416. The Red Army flew to Spain
In this week, the Liverpool team is playing three games a week, although in the first two games, the Liverpool team is almost half the main team and half the bench lineup, but this is still a big impact on the physical fitness of the Liverpool team, at this time, the players of the Liverpool team obviously feel much more tired than usual.
And next week, three days after the end of the weekend, Liverpool will travel to Madrid, Spain, for the second game of Real Madrid's Champions League knockout game against Liverpool, and there will be a league next weekend.
At this point, Liverpool have to think about next week's midweek game against Real Madrid. In the first leg between the two sides, Liverpool won 2-1 at their home stadium, leading by just one goal and conceding an away goal to their opponents.
Now it is very unfavorable for the Liverpool team, as long as the opponent has a 1-0 at the Bernabeu Stadium, it is their Real Madrid team that advances to the quarterfinals of this season's UEFA Champions League. Therefore, this midweek game is very crucial, and the Liverpool team must keep it for it, otherwise the Liverpool team will be hanging.
During Liverpool's away game against Wigan Athletic this weekend, Qiu Ze and others did not go to the away stadium at all, but stayed in Liverpool. They're going to recuperate and prepare for next week's midweek.
Away from home, Liverpool is an almost pure substitute lineup, at the beginning of the game, Liverpool can still occupy a certain advantage, but at the beginning of the second half, Wigan Athletic dominated the game, and near the end of the game, Wigan Athletic scored a goal, Liverpool lost 0-1 to Wigan Athletic.
Benitez was very unhappy with the result, and she was furious at the post-match press conference, but it is true that the Liverpool players are not to blame, who told them to play too many games and have some fitness problems?
Arsenal continued with a 3-0 win over Burnley at their home turf. Manchester United won 1-0 away at Wolverhampton Wanderers, while Chelsea made up for their disappointment in the previous round with a 5-0 win at Portsmouth.
In this way, the 29th round of the English Premier League is over, Liverpool has 64 points, we are at the top of the Premier League, and Chelsea has 64 points, but because of the relationship between wins and losses, it ranks second in the league. Manchester United are third in the league with 62 points, while Arsenal are fourth with 57 points.
You see, I didn't take advantage of the opportunity, this time the team behind it caught up, and now the Liverpool team is very nervous in the league.
After this round of fixtures, Benitez has not bothered to think about other issues, and now the task before him is to beat Real Madrid and qualify for the next round of the Champions League, which is the most important thing.
After returning to the Liverpool team, Benitez still gave the Liverpool team a day off, and now the Liverpool players should take a break. Such a dense schedule is unbearable even for the iron man on the court, and it is a combination of work and rest.
On this day of vacation, Qiu Ze didn't run around, to be honest, he was really tired. This guy stayed at home for a day.
The next day, the Liverpool team resumed training, on which day the Liverpool team did not train much, and on the third day, the Liverpool team flew to Madrid, Spain.
Fernando 61 Torres is going home, however, the Liverpool team did not give a holiday, Fernando 61 Torres can really be regarded as Dayu, passing the door without entering.
At this stage, it is very important for the Liverpool team, and the Liverpool team must be cautious and not careless at all. After arriving in Madrid, the Liverpool team did not suffer any off-the-plate moves, which made the Liverpool players and Benitez breathe a sigh of relief.
It seems that Real Madrid and Barcelona are different, when they came to the hotel where Madrid stayed, the Liverpool team started training that afternoon, however, their training was closed, and Madrid reporters and fans did not see the training of the Liverpool team.
It was an hour and a half of training sessions for the Liverpool team to get used to the field, and by the end of the session, it was already dark, and the Liverpool team had returned to the hotel to rest and prepare for tomorrow night's game.
Before the game, the Liverpool players were surrounded by very media reporters, and in the evening, the Liverpool team held a pre-match press conference.
Speaking at the press conference, Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez said: "Real Madrid is a very strong team, we saw it in the first leg and coming to the Santiago Bernabeu today is a big test for us at the Santiago Bernabeu. ”
The reporter below was shocked, Benitez seemed to be showing weakness, which is really very rare.
Ignoring the expressions of the reporters below, Benitez continued: "We are prepared for the worst in this game. I wouldn't have said that if it was in form, but lately our Liverpool schedule has been too full, the players have a lot of physical exertion, and it is not as good as the first round, so we don't have enough confidence in this game. ”
Benitez added: "We can only fight hard for this game, Real Madrid's strong quality is on us, it is really uncomfortable, and hopefully tomorrow our luck will be a little better." ”
After Benitez finished speaking, the reporters below were really surprised, they really didn't expect Benitez to have such a statement, this is not the same as the previous Benitez, what is Benitez going to do?
Deliberately showing weakness and leaving a back hand? Or is this what Benitez really says? Recently, the Liverpool team's schedule is very dense, everyone is very clear, the players of the Liverpool team have physical problems recently, and everyone can see it, is the Liverpool team really in big trouble?
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard stood up for Benitez's claims, saying: "There have been so many games for Liverpool in recent days, really, we're really tired, there are a lot of games where we've played for a short period of time, and now the fitness has been affected a lot, and it's definitely going to have a big impact on this game. ”
Gerrard added: "But we're not going to give up, and now that we're here, of course we're hoping to win the game and advance to the next round. We will do our best to win this game and hopefully we will have the best of luck tomorrow. ”
Liverpool's Spanish striker Fernando Torres also said: "Our recent form has been very bad, sometimes good and sometimes bad, in the past we were able to beat a strong team like Aston Villa but we were able to lose to a weak team like Wigan Athletic, mainly because of the physical impact. ”
Spanish striker Fernando Torres also said: "None of us in the team are at their best, and now everyone feels like their body is not their own, and it is like they have lead under their feet. ”
Fernando 61 Torres also said: "However, even so, we Liverpool will not give up, we will fight with all our might. I think we're going to get a good result at the Bernabeu and I'm sure God won't abandon us. ”
Listening to what these guys said, the reporters frowned, I'll go, did I collude with haode before, otherwise how could there be such a unified caliber? This Liverpool team is too fake.
At this time, Liverpool's vice-captain Carragher stood up and said: "Although we do have some physical problems with the Liverpool team, it will not affect our next games, I feel that I can cope with this game, I feel that my body is full of liliang." ”
Carragher added: "We prepared for this game, just like the first leg between the two sides, and the victory must be ours because we took Real Madrid's goal, you see. ”
As soon as Carragher's interview came out, the reporters on the scene were shocked, why is this guy not the same as those guys said before? Is there something wrong with this? Or did the Liverpool guys not discuss it at all?
Zuihou, the core of the Liverpool team's midfield, Qiu Ze, stood up for an interview, he said in front of media reporters: "This game is definitely a very big test for our Liverpool, I think everyone knows the strength of Real Madrid, we also saw it in the last round of games, with such a big investment last summer, Real Madrid will definitely want to have a big breakthrough this season, especially in the Champions League, they will definitely make a force in this game." ”
Qiu Ze continued: "At this time, our Liverpool team is not in a very good state, and now against Real Madrid, this is very bad for the Liverpool team, this situation is really very bad. ”
Qiu Ze also said: "However, our Liverpool team will not give up here, for this season our Liverpool team is also preparing a lot, we invested a lot last summer, and we also have great expectations in the Champions League." ”
Qiu Ze also said: "Although our Liverpool team is facing such and such difficulties in this game, we believe that our Liverpool team is invincible. In this game, we at Liverpool will be going all out to get a good result inside the Bernabeu. ”
Qiu Ze also said: "As Comrade Carragher said, Real Madrid is not without weaknesses, and now that we have mastered their weaknesses, I firmly believe that the victory in this game will be ours, although the difficulties are very great. ”
As soon as Qiu Ze's words ended, the reporters below were stunned, it seems that the Liverpool team is really in big trouble, which must be good news for Real Madrid. They suddenly have more expectations for this game, they all want to see what the hell Liverpool are up to, so they don't believe what the Liverpool team says?