The first leg of the Champions League semi-final at Anfield began.

Real Madrid tried to get their feet on the ground and wait for the whole team to get into the game before instigating a threatening attack.

However, Liverpool did not give Real Madrid much time, and they picked up the tempo of the game from the opening kick-off.

In the 2nd minute of the game, Gerrard cut diagonally in front of the right in the midfield, Kuyt sent a through pass, Gerrard received the ball and swept the ball to the front of the penalty area, Torres stopped the ball and shook off Pepe and Diarra's front and back attacks, he did not develop into the box, because Cannavaro was obviously waiting for him to change back and intercept.

Torres fired a shot from the edge of the box and the ball flew into the bottom right corner of the net, where Casillas prepared himself and pounced to press the ball directly under the palm of his hand.

Real Madrid's generals all have a gut feeling when they see Liverpool's attack: Liverpool are afraid of us!

It's a very subtle feeling.

It is clear that Liverpool is attacking, but you can still feel the fear in Liverpool's heart.

Why?

Although this attack formed a shot, it was because Liverpool's ground attack was very fast, and three passes and two downs created chances, but looking at the players in the midfield, Alonso did not assist, and Kuyt and Benayoun on the wing did not step into the danger zone.

It's just that Liverpool's twin stars Torres and Gerrard are charging forward.

It's easy to understand if it's an away game, but it's Liverpool's home stadium, and they invest so little troops, which is obviously a little jealous of Real Madrid.

This made the Real Madrid generals feel a little more relaxed.

In the 6th minute of the game, Real Madrid completed the first shot of the game.

Sneijder collided with Qin Xiong in the front court and then passed the ball back to Qin Xiong, who sent a through ball. Raul retreated to receive the ball laterally and turned to face the goal. The shot grazed the outside of the post and flew off the line.

Two minutes later. Benayoun sent in a through ball from the left flank, Torres dropped back to get the ball crossed, and Gerrard, who was ambushed behind, met the ball with a long-range shot that Casillas saved.

"A dangerous shot from Liverpool! Gerrard's long-range shot almost pierced Casillas's 10-finger pass! Liverpool's fast attack is very mature, the tacit understanding is very high, and the passing and cutting cooperation between teammates is very efficient. ”

It seems that Liverpool only want to shake up Real Madrid's defence with a combination of Torres and Gerrard, and it cannot be said that such an idea is naïve, but it will not put more pressure on the Real Madrid backline.

Liverpool put a lot of emphasis on defence. With the physical Kuyt being able to provide a higher defensive contribution than the traditional wide players, Benayoun also focusing on the area of defence, and Mascherano and Alonso can attack and defend, Liverpool are more than expected to defend in midfield.

In the 16th minute of the game, Real Madrid began to form an advantage on the field by constantly passing the ball in the midfield.

Benitez sat in the dugout and watched the game on the pitch intently, and no one knew why his hand holding the pen was gradually tightening the barrel of the pen at this time, and he was even unaware that the tip of the pen had drawn irregular lines on his notepad.

Qin Xiong crossed back and forth with Guti and then cut diagonally into the left front, and he and Sneijder completed the switch on the run.

Sneijder received a pass from Guti and then passed diagonally to Qin Xiong.

Qin Xiong dribbled two steps laterally and then attracted Alonso, Abeloa. The defense of the Kuyt trio.

He slipped the ball diagonally back to the unmarked Guti, who immediately shifted the attack. He saw Robben in front of him on the right and decisively slotted it straight to the ground.

Robben faced Reese's entanglement, kicked the ball back at the moment of stopping, shook Reese away, looked up to see the situation in the box, and then kicked an inpiring cross from his feet.

The ball with inward spin went around the back of the goal.

After passing the ball to Guti, Qin Xiong rushed forward, and no one could follow him to interfere with his defense.

When the ball fell, goalkeeper Reina also moved to the back of the goal.

Robben's inward curling ball made Qin Xiong still feel awkward.

Because it is an in-spin ball, the football flies in the direction of the goal, so in this way, in the comparison between Qin Xiong's forward rush and Reina's expansion of the defensive area, it is more beneficial to Reina.

Qin Xiong used his header to attack the goal when the football fell, but he didn't have any expectations in his heart at all, and there was no angle at all!

Reyna was less than a metre away from him and he had no other options to handle the ball than to head it over.

And Reyna blocked almost all angles of the goal with his body!

Qin Xiong's header was unsurprisingly blocked by Reina with his shoulder.

Qin Xiong ran out of the bottom line, circled a small arc, and then turned around and ran towards the outside of the penalty area, intending to see if there was a chance to form a secondary attack or a counter-robbery on the spot.

The Reds fans in the Anfield stands were in a state of panic, the scene was too thrilling.

Fortunately, Reyna expanded the defensive area, otherwise Robben would have sent a perfect assist to Qin Xiong.

At this time, Benitez, who was sitting in the coach's seat on the sidelines, gritted his teeth in addition to holding his pen tightly.

Playing against Real Madrid's opponents, he is not afraid!

In that gorgeous and dazzling era of galactic battleships, he led the bat legion Valencia to trample the galactic battleship under his feet twice!

If Liverpool's only "twin star combination" after the opening game gives the impression that Liverpool are afraid of Real Madrid, then this is a big mistake!

Benitez naturally has his own wishful thinking, as well as his tactical vision.

To beat Real Madrid, it will naturally take more effort.

What Liverpool wants to catch, in fact, is still a counterattack!

After Real Madrid's attacking group pushed the attack into danger zone, Liverpool needed to judge whether to launch a fierce attack based on the situation on the pitch at the time.

This time, after Qin Xiong's header failed and the football fell at the feet of Carragher, the first reaction of all the players in Liverpool's midfield was to observe!

Raul, Qin Xiong, Sneijder, Robben, Guti!

Real Madrid have five players still in Liverpool's defensive danger zone.

In other words, at this time, there are only 5 players in the incomparably vast space of Real Madrid's central and backfield!

Liverpool will know that this situation will not last long, maybe in another five seconds, Guti will return to the midfield position, Sneijder and Robben will also be withdrawn, and Qin Xiong is now running backwards.

This is their fleeting opportunity to attack!

You can't miss it!

Benayoun, Kuyt, Gerrard, Torres, all started to run forward.

Carragher's pass sent the ball to the feet of the Liverpool midfield commander.

Alonso looked up at the front court, ready to make an attacking move! (To be continued.) )