The tide of the Mediterranean seems silent, but the Love Song Stadium, just a few miles away, is bustling with people, because half of the city's population has gathered here tonight to cheer on the Yellow and Red Battles.

However, in the first half, Villarreal did not have any good performances, and their flashy passing and cutting combination in the past will meet Liverpool's stubborn sniping as soon as they pass the middle circle.

Throughout the first half they had 50 per cent possession and had eight shots on goal, but only one shot on target, which was inefficient because most of them were rushed shots or long-range shots, and Liverpool had only seven shots on goal, but they hit the woodwork four times and scored a goal.

After Agger's goal, Liverpool had set off a furious attack, if it wasn't for bad luck, the score would probably be 2:0, because Gerrard's header at the back of the post before the end of the first half, hit the outside of the post, popped off the bottom line, and shocked the fans into a cold sweat.

"Fifteen minutes after the first half, Liverpool's offensive came up, they clearly dominated the field, and scored a goal, Villarreal still has a gap in strength", Zhan Jun commented on the first half of the game in the commentary box.

Both teams looked a bit tepid and were actually trying to play at their own pace, but Liverpool's defence was much tougher than their daily domestic opponents, causing them to suffer in attack at every turn.

"Now Liverpool's three defenders are defending, I didn't expect to play so well, it is the first to play the back three system in the top four of the Premier League, that is, the giants of other countries are not playing much now", Zhang Lu's talk also came up.

In the first half, he mainly observed Liverpool's defensive system, because although the Yellow Submarine is not a top team, it is not something that ordinary teams can do to limit their attack.

"Liverpool was forced by the personnel pressure of the right back before, but I didn't expect to become more and more mature, first of all, Liverpool's three central defenders, Agger, Skrtel, Cahill lined up, these three people have speed, height, one-on-one defensive ability is very good, and then add a defensive free man Mascherano in front"

"Yes", Zhan Jun also said, "Mascherano has a large coverage, making up two wings and central defenders, so that this defensive system is three-dimensional all of a sudden"

"That's right", Zhang Lu nodded in approval, "Let's look at the four people in the middle, Gerrard and Kuyt on both sides are iron men, they have strong round-trip ability, and they can quickly return to their positions every time they defend, and in the middle, Alonso is responsible for occupying the position in the back midfield, and Mack Qin is blocking the passing route in the front position, and the division of labor is very clear"

"Plus an Enrique who can go up and down", Zhan Jun said, "No wonder Liverpool have not scored as many goals this season as last season, but they have conceded fewer goals"

"Now they have been cooperating for almost a season, and there are no obvious weaknesses in the defense, if Villarreal can't play a particularly exciting attack today, to break through this defense", Zhang Lu shook his head, "It's not easy, don't look at them in the first half to shoot more than Liverpool, but it's very difficult"

The duo praised Liverpool's defensive system in the live room, and even European football critics began to study their back three.

Liverpool's back three system is not a back three in the orthodox sense, but a deformation of a pseudo-back four, and this mobile defensive system did not expect them to achieve an unexpected balance between attack and defence.

There is no absolute good or bad style of play and formation system in football, but the most important thing is that it is not suitable for the player's ability to play, and Liverpool's formation is definitely the most suitable for them.

"Victory, victory, oh ......", the Liverpool players gathered in a circle in their own half before kick-off, cheering for the second half, and now they have the advantage.

As a result, at the beginning of the second half, Villarreal took the lead in making substitution adjustments, Fernandez replaced right midfielder Carney, this Chilean Fernandez is also a little demon in FM.

At the age of 20, he won the South American Footballer of the Year award, when he was often compared to Brazil's Ronaldinho for his spirit in dribbling and passing.

At the same time, the position is flexible, can be in the middle, can be sudden, can lead and pass, and Pellegrini, who is also a Chilean, replaced him, obviously intending to strengthen the attack.

Sure enough, the difference was clearly felt at the beginning of the second half, Villarreal frequently launched attacks on the right side, and the counter-attack after losing the ball was also more active than in the first half.

Fernandes, who has just been replaced, is very active, and his dribbling is indeed much better than that of Carney, who was replaced, often dribbling the ball on the right side to seek cooperation between the inside line and the striker.

"Villarreal took the lead in the second half and now they are playing very well on the right side", said Zhan Jun, "This Fernandez is quite famous in South America"

"Well, yes", Zhang Lu also nodded and said, "In the past few years, he was often compared to Messi in South America, but after he arrived in Europe, his development was far behind."

As they were talking, Fernandes and Llorent made a back-to-back lateral collision with the wall, and attacked the middle again, Liverpool's defense did not need to be arranged by the manager, and it was automatically adjusted, and Mascherano came to help the defense.

This kind of hole filling is his responsibility, Alonso and Mackin are in charge of standing defense, Mackin looks at Fernandez, leaving more than half of his mind to pay attention to the back Senna, this old goblin's back insert can not be ambiguous at all.

"Fernandez, Eguren, fast pass, strong through the middle", Zhan Jun shouted, "Alonso and Mascherano close, Fernandez poked Rossi, Rossi knocked back"

The tempo of the pass suddenly picked up, and Villarreal played a delicate combination in front of the penalty area, and Senna met the ball knocked back by Rossi and opened his bow directly.

"Senna ......", Zhan Jun shouted, "Bang", the expected long-range shot straight to the goal did not come, Makqin directly put the shovel, and at the moment when the ball just flew out, it collapsed on his calf and bounced high back to the midfield.

"Macqin, this kick is very timely", he got up and ran towards the front court quickly, and the entire Liverpool formation also pressed up.

Godin stopped the ball at the back and wanted to attack again, but this time after Fernandes got the ball, there was no ease just now, Liverpool's defense automatically adjusted quickly, Enrique immediately strengthened the top defense, and Mascherano also strengthened the help defense on this side.

Manuel Pellegrini was a little anxious, and the attack had just picked up a little before being suppressed back by Liverpool's defence.

Before the game, he didn't expect Liverpool's defense to be so mature, these things are not really played against each other on the field, and you can't experience it just by watching the video.

This is particularly evident from Villarreal's players, who are running out of space to attack, making it increasingly difficult to cross and not being able to lose possession at will.

Once lost, it will not be so easy to regain it under Liverpool's strong midfield.

Senna felt his stamina slowly declining, and at the age of 34, he was no longer able to run for 90 minutes like he used to, and the opposing team gave him a sense of powerlessness.

Although the gap was only one goal, he already felt that it was a trench, and the red brunette boy blocked himself like a dogskin plaster when he defended, which greatly affected his scheduling.

"Manuel Pellegrini chose to make another substitution, Pire replaced left midfielder Ibargasa, Franco replaced Llorente, two substitutions in a row, he was going to break the boat", Zhan Jun said as he looked at the substitution card held up on the sidelines.

"Hehe", Zhang Lu's habitual laughter sounded, "There are more than 20 minutes left in the game, although both sides have not been able to score, but if Liverpool can take 1:0 today, it will be more difficult to play at their home stadium Villarreal"

Sammy Lee did not choose to follow the adjustment, because Liverpool really has no one to adjust now, and they are their strongest lineup on the field, and they are now relying on a set of lineups to play the world.

"Pire, cross, cleared by Skrtel, can't get past the top of the Red Army's guards, Villarreal's attack can't play speed, relying on such a board and a glance, it is difficult to create absolute chances"

As the minutes ticked by, Villarreal's attack became more and more urgent, often using through passes with a very low success rate to hit the back, but the effect was very poor.

Mack Qin is not in a hurry, he organized several attacks in the second half, but did not score, a small win or even a draw in the away game is acceptable, after all, this is the first leg of the away game, at this time, it is more important to win the game steadily.

More than 80 minutes into the game, Villarreal still didn't find any good way to hit Liverpool's penalty area, but Liverpool seized the opportunity to play a counterattack.

"Cahill, he broke Rossi's ball at the back, Rossi didn't show anything today", Zhan Jun just finished speaking, Cahill had a big foot on the side directly past the top of the left wingback Capdevilla who pressed up, and Torres directly inserted it in the offside position.

"Good ball, Torres is offside, Lopes comes out, Torres picks the ball, eh, Lopes handball, he blocks the ball with his hand outside the box, oops, this is estimated to be at least a yellow card"

However, the referee did not give the yellow submarine the main scene today, and sent López off with a red card, although the Libyan real surrounded the referee to intercede, and he did not change the decision.

A similar decision occurred in the year Arsenal played the European final, and Lehmann's red card was a devastating blow to Arsenal, otherwise the title that year was really hard to say.

"Oh my God...... referee is, this is the home of the Libyan real, he showed no mercy at all, and the key thing is that they have used up three substitutions!" , Zhan Jun is also a little incredible.

Pellegrini rarely ran to the side of the fourth official and yelled, "Hey, is this going to directly sentence us to lose?" We've run out of substitutions and he's sent off our goalkeeper? ”

The originally slightly calm game completely detonated the stadium due to this penalty, and "...... hush", overwhelming boos swept in.

But since the referee has already taken out the red card, it is impossible to take it back, and it is estimated that he has forgotten for a while that Villarreal has used up the substitutions.

"Hey, this situation, I didn't expect it to appear in the Champions League quarterfinals, it is estimated that it will cause a lot of controversy after the game, the key is to see what Villarreal does now", Zhang Lu said.

Captain Senna shook his head and called Godin over, he remembered that Godin had said before that he had participated in the professional training of goalkeepers, and now he was the tallest on the field, like himself was only 1.75 meters, and the pestle in front of the goal did not let Liverpool shoot from a distance.

As a result, the next plot can only be described as miserable, and Liverpool didn't expect such a big gift to come, their original plan was to stabilize this and solve the battle at home.

"The ball went in......, Mackqin, a beautiful free kick, Godin didn't have any reaction", Zhan Jun shouted, "The game went on for 83 minutes, the situation changed, the yellow submarine was sent off, and he didn't avoid the goal, but he was still sent into the goal by Mackqin"

Villarreal no longer have the desire to attack, all they think about is how to drag the time by and not lose too much, and Pellegrini crosses his waist with a nervous face.

Whoever puts a defender at the gate instead of a goalkeeper has to be nervous.

But the chain reaction of this defensive system is really going to collapse the yellow submarine.

"The ball went in ...... again, oops, Villarreal, Enrique's cross from the wing, Torres went high to Senna, who returned to the back line, and went straight into the far corner, 3:0"

Godin shook his head and picked up the ball from the door, looking helpless, this series, they have no hope......