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Although the pre-match preparations are very active, but when it comes to the Champions League match, looking at Liverpool's lineup, few people can laugh.

Alonso is still injured, and Gerrard is also suspended due to the accumulation of yellow cards in this game, and a pair of main midfielders cannot play.Both Morientes and Pellagrino have played in the Champions League with Real Madrid and Valencia, and they are also unable to play.Although Kewell's timely comeback relieved some pressure for Liverpool, but even so, Liverpool is still the most worrying one when the top four of the Premier League play in the Champions League.

Although Manchester United is facing a strong team Milan, Arsenal's opponent is Bayern Munich, and Chelsea's opponent is Barcelona. In comparison, Liverpool's schedule can be said to be the easiest.But considering Liverpool's lineup, they are the most underestimated.

Most of the media's predictions are that Liverpool can win a 0-0 draw. After all, the problem with Liverpool now is that it is a bit big. The opinion of most England celebrities is that Liverpool should keep a tie at home When it's time for the away game, wait for Gerrard to play before trying to win.

But Liverpool is not without any advantages: Junior's defensive header is a huge problem, and Leverkusen, who is used to playing 352, had to let Hughes in this game because of Novotny's injury. Ann and Junior played double central defenders, while Schneider and Placent also retreated to play a 442 formation. [

Such a formation change has become Liverpool's greatest chance of winning.

"We will win, even without Gerrard, but we still have Zhao Yaning, and we can go further in the Champions League." Interviewed by the media, Benitez also expressed his determination.But most of the media don't like this.At least, according to the English media, Zhao Yaning did not play well in the Champions League this year.

After all, Zhao Yaning is not in the same state as when he played in the Champions League last year. Last year, Zhao Yaning scored four goals in the group stage of the Champions League, won great honor for himself, and attracted the attention of the whole of Europe. But this year, after the group stage, he participated in five games. After five games, Zhao Yaning only scored two goals. His efficiency in the Champions League is not as good as last year. He has played more than one game in the Champions League every time, he is not the same as last year, and the Ballon d'Or performance does not appear every year, and it is hard to say whether he can become Liverpool's reliance."

"Rooney's hat-trick, are they going to talk about it for a year?" Zhao Yaning felt a little weak when he saw such words.These English media are really annoying sometimes.How much time has passed, and I still talk about it endlessly.

Yes, the hat-trick was great - but it wasn't something that was talked about every day.Haven't Manchester United encountered enough underdogs in the Champions League?Ruud van Nistelrooy has scored eight in the group stage, who knows how many he will get in the end?But how does such a goal help?What a skill it is to show off in the group stage.

"One year? You underestimate the English media, don't you?" Carragher sneered, "He can eat this for a lifetime, believe it or not?"

Carragher has never had a good impression of the media.His English accent is very strong, so the media often make fun of him for this matter.Sometimes, when the British media came to interview him, they even pretended to bring a translator over—it’s strange that he has a good impression of the media.

Zhao Yaning smiled bitterly and shook his head, and stopped talking about him, "Do you think the tactics the coach said are really feasible?"

"The tactic of defending in the midfield and attacking by stealing from set-pieces? It's all stealing tactics anyway, what's the difference?" Carragher shrugged, "You don't have to worry, it doesn't matter if you steal, we will definitely be able to defend in the backcourt. When Stephen comes back in the next away game, we will have a great chance."

In this game, the tactic arranged by Benitez is a very embarrassing defensive counterattack tactic.It can even be said that Benitez didn't even arrange a counterattack.After all, without Gerrard and Alonso in the midfield, Liverpool's midfield counterattack will definitely not be very fluent. Therefore, Benitez simply decided to let Liverpool defend, and then scored in the frontcourt, relying on Zhao Yaning's set kick Ability to sneak attack.Of course, it doesn't matter if they can't steal. Anyway, this is the home game, and the defense can't go wrong. The big deal is to go to the away game to come back.

It's just that this kind of tactics is really a bit wretched. The defense relies on the crowd, and the attack sets the ball. This kind of tactical arrangement makes Zhao Yaning blush when he says it.

"You can't trust me..." Zhao Yaning smiled wryly at Carragher's words.

"I'm here to relieve you!" Carragher glared at Zhao Yaning, "I mean, it's also from the field captain."

"Just say a few words and think about how to defend. Isn't Berbatov said to be very good? You can just think about him. The problem of attacking and scoring in the frontcourt can be left to me." .” Luis Garcia also spoke.

"Yeah, Berbatov, Voronin, Fransa, Ponte, Fryer, Krzynovic, Donovan-compared to 2002, Leverkusen may not be close, but it is also a strong player. Less, you still have to be careful."

Zhao Yaning’s persuasion made Carragher sigh, “In 2002, we were just one step away. If the head coach hadn’t replaced Harman, the midfielder had no defense, let Ballack go in, maybe we would have It's over. If only we had reached the final of the Champions League in 2002..."

"What's the point of memory? Let's kick it in and it's over." Garcia retorted.

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Carragher smiled, "However, in the tactics mentioned by the coach, you are also an extremely important link, are you okay?"

"Isn't it anti-offside? What's the difficulty?" Garcia nodded, "Bundesliga teams like to use the offside method when defending. This kind of game is when I play a role, Joey, as long as your pass If I can be in place, I will never let people down." [

I hope so.Zhao Yaning said something in his heart, let me see how far I can go in this year's Champions League.

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Liverpool's lineup for this game is still a familiar 451 backcourt with Dudek in goal, Finnan, Carragher, Hyypia, Riise in defense, Garcia, Zhao Yaning Kewell, Biss Kan, Harman served as the midfielder, and the frontcourt was supported by Milito, who had lost his main position in the league.

In addition to adjustments in the backcourt, Leverkusen has not changed much in the frontcourt.The midfielder is Ramilau as the main midfielder, the front is Fryer, Ponte, Kzhinovic as the midfielder, and the front is Berbatov and Voronin as the double forwards.

The strength of this Leverkusen team is quite good. At least in this year's Bundesliga, they played a 4-1 defeat to Bayern Munich. Berbatov scored two goals and one assist in the game. Excellent performance , And made a big name for himself.

The famed Bundesliga striker, because of his tall stature, delicate technique, good footwork and at the same time, he does not suffer at all in stature, therefore, he is also considered to be the representative of the new generation of strikers in the Bundesliga. He is compared with Zlatan Ibrahimovic in Serie A and believes that they are both representatives of outstanding technical centers in the future of European football.Because of his unrestrained playing style, beautiful football, and his appearance revealing a star quality, Berbatov is also rumored to be associated with many giants.

The Champions League game is also regarded as a stage for him to prove himself.After all, when this player usually plays football, he has been accused by the media of not playing football seriously, not focusing enough, and not running enough.Whether he can perform well in the competition is still unknown. In this game, his performance has attracted the attention of many teams.

In these two rounds of the game, Liverpool played first and then away.In this game, they are facing their opponents at Anfield.As soon as the game started, Leverkusen discovered that Liverpool's way of playing football was very different. Their attack momentum was not violent. Although they listed a formation of three attacking midfielders, they did not organize many decent attacks.On the contrary, their counterattacks in the frontcourt and interceptions in the midfield are impressive.

But relying on this style of play, it is impossible to deal with the German team.Leverkusen has a lot of rookies for their teamwork and physical strength. They believe that they will never show their flaws because of Liverpool's counter-robbery.

After trying a few times, Leverkusen found that Liverpool's midfield control was not strong, so they started to attack. In the 11th minute, Fryer took the lead in attacking, and he swayed away on the right. Riise, cutting inside into the penalty area before delivering a cross.It's just that Ponte, who received the ball, sent the ball into the sky with one kick, wasting a great opportunity in vain.

And just 2 minutes later, Leverkusen's offensive was launched again.This time, when Berbatov took the ball to the front of the penalty area, he suddenly raised his foot and sent a sudden shot.His ball is not small. Dudek, who was slamming the ball, failed to hold the ball in his arms, but blocked it, and the ball came out of his hands. Being able to follow up in time, a good opportunity was missed in vain.

But that's all.After seeing Liverpool's performance, the Leverkusen players also made a preliminary judgment.

"It seems that Leverkusen is going to be unlucky." Watching the game, Martin Taylor made a prediction.

"Why do you say that? Leverkusen clearly has the upper hand." Andy Gray asked in confusion.

"But this Liverpool team is essentially the team left by Houllier in the backcourt. Their backcourt is very solid and difficult to be pierced. And you have to know, they have played defensive counterattacks for many years. For counterattacks It has become a habit, the opponent is strong, this is nothing, for a team that is used to counter-defense, a small chance can make them easily come back."

As if to confirm his words, a Liverpool attack was launched

In the 15th minute, after receiving a pass from Biscayne, Zhao Yaning passed Krzynovic in the midfield, and then changed direction to pass Ramilao with this step.After passing two people in a row, he was already facing an empty defense line, and at this time, he kicked the ball with an extremely precise rubbing pass.The ball flew between Juan and Junior, and Luis Garcia, who was plugged in, quickly caught up with the ball, ran two steps, and then shot!

"gooool!!!!!! In the first 15 minutes, Liverpool, 1-0!!!!!!"