After facing Wigan Athletic on 18 October, Liverpool ushered in one of the more important games of the Champions League group stage, away to Atletico Madrid. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Sheets have not actually entered the Champions League for eleven years.

At the turn of the century, Super Laco represented La Liga in addition to Real Madrid and Barcelona in the European arena, except for Laco, that is, Sevilla and other teams are very strong.

And Atletico Madrid, after breaking into the Champions League this year, is still very strong so far.

But no matter what, the outside world still thinks that after this battle, Liverpool should still lead the group.

However, in this game, Liverpool is not ready to play with all the main force at all.

Although it has been a long break, there will be a week of league fixtures.

Away to Chelsea on the 26th, at home to Portsmouth in the 10th round of the league on the 30th, and against Tottenham Hotspur in the 11th round of the league on 2 November.

Liverpool are too many points ahead of PSV Eindhoven and Marseille in the same group and don't want the Champions League to disrupt the rhythm of the league.

So, among the main players, Torres finally had a chance to rest, and Daniel and Riera were also taken care of.

And Wang Zhen was considered by the team doctor MR.V to be a strong cow and could not rest at all.

From the current point of view, Benitez still hopes that Wang Zhen and all his teammates will be familiar with it, so Wang Zhen is involved in this semi-main game.

And Marca newspaper also believes: "Liverpool is extremely strong, although the first two games of the group stage were smooth sailing, but not necessarily able to win Liverpool, Atletico Madrid is not willing to work hard, Liverpool is also unwilling to work hard, we are optimistic that the two teams will draw to end the game." ”

Like Liverpool, Atletico Madrid's exposed squad also has many absolute main rotations.

Truth be told, as a Spanish coach, Benitez knows Atletico Madrid much more than the media thinks.

Benitez was not prepared to play Atletico Madrid.

It's only the third game, and it's the first place again, so what's the use of working hard?

As a result, the race barely went beyond the route speculated by the media.

In the seventh minute, Gerrard passed the ball to Gudjohnsen and Liverpool played their first threatening attack.

"Gudjohnsen is a very good striker, he should have the ability to sit in the main center forward position in the average Premier League team, but as a substitute for Wang Zhen, it will also be very helpful for his Premier League career."

"Wang Zhen's ball possession rate in each game is very high, but the number of shots and the ball possession rate are basically not proportional, he has a lot of strategy ball, the ability to respond is very strong, and Wang Zhen with the forwards, can get benefits, Hank, Mutu, Torres have confirmed this."

In the eleventh minute, Wang Zhen shot for the first time in the game, but it was not a long-range shot that had been practiced wildly recently.

Originally, this game was a semi-main force, and the probability of winning directly was not large, if it was still a waste, it was not impossible to say that it was not necessary to lose directly, and Wang Zhen did not dare to mess around.

However, the low shot in the penalty area was too angle-oriented, and the football grazed the post and rolled out of the sideline.

"Wang Zhen is not a shooter who is proficient in all kinds of shooting skills, but an all-round player with strong offensive opportunities, but in the past year, Wang Zhen's shooting skills have been improving, two years ago, this kind of shooting will definitely fly towards the goalkeeper, whether it can be pounced depends on the goalkeeper's ability. And now, Wang Zhen prefers to find an angle to push or hang the shot, which is a manifestation of mature archery, and now Wang Zhen is more capable. But until Liverpool meet stronger opponents, we don't know where Wang Zhen's limits are. ”

In the fourteenth minute, Rodriguez scrambled to shoot and was easily saved by Reina.

The name Rodriguez is very common in La Liga, many players have this name every week, this Rodriguez is an attacking midfielder who can also play as a central striker, and in this game, he played in the center forward position.

"Although Liverpool is on the right track in all aspects, we have to mention that since Wang Zhen and Liverpool began to get along, Gerrard's possession has been decreasing, and the number of goals has been decreasing."

It's inevitable.

In the past, Liverpool was very disjointed in attack, Alonso is indeed an attacking player, and when he stands in a position that is far away, there is still a big section away from Gerrard.

After having Torres last year, it was a little better, before that, Liverpool's attack really depended on luck, it was normal for Gerrard to shoot five or six or seven or eight times a game, so Gerrard would score goals almost every three games.

After Wang Zhen joined, Liverpool's ball was going to move forward.

If in the past Liverpool liked to perform long-range shots from a position of twenty or thirty meters, now several midfielders must do their best to send the ball to the penalty area, at least outside the box, so that Wang Zhen has a chance to receive the ball.

And among the Liverpool people, there is no doubt that Gerrard can take on this task.

As a result, Gerrard's style of play is closer to assists than to attack.

That is, Gerrard was forced to become an organiser rather than an attacking striker, and the attack was inevitably damaged.

But Gerrard knows very well that a midfielder, no matter how many goals he scores, is useless, and being able to score goals in key games is the ability that a midfield attacking player should have.

As for keeping the team competitive and goalscoring in the long term, you should teach the strikers to do it.

In the 37th minute, Wang Zhen tried several times, this time the shot was extremely tricky, directly through the small door of Kupet, and the big and small goals went in together, scoring the first goal of the game.

In the 65th minute of the second half, Benitez replaced Wang Zhen and Gerrard successively.

In the 77th minute, Atletico Madrid full-back Lopez scored a goal to equalize the score.

The Liverpool players then continued to attack and failed to take the lead again.

Most Chinese, Atletico Madrid and Liverpool shook hands one by one.

After the game, the media once again questioned Benitez's strategy, saying that Benitez was 'rotating for the sake of rotation and not taking into account the team's record'.

At this time, Liverpool officials have not reacted and have not stood up to support the manager, but Wang Zhen took the first step to speak: "I think I said a long time ago that before we lost, you are not qualified to criticize us." ”

For Wang Zhen's support, Benitez also expressed his gratitude.

"It seems that the relationship between Liverpool's new captain and the manager is very good, and Wang Zhen is becoming more and more owner-oriented, maybe in the near future, everyone will get used to thinking of Wang Zhen as the leader of Liverpool."

Wang Zhen responded very cautiously to this argument: "Because of the trust of my teammates and coaches, I became the captain and the No. 1 captain on the field. However, the leader of the dressing room is still Gerrard, that will not change at any time, I am the captain, but the captain does not mean that I am the leader of the Reds, I think Gerrard is the one who carries the flag and will continue to do so for a long time. ”

The media often likes to drill all kinds of tricks for players, Wang Zhen generally doesn't care, but if he encounters something that may damage the team's morale, Wang Zhen must be cautious.

Wang Zhen's caution also won the cheers of the fans: "The new captain is a very intelligent player, and when a player is very intelligent and can score goals, he will become one of the fans' favorite players." ”

(To be continued.) )