Benitez's ability to read and understand the game is absolutely world-class, with more than 60,000 people on the field, fans, coaches and players, none of them being able to match him. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Less than ten minutes into the game, Liverpool had a good chance to shoot.

Liverpool midfielder Mascherano made a tackle near the centre circle and then dribbled forward quickly.

Schalke 04's attack on Liverpool is very well studied, when Mascherano cut off, there were not too many people to defend the Argentine back, Schalke 04's players chose to cut off Mascherano's passing line, and defended Chen Yu, because Liverpool's counterattack was more about going to the side, or long passes to find Chen Yu.

Mascherano and Alonso have different technical characteristics, his long passing ability is worse than Alonso, and the vision of horizontal pass transfer is not enough, but Mascherano has a unique dribbling skill, he was also ready to pass, and as soon as he saw that no one intercepted him, Mascherano immediately changed his mind and drove the ball to Schalke 04's half at high speed.

Mascherano's sudden run surprised Schalke 04's players, and after Rakitic's hurried interception was shaken by Mascherano, Schalke 04's players were in a mess, and several players were chasing after Mascherano.

Mascherano was a midfielder, not a sharp knife, and his surprise attack was because he didn't get to the passing point to disrupt Schalke 04's defensive layout, and Mascherano immediately passed the ball to Benayoun who ran out of space on the wing.

The most threatening point of the counterattack is Gerard and Chen Yu, but Schalke 04 also understands, even when there was some chaos just now, Schalke 04 did not relax the marking of Chen Yu and Gerrard, so Mascherano could only pass to Benayoun, an Israeli who ran out of the vacant position.

Benayoun is a delicate master with excellent fundamentals, and Mascherano's pass was not very comfortable, but he was able to control the ball quickly while turning his body to Schalke 04's baseline.

An uncomfortable pass was picked up by Benayoun and changed direction, leaving the Liverpool fans in the stands cheering for Benayoun's superb skills.

Benayoun is different from Liverpool's other defenders who have assisted, he can play in midfield, and he has a lot of options for holding the ball, but he can be on the side, Schalke 04 is very difficult to defend and cannot concentrate his forces.

Schalke 04 was just a brief confusion as Liverpool had a chance to counter-attack, and although Benayoun was not the first point of attack, he did not fail to live up to Mascherano's pass, and he managed to go down the flank and into the box.

Originally, Liverpool's double striker configuration was that Kuyt involved the opponent's strength, actively defended back, and Chen Yu came to complete the final blow, but Chen Yu was too hateful, and all the opponents stared at him, but Kuyt often got a chance.

Benayoun's pass is actually for Chen Yu, and unlike the pass in the midfield, this pass is an assist-type pass, which tests the finishing ability of teammates.

Benayoun has a clear understanding of Kuyt and Chen Yu's finishing ability, and he would rather pass the ball to Chen Yu, who is being targeted by two people, than to pass it to Kuyt.

However, the world was unpredictable, Chen Yu was closely followed by two defenders, he barely jumped up and failed to touch the ball, and the defender who defended him was not able to grab the landing point to clear the siege, and the ball fell to the head of Kuyt who ran to the back point.

Kuyt didn't seem to think of it either, and he ran over, but as a good striker, being able to subconsciously adjust his body to complete the shooting action is a basic quality.

Kuyt jumped back slightly, used his strong waist and abdomen ability to block the empty header, and headed it towards the right side of the goal.

The goalkeeper was on the left, the ball was on the right, and Kuyt, although he didn't make much of a splash, thought the goal was almost nine out of ten.

Kuyt's teammates and fans, although not as confident as the person Kuyt, also thought that the goalkeeper of Schalke 04 should not be able to save so far away.

Today, however, Kuyt is confronted by the rising German god Neuer.

This year, the 22-year-old goalkeeper Neuer, Neuer is 1.93 meters tall, tall and long-armed, and quick to react, when Chen Yu did not grab the landing point, he felt bad, so he began to move to the back point, and then jumped up and saved the ball with one hand.

Although Neuer moved ahead of schedule, he was much farther away from the ball flying, and it was an absolute miracle to be able to pounce on the ball, and the Schalke 04 fans in the stands were stimulated and applauded and cheered for Neuer, and the Schalke 04 players also applauded with the fans and were happy for Neuer's miraculous pounce.

Next is Liverpool's corner kick, Alonso came to take the penalty, he hoisted the ball directly into the penalty area, although it seems that Alonso's pass is similar to other players, but Alonso's passing accuracy is incomparable to others, his pass almost fell on Chen Yu's head.

Chen Yu is very trusting and admiring Alonso's footwork, but no matter how accurate the footwork is, he can't help him break the goal, Schalke 04's players follow him very tightly, and they are very strong, there are so many people in the penalty area, Chen Yu's speed is not fully played, under the interference of several furry arms, Chen Yu was not able to jump, but barely pushed it from the top of his head.

There is definitely no threat to such a header, there is no angle of power, the ball is almost going to the sky, and goalkeeper Neuer didn't even stretch out his hand, but just made a provocative "please enter" gesture to Chen Yu.

Chen Yu couldn't help but take a closer look at this young German goalkeeper who had just emerged, but was not in the limelight, young, handsome, confident, and looked sunny, he didn't play against him, because Schalke 04's grade was too low, and there was no chance of entering the Champions League, and now it was easy to have a chance to enter the Champions League knockout round, but I didn't expect this little guy to be so arrogant.

It seems that he needs to be taught a little lesson, so that he will know how to respect his predecessors, Chen Yu smiled and stretched out a finger to Neuer, then another one, and finally hooked his finger to Neuer, which means "Let the horse come." ”

As a compatriot of the descendants of Yan and Huang, the commentator Duan Xuan understood what Chen Yu wanted to express at a glance, and he said excitedly: "Neuer provoked Chen Yu, meaning that Chen Yu entered casually, and Chen Yu's response was very tough, he raised two fingers, meaning that he would enter at least two, and let Neuer let the horse come...... What a domineering! What a pen! Look, this is the king of the world footballer! ”

Although Liverpool seized the opportunity to play Schalke 04 on several counterattacks, because of Schalke 04's high defensive vigilance, Liverpool's shooting players were a little less able to grasp the opportunity, and several counterattacks failed to kill Schalke 04.

Schalke 04 is just not experienced enough in Europe, Liverpool has the advantage, and Liverpool suppressed morale, but this is Schalke 04's home stadium, fans continue to cheer for Schalke 04, goalkeeper Neuer's several saves also muster up the players' confidence and fighting spirit, after 20 minutes, Schalke 04 stabilized his position and began to play a tug-of-war with Liverpool.

Benitez looked at Slomka, and there was a hint of admiration in his heart, being able to adjust so quickly shows that Slomka still has a certain ability, and his control of the team is also very good, but Benitez doesn't understand why such a coach still wants to fire the club, it is said that the Champions League can't reach the quarterfinals, and the league can't keep the top two, so Slomka will be out of class.

When Benitez looked at Slomka, Slomka was also secretly looking at Benemez, the opportunity to play with a world-class coach is rare, whether you win or lose in the end, it doesn't matter so much, what matters is what you gain.

Slomka's opening attack was unfavorable, and he was not able to break through Liverpool's goal, but was counterattacked by Liverpool, and now the two sides are holding each other, and it seems to be evenly matched, in fact, Slomka is very clear, the advantage is still on Liverpool's side, Liverpool has superstars like Chen Yu and Gerrard, even if there is only a little omission, they will cause the possibility of losing their previous efforts.

Benitez and Slomka were strikingly in agreement, and he also thought it would be in his best interest to hold each other, so he sat firmly on the Diaoyu Tai and waited for Schalke 04 to make another mistake.

It looked like the game went on like this, without any passion, which made the fans very unhappy, they didn't come to cheer the team, but mainly to appreciate the fierce confrontations, beautiful passes and goals, and if it was so dull, they would rather go home and watch TV.

However, the saying that football is round is always true, just when the people on the field and in the stands were a little listless, the situation on the field suddenly changed, Schalke 04 suddenly changed the rhythm of the game, grabbed Liverpool's pass in the midfield, and then Schalke 04's midfield core Ernst quickly dribbled the ball to the penalty area.

Schalke 04's steal came too quickly, and the position of the steal was very important, just outside Liverpool's 30-meter area, when Schalke 04's players rushed to Liverpool's penalty area, Liverpool's Champions League old fritters couldn't help but panic.

Schalke 04 was so easy to find an opportunity, where would he let it go, he couldn't help but press all his forces over, and Ernst, who held the ball, was very smart, he kept passing the ball to teammates who were good and fast, and then received the return pass from his teammates and continued to push forward.

Schalke 04's counter-attack wasn't fast enough, but it was even more difficult for Liverpool to break it down because they kept passing the ball.

In the blink of an eye, Schalke 04 hit the front of Liverpool's penalty area.

Wing-back Raphinha, who had the ball, combined with Jones to kick the wall and burst into the right side of the box, but Liverpool's defence could not keep up, and Raphinha decisively fired a powerful shot from 18 yards.

Liverpool goalkeeper Reyna reacted quickly and made a flying save to get the ball off the line.

Liverpool's luck was a bit back today, Reina's save was just right for Benayoun's leg and flew into the net.

0:1, the lucky Schalke 04 took the lead thanks to Benayoun's own goal.