When the two of them returned to the team, they could still feel that the atmosphere of the whole team was very dull.

It's not that Liverpool players think the team is hopeless like those reporters, Liverpool is one of the strongest teams in the world anyway, especially Liverpool with Zhang Tiehan, it still gives people a lot of confidence, they have just experienced a big win in a row, and the team is naturally confident.

However, the outside world is talking about how strong Barcelona is, which also affects the Liverpool team somewhat.

Every player will have their own inner thoughts, they will also analyze the game between the two teams, the chances of their side winning, watching so many Barcelona games, thinking about their team's table, most people think that the team has a chance to win, but the chance is really not big.

This is similar to what the outside media analyzed.

In this state of mind, the atmosphere of the whole Liverpool team seems a little dull.

Steven Gerrard felt he had to cheer his team-mates up, which was what he should do as captain, and after training he left everyone in the dressing room to say a few words to boost their morale.

"We're going to play tomorrow and I have a few words to say."

"It's said we don't have much hope of winning, and that was the case last season, but we got the trophy in the end! Now we are stronger, but they still don't think we have much hope of winning, but I believe we will still win the trophy! ”

"They're just one of our trophied opponents, and in the first half of a month, maybe the name Barcelona won't be on the list of existing teams in the Champions League, so what are we worried about?"

Gerald said.

The others were a little surprised when they heard this, and they all looked at Zhang Tiehan.

Gerald's words are like Gerald's tone in the front, and Zhang Tiehan's tone is obviously in the back! In addition to Zhang Tiehan, there is any other football player in the world who will say it directly. 'They'll leave the Champions League in half a month', which is like saying, 'The win will definitely be ours, don't worry'.

Anyway, something is wrong.

In fact, Gerald decided to say this after a discussion with Zhang Tiehan, and he wanted to boost morale. But simply with hard work or something, Zhang Tiehan was completely squinted, and he persuaded Gerrard with only one sentence, "You have to make everyone believe that we will definitely be the final winner, so that everyone's mentality will be relaxed, and the game will be better." ”

However, Gerald said it for a long time and it didn't seem to have much effect.

Everyone felt that the words were weird, and they were more confident than any game, under the eyes of everyone. Zhang Tiehan shrugged helplessly, he found that it was really not very convincing to say such things in Gerald's tone.

So he stood up, "What are you worried about! Don't worry about tomorrow's game, the goal will be handed over to me! Although they are said to be strong from the outside, we are not weak, as long as we play normally, we can win! We'll knock out Barcelona. We will give those who are optimistic about them a hard slap in the face! ”

The others laughed.

This kind of talk is really Zhang Tiehan's style. However, they believe in Zhang Tiehan's words, Zhang Tiehan has always been able to score, he can be trusted, so now facing Barcelona, he can definitely score goals. With Zhang Tiehan scoring a goal, what are they worried about?

Let's fight!

Let those dogs know that they can't dominate victory yet!

After Zhang Tiehan finished speaking, the atmosphere in the locker room was obviously much better, and Gerrard rolled his eyes. He couldn't figure out why he was completely taken as a fool when he said 'he must win', and when Zhang Tiehan said that he would win, everyone laughed.

I don't understand.

But in fact, there is a reason for this, the difference is that Zhang Tiehan can always score goals, he uses goals to speak very convincingly, and now Zhang Tiehan goes outside and says that he will score goals in the game with Barcelona, and even the Spanish press conference will refute it much, after all, Zhang Tiehan's table is there, and Gerrard, his table is also very good, but really speaking, he is just an excellent player, not the kind of player who is amazing, and the difference between the two is still very big.

For example, in terms of influence on the team's results.

Steven Gerrard is also very good, and he is very stable at Liverpool, but when he is not playing, Liverpool's results will not actually drop too strictly.

Zhang Tiehan?

He was injured for three months, and every player in Liverpool could feel the weakness of the team's forward line, and Zhang Tiehan had just returned to the team to achieve a big victory, which completely said a lot.

This is Liverpool's dressing room on the last day before the game.

When the whole team came to Anfield Stadium the next day to prepare for the game, Zhang Tiehan was asked by the media about the game, and when talking about confidence, Zhang Tiehan 'quoted' what he said to his teammates in the dressing room yesterday, "We will win!" Half a month later, I don't think I can see Barcelona's name in the Champions League. ”

"Why are you so confident that Liverpool will knock out Barcelona?" A Spanish journalist stood up and was not angry.

"It's simple." Zhang Tiehan said proudly, "With my name Zhang Tiehan, my teammates believe in me, and the fans trust me, so Liverpool will win." ”

The meaning of his words is no different from 'Brother Xinchun has eternal life'.

None of the English media stood up to question it, and there were many of them who were not used to Zhang Tiehan, but they had a long history of questioning Zhang Tiehan's 'winning theory', and the final result was that they were all slapped in the face.

Even if they oppose it, it will be after Liverpool loses the game, not now, and it would be unwise to oppose Zhang Tiehan now.

That's the experience.

Of course, they won't remind their Spanish counterparts, so soon a Spanish reporter stood up to 'reason' with Zhang Tiehan, and criticized him for all kinds of 'arrogance' and 'arrogance', Zhang Tiehan will also fight back, but his reasons are 'we are Liverpool', 'my name is Zhang Tiehan', 'I can score goals', in short, his reasons made the reporters around him roll their eyes.

In the end, no one won the war of words.

The Spanish media all labeled Zhang Tiehan as 'unreasonable', 'arrogant', and 'arrogant'.

Zhang Tiehan doesn't care at all, he doesn't care what these Spanish media say.

He's not stupid, and he knows that his reasons don't make sense, but he still says it, and that's the only way to motivate the whole team to believe in themselves, to believe in themselves, to believe that the team can win. Then the whole team will have confidence, he will not use 'hard work' and 'forge ahead' like Gerrard to increase the fighting spirit and confidence of his teammates, and that job should be completed by Gerrard, and he will only use complete confidence and goals to let the whole team know that the victory will definitely belong to Liverpool.

This is Zhang Tiehan.

……

For head coach Rafael Benitez. It's not about morale, trying to score goals, he has to think about it from a lot of angles.

The knockout stages of the Champions League are played over two legs, and only if the two legs are added together to win, that is the most important thing, and the fact is that the schedule is not good for Liverpool, as their first game is at home, and the second leg will be decided away from home.

If you want to knock Barcelona out, you have to play the advantage in the first leg. Otherwise go to Camp Nou and their chances will be even smaller.

What is the goal of the first round?

It has to be a victory!

And if you want to have an advantage, you should try to score as many goals as possible, but in the face of Barcelona, this goal is not easy to achieve, and the premise of pursuing goals must be to ensure defense and Barcelona's offensive ability. It is definitely unwise to fight against them, even if Zhang Tiehan is there. No, it doesn't.

This is a contradictory proposition.

It doesn't make sense to go for more goals and to defend solidly, but Benitez has to deal with it, and that's the gap between Liverpool and Barcelona, where the two teams are more than just player quality. There is a huge gap in the overall technical level.

Football in Liverpool is called 'rough'.

Barcelona football is called 'art'.

The gap can be imagined.

If it was Barcelona two years ago, Liverpool would not be afraid of attacking, but now Barcelona is too strong, their technical advantages have been fully exerted, if the opponent's technology is very far behind. Then the opponent's only option is to defend and counterattack.

That's what Liverpool have to face.

Just like the previous match between Chelsea and Barcelona, Mourinho also chose to defend and counterattack, the result was not very good, Chelsea could not see the hope of scoring the goal throughout the game, Barcelona completely controlled the game, but at least, the suspense of victory and defeat was left at the end, rather than being poured into many goals when they came up.

Liverpool need that too.

Benitez is confident that Liverpool with Zhang Tiehan is stronger than Chelsea, in terms of attack, Zhang Tiehan is too strong, which is the only thing Benitez thinks the team has an advantage, and in the end he decided to let Zhang Tiehan put pressure on Barcelona on the front line, and then ...... The whole team retreats to defend.

He couldn't think of a better way.

Maybe when playing against Newcastle United, the 352 tactics used were good, but in the face of Barcelona, he didn't dare to let the team compare the passing and offensive fluidity with them, and that lineup would bully Newcastle United, which was worse than Liverpool.

However, Zhang Tiehan is only creating a threat, and it is full of uncertainty to score more goals, Benitez must make the frontcourt attack more comfortable, that is, to make Zhang Tiehan more comfortable counterattacking, so the adjustment of the defensive formation becomes very important.

The player who gets the ball is closer to the front and will naturally pass the ball more easily.

So Benitez made some adjustments to the defensive tactics, and the lineup became 3241, three central defenders, two midfielders, three midfielders, and Zhang Tiehan alone at the front as a central striker, this is Liverpool's starting formation.

The protection of the goal must be very strong in this lineup, three central defenders are guarding in front of the goal, it is a little difficult for Barcelona to find opportunities in front of the goal, two backs intercept in front of the penalty area, then Barcelona's opportunities in the middle will be limited, the midline defense formed by the four midfielders will have a lot of impact on Barcelona's passing and receiving, and counterattack, the four midfielders occupy more positions, and can also provide more support to Zhang Tiehan.

Of course, it can't be all benefits.

Such a formation can be said to be tantamount to abandoning the wing.

But Benitez thinks that if you find two full-backs to defend the wing, it will actually have little effect, Barcelona's coordination ability is too strong, they don't care about the side or the middle at all, and they are not good at high hanging in the middle, long passes to grab points, and they are better at a series of combinations, passing the ball into the penalty area to find opportunities.

It also makes defending on the flanks less important.

If Barcelona had a player like Drogba, Ruud van Nistelrooy, or Wayne Rooney, Benitez would not dare do that, but Samuel Eto'o? His type is similar to Cisse, but he is not the kind of striker who purely grabs points, and his defense for the final blow is completely different from England's traditional centre-forward, and he still needs to cooperate with his teammates.

That's how Benitez came up with the tactics to deal with Barcelona.

If the outside media knew that Benitez's tactics were so passive, and even more so dependent on Zhang Tiehan, they would scold Benitez for being utilitarian and not caring about the beauty of the football game for the sake of victory.

It's just that Benitez won't care.

It's the victory that counts.

If Liverpool is eliminated, no matter how good the football is, no one will remember it, they will only remember Barcelona, and vice versa. (To be continued......)