Chapter 351 Killing the Miracle 1

The defensive problem is the key, but Liverpool is currently facing a series of games.

At the beginning of March, the most important match against Liverpool was the second round of the Champions League top 16 knockout match. The team will go to Germany to challenge Leverkusen. The other game is the final eight of the FA Cup. Benitez intends to give up the FA Cup, but the team easily won twice and reached the quarterfinals from the top 64. Now for this event, Benitez can only let it go and work hard to fight for it. This mentality can make the team less pressure.

In the first round of the match with Leverkusen, people were generally worried about Liverpool's game situation. Fortunately, the tactical master Benitez' arrangement of the lineup was obviously extremely successful. The four goals in the game almost shattered the Bayer's dream of advancing to the quarterfinals.

Even former Liverpool striker Michael, who is far away in Burnawu. Owen was also happy about the victory of the Red Army. When a reporter asked him if he was paying attention to his old club's game, Owen replied, "Why not?" Burnawood's scoreboard reflects everything truthfully. I watched them score one goal after another on the bench.

However, Owen later regretted Liverpool's conceded goal in the second half: "I remember that the score was 3-0. I thought Liverpool must have advanced directly. After the game, I found that it was four to one. Unlucky, Liverpool conceded a goal in the second half. Although they also scored one, it was better not to score a goal.

What's the difference between four to one and three to zero?

The latter can make Liverpool easy to advance, while the former leaves a glimmer of life for Leverkusen. As long as Leverkusen can beat Liverpool 3-1 in the second round, they can easily advance. The most terrible thing is that Leverkusen still has a complete victory at home in Europe this season. The three-one victory over Rome is still the smallest of them. From this point of view, winning Liverpool three-to-zero is not a luxury dream.

Leared the team to North Rhine-Westphalia. Len, when Benitez, who participated in the game in Leverkusen on the east bank of the Rhine, was interviewed by reporters, the reporters asked this question. Benitez looked very relaxed. He said, "If you say we can win four to one before the game, maybe no one will believe it too much. Of course, I think three to zero. It's the best result, and the score of four to zero is certainly much better than four to one, but now all this is a foregone conclusion. The most important thing is that we have to score an away goal in the second round, so that we can be quite relaxed.

"I know that if we lose 3-0 in the second round, the team will be eliminated, but I believe we can score goals in Germany, and I am also confident that the team will play well at home in Leverkusen."

Next, a reporter asked about Liverpool's goalkeeper.

Dudeck is injured and can't play. Kirkland's performance is always problematic. In such a critical game, Liverpool's goalkeeper has reached a situation where no one can be used. This situation is really unexpected. What's more, many media are questioning Kirkland, because the latter's starting game, Liverpool rarely loses the ball. Moreover, it is difficult for Kirkland to see an excellent save, and his performance is also very unstable. He will be a time bomb in Liverpool's backcourt.

Such a goalkeeper is really good for the Leverkusen, because they have to score at least three goals to eliminate Liverpool. If the other side has such a goalkeeper, they have more chances.

"I brought Carson!"

Benitez only said this sentence, which made the whole reporter in an uproar, but then the Spaniard said, "Carson is very young, and his technical performance is not pure, but I think if the team's goalkeeper is really unattended, then Carson can play is understandable. I choose to believe in my players, but not Let them stay on the court if they don't perform well.

The meaning is obviously to create pressure on Kirkland!

Kirkland has been performing poorly, which has made Benitez very dissatisfied. Liverpool's defense is already problematic. The goalkeeper position is the top priority of the team. It is very important to have a good goalkeeper. Benitez is conveying a meaning: "If you don't perform well, you can sit on the bench. It's done."

This was said in front of many reporters, and Kirkland's pressure can be imagined.

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Leverkusen City.

Don Jack came for the second time. The last time he was playing in Germany, he was just a little player, and he would feel very excited to play against Leverkusen.

Now it's different. I've become one of the most famous stars in England. When I'm playing with Leverkusen, my mood is different from different angles. I don't expect much from the game when I come here, but I remember more. Sometimes, Jack Don feels a little old. When he comes to such a place he has been here once, he likes to recall the previous feeling.

There was a 'popping' sound, and there was a sound of laughter next to it.

"Brother, you look so strange. Are you thinking about tomorrow's game?"

When she heard that Don Jack was coming to Germany to play, Li Xue also came from Munich. There were not many courses recently, and she had a lot of time. She came to Leverkusen to watch a game and get together with her brother. The little girl was still very happy.

"No, I'm just thinking about how I felt when I came here last time." Don Jack hugged his sister and looked up at the flow of people on the street: "Do you remember? When we used to be in Morocco, I would occasionally go out to play football. You always said worriedly, 'Brother, be careful', and I would wave my hand and say, 'It's okay, don't worry.'

"Everything is over."

"Yes, it's all over, but sometimes I still think of the scene at that time. Cher, I said I would take care of you all my life when I was a child, which is my greatest motivation to live."

Li Xue poked her head out of Jack Tang's arms and said, "Brother, are you in a bad mood?"

Jack Don squeezed his lips and shook his head and said, "No, I'm just experiencing the current silence."

"Brother, you seem to..." There was some hesitation in Li Xue's words.

"What?"

"It seems that... Brother, you look like a poet..."

"..."

Don Jack was speechless. He looked at the little girl in his arms and had a funny and impulsive feeling in his heart. He just wanted to take care of her for the rest of his life, but now... Cher, go to bed."

"Hmm?" Li Xue is puzzled.

Jack Tang under his head, gently pecked the two lovely clean lips, and groped up and down with his hands, "We... Go to sleep."

"Brother~~Brother~~~, I hate it."

"Ye-huh, I've always hated it."

"You..." Don't..." Don't... Well..."

The moonlight sprinkled in from the window and shone on the hazy sheets. The two limbs are shrugging, constantly interpreting the most primitive impulse and behavior of life. This seems to be... Love?

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The next morning, when the sun rose from the east, Jack Tang woke up. He touched the empty bed in his hand, smiled, and shouted outside the door, "Xueer?"

"Well, you're awake."

There was the sound of water in the bathroom. The little girl got up and went to the bathroom. 'She is always like this'. Jack Tang shook his head gently and continued to rely on the pillow.

Today is the match day with Leverkusen.

But it's still early. The game will be played at 2:00 p.m., and Liverpool's set meeting time is also 9:30 a.m. Last night. Don Jack was not with the team last night. It was also after the coach arranged everything that he left, and today he just needs to report.

It was already 8:30 when I got up, and my sister had already bought breakfast.

After breakfast, Don Jack gave a ticket to Li Xue and left the hotel to go to the small stadium for training in Liverpool. This small stadium is a few hundred meters away from the Bayer Athletic Stadium, the home of Leverkusen. It is the stadium provided by Leverkusen to the visiting team for temporary use.

When they came to the court, most of the players had already arrived.

"Jack, you're here. How were you last night?" Alonso joked and asked. He knew that Jack Don went to see his sister yesterday, and he also generally knew about the relationship between the two.

"Do you miss your girlfriend?"

Alonso didn't react for a moment, "What do you mean?"

"Otherwise, why do you ask this? Do you think I'm strong and can't live well?" This is a little mean, but Alonso's question is a little too **.

Alonso smiled and didn't say anything. Other teammates don't gossip about this, because every time they go to other places, several players will stay up all night. No one knows exactly what they did. But I think it's all for women. The England team has to take their wives to the game. It doesn't matter if they go on a date with their girlfriends and lovers during the game.

After all the players gathered, Benitez also came to the court.

This morning, let everyone warm up, move their bodies, and welcome the afternoon game in the best condition. For Liverpool, they will definitely win if they play their normal strength. They have the advantage of three goals in their hands. If this is still reversed, there is really nothing to say, so now In Benitez, he doesn't have to do any special arrangement. He mainly does ideological work for the players, although this is the job he is least good at.

"We need a stable performance."

At the end of training in the morning, when the players were ready to have lunch, Benitez finally said, "We have three advantages, but if you are slacking in the game because of this, that won't work. What we need is stable performance. As long as we can be stable, we will definitely win."

"I won't say much about the strength of the opponent. I just want to say one thing: the top eight in Europe are waiting for us! Disband!"

Benitez is really not very good at language work. What he is best at is tactical research and layout. But for this game, Liverpool needs a good mentality. As long as the mentality is not unbalanced, the winner must be Liverpool.

This situation is on the surface. On the contrary, Leverkusen is under great pressure.

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After the two teams came to the Bayer Athletic Stadium in the afternoon, interviews with various media reporters also began.

In an interview, Leverkusen captain Ramilau talked about the last match: "We started well, but after the opponent scored, it disrupted our rhythm. The three goals in the 45th minute really made us uncomfortable. Thank God, we have a goal away from home. Even if there is still a glimmer of hope, we will work hard.

In 2002, after losing 0-1 away to Liverpool, Leverkusen played 3-1 at home and eliminated Liverpool to advance to the quarterfinals with a total score of 4-1, which was a shame for Liverpool.

It is more difficult for Leverkusen this time, because they have to score 3-0 or even better before they have a chance to eliminate Liverpool.

What's more dangerous is that Pont and Fryer will be banned from the next game because they got a yellow card in two consecutive games.

"It is a very difficult task for any team to be three goals behind and bring them back." Ramilau said.

Before the game, many large German media, such as Kicker and Sports Pictures, hoped that the Leverkusen people could create a miracle again, although this miracle was really 'strange'.

But in any case, even if public opinion is on Leverkusen's side, Liverpool people don't want a miracle.

In an interview, Jack Don said indifferently, "There will be miracles on the court, but miracles will not appear in this game, because we will kill all the possibility of miracles."

A German reporter questioned: "Is there any hope for Leverkusen to score three goals at Bayer Stadium?"

"There is hope!"

I ignored the doubts of other reporters and the joy of the reporter, Jack Don continued, "But we will also score more goals." After saying that, Don Jack began to analyze the situation of the two teams: "It's a pity for us that Steven can't play, but it's just a pity. Our attack is still very strong. They can score three goals, but only if they think about their own team's defense."

As a striker, Don Jack has a reason to say so!

He didn't say how strong Liverpool's defense is. Those are not his main job, and the offense is his job. Leverkusen is likely to score three goals, but he is more confident of scoring. As long as he scores one goal, Leverkusen will score one more goal. How can there be a miracle?

Even Leverkusen coach Ogentall was very low-key at the pre-match press conference. He was just emphasizing that the team would work hard: "We will try to score more goals." He said, "The opponent's strength is very strong. It's good for us that Gerrard can't play, but we also have some good players who can't play. I think the game still depends on the performance of the players."

This is already finding a reason for the elimination of Leverkusen.

Ogentale's speech disappointed the German media. The English media was full of momentum. Of course, they wanted Liverpool to advance, and Liverpool had no reason not to advance. In their opinion, at this moment, it is time to discuss how much advantage Liverpool will advance to the so-called "miracle" of the German media. They scoffed at it. If it is a miracle, it can only be a miracle of Liverpool, a miracle of England!

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Soon, with the waiting of the fans of the two teams, the game finally started on time at 2:45.

Leverkusen players are all participating in the game with a miracle mentality. Before the game, they were instilled with the point of view that they are not 'miracle theory'. Many young players want to create miracles for the team and become members who create miracles. Such a mentality makes them look ** and have a feeling of impatient for the game.

There are also some players who are very indifferent. These players have been in the professional field for more than ten years and have long been indifferent. What miracles are not miracles? In their opinion, miracles can only happen to those 'hope' teams, such as the current opponent Liverpool, which has stars such as Gerrard and Don Jack. Only teams with these highly creative players can create miracles, and Leverkusen has only one Berbatov.

He is still too young.

Some players can only sigh like this, but this is only a small number. Many German players are very rigorous and serious. With spiritual support, their mentality is still very good, which leads to Liverpool's very passive situation at the beginning of the game.

At the beginning, Leverkusen launched a fierce offensive!

They have no choice. If they don't attack, they will definitely be eliminated. With the support of home fans, they have no reason to defend. Even for the chance of victory, they must attack. They have to use attack to carry out a crazy miracle.

Leverkusen's attack is mainly based on the middle cooperation. The fast attack is mixed with long and short passes. The requirements for the team's middle are very high, but Liverpool's middle defense is very strong, in Jamie. Carragher and Harvey. Under the blockade of Alonso, Leverkusen did not have a good opportunity.

The Leverkusen fans in the audience did not give up the team. They have been cheering up loudly!

At Anfield, it is the world of Liverpool, but the Bayer Athletic Stadium is the world of Leverkusen. The Liverpool fans can't breathe. The crazy German fans on the road are no worse than the enthusiastic English fans. Their momentum is full, and their continuous shouting resounds all over the sky. .

At this time, Leverkusen fans are shouting a hero, a hero who can score first and find hope for the team.

Only with the first ball can there be a second ball. Under the demand of three goals, the first ball is quite important. Leverkusen urgently needs such a hero to lead the team to score goals one by one. In the thirty-first minute of the first half, heroes like Leverkusen finally appeared.

Warronin!

Voronin from Ukraine is the best striker in Ukraine except for nuclear warhead Shevchenko. After joining Leverkusen this season, he has scored 14 goals for the team, catching up with the top scorer Berbatov.

Berbatov is undoubtedly the focus of Liverpool's defense, but in this way, the Liverpool defenders focus on him, but ignore Voronen, who has not performed well. He seems a little inconspicuous... When Leverkusen's forward-back Ponte sent the ball into the penalty area, Voronin suddenly shook off Haipia at the back!

Berbatov at the front point did not compete for the point, Schneider in the middle position was killed, and the football drew an arc from the air straight behind the point.

Haipia's reaction was slow. He didn't expect the opponents around him to be so fast!

His eyes stared at the falling ball, and Voronin flew up in his eyes and rushed to the top in the air!

The goalkeeper Kirkland, who replaced Dudek, reacted slowly. He blocked the front point, and the football fell backward. He couldn't keep up with it at all. Voronein's header flew directly into the unguarded door!