Camp Nou.

The 100,000 Barcelona fans in the audience stared at the scoreboard on the pitch, the football rolling in the Barcelona goal, and the Barcelona players standing on the field, all looking back at the goal Liverpool just now.

"Come on Barcelona!"

"We will win! Let those Englishmen know that this is Camp Nou! ”

"They'll know it!"

Fans wearing Barcelona home jerseys scrambled to the cameras to express their anticipation of the game, and a team of fans holding various slogans in support of the team watched the stadium from the stands, looking forward to the upcoming match.

In such an atmosphere, the competition officially began.

The two teams met once, and there was no long temptation at the beginning, and they fought each other, with Barcelona attacking first.

Barcelona's offense has not changed much, it is still constant possession, they use this way to find offensive opportunities, constant possession can make it easier for players to find the feeling of the game, so that the whole team can quickly enter the game, if the opponent can't find the feeling quickly, it is normal for Barcelona to score quickly.

However, Liverpool defended very tightly and Barcelona did not find a chance for a long time.

Constant passing, constant running, this is the opening of the two teams, football has been at the feet of Barcelona, the first attack ended in being broken, but Liverpool did not play a decent attack, the football was snatched back by Barcelona after half time, such a game gives Barcelona fans the confidence to look forward to a one-sided game.

"Barcelona controlled the situation on the pitch. Liverpool are still a bit uncomfortable and they have to do everything they can to get used to it, otherwise there will be no suspense in this game. The Spanish commentator said.

The English commentator disagreed.

They believe that Liverpool's passivity is only temporary, after all, the game has just begun, and Barcelona are already good at possession. What's more, they didn't get any good chances, although the ball was always at the feet of Barcelona, they just kept passing each other at the back and in the midfield, and if you don't know, you think they are delaying the game at the beginning.

That's how the two-team game began.

Barcelona went on one attack, two on the attack. It wasn't until the third wave of attack that they passed the ball to the Liverpool penalty area, but Ronaldinho couldn't grab a good point and couldn't pass the ball again, and the football was at the feet of Liverpool again.

Liverpool's attack was solid.

They didn't rush to attack, but kept the football firmly at their feet, and of course, it also deprived them of the opportunity to counter-attack, and Barcelona calmly retreated, setting up a defensive formation to meet Liverpool's attack. However, their formation is still high on the whole, their defensive formation is different from Liverpool's pure defense, more players are concentrated near the midfield, in the midfield, they line up densely, so that they can attack quickly when they get the ball, and it is not easy for Liverpool to hit the ball across the halfway.

Liverpool made three passes to the left of midfield.

The Barcelona players stepped forward to grab the ball, but Liverpool's passes were all on the wing. Wing-backs Luis Garcia and Marcos Alonso made three passes to each other, and after getting rid of Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o, Alonso abruptly shifted the ball to the feet of Steven Gerrard on the other flank.

This is a cross-crossing transfer.

Barcelona didn't care too much. But they went to see Gerrard who met the ball, and did not stop the ball without any action, but passed the ball diagonally to the front of the penalty area.

A red figure followed up and shot directly!

There was a burst of exclamation at Camp Nou!

In the midst of the exclamation, the ball flew up on the grass and rushed directly towards the Barcelona goal, goalkeeper Valdés pounced to the side, but the ball still flew into the goal from the near corner.

The referee points to the center circle with one finger!

The scoreboard score becomes 0:1!

The audience was dumbfounded.

Both the media and the fans. I didn't expect it to happen so quickly and so easily, especially since it was only the first effective attack that Liverpool had launched, and football was even the first time that football was actually passed across the halfway line and then passed between three or two feet. It's a bit unbelievable that the ball just flew straight into the goal.

Even the England commentator reacted after a few seconds, "Ball...... The ball went in!! ”

“Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal！！！！！！！”

"Zhang helped Liverpool score the first goal, in the fifth minute of the game, this goal was too fast, from Garcia on the wing to Alonso, Alonso to Gerrard and then Zhang's shot, almost all of them were a pass, it is hard to imagine that Liverpool can score such a smooth attack, Zhang's last shot is of good quality, a low shot from the periphery, directly breaking through the gate guarded by Valdés!"

"0:1! Liverpool are ahead and they have a two-goal advantage over the two legs, so the pressure on Barcelona may be even greater, and they need to score at least two goals to knock Liverpool out."

The advantage of a few balls, maybe there is no need to say more about the commentator.

When more people saw the goal, they thought it was incredible, they didn't expect Liverpool to score first, and they didn't expect the goal to come so quickly and so easily.

Yes, easy!

The speed of the ball was too fast, and there was no sign even before the shot, just a few passes, Gerrard suddenly pushed the ball to the front of the penalty area, and then Zhang Tiehan completed the shot, which was so fast that people couldn't react at all.

When Alonso transferred to Gerrard before, Zhang Tiehan had just run past the halfway line.

He seemed to run directly at the shooting point, and the Barcelona defenders were just about to go over to defend, and then the football rolled over, Zhang Tiehan shot directly with his feet, judging from the slow-motion analysis, this attack must have been practiced for a long time, otherwise it would be impossible to score so smoothly.

'Liverpool scored and it will be a lot tougher for Barcelona in the next games. The Spanish commentator said, "That goal just now shows that Liverpool also do a very good job in attacking coordination, and Barcelona should probably be more cautious, although Liverpool play defensive counter-attacks, their advancing attack is also very threatening......

As the commentator continued to speak, the Liverpool players on the pitch began to celebrate the goal.

Zhang Tiehan and his teammates hugged each other, happily talking about the goal just now, as the media speculated, this goal is indeed a long practice before the game, Benitez has always wanted to maximize the role of Zhang Tiehan's personal ability, that is, to make Zhang Tiehan's outstanding personal ability more fully expressed, which will allow Zhang Tiehan to play his ability more smoothly, which will be very helpful for the team's game.

Benitez has always been working from a tactical point of view.

Let Zhang Tiehan play center, play second striker, play midfield, midfielder, and even back waist, etc., Zhang Tiehan has played in every position, but only the position change, in fact, the impact on Zhang Tiehan's personal performance is not very great, and more importantly, no matter what position he plays, the opponent will defend against him.

It's a given.

Because of this, Zhang Tiehan's personal ability is very strong, but many times he can't play at all, for example, his long-range shooting is very powerful, but for a long time, he won't even have a chance to shoot from a distance, especially when playing with opponents of the same level like Chelsea and Barcelona, or even stronger than the team, Zhang Tiehan will be stamped to death, and the opponent will use a qiē means to prevent Zhang Tiehan from getting a chance to shoot, although his table is still very good, there are still a lot of goals, But Zhang Tiehan is now shouldering the offensive responsibility of the entire team alone, and the better he is, the more helpful he will be to the team.

So Benitez asked the players to play some small-scale tactical combinations in a row.

This offensive coordination is specially formulated by Benitez for the characteristics of Zhang Tiehan and Barcelona, for these several coordination passes, several people practiced for more than two hours to kick out smoothly, the specific position, the specific run is almost difficult to kick out, this kind of cooperation is not everyone can play, especially Zhang Tiehan's last kick, if someone else to play, this cooperation will have no effect, it is difficult for them to score the ball directly in that position.

Zhang Tiehan is different.

Under normal circumstances, Zhang Tiehan is in that position, and it is almost impossible for the opponent to let him take the ball and shoot with his feet, so the football is passed first, and Zhang Tiehan inserts the shot later, he doesn't need to practice anything except shooting, the important thing is how to pass the ball to the point.

In the end, the pre-game drill still worked.

This smooth to the extreme, let Liverpool score a goal, this goal is too important, although it is the opening goal, but the two teams are in the Champions League knockout game, especially this one is still at Camp Nou, can take the lead in breaking the deadlock, the impact on the morale of the whole Liverpool team is huge.

Barcelona, on the other hand, is a bit depressed.

Barcelona didn't expect it to be like this at all, they played smoothly and if they continued like this, they would be in control of the tempo of the game, and then it was a question of when to score, which was not a problem for them.

But they are still preparing for the goal, but the opponent has already scored?

What is the rhythm of this? Not quite right......

In the Barcelona coach's seat, Rijkaard also shook his head with a wry smile, as one of the former 'Dutch Three Musketeers' and the current head coach of Barcelona, Rijkaard could see at a glance that Liverpool's offensive coordination had been practiced many times just now.

Rijkaard also felt very depressed by such an offensive combination, and at the same time he was very helpless, he knew that that kind of offensive coordination was absolutely unguardable, because the position of the shot was too far away, most of the cooperation was near the midfield, and it was impossible to defend too effectively.

This kind of combination can be said to be exclusive to Liverpool, or the opponent's number 13, because no other player has the confidence to score the ball from that position - at least Barcelona don't have such a player. (To be continued......)