Liverpool's corner failed to create a threat.

This is a weakness in Liverpool's attacking system, and the Reds are not very good at combining set-pieces.

But this is normal, after all, no team can really do decathlon.

Skrtel's header went wide of the line and gave Barcelona a chance to take a goal kick.

Although they failed to create a threat, the crowd still applauded Liverpool's performance.

The live TV camera showed Yang Yang, who was running towards his own half, his face was still unwilling, obviously still a little regretful about the free kick just now, he felt that he could have scored.

But what he didn't know was that whether it was the fans of the two teams in the stands, or the political and business celebrities in the chairman's stand, they had already given him quite high praise for his performance.

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'He was born to play for Real Madrid.

Juan Carlos, the king of Spain, looked at Yang Yang, who was running quickly to the middle line in the stadium, and his eyes revealed an unconcealable appreciation, obviously admiring Yang Yang's performance and achievements in the past few years.

And after saying this, he looked at Florentino beside him.

"What do you say, Florentino?"

Florentino is the president of the largest construction company in Spain and even Europe, a well-known business tycoon in Europe, and an influential tycoon in European football.

This time he accepted the invitation of UEFA President Michel Platini and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to Rome, but chose to sit in the area of Spanish King Juan Carlos and Prime Minister Zapatero.

Interestingly, Juan Carlos is a clear-cut Real Madrid fan, and the entire Spanish royal family is basically Real Madrid diehard, but Prime Minister Zapatero has declared himself a Barcelona fan.

Everyone knows that the former is a consistent tradition, while it is not known whether the latter is true or not.

But because of this, Florentino is closer to Juan Carlos.

Now, the King of Spain has personally recommended Yang Yang to Florentino, obviously hoping that after Florentino takes office, he can bring the first person in world football to the Bernabeu and wear the shirt of Real Madrid.

Florentino smiled and whispered: "You're right, he was born to belong to Real Madrid. ”

Juan Carlos is in a happy mood, and the media has broken the news before that once Florentino returns to the Bernabeu, the player he most wants to sign is Yang Yang, and even in the summer of last year, after Yang Yang politely rejected Barcelona, there was once a media disclosure that there was Florentino behind it.

Now, with a word from the future president of Real Madrid, the King of Spain is relieved.

'He's an incredible player, look at that free-kick he just shot.'

Florentino nodded in agreement.

It's a shame that the goal almost didn't go in, but it was really beautiful.

It's not easy to be able to play like this with the first shot in the opening game.

I just don't know, can Liverpool stop Barcelona tonight?

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Liverpool's opening strategy was clear, which was to stabilize their defense first.

Although they grabbed a wave of attacks and created two shots on goal in the opening game, Liverpool did not love to fight, and after seeing Barcelona stabilize their position, the team immediately retreated decisively and contracted the defense.

With a back four and a back three, Liverpool's seven players formed two impregnable lines of defence inside and outside the box, and with the addition of Steven Gerrard and Kuyt up front, the Reds put in nine players in defence.

Only Yang Yang was more symbolically involved in the pressing, and did not press as actively as his other teammates.

This is what Benitez repeatedly told before the game, and he needs Yang Yang to maintain enough physical strength.

"It's probably not just 90 minutes tonight, you need to be mentally prepared for 120 minutes."

"My request to you is very simple, that is, in the 120th minute, when the opportunity presents itself, I need you to be able to rush and grasp the opportunity steadily."

This is the task that Benitez gave Yang Yang before the game.

Even if Barcelona scores first, even if the back line concedes the ball, Yang Yang must conserve enough physical strength.

Since he started playing in the professional league at the age of sixteen, it has been seven years now, it is not long, but it is not short, Yang Yang has already accumulated his own set of game experience, and knows how to reasonably distribute his physical energy in the game.

Therefore, after the team contracted the defense, he was more with the change of the situation, with Kuyt's running position, and Barcelona's defensive formation, constantly interspersed with running, and more often running at a constant speed.

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Liverpool's defence is tight, and it won't be easy for Barcelona to try to open up the situation and create a threat.

In the sixth minute, Daniel Alves set up a cross from the right and tried to reach the middle of the goal, but Samuel Eto'o missed a chance when he couldn't kick the ball in the middle of the net due to Carragher's interference.

In the 11th minute, Messi turned around after a midfield retreat to get the ball, and quickly broke through with the ball, but was intercepted and tackled by Mascherano and fell to the ground, and referee Busaka did not blow for a foul on the Argentine back.

The ball still fell at the feet of Barcelona, and Xavi followed up with a direct long-range shot, but it was slightly wide.

This was also Barcelona's first shot of the game, which shows that Liverpool's defensive formation is still very tight.

Barcelona then tried to get the ball into the box, but Skrtel headed it away.

After receiving the ball, Iniesta shook off Xavi Alonso and fired another long-range shot.

But this time it was Reyna who saved the ball steadily.

Butter hand Reina is also a big hidden danger in Liverpool's defense in this game, but Reina himself is a big tournament player, and he is excited every time he comes to the big game, especially against Barcelona, plus Liverpool really does not have a better goalkeeper, so everyone chooses to trust him.

Two consecutive long-range shots from 25 meters away showed that Barcelona really failed to find a way to break through Liverpool's defense after the opening, and could only try their luck by shooting from a distance.

And just when Barcelona completely controlled the ball and Liverpool were frequently beaten, in the fifteenth minute, Gerrard was chasing Alves back and pulling back at the same time as Gareth Barry, forcing the Brazilian right wing-back to pass.

Mascherano stepped up decisively, stealing the ball at Xavi's feet and quickly stabbing it to Xavi Alonso.

Xavi Alonso quickly crossed forward, and Kuyt dropped back to meet and fired a direct volley.

The ball went over the Barcelona defence and fell behind Pique and Puyol.

At this moment, Yang Yang shook off two Barcelona defenders at the same time at a very fast speed and went straight to the goal.

"Single Knife!"

"Liverpool's chance!"

But when the fans at the scene exclaimed, they saw the linesman on the sidelines quickly raise the flag, and the referee Busaka immediately blew the whistle to signal that Yang Yang was offside.

Yang Yang rushed to the front of the penalty area, seeing that it was a single knife, but it turned out to be offside, and he was very unconvinced.

"Hey, sir, I'm looking at Puyol's position, and I can assure you that at least I'm on par with him." Yang Yang pointed to Puyol and explained that he was very aggrieved in his heart.

This is obviously a great anti-offside, how did it become offside?

Referee Busaka smiled and said that the linesman was clear and sure that it was an offside position.

"Don't think about it and concentrate on the game." Busaka patted Yang Yang's shoulder and comforted with a smile.

For this number one player in world football, the impression of referees all over the world is excellent.

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"Let's take a look at this slow-motion replay......"

"Eh, let's see, there is indeed no offside, Yang Yang and Puyol should be in the same line, not offside."

"Let's look at another angle, it's true that there is no offside."

"The linesman seems to have been slightly blocked by Pique's view, and he didn't notice Puyol's position, mistakenly thinking that Yang Yang was offside."

'It was a very controversial decision and it was supposed to be a great one-on-one chance, but it was blown offside.'

"Yang Yang explained to his teammates very innocently, obviously still very dissatisfied with this penalty, we can understand, after all, this is the Champions League final, if it is not blown offside, with Yang Yang's ability, this single knife should be nine out of ten."

'It's a shame that the linesman's mistake allowed Liverpool to miss another goal.'

"But from this attack, we can also see Liverpool's strategy, which is to defend and counterattack."

"Benitez's tactics are indeed conservative, but this should be the best way to face Barcelona, after all, if you take the initiative, Liverpool will not be able to compete with Barcelona without the advantage of possession."

"And Liverpool's anti-offside position this time also happened to give Barcelona a wake-up call."

'We saw Pep Guardiola nervous on the sidelines.

"Indeed, although Barcelona dominated the passing and possession, they were never able to create a threat, but it was Liverpool, first a direct free kick by Yang Yang at the post, and then another anti-offside single knife just now."

"If it weren't for the help of the post and the linesman, maybe the score would have been 2-0 by now."

"Pep Guardiola is also obviously worried about this mistake just now, Liverpool's counter-attack played very fast, and did not give Barcelona enough time to react."

"So, Guardiola should be signaling the team to be steady and not too anxious."

"With a player like Yang Yang in front, he may fight back at any time, which no team dares to be careless."

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Perhaps it was the threat of the counter-attack, or perhaps it was Pep Guardiola's instructions, and then for a while, Barcelona consciously slowed down the pace of the game, especially began to pay attention to the protection behind them.

In this way, the attacking intensity of the midfield is weakened.

And Liverpool also adopted a steady strategy as always, with a strict defense, preferring to drag the game into a penalty shootout rather than take the initiative to expose loopholes for Barcelona to attack.

In the face of such a Liverpool team, Barcelona is indeed difficult to find an opportunity to start.