the game would be decided.
Mourinho decided to make a substitution to strengthen the team's defensive depth and replenish the team's defense with fresh blood.
He replaced Özil, who was severely exhausted, with Richards, a defender who had transferred from Tottenham to the team.
This was really a bad move. Mourinho should have studied Chen Hero's personality and the grievances between him and Richards more carefully.
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Chen Hero saw Richards standing on the sidelines, twisting his waist and throwing his hands, preparing to play.
His eyes narrowed.
It's been a long time.
But no matter where you are, as long as you meet me, you're dead!
Richards's appearance made Chen Hero's fighting spirit even higher.
The game continued, and Chen Hero vented his dissatisfaction with Richards towards Real Madrid's goal. He transformed these dissatisfactions into the power of his shots. Each powerful shot made Casillas start to shake his hands.
And he was specifically looking for Richards.
Richards himself played as a right back, and he mostly played as a right back in Real Madrid, taking turns with Arbeloa. However, Mourinho made it clear that this time he would play as a center back, forming a three-center back formation with Ramos and Varane.
So this time Chen Hero didn't have to run to the right to compete with Richards. He could easily find Richards in the middle.
This was exactly what Richards wanted.
He was just thinking of competing with Chen Hero.
It was really hard to find someone as stupid as Richards in today's football world. Chen Hero was at the height of his power, and all the world-class defenders couldn't do anything about him. Richards was still thinking of challenging Chen Hero one-on-one...
His end would inevitably be extremely miserable.
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Chen Hero took the time to tell his teammates to pass the ball to his head when crossing, no matter where he was, pass the ball to him.
Then he started to challenge Richards one-on-one.
He jumped up again and again. At first, Richards relied on his physical advantage to follow Chen Hero. Later, he gradually fell into a disadvantage.
The height difference between the two people was too great, and the bodies were too different. Chen Hero's search for Richards was simply an act of picking soft persimmons.
So Ramos and Varane came up to help after a short rest.
The three of them jointly defended Chen Hero.
Only Messi and Chen Hero in the world football could get this kind of treatment.
When Messi encounters this kind of defense, he will use his skilled footwork and flexible body to break out of the encirclement. And Chen Hero? He directly used his body to break a path!
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"Bale crossed again! Hero jumped high in front of the goal!" With the commentator's exclamation, several people soared into the air like rockets in front of Real Madrid's goal, one from Liverpool and three from Real Madrid.
But the last person to head the ball was Liverpool's Chen Hero!
He knocked away Richards who was blocking him, suppressed Ramos, separated Varane, and then shook his head like a lion!
The ball went slightly wide.
The Real Madrid fans on the stands broke out in a cold sweat.
The reporters in the press box shook their heads and sighed, "He's really a human weapon! Such excellent physical qualities... Three Real Madrid players are no match for him alone. I think if this goes on, Real Madrid's defense will collapse sooner or later!"
The Chinese reporters were even more excited: "This is the normal Chen Hero! Hero is going crazy, Hero is going crazy!"
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Many Real Madrid fans temporarily took a breather from Liverpool's wave after wave of attacks. When they looked up to check the game time, they were shocked to find that only five or six minutes had passed in extra time...
There were still ten minutes left before the end of the first half.
Suddenly they felt a sense of despair.
These days of fear and worry would last for ten minutes! And there were still fifteen minutes in the second half. If you count the second half, then you would have to endure twenty-five minutes in such a stimulating feeling! Did they want people to live? They didn't have heart disease, but they were afraid of being scared to death!
God, someone save us!
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God's messenger heard their devout cries and then appeared before them.
In the seventh minute of extra time, Liverpool launched another attack. The ball was still going on both sides, but this time it was not directly passing high balls into the penalty area. It was necessary to change it occasionally.
Sanchez's pass bypassed Marcelo's defense and landed in the penalty area.
Chen Hero and Richards rushed to the landing point almost at the same time.
Chen Hero's long legs allowed him to grab the position first, and then he blocked Richards behind him.
"Hero!" the commentators exclaimed.
How could Richards be willing to watch Chen Hero get this opportunity? He rushed towards Chen Hero recklessly. The hatred of the past turned into flames in his heart, burning fiercely, and became the driving force for him to sprint forward.
Then he crashed into Chen Hero!
Mourinho was frightened on the sidelines, and he couldn't help but curse, "This idiot..."
If Richards hit Chen Hero solidly and knocked him to the ground, that would be a penalty kick!
He replaced him to strengthen the defense, not to be an undercover agent!
Almost everyone thought that Chen Hero would be knocked to the ground by Richards.
But this scene did not happen.
What really happened was that Richards crashed into Chen Hero.
Chen Hero remained motionless, protecting the ball.
Then Richards was affected by the reaction force and fell backward on his back. His hands were still waving randomly in the air, as if trying to grab something in vain.
He tried to steal a chicken but lost the rice used to lure it; he was knocked down by Chen Hero!
At this moment, at this location, in this situation, there was not a single Real Madrid player around Chen Hero!
Before the fans on the stands could exclaim, they saw Chen Hero swing his right leg.
Their exclamations were blocked in their throats by Chen Hero's action.
"Hero... shoots—!!!"
Accompanied by the commentator's shout, Chen Hero's right leg swung down and hit the ball.
With a bang, the ball flew towards the goal.
At such a close distance and with such a fast ball speed, even if Casillas was the world's number one goalkeeper, he could do nothing in the face of such a shot... He hadn't even made a save, and the ball had already whistled into the goal behind him.
Everyone stared at the ball, dumbfounded.
They didn't expect the goal to happen so suddenly, and the first thought in some people's minds was "Chen Hero must have fouled!"
The referee's whistle sounded, but it was not to blow Chen Hero for a foul, but to point to the center circle!
This action meant that the goal was valid!
The prayers of the Real Madrid fans were heard by God's messenger, and he came to save these poor people. After his rescue, they no longer had to worry about how to spend the remaining ten minutes, because the subsequent game time had lost its meaning - they were doomed!