35. Champions League group fourth round
A surprise defeat to Premier League vice-leaders Tottenham Hotspur cost Liverpool the top spot in the Premier League, much to the heartache of Liverpool fans.
However, this is not a bad thing for the Liverpool team, which makes the Liverpool players realise that they are not very tough, they are not invincible, and it will make the Liverpool players pay more attention to the next games and no longer their tails in the sky.
Liverpool's defeat did attract a lot of attention, as it was Liverpool's first defeat of the season, and it was also a defeat to the Premier League's vice-captain Tottenham Hotspur, and the news of Yang certainly deserves to be written about.
After the game, the English media reported Liverpool's defeat to Tottenham Hotspur, and in their opinion, Liverpool were not invincible. And, from this game, they also found a weakness in Liverpool.
Liverpool's weakness is that they rely too much on Qiu Ze, look at how bad Liverpool's results are without Qiu Ze? Look at how good Liverpool's results are when there is Qiu Ze?
Therefore, the media have given other teams support, if they want to win against Liverpool, they must control Qiu Ze. As long as Qiu Ze is controlled, Liverpool will have nothing to fear.
If you want to win against Liverpool, as long as you control Qiu Ze, this seems to point out a clear way for other teams. However, if you think about it, it is not that simple. What these media mean now is actually praising Qiu Ze.
Although it is true that as the media said, when there is Qiu Ze, Liverpool is invincible. However, Qiu Ze is not as strong as he should have made Liverpool invincible, but it makes sense for the media to praise Qiu Ze at this time.
Because it is very close to the selection of this year's European Footballer of the Year and Shijie Footballer, Qiu Ze is the hottest winner now. In everyone's eyes, in fact, there is no suspense about this year's European Footballer of the Year and Shijie Footballer, and the winner is of course Qiu Ze.
There is no player comparable to Qiu Ze this year, because Qiu Ze's performance this year is really too demonic.
Look at the achievements and glory of this guy Qiu Ze this year, and you will understand everything.
Qiu Ze's performance this year is simply an honor winner, let's take a look at things at the club level first. Qiu Ze helped Liverpool win five titles this year, including the Premier League, English League Cup, UEFA Champions League, Community Shield and UEFA Super Cup.
Yes, at the start of the season, Liverpool beat last season's UEFA Cup winners Zenit St. Petersburg in the UEFA Super Cup, Liverpool won 2-0, and Qiu Ze scored twice to almost single-handedly help the team win the UEFA Super Cup.
At the club level, who can stand up and compete with Qiu Ze? Apparently not.
In terms of the national team, Qiu Ze won the 2008 Swiss 61 Austria European Championship championship, which is very heavy, and who can stand up to Qiu Ze?
And then talk about personal glory, Qiu Ze is the best player in the 2007-2008 English Premier League, the best newcomer, and the assist king. He was the best midfielder, best player, top scorer and assist king in the 2007-2008 UEFA Champions League. He was also the winner of the Golden Ball and Golden Boot at the 2008 European Championship in Switzerland 61 Austria, and the assist king.
Look at these honors, who can compare with Qiu Ze? No! So, is there still suspense about this year's European Footballer of the Year and Shijie Footballer? If this zuihou award does not belong to Qiu Ze, it can only be said that shijie football is too dark, even darker than Chinese football!
During this time, Qiu Ze is extremely beautiful, and it is a fool to get it. Therefore, at this time, the merchants who had retreated before came to the door one after another, hoping to cooperate with Qiu Ze, and the negative impact of the previous scandals disappeared in an instant.
At this time, Nike is ahead of other merchants, and they have now entered the substantive negotiation stage with Qiu Ze, and they are very close to signing a contract with Zuihou. However, at this point, Qiu Ze decided to push the matter back because Liverpool were going to play Atletico Madrid at their home stadium in midweek.
Now Liverpool can't afford to lose in a row, which will have a great impact on Liverpool's morale and affect the results in the future, so at this time, all Liverpool players are putting all their attention on this game.
Qiu Ze didn't want to be distracted at this time, so he pressed this matter down. In fact, it is good to press it, so that you can hang Nike's appetite and win the initiative for negotiations, after all, Qiu Ze has no shortage of next home now.
At this time, major media in Europe have paid attention to the match between Liverpool and Atletico Madrid, which is the focus of this round of the Champions League. The Guardian newspaper in England reported this: "The Sheets are pinching the Red Army, and the battle for the top of the group of death is coming!" ”
England's "Guardian" wrote in the report: "On the evening of November 4, local time in England, the fourth leg of the group stage of the European Champions Cup will be fully played, and the European giants will fight on the battlefield again." One of the key battles in Group D of the Group of Death, the Premier League Reds Liverpool will be at Anfield Stadium, waiting for opponents Atletico Madrid to challenge them.
Spanish midfielder Luis 61 Garcia, who left Liverpool before the start of last season, will return to Anfield and will be a big attraction in this game.
On behalf of Liverpool, the "old golden boy" Torres will face his old club Atletico Madrid for the first time at Anfield Stadium, and the duel between Aguero and Torres of Calderon Stadium has become the biggest highlight of the game. This is another highlight of this round. ”
The Guardian then added to the performance of the two sides in the last round of the league: "Liverpool ended their unbeaten run of the season at Tottenham Hotspur last time out, dropping important three points, but the momentum is still good. Benitez and his disciples, after losing the top spot, also unloaded a lot of baggage and continued their role as chasers, and the facts proved that the first position was not easy to sit on.
After the Reds lost such a game, the soldiers will be more sober, and Liverpool, without Qiu Ze, finally showed a lack of attacking power, and the backline, which thought it was leaky, also made clumsy mistakes, and the defeat also indirectly sent an opportunity to improve to Liverpool.
After being poured cold water, Liverpool will have to compete with Malaysia at home to win the Champions League group and the chance to qualify early, and Benitez, who is very talented, should have a way to win against his hometown team.
As for Atletico Madrid, the sluggish team in the early stage finally won two consecutive victories in the Copa del Rey and La Liga under the timely adjustment of Aguirre, and the horn of Aguirre's dismissal could not be sounded for the time being, but the Atletico Madrid club still has no guarantee for Aguirre's future, the club hopes that the team can achieve good results in La Liga and qualify for the Champions League next season, but Aguirre has a bad record in La Liga, and in the Champions League, it is soaring, contrary to the club's goal.
Now Atletico Madrid, who have just recovered, is about to face their rival Liverpool again, although this game is about qualifying from the group and the first, but it is obviously not the way Aguirre should go, and defending and winning should be the corresponding strategy of the away army. ”
England's The Guardian also gave an overview of the current line-ups and injuries of both sides, and they wrote: "The Reds' Qiu Ze has been confirmed to be available for the match against Atletico Madrid, and he will definitely start this game, and this time Benitez will certainly not make the same mistakes as before, after all, the game against Chelsea has taught Benitez a very deep lesson."
Liverpool's current wounded battalion consists of Degen and Daniel 61. Daniel 61, who has just returned from injury and has not played a few games, was injured again in the promotion round against Tottenham Hotspur, this guy really smells of a glass man now, and this back-to-back injury is not a good thing.
This incident has caused Benitez and Liverpool fans to die. Daniel 61 Agger was injured again, and Liverpool had to put 61 Ferdinand into the game again, but Settled 61 Ferdinand couldn't find his form for a long time, which will inevitably affect Liverpool's defense, which is a good opportunity for Atletico Madrid.
As for Atletico Madrid, the overworked Sergio Aguero chose to take a break from the last round against Liverpool at the Calderón Stadium, and this time the Argentine intends to apply to meet his former team-mate Fernando Torres, while Atletico Madrid's French goalkeeper Kupe has recovered from injury and will play in this game. And Ujfarusi and Setaridis will continue to recover from injuries. Kupe has missed Atletico Madrid's last four games due to injury and he is one of the biggest changes to the squad for this game. ”
The Guardian then went on to describe the historical head-to-head between the two sides: "Before this season, the two sides had never played each other in history. The only meeting between the two sides was Liverpool's away game against Atletico Madrid in the last round of the group stage, which ended in Atletico Madrid's equaliser and the two sides ended in a 1-1 draw.
Both teams are currently unbeaten in the group, leaving behind rivals Marseille and PSV Eindhoven as favourites to qualify. This game is a battle between the two teams for the top spot in the group, and it is also about who can qualify for the group early. ”
The Guardian also predicted the starting line-ups for both sides of the game, and the Guardian predicted the following starters:
Liverpool: (goalkeeper) Reina; (Defenders) Aveloa, Carragher, Anton, 61 Ferdinand, Joel Luca; (double midfield) Mascherano, Alonso; (three forwards) Arshavin, Chris 61, Khoo, Gerrard; (Forward) Fernando 61 Torres.
Atletico Madrid: (goalkeeper) Kupe; (Defenders) Antonio 61 López, Perea, Heitinga, Peña; (Midfielder) Maxi 61 Rodriguez, Asunsan, Maniche, Simao; (Forwards) Sergio Aguero, Forlan.
The Guardian in England is very comprehensive, and it looks very professional. But there is not much credibility in it, and Atletico Madrid obviously does not believe it, they do not think that Daniel 61 Agg is really injured. Yes, in the last round, Daniel 61 Agger suffered a small injury, but it will not affect the game and will not be able to play, which should be a smoke bomb for the Liverpool team.
And the Liverpool team is also obviously not convinced, Benitez is very unconvinced that Atletico Madrid's Czech central defender Uj Farouch can't play. Yes, Ujfaroohi was seriously injured before this, but this guy has been recuperating for a long time, and now he should be too good to be detected.
Liverpool's head coach Rafait Benitez got the news that Atletico Madrid's Ujfaroohi was actually good, and he should have been able to play in the last round of the league, but Atletico Madrid did not let him play, which is preparing for this game.
Benitez is not a fledgling young manager, and he knows all too much about these things, so he certainly doesn't take some of the media reports so easily. And he has been reliably informed that Uj Farouhi will start this game.
At this time, Liverpool is very cautious about this game, and Benitez has repeatedly stressed that the Liverpool players should calm down and take it seriously.