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"3-0! We won!" Shevchenko, who walked into the locker room at halftime, whistled happily, turned to his teammates and said, "I can't help but Want to celebrate with champagne, we should celebrate! We won so beautifully! Liverpool are stunned!"

"Sheva, we haven't won yet." Maldini saw that he was getting carried away, and couldn't help but said, "Don't be complacent, you all started hugging and celebrating in the player tunnel just now, what are you trying to do? What are you going to do?" Exciting Liverpool people go for it."

"Captain, you are worrying too much." Gattuso also said, "Do you know what I think? Athens! Barcelona! 1994! 4-0! We have achieved another glory! Overtake them!"

"You know what I'm thinking? In 1993, World Cup qualifiers, France against Bulgaria, France dominated, Houllier opened champagne in midfield, but 1994 World Cup, where are they? At home, they were reversed and defeated by Bulgaria !” Maldini immediately responded.

"Sheva just said it, don't pay too much attention to it." Kafu said. [

Maldini nodded. After all, he also knew that this was just talking.Opening champagne at halftime, that kind of thing doesn't look like a professional player's practice at all, and Shevchenko really wouldn't do that.

"How will we play in the second half?" Kaka opened his mouth and changed the topic.

"Continue to attack." Shevchenko immediately replied, "We have a great advantage, why don't we attack? Another goal for Hernan would be a hat-trick. Kaka, maybe the two of us can also score a goal. Well, this is the Champions League final goal..."

"Let's defend in the second half." Maldini said again, "With the three-goal advantage in hand, to be on the safe side, there is no need to attack again."

"They have already been kicked by us, why don't they continue to attack? Just now their captain asked me, have you scored enough goals? Ha, how can there be enough goals!"

"It's not necessary...and I don't think Liverpool would give up so easily. If they were so weak, they wouldn't be able to come here to meet us." Maldini hesitated, "It's better not to. It's better to defend safely, go up Didn’t Ivan struggle to play at halftime? Maybe he’ll concede a goal in the second half.”

"You were in the team in Greece. At that time, why didn't you say enough? Now we want to score a goal, are there so many problems? They are already kicked to the point of crying by us, why should we keep it? Just crush them completely!"

"I'm talking about the overall situation." Maldini raised his head, "You haven't experienced the 80s, and you don't know how powerful and terrifying Liverpool is, I know. For such a team, you should not be careful at any time... "

"What can I say about what happened 20 years ago? In my eyes, Liverpool is a team that was 3-0 by us at halftime! The tactics are completely defeated, and the technology is completely defeated. What can they do with us?"

"I don't know, I'm not God. All I know is that in England in the 80s, there wasn't even a single football player, and they all played against each other. I only know that in 94, we were unanimously disliked before the game. , The same is a four-goal victory. Football is not a poker card, and it is useless to just look at the advantage of the cards. No matter how good the cards are, you can’t win if you don’t play well.”

"It's always a cliché..."

"That's enough, you all shut up." Pirlo raised his head, "We won anyway, so why bother arguing! Carlo, you are the coach, so you have to say something!"

"There's nothing to say, as you said, we all won anyway..." Ancelotti didn't know what to say, Maldini and Shevchenko were both masters in the locker room, why did they just win? Arguing at this time?

"There's no harm in being on the safe side, but you can't lose the temperament of a wealthy family... I think, in the second half, we should treat it according to the specific situation..."

"It's as if you didn't say what you said." Maldini glanced at him, "Whether it's offense or defense, can't you say it quickly?"

"You decide for yourself. You are not children anymore. As players, you are personally on the scene after all, and you can see things more clearly than us as coaches." Ancelotti said Look, "Our advantage is huge. Anyway, we will definitely be able to win. How to play is not a problem. As long as you can work together and work together, how can you not win?"——

+3-0

The halftime game was kicked 3-0. No one in Liverpool dared to believe such a game.

When they walked into the player tunnel, they also saw inside the tunnel, Milan players clapped hands, hugged, and celebrated each other's achievements in the first half, as if they had already won the ball. [

The heart-piercing pain couldn't stop coming, no matter who it was, just after halftime in the game, the opponent had already started to celebrate the victory, so how could it not hurt?

Both Alonso and Gerrard lowered their heads, neither of them would speak. What are you thinking?Maybe everyone, like Zhao Yaning himself, didn't think about anything.

What else can I think?3-0 at halftime, lost everything!What else is there to say about the showdown with Milan: the draw was maintained for less than a minute, and a loaned forward scored two goals. Liverpool did not even have a decent attack.

It shouldn't be easy to admit defeat, but how to make a comeback.

"Let's talk about tactics."

At this time, Benitez's voice sounded again, "We need to make some tactical adjustments regarding the second half of the game."

"We have already lost, head." When Milito raised his head, his eyes were already a little red.

"There are still 45 minutes, less than the last minute, we have hope." Benitez looked at the crowd, "Didn't we have to score three goals in the last game of the group stage to qualify? We did it .”

"That's the Greek team, and this is Milan." Carragher also raised his head.In his eyes, there was a strange expression, confusion, hope, determination, and all of them.

"Yes, they are different, so I want to analyze the tactics for you, do you want to listen?"

What Benitez said made everyone present not know what to say.The strange confidence and courage of the head coach made them all calm down.

"Our problem was the wrong formation. We made substitutions in the second half, Finnan went off and Hamann came on." Benitez said, "Do you remember how we played against Chelsea? How we dealt with them, How to deal with Milan!"

352 formation?This is really a bold idea.

"Milan's defense has holes. Although they are good in other aspects, in order to maintain the sharpness and smoothness of the counterattack, they put Seedorf on instead of Ambrosini. Their front of the box is not well protected, and , In the second half of the game, our physical advantage will be even greater. Stephen, keep attacking their defense, use your impact advantage to create loopholes in their defense of the penalty area!"

"Joy, your problem is the biggest. What you need to do is to run more. Take Gattuso away so that he can't affect Harvey's passing. And you have to strengthen your kick and pay more attention to breakthroughs The choice of timing. There should be no more outbursts without thinking.”

"Harvey, after the substitution, the two of you set up a defensive line in the midfield and watch Kaka, and their attack will be blocked. As long as they don't counterattack, we will interrupt their attack."

"And the sideways should increase the penetration and internal cuts, help Joey to open the defense line, and don't let him face the opponent's defense alone..."

Benitez kept emphasizing his tactical deployment on the tactical board. He didn't accuse anyone, say anything big, or talk about honors. He was there, talking about the tactical deployment

Benitez's voice kept coming, and gradually the players present began to get back the thoughts they should have.

No blame, no motivation, no bragging, just plain and simple tactical narrative.What about the Champions League final?In Benitez's eyes, it seems that this is just a simple matter, as if catching up, equalizing, and reversing are all things that should be taken for granted.

Can we really do it?

No one knows the answer to this question.But at this time, at least in everyone's heart, the fear and tension just now were gone. [

We haven't lost yet, the coach is still laying out tactics, there are still 45 minutes of the game, everything can happen.Why should we give up?Indeed, the opponent is very strong, but this is not the first time we have faced a strong enemy.Juventus, Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United, we have faced countless powerful enemies, but now, they have all been killed by us, can we deter them and defeat them again?

It has not been easy for us to come this far. It is not because of our strength that we can get to where we are today.Isn't it because we have never shown weakness to all enemies that we can persevere?We can have what we are today, relying on hard work, not giving up, and relying on our persistence.

Benitez was still talking, but his voice was getting faster and faster, even a little out of tune.His English still has a strong Spanish accent, and when he speaks fast, it will inevitably become a mixture of Spanish and English that no one can understand.

He was also nervous, so nervous that he couldn't even speak well.

0-3 behind, who can not be nervous?But he did not give up.He clearly knows that he is behind by three goals, and it is already very difficult to catch up, but he is still making tactical adjustments, and he is working hard to win. The coaches have not given up. Why should we give up? ?

It's hard to say whether to win or lose, and it's really hard to get back.But if we give up without making some efforts, even we will feel sorry for ourselves.A year of hard work will only be seen today.Everyone knows the difficulties of Liverpool. We only have a dozen people playing football. On the bench now, there are a group of people who will leave the team in the summer.We are fighting to the death, if we don't fight, what else do we have?

There are still 45 minutes, the game is not over, everything can happen.

We are one, the coach has not given up yet, why should we give up?Liverpool is a whole, if one does not give up, none of us will give up.It's just that they are behind, and it's not that they have already lost. Isn't it just three goals in the second half?We've done it before, and this time, we can do it too.

We haven't lost yet, and there is still a chance to get back the game.We cannot give up until the last minute.

We haven't lost yet. The game is not over yet. If there is a bet, it is not lost. We still have a chance.

We won't lose so easily.

"Guys, Milan, we played a good half." After Benitez finished speaking, it was time, but Zhao Yaning still faced everyone and spoke, "In the first half, we played badly. But, fortunately, there is still a second half. Guys, our time is up. Let the people of Milan know that we are not so easy to bully!"

ps: There has been a lot of talk about what happened at halftime.Sheva opened champagne is the most widely circulated statement, but it is also the least credible.Ancelotti's autobiography denied it, and Gerrard's autobiography also said that Milan was very professional.But Ancelotti is a good old man, no one can offend anyone, and Gerrard's autobiography is very personal. It is good to win the game, but it is very unconvinced when it is lost. It is not very credible. , it can also be said to be a mystery.I personally think that Sheva would not make such a mistake, after all, there is an example of Houllier there.But it is certain that Milan underestimated the enemy. In the player channel, they began to hug and congratulate the Milan players who won the championship. The Milan players admitted that Traore also said that this should be true.