Something weird happened in the game between Liverpool and Benfica, there was a goal in a free kick because a team used zonal marking instead of man to man in the box, what's the weird thing you ask? well the team that got scored against wasn't Liverpool they actually took advantage of the zonal marking instead of being victimized for using it.
So let's try and see how they did it, by completely ripping off NBAplaybook.
First let's see how benfica lined up.
I signaled three different things, the first is the fact that Benfica lined up three people at the wall instead of two, because of the possibility that Gerrard may try to score from there, the second is the yellow arrow pointing at Di Maria who is covering absolutely noone, he should be either closer to the six yard box or farther outside waiting for the rebound, the third is the fact that there are six Benfica players in the six yard box, there are five Liverpool players yet Agger is completely alone.
Now, after the ball is played, Di Maria can't get to the ball and the players in the box are to far away to get to the ball before Agger.
Now Agger chooses to use his heel instead of hitting it straight, which was a nice technical gesture, but it gave the opposition more possibilities of blocking it, the other thing worth pointing out is that Kuyt is offside, however i don't think his involvement on the play merited for it to be called.
Now the video:
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