First, Thierry Henry received Andres Iniesta's through ball on the left and shot from a tight angle in front of the baseline, which was blocked by Reina, and then Barcelona's corner failed to create a threat.

But just a minute later, it was Barcelona midfielder's counter-attack with a broken ball, and Samuel Eto'o passed back to Xavi, who dribbled the ball to the edge of the box before suddenly picking up the back post.

At the critical moment, Carragher grabbed ahead of Henry and Messi, cleared the ball with a header, pushed out the bottom line, and took another corner kick.

This time, Barcelona's corner kick was pushed into Reina's arms by Pique, but it still failed to create a threat.

The good times didn't last long, and the La Liga giants launched an offensive again, this time it was Iniesta himself who cut into the penalty area from the left side with the ball, and hit the goal directly, but the angle was too positive, and he was tightly hugged by Reina's hands.

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From the 70th minute, Barcelona launched waves of attacks one after another, and Liverpool almost cowered in their own half to defend tightly, not daring to be careless.

Every player gave their all, put their heart and soul into the game, and kept the goal in check.

Liverpool soon made their first substitution, replacing Aurerio with centre-back Daniel Agger.

The Brazilian left full-back marked Eto'o on the left side of the game, which can be said to be conscientious and did not make any mistakes, but the long pass sent to Yang Yang became his most eye-catching performance in this game.

However, in this high-intensity game, Aurelio has a lot of physical exertion, and now Barcelona has further strengthened their attack and replaced Messi back on the right side, so Benitez chose to replace him and let Arbeloa move to the left wing-back position.

In this way, Liverpool's backline has become a combination of Arbeloa, Daniel Agger, Skrtel and Carragher.

The back three in the front field are the same, only some local adjustments, Gareth Barry pays more attention to the protection of the left wing, because Arbeloa is a right-footed player, the more important task is to cut off Barcelona's right side of the cut, but in the face of Alves's bottom cross, it will be necessary for Gareth Barry to defend.

Liverpool had also practiced this set of defensive tactics before the game, and as soon as Benitez adjusted, the players on the field already understood it and knew what they should do.

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On a time when he won the ball on the right side, Messi cut in from the right side to the edge of the penalty area, trying to shake off Arbeloa with speed, but he couldn't do it, but Mascherano came over decisively to help intercept.

In a hurry, Messi hurriedly kicked the goal.

The ball was once again held in Reina's arms and failed to threaten.

Barcelona's number one star looked up in frustration and looked very distressed.

Just now, Pep Guardiola made a change to put Samuel Emuel Eto'o in the middle and return Messi to the right side he is most familiar with, apparently in the hope that Messi could break away from Liverpool's heavily defended centre.

In this game, Liverpool focused on the middle and the front of the penalty area, especially arranged for Mascherano, a national team friend who is very familiar with Messi, to drag behind, Messi seemed to be stuck in a dark quagmire in this area, unable to move at all, and did not have a decent performance throughout the game.

And Guardiola let Messi switch to the right side and return to the position he is most familiar with, obviously hoping that he can recreate the threat, but what he didn't expect was that the cunning Benitez also immediately made adjustments.

Two years ago, in February, Arbeloa's first game at Liverpool was entrusted by Rafael Benitez as a left wing-back in the Champions League knockout rounds, and Messi was completely frozen in those two games.

Now, after two years, Benitez has once again switched Arbeloa to left wing-back, which is definitely targeted.

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Messi was distressed, but the game continued.

Returning to the right side of his own home, Messi has become the key to whether Barcelona can turn things around.

Pep Guardiola has put the most important task of breaking through Liverpool's defense in the hands of Messi, hoping that the Argentine superstar can lead Barcelona to break through Liverpool's defense by himself.

It's like what Yang Yang just did.

Messi is also working very hard, because he is extremely eager to prove to everyone that he is not worse than Yang Yang.

Soon, he cut inside from the right with the ball again, but suddenly shook off Arbeloa and picked up a pass to Thierry Henry, who cut inside on the left, but Skrtel took the lead and cleared the ball with a header and headed the ball out of the box.

Andres Iniesta followed up and got ahead of Xavi Alonso before he fired a long-range shot from the edge of the box that went high.

Just four minutes later, it was Messi who picked up the ball on the right and used the change of speed to force past Arbeloa and cross low to the front post from the edge of the box, but Daniel Ager appeared in time to block Eto'o with his body and keep the ball out of the box.

Gareth Barry sent a long ball straight to the front.

Yang Yang retreated to get the ball in the front court, blocked Puyol with his body, stopped the ball with his chest, and picked the ball behind him with his back, directly picking the ball into the Barcelona penalty area.

Gerrard and Kuyt both managed to counter offside at the same time and rushed towards Barcelona's penalty area, but the pace was slightly slower, and Valdés, who was abandoned on the spot, took the lead and fell to the ground to hold on to the ball as soon as it entered the box.

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After Liverpool scored a goal, the two sides no longer had reservations.

Barcelona, in particular, has little choice after falling behind by one goal.

In the 76th minute, Barcelona made their second substitution of the game.

Icelandic striker Gudjohnsson replaced Thierry Henry, another change to adjust the team's attacking tactics up front.

Gudjohnson has the physical qualities of a Nordic player, with a height of 1.85 meters, excellent strength confrontation, very aggressive running, and good technique at his feet, and can play a number of different positions in midfield and forward, which is a jack-of-all-trades.

At this time, Pep Guardiola replaced Henry with Gudjohnsson, obviously to play the tactical role of the Icelandic striker in the front, allowing him to wrestle with the likes of Liverpool's Carragher, Skrtel and Daniel Ager, creating gaps for Eto'o and Messi.

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After the substitution, Barcelona continued to increase their attacking intensity.

As game time gradually wears off, so does the time left for Barcelona.

It can be clearly felt that the Barcelona players on the pitch are starting to become more and more urgent, and even start to be a little anxious.

After the substitution, Liverpool did not make a second substitution, but responded to the changes with the same.

After a long period of adjustment, Benitez was confident in his team's fitness, and after taking the lead, the players also became more combative and patient on the pitch.

And Yang Yang is still patiently looking for opportunities.

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In the 83rd minute, Alves sent a clever pass to Messi when he burst into the box from the right, but the Argentine's shot hit Daniel Ague and bounced off the line.

Barcelona were given a corner.

The La Liga giants whipped in a quick corner, but Liverpool were firmly in control of the high post in the box, with Daniel Ager's header cleared and Xavi Alonso on the edge stabbing the ball in front of him.

Yang Yang took the ball with his back to the attacking direction, and in the face of Puyol, who was entangled behind him, he chose to take a step back and quickly passed to the unguarded Gerrard on the right.

Liverpool counter-attacked quickly, but Barcelona were also very quick to return to the defense.

Gerrard drove the ball along the right flank, Kuyt followed in the middle, and Yang Yang deliberately fell behind Kuyt.

Although the game has come to an end, Barcelona's return speed is still very fast.

Silvinho went wide to mark Gerrard, Puyol, Pique and Busquets all returned to the box, and Xavi, Andres Iniesta and Gudjohnsson also returned to the defence.

Steven Gerrard squeezed past Silvinho on the right and forced his feet to cross a low ball into the box.

Kuyt had already rushed to the edge of the six-yard box and, after seeing that Gerrard was unable to break through Silvinho, he turned around and turned his back to goal to stop the ball.

Stop, push forward!

Yang Yang deliberately kept a distance from Kuyt before, just to better capture Barcelona's defensive loopholes and use the second echelon to attack, when he saw Kuyt stop the ball, he immediately accelerated and rushed forward.

Kuyt's ball came to Yang Yang, stopped to the left, just opened the distance between him and Busquets, who was grabbing, and got a chance to get up, Yang Yang directly hit a volley with his left foot.

Busquets sideways tried to block the ball, but it still skimmed his side.

Valdés flew to make a save, but couldn't touch the ball.

In the penalty area, as long as Yang Yang is given a chance to kick, he is sure enough to create a threat.

And this time, as he expected, the ball almost grazed the left post and crashed into the goal behind him.

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“GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL！！！！！”

"In the eighty-fourth minute, Liverpool scored again!"

"It's still a quick counterattack, a left-footed volley from Yang Yang!"

"Two to zero!"

"It was definitely a goal that Barcelona desperately for!"

"Barcelona made a mistake in a hurry when they were back in defense, and Yang Yang's very clever movement allowed him to break away from the Barcelona player's defense, and finally got a chance to kick the goal in the penalty area."

"A brace! Yang Yang helped Liverpool seal the win! ”

"Unless Barcelona makes a miracle comeback, or Liverpool collapses on its own, Yang Yang's goal will seal the victory for Liverpool."

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Yang Yang rushed to the sidelines excitedly, but was quickly hugged to the grass by Kuyt.

Gerald followed and swooped down, jumping onto Kuyt.

Then, one by one, the Liverpool players pounced and played a stack of arhats on the edge of the Barcelona penalty area.

And the Liverpool fans in the stadium were screaming wildly.

The entire Olympic Stadium in Rome was frantically chanting Yang Yang's name.