47. Fight for the right to qualify from the group

The fifth round of the 2008-2009 UEFA Champions League Group A, B, C, and D is now being played. Now it's time for the most critical moment, the time to sprint for group qualification.

As early as the day before this group match, the fifth round of the 2008-2009 UEFA Champions League E, F, G, H group four has ended, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Arsenal, Bayern Munich and other giants have qualified in advance in this round.

In Group H, La Liga giants Real Madrid beat Belarus' Brysov 1-0 away from home. In this game, Real Madrid's banner Raul 61 Gonzalez scored the only goal of the game.

The goal came just seven minutes into the opening period when Real Madrid's Drenthe's cross from the left was leaked by Saviola at the front post and Raul's left-footed volley from nine yards bounced off the underside of the crossbar into the far corner to give his side the lead.

It was also Raul's 62nd goal in the Champions League. With the victory in this game, Real Madrid also advanced to the round of 16 with nine points after five rounds. In the other game, Juventus, who had already qualified in the previous round, drew 0-0 away at Zenit St. Petersburg, winners of the 2008 UEFA Cup.

The Red Devils travel to the 'Yellow Submarine' Villarreal, with the two sides tied on eight points before the game, with the loser at risk of being overtaken by Denmark's Aalborg in the first round of Zuihou and disqualified. Fortunately, the two giants "have a very tacit understanding" to draw a 0-0 score, and zuihou will join hands with nine points to qualify from Group E. Although Aalborg defeated Celtic of the Soviet Super League 2-1 at home, they had no hope of qualifying and could only hope for the UEFA Cup match.

Bayern Munich and Lyon qualified from Group F. Bayern beat Steaua Bucharest 3-0 at home, with Klose scoring twice and setting up Toney for his first Champions League goal. Lyon, on the other hand, won 2-1 away at Fiorentina with the "Purple Lily".

The Arsenal team from England scored in the Zuihou moment by Bendtner in this round of the game, and defeated Dynamo Kyiv 1-0 with a difficult victory to advance to the round of 16. Porto, who are also in Group G, beat Fenerbahce 2-1 away from home, accumulating nine points and also qualifying from the group.

In this way, the fifth round of the last four groups is over, and all the teams that should be promoted have been selected, they are Manchester United and Villarreal in Group E, Bayern Munich and Lyon in Group F, Arsenal and Porto in Group G, Juventus and Real Madrid in Group H.

At this time, it is the most critical moment to advance, and the next game is to go all out.

On the 26th, that is, today, the fifth round of the four groups of the Champions League group stage A, B, C, and D will also start. In Group A, Chelsea take on Bordeaux away and Roma take on Cluj. In Group B, where qualification is most uncertain, bottom-of-the-table Bremen face Anthosis away and Inter Milan take on Panathinaikos. Barcelona, who have already qualified, play Sporting Lisbon, and Shakhtar Donetsk play Basel at home. Liverpool take on Marseille, while Atletico Madrid will face PSV Eindhoven.

This round is very important for Liverpool, who are now top of Group D and have eight points, but that is not enough to guarantee them a place from this group. Because in second place is Atletico Madrid, who have six points, in third place is Marseille with four points, and in fourth place is PSV Eindhoven.

With two rounds left in the group stage, as it stands, all four teams in Group D have not been eliminated and have hopes of qualifying. Now it's a crucial moment for the right to qualify, and PSV Eindhoven and Marseille certainly want to fight, but they're not here to see the excitement.

For Marseille and PSV Eindhoven, if they want to qualify, they must win the next two rounds, otherwise they will be out of play. As for Liverpool and Atletico Madrid, if they want to qualify, Zuihou only needs to win one of the two rounds.

Therefore, the current form is very advantageous for Liverpool and Atletico Madrid, because after this, there is no direct meeting between the two teams, and the chances of the two teams qualifying are very high.

Liverpool will certainly want to secure a place at this time, as the Premier League is very competitive and they want to focus more on the league. Therefore, Liverpool played Marseille at home in this round, and Liverpool very much hoped to win the Marseille team directly.

Now, Liverpool is in very good shape, in the first two rounds of the league, Liverpool has won a series of big wins and defeated the opponent, two consecutive games 6-0, Liverpool is in hot form.

However, it is not all smooth things for Liverpool right now. Liverpool's internal problems are many, at the beginning of the season, Liverpool spent more than 20 million pounds from Tottenham Hotspur to bring in Robbie 61 Keane, this guy came to Liverpool at first rarely played.

In the back, even if this guy has a chance to play, almost all of them come off the bench. This guy was very poor in the very beginning, and he didn't show what he was worth. However, this guy has been doing well lately, and he has made many contributions as a substitute.

That should have been a good thing for Liverpool, but that's not the case anymore. With a more haode performance, Robbie 61 Keane, who replaced Mr. 20 million, is no longer satisfied with just being a substitute, and now he wants to get the starting position.

Before the last round of the league, Robbie 61 Keane approached Benitez alone and told him about his desire to get the main team. In the last round, Benitez did not start Robbie 61 Keane, and in this game, the guy lost his temper and made a fuss.

This is a big problem for Liverpool, and it has a direct impact on the unity within Liverpool. To be honest, Robbie's recent goal of 61 Keane is not bad, but this form is not necessarily particularly good.

Because Liverpool's opponents are not very strong recently, and when Robbie 61 Keane came on the field, the opponent had basically been defeated by Liverpool, and it was not easy for him to go up and score at this time? To put it bluntly, Benitez is just worried that Robbie 61 Keane can't play a tough game now.

Rafa Benitez is ready to look at Robbie 61 Keane again before making a decision. Robbie 61 Keane's uproar instantly put Benitez in an awkward position. This uproar, Liverpool's current good state will definitely be affected, which makes Benitez very unhappy.

Bennetes is now eager to scrap Robbie 61 Keane, this guy is so capable of doing things.

After Robbie's 61 Keane's trouble, the situation in the Liverpool team really got a little bad all of a sudden. Because it's not just Robbie 61 Keane who thinks about the main position now, the players of the Liverpool team listen to Robbie 61 Keane making a fuss, and they also have the meaning of making a fuss.

The other person affected is Babbel Babbel, who is now playing a lot less time and has no space up front. Babbel himself would have preferred to play as a striker rather than on the wing, but when Keane arrived, his position naturally shifted to the back row. In fact, in terms of last season's performance, ability and potential, the twenty-one-year-old Babbel is more promising than the twenty-nine-year-old Keane, but the current situation is that the new season just came Robbie 61 Keane often played, and he Babbel completely popped out of the audience's attention, which is almost half a season has passed, and Babbel has only played two times, with a total time of no more than half an hour.

Dutchman Babel recently expressed his dissatisfaction with not being able to play: "I always said that I want to play as a striker, if I can't play the game, I can't improve, I play as a striker in the Netherlands, I have always played as a striker when I was growing up, this is the position I want, people say I am still young, only twenty-one years old, my time will come, but I am not a player who wants to wait, I want to perform now, not wait until three or four years from ......"

Babbel is very dissatisfied with his current situation, not to mention that he does not have much playing time, but also to say that he is not satisfied with the position of the substitute. He himself prefers to be able to play the position of striker, but in Benitez's heart, he Babel is a wide player, which makes Babel very incomprehensible and very uncomfortable.

Before the match between Liverpool and Marseille, Dutch striker Babel said this in an interview with reporters before the game: "The best position for me is the striker, and I need to play now to improve myself. And these Liverpool can't give me now, if you can't give me what I want, you can let me go, loan, transfer! I have to play now and I don't want to be on the bench. ”

Comrade Babbel expressed his desperate desire to leave Liverpool, and as soon as this thing came out, the atmosphere in the Liverpool team was tense to the extreme, and it could be heard from Babbel's words that this guy had a very deep grudge against Liverpool and Benitez.

Here, he Babel couldn't stay for a moment, and he desperately wanted to get out of here.

As soon as this issue came out, the outside media immediately publicized it, especially in France, who hoped to use it to beat Liverpool and give Marseille a better chance of winning.

At the first moment, Ligue 1 side Marseille immediately made an offer to Liverpool, hoping to bring in Liverpool's Dutch striker Babel. The head coach of the Marseille team praised Babel in the press conference before the game, expressing his appreciation for Babbel, and he also expressed his infinite love for Babbel, hoping to bring Babbel to Marseille immediately.

Marseille's approach made Liverpool very unhappy, and Benitez was even more angry, and he criticized Marseille's approach before the game. However, at this time, it is not only the Marseille club that is interested in Babel, but also many clubs from the Bundesliga, Eredivisie and the Premier League.

Among them, Babbel's former club PSV Eindhoven is very interested in Babbel, even at such a crucial moment as they are about to play Atletico Madrid, they have issued a statement that they hope Babbel will consider them, they have always had a place for Babbel there.

Seeing that Babel has become a sweet spot in the eyes of various teams, at this time, Liverpool fans are nervous, and they begin to put pressure on the club to keep Babbel, and also hope that Liverpool Club can give Babel more game time.

Liverpool fans are optimistic about Babbel's potential, they believe that Babbel will become a very important player for Liverpool in the future, and now Liverpool must keep Babbel.

In this way, Benitez fell into passivity. Of course, Benitez only has the potential of Babbel, but in his view, Babbel belongs to the future, not the present. Now that Liverpool's squad is relatively complete, is it not disrupting Liverpool's current deployment to put Babel into the main squad so rashly?

Although Benitez also wanted to keep Babbel, but at this time, he did not compromise on this, Babbel still did not appear in the main lineup with Marseille, still appeared on the bench, and he sat on the bench with Robbie 61 Keane.

This game is hugely important for both teams, and Liverpool will have to beat Marseille in this game if they want to qualify early. Marseille, on the other hand, will need to beat Liverpool to have any hope if they are to qualify from this group.