135 Alonso's counterattack
The game went on for more than 10 minutes, Heynckes on the sidelines frowned slightly, Bayern did a good job of restricting Gerrard and Torres on the field, and Xavi Alonso was also a little embarrassed by the opponent's pressing.
Heynckes thought to himself: It seems that this game is not so easy to play, Benitez is too familiar with Liverpool's core players, and Bayern always has a certain way to limit them.
On the pitch, Xavi Alonso was aggressive at both ends of the pitch, which was Benitez's revenge for Liverpool and his revenge for Benitez.
Speaking of Benitez, the first Spanish player introduced after Benitez came to Liverpool was Xavi Alonso, Alonso was once Benitez's confidant, quite Benitez's heavy use, before 07 Alongso has been the team's first penalty candidate assigned by Benitez, and the penalty kick of Liverpool in the Champions League final in 05 was Alonso's penalty.
In terms of personal level and dedication, Benitez is definitely very high, but sometimes he is too impersonal, which is the source of the conflict between Benitez and Alonso.
In December 05, Benitez's father died, when Liverpool was about to go to Japan to participate in the Club World Cup, Liverpool FC originally asked Benitez to go home to deal with it, and it would be good for the assistant coach to lead the team to die Club Cup, anyway, it was not an important game, but Benitez directly refused, he thought that he is now the head coach of Liverpool, and the most important thing is to lead the team to play.
Benitez's approach is supported by some people and some are against, but that's his own business, work and relatives are important to everyone, but Benitez imposes this 'dedication' on other players.
Before the start of last season's Champions League round of 16, Alonso's children were about to be born, but Liverpool's opponent in the last 16 was Inter Milan, an opponent who was not easy to deal with.
At that time, Alonso asked Benitez for leave to go back to Spain to accompany his wife and give birth, and the day before the game, he flew from Spain to Milan City to meet the team, but Benitez made it clear that no, Inter Milan was very difficult to deal with, he asked Alonso to train with the team and not leave, and also said that you can't go back to deal with personal matters if you take the team's money.
The angry Alonso went straight back to Spain to give birth to his wife without Benitez's permission, and although he rushed to Italy before the Champions League game, Benitez did not let him enter the squad at all.
Benitez believes that Alonso is an unprofessional act and disrespects him as a manager, challenging his authority and intending to ban Alonso.
But soon Benitez found that the organizational ability of the Liverpool midfielder who was absent from Alonso had greatly decreased, and he had to reactivate him, but he also made the conflict with Alonso public, and directly said that he wanted to sell Alonso and buy good midfielders, Juventus, Arsenal, and Bayern have all been contacted to bring in Alonso, but the price is too low to obviously want to take advantage of the fire, and Liverpool has not been able to find a suitable replacement, so Benitez did not sell him.
Last summer, Benitez wanted to buy Villa's Gareth Barry to replace Xavi Alonso, and publicly stated that Barry would let Alonso play as a substitute when he came.
In terms of tactical level, Benitez is a master or not, and when it comes to being a man, Master Bei really can't.
In this way, Benitez and Alonso are incompatible, and only one of them can stay in Liverpool, and with Benitez's prestige and achievements in Liverpool, it will definitely be Alonso.
Unexpectedly, Liverpool changed owners, Benitez was kicked out first, and Alonso remained in Liverpool.
Now this game is also Alonso's desire to get revenge on Benitez, proving that the unsympathetic guy was wrong to want to sell him.
Alonso observed the situation on the pitch and found that Liverpool were indeed contained, at least the playmaking in the middle was blocked.
Another attack was fruitless, Alonso called Bale and Liu Ting together and said: "The other party blocked our middle, we can only find a way from the side, Gareth, you use your speed to quickly insert to help Liu, we try to open the gap from the left." ”
Liu Ting also felt that this game should not be difficult to win, but until now, he always felt a little awkward, and quickly agreed with Alonso's opinion.
Alan Hansen said worriedly: "It's been 30 minutes and Liverpool haven't scored yet, it looks like Gerrard and Torres were limited by each other today, Benitez does know Liverpool's players very well, maybe Liverpool will get tough in this game. ”
"Alonso and Liu and Gareth were talking about something, maybe they can find a solution, otherwise they will have to wait until halftime and Heynckes will figure it out."
When the game resumed, Xavi Alonso organized the team in order to reduce the pressure to retreat to a lower position, and he shifted the ball more to the left, inspiring Liverpool to attack the opponent's less solid defense on the left.
In the 36th minute, Liu Ting dribbled past Otto on the left side, went down to the bottom line to pass the ball back, and the inserted Bale hit the goal directly and hit the ball in the side netting.
Benitez on the sidelines watched that although the attack did not score, he had a faint feeling that it was not good, could it be that the opponent shifted the focus of the attack to the left side? Gave up the combination of Gerrard and Torres, the strongest in the middle?
Benitez hasn't figured it out yet, and Liverpool's attack is coming again.
In the 39th minute, Bale quickly went to the front with the ball, the ball was transferred to Liu Ting's feet, Liu Ting turned around Otto in a Marseille turn and passed back to Bale near the penalty area, and Bale stuffed the ball directly into the penalty area without stopping.
Liu Ting's tacit understanding of running without the ball to the penalty area to receive the ball, and the opponent's defender was caught off guard and directly pushed into the near corner, Bayern goalkeeper Bout reacted slowly and quickly fell to the ground to save the ball, but the ball still rolled into the goal before his hands arrived.
“goooooooooal!!! Scored!! Strike!!! Liverpool finally opened the situation, Liu's goal, from Bale's insertion assist! Hansen shouted with joy.
"Liu! He has once again breached Bayern's goal, having knocked Bayern out of the UEFA Cup with a hat-trick against Bayern Munich last season while he was still in Bordeaux. ”
Liu Ting rushed to the sidelines to celebrate angrily, and other teammates also came over to celebrate, Alonso rushed directly and jumped on Liu Ting's back, as happy as if he had scored his own goal.
In the cheers of Anfield, Benitez felt a little wrong, he has left Liverpool for more than half a year, I didn't expect Liverpool's left side to become so attacking, now Liu Ting and Gareth Bale only arrived in Liverpool after he left, Liverpool's left side has been weak since Reeser got old, but now it is so strong that it directly penetrates the Bayern defense.
Benitez had to go to the sidelines to ask Schweinsteiger, the right midfielder of Bayern, to pay attention to the defense, Schweinsteiger is not weak in defense, to see if he can limit Liverpool's left side.
After the game started again, Alonso moved the ball more to the left and continued to attack Bayern's weak defence.
In the 41st minute, Liu Ting's left side shook off Schweinsteiger and cut into the goal, and the ball was confiscated by Bute.
In the 44th minute, Bale stepped forward to assist again, Liu Ting received Bell's pass and failed to cut in, and was forced to the bottom line by Schweinsteiger, Liu Ting knocked the ball back to Bale with a hidden heel, Bale transferred the ball to Alonso who stepped forward to the penalty line, Xavi Alonso pretended to shoot to deceive Demichelis to fly to block the ball, but changed it to a pass from the opponent into the penalty area.
Liu Ting knocked the ball back and walked along the diagonal line to the middle of the penalty area, heard a shout 'Liu', and immediately noticed that the ball flew right in front of him, at this time Bayern goalkeeper Bout also saw the ball and attacked decisively, wanting to destroy the ball before Liu Ting took the ball, Liu Ting also found the other party's intentions, and immediately fell to the ground to shoot, Liu Ting, who fell to the ground, stretched his legs as much as possible, and his toes were straight, and for a moment he felt that his toes touched something, I don't know if it was the ball or the opponent's goalkeeper, if it was the goalkeeper, he might be sentenced to hit the goalkeeper.
Before Liu Ting could figure out whether he had stabbed the ball, the cheers at Anfield Stadium had already sounded, and Liu Ting looked up to see that the ball was already rolling in the opponent's goal.
“gooooooooal!!! The ball is in! Liu!! It's him again!! Liverpool extend the score! Hansen shouted excitedly again.
"Liu! He scored twice and scored twice in five minutes, and he was an absolute Bayern killer, scoring five goals in just two games with Bayern. ”
At that moment, Liu Ting's toe poked the ball first, and the ball rolled from Bout's side to the goal, and Bout, who was rushing down and grabbing the ball, couldn't stop hugging Liu Ting's foot.
Although Liu Ting didn't see how the ball was scored, the cheers of the audience and the football in the goal told him that the goal was scored, and soon, the referee signaled that the goal was effective, and Liu Ting hurriedly pulled his foot out of the stunned Bout and ran to the sidelines to celebrate.
This time, Alonso celebrated even more frantically than the last time, rushing directly to Benitez's goal and waving his fist to celebrate, before going over to celebrate with Liu Ting.
The goal was not scored by him, but it was assisted by him, and the 2-0 scoreline already made Benitez's side dangerous, so it was no wonder that Alonso celebrated so excitedly.
Being celebrated in front of him, or the person who had conflicts before, Benitez's face darkened a little, but he had to find a way to change the situation of the team, and if he was scored again, the Champions League for Bayern Munich would really be over.
Zhan Jun said: "Losing two goals in 5 minutes, Bayern Munich suffered a huge blow, but fortunately, it was the halftime break, and Liverpool could not continue to expand the score in the pursuit of the momentum." Now what Benitez has to do is make adjustments at half-time, and in the second half he can't let Liverpool score again, and he has to find a way to score an away goal, so that it will be acceptable for Bayern. ”
Soon it was half-time and both teams went back to the dressing room.
Heynckes said in the dressing room: "The score of 2:0 is very good for us, but there is a second half, the opponent only needs to score one goal, and the score becomes 2:1 will change the situation, so the key in the second half is not to give the opponent away goals, even if we can't score at the cost of goals, 2:0 in the Champions League knockout round is better than 3:1, this is a truth that everyone understands." ”
Heynckes then arranged a change in the second half, asking Kuyt to return directly to midfield to participate in defence, and Liverpool will focus more on defense in the second half.
At the same time in the away team's locker room, Benitez said angrily: "Odor, can't you prevent it from being fouled?" Do you want me to come on the pitch and teach you how to tackle? In the second half, Bastian (Schweinsteiger) came back to defend more, and whatever you and Otto do, you have to block their left side. ”
After making a series of arrangements, Benitez's brows still did not stretch, he knew that this game was already very auspicious, and what he wanted in the second half was not to concede any more goals, and whether he could score or not could only depend on luck.
Ribery is injured on the field to affect his state, Lucatoni has not been in good shape since the injury in the first half of the season, although Lahm is sitting on the bench, but Ram is also injured and just sits on the bench to calm the morale of the army, Benitez feels that he really doesn't know how to break the opponent's goal, the opponent mistakenly sends the ball or Bayern luck comes to play a world wave, these are the two possible ways he thought of.
Hold on and don't lose the ball again, even if you fall behind 0:2 and return to the home court, you still have a chance to turn the tables, and if the score is expanded, you will really have no chance to return to the home field.
Benitez thought.