Chapter 70: The Battle for the Defense of the Earth
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Of course, no one's tone was as resolute as that of the Sun, and they all thought that there might be something wrong with it, but it was not necessarily the case that the master and apprentice turned against each other.
Even BarΓ§a's mouthpiece, Daily Sport, said: "Liverpool have been trying to make smoke bombs lately, however, these things are too fake for us to believe at all." β
"World Sports" also commented: "Even if something goes wrong with Liverpool, it has nothing to do with us, all we need to think about is how to win." β
Many media also began to worry: "It's not a matter of a day or two for Barcelona to be called the Cosmos team, and Liverpool is known as the landmark with the strongest firepower, which is the only hope for the earth to fight Barcelona, and at this time, Liverpool has turmoil, which also casts a shadow on the defense of the earth." β
This was a concept proposed by a small German newspaper, but the concept was quickly endorsed by the Frankfurter Zeitung, whose official tweet also declared that it was a war to defend the planet.
This time, the concept quickly became popular, and before the start of the afternoon game, a large number of sports media reported some of the situation of the game on the Internet with the headline Battle for the Earth.
Until the game, Liverpool's announced starting lineup was the same as the one previously announced.
No. 1 Reina, No. 9 Wang Zhen, No. 11 Suarez, No. 10 Kaka, No. 6 Gareth Bale, No. 15 Babbel, No. 16 Joe Cole, No. 28 Paulsen, No. 37 Skrtel, No. 5 Diego Godin, No. 32 Glenn Johnson.
And the lineup disclosed by Barcelona is, goalkeeper: No. 1 ValdΓ©s. Defenders: from left to right 22 Abidal, 3 Pique, 14 Mascherano, 2 Alves. Midfielders: 16 Butzks, 6 Xavi, 8 Iniesta. Forwards: 18 Pedro, 7 Villa, 10 Messi.
"The last time Liverpool and Barcelona faced off, Mascherano was still a Liverpool player, probably because of that game, Barcelona took a fancy to Mascherano's defense and bought him, and today, he will face his old club for the first time."
Liverpool, in turn, sold Mascherano for Diego, who will also feature in this game.
"Liverpool sent 352, Barcelona sent 433, it seems that Liverpool is ready to fight with Barcelona in midfield."
Are there any weaknesses in Barcelona's style of play? Yes! Tackle the whole field.
However, Liverpool can't use such a strategy, everyone knows, or everyone knows that UEFA is unhappy with Liverpool, and often plays black hands, and if Barcelona adopts logging tactics, it will become nine or eight men in ten minutes.
Pep Guardiola took the list, still a little incredulous that Dalglish's line-up was so arranged, and after a few moments, he was very angry.
It is jokingly said that sitting in the position of a stadium administrator in Guardiola's position can also win the championship, and Guardiola has no tactical guiding thinking, the tactical system comes from Cruyff, and the actual tactical details used come from Mourinho's statement.
Pep Guardiola certainly knows this is nonsense, and any team that has no manager, no matter how strong he is, can be beaten into a piece of on the pitch.
But Pep Guardiola just can't help but be angry at the rhetoric.
Now, when he saw the list, it was as if he had seen Dalglish's mockery.
Dalglish seemed to stand in front of him and said, "Boy, I can deal with you with this lineup, are you convinced?" β
The two sides entered, and the Barcelona players were quite comfortable with the Anfield field.
Except for the gloomy sky and the sound of the fans, everything else is good.
After acclimatizing to training, back in the dressing room, Guardiola took the small blackboard: "They actually sent a semi-main lineup to play with us, even if this is their home stadium, they don't want to win us with a semi-main lineup!" β
"We want to let them know that their arrogance is dangerous and deadly, and we want to end the game quickly in the first half before he reacts!"
Messi couldn't help it: "No matter what kind of lineup, they have at least two superstars in this team, I don't think we can be careless." β
Guardiola thought for a while and felt that it was right, so he turned around: "Mascherano, you are more familiar with Liverpool, you can tell me." β
Mascherano was stunned for a moment, and then spoke: "First of all, this team has changed dramatically from Liverpool two years ago, for example, I am no longer at Liverpool. β
The players laughed, and Mascherano saw that the purpose of enlivening the atmosphere was achieved, and he began to say something not so good: "However, this team is very strong, not to mention that people like Suarez and Bale are difficult to defend is the consensus of everyone, let me talk about Wang Zhen." β
"Some of our teammates have played against Wang Zhen, even if they haven't played, they should know him, but your understanding is not comprehensive enough, he and Leon are stars of the same grade, and a few of them on this planet are in this gear, but Leon is more of a midfielder, and Wang Zhen is an out-and-out goal machine, just talking about goals, he is better than Leon."
Messi also accosted: "I admit it, and I would say that the defenders have to be wary of him in the game. β
'On top of that, his playmaking ability in the box is the strongest of any striker I've ever seen, and when defending him I need help, I need someone to protect my flanks so that he can't pass the ball easily.
Pique nodded: "We've talked about this many times, and I can't make a mistake easily." β
You can't say too much, what if something goes wrong? So what Pique is saying is that it won't be easy to make mistakes.
Messi looked at everyone: "I know that it is impossible to completely limit Wang Zhen, we have two options, the first is to open the formation and expand the defensive area, which can better limit Wang Zhen, but it will also lose our offensive firepower." The second is to let go of Wang Zhen and attack with all his might. In my opinion, the second one is better. β
Guardiola nodded: "That's right, we have always been such a team, there is no reason to change when we meet Wang Zhen, let him let him play, we will also let him play, whoever wins and who loses, he may not be able to score." β
Messi still thinks Guardiola is thinking too simply, adding: "Our aim is to score as many away goals as possible, not afraid of them to score, this is a series and after two legs, the victory will be ours in the end." β
At the same time, another conversation took place in the Liverpool dressing room.
"I know that our strategy is to hold them down in the midfield, but if, I mean, if the midfield limits them don't achieve what we intended, we'll attack, and we're eleven guys who are weaker defensively than the main 11 in this season, but the offensive firepower is not bad, so the offense is our magic weapon." Wang Zhen looked at everyone: "Are there any different opinions?" β
Kaka spoke: "Since we are attacking, then we are attacking, what I am worried about is running to the end and exerting too much physical strength, but at that time there will naturally be a substitution of the leader, so, until then, everyone should attack with all their might, at all costs, our goal is to score." β
Dalglish knew that Barcelona's goal was to score more away goals, but in order to get out early in the league, Dalglish had no choice but to choose this squad and make up for everything with attack.
Wang Zhen stood up: "In this game, everyone will shoot when they have the opportunity, but if there is a good opportunity, you must send the ball to me, and when the time comes, I will take everyone to the away side with the victory!" β
"Slogan!"
Liverpool's slogan is always full of enthusiasm, and this offensive battle, before the opening, has already made all the people watching the game enthusiastic.
(To be continued.) )