49. Liverpudlians' confidence
If you want to win the game, you have to score, but the lack of a striker has always been a problem for Benitez, Manchester United have Wayne Rooney and Cristiano 61 Ronaldo, Chelsea have Drogba and Lampard, Gerrard is no worse than Cristiano 61 Ronaldo and Lampard, but the "Reds" do not have the same goalscorers as Rooney and Drogba.
Torres was bought by Benitez for a hefty sum this year, but the former Atletico golden boy's performances at Anfield can only be described as lacklustre, and to add insult to injury, Torres is now injured and unable to play.
Of course, Liverpool also has Qiu Ze, although this guy is a midfielder, but his scoring ability is good, and he can also play as a second striker, when he was in Bellamar, Qiu Ze scored goals in the second striker position very efficiently.
Therefore, if necessary, Benitez can push Qiu Ze to the forward line, so that Liverpool's goal should be guaranteed. And the responsibility of organizing the attack is handed over to Spanish midfielder Xavi 61 Alonso, which is his strength.
However, at this time, there was unpleasant news that Spanish midfielder Xavi 61 Alonso was injured at this time, and it seems to be more serious, more serious than Fernando 61 Torres.
Suddenly, Liverpool people felt that the sky had fallen, and at this most critical time, Liverpool had a succession of injuries to generals, which is too unfair.
It is said that Xavi 61 Alonso was guessed by his teammates when he was in training, resulting in an injury that is said to be serious and will require at least two months of recuperation.
This is really too big a blow to Liverpool, in the next three Champions League games, Liverpool must win all to have a chance to qualify, at this time, Liverpool has lost a midfielder, which is undoubtedly worse.
Maybe before, Liverpool fans and the media still had some confidence in the Liverpool team, but after learning that Xavi 61 Alonso and Fernando 61 were injured, they suddenly felt very worried for Liverpool, they thought that Liverpool was hanging, really hanging.
'We know Fernando Torres and Alonso are important for us but we have to be prepared for them not to play because we have a lot of good players and that's where Liverpool excel. Benitez said before the game.
Although Benitez said it easily, everyone could hear the helplessness in his heart. Who wants to lose the absolute main force and core of the team at such a critical time?
Now the media wind is completely tilted in favor of Betaxis, who believe that Betaksis will have a good chance of winning this game, and they believe that Liverpool has already been lifted out of the Champions League stomach stage.
However, at this time, the manager and players of Betacisse did not think so, they thought that it was a smoke bomb released by Liverpool, they did not believe that Xavi 61 Alonso and Fernando 61 Torres were injured, they thought it was a fraud.
Speaking to reporters, the head coach of Betaxis said: "Whether Torres and Alonso are injured or not, the first thing we need to do is to do our best, adjust our condition to the best and give our all. ”
The reporters on the scene heard the disbelief in the tone of the head coach of Betacis, and at this time, these reporters were also considering the truth of what the head coach of Betacis said, in fact, they also had some doubts, and they also thought that Liverpool threw smoke bombs at this time.
Speaking to the media ahead of the game, Benitez said: "We've been preparing for this game for a long time and I'm confident that I can get the result we want. My players are in good shape at the moment, they're ready and we're going for the win.
At the same time, in order to relieve the pressure on the team, Benitez even said: "Of course, even if the group fails to qualify, it is not the end of Shijie." Our planning is for the years ahead, not just this season. Mr. Chairman has set aside a large amount of money for the team to strengthen the squad. ”
News broke early on that Liverpool's American boss had promised to allocate £25 million in transfer funds to continue strengthening the squad. Of course, the media reporters know that Benitez is referring to this, and it seems that Benitez hopes to use this to divert everyone's attention and give Liverpool a relaxed environment to prepare for the game.
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard also acknowledged the seriousness of the situation, but encouraged the team to take together: "We can't afford to give up or feel guilty, we didn't think we were really good for nothing despite the defeat to Beśiktas in the last round, in fact we were in control of the game, we had the initiative and we had chances to score, but our goals hit us hard. ”
'At the moment we only have one way to go and it's difficult to climb the mountain, but we have the confidence and belief that we can do it. We've been in a similar situation before, many times, maybe too many times, and we've not gotten through it every time. The Reds captain was clearly referring to the 2004-2005 season, when his own goal helped the team beat Olympiacos in a thrilling group qualification.
Liverpool fans heard the captain speak, and they were full of anticipation for this game, isn't what we Liverpool do best is to create miracles?
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard added: "Back in Istanbul, we had miracles in both the Champions League finals and the great comeback in the FA Cup final against West Ham in Cardiff. These are all decisive winners, but weishenme, we don't show that momentum and win three games in a row? Anfield has our back, two of our three games at home, which is a big encouragement and means we are in danger and the fans will help us. Three group games are three finals, and we believe we can do it, but we have to admit that it's very difficult to win three in a row. I assure everyone that we will do everything we can. ”
The Liverpool captain's words inspired everyone, and the Liverpool players poured out to show their determination.
Qiu Ze said in an interview with media reporters: "Although I didn't experience the night in Istanbul, I experienced the Lisbon miracle when I was in Belamar, when we won the cup with Zuihou against the mighty Sporting Lisbon. I know what it was like, I'm familiar with it, and I think I'm lucky enough to have another chance to experience that this feeling this season. ”
"I firmly believe that our strength is stronger than our opponents, and this is still our home stadium, I firmly believe that we can win Zuihou, and then win one game at a time, Zuihou will qualify from the group!" Qiu Ze said categorically.
Liverpool captain Reina also stepped up and said: "The captain is right, now is not the time to give up, we have quality, we should have confidence in ourselves, we won this game." If you want to knock us out of the group stage, that's impossible! ”
Seeing the confidence of the Liverpool players, Benitez relaxed a lot at this time, and what he was most afraid of was that the players themselves had no confidence, so there would be no need to play this game. Luckily, Liverpool's players are much stronger than he thought.
Reflecting on the current predicament, Benitez is confident that the team can get out of the situation and take three points in tomorrow's battle of life and death, "Our current squad is better than before, as long as we play at the level we deserve, we can win Zuihou and give everyone more confidence to continue fighting." We have to believe we have what it takes to win this game. ”
However, Rafael Benitez has had to deal with the current injury situation in his squad, with it has been confirmed that Fernando Torres and Marcos Alonso will be sidelined, and with the injury still unhealed, the duo will miss tomorrow's fixture. Fortunately, Benitez also has Crouch, who has been neglected and unused, although the latter has not made any achievements so far, but has performed well as a substitute in recent games, and it is believed that Benitez should give the England center forward more opportunities.
In the usual training, Qiu Ze has seen Benitez's arrangement for Crouch, in these days of training, Crouch is on the team's main lineup, and he believes that Crouch will appear in the starting lineup.
And Crouch has been very serious in recent training, and he has shown good form. It can be seen that the bench bench has not dampened Crouch's fighting spirit, and he has been waiting on the bench for his opportunity.
Now that the opportunity has come, this guy is very excited, and this guy has also shown strong competitiveness, at least in Qiu Ze's opinion, this guy is now ahead of Wononen and others.
Liverpool are prepared, and Liverpool's opponent Bethaxis is prepared.
Lately, Bertacis has not been in a very good situation. Besiktas suffered a 2-1 defeat to Fenerbach in the Turkish league last weekend, while key defender Gelkan was also injured in the game and was unable to travel with the team. Besiktas will entrust the burden of picking up points to the team's top scorer Bovo in the hope of bringing back a point from the road. Besiktas has a poor record in the Champions League, so coach Erturul is asking for a point.
Even if Bétacis only pick up one point, they will still qualify for the group, so it is only natural for them to think that way, after all, Liverpool are the strongest opponents in the group, and they are already satisfied to get four points from Liverpool.
Liverpool were beaten 1-0 away from home in the last round of the Champions League, and with only one point from the first three rounds, there is now only one option for the Reds to qualify, and that is to win all of their next three games.
In this round of fixtures, the Reds will return to Anfield to host Besiktas, and if they can't win this opponent, the Reds will say goodbye to this year's Champions League once and for all. Revenge, death, can they seize Zuihou's hope, in this battle.
Liverpool's players are united in this regard, and they are confident that they can beat Betaxise at home and sound the clarion call for a counterattack. Now that they're ready, they're waiting for this life-and-death battle to come, they're waiting.
The other game in this group will be played before the match between Betaxis and Liverpool, and if Marseille can overcome their opponents, Porto, then Marseille will qualify from the group early, and Porto will obviously not sit idly by.