As early as when Ajax was playing, Van Basten once mentioned to Yang Yang a very important element in the game, potential.

How to define this potential concretely is indeed difficult to say.

With the enrichment and accumulation of experience, Yang Yang has more understanding of it.

Momentum, it's really important, and it can even change the direction of the whole game.

After coming to Liverpool for a year and a half, Yang Yang gradually felt a lot of things under the coaching of Benitez, and he felt that the Spaniard was a very good manager who used his momentum.

When the opponent is big, he decisively adjusts the team's tactics, suppresses the opponent, and wears down the opponent's momentum; When the opponent is weak, Liverpool will press hard and try to take out the opponent in one go.

This seems very simple, isn't it just that the opponent plays a defensive counterattack when he has the upper hand, and the opponent is at a disadvantage and presses greatly?

No, it's not that simple at all.

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In this game, Liverpool lost one Xavi Alonso, the midfield was greatly affected, and the team's lineup was also very difficult.

Rafael Benitez still lined up in a four-three-three, with Reina in goal, Aurelio, Hyypia, Skrtel and Carragher at the back, and Liverpool's vice-captain playing at right wing-back.

The reason for such a lineup is that Inter Milan have two terrible high school forwards, Ibrahimovic and Kruz, so Liverpool gave up Finnan and Arbeloa on the right side.

Benitez's strategy is also clear, with three centre-backs responsible for freezing the opposition's two centre-forwards, and Aurelio being more mobile on the left, pressing up when attacking and being able to drop back when defending.

Liverpool are confident on their left flank, with Rafa Benitez confident that Yang will be able to limit McConn on the right.

In midfield, Mascherano and Lucas Rewa played in a back two, with Steven Gerrard up front.

Yang Yang, Crouch and Kuyt make up the front trident.

Inter Milan also played as well.

The goalkeeper is Cesar, the backline is McConn, Córdoba, Materazzi and Maxwell, the midfield three are Vieira, Cambiasso and Zanetti, Stankovic is up front, and the two forwards are Cruz and Ibrahimovic.

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Roberto Mancini's strategy was clear, allowing his team to press aggressively at the start of the game.

With Xavi Alonso in his absence, Inter will want to keep Liverpool at bay from the start, using their fast-paced attacking style to hit their opponents, while also playing the threat of the two senior strikers of Cruz and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Just five minutes into the game, Inter Milan created a dangerous situation, Vieira crossed, Ibrahimovic headed back into the middle, and Cambiasso followed up to shoot, but was blocked by the returning Lucas Rewa.

But just three minutes later, Inter Milan got a throw-in on the left, Ibrahimovic blocked the Liverpool defenders with his body in the box, the ball was knocked back, and Cruise fired a powerful volley, which was saved by Reina.

Three minutes later, Inter forced a break down the middle, Zanetti was tripped by Kuyt, and Ibrahimovic was given a free-kick opportunity that hit the crossbar and shocked everyone into a cold sweat.

The ball hit the crossbar and flew back into the pitch, and Stankovic fired a direct volley, but couldn't hold the ball down and went high.

The continuous attack made Inter Milan imposing, and also made Liverpool very embarrassed.

In terms of momentum, Liverpool should obviously focus more on defense and even retreat.

But Benitez didn't let the team do that, but kept signaling from the sidelines that the midfielder should press out, so that Mascherano and Lucas Rewa, as well as Gerrard, should press forward and not retreat.

After the opening defeat, Inter Milan pressed hard, Liverpool was losing one after another, Crouch and Kuyt were active in defending, and Kuyt even defended to the front of his own penalty area, which made Benitez very dissatisfied.

He believes that the team retreated too far back, even cowering in the box, which is quite detrimental to Liverpool's defence.

Ibrahimovic and Kroos are both high forwards who are not fast, but the threat in the box is quite impressive.

Even to some extent, Liverpool's central defenders couldn't stop Ibrahimovic at all, which can be seen from his frequent use of the ball to plan attacks after the opening.

In this case, it is necessary to press the defence forward and keep them away from the goal.

Yang Yang is very aware of Benitez's tactical intentions and understands the current situation of the team, so he is still at the forefront when Kuyt and Crouch retreat.

Inter Milan poured out, McCone and Maxwell were active on the wings, but Materazzi and Cordoba were always behind, obviously very jealous of Yang Yang.

It wasn't until the twelfth minute that Liverpool made a threatening counter-attack.

Kuyt delivered a pass down the right flank and sent the ball straight behind Materazzi.

Yang Yang started with the momentum, went straight behind Materazzi as fast as he could, grabbed ahead of everyone, and caught up with the ball on the right side of the penalty area, while Materazzi and Córdoba also returned to the penalty area in time.

One-on-two.

Yang Yang looked very decisive and rushed directly to Materazzi from the right rib with the ball.

Although Materazzi was more crazy, he didn't dare to be careless in the face of Yang Yang, and his attention always fell on Yang Yang.

But as soon as the two came into contact, Yang Yang had just entered Materazzi's defense area, and before the Italian central defender could react, he suddenly made a gesture to go to the bottom, and instantly buckled it back, directly passing by a pendulum!

Materazzi only felt the figure in front of him, and before he even had time to react, he was cut inside by Yang Yang with the ball.

The Italian centre-back did not opt for a foul as he also had Cordoba behind him.

But Yang Yang suddenly accelerated when he cut inside, passed through Córdoba, and shot directly with his left foot.

At this time, they suddenly realized that although this guy is a left winger and is known for his right-footed in-cut shots, in fact, he is a right-winger at Ajax and is known for his left-footed in-cut shots.

This shot was very urgent, and the angle was also tricky, trying to hit the bottom left corner of the goal.

But Cesar reacted quickly, although this was his first time facing Yang Yang, but he did his homework before the game, especially McCone and Maxwell, who gave him advice, so when he saw Yang Yang cut inside, he was ready.

The Inter Milan goalkeeper flew to the side and directly saved Yang Yang's shot from the goal, a corner kick.

Yang Yang was not surprised at all when he saw that the shot was saved, but he twisted his left foot in frustration, he was not satisfied with the shot he had just made, because he originally wanted to hit a landing rebound ball, and the speed would be faster.

But it was clear that his body was still not at his best, and although he still hit a good shot, he was saved by Cesar.

More than 80,000 Meacha fans at the scene all exclaimed in unison, obviously shocked by Yang Yang's shot.

Single-handedly, picking two central defenders by himself, he was able to make such a wonderful shot, this is still Yang Yang who is not in ideal condition, which shocked everyone on the scene.

If he was still in the frenzied state of the first half, wouldn't it be this goal?

And once Liverpool scored, the situation of the game was completely unfavorable for Inter Milan.

If they had any impressions before, then now, the more than 80,000 fans at the scene, as well as the players of Inter Milan, really feel the horror of Yang Yang and his importance to Liverpool.

He is already one of the most decisive top stars in Europe at the moment!

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After being shocked by Yang Yang's shot, Inter Milan's offensive had to slow down.

Rafael Benitez quickly took command of the team and made adjustments to the team's tactics, allowing the likes of Mascherano, Lucas Rewa and Gerrard to press forward, while Crouch and Kuyt also pressed forward.

The front and midfield were pressed out, and the backline naturally followed suit.

As a result, two of Inter's centre-forwards were kept out of the box, even outside the 30-metre zone.

At the same time, Liverpool stepped up the pressing of the midfield, forcing Inter Milan to take more long balls and go directly to Ibrahimovic and Kruz, but because the two centre-forwards left the dangerous area, and after getting the ball, they lacked support from the wings and teammates behind them, causing Inter's attack to lose its threat.

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"There are too many long passes, Inter Milan itself is not suitable for playing long passes, and now the midfielder can't get out of the ball, and it's more about finding Ibrahimovic with long passes, but Liverpool has strengthened the defense of Ibrahimovic, making it difficult for the Swedish center forward to hold the ball."

Bergomi, who was commentator on the spot, was clearly concerned about the current situation at Inter.

'Stankovic should play more role, especially in the transition between the front line and the midfield, and he should make himself a little bit more active.

But as he was talking, Stankovic had just gotten the ball on the court, but he was suddenly entangled by Mascherano and stabbed it directly.

'Mascherano is really good defensively and Benitez is clearly interested in using him to snuff out Stankovic.

When he said this, the Italian celebrity Rossi shook his head and sighed.

"I played very well in the first ten minutes or so, but unfortunately I couldn't score."

"yes." Vialli also agreed, "Yang Yang's one-on-two play just now was very beautiful, which also scared the defenders of Inter Milan, and Mancini didn't dare to give him such a chance again, once he lost the ball, it would be too passive." ”

In the knockout round of the Champions League, giving the opponent an away goal at home, especially the opponent to score first, can be described as a nightmare, although Mancini is a striker, but the Italian manager never takes such a risk.

Therefore, to a certain extent, Mancini's conservatism was also forced by Yang Yang to have no choice.

In this game, the core players of the two teams, Yang Yang and Ibrahimovic played very well, but the key is the head coach's lineup and the team's lineup configuration, which has caused the current different situation of the two teams.

Although no one wants to admit it, Liverpool's overall strength is indeed slightly better than Inter Milan.