As we all know, Liverpool is England's best team in Europe, which is the pride of all Reds fans, but they also have an unacceptable 'record', that is, since the creation of the Premier League, they have not won the Premier League, which is simply a failure for the top European giants Liverpool.

As a result, Liverpool's hierarchy brought in Benitez, who led Valencia to the league title and UEFA Cup in the summer of 2004, and there is no doubt that the first season was impressive, leading Liverpool to five Champions League victories when the league title was missing, especially in Istanbul, which made the world realize the resilience of this England giant.

But...... By now, this Liverpool team has gradually lost itself, whether in the Champions League or the league, it has not achieved satisfactory results, so during the Christmas period, the team's top management gave Benitez a last ultimatum, either the league title or the Champions League title, if you can't get it, get out!

After some media rendering, many Liverpool players feel great pressure, especially Mascherano and Torres, both of them did not play their due strength in the game against Chelsea, Mascherano needless to say, is like a stake when defending Eyro, and Torres in the face of Chelsea's muscular man close defense, simply unable to play his concise, fast kicking characteristics, so in Liverpool's seven games against Chelsea, only scored a pitiful two goals.

Against the backdrop of intense pressure, the Liverpool players are once again seeking a war of words with their Chelsea players in an attempt to distract their opponents.

When Mascherano was interviewed by reporters this time, he took the initiative to talk about how to defend Iro, and he said viciously: "In the past games, Ai has always been the best, but I believe it will not be him this time!"

In the face of Mascherano's fierce and confident answer, the London media was unimpressed, and in the past countless matches, didn't he always say this in interviews with reporters?

People are hard to dismantle.

However, Mascherano's next words made the London media very crazy, and even wiped a cold sweat for Iro.

"I won't be polite to him, it's the Champions League knockout round, it's the battlefield! If I have the chance, I will break his leg!! ”

Gerrard, who was communicating with his teammates at the training ground, heard Mascherano's answer, his brows wrinkled instinctively, obviously a little dissatisfied with the Argentine's words, as a Liverpool man should have blood, but blatantly said in the following interview 'I will break his leg', it seems too stingy, if Iello is really tackled by Mascherano in the game, Mascherano will not only become the target of everyone's criticism, but Liverpool will also be pushed to the cusp.

That's not a good sign.

So...... Gerrard is going to talk to Mascherano after training.

The news of coming out of the Melwood training base was quickly passed to the Cobham training base, and before the person in question, Iello could speak, and Barak said viciously in a subsequent interview with The Times: "Break Ai's leg? Ha ha...... Then I can only say that he is not suitable for football, he can go to international tyrannical fighting, that is his battlefield! ”

Brazilian Lucas, who is likely to be out of substitute Xavi Alonso with a hard injury, said excitedly after hearing the response from the Chelsea players: "Chelsea with bus drivers and big talk kings is really disgusting, but we firmly believe that a disgusting team can't win at Anfield!" ”

In this way, in the war of words between the players of both sides, the first leg of the 2008-2009 Champions League quarter-finals slowly unfolded.

First up were the two quarter-finals in the top half, Valencia drew 1-1 at home to Arsenal at an absolute disadvantage, while the other quarter-final result surprised everyone, Manchester United were held to a 2-2 draw at home by Porto.

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The Liverpool vs Chelsea and Barcelona vs Bayern Munich Champions League quarter-finals kick off at 8.45pm on the second night.

As soon as the Chelsea players stepped onto the Anfield stadium, the Liverpool fans in the stands erupted in huge boos.

This continued until the official start of the competition.

Of course, that's also the case with Chelsea players on the ball.

It's a way for Liverpool fans to express their dislike for Chelsea and their loyalty to Liverpool.

But this behavior of the Liverpool fans was of no use at all except to make a disgusting noise, so that the reporters who came to the scene felt very speechless, so they did not lift their spirits for a period of time after the start of the game, but only pressed the shutter in their hands in a daze.

The game lasted until more than ten minutes before the on-site reporters who were lying on the railing lit up.

Mascherano finally used a defensive move with bright spikes when defending Iroh head-on, which immediately caused a riot between the players on both sides of the field, and even Mourinho, who was standing on the field, yelled insults at Benitez next to him, and the managers of both sides also rubbed on the sidelines.

Ballack, who was on the bench, reacted the most violently, rushing straight to the sideline and yelling at Mascherano, but his voice could not reach the ears of the parties at all because of the huge boos that erupted from the stands on all four sides of Anfield.

"It's going to be fun."

Looking at this scene on and off the field, the commentator in the live studio said.

But more people are concerned about whether there is anything wrong with Aelo, Huang Jianxiang frowned and said: "According to the slow-motion replay, there is a movement of raising his feet when Mascherano puts the shovel in front of him, which is very dangerous, if it is not for Aelo to judge in advance that there is a jumping action, then this will be troublesome, I believe he has nothing to ...... big deal."

"Javier Mascherano's tackle was brutal and felt like he was going straight to Ai's face!"

Lineker's tone was filled with dissatisfaction.

After a short period of treatment, Iroh got back on his feet, which also gave a sigh of relief to many fans who cared about him.

"Ai be careful, you may be targeted by the Argentine mad dog!"

Modric patted Iroh on the shoulder and said with his mouth covered.

Iello turned his head meaningfully to look at Mascherano and smiled: "If he really dealt with me like he did before the game, then Liverpool would have lost half of it!" ”

Mascherano, who was lining up the wall at the request of goalkeeper Reina, seemed to feel that there was a gaze on him, so he turned his head to look at it by feeling, just met Iro's eyes, and soon, he gritted his teeth, and even wanted to go up and beat Iro.

Because he feels like Iroh is provoking himself!

Thinking of the past ten games, he has become the green leaf of Iro, and the nameless fire in his heart burns.

"Javier, calm down, otherwise it will make the team very passive."

At that moment, the voice of captain Gerrard reached Mascherano's ears, and his shoulders were heavy.

Mascherano turned his head to look at Gerrard, only to realize that he had just received a yellow card, if there is no way to drive out the negative feelings in the future, then he will become the team's sinner, no matter how much coach Benitez loves him, it is impossible to avoid criticism from fans and the media, plus Benitez is now unable to protect himself......

So, he nodded, agreeing with Gerald's point.

"Why?"

On the other side, Modric blurted out a question.

"You'll find out later." Iroh looked at Mascherano and Gerard, who were not far away, and said with a shoulder on his shoulder.

After saying that, Iroh jogged towards the Liverpool penalty area to prepare for the set-piece, which was too far and too far for his free-kick characteristics, but he was temporarily 'invited' by the referee after just two steps.

It was only then that he realized that as long as he was treated by the team doctor on the playing field, he could not participate in the ongoing offensive or defensive ......

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Two minutes later, Iello broke through with the ball in Liverpool's half, and Mascherano was cautious in defending Iroh because he was already carrying a yellow card.

Iello flicked a shot with his right foot above the football, and his upper body also moved to the left, Mascherano had to throw his body out in order to stand in a defensive position, but Iroh slammed the ball to stop in place at this time, Mascherano had no time to brake, so he could only choose to defend Iroh with a foul, and dragged his left hand to the back of the shirt.

But at this moment, he suddenly remembered that he had a yellow card on his back, but his left hand, which had been pulled on the jersey, relaxed.

Cut in!

"Oops!"

The Liverpool local TV commentator exclaimed as he looked at the camera.

As soon as he finished speaking, a vicious sliding shovel from the side of the Brazilian Lucas came from the side, and Ielo stabbed the ball forward with a sharp stab, and then jumped up, only to be kicked by the tip of Lucas's shoe to the upper and fall onto the turf.

"Liverpool's players really fought hard for this game, and less than a quarter of an hour after the game started, Mascherano and Lucas, two defensive midfielders, tackled Elo one after another!" Andy Ray frowned, but when he saw the referee's yellow card, his voice changed: "Oh? Yellow! It was definitely Chelsea's chance, and with a quarter of an hour into the game, Liverpool's two defensive midfielders were both booked for their breakaways!! ”

Benitez, who was standing on the field, had the same expression as usual, but a bean-sized cold sweat broke out behind his back.

He knows better than anyone about Iro's strength, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the past seven consecutive defeats are Iro's personal director!

Now that both midfielders have received yellow cards, it means that the defense in the middle will most likely collapse!