i am a football star

Chapter 128 Alonso's Counterattack
The game went on for more than 10 minutes, and Heynckes on the sidelines frowned slightly. Bayern did a good job of restricting Gerrard and Torres on the scene, and Xavi Alonso was also a little embarrassed by the opponent's pressing.

Heynckes thought to himself: It seems that this game is not so easy to play, Benitez is too familiar with Liverpool's core players, Bayern always has a certain way to restrict them.

On the field, Harvey Alonso is very active on both ends of the offense and defense. This is Benitez's revenge for Liverpool and his revenge for Benitez.

Speaking of which, the first Spanish player introduced by Benitez after he came to Liverpool was Harvey Alonso. Alonso was once Benitez's confidant, and he was reused by Benitez.

Simply speaking of personal level and dedication, Benitez is definitely very high, but sometimes he is too unreasonable. This is the root of the conflict between Benitez and Alonso.

In December 05, Benitez's father passed away. At that time, Liverpool was about to go to Japan to participate in the Club World Cup. The Liverpool club originally asked Benitez to go home to deal with it. It would be fine if the assistant coach led the team to the Club World Cup. Anyway, it was not an important game.

Benitez's approach was supported by some and others were opposed to it, but that was his own business. The importance of work and relatives was different for everyone, but Benitez imposed this kind of "dedication" on other players.

Before the Champions League round of [-] last season, Alonso's child was about to be born, but Liverpool's opponent in the round of [-] was Inter Milan, an opponent who was not easy to deal with.

At that time, Alonso asked Benitez for leave to go back to Spain to accompany his wife to have a baby. The day before the game, he flew from Spain to Milan to reunite with the team, but Benitez made it clear that he could not do it. Inter Milan was very difficult to deal with.

The angry Alonso went back to Spain to accompany his wife to have a baby without Benitez's permission. Although he rushed to Italy before the Champions League game, Benitez didn't let him into the squad at all.

Benitez thought that Alonso was an unprofessional behavior, and disrespected him as the head coach, provoked his authority, and planned to block Alonso.

But soon Benitez discovered that Liverpool’s midfield organization ability was greatly reduced without Alonso, so he had to re-enable him, but he also had a public conflict with Alonso, directly expressing that he wanted to sell Alonso and buy a good midfielder.

Last summer, Benitez wanted to buy Villa's Gareth Barry to replace Harvey Alonso, and publicly stated that Barry would let Alonso play as a substitute.

In terms of tactical level, whether Benitez is considered a master or not has his own opinion. When it comes to being a man, Master Bei is really not good at it.

In this way, Benitez and Alonso are incompatible, and there must be only one staying in Liverpool. With Benitez's prestige and achievements in Liverpool, Alonso must go.

Unexpectedly, Liverpool changed the boss, Benitez was kicked out first, and Alonso stayed in Liverpool.

Now this game is also Alonso wanting revenge on Benitez, proving that unkind guy was wrong for wanting to sell him.

Alonso observed the situation on the field and found that Liverpool was indeed restricted, at least the organizational attack in the center was blocked.

Another attack was fruitless. Alonso called Bell and Liu Ting together and said: "The opponent blocked our center, so we can only find a way from the side. Gareth, you use your speed to quickly insert and help Liu. Let's try to open the gap from the left."

Liu Ting also felt that this game should not be difficult to win, but until now, he always felt a little awkward, so he quickly agreed with Alonso's opinion.

Alan Hansen said worriedly: "The game has been going on for 30 minutes, and Liverpool has not scored a goal. It seems that Gerrard and Torres are restricted by the opponent today. Benitez really knows Liverpool's players. This game may become difficult for Liverpool."

"Alonso, Liu and Gareth were talking about something just now. Maybe they can find a solution, otherwise they can only wait until the midfield and let Heynckes figure out a solution."

When the game restarted, Harvey Alonso moved the ball to the left in order to reduce being forced to retreat to a relatively late position to organize the team.

In the 36th minute, Liu Ting dribbled the ball from the left and dunked Odo.

Benitez on the sidelines looked at this attack, although he didn't score a goal, but he felt a little bad. Could it be that the opponent shifted the focus of the attack to the left?Abandoned the strongest combination of Gerrard and Torres in the middle?

Before Benitez could figure it out, Liverpool's offensive came again.

In the 39th minute, Bell dribbled the ball to the front court quickly, and the ball was transferred to Liu Ting's feet. Liu Ting made a Marseille roundabout and passed Otto back to Bell near the penalty area line. Bell kept the ball and directly stuffed the ball into the penalty area.

Liu Ting tacitly ran without the ball into the penalty area to catch the ball, and was caught off guard by the opponent's defensive player, and shot directly at the near corner. Bayern goalkeeper Bout didn't react slowly and fell to the ground to catch the ball, but the ball rolled into the goal before his hands reached it.

"Goooooooooal!!! Goal!!! Good goal!!! Liverpool finally opened up the situation, Liu's goal, Bale's assist!" Hansen shouted happily.

"Liu!, he once again broke Bayern's goal. Last season when he was still in Bordeaux, he scored a hat-trick against Bayern and knocked Bayern out of the UEFA Cup. Now he once again broke Bayern Munich's goal."

Liu Ting rushed to the sidelines to roar and celebrate, and other teammates also came to celebrate together. Alonso rushed over and jumped on Liu Ting's back, as happy as if he had scored a goal himself.

Amidst the cheers at Anfield, Benitez felt something was wrong. He had been away from Liverpool for more than half a year. He did not expect Liverpool's left side to become so aggressive. Both Liu Ting and Gareth Bale came to Liverpool after he left. In the past, Liverpool's left side had been weak since Riise got old, but now it is so strong that it can directly penetrate Bayern's defense line.

Benitez had to go to the sidelines to let Schweinsteiger, the right midfielder of Bayern, pay attention to returning to the defense. Schweinsteiger's defensive ability is not weak. Let's see if he can limit Liverpool's left.

After the game started again, Alonso still shifted the ball more to the left, continuing to attack Bayern's weak defense.

In the 41st minute, Liu Ting threw off Schweinsteiger from the left and cut inside, and the ball was confiscated by Bout.

In the 44th minute, Bell stepped forward to assist again. Liu Ting failed to cut in after receiving Bell's pass, and was forced to the bottom line by Schweinsteiger. Liu Ting knocked the ball back to Bell with a hidden heel. Bell transferred the ball to Alonso on the penalty area line.

After Liu Ting knocked the ball back, he walked along the diagonal line to the middle of the penalty area. When he heard a shout of "Liu", he immediately noticed that the ball was flying in front of him. At this time, Bayern goalkeeper Bout also saw the ball and made a decisive attack. He wanted to destroy the ball before Liu Ting took it. If it is the goalkeeper, he may be sentenced to charge the goalkeeper.

Before Liu Ting figured out whether he had hit the ball, the cheers at Anfield had already sounded. Liu Ting looked up and saw that the ball had already rolled into the opponent's goal.

"Goooooooooal!!! The goal has been scored! Liu!! It's him again!! Liverpool expanded the score!" Hansen shouted excitedly again.

"Liu! He scored twice and scored twice in five minutes. He is definitely a Bayern killer. He only played two games with Bayern and scored five goals."

Just at that moment, Liu Ting's toe hit the ball first, and the ball rolled from Bute's side to the goal. Butt, who was throwing himself down to grab the ball, couldn't stop himself and hugged Liu Ting's foot.

Although Liu Ting didn’t see how the ball scored, the cheers from the audience and the football in the goal told him that the goal had been scored. Soon, the referee’s whistle sounded to indicate that the goal was valid. Liu Ting quickly took his foot out of Bout’s hand in a daze, and ran to the sidelines to celebrate.

This time Alonso celebrated even more crazily than the last time. He rushed to Benitez's door and threw his fists to celebrate before going to celebrate with Liu Ting and the others.

Although he did not score the goal, he assisted him. The score of 2:0 has made Benitez's team very dangerous. No wonder Alonso celebrated so excitedly.

Being celebrated in front of others, and still having conflicts before, Benitez's face turned dark, but he had to find a way to change the team's situation. If he was scored again, the Bayern Munich Champions League would really be over.

Zhan Jundao: "Bayern Munich lost two goals in a row within 5 minutes. Bayern Munich suffered a huge blow. Fortunately, halftime is coming soon. Liverpool can't continue to expand the score. Now what Benitez has to do is to make adjustments at halftime. Liverpool can't score again in the second half, and they have to find a way to score an away goal, so that it will be acceptable to Bayern."

Soon to halftime, the two teams went back to the locker room.

Heynckes said in the locker room: "The score of 2:0 is very beneficial to us, but there is still a second half. The opponent only needs to score one goal, and the score will change to 2:1, so the situation will change drastically. Therefore, the key in the second half is not to give away goals to the opponent, even if we score goals. The score of 2:0 in the Champions League knockout round is better than 3:1. This is the truth that everyone understands."

Next, Heynckes arranged for changes in the second half, requiring Dirk Dirk to directly return to the midfield to participate in the defense. Liverpool will pay more attention to defense in the second half.

At the same time, in the locker room of the visiting team, Benitez said angrily: "Odo, won't you foul if you can't defend? Do you want me to play and teach you how to tackle? In the second half, Bastian (Schweinsteiger) came back more to participate in the defense. No matter what you and Odo do, we must block their left."

After making a series of arrangements, Benitez's brows still did not relax. He knew that the game was already bad, and what he wanted in the second half was not to concede more goals. Whether he can score goals can only depend on luck.

Franck Ribery played with an injury that affected his state. Luca Toni has not been in a good state since he was injured in the first half of the season. Although Lahm was sitting on the bench, Lahm was also injured and just sat on the bench to appease the army. Benitez felt that he really didn’t know how to break the opponent’s goal.

Hold on and don't lose the ball again. Even if you fall behind 0:2 and return to the home court, you still have a chance to comeback. If the score is expanded, you will have no chance to return to the home court.

Benitez thought so.

(End of this chapter)