After the warm-up, Makqin changed his clothes, sat in his seat and arranged his shin guards, and waited with his teammates for Benitez to speak.

All the way from the hotel to the stadium, everything in front of them was surrounded by blue, and the flow of people was shuttle.

They are no strangers to this kind of blue, Everton and Chelsea's home stadiums are this kind of blue that dominates the screen, but the blue in the Schalke stadium is even more depressing due to the relationship between the stadium.

The fans of the German Shakhtars live up to their reputation.

"Schalke, toi toi, Gilvinny~", the earth-shattering German slogan that penetrated into the stadium, except for Schalke, the other Markqin couldn't understand a word.

Benitez and Sammy Lee stood at the door and chatted a few words, raised their hands to look at their watches, and saw that the time was almost up, so they walked to the middle of the team and slapped their hands, "Listen to me"

Makqin and his teammates all looked up at him, and he looked around to see if there was anything he hadn't heard, and then opened his mouth to set up.

"Guys, we've hardly ever been to this stadium or even Schalke 04"

"We didn't know anything about them, and of course they did us too, so in the first ten minutes, our main task was to defend and defend them quickly to get started."

"Twenty minutes later we will slowly put in the attacking force and the full-backs will come in again," he said, looking at Enrique and Finnan, who nodded their heads.

"Martin (Skrtel), Kuranyi is over to you, keep an eye on him for me, Jamie (Carragher), you and Finnan keep an eye on Asamoah, don't let him take the ball easily"

"Mascherano, keep an eye on their midfield commander Rakitic, he's young, don't be careless!"

"Mark", he looked at Mackqin, "today you have to assist Jossi [Benayoun] in the left central defence, pressing their Brazilian assist full-back Raphinha"

"The attack is played according to our established routine, I believe they can't stop our attack, Fernando and Steven, and Mark, shoot decisively"

"Alonso, pick up the tempo with the ball in control, they have six or seven veterans in their thirties on the pitch and can't keep up with our fast pace", Alonso nodded in understanding.

Benitez clearly took this game very seriously and did a lot of careful preparation, explaining everyone's main tasks to make sure nothing went wrong.

"In the first half we tried not to concede a goal, in the second half there was a problem with the fitness of their veterans, and that's when we were going to take the win," he concluded.

The opening ceremony of the Champions League was being held outside the stadium, and the Champions League football logo, which occupied a small half of the stadium, was held by more than 100 people and spread horizontally in the center of the field, and singing sounded.

made Makqin, who was waiting to enter the passage, unconsciously think of Budweiser,, magic.

Several Schalke 04 players looked at him from time to time, and it seemed that their coach did not mention him less in the dressing room.

Indeed, he is not yet seventeen years old, and he is still the main player in the Champions League knockout round, and he can't attract attention if he wants to. Every step he takes in the Champions League has the potential to become a piece of history in the future.

In late February, temperatures have begun to slowly rise, especially in Europe, which has a temperate oceanic climate.

When the time of the game came, the two teams walked towards the stadium under the guidance of the referee.

Not much cold was felt in the crowded stadium anymore, as the heat they exhaled was enough to dispel the little cold that remained in the stadium.

"Audience friends, we saw that the two teams were lining up for the opening ceremony, and Ma Qin was standing at the end of the team, looking a little short in a crowd of players," Duan Xuan said with a smile.

Zhang Lu said: "Yes, most of the team members on both sides are about 1.85 meters, and the short ones are Mackin, Benayoun and Mascherano, as well as Raphinha of Schalke, Macqin is because of his young age, and the others are not tall~, hehe"

He has passed the fastest developmental age, and he will slowly grow every year in the future, and his height has always been between 179 and 180 before, and he has never broken through.

I don't know if I can grow two centimeters more after scientific nutrition. However, he is still satisfied with the place where he should work hard to develop, so he is relieved.

After the handshake, he walked towards his own half, and there were countless waving flags in the stands, waving in the wind.

There are many flags in the stands of the Bundesliga than in the Premier League, which is more about scarves and local characteristics.

With the referee's whistle, Schalke 04 took the lead in kicking off, and from the sky above the entire stadium, a red torrent was immediately seen pouring into a blue ocean.

Tonight, we're going to light a fire in this water!

Benitez had already told him that Schalke 04 must not be allowed to slow down the tempo, and their veterans in the midfield and backfield like to slow down.

Following the ball, Mackin and Torres ran towards Schalke midfielder Jones, who received the ball, and today he and Koya (Kobiashvili) sat in the midfield.

"Okay, now that the game has started, Liverpool started with a fierce pounce, they bullied Schalke, the two strikers have no speed, Asamoah is old, and Kuranyi is a stumping centre-forward", CCTV Duan Xuan said.

The ball circled Schalke's back line and finally reached Raphinha's feet, where Mackin immediately pressed for him, and Rakitic and Jones in front of him dropped back to meet him.

But behind him were followed by Liverpool players, it was not easy to get out of the ball, Torres pressed defender Boldon, and Liverpool's pressure left him with no other choice but to open his feet.

Raphinha, who was shorter than Mackchen, looked up and saw that there was no point of contact, and he was about to take a step forward, but as soon as the ball went out, one foot flew over and shoveled the ball out of the sideline with precision.

"Shh~~, chirping~", the way the fans in the stands put pressure on the away players is almost the same everywhere, anyway, Mackin didn't understand, "F**K",, I understand this sentence.

To say that Schalke's right side is a bit similar to Liverpool's left side, they are both two technical players, or small men, Mackin and Benayoun's victory or defeat against Raphinha and Rakitic today largely determines whether Liverpool can take the initiative.

Raphinha got up from the ground and glanced at Mackin, this kid is very fierce~

He threw the throw-in, Jones leaned on Mascherano and swung the ball to the front, the horse didn't jump at all, he knew it was useless, he leaned on Jones in the back, so that he couldn't make his power accurate, and then turned around and went to the backcourt to defend.

That's defensive talent and experience.

The ball was a little crooked, and Skrtel clung to Kuranyi and kicked the ball out of Kuranyi's control, just as the horse came back and pushed the ball towards Alonso.

Alonso pushed to Makqin in front of the front of the midfield, he took advantage of the situation and gently pushed sideways, Gerrard strode to catch up, his left foot followed the trend, followed by a long shot from more than 40 meters away from the thigh.

"Bang~", "Gerrard, Shot~"

Neuer was originally standing a little forward, but he quickly retreated, watched the incoming ball jump backwards, reached out and pulled the ball off the crossbar, and was scared into a cold sweat.

In fact, he didn't touch the ball, and it looked like it was high above the crossbar, he just made a subconscious move.

When he fell to the ground, he remembered that Gerrard and Alonso had both scored from long distance.

He was used to standing up front, and he was a goalkeeper with a considerable range of movement, so it seemed that he had to be careful today, he thought to himself.

"Gerrard tested Schalke's young goalkeeper Neuer with an ultra-long-range shot from 40 meters away at the beginning, Neuer is probably scared enough, Gerrard's long-range shots have always been unreasonable," Duan Xuan said.

Zhang Lu also introduced Neuer by the way, "This young goalkeeper is very solid in all skills, tall, flexible, and has a large range of activities, and he has just sat in the main position of Schalke in the first two seasons."

The two full-backs will not press forward in the opening game, so Liverpool is not ready to play a positional battle, and there is no hesitation when there is a chance to shoot.

"Let's take a look at Liverpool's corner", Duan Xuan continued, "Huh? Is it Mark's penalty today? It used to be Alonso or Gerrard."

Zhang Lu said with a smile: "It is estimated that Benitez is trying to prevent Schalke from counterattacking, and Mack Qin is really not useful in fighting for a corner kick in the penalty area, and it is not as good as Gerrard and Alonso if he returns to defense."

“F**K”，“@！ #%", the corner kick was on the side of his tackle, and suddenly there was a cacophony from the stands, but fortunately there were no lighters or anything like that.

Makqin raised his hand to signal, Schalke's height advantaged, and he fired a high-speed low ball towards the front post.

Torres snatched quickly past Koya and flicked a header straight into the side-netting.

"Oh~~", "Schalke, Schalke, Gilwin~", Ma Qin asked the assistant teacher before to know that they shouted the meaning of victory.

Seeing that there was no goal, Liverpool immediately retreated, not giving Neuer a chance to kick off the goal quickly, and the situation returned to the way it had just started after Liverpool's two shots.

Neuer really didn't kick wide, but passed to Raphinha, Benayoun went up this time, Mackin immediately went to block Rakitic, and Bolton put it on Torres.

Raphinha couldn't see the ball and fed it back to goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, who headed them down the left flank.

The fans in the stands saw that the team couldn't hit the ball to the front court for half a day, and the cheers became more enthusiastic.

The pace of the Bundesliga is still slower than that of the Premier League, and they do not have the kind of small skills that are common to Spanish players.

Hwedes, who played at left-back, had no choice but to find Asamoah Asamoah in front with a half-high ball, he has this nickname, you can imagine his stature.

He leaned on Carragher and finally unloaded the ball at his feet with his chest and distributed it to the left midfielder Entes, who was born in the back and was characterized by being able to run, and playing left midfielder was a cameo.

So their attack on the left side is a level worse than that on the right, and their defense is a notch better than that on the right.

Entes was held up by Finnan behind him, and he didn't have a chance to get the ball back to the midfielder Koya.

The reason why Schalke has played well and achieved good results in the past two seasons is because these veterans have played oil, are very stable, defensively in place, and have a rhythmic attack.

Mack immediately pressed over to cut off the passing path between Koya and Jones, and Alonso pressed towards him.

Schalke must not be allowed to slowly turn the ball upside down, and when the time comes, the two full-backs will step forward, and their crosses from the flanks will still be quite threatening.

"We saw Schalke put the ball back and didn't easily pass the ball to the danger zone," Duan Xuan said, "The ball went to the feet of the defender captain Pordon, and his forward insertion and powerful free kicks were very threatening, so it can be said that he was a defender with a knife"

As soon as Schalke passed back to the side, Liverpool immediately followed forward, and Bolton received the ball and carried Torres who came to press, and he was ready to support the midfielder.

As a result, a figure flew over next to him, and before him, a falling flying shovel shoveled the ball to Benayoun ~

It's Mack, and another benefit of being reborn is that he is quite familiar with the habits of these famous players......

Thank you FBL336, tired words, shamine's tip. In addition, I am informed that tonight's update will be later, and there will be something in the evening.