Chapter 153: Champions League Final (2)
The moment Barcelona scored, there was a brief silence in the stadium, followed by cheers and boos.
The cheers were naturally from the Barcelona fans, and the boos were from the Liverpool fans.
Liverpool, who played well at the beginning, were scored by the opponent in more than ten minutes, which was indeed a big blow.
The Spanish commentator was happily saying: "Eto'o! He was a true cheetah, quickly slotting into the Liverpool penalty area, Andres Iniesta's pass just arrived, and then the goal was a logical one, and it was Oto'o's second goal in a Champions League final, and his last goal helped Barcelona win the Champions League. Barcelona were the first to score, and the last two Champions League titles have been won by the team that scored first, bringing Barcelona one step closer to a treble. ”
In last year's Champions League final, Manchester United scored Chelsea first, and Manchester United won the final penalty shootout, and the year before last, it was AC Milan who scored two goals in a row, and Liverpool pulled a goal back at the last moment, but still had no choice but to lose to the other side.
But the Spanish commentary did not say, and then the first two years were the first goal to lose the championship, 06 finals Arsenal was sent off in the first half of the final when the main goalkeeper was sent off but the first goal, but in the last ten minutes or so Barcelona scored two goals in a row to reverse, 05 is the famous Istanbul, Liverpool behind three goals and then reversed.
The whole Barcelona team was celebrating the goal, but on Liverpool's side, Gerrard gathered everyone together and said: "Don't worry, we are just temporarily behind, the game has only passed more than ten minutes, we have enough time to equalize or even overtake, the situation will not be more difficult than the 05 final!" ”
It's really not like it was in '05, when they were scored less than a minute into the opening game and then a total of three goals in the first half.
It was unclear which players Gerrard's words of encouragement would have an effect, but the game soon began again and Liverpool were actively looking for opportunities.
In the 18th minute, Liu Ting and Torres collided with the wall and then walked to the middle with the ball, and was knocked to the ground by Pique in the threatening area before entering the penalty area, the referee blew the whistle, Pique got the first yellow card of the game, and Liverpool also got the first free kick.
In the end, Gerrard's free-kick was easily confiscated by Valdés.
In the 21st minute, Messi took advantage of the gap after Bale stepped forward to quickly break through and cut inside, and the final shot went wide of the near post, and Barcelona threatened Liverpool again.
This mistake made Bale a little constrained, and he no longer dared to step forward to assist easily.
Heynckes, who was on the sidelines, was shaking his head and saying to the assistant coach: "He is still too young and inexperienced, and he doesn't dare to step forward easily after being beaten once, he completely forgets the purpose of our arrangement for him to start." ”
Leading Barcelona began to control the midfield, which is what they are best at this season and what they have done the most, controlling the midfield and waiting for the opponent to make mistakes in a hurry, and Barcelona's goals will continue to come.
Before the game, Heynckes deliberately arranged for Brother Xiao Ma to defend the opponent's Iniesta, Xavi Alonso is to pay attention to the opponent's midfield brain Xavi, Liverpool's loss of the ball is that Brother Xiao Pony easily grabbed and lost his position and was broken through, I don't know if he was a little nervous in the final.
Liu Ting returned after an attack without success, walked up to Brother Xiao Ma and said to him: "Javier, what's wrong with you?" You have to show the same determination that you did against Kaka in the '07 Champions League final, and don't be intimidated by that little white face. ”
Mascherano has experience in the Champions League final, he reached the Champions League final with the team in '07, in the final he started and played more than half of the game, which made him one of Europe's most famous defensive midfielders, before he was a rotation player at Liverpool, and after that final he began to become a regular player.
In that final, Brother Pony was responsible for defending Kaka, who was simply a nuclear weapon at the time, and a group of old, weak and sick AC Milan relied on a Kaka to drag forward alive, eliminating Bayern, Manchester United and many other strong teams to enter the final, Kaka's later injury may have been dragged out at that time.
When no one was optimistic about him defending Kaka, he actually restrained Kaka in the first half and didn't let him go crazy in the first half, Kaka didn't have a good performance in the whole first half, but AC Milan scored a dribble in stoppage time in the first half.
Then, AC Milan, who scored first, played a defensive counterattack, Liverpool's forward line was unable to break through the Italian team's defense, Benitez then made what can be said to be the biggest mistake in his coaching career, Mascherano went off the pitch on the high guy Crouch, which obviously wanted to strengthen the attack, but the little horse was liberated as soon as Kaka played, it was like a wild horse off the leash, and the little horse went off the field for three minutes, Kaka broke through and assisted Inzaghi with two people, and AC Milan killed the game.
Heynckes is also based on Mascherano restricting Kaka very well, so this time he let him defend Iniesta, but Iniesta and Kaka are obviously not a type of midfielder, although they can score a lot of goals, but Kaka rushes up like a fierce horse and is unstoppable, Iniesta is flexible like a cat on the field, and even his temper is as docile as a cat.
The game has to go on, Barcelona's control of the midfield makes most of their opponents helpless, but excluding Liverpool, Liverpool has a habit of pressing forward from a high position since Benitez, and Liverpool's Alonso, Gerrard and Little Pony's midfield trio is also the top midfield combination in Europe, not worse than Barcelona's midfield combination, even if it is really a little worse, it is also wiped out because Busquets has not fully grown up, Liverpool came back from conceding goals and then went toe-to-toe with Barcelona.
In the 28th minute, Torres created a free kick in front, Gerrard's free kick allowed Valdés to save the ball, and Liu Ting followed up with the follow-up shot and was blocked by Pique.
In the 33rd minute, Messi picked up Henry in the Liverpool penalty area, and Carragher cleared the ball in time this time.
Barcelona continued to follow their traditional approach of ground control in midfield, but Liverpool still found their chances.
In the 39th minute, Arbeloa went to the midfield to cooperate with Xavi Alonso, and then Alonso found Torres in front of the penalty area with a beautiful long pass, Torres directly headed the ball, Liu Ting received the ball on the left side, and even stopped and took Puyol, who was caught off guard, into the penalty area, stepped on a bicycle and shook Yaya Toure and volleyed directly into the far corner.
This time Valdés was very focused, the moment Liu Ting hit the goal, he pounced to the far corner, the ball was saved by him, bounced back to the right side of the penalty area, just in the midfield and Alonso to cooperate with Arbeloa actively stepped forward and appeared there in time, a supplementary shot, Valdés could no longer do anything, the ball easily flew into the goal.
“goooooooooal!!! Arbeloa !! Beautiful goal! Liverpool equalised! I knew they could! They equalised and all that left to do was to win the game. Alan Hansen's roar.
Zhan Jun is also saying: "This is Arbeloa's second Champions League goal this season, the last one was in the semi-finals when he received an assist from Liu Ting to help Liverpool score a goal to eliminate Manchester United, and now it is a final goal with a higher gold content, it is said that Arbeloa's contract renewal with Liverpool is not very smooth, if Arbeloa leaves in the summer, there must be many teams interested in him." ”
Arbeloa, who came through Real Madrid's academy, has now scored against Barcelona, especially in an important match such as the Champions League final, which makes Arbeloa very excited, rushing to the sidelines and shouting in celebration, which has caused a boo from the Barcelona fans at the scene.
Liverpool's goal was initiated by Xavi Alonso's midfielder, taking the route of a long pass in the midfield, Alonso is a famous master of long passes in the Premier League, Liverpool was at a slight disadvantage in fighting for control of the midfield with Barcelona, and suddenly came with a long pass, which obviously caught Barcelona off guard.
"Both teams have already scored two goals in the first half, both teams are good at attacking, they didn't give up their tradition to defend in the final, I think there will be more goals in the future, which is a good thing for neutral fans," said the European neutral commentator. ”
The sudden loss of the goal was a bit of a blow to Barcelona, considering that most of the opponents they have faced this season, as long as Barcelona score first and then control the midfield, the opponent will only be played by them, and now they have encountered a team that uses long passes to bypass the midfield.
Although the goal was scored, Guardiola on the sidelines was not too worried, this kind of long pass cannot be successful every time, even if the opponent has a playmaker who is good at long passing, it is almost the same if there are three or four successful players in a game, just let the Barcelona players pay a little attention.
Pep Guardiola believes Barcelona have more chances to win the game even if they are equalised.
The game restarted, Pep Guardiola kept directing the team on the sidelines, Liverpool's attack did not work, and Barcelona stabilized the formation, but the game was almost the end of the first half.
In the 45th minute, when entering injury time, Messi burst into the left side of Liverpool's penalty area and made a low cross, Reyna pounced in advance, but it was a pity that Henry, who was outflanked by Barcelona, ran too far away and missed the opportunity.
It was the most dangerous attack for either team since Liverpool's equaliser in the first half, and the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half shortly afterwards.
In the midfield dressing room, Heynckes was saying: "We don't need to make too many changes in the second half, just make a little change, Liu and Dirk (Kuyt) will change positions, and Liu will impact the opponent's aging left-back......"
Barcelona's two fullbacks were suspended at the same time and became the opponent's shortcoming, Liverpool's training arrangements did not know how Guardiola would adjust, Liu Ting continued to play his left side, and only before the game did he know that Barcelona's arrangements were adjusted, at this time Heynckes chose a more stable approach, continued to start according to the previous training arrangement, and did not make temporary adjustments.
Barcelona's starting left full-back veteran Silvinho is 35 years old, which is an obvious shortcoming of Barcelona, but Heynckes still let Kuyt start on the right side, thinking that Kuyt has experience in the Champions League final and has scored in the Champions League final, although Liverpool lost in that final, Kuyt should be able to find a chance to deal with the Brazilian veteran, and Liu Ting stayed on the left side and Gareth Bell teamed up to impact the opponent to change the familiar position Puyol can also find opportunities, which is a bit of a bet that the east is not bright and the west is bright, there is always one side that can find opportunities. However, Bale did not expect to start the Champions League final for the first time, and Kuyt on the right did not find a good opportunity, if it were not for Alonso's long pass, Liverpool might have to go back to the dressing room with a trailing score.
The managers of both teams are making arrangements in the dressing rooms, and the fans in the stadium are hurrying to buy snacks and go to the bathroom to go to the bathroom, all waiting for the second half to be rekindled.