This player is not professional

Chapter 232
After the start of the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

Liverpool did not relax their vigilance at all. They used their excellent overall ball possession and tenacious defense to block Atletico Madrid's increasingly crazy counterattack.

Although in the second half, Atletico Madrid used up three substitutions in a very short time.

But it doesn't help either.

Until the last moment, Atletico Madrid failed to break Liverpool's goal. Although they only need to score one more goal, they can drag the game into overtime, but this goal seems to be out of reach.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, Liverpool's substitute players rushed onto the pitch to celebrate the hard-won victory with their teammates on the field.

And some Atlético Madrid players collapsed to the ground. They didn't expect to be eliminated in the end after taking advantage...

"The game is over! Congratulations to Liverpool! They eliminated Atletico Madrid with a total score of 4:3! They have successfully reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League this season!"

When the half-time whistle sounded at Anfield Stadium, there was a huge cheer, cheering for the team's comeback and approaching the quarter-finals.

After the TV camera gave a panoramic view, it almost locked on Lin Yi.

"Of course the best player in this game is Lin Yi who assists and scores one goal at a time. If it weren't for him, how could Liverpool have reversed and eliminated Atletico Madrid in the end? You must know that this reversal has been since Lin Yi scored in the last round. Foreshadowing was laid!"

In the camera, Lin Yi is hugging and celebrating with his teammates, each of them has smiles on their faces.

In the end, almost all Liverpool players surrounded Lin Yi, surrounded him, hugged, cheered, and celebrated his goal with him.

This scene fully demonstrated Lin Yi's status in Liverpool.

After the game, Lin Yi was interviewed by reporters in the mixed zone. He mentioned the victory, but he didn't think it was due to himself alone: ​​"Any game, no matter what the result is, is the result of the whole team's victory." We got it together, so the victory is not due to me alone, I only scored one goal. I am very happy, very happy, to be able to reverse Atletico Madrid at home."

A reporter asked him: "Now who do you hope to meet in the quarter-finals?"

Lin Yi shook his head: "It doesn't matter who it is."

At this time, he doesn't want to think about the unpleasant question of who his opponent is in the quarter-finals. Since he won the reversal, he should celebrate it.

For Liverpool fans, maybe entering the quarter-finals is worth celebrating. After all, the last time was during Bei Shuai's period, but in comparison, the league is still more worrying for them. After all, although there are many top league champions in team history, there is no one. A true Premier League trophy!
Last season I thought it was very promising, but it was a pity that I accidentally stretched my hips. This season seems to be more hopeful. Although the lead is only five points, but the league only has the last five rounds, this advantage is quite big no matter how you look at it!
Next, there will be another two consecutive victories in the league. Although Chelsea also won two consecutive victories, they have not narrowed the gap. Even because the next round is a direct confrontation between the two teams, if Chelsea can’t win, they will even witness Liverpool’s summit at home. , this is quite uncomfortable!

As for Manchester City, which snatched the championship from Liverpool last season, they have fallen behind this season and can only firmly occupy No.3. The fourth is Arsenal. The frantic grab for points at the end of the season allowed them to successfully surpass Manchester United!
How can the all-powerful Red Devils have to spend a lot of money on signings this season, but in the end they got nothing, not even a place in the Champions League for consolation!

With three rounds left in the league, Liverpool fans feel that they have the chance to win. If they can beat Chelsea at home and win the championship two rounds ahead of time, it would be the best!

But Klopp has repeatedly asked the players to calm down, because before that, they still have a Champions League game to play, and their opponent is Barcelona, ​​which is in full swing. Lin Yi clearly remembers that this Barcelona team is the champion of this year's Champions League. The one in the middle of Real Madrid's four crowns in five years.

It is also because only Lin Yi himself knows that Barcelona is the champion in the original timeline, but the outside world thinks that this is a close match, and even thinks that it will be Liverpool's advantage.

After all, judging from Liverpool's performance, it is indeed invincible, and it looks like a god-blocking killer. Although the performance in the Champions League is not as invincible as in the league, it has won consecutive victories all the way until now, except at Atletico Madrid. Lost one game, the Champions League has only lost one game so far!
Lin Yi could feel that although the team attached great importance to the opponent, he didn't think it was difficult to defeat the opponent.

However, it is impossible for Lin Yi to stand up and say that the opponent is very strong, we are not necessarily the opponent, that would hurt his morale, and the coaching staff collected the opponent's intelligence very well, and specially added special training to target the opponent's tactics!
On May 5, Barcelona arrived in Liverpool one day earlier. At the airport, the Barcelona soldiers accepted interviews from the media.

"The Anderfield Stadium has a very scary home atmosphere. We will face severe challenges in this game. But we will not be afraid of our opponents, and we will use our best methods to win." Neymar said domineeringly Absolutely, of course he is such a person, and it is his normal style to speak like this.

As the most famous star in the Barcelona team, Messi is relatively humble, but also a little simple: "We will go all out in the away game."

After saying this, he nodded and rejected the interview requests of other reporters, and went straight to the bus.

As the world's top star, some airs are still necessary.

You know, he is a superstar who earns 1 euros per minute in an interview, and he really speaks words like gold.

Other Barcelona players were also chased by reporters, hoping to speak a few words to the microphone and camera.

Many Barcelona players did stop to be interviewed. It can be seen from their answers and expressions that they are in a relaxed mood.

At the same time, the first round of Real Madrid's away game against Juventus' semi-finals ended, and Juventus defended their home court 2:1!
This gave Liverpool fans more confidence that Liverpool can easily defend Anfield too!

But in fact it was not the case. When the game started the next day, everyone realized that the facts were different from what they had imagined!
Liverpool's players may think that after special training, they can beat Barcelona at home.

But when the game started, they soon discovered that they were wishful thinking.

The powerful Barcelona used their passing ability to firmly control the situation on the field, while using tireless running and siege to cut off the connection between Lin Yi and the other Liverpool players.

Let Liverpool gradually fall into trouble after 5 minutes of the game.

Originally wanted to beat Barcelona at home, but now they find that the most important issue is not to win, but not to concede.

Only under the pressure of Barcelona, ​​they had to switch from offense to defense, and try not to concede the ball first.

This stunned the home fans who thought they would be able to see a wonderful match. They didn't understand why their team suddenly became sluggish!

It seems to be the same at Atletico Madrid's home court before, but this time it was at their own home court, and they were beaten by Barcelona without any power to fight back. It did not meet everyone's predictions before the game. Is Barcelona too strong or Liverpool too weak?
The reporters from various countries present were whispering to each other and exchanging their opinions one after another, because this was not a close match in any way, and the two sides did not look like opponents of the same level!

Just like at Atletico Madrid's home court before, the game was very ugly. If it wasn't for defeating the opponent at home in the second round, everyone would think that Liverpool was a paper tiger.

But at this time, someone has already pointed out on the Internet that maybe either Barcelona is too strong, or Liverpool is too weak, even inferior to Atletico Madrid. Atletico Madrid was eliminated because Liverpool's home field exploded, and Liverpool looked very strong. , because they are invincible in the Premier League, but is it possible that the overall level of the Premier League is too low?
Because Liverpool is the only team in the quarter-finals, if it weren't for defeating Atletico Madrid, the Premier League wouldn't even have a fig leaf, so there seems to be a gap in strength between the two teams!
Fortunately, at the end of the first half, the score was 0:0. Liverpool didn't concede a goal, but they didn't score either.

However, this result can already make many Liverpool supporters breathe a sigh of relief.

At least Liverpool didn't fall behind in the first half.

This is already a very good result, because from the appearance of the scene, Liverpool should have conceded the ball long ago, and it is good luck to be able to maintain 0:0!
In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. Through the performance of both sides in the first half, Klopp also realized that sticking to Liverpool's style of play at home is very difficult to deal with Barcelona.

If you continue to play like this, Liverpool is very likely to lose the game at home.

This is not the result Klopp wants to get.

There are three results in a game, winning and losing, and losing at home is the worst of all results.

It was also he who made adjustments during the halftime break, allowing the team to focus more on defense.

The players have no objection to this. After the first half of the contest, they also realized that there is a little gap between themselves and Barcelona in strength. Perhaps it is because the strength of the Premier League blinded their eyes. Jing did not give them enough vigilance, at least now they have realized the strength of their opponents, and if they want to win the Champions League, they have to advance to the final.

And with their current performance, it is not enough to cross Barcelona!
At times like this, reality is more important.

For Liverpool, who played at home first, if they can win at their own home, of course it is better to win.But what if the opponent is too strong to win?Don't lose, it is also very realistic to take a draw, but the important thing is that this draw must not be 1:1, 2:2 or the like, it must be 0:0, it can only be 0:0.

In the home and away two-leg knockout system, away goals are crucial.In any case, the opponent cannot be allowed to score an away goal.

Klopp repeated this to his players at half-time and if you can score goals, great.But if you can't score, don't let the opponent score.

So in the second half, Liverpool was obviously different from the first half.

They spend more time defending in the backcourt.

For his adjustment, commentators are also mixed.

"Klopp made adjustments at half-time, and Liverpool focused more on defense in the second half. But I don't think this is the right choice. Because Liverpool itself is not the kind of team that is good at defending the penalty area. The way they are good at dealing with Barcelona, ​​it is difficult for them to hold on to the end of the game. Liverpool, who gave up attacking, once they lose the ball in the game, I am afraid that they will be powerless to fight back!"

"Liverpool made the right choice to shrink their defense. If they continue to play against Barcelona in the midfield, they will lose the ball sooner or later. Obviously, Liverpool's midfield is far inferior to Barcelona's midfield."

Both of these statements are recognized and reasonable, and what is currently recognized is that Liverpool is not a team at the same level as Barcelona. Only team, Liverpool looks like the worst one!

Liverpool's choice made Barcelona a little surprised.They analyzed Liverpool before the game, and believed that Liverpool could not play too conservatively at home. Moreover, Liverpool players seemed confident in interviews before the game, and they were not afraid of Barcelona. End the suspense!
The same was true in the first half, with Liverpool actively fighting with Barcelona in the midfield.

Why did they give up after the intermission?
Unexpectedly, Barcelona took advantage of the situation and launched a fierce offensive against Liverpool.

Violently made the palms of Liverpool fans in the stands and in front of the TV sweat.
In these fierce offensives, Messi is naturally the one who stands out the most. Whether it is a breakthrough with the ball or a shot, he can always bring a great threat to the goal guarded by Mignolet.

However, despite Barcelona's aggressive attack, Liverpool's goal has been kept clean.

Because many people have overlooked one point, that is, Liverpool's defense is not weak, at least Liverpool's defense is not as bad as some people think.

With 10 minutes left in the game, the score was still 0:0, which was a bit surprising and unexpected.

I didn't expect Liverpool to be so tenacious.

At this time, some subtle changes took place in the situation.

Barcelona realize they need to take some high risks to beat Liverpool away.Because it took eight to 10 minutes, but Lin Yi was never replaced by Klopp.

Everyone knows what Klopp intends to keep Lin Yi on the court, everyone knows.

It's nothing more than wanting to take advantage of Barcelona's aggressive attack and sneak attack once.

(End of this chapter)