193. Battle Stamford Bridge
When preparing for the game, the Chelsea team made a high-profile appearance, showing their confidence in front of reporters in turn, belittling the Liverpool team, which made Liverpool fans very unhappy, in their opinion, the Chelsea team is simply too shameless.
They were beaten into fools by Liverpool this season, and they were so ashamed of the cheekiness of the Chelsea people that they had the courage to shout so arrogantly.
However, even in the face of such provocation from the Chelsea people, Liverpool's players remained reticent and unwilling to stand up and say anything. They didn't seem to hear Chelsea's provocation and remained closed.
This made the Chelseans even more arrogant, they thought that the Liverpudlian were afraid of them, and they frantically belittled Liverpool in front of the media, shouting that they could easily beat Liverpool and now they would qualify for the Champions League final.
Even so, Liverpool still didn't say anything, and they are still preparing for the game behind closed doors.
Until the Liverpool team went to London, they still did not stand up for interviews with reporters, which made these reporters very surprised, what happened to the Liverpool team? At the same time, it also makes these reporters more curious, and they now want to know more about what the Liverpool players are thinking now.
However, Liverpool did not come forward for interviews, and it was not until the pre-match press conference that these journalists had the opportunity to interview Liverpool people.
Present at today's pre-match press conference were Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez, as well as Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard and Liverpool's top scorer Qiu Ze.
Seeing the presence of these three people, the reporters on the scene became excited, and now they can finally interview the people of Liverpool, they are so excited that they have raised their hands high, hoping to get the opportunity to interview the people of Liverpool.
However, very few reporters were able to get questions, because the three of Benitez answered a total of four questions, of which Benitez answered two questions alone. This made the long-awaited reporters very unhappy, but there was nothing they could do about it.
Benitez said this when asked by reporters: "The reason why we chose closed training is just to get a better preparation environment, and there are no new tactics at all. I just want my players to put their whole heart and soul into the preparation, it's as simple as that. ”
Benitez answered his second question as follows: "We still have a lot of experience with Chelsea. Because we've played Chelsea the most this season and they're very familiar with us now. And in the previous games, we also took the absolute initiative and we believe that we will not disappoint the Liverpool fans. ”
Although Benitez didn't say it explicitly, everyone could see what he meant, that is, they Liverpool were not afraid of Chelsea. With this record, is there any reason for Liverpool to lose to Chelsea? Of course not!
Yes, this is not an interrogative sentence! It's a rhetorical question! This guy asked himself directly. It can also be seen from here that Benitez is full of confidence for this game.
In fact, there is one thing that Benitez has not said, that is, Liverpool's results at Stamford Bridge this season are really good, and they have won the final victory at Stamford Bridge twice, so it can be said that Stamford Bridge is their Liverpool's blessed land.
Steven Gerrard also answered a question from reporters, and Gerrard had this to say: "Yes, our closed training is really like what the head coach Mr. Benitez said, just to give his team-mates a better environment. We didn't prepare any new tactics, killer features, or anything. Because it doesn't need to be at all, and now we've played against Chelsea. ”
Steven Gerrard is also extremely confident, and he also teases Chelsea with his previous record against Chelsea. Of course, there is also the confidence in Gerrard's heart, as if they could have beaten Chelsea with ease.
And Qiu Ze also answered a question, he said like this: "Really? Did Mr Frank Lampard really say that? Then I think he's going to be disappointed. I'll bet on Mr Frank Lampard's mouth with my actions in this game. Of course, I also hope that Chelsea will really come up with that Champions League-level defense, but I'll see what the Champions League-level defense looks like! ”
Qiu Ze is also full of confidence, and he doesn't seem to take Chelsea's defense into account at all, and this guy dares to answer so boldly when he faces reporters' questions.
After that, the Liverpool people immediately got up and left the scene of the pre-match press conference quickly, without giving these reporters a chance, which made the reporters on the scene really very dissatisfied, but they had no other way.
Now, the journalists turned their attention to the next Chelsea team, and they wanted to dig more out of Chelsea.
However, though, the Chelsea man answered a lot of questions next. However, they didn't come up with anything new, they just repeated the previous things over and over again, much to the disappointment of these reporters.
As a result, the reporters couldn't help but turn their attention to the upcoming match, which they all knew was going to be a Mars vs. Earth match, and it was going to give them more of what they wanted.
On the day of the game, the weather in London did not seem to be very good, and it encountered heavy fog early in the morning, which gave Qiu Ze a glimpse of the style of the fog capital. In such a situation, the game will definitely be greatly affected, but fortunately, in the afternoon, the fog gradually cleared.
Although there is still a feeling of fog in the distance, the fog is very light, and the impact on the football is not too great, which makes the players on both sides breathe a sigh of relief.
However, even the weather did not dampen the enthusiasm of the fans, and more than three hours before the start of the game, fans began to make their way to Stamford Bridge in twos and threes. Of course, there are many more fans who are starting to prepare for this very important match.
These fans began to take to the streets to call their friends, buy gear and snacks, and prepare for the game they had been waiting for for a long time. Of course, those reporters and the broadcasters of those TV stations are also preparing for the arrival of this Champions League semi-final.
Other TV crews began broadcasting fans outside the stadium and interviewing passing fans to warm up for the game.
Today, it was a big game as Chelsea fans flocked to Stamford Bridge, the club's home stadium. However, it is clear that Stamford Bridge is unlikely to accommodate so many Chelsea fans, and many Chelsea fans will not be able to enter the stadium.
These Chelsea fans gathered in the square outside the stadium to watch the big screens in the square. Others flocked to the nearby bar, where they were ready to watch this very important game.
Today, a very large number of fans flocked to Chelsea's Stamford Bridge, which was already full half an hour before the start of the game, as if there was no room for anyone anymore, and the atmosphere was very hot.
Almost an hour before the start of the game, the Liverpool bus drove into the Stamford Bridge stadium, and the arrival of the Liverpool players naturally attracted the attention of many fans and journalists, but the Liverpool players poured into the tunnel as soon as they got off the bus.
Just minutes after the arrival of the Liverpool players, the Chelsea bus arrived at the scene, which made Chelsea excited and they excitedly sang the Chelsea anthem to cheer for the team.
Chelsea fans will be hoping for a win today and progress to this season's Champions League final.
There are also a lot of Liverpool fans who came to Stamford Bridge today, six or seven thousand people, almost 10,000. It's amazing that Liverpool fans can get so many away tickets. They all gathered in one side of the stand to cheer on the Liverpool team.
Not long after arriving at the stadium, the Liverpool team came out to warm up. On the pitch, they bumped into the same Chelsea players who had also come out to warm up. However, there was no conversation between the players on both sides, as if they didn't see each other.
As soon as the Chelsea players came out, the Chelsea fans in attendance erupted in the loudest cheers to welcome their home team. At the same time, they sang the Chelsea anthem to cheer them on. Of course, they didn't forget to sarcastically ridicule Liverpool's players.
At this time, everything is going on intensely, and now everything is in a state of zuihou. And the commentators on the TV stations that broadcast the game have been working for a long time, and they are warming up for this hugely important game.
Soon, players from both sides began to leave the pitch and return to the dressing room. They will return to the dressing room to listen to the manager's tactical arrangements as they await the official start of this hugely important game.
At this time, the commentators of various TV stations are also preparing for zuihou, watching the materials in their hands, and charging for the upcoming game.
In Liverpool's dressing room, Liverpool's manager Rafael 61 Benitez was spitting at this time to explain today's tactics to Liverpool's players, Liverpool's tactics today are attack-oriented, and now after all, they are at a disadvantage, and they must use attack to redeem the disadvantage, so that they will have a chance.
Liverpool have intensified their attacking training behind closed doors and Benitez will be hoping to play what they have been training on these days today, so that they can teach the Chelseans a lesson and let them know that the winner of this game will be Liverpool, not Chelsea.
Benitez spoke so vigorously that it didn't take long for twenty minutes to fly. The assistant referee came from outside the door, and the game was about to start.