The threat of the Portuguese media has not only angered the media and fans in England and China, but also angered Liverpool's generals, who have now been deeply hurt by the "kill Chen Yu" tactics in the Premier League, Chen Yu is even beaten because he was provoked, and is still sitting in the ball prison, if the "kill feather" tactics are also popular in the Champions League and are not severely punished by the referee, it will be difficult for Liverpool to play. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In his pre-match press conference, Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez was a rare outburst, "...... I grew up under the influence of Latin football, I love Latin football and am proud of it, but yesterday and today's news shocked us, as one of the representatives of Latin football, Portugal, is actually ready to use lethal tactics when playing against Liverpool, I don't know if this is true or false, if this is true, then tonight's game will be a shame for Latin football and Portuguese football, because they go against tradition. In addition, I hope that the referee will strengthen the punishment for malicious fouls, and must not be tolerated, otherwise no one knows what will happen on the field. ”

Gerrard, who attended the pre-match press conference with Benitez, also looked serious, first talking about his views on the game played in the evening, and then returned the topic to Chen Yu, "...... Undoubtedly, Chen Yu is our main striker, our weapon to attack the city, with him, we will be easy in the game, we will never allow anyone to use lethal tactics against Chen Yu and any of our teammates, Liverpool's players are not bad, we will not use despicable tactics to deal with competitors, but we will not allow others to deal with us like this. ”

Benitez and Steven Gerrard were both stern in tone, giving a forceful response to their opponents' intimidating tactics before the game.

Then Porto coach Ferreira clarified the Portuguese media's "killing feathers" tactics at a press conference, saying that Porto would not do such a thing, Porto has never been a team dominated by physical confrontation, and Porto has always been a victim on the pitch, and he hopes that the referee must strictly enforce the law and never let the football match become a rugby game.

The two sides of the game are a Premier League team, a Portuguese team, but before the game both asked the referee to strictly enforce the law, this is the first time, in this regard, Slovak referee Michel is of course very happy, all along, the physical flow team and the technical flow team in the confrontation, the scale of law enforcement is difficult to grasp, the body flow team hopes that the scale is more relaxed, the technical flow team hopes that the game can be as good as basketball, so the referee is difficult to do, now both teams want to enforce the law strictly, he does not need to be embarrassed.

At 19:45 on the evening of the 18th, the Champions League group stage of Liverpool and Porto, the two strongest teams in Group A, kicked off.

The Dragon Stadium, which can accommodate 50,000 people, was full half an hour ago, the atmosphere was extremely warm, and the Porto fans who occupied the vast majority of the stadium were very excited, constantly waving flags and towels, chanting the slogan "Porto must win", and although Liverpool's fans were only three or four thousand, they were all Liverpool's die-hard fans who came across the sea, and the momentum was not weak at all, three or four thousand people spoke in unison, although they could not confront the Porto fans, but they would not completely suppress the Porto fans.

Liverpool started today with a solid formation of 442: 25 - Reina; 3-Finnan, 23-Carragher, 4-Hyypia, 6-Reese; 20-Mascherano, 8-Gerrard, 19-Babbel, 16-Pennant; 9-Chen Yu, 18-Kuyt.

Chen Yu was still partnered by Dutch striker Kuyt, and while some thought before the game that Crouch's height might give the Portuguese more of a threat, Benitez preferred Kuyt, who was hard-working and physically excellent.

In the backline, Hyypia still started, and Ager, who had been confirmed to have recovered from injury before the game, was still sitting on the bench, although Hyypia is old, but he is also a full-fledged central defender, a little more reliable than the cameo Arbeloa.

However, what is surprising is that Liverpool's back, but also the team's brain Alonso did not start, it is said that he injured his ankle in pre-game training, and made temporary changes, seeing that Alonso did not play, Liverpool's fans also cast a shadow in their hearts, in Liverpool, Alonso, Gerrard, Chen Yu are indispensable, one of them is the brain of the team, one is the spiritual leader and attacker, a killer, now without Alonso, Liverpool is likely to have some problems in the offensive operation and offensive and defensive transition.

Porto line-up: 33-Nuno; 2- Bruno. Alves, 12-Bosingwa, 13-Forcella, 14-Geo. Paul; 16-Mereles, 6-Assunsan, 8-Lucho. Gonzalez; 7 - Quaresma, 9 - Risandro, 17 - Secodioi

This is a 433 formation, the attack is dominated by Quaresma and Gonzalez on the wing, and the two full-backs also have strong assist ability, but Porto's attack is not limited to the wing, their midfielders have the ability to penetrate delicate short passes, and the combination of wing attack and central penetration will bring a lot of pressure to the opponent's defense.

Although the scene was very noisy, the narrator was still shouting and explaining: "...... The 2004 European champions face the defending champions, and although Porto are no longer as brave as they once were, they are in good form now, winning all four league games and leading the Portuguese Super League with 12 points. In addition, Porto are unbeaten in their last nine Champions League home games against English teams, including Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea. Liverpool, on the other hand, have failed to win their last four Champions League games against Portuguese sides, drawing twice with Boavista in 2001/02 and losing twice to Benfica in 2005/06...... Of course, history doesn't say anything, Liverpool are very strong now, they have almost no shortcomings, it is very difficult for Porto to beat them at home, but Alonso's absence has given Porto more hope, as for the final result, it still depends on the performance of the players on both sides, especially the stars of both sides...... The players came out of the dressing room and they were doing some small pre-match ceremonies as the game was about to start...... The fans in the stands were cheering, and the most enthusiastic welcome was Porto star Quaresma, the 23-year-old winger who was Porto's biggest name and was the winner of the day in the summer transfer campaign, with Real Madrid and Liverpool both wanting him...... Liverpool's star Chen Yu received the biggest boo, and there is no doubt that the brightest star of the day is Chen Yu, who is the biggest obstacle for Porto to win...... All right! The game is on, let's watch the game first......"

While the live commentators were still rambling, the game had already begun.

The first kick-off is Liverpool who are away from home, as the defending champion, although today was unexpectedly absent from Alonso, but because Chen Yu is on the field, Liverpool is still very conceited, after they pass the ball in the middle circle, they pass back unhurriedly, wanting to observe the opponent's loopholes and then attack.

However, although Porto's strength is not as good as Liverpool's, they are playing at home, and in the cheering of more than 40,000 fans at the scene, they are full of fighting spirit and confidence.

Liverpool's players did not adapt to the rhythm of Porto, they thought that with their name as the defending champions and strong strength, Porto would not dare to attack them rashly at the beginning, at least they would try it, and now they were forced by Porto, and there was no player like Alonso who controlled the ball better, and defender Carragher was forced to kick the ball to Porto's backfield.

This is not an active long pass attack, it is forced by the opponent, and the person who opens the big foot is not Alonso, it is impossible to find his teammates with this kick, Chen Yu and Kuyt are also very good at running, but the ball is too far away from them, and the ball is directly pushed to their teammates by the Porto defenders.

In less than ten seconds of the opening game, Liverpool only passed four balls, and then was forced to hand over the ball, which surprised the Liverpool fans at the scene, and they all had a premonition that today's game would not be easy, while the Porto fans were in high spirits, and many people were chanting: "Yes! Just hit it like that! Rob them to death! ”

Porto snatched the ball and attacked quickly, with the ball reaching left winger Quaresma in three passes in midfield.

Quaresma was not able to move to Liverpool this summer, but in front of his favorite opponents, his desire to perform was very strong, receiving the ball and turning, a shake to the inside, and then dribbling the ball to Liverpool's bottom line.

It looked like Quaresma didn't look at the defenders, but Pennant, who came to steal, was just dangled by him and missed the opportunity to delay Porto's attack in the first place.

Quaresma held the ball and went straight to Liverpool's right-back Finnan to kill, full of momentum and confidence, and he didn't take Finnan seriously at all.

Quaresma's excellent technique and fast speed have a great advantage over Finnan's Nordic body when there is space on the side, and Finnan saw Quaresma coming, but he didn't dare to steal and intercept, so he could only step back and see what Quaresma did next.

Quaresma is not a winger who likes to cut inside, he is a traditional winger style of play, with a cross from the bottom, facing Finnan who is retreating step by step, Quaresma does not make any feints, that is, he eats with speed and quickly kills the bottom line cross.

Finnan was a little slower than Quaresma, but he was well positioned and experienced, and when Quaresma crossed, he quickly stretched out his foot and sealed the ball off the line.

Force!

Referee Michelle's whistle blew and he pointed to the corner flag area to signal Porto to take a corner.