Liverpool, who also used their substitutes to finish the weekend, did not have a good result as Valencia, but the result is unimportant to them as they lose their contention for the league title but can save their qualification for next season's Champions League.

However, the Liverpool hierarchy and fans were hoping to win the game away from home at the same time as Valencia were on the bench, but the result was not satisfactory, as they were beaten twice by Portsmouth in the first half, only to be pulled back in the second half by a header from centre-back Hyypia.

Although Liverpool said that they did not take the loss of this game seriously, some clues were still unearthed in the hard work of reporters.

Bellamy, who was substituted in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals, complained about his teammates many times in this league game, and did not return to Liverpool with the team after the game, but chose to drive away alone, which is undoubtedly a slap in the face for Benitez, who focuses on the team as a whole.

So when the team returned to Liverpool, the team gave Bellamy a big penalty - sitting on the bench for the second leg of the Champions League semi-final.

Although Liverpool denied it after this news was exposed, in the team's grouping party, the reporter clearly photographed Bellamy, who started the last round, did not wear the yellow vest that symbolized the main force, but Crouch, who was in a better state, wore the yellow vest.

This has to make journalists with a peculiar way of thinking suspicious.

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On April 30, the day after Valencia finished the league at home, they took a direct flight from Valencia to Liverpool at noon that day.

Interestingly, when the entire Valencia squad came out at Liverpool's Renon International Airport, in addition to a few Valencia fans wearing white jerseys, there were also many Everton fans wearing blue jerseys holding signs in support of Valencia's victory over Liverpool.

This shows how big the hatred between Everton and Liverpool really is......

There were a lot of reporters who came to the airport, so their eyes were sharp, and they didn't see the captain Albelda from the entourage, that is...... He did miss the second leg of the Champions League semi-final between Valencia and Liverpool due to injury.

This unexpected discovery came as a surprise to most English journalists.

Albelda's role in the Valencia team is quite obvious, in the past season, Albelda has the most touches per game, and it is rare that his passing accuracy is as high as 91.3%, basically no mistakes, and the whole season is very stable, which is really a very difficult number for a veteran who is about to turn 30 years old.

Even more important is the number of passes he makes in each game, as Valencia's long counter-attacking passes are almost always done by Albelda.

At the same time, he also contributed a lot when defending, averaging 3 or 4 successful interceptions per game, which is comparable to the number of professional blue-collar games.

Albelda's absence from the game will most likely have a direct impact on the final outcome of this match.

In order to avoid panic in the team, Flores spoke to reporters about the negative effects of Albelda's absence: "Injuries are inevitable for any team and unfortunately we are unfortunate but it will not affect our plans at Anfield. ”

Iro, who has not scored in two consecutive games in the Champions League, was also among the reporters, and in the face of reporters' questions, Iroh said very strongly: "For me, individual goals are far less important than team wins, if I can, I will exchange all my goals this season for winning the game, as for the goal drought is a problem, I think ...... Anyone with a little brain can imagine that the table for measuring a player is not only about goals, right? ”

Aylo's answer immediately made the reporter feel speechless, but his words were not wrong, a player's role in the team really cannot be measured by goals.

If the first leg between the two teams was a match between the two teams, it would not be impossible for Iello to score by himself, but he chose to cover his team-mates to score, as was the case with Ballack's first goal, but if it weren't for Iro's aggressive movement up front and a crucial leak in the final moments, would Valencia have been able to score the first goal?

And the team's second goal was due to his direct assist, plus his defense in the second half of the last game also contributed a lot, repeatedly beating Crouch and Kuyt to clear the ball.

However, after Liverpool's training session that day, Mascherano also spoke to reporters after the near-perfect restriction on Iello in the last game, "For a striker, isn't the criterion for judging him is the goal? Since he has made such an excuse, then I will let him continue, and the day after tomorrow I will definitely limit him again in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final at our home stadium, when the time comes... Let's measure his role together! ”

Mascherano didn't name him, but anyone with a discerning eye knew he was referring to Iro, as he was tasked with keeping an eye on Iroh in the last round.

In the face of Mascherano's provocation, Iroh did not give a positive answer, but conveyed a sentence from the mouth of the reporter at the hotel: "We'll see!" ”

Of course, in the eyes of many Liverpool fans, Iello is a dead duck, he was really miserable by Mascherano in the last game, and his assist David Silva scored because of a mistake by Mascherano, they don't think Mascherano will give Arlo such a chance at Anfield.

Although Mascherano has only been in Liverpool for half a season, his performance has completely conquered the fans at Anfield.

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During the two days in Liverpool, the whole Valencia team stayed in the hotel for strength training to maintain their physical condition, except for two trips to Anfield Stadium to acclimatize to the venue.

It wasn't until the morning of the match that the team came to the training ground provided by Liverpool for a simple group confrontation.

It is worth mentioning that in the past two days of European mainstream media reports, most of the media are too optimistic about Valencia, because Liverpool have reached the semi-finals of the Champions League for the second time in the past three seasons, which is the seventh time in their history that they have a chance to enter the championship trophy of Europe's top club competition.

Except for the 1964-1965 season when they were eliminated by Inter Milan in the semi-finals of the European competition, the subsequent six times as long as they qualify for the last four of the Champions League will definitely continue to reach the final, which also makes the Champions League final will have England clubs participating in three consecutive seasons.

So Liverpool supporters have enough theory to back them up.

Of course, a large part of the reason for this theory is that the whole Valencia team has also tried not to accept media interviews at the request of head coach Flores in the past two days, so there will be a lot of news unfavorable to Valencia in the past two days.

However, Valencia's entire squad did not care, and could use the media to make Liverpool let their guard down while maintaining the team's attention, which was enough for a well-struck Valencia to secure at least one draw at Anfield.

As the game approached, Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish also spoke to reporters as he will be a commentator for Liverpool TV in the crucial match that will see Liverpool advance to the final.

"There is no doubt that Liverpool will win this game, and a big win! Don't forget, this is Anfield, and any team has to bow down when they come here! ”

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The second leg of the Champions League semi-final at Anfield Stadium was packed in the stands, the most striking of which was the southern side of the stadium, which was red, and at the top of the stands was a huge Liverpool team crest, which was known to fans who were familiar with Liverpool.

The KOP Stand is home to some of Liverpool's most loyal fans, and like the North Stand of the Mestalla Stadium, it is also the one with the best atmosphere in the stadium.

As the home team Liverpool came out of the tunnel onto the pitch, there was a tsunami of cheers at Anfield, with the KOP stands cheering the hardest.

When the away Valencia players came out to warm up, they were greeted with an overwhelming boo that spread from the KOP stands to the entire stadium.

Due to the high importance of this game, Liverpool City has arranged a lot of security personnel in this game, especially the most police officers in connection with the Anfield Road Grandstand and the Main Stand and the Centennial Stand.

England are known as a football hooligan, and no one can pack tickets for the second leg of this crucial Champions League semi-final, with fans on both sides not arguing or making physical contact depending on the team they support.

It's not impossible to even produce a group fight.

Listening to the boos pouring into his ears from all directions, Iello spit on the turf unhappily, very unfortunately, this scene happened to be captured by the director of Anfield Stadium, and I don't know if the fans in the stands felt that Iroh's behavior was defiling their holy Anfield, and the overwhelming boos were louder than those made in the previous seconds.

There were even fans in the main stands holding up a huge banner that read "Welcome to Hell", and the bright red handwriting was particularly eye-catching.

However, Iroh glanced at the huge banner in the main stand, and Iroh grinned.

The director of the stadium also knew that Ailo was one of the key gentlemen of this game, so many cameras followed Ailo, and at this moment, he made a movement towards the fans in the stands, smiled and raised his right hand to his throat, and then made a horizontal qiē, the standard "throat cutting" action.

Since the boos are already so loud, ask for a louder number?

This is your holy place, but ...... It's just one of the stages I've performed.

ps: Three more to ask for votes!!