Last summer, Inter Milan made a player swap deal with Barcelona for cash.

Ibrahimovic swapped owners with Samuel Eto'o.

It's a deal that makes the outside world feel incomprehensible.

Samuel Eto'o has excelled at Barcelona and Ibrahimovic is also good, but it would be nonsense to say that the two are so different.

And Samuel Eto'o has proven that he can succeed in Barcelona's system, and bringing in Ibrahimovic represents a risk.

Ibrahimovic's move to Barcelona has proved to be too successful so far.

The outside world is always talking about the tactical "contradictions" between Ibrahimovic and Messi, and there are also contradictions between Ibrahimovic and Pep Guardiola.

As you can imagine, Guardiola didn't make this deal out of his mind.

With Barcelona's success and the storm that has terrified many opponents, it will become the norm to defend heavily against Barcelona.

Barcelona can't create opportunities for Eto'o to be offside as often as they have in the past, and when breaking down dense defences, Guardiola needs a centre-forward who can stand in the attacking danger zone and has a huge advantage fulcrum type, which is also a condition for Messi.

Ibrahimovic is theoretically a very good candidate, and his presence in the box is very strong, but what Guardiola didn't expect was that Ibrahimovic was not the kind of player who was willing to serve others.

Everyone else is saying that Messi is competing with Qin Xiong for the best in the world, and maybe in Ibrahimovic's heart, he himself is the best player in the world.

Talking about Ibrahimovic's arrogance is nothing new, how can such an arrogant player give someone a hand?

Because of this, Ibrahimovic is a player who needs to be served by others, and his time at Barcelona is not easy, even if his goalscoring efficiency is good. But when he transferred to Barcelona, he did not simply swap with Eto'o, but Eto'o + cash in exchange for Ibrahimovic, which means that Ibrahimovic is much more valuable than Eto'o.

However, his good goalscoring efficiency compared with Eto'o in the past does not reflect the gap as his value, which will naturally put him under pressure from public opinion. It wasn't a great time.

When Yibu and Qin Xiong embraced, both of them had a feeling of goodbye after a long absence.

"Zlatan, I'm glad to see you again, but I won't be in a good mood when you leave today."

Yi Bu could hear the subtext in Qin Xiong's words, and replied in Qin Xiong's ear with a smile: "Maybe, anyway, you have become more and more crazy over the years, and you are becoming more and more similar to me, now I just want to tell you: speak with strength!" ”

Qin Xiong patted him on the back. smiled: "I've always spoken with strength, hehe, although today is a match between Liverpool and Barcelona, my opponent is not you, Zlatan, you shouldn't go to Barcelona, in Barcelona, you can never be a king." You know who my opponent is. ”

"Aren't you afraid that I'll beat you?"

"You've got to beat me first. Do you want to go to the boxing gym again? ”

"There's going to be a chance."

After Ibrahimovic and Qin Xiong let go of each other, he watched Qin Xiong walk to the front of the Liverpool team with some reluctance, and the person standing parallel next to Qin Xiong was the king of Barcelona: Messi!

The two turned their heads in accord to glance at each other, nodded to each other, and then withdrew their gaze. At the same time, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and it was fleeting, and a strong fighting intent invariably rose!

The real battle of the kings, the battle of the supergiants!

Led by the referees, the players from both teams walked into Anfield. The Champions League theme song reverberated throughout the stadium.

"The first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals will be played at Anfield, Liverpool's home stadium!

Last season's Champions League winners Barcelona travel to Liverpool in the first leg in a battle between the two favourites to win the title this season.

Liverpool have been reborn this season, winning the top flight in England and knocking out 10-3 Champions League winners Real Madrid in the Champions League!

The two teams may have met too soon, but it will make the fans feel even more excited, and the attention of Liverpool has skyrocketed!

Let's take a look at the starting line-ups for both sides.

Liverpool started 442.

Goalkeeper: Reina.

Defenders: Johnson, Carragher, Skrtel, Aurelio.

Midfielders: Mascherano, Alonso, Lucas, Gerrard.

Forwards: Qin Xiong, Torres.

Koeman adopted a relatively conservative line-up today, Kuyt sat on the bench, and the midfield put on a small diamond-shaped tough defensive combination, and it is foreseeable that Liverpool will rely on Qin Xiong and Torres to charge up front, and the responsibility of attacking will be handed over to these two.

Barcelona started 433.

Goalkeeper: Valdés.

Defenders: Alves, Puyol, Pique, Maxwell.

Midfielders: Keita, Xavi, Iniesta.

Forwards: Messi, Ibrahimovic, Pedro.

Barcelona still use the 433 formation today, and Guardiola has repeatedly stressed that Barcelona's strength is their technical and tactical system, but Barcelona's performance this season is not as bright as last season's may not be as smooth as the ideal plan in the fine-tuning.

Anyway, let's see how both teams fared in the game. ”

After the pre-match kick-off ceremony, the battle between the two teams kicked off.

Barcelona kicked off first and the game got under, cheered on by the Reds fans at Anfield.

Koeman looked at ease on the sidelines, and Barcelona and Real Madrid were ultimately stylistically different.

In particular, the gap in strength is still very large, in terms of team characteristics, Barcelona is also dominated by pressing attacks, but the ability to control the game situation is definitely hundreds of times stronger than Real Madrid.

So even at home, Koeman still adopted a defensive counter-attacking tactical strategy.

After the start of the game, the audience could see that Liverpool's overall formation was relatively shrunk, with the back line retreating near the penalty line, and the midfielders adopting a crazy pressing strategy, and placing the key area of pressing 40 yards from the goal, so as to avoid being torn apart by Barcelona's skillful crossing.

Barcelona started the game with a steady pass, with the Reds not touching a single football in the first three minutes of the game and failing to create a shot on goal, prompting boos from the Anfield stadium.

Reds fans are not in the slightest interested in Barcelona's technical and tactical style of play, believing that Barcelona's football is a lullaby that only makes people drowsy!

The fans shouted in the stands for Barcelona to shoot if they had the ability! Shot! Shot!

At times, Barcelona do seem to be a bit obsessed with passing, leading Barcelona's godfather Cruyff to criticise his team's lack of desire to shoot. (To be continued.) )