Chapter 1114: Nearly capsized
The Championship team Barnsley and the Premier League team are two notches behind, and Barnsley is also a relegation team in the Championship, and is still fighting for relegation, according to common sense, he is unlikely to pose any threat to Liverpool, and the bookmaker is not even willing to give the odds to this game, after all, the probability of Barnsley's upset is too small, and even Liverpool itself does not take Barnsley to heart. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Although the lion should be fought with all his strength, and the rabbit should be fought with all his strength, but it also depends on what kind of rabbit it is, the current Barnsley is not only weak, but also distracted to fight for relegation, it is unlikely that Liverpool will fight hard in an event like the FA Cup, and it is strange that Liverpool can take them to heart.
Chen Yu, Gerrard, Alonso, Liverpool's three cores are all very calm people, but because the opponent is too weak, they didn't take this game to heart, otherwise with Chen Yu's character, it would be impossible to stay late before the game.
Even the head coach Benitez did not put Barnsley in his eyes, in fact, most of his thoughts were on the Champions League game in midweek, a giant like Liverpool, the European Champions Cup is definitely the most important, whether it is from the reputation or from the actual benefit of comparison, the league can not be compared with the Champions League, the second place is the league, followed by the FA Cup, often when the league Champions League is hopeless, the team will put all its energy on the FA Cup, League Cup and other cups.
On the day of the game, there were not many people paying attention to the match between Liverpool and Barnsley, with only five or six thousand fans, of which Barnsley's fans accounted for almost one-third, and there were only four reporters, one was a Liverpool reporter, ******** reporter, and one local reporter.
In the past two years, Liverpool's limelight is tight, winning the Champions League and the league double, the core of the team Chen Yu won the World Footballer, which can be said to be the hottest team in the entire European football.
The FA Cup is only in the fifth round, the Red Devils Manchester United and the Gunners Arsenal meet, although the FA Cup is not as good as the Champions League and the league, but it is also a long-standing ancient competition, in such a cup competition, due to the mixture, there are too many teams, the probability of an upset is also large, and the strong dialogue is basically seen in the final, at least a semi-final. And the luck of the fans this season is obviously good, in the fifth round to see Manchester United and Arsenal strong dialogue, it is normal for fans and reporters to be drawn to this game.
Liverpool fans, including Liverpool fans, felt that there was no suspense in the match between Liverpool and Barnsley, but the charm of football lies in its unpredictability, and this game that was considered to be unsuspenseful was so hard to go so far as to steal the limelight between the Reds and the Gunners.
At the beginning, Liverpool was in a hurry, and the players wanted to quickly solve Barnsley to listen to the news of Arsenal and Manchester United, although they couldn't see it with their own eyes, but the feeling of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight was definitely good, but I didn't expect Barnsley to be so bloody in the relegation zone, seeing Liverpool looking down on them, captain Thomson's roar, Barnsley actually changed his indifference and humility before the start of the game, and played with his life, which was completely to compete with Liverpool for this quarter-final place.
This is something that Liverpool didn't expect at all, they didn't get nervous before the game, and they saw and saw that Barnsley's players didn't have the intention of winning during the game, so they were even more relaxed, and they were suddenly attacked by Barnsley, and they were stunned, and even Chen Yu didn't know what to do, so he could only be beaten passively.
In the eighth minute of the game, Liverpool goalkeeper Reyna was almost unprepared when Barnsley's No.9 shot from 30 meters out pierced the 10-finger barrier.
Barnsley's goal knocked Liverpool halfway to the ground, and instead of thinking about how to fight back and retaliate, they were wondering how the Championship side was mad.
The Championship side is also a professional team, and they quickly discovered that this Liverpool team is not as good as they thought, whether it is because of the outside power or other reasons, in short, the Championship team sees hope of victory.
A Championship team like Barnsley won't make it to the final at all, but playing against a giant like Liverpool is a kind of luck, and the dream of beating Liverpool is something that no one thinks about, but when the opportunity does come, the Barnsley players can't help but get excited.
Although Barnsley's players are in the relegation zone, relegation is their number one task, but if they can beat Liverpool, they will win too much glory, and the motivation for the team will far exceed the physical energy they consume in this game, the Championship team beat the Premier League champions, or the double, such an opportunity is not necessarily once in decades, how can Barnsley's players not be excited.
One side is ferocious, the other side is stunned, and I am still wondering why, although there is a gap in strength, the advantage of the game is still in the hands of the Championship team of Barnsley.
With the strength of Liverpool, even if it is stunned, it is not easy for Barnsley to score again, but today's Barnsley players are very lucky, first when breaking through on the side, Liverpool's players accidentally fell, then Barnsley's players head the ball on the Liverpool defender to change the line, and finally Reina appeared in a hurry Butter hand, as a result, Barnsley No. 9, who had just scored, appeared in front of the ball again and kicked the ball into the door of Liverpool with no effort.
Not offside, the goal was valid, and Barnsley led by two goals.
Now Liverpool is sober, and also sees the situation clearly, Barnsley is ambitious to win this game today, don't look at the two goals behind, but Liverpool's players will never be tied up, neither the task of the FA Cup nor the dignity of the giant team allow them to lose to a garbage team like Barnsley.
Then Liverpool launched a counterattack under the leadership of Chen Yu and Gerrard.
It stands to reason that a giant like Liverpool is going all out to attack a Championship team, erase the gap between two goals, and further win Barnsley, the difficulty is that Liverpool is too relaxed, and it is not easy to be nervous for a while, and the loose and loose play, the opinions are not agreed, and it is not so easy to beat Barnsley who wants to beat ******** to beat them.
Until the end of the first half, Liverpool could not break through the door of Barnsley, and by this time Manchester United had already led Arsenal 3-0, and Liverpool was almost a joke in comparison.
Obviously, such a situation and such a result are unacceptable to Benitez and the club's hierarchy, and in the dressing room, Benitez has harshly criticized Liverpool's players, even superstars such as Chen Yu and Gerrard.
After the break, Liverpool finally calmed down, and at the beginning of the second half, they rushed to Barnsley's half like a tiger descending a mountain, breaking down Barnsley's backline in a very short period of time, turning the wing into Liverpool's backyard, coming and going whenever they wanted.
This time it was Barnsley's players who couldn't think of it, they couldn't have imagined that Liverpool would have such a big difference between the two halves.
Soon Liverpool's strong attack had a harvest, in the 55th minute of the game, Chen Yu returned a long-range shot from Barnsley, which was scored almost forty meters away from the goal, which could not be scored, but was hit by the ball on the defender and deflected the direction, such a goalkeeper had no choice but to watch the ball fly into the net.
After Chen Yu took the lead, Liverpool's other players showed their talents, first Gerrard's long-range shot from the edge of the box equalized, then Pennant a header overtake, and then midfielder Mascherano scored in front of the goal, rewriting the score to 4:2, and the second half of the game was not half of the time.
Barnsley was beaten unwanted, but the Liverpool players showed no signs of stopping, at this time, Barnsley's players regretted a little, feeling that they should not change their original intentions, and if they gave up the game, it might be a matter of losing two or three goals, but now, Liverpool has scored four goals, and if Liverpool continues to play like this, it is not impossible for the score to reach double digits.
Perhaps it was because he felt that Barnsley's spirit was gone, and when the Liverpool players scored the fifth goal and firmly controlled the situation on the field, Chen Yu and Gerrard handed each other a color, and then slowed down the pace of the game, and no longer attacked the penalty area as before, and shot when they had the opportunity.
Barnsley's players also felt this, and they gave up on winning in the following moments, accepted the current scoreline and started grinding.
Liverpool are happy to save their energy, and they are just kicking casually, attacking like boot harassment, waiting for the game to be over.
The fans are very smart, and they know that the back is all garbage time, but they can enjoy the wonderful fight in front, and the fans are also very satisfied, which has actually exceeded expectations, so many fans began to leave the field, and the commentators also spent their main energy on talking about the focus of Manchester United and Arsenal.
The referee ended the game just 90 minutes before Liverpool beat Barnsley from the Championship 5-2 to reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, where they faced old rivals Chelsea.
In the fifth round of the FA Cup, Manchester United swept past league-hungry Arsenal by four goals to reach the quarter-finals, but this time they were still unlucky, meeting Premier League giants Portsmouth.
The other FA Cup quarter-finals are Middlesbrough, Cardiff City, West Brom and Bristol Rovers, but considering that the three giants have entered the quarter-finals, the remaining teams are estimated to be playing soy sauce, and the final title may still be produced by Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool.