Today 3 is a little late, sorry to everyone! ――

When Coman walked to the players' tunnel, he really sweated, the first half was actually the most thrilling stage, but Liverpool carried it!

After settling down, Koman's expression became extremely solemn, and at the same time, his eyes became very sharp.

When the Liverpool players returned to the dressing room, Coman walked up to everyone and said: "You guys are fantastic, in the first half I actually think it was a good result that we were able to draw with Barcelona, but we are now 2-1 up, both psychologically and practically, it is more beneficial for us, do you remember our tactical arrangements in the pre-match preparation meeting yesterday? ”

The Red Army generals nodded together.

Everyone knows that the first half of the game is actually a foreshadowing, and Liverpool's real strength is in the second half.

Now that they are ahead of Barcelona, it can be said that Liverpool has achieved better results than expected.

Koeman was once again in the dressing room to emphasise how the team should play against Barcelona in the second half, and every player listened attentively and prepared to really make a big difference in the second half!

After the half-time break, the two sides changed sides in the second half.

The Barcelona players must have also experienced Guardiola's adjustment at halftime, and their spirits were lifted, and it seemed that they did not fall into a passive state because of the score behind.

"With the referee's whistle, the second half of the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final between Liverpool and Barcelona officially began, and now the score is 2:1, the home team Liverpool leads Barcelona, let's see how the two teams will perform in the second half."

At the beginning of the second half, Barcelona still used passing to shape the attacking situation. Liverpool didn't look much different from the first half, still defending intensively and tackling counter-attacks.

Koeman stood on the sidelines with his chin slightly raised, he glanced at Pep Guardiola, who was supervising the game with his hands in his pockets, and said that the lack of envy and admiration in his heart was false.

After all, Guardiola is young and promising, and he became famous in one fell swoop from the moment he debuted, becoming the top coach in European football. Coupled with Barcelona's unique environment, it can be said that there are few managers in the world who do not envy Guardiola.

As a manager, who doesn't want to have a back-and-forth godfather teacher behind the club? Who doesn't envy being a manager and having a very good relationship with the president of the club?

Barcelona are very strong, and their positional ability is second to none in European football, which is Barcelona's advantage.

But Koeman will not give in, will not admit defeat, he has a player resource comparable to Barcelona, although he cannot transfer Liverpool into a second Barcelona, because that is simply unrealistic.

The environment and atmosphere of football in England. If the team plays in the style of Barcelona, most of the fans will not buy it, and most of the fans want to see fierce confrontations, long and fast-paced games, and the scene is open and close to meet the aesthetics of English fans.

This is the best league in the world in the minds of England fans.

Liverpool will never be Barcelona, and even Arsenal, who used to be the most pleasing sight in European football, must meet the aesthetic standards of English fans in terms of rhythm, otherwise they will only be spurned by the fans.

On the basis of Liverpool's own style has not changed. Liverpool can also do a lot because there are so many tactics in the world of football. There is no one tactic that can absolutely suppress or even sweep all other tactics.

Only the tactics that match the team's tactics are the ones that can be powerful.

Liverpool's first half today was a process of attrition and foreshadowing, and it was in the second half that really needed to be strengthened.

Koeman's elaborate tactics may not have been complicated, but they fit in with the environment of the game against Barcelona, who wanted to break down Barcelona's passing. The simpler, more direct and rough tactical play will be more effective, and the more complex and delicate tactics will be counterproductive, because Barcelona's decisiveness and speed in defense are actually rare in European football.

It takes a faster attack than the pace of Barcelona's defence to have the desired effect.

In the 52nd minute of the game, Messi was successfully blocked by Mascherano and Alonso when he broke through the corridor in front of the Aurelio forced walk on the right side. Liverpool launched a new round of counter-attacks.

Lucas passed the ball to Steven Gerrard in midfield, who passed the ball directly to the left wing and handed it to Qin Xiong.

Qin Xiong was dribbling the ball forward and Keita was the first to drop back, and he could not afford to make the same mistake as he conceded the second goal of the first half.

Disconnected from the guard line!

When Qin Xiong came to the offensive danger zone forty yards away from the goal.

Keita, Alves, and Puyol formed a triangular encirclement formation from his front, side, and diagonally in front of him.

This was the defensive deployment that Guardiola emphasised at half-time.

In any case, even in the face of Liverpool's sharp counterattack, Barcelona's defensive system must form a joint defense, and it must be a three-person joint defense posture, otherwise it will be difficult to block Qin Xiong!

The defensive requirements for Torres are all just two people who can defend together.

But for Qin Xiong, it must be at least a three-person joint defense system!

Qin Xiong still stubbornly drove towards Pujol when facing the three-man bag.

Puyol did not move, and was not ready to step forward to force Qin Xiong, because a teammate would come forward, as long as Alves or Keita forced Qin Xiong to make a breakthrough, then Puyol's success rate of coming forward to intercept would be greatly improved!

But when Alves and Keita formed a closed defensive formation together, Qin Xiong suddenly stopped dribbling, then pulled the ball back half a meter, and then passed the ball sideways to the middle of the penalty area!

Puyol looked in the direction of the rolling football, and his pupils suddenly shrank, and his eyes were full of astonishment.

Gerrard shook off Xavi and rushed to the penalty area!

Gerrard's momentum of running forward is completely different from the first half, it is not that he suddenly became stronger in the second half, but that Gerrard was in the first half to collect his energy!

Koeman's eyes became extremely sharp at this moment, his fists clenched, and he was looking forward to Gerrard's performance deep down.

Liverpool has been attacking with Qin Xiong and Torres in the first half, constantly harassing, invading, and impacting Barcelona's defense.

Whether it is a completed attack or an unsuccessful attack, Barcelona will form a certain inertia of thinking in defense and ignore Liverpool's other attacking players.

And the reason why Coman said that Liverpool completed the task beyond expectations in the first half is because Liverpool played two counterattacks, so that Barcelona will pay more attention to Torres and Qin Xiong, and ignore Liverpool's other attacking players who are inserted behind.

Now, Gerrard is the unexpected point of attack that completely disrupted Barcelona's defence! (To be continued.) )