This player is not professional

Chapter 228
In the post-match press conference, Klopp couldn't hide his pride in advancing to the quarter-finals: "When we were placed in a group with the defending champions, many people thought our best result was to get third in the group, and then To play in the Europa League. But now, we are in the quarter-finals of the Champions League! I know my team can do it, I never doubted their ability!"

He really vomited all the grievances after the results of the group draw.

However, when a reporter asked him how far he thought the team could go in the Champions League this season, he calmed down a bit: "I don't know. I just know that we will try to move forward, no matter who the opponent in front of us is. "

It is impossible to say that Klopp has no idea about the Champions League. At Dortmund, he was only one step away from becoming the king of Europe. It is a pity that Bayern has achieved the reputation of the Triple Crown. Klopp must have an obsession with the Champions League Yes, but he doesn't feel that if he wins the defending champion Real Madrid, he can take advantage of other teams at will.

With Manchester City eliminated by Barcelona, ​​all the quarterfinals of the Champions League were also born.

La Liga is the only one, with three teams breaking into the quarterfinals, namely Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona.

Among the other five teams, there is only Liverpool in the Premier League, Juventus in Serie A, Bayern Munich in Bundesliga, and Paris and Monaco in Ligue [-]!

These eight teams will draw lots to match each other and fight against each other.

After reaching the quarterfinals, the so-called rule that teams from the same country cannot meet becomes invalid.

So there is a possibility of civil war.

Moreover, there is no such thing as the group's first match against the group's second, and there is likely to be a strong dialogue.

Among the eight teams, Monaco is recognized as the weakest, and it is also the one that all the other seven teams want to encounter.

Anyone who meets them is equivalent to being recommended to the semi-finals.

Liverpool fans can't help but look forward to being able to share with Monaco.

The draw took place at UEFA headquarters in Bern at the weekend.

It is a pity for Liverpool fans that Monaco did not share with Liverpool, and Juventus took the top spot...

Liverpool's opponents in the quarter-finals are a La Liga team... another team in Madrid - Atlético de Madrid.

A very strong and difficult opponent!

After the results of the draw for the quarter-finals of the Champions League came out, Liverpool fans can't wait to look forward to the match against Atletico Madrid. They want to defeat the two Madrid teams successively and complete the achievement of capturing Madrid!
But for Klopp and his team, there is a more realistic task, which is to secure the league title.

Another two league rounds are over, and there are eight rounds left in the league. Liverpool is now six points ahead of No.2 Chelsea.

The two-line battle still had a certain impact on this young team.

In the seventh round of League No.20, Liverpool will face Swansea at home, while Chelsea will face Manchester United at home.

In this game, Lin Yi played the whole game and sent an assist and a goal in the game. He performed very well and helped Liverpool beat Swansea 4-0 at home.

Although Chelsea defeated the poorly-formed Manchester United 2-0 at home, there was still no way to further narrow the gap between them and Liverpool.

After the game, Klopp gave the team a day off, and all players who played in this game will not have to go to the training base for training the next day.

Lin Yi is naturally the same.

So he slept in and got up a little later than usual.

After getting off the bed, he stood on the ground and stretched, his whole body stretched well.

But at this moment, his body froze.

Because he felt some tightness and pain in the back of his left thigh.

It wasn't the kind of sting like a needle prick, but it did make him uncomfortable.

He tried stretching his left thigh again—he stretched his right leg forward and then lunged, dragging his left leg behind him to straighten.

That uncomfortable feeling in the back of my left thigh came back.

Lin Yi frowned.

He switched legs, arched his left leg forward, kicked his right leg backwards, and straightened it.The muscles in the back of the right thigh did not feel the same discomfort as the left leg.

It's not like he didn't get muscle soreness after an intense game, let alone an intense one when he first joined Liverpool.After a day of high-intensity training, he would wake up with muscle soreness the next day.

But he seldom felt that kind of muscle soreness in the last season, and that kind of soreness is often soreness in many parts of the body, but this time only the back of the left thigh felt uncomfortable.

Although it was not serious, Lin Yi still cared a little.

He began to dress, wondering what was going on in his mind.

But until he got dressed.He didn't think of a reason, but he still called the team doctor and asked him to send a car to take him for a checkup!
Klopp was taken aback when he received the team doctor. He didn't expect that Lin Yi, who had been alive and well, would be injured suddenly, which caught him off guard!

The bad news is that Lin Yi will be absent from the game. The good news is that it is just a minor injury. It only takes half a month and two league rounds, just in time for the Champions League match against Atletico Madrid!
But as far as the league situation is concerned, it is not very good, because the two league rounds that Lin Yi was absent from, the first round was against Arsenal. At the end of the season, Arsenal knew everything, and Liverpool players tried their best to win the opponent. , was defeated by Arsenal 3:1, continuing the great reputation of fighting for the four madmen!
Fortunately, they easily eliminated their opponents in the next round and kept their three-point lead. Otherwise, if they lost two rounds in a row, their advantage at the top of the standings would be ruined!

What reassures the Liverpool fans is that Lin Yi has entered the substitute list for this game. Although he did not play in the game, the fans firmly believe that Lin Yi is fine, because Klopp once asked Lin Yi to get up to warm up, but because it happened to happen again Scored a goal and expanded the lead. Klopp did not choose Lin Yi to play!
On April 4th, the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League officially began. Liverpool went to Spain to face their opponents. Only the team firmly grasps the top three positions in the league, and even forms a monopoly in the Champions League. Last year's Real Madrid, this year's Barcelona, ​​and the next Real Madrid's three consecutive games led by Xuanzong, the strength of La Liga can be seen!
And in such a powerful La Liga, Atletico Madrid is the only team that can challenge Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​so you can imagine how strong this team is!

Although the Premier League media and Liverpool fans are blindly confident, because of Liverpool's strong performance so far, they think they can take their opponents by force, but Klopp has constantly instilled in the team how strong the opponent is!

The only bad thing about this game was that Gerrard hadn't returned to the team yet, and he recovered much slower than Lin Yi. It seemed that his health was really failing!
From the beginning of the game, Lin Yi felt that he was in a quagmire.

Atletico Madrid's defense is not right to describe him as inseparable. It should be "wrapped". Their defense is like a shell, which wraps him up and cuts off his and his teammates' practice.

The two aggressive midfielders of Gabriel Gabi and Mario Suarez (Spanish) constantly attacked Lin Yi, making it difficult for him to concentrate on possession and organization.

And no matter how Lin Yi runs, there will always be at least one vicious Atletico Madrid player by his side.

They covered Lin Yi.

Atlético Madrid have done a great job defensively, and they are also very efficient in attack.

No. In the 15th minute, Griezmann shot from outside the penalty area and pierced the goal guarded by Mignolet.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!! Griezmann!!!" The Spanish commentator was very excited and shouted. "The French genius opened the scoring for Atletico Madrid! In just 15 minutes, Atletico Madrid took the lead!"

Liverpool's defense is not weak. In the Premier League, they are one of the teams with the fewest goals conceded, thanks to the excellent performance of the defense line composed of Manquillo, Skrtel, Lovren and Johnson.

But in this game, this line of defense was pierced by Griezmann's seemingly blind long shot...

Was it Liverpool's bad luck?

Liverpool's luck was really bad. After conceding a goal, their reassurance was pierced again in the No.308 minute.

This time it was Torres who scored.At that time, Griezmann had the ball, and Liverpool's defensive focus was shifted to the Frenchman. As a result, Griezmann passed the football to Torres in a very imaginative way.

Facing Mignolet, Torres put the football into Liverpool's goal, Atletico Madrid lead 2-0!

After the goal, Torres did not celebrate, and the highlights of the Holy Child's career were given to Atletico Madrid and Liverpool!

He didn't expect the two teams to collide in the Champions League, but he can only prove his love by not celebrating!
"Atlético Madrid!! They have gone crazy!!"

"My God, Liverpool led by two goals in the first half! This is really invincible in the Premier League. Liverpool, who crushed Real Madrid in the group stage, seems to be eliminated!"

The narrators all yelled and shouted.

Not long after Torres' goal, the first half was over, with Atlético leading by two goals in the first half.

Such a result really made many people not expect it before the game.

Because according to Liverpool's performance in the group stage, everyone feels that even if Atletico Madrid is in good form this season, this game should be a close game.

How come the first half was one-sided in both the score and the scene?

The narrators and commentators analyzed the first half of the game during the intermission.

Many people believe that Lin Yi's restraint was the root cause of Liverpool's overall passiveness in the first half.

Gabriel Gabi's defense against Lin Yi was very successful. Lin Yi spent the first half of the game trying to get rid of him, but the effect was not very good. It may be like the rumors that Lin Yi's injury was not completely broken. Recovery, but he himself asked to play!
In addition, even if Atletico Madrid's defense against Lin Yi is successful, it should at most be a 0:0 first half.However, Atletico Madrid's offense also played a very high level of effect in this game, and Atletico Madrid even let the fiery Griezmann serve as an assistant in this game to attract Liverpool's defensive attention, but did not shoot directly. It's about passing the football around.

At the same time let Torres, who is in an ups and downs, serve as the main attacker.

And Torres did not live up to the trust of his teammates in him. He was unreliable in other games, but he was in a brave state in this game.This is something that many people did not expect.

You must know that after Torres left Liverpool, he had a "black history" of facing empty goals, outflanking shots and failing to score.

Sometimes, I really have to say that luck is a very mysterious thing, but it shows its influence all the time.

During the half-time break, Klopp made substitution adjustments and replaced Emre Can with Royce to form a double midfielder, pushing Lin Yi forward and letting Lin Yi return to the front The waist position, hoping to create more opportunities that can directly threaten Atletico Madrid's goal.

However, this substitution and adjustment also made Lin Yi fall into a deeper quagmire.

After all, the further he went, the tighter the opponent's defense became, and the less room Lin Yi could move.

And to make matters worse, Torres scored again before Lin Yi's forward adjustment took effect!
Just 4 minutes into the second half, Griezmann assisted Torres to score again in the No. 409 minute of the game.

3: 0!

Liverpool trailed by three goals in the away game. This score almost declared that Liverpool was eliminated early.

The second half had only just begun, and Liverpool were in a huge predicament.

It was a difficult choice before them-should they continue to attack and try to score an away goal, or shrink the defense and ensure that no more goals will be conceded?
If you shrink the defense, you won't lose the ball in the end, but the score of 0:3 almost killed the suspense of the second round.

If they attack, maybe they can score a goal, but looking at the state of Atletico Madrid's game, they may also concede more goals.Even if there is an away goal at that time, if the opponent also scores a goal, the score of 1:4 is not much different from the score of 0:3.

Is it offensive or defensive?
This is a difficult problem that many teams will face, and not all teams can make the right choice.Moreover, there is no standard answer to this multiple-choice question. When you make a choice, you will not know whether you have chosen the right one.There is also no precedent for this multiple-choice question.If others choose to attack, it does not mean that you are right to choose to attack, and if others choose to defend, it does not mean that you are right to choose to let go.

This is the unknown and unpredictability of football.

There is no precedent to follow, and the experience of other competitions does not seem to work at this time.

Is it possible to roll the dice and pray to God?
But Lin Yi was unwilling to give up the attack. He was indeed restricted in this game, but it is true that he is not in good condition. It is true that his injury has not fully recovered, but the team doctor said that it will not affect the movement, but he cannot use excessive force. A lot of unnecessary running, this is the truth of his restriction!
(End of this chapter)