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Benitez's eyes were a little hollow.

It was the end of September, and Liverpool's evening was not sultry, but his head was already shining.

The shirt under his armpits was soaked with sweat and sticky to his body, making him extremely uncomfortable.

The assistant coach handed him a white towel and wanted him to wipe the sweat from his neck, but he ignored it completely.

Benitez's eyes fell on the pitch, and the players in the red jerseys were gasping for air, and everyone's faces looked confused.

Their captain was clasping his hands on his waist, his eyes struggling to open, the wrinkles on his forehead being particularly noticeable at this moment.

Benitez's eyes fell on the big screen directly opposite, and the 0-2 score was bright red and a little glaring.

He couldn't help but close his eyes slightly.

His team...... What's going on?

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"What the hell is going on with Liverpool?"

Alan Smith couldn't help but ask:

"Throughout the first half...... Except for Torres' header in the second minute, they never had a single attack that could threaten the Ajax goal! ”

"The players on the Liverpool pitch played without tactics, their attacking organisation was a mess!" Martin Taylor also frowned, "In this state, what qualifies Benitez to challenge Carlo Ancelotti's Chelsea?" ”

Thousands of miles away in China, He Wei is also analyzing Liverpool's problems: "After Alonso left, the most critical player in Liverpool's team is undoubtedly the captain Gerrard, whether it is defense, organization, scheduling, long-range shooting, his abilities are very good, worthy of the real core of the team." Everyone knows that if you want to curb Liverpool's attack, you have to curb Gerrard's play, but it is not easy to contain such an all-round player, whether it is in the Premier League or the Champions League, very few teams can do this, but ...... Just today, Ajax seemed to have done it, at least in the first 45 minutes they did, so Liverpool looked particularly embarrassed. ”

"That's right," the guest Zhang Lu nodded repeatedly, "Van Basten made a very lethal move, he risked handing over the task of defending Gerrard to the youngster Long Shut, while the others were more focused on attacking, and Long Shut did this difficult task well. You know, if you weren't a player at the same level as Gerrard, it would be impossible to pose a threat to him in a one-on-one battle! ”

He Wei's eyes suddenly lit up: "What does Zhang Zhi mean...... Ronshit has now reached the same level as Gerrard? ”

"Huh? Did I say it? Zhang Lu was taken aback, and then he snorted and rounded out the judgment that he was too excited about just now, "Hey, hey...... I'm just saying that in terms of defensive aggressiveness and hard work, Lonshit won't lose to any opponent......"

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"How's it going, Dragon?"

Back in the dressing room, Van Basten specifically asked: "Are you feeling okay?" ”

While wiping his sweat, Ronshette replied to the manager: "To be honest, I'm a little tired, Gerrard's range of movement is too wide...... Ay? You're not trying to replace me, are you? He looked at the other man warily.

"Hahaha......" Van Basten laughed, his laughter was so hearty that it instantly caught everyone's attention.

He pulled a bench and sat down casually: "Young man, your opponent is not a cat or a dog, he is the captain of Liverpool, and he was the best 11 in both FIFA and UEFA last year!" If you feel like you're defending Steven Gerrard as you are against Papadoor, then we can only assume that Liverpool aren't serious about playing with us at all! ”

The young players laughed, and the two-goal lead was enough to keep them easy.

Suarez, who scored twice in the first half, patted Longshut on the shoulder: "If you feel too tired, I don't mind dropping back to help you defend." ”

"Okay, you're welcome," Ronshette nodded, then pretended to raise his hand and gestured to Van Basten, "Coach, Captain Luis is going to switch places with me, I think I can also play as a striker!" I've learned how to shoot from you! ”

Suarez was dumbfounded, but his teammates behind him were smiling.

"Alright, gentlemen, that's the end of the joke."

Van Basten patted his thigh and motioned for everyone to be quiet.

'With 45 minutes to go, we're in a good position, but I want to calm everyone down a little bit.'

'Liverpool were in poor form in the first half but I want to ...... There shouldn't be anyone who doesn't know about Istanbul Night," he suddenly turned to look at the young player with the worst football knowledge in the team, "Dear Dragon, do you know the Istanbul miracle?" ”

Long Shute, who was named, rolled his eyes in annoyance: "Please, I'm a player from Everton's academy, and you mention Liverpool's glorious history, believe it or not, I'll bite you!" ”

- Of course he was joking, he didn't have any liking for Everton's academy, he just expressed his displeasure with Van Basten for looking down on his football knowledge.

Seeing that the manager touched a nail, the players who had managed to restrain themselves suddenly burst into laughter again.

"Ahem!"

Assistant coach Witzger coughed hard, and he had to play the role of blackface: "If we see who is absent-minded in the second half, the coaching staff don't mind replacing him in the first second!" ”

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Former midfielder Xavi Alonso has become the engine of Real Madrid, while Argentine striker Mascherano is also unavailable due to injury, and Liverpool's midfield includes Brazilian Lucas and Aurelio in addition to Steven Gerrard. These two players are obviously fellow Brazilians, but they don't have any tacit understanding at all.

Not only in attack, Gerrard and Torres could not be expected to help at all, but even in their main business, defensive interception, the Brazilian duo was full of leaks, allowing Suarez's forward line to run straight into the central defence of Carragher and Skrtel.

Known as a master tactician, Rafael Benitez didn't hesitate too much and made changes before the start of the second half, removing Aurelio, a left-wing-back who had been ducked up to play in midfield, allowing Steven Gerrard to drop back and bringing on 23-year-old Dutch winger Ryan Babel.

As soon as he saw Babbel on the pitch, Van Basten smiled.

If he knew the Chinese proverb, he would have commented on Benitez's substitution:

"The water washed the Dragon King Temple!"

"Playing with a big knife in front of Guan Gongmen!"

Because...... Babbel is an Ajax youth product, and in the national team, Van Basten, who was the head coach of the Dutch national team at the time, was the Bole who promoted him to the first team!

Van Basten is all too familiar with the youngster who was called "The New Kluivert" and "Dutch Henry" at the time of his debut, breaking the 60-year-old record for the youngest goal scorer in the Dutch national team: Babbel's high-speed dribbling on the flanks almost makes him look like Robben's successor, but compared to Peter Pan's trademark inward shot, Babbel is far from it.

Babbel only made Bruno Silva, who was opposite him, a little nervous for two minutes, and the experienced Brazilian defender soon discovered that the Dutchman only learned the "solitude" of Robben's youth, but he did not have enough good passing and shooting, and several attacks came to him, always taking his head to the side, and when Silva and Emmanuelsen blocked all the breakthrough lines, Babbel had no way to escape and shot at goal, and the threat to Ajax goalkeeper Stegrenberg was pitiful.

On the contrary, Gerrard was a little more active after the retreat, and his playmaking skills were much better than those of the two Brazilians.

Steven Gerrard tried to play the role of his former best friend, Xavi Alonso, and set up the striker's chances with long balls, but he wasn't Alonso after all.

Once again, he missed his friend immensely.

Xavi Alonso has only one.

Gerrard's long pass could not tear apart Ajax's young but energetic defence, whether it was Torres, Benayoun, Babel or Kuyt, they could not knock on the door guarded by Stegrenberg.

It's not uncommon for Gerrard to run the back of the net in the forward line, and in the usual games, he can play the role of a hero who saves the team, using his powerful long-range shots to blast a hole in the opposition's copper wall.

But today...... As soon as he gets into the 35-metre zone, whether the football is at his feet or not, the damn No.8 in the away team's black jersey...... It will turn into a piece of kraft candy, wrapping Gerald tightly and unable to move again.

Gerard is a fierce warrior, he is not good at small areas of dodging and sudden escape, and he has no way to deal with a defender like Ronshit, who is very physical, responsive, not afraid of confrontation, and is bent on stalking!

He could only watch the minutes and seconds pass on the big screen.

Then the three mournful whistles were heard.

"Toot, toot, toot......"

At this moment, there was no singing in the sky above the Anfield stadium.