The Ball at Your Feet

The severe situation in the fourth and 50th quarter

Updated: 2013-06-16

Alonso sacrificed his chance to play in the next game in exchange for a good defensive situation for Liverpool. This also let Mourinho know that it is probably impossible to win this game— -Not only tactically, Chelsea are completely at a disadvantage, but in terms of momentum, Liverpool is also not showing weakness.

In the final stage of the game, he made a tactical arrangement of defending the back line. And this idea really worked. After the 90 minutes of the game, Liverpool only got a goal lead. The 1-0 away victory became Liverpool's final success.

Both sides are not very satisfied with the result. For Liverpool, this game is still unfulfilled. For Chelsea, this game still retains the hope of a comeback.

After this game, Mourinho also complained to the media for a long time as usual, "Our lineup is not tidy, and too many wounded limit our strength. If we are tidy, Liverpool cannot be ours. Opponent. At Anfield, I’m sure it’s us who will advance. Don’t forget, we’ll play another league title, and Liverpool’s third place position is now at stake.”

"I don't think about league matters, and in the Champions League, we have an advantage." Benitez's answer to this is a very simple sentence, "We are more likely to win. It's not just because of the away game. Goals, and also because we have nothing to pursue in the league. After all, we can use the rotation in the next game and then play the main force in the Champions League. If they want to defend their title ahead of time and win the league title, they have to fight again."

If this is the case, it's too unethical. Where does Liverpool come from what rotation lineup? It's just a group of substitutes. This is tantamount to telling Mourinho: Our league doesn't care anymore, we are going to fight you to the end in the Champions League.

Faced with this opponent, Mourinho was anxious and knew that these nonsense probably won't have much effect, so he immediately threw a second bomb to the media, "Our signings after the end of this season It’s already set. Next season, Chelsea’s signings will focus on Arsenal’s Ashley Cole, Liverpool’s Stephen Gerrard and Manchester City’s Wright Phillips. For these three deals, Chelsea is determined to win."

In this case, it is also to create pressure. After all, now Chelsea’s opponent in the Champions League is Liverpool and the league opponent is Arsenal. Saying this is also to create pressure on their opponents.

But Benitez immediately asked a question, "So, is William Galla Chelsea ready to sell?"

Such a question made Mourinho feel angry again: Are you not going to explain Gerrard's question? This kind of guy who doesn't play cards according to common sense is the most troublesome.

Gala called for a transfer for a season. If he wants to sign in Cole, he will definitely leave. Benitez dared to trust Gerrard, the soul of Liverpool at this time, but Mourinho would not dare to do anything to provoke Gala at this time.

But the reporters, at this time, are more concerned about it than their confrontation. Although those things are very important, they are still inferior to the Champions League. At this time, people are more concerned about two other things.

"Excuse me, coach Mourinho, what do you think is the referee's penalty for this game?"

Mourinho likes to complain about referees, this is already everyone's consensus. Therefore, reporters also like to pick a few sentences and see what he says. The penalty for this game is not a big problem, but Mourinho still said, "The referee was too casual to pay the cards. Our players got three yellow cards. This situation should not be the case. UEFA’s The referee was deliberately targeting Chelsea, because I exposed their referee collusion with Barcelona, ​​so they retaliated against us in the game."

In this case, other coaches will certainly not say it, but this is what the reporters like most. But Benitez was relieved: Fortunately, I didn't say that I also went to the referee's lounge.

The other problem is that it is aimed at both teams at the same time.

"This game is really not good enough..." When the reporters asked questions, they also paid attention to the wording. "When we arrive at Anfield, can we enjoy a more exciting matchup?"

The reporters are still very measured. At least, they didn't say it to the person. Isn't it enough for you **** to play defensively?

But Benitez and Mourinho's answers are surprisingly consistent.

"We will only play in the way that is most beneficial to the team."

In other words, it is still possible for you to continue to be wretched at Anfield.

Because no matter who advances, it is the English team that advances. At this time, the media's attention to them is more about playing beautiful games, or in other words, kicking out the prestige of the English team. But now it seems that Liverpool and then Chelsea are really very simple: performance is the highest, the way of playing is good, they are all scum.

Hope to play at Anfield and don't let us down too much. Play more excitingly, will you die?

While Liverpool beat Chelsea 1-0 away, Milan defeated Eindhoven 2-0 at home on another field.

Although Eindhoven cannot be said to be the luckiest of the semifinals, it is almost their limit to reach this point. Although in the game, they did cause a lot of trouble to Milan, but after all, in terms of overall strength, they are still inferior to Milan.

In this game, Shepchenko's goal also made him score 6 goals, becoming the third highest scorer in the current Champions League.

The second place is naturally Zhao Yaning. Relying on the three goals against Leverkusen, his scoring number has also increased, so far, he has seven goals. The first place was Manchester United's Ruud van Nistelrooy. He scored eight in six group games. Although he did not score a goal in the knockout round, he still firmly sits at the top of the Champions League shooters list.

And Shepchenko and Zhao Yaning both scored, but it also made many Italian media all a little bit angry. They thought that with one game, Shepchenko could catch up with Zhao Yaning's goals in the Champions League. Who knows, in the end, Zhao Yaning was still holding Shepchenko.

"Zhao Yaning has taken too many shots from his teammates." In this regard, the Italian media is not speechless. "Shepchenko can also help his teammates score goals while playing better by himself, while Zhao Yaning scores by himself. When the ball was played, the teammates were unable to score. This has already explained the difference in the level of the two. Moreover, Shepchenko was against Eindhoven, the former European Triple Crown team, and Zhao Yaning was against it. , Is an England nouveau riche team that has never made it to the Champions League final and has not won a league championship in 50 years. It is clear who is strong and who is weak on both sides, and the judgement is made.

In response to this, Zhao Yaning, who had returned to Liverpool, just sneered a few times, "Finally, he has reached the point of being frantic and talking about everything... Eindhoven’s Triple Crown has come out to say things, they are really capable."

Zhao Yaning doesn't hate Shepchenko or Milan, but he really hates these media. It would be fine if Shepchenko stood up and said something, but Shepchenko didn't speak, and the media came out every day to chirp, which made him very annoying.

"However, it is really possible that we will meet in the final." Speaking of this question, Liverpool also has some ideas. "After all, we have an advantage now. Maybe we can really go to the Champions League final and play against Milan. A game."

After the away victory over Chelsea, Liverpool was naturally a little proud. What if Chelsea are so rampant? Didn’t the result lose to us? Suiran's coach did not shut up as the fans hoped, but the constant chatter of the losers is good to listen to as a joke.

"That's the case, don't think about things so far away, it is more important to seize the time to prepare to win the next game. After all, if we can not play in the Champions League play-offs, it will mean a lot to us."

In fact, at this time Liverpool, it touched Manchester United's light. Because Chelsea’s 37th round of the league was against Manchester United, Mourinho wanted Manchester United to welcome Chelsea’s team at Old Trafford, and even said such words long ago. Therefore, before they face Manchester United, regardless of I want to win in advance.

Chelsea are very strong, but they are too greedy. Playing on several fronts together requires not only results but also face. This is their biggest weakness.

Chelsea now has 84 points. With three rounds left, it is firmly at the top of the league. Arsenal is second in the game with 72 points, Liverpool is 71 points, third in the league, and Manchester United is less. In the first round of the match, 65 points ranked fourth in the league ~ www.ltnovel.com ~ As long as Chelsea wins another victory, Arsenal will not be able to catch up with Chelsea even if they win the rest of the game.

Chelsea naturally hope that Liverpool will fight hard for the league at this time. In the last three rounds, Liverpool faced Arsenal in one round. If they can win all three games, Liverpool's points can reach eighty points. If Arsenal lose to Liverpool, their points will be at most eighty-one points. If they make a mistake, Liverpool may get the first place. two.

And if Liverpool do not work hard, if Manchester United win the remaining four games, they can catch up to seventy-seven points, maybe they can really overtake Liverpool.

If you can play the Champions League in second place, you can avoid the trouble of playing play-offs. Next season, Liverpool can have more time to prepare for the league.

It's just that Benitez doesn't want to do this: doing so requires three remaining games to win, including a tough battle against Arsenal. At the same time, it is also possible to expect Arsenal to make mistakes at the last minute and lose at least one win to overtake them and not play in the play-offs. Such a thing is a bit too difficult.

Don't put hope on others. After weighing the pros and cons, Benitez still hopes to focus only on the Champions League game. If it is just for one possibility, to fight for the remaining three league games, maybe it is possible to lose the Champions League. Benitez does not want to do such a thing.

But he doesn't think so, doesn't mean that Liverpool players don't think so. In any case, such a chance to get second in the league has appeared, and it is still very disappointing not to try it.

In any case, put it together and try it. What if you can really get second?