343. Complex group situations

Now that the first stage of the South African Shijie Cup European Qualifiers has ended, it is now time to watch the play-off matches of Zuihou, and soon the play-off matches will come out, Russia vs. Slovenia, Greece vs. Ukraine, Ireland vs. France, Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Portugal.

The first leg of the play-off was played in two weeks, and now the players from all the national teams have to return to their respective clubs to play in the league, Qiu Ze has not returned to the national team, he has been in England, and during this time he has also come to the field to train at Melwood base to maintain his fitness.

Now the players who are back to play in the national team are back, and now they are all ready for the league. Liverpool will play at home to Manchester City this weekend, who are now sixth in the Premier League with 20 points.

Manchester City have some quality, and they have brought in a lot of players and spent a lot of money this summer, and their goal is to qualify for the Champions League, and now they are only five points away from qualifying for the Champions League.

Manchester City's morale is high and Liverpool are distracted from the Champions League and they will be hoping to take advantage of the opportunity to pick up more points.

In this game, the Liverpool team is the main player, although they will play a double game in the middle of next week, go to Hungary to play against Debretzen, but Debretzen's strength is not particularly outstanding, so here the Liverpool team has to do less reservations.

However, the Liverpool team really didn't underestimate Debrezen, there are too many uncertain factors in going to the away side, if the Liverpool team is not fully prepared, then the Liverpool team is likely to be careless.

Liverpool thought they would be able to establish a lead early in this game so that they could replace their main players so they could keep them and keep them for Debrezen.

At the beginning of the game, it was indeed according to the script designed by Liverpool manager Benitez, in the fifteenth minute of the first half, Qiu Ze sent a through ball in the midfield to assist Spanish striker Fernando 61 Torres scored a single goal, and Liverpool led 1-0.

After taking the lead, Liverpool continued to increase the tempo of their attack and they were hoping to take a bigger lead early enough so they could have plenty of rest. And at the end of the first half, it was Qiu Ze again, this guy's kick on the side was directly drawn into the Manchester City goal by Maxey 61 Rodriguez at the back post, and Liverpool led 2-0.

Fifteen minutes into the second half, Liverpool dominated the pitch and although he didn't score again, they caused a lot of trouble for Manchester City, who seemed to be tired of being beaten. At this point, Benitez thought they had won the game and immediately substituted Qiu Ze, Steven Gerrard and Fernando 61 Torres in preparation for next week's midweek game.

However, after these people were replaced, the situation on the pitch changed abruptly, and Manchester City seemed to find their form all of a sudden, and began to besiege Liverpool in a frenzy, which stunned Benitez and Liverpool players.

They didn't expect that the Manchester City team, which had just been in a state of dead rats, would suddenly come to the spirit and start a counterattack, which made Benitez have a hint of foreboding in his heart, and this feeling is getting stronger and stronger.

Finally, in the thirtieth minute of the second half, Manchester City's striker Argentine Tevez broke into the Liverpool penalty area and sent the football into the door of the Liverpool team, and the Manchester City team pulled a goal back, 1-2.

Then in the 41st minute of the second half, it was Tevez again, who became the nemesis of the Liverpool team, he checked in the box and stabbed the ball into the Liverpool goal, helping Manchester City equalize the score, 2-2.

After this goal was scored, the Manchester City team was crazy, their crazy attack, frequently threatened the Liverpool team's goal, if it wasn't for Reina's solid performance in the Zuihou moment, the Liverpool team would even be overtaken by the Manchester City team.

This is something that Benitez and the Liverpudlians didn't expect, they really guessed the beginning, not the end.

It was a really bad game and they deserved the three points in this game. But because of their arrogance, the three points instantly turned into a point, which made the Liverpool players feel very bad, and of course, the most depressed was the head coach of the Liverpool team, Benitez.

After this round of fixtures, Chelsea continued to soar and continue to lead the table with 33 points. Liverpool, on the other hand, are in second place with 30 points. In third place is Arsenal with 28 points, and they lost this round. In fourth place is Manchester United, who also have 28 points.

Tottenham Hotspur is gradually catching up, they have 25 points, it can be seen that Mr. Redknapp is really a good coach, at least many times more reliable than the guy who called Juander 61 Ramos, I knew that last year, Tottenham Hotspur's senior management made Redknapp coach, and I can't say that Tottenham Hotspur could also impact the Champions League qualification last year.

At the end of this game, the Liverpool players were in a very bad mood, they should have got three points, but unfortunately, it was a pity. But now they have to get their minds out of these things and they have to focus on the next Champions League.

Next, in midweek, Liverpool travel to Hungary for a match against Debrezen. The Liverpool team flew to Hungary very early and they had to adapt to the climate and everything there. Every game is very important for Liverpool now, and we can't relax at all.

In this round, Liverpool will play Debretzen, and Fiorentina will naturally play Lyon. This is a good opportunity for Liverpool, who will be hoping to split another game so they can level second in the table.

Now, of course, their premise is to guarantee that they can win against Debretzen in Hungary. After coming to Hungary, the players of the Liverpool team felt that this game was definitely not easy, the weather in Hungary was really cold, and it was said that it had just snowed not long ago.

This is a big problem for the players of the Liverpool team, the weather is really cold, in this situation, the Liverpool team can not be careless at all, this weather has created a lot of trouble for the Liverpool team.

It was also very cold on the day of the game, but the Liverpool players had to go all out to win the game because it was really about getting out of the Champions League group and it had to be serious.

However, it was only after the game started that the Liverpool players realised how difficult it was for them to get the win. The weather was very cold, and they couldn't let go of it when they were doing the movements, and the turf was still very slippery.

Really, it was a really bad situation, and for the whole first half, Liverpool were not playing Debrezen, they were playing on the field. Yes, this game really caused them too much trouble, and Qiu Ze fell many times in the first half.

In the second half, things were a little better, the Liverpool players got used to it a bit, and the Liverpool attack gradually improved. However, Debrezen's attack is very threatening, and they are obviously more comfortable and familiar with such conditions than Liverpool, and they play as usual, so Debrezen has obviously more chances.

This made Liverpool manager Benitez very bad on the sidelines, and at this time the news came from another venue, Fiorentina led Lyon 1-0. This news is very important for the Liverpool team, and the Liverpool team should be motivated now.

The Liverpool players did work harder in the following games, and of course they were hoping to win the game by beating their opponents. But this place is really too weak, and the players of the Liverpool team have not been able to do their best.

In fact, the Liverpool team still created a lot of opportunities, but it was not handled very well at the most critical point. Take Fernando 61 Torres as an example, he got a lot of chances, and the chances were very good, but unfortunately this guy either stopped the ball small or big in Zuihou, and even slipped twice for no reason, missing a very good opportunity.

This is really terrible, the manager of the Liverpool team on the sidelines, Benitez, is really anxious to sweat. It's only a few minutes before the end of the game, and if Liverpool can't get on the scoresheet, then Liverpool will really hang in the air.

At this time, Qiu Ze stood up, and this guy suddenly threw a cold arrow at the front of the big forbidden area. Qiu Ze's long-range shot is very good, this is a bullet earth, and it is not the kind of ball that bounces directly in front of the goalkeeper, this ball is more like floating on water, bounces up and down on the ground, the height of this ball is not good, plus the turf is very slippery, not only does the football not slow down, but the speed of the ball is getting faster and faster, like a sharp arrow flew into the lower right corner of the goal.

It was with Qiu Ze's cold shot that the Liverpool team won a thrilling away victory over the Debrezen team and got the three points as they wished. In the other game, Fiorentina also won 1-0 against Lyon with home advantage.

At the end of the five rounds, Fiorentina is temporarily first in the group with four wins and one loss and 12 points, while Lyon is second in the group with three wins and two losses and nine points, and Liverpool is also three wins and two losses with nine points, but they are behind Lyon in goal difference, and they are temporarily in third place, while Debretzen is still their point-giving boy after losing five games.

After this game, the situation of the Liverpool team is also not optimistic. Now they are still in third place, and they are still a lot behind Lyon in terms of goal difference, and they will definitely not be able to catch up in the first round of Zuihou.

Now Liverpool can only set their sights on Fiorentina, who are currently top of the group. Yes, they are now only three points away from Fiorentina, and this round of fixtures, Liverpool are at home to Fiorentina, as long as Liverpool beat Fiorentina by more than 2-0, they can still qualify from the group.

Because Lyon played the score-giving boy Debretzen in the final game, they were almost already victorious, and they could even win by a big score, because they also care about goal difference, so it is almost impossible for Liverpool to take out Lyon.

Then Liverpool can only go to get rid of Fiorentina, and they can take out Fiorentina for the most realistic because they only need to beat Fiorentina by more than 2-0 games, and they can squeeze out Fiorentina to qualify.

If Zuihou's result is really like this, Fiorentina, Lyon and Liverpool will all have 12 points, but Liverpool and Lyon will not have an advantage in winning or losing, they will only have to go to Fiorentina. As long as Liverpool win more than 2-0 against Fiorentina, they can take out Fiorentina in terms of win-lose.

Fiorentina and Lyon are tied in terms of win-loss relationship, one person wins, both are 1-0, then they have a goal difference. In terms of goal difference, Fiorentina is a little less than Lyon, so it will be Lyon and Liverpool who will qualify in the end.

Fortunately, there was no Lyon team PK to Liverpool, Liverpool team PK to Florence, Fiorentina PK to Lyon team's dead dunk, I am really glad that Fiorentina's goal difference is not much, otherwise it would be really difficult to say.