Tougher defense?

Who would have thought that Benitez would return to the dressing room and say this first thing? At least the Liverpool players didn't expect that Zhang Tiehan, Gerrard, Alonso, Garcia, Hyypia, Carragher, etc., all the players rolled their eyes when they heard this, of course, many people did this action secretly, but they can also know that they are helpless in their hearts.

It's a bit disappointing.

The players hoped that the Spaniards could come up with a more promising response, but they didn't expect the focus to be on defense, but they also knew that the team was still good at defending tightly, especially against a team like Barcelona, and it would be unwise to take the initiative to attack.

"I know what you're all thinking." Benitez saw the player's expression and knew that such a statement would not satisfy everyone, "but for the sake of victory!" We're going to knock them out, not to play an exhibition game, so we have to defend. ”

Hearing the head coach say this, everyone is also a lot more serious.

Yes, for victory!

Camp Nou is to eliminate Barcelona, eliminate Barcelona in order to reach the Champions League semi-finals, to fight for the title, if they lose to Barcelona, then they will be out of the Champions League, when the time comes, it is useless to talk about attacking or anything, after all, victory is the most important thing.

It's like last season's Champions League, they played more humiliating, but in the end they won the Champions League, when they got the trophy, it was a really good feeling, they still want to experience that feeling, and how many players have the opportunity to experience it twice in a row?

To achieve this goal, they must work hard.

'We need to defend, more intensively.

Benitez is a lot more serious, and that's actually what he has in mind to deal with it, "We're going to limit their attack. It is necessary to be more tightly formed, in the vicinity of the penalty area, and not to give them a chance. ”

Rafa Benitez began to explain the tactics of the second half.

To put it simply, it is nothing more than to make the formation dense and the midfield's defense retreat further back, and give the space in the middle line to Barcelona appropriately. Make the range near the penalty area, the number of defenders is more, and use the numerical advantage to make the goal more solid.

To sum up in one word, that is - Iron Bucket Array!

This kind of defense is definitely the most effective, of course, Benitez will not put all the treasure on the defense, they also have an attack, that is Zhang Tiehan.

Zhang Tiehan has no defensive tasks.

"It's up to you to take on the offense." Benitez didn't say it so directly, but that's what he meant.

Zhang Tiehan himself was in front. Always ready to launch a counterattack, others get the ball and go straight forward, this is the tactic he formulated, the tightest defense, the simplest counterattack defense.

It couldn't be easier than that

If the media knew that Benitez had come up with such a tactic after thinking about it for a long time, then people who didn't understand it really didn't know what to say, but Liverpool's players thought about it carefully and knew that the coach's tactic was really the most suitable. After all, Barcelona's strength is there, and it is impractical to play against them. The general defensive counterattack, the counterattack is not very good, and there will be some loopholes in the defense, and the result is that both sides are not doing well, so simply focus on defense, and the offense will be Zhang Tiehan alone.

As for whether Zhang Tiehan can score alone. It's up to him.

It's great to have the opportunity to use a lot of individual ability and speed to score a goal on the counter-attack, and if you can't score, it's still possible for Liverpool to defend the goal with 10 people in front of the goal plus the goalkeeper.

The two add up. The team's hopes of victory are not small.

Hearing the manager's explanation, the whole Liverpool team has a lot of confidence. When Benitez finished explaining, all the teammates looked at Zhang Tiehan as if to say, "It's all up to you." ”

Zhang Tiehan could only shake his head and smile bitterly.

He didn't expect the coach to formulate such a tactic, he was also the tip of the counterattack before, but he has never been so 'helpless', this is not helplessness on the field, but really helpless, no teammates in the tactics will give him a little support in attack, so what the situation in the second half of the game can be imagined

At the same time that Zhang Tiehan was helpless, in the home locker room at Camp Nou, Rijkaard was also talking about the second-half tactics for the Barcelona players.

It's all about the details.

For example, he asked Andres Iniesta to run more forward, Ronaldinho and Eto'o to be farther away, etc., and these details are Rijkaard's summary of what the team did not do well in the first half.

He hopes that after the adjustments, the team can play more consistently and effectively.

As for the tactics, there is no adjustment, in fact, Barcelona does not need to make any adjustments, their tactics are basically the traditional set, changing the formation 433 to 4222 or 442, in fact, it is essentially the same, the tactical style is there, and the formation adjustment is just the position and running of the players.

The Barcelona players listened attentively.

In the first half of the game, they played well, played very smoothly overall, and there was another goal, which was comprehensively suppressed, which made every Barcelona player full of confidence, and they believed that if the game went on like this, the team would definitely score again, so they could eliminate Liverpool and advance to the Champions League semi-finals.

Although Barcelona is now called the 'world's top team' and 'dream team' by the media, in fact, Barcelona has not achieved anything remarkable in recent years, and was eliminated by Chelsea in the last 16 of the Champions League last season, and everyone is eager for the team to get honors.

This season, the team is in a good shape, in the domestic league to beat Real Madrid without pressure, they all hope that the team can be one step closer in the Champions League, they eliminated Chelsea in front of them, and now they meet Liverpool, and Chelsea play, Barcelona did not feel too difficult, although it was only a goal to eliminate the opponent, but in fact they suppressed Chelsea in both games, and the game shape shì has been firmly in control.

They love that feeling.

They believe that as long as the team can play that feeling, then the victory will be theirs.

It's the same now.

Despite being a goal down over two legs, the Barcelona players believe they will be able to score again in the second half and beat Liverpool to reach the last four and get closer to winning the Champions League and the Big Ears Cup

At halftime, various media outlets were also discussing the game.

Judging from the shape of the first half, Liverpool is indeed at an all-round disadvantage, and if it weren't for the opening goal, I'm afraid many people would have to say 'Liverpool has no hope'.

The English media also expressed their optimism about the shape, and the Sky TV commentator commented, "Barcelona had the advantage in the first half, and from all the numbers, you can see Barcelona's advantage, Liverpool is not easy to hold on to the win, maybe they should think more about how to attack." ”

"Rafael Benitez has always been regarded as a 'master tactician' and we hope to see Liverpool's tactical changes in the second half to see how the world-class master tactician copes up the current situation."

The Spanish commentator is very satisfied with the current situation, "The game goes on like this, Barcelona knocking out Liverpool is not a problem, the focus is on when the goal will come in the second half, I think at this moment, many Barcelona fans are looking forward to scoring, if there is one more goal, the game will be more beneficial to Barcelona, all they lack is a goal." ”

"But there are still 45 minutes left in the game, we believe Barcelona can do it, and we expect them to knock out Liverpool and get to the last four of the Champions League!"

With the commentator's comments, the players of both teams entered one after another.

The second half of the game began quickly.

Camp Nou fans are looking forward to the game, although fifteen minutes is not long, but it is still a bit torturous for fans looking forward to the game, after this time, and then see the two teams play again, the atmosphere at Camp Nou immediately became a lot stronger, and the whole stadium was once again filled with fan shouts.

Fans are looking forward to the excitement of the game.

Barcelona fans naturally hope that Barcelona can play a good game, and it is better to completely suppress Liverpool and then score frequently; Liverpool fans don't have such high expectations, they already know from the first half, expect the team to win, and win beautifully, it is very unrealistic, let alone at the Camp Nou, even at Anfield, this Barcelona can suppress Liverpool, so that the team can only passively play defensive counterattacks, such a game is too difficult to play beautifully, their only hope is that the team can win the opponent and get close to the Champions League semi-finals.

Those media say that Benitez's Liverpool is 'utilitarian football', but what about utilitarian football, Liverpool needs championships too much, football is ugly, as long as it can bring championships.

In such a state of mind, when Liverpool put on a defensive posture at the beginning of the second half, Liverpool fans seemed very calm.

Barcelona fans were delighted, and although they knew the team would have an advantage, they were happy to see that the defending champions had to shrink their defence.

They cheered for the team with crazy shouts!

But what they don't know is that the Barcelona players on the pitch think very differently from them.

Barcelona is a team, the current game is the Champions League knockout round, they are not a circus, they are not participating in an exhibition match, they wish Liverpool played more beautifully, it is better to attack them round by round with them, what they are most afraid of is that the opponent shrinks the formation to defend.

Now, Liverpool seem to be more late in formation than in the first half?

The Barcelona player was angry and wanted to scold his mother, and this Nima still had to make a face!!? (To be continued......)