i am a football star

Chapter 146 Champions League Final ([-])

The moment Barcelona scored a goal, there was a brief silence, and then mixed with cheers and boos.

The cheers are naturally from the Barcelona fans, and the boos are from the Liverpool fans.

Liverpool, which played vigorously at the beginning, was scored by the opponent in more than ten minutes. This is indeed a big blow.

The Spanish commentator was happily saying: "Eto'o! He is a real cheetah. He quickly rushed into Liverpool's penalty area. Iniesta's pass just arrived, and then the goal was a matter of course. This is also Oto'o's second goal in the Champions League final. His last goal helped Barcelona win the Champions League. Barcelona scored first. The last two seasons of the Champions League were won by the team that scored first. Barcelona is one step closer to the Triple Crown."

In last year's Champions League final, Manchester United scored first to equalize with Chelsea, and Manchester United won the final penalty shootout. The year before last, AC Milan scored two goals in a row. Liverpool pulled back a goal at the last moment, but still lost to the opponent.

But the Spanish commentary did not say that in the previous two years, the first goal was the first to lose the championship. In the 06 final, Arsenal was sent off the main goalkeeper in the first half of the final, but they advanced by one goal, but Barcelona scored two goals in the last ten minutes. In 05 it was the famous Istanbul.

The whole Barcelona team was celebrating the goal, but for Liverpool, Gerrard called everyone together and said: "Don't worry, we are only temporarily behind. The game has only passed more than ten minutes. We have enough time to equalize or even overtake. The situation will not be more difficult than the final in 05!"

It is indeed not comparable to the situation in 05, when the opponent scored a goal in less than one minute of the opening, and then a total of three goals were scored in the first half.

It is unclear which players Gerrard's words of encouragement will have an effect on, but the game will start again soon, and Liverpool are actively looking for opportunities.

In the 18th minute, Liu Ting cooperated with Torres to hit the wall and dribbled the ball to the middle. He entered the threat area in front of the penalty area and was knocked to the ground by Pique. The referee blew his whistle. Pique got the first yellow card of the game and Liverpool also got the first free kick.

In the end, Gerrard's free kick was easily confiscated by Valdes.

In the 21st minute, Messi took advantage of the gap after Bale stepped forward to quickly break through the inside cut, and the final shot missed the near post. Barcelona once again threatened Liverpool's goal.

This mistake made Bell feel a little overwhelmed, and he no longer dared to step forward to assist easily.

Heynckes on the sidelines was shaking his head and talking to the assistant coach: "He is still too young and inexperienced. After being beaten once, he dare not step forward easily. He has completely forgotten the purpose of our arrangement for him to start."

The leading Barcelona began to control the midfield, which is what they are best at and what they have done the most this season. Controlling the midfield and waiting for the opponents to make mistakes, Barcelona's goals will continue to come.

Before the game, Heynckes deliberately arranged for Matto to defend against the opponent’s Iniesta, while Xavi Alonso had to pay attention to Harvey, the opponent’s midfielder brain. Liverpool’s conceded goal was that Matto was easily robbed and lost his position and was broken through. I wonder if he was a little nervous in the final.

Liu Ting went back after a fruitless attack, walked up to Xiao Ma and said to him: "Javier, what's wrong with you? You have to show the determination you had against Kaka in the 07 Champions League final, don't be scared by that little boy."

Mascherano has experience in the Champions League final. In 07, he entered the Champions League final with the team. In the final, he started and played more than half a game. That half game made him a well-known defensive midfielder in Europe. Before that, he was always a rotation player in Liverpool. After that final, he began to become the main force.

In that final, Makoto was responsible for defending Kaka, who was like a nuclear weapon at the time. The old, weak, and sick AC Milan was dragged forward by a Kaka student, and eliminated Bayern, Manchester United and many other strong teams to enter the final. Kaka's subsequent injuries may have been dragged out at that time.

In the first half of the game, when no one was optimistic about him defending Kaka, Xiao Ma actually restricted Kaka in the first half and did not make him go crazy in the first half. Kaka did not perform well throughout the first half, but AC Milan scored a lucky goal in stoppage time in the first half.

Then, AC Milan, who scored the first goal, played a defensive counterattack. Liverpool's striker was weak and could not break through the Italian team's defense. Benitez then made a substitution that could be said to be the biggest mistake of his coaching career.

Heynckes is also based on the fact that Mascherano restricted Kaka very well back then, so he was asked to defend Iniesta this time. However, Iniesta and Kaka are obviously not the same type of midfielder.

The game will continue, Barcelona's control of the midfield makes most of their opponents helpless, but not including Liverpool, Liverpool has the habit of high defensive strikers since Benitez, and Liverpool's midfield trio of Alonso, Gerrard and Pony is also the top midfielder in Europe. It is not worse than Barcelona's midfielder.

In the 28th minute, Torres created a free kick in the frontcourt. Gerrard's free kick made Valdes drop the ball. Liu Ting followed up with a supplementary shot and Pique blocked the baseline.

In the 33rd minute, Messi picked a pass to Henry in the Liverpool penalty area, and Carragher cleared the ball in time this time.

Barcelona stuck to their traditional ground control midfield play, but Liverpool found their chance.

In the 39th minute, Aveiroa went to the midfield to cooperate with Xavi Alonso. Then Alonso made a beautiful long pass to find Torres in front of the penalty area. Torres directly flew the header. Liu Ting received the ball from the left.

This time Valdés was very focused. The moment Liu Ting hit the goal, he rushed to the far corner. The ball was thrown by him and bounced back to the right side of the penalty area. Abeloa, who had just cooperated with Alonso in the midfield, stepped forward and appeared there in time.

"Goooooooooal!!! Abeloa!!! Beautiful goal! Liverpool equalized the score! I knew they would do it! They equalized the score, and the next thing to do is to overtake the score and win the game." Alan Hansen roared.

Zhan Jun also said: "This is Abeloa's second Champions League goal this season. The last one was in the semi-finals when he received an assist from Liu Ting to help Liverpool score a goal against Manchester United. Now it is a final goal with a higher gold content. It is said that the contract renewal between Abeloa and Liverpool is not very smooth. If Abeloa leaves in the summer, there must be many teams interested in him."

Abeloa was born in Real Madrid's youth training, and now he has scored a goal against Barcelona, ​​especially in an important game like the Champions League final. This made Abeloa very excited. He rushed to the sidelines and yelled in celebration, causing the Barcelona fans to boo.

Liverpool's goal was initiated by Harvey Alonso's midfielder, using a long pass from the midfielder. Alonso is a well-known master of long passes in the Premier League. When Liverpool was at a slight disadvantage in competing with Barcelona for control of the midfield, he suddenly made a long pass, which obviously caught Barcelona by surprise.

The European neutral commentator said: "The two teams scored two goals in the first half. Both teams are good at attacking. They did not abandon their traditions and strictly defended in the final. I think there will be more goals in the future. This is a good thing for neutral fans."

This sudden loss of the ball hit Barcelona a bit. You must know that most of the opponents they met this season, as long as Barcelona scored first and then controlled the midfield, the opponent would only be played around by them. Now they encounter a team that uses long passes to bypass the midfield.

Although the goal was scored, Guardiola on the sidelines was not too worried. This kind of long pass cannot be successful every time. Even if the opponent has an organizer who is good at long passes, it is almost enough to find the player three or four times in a game. Just let the Barcelona players pay a little attention.

Guardiola believes that even if the score is equalized, Barcelona still have more chances to win the game.

The game restarted, Guardiola kept commanding the team on the sidelines, Liverpool's attack did not work, Barcelona stabilized the formation, but the game time was almost at the end of the first half.

In the 45th minute, when entering stoppage time, Messi broke into Liverpool's penalty area and made a low pass from the left side. Reina made an early dive and let go. Unfortunately, Henry, who outflanked Barcelona, ​​ran too far away and missed the opportunity.

This was the most threatening attack of the two teams after Liverpool equalized in the first half, and soon the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

In the midfield locker room, Heynckes was talking: "We don't need to make too many changes in the second half, just a little change. Liu and Dirk (Dukiter) will switch positions, and Liu will attack the opponent's old left back..."

Barcelona's two full-backs suspended at the same time became the opponent's shortcoming. Before Liverpool's training arrangement, they didn't know how Guardiola would adjust. Liu Ting continued to play on his left, and he only knew about Barcelona's arrangement adjustment before the game.

Barcelona's starting left-back veteran Sylvinho is 35 years old. This is an obvious shortcoming of Barcelona, ​​but Heynckes still let Dirk Dirk start on the right. Opportunities can be found on one side.But I didn't expect Bell, who started the Champions League final for the first time, to perform abnormally, and Dirk Dirk on the right didn't find a good opportunity. If it weren't for Alonso's long pass, Liverpool might have to go back to the dressing room with a lagging score.

The head coaches of the two teams are making arrangements in the locker room, and the fans in the stadium are hurrying up. Those who should buy snacks buy snacks, and those who should go to the bathroom go to the bathroom. Everything is waiting for the second half of the battle to rekindle.

(End of this chapter)