"The first half is over. In the first half, both sides combined for five shots on goal, three for Liverpool and two for Porto. And only one shot from both sides came within goal range. The game was just too tedious. ”

"That's how ugly Benitez's game is. It was this way of playing that he won the Champions League in Valencia. The Champions League he won was an ugly one. ”

"The Champions League finals have become more and more ugly in recent years, is the level of the Champions League getting worse and worse."

"Valencia beat Real Madrid 1-0 in 2000 and penalty shootouts in 2001 and 2003. The Champions League final is getting harder and harder to watch. I really don't want it to be the same today. ”

Commentators from several television stations were criticizing the game. It's not because of this game, it's because the Champions League finals haven't been very good in recent years. For example, last season's match between Milan and Juventus was ugly, Milan and Juventus showed what Italian football is and what Italian defense is. After that game, many media criticised Juventus and Milan for delivering the most ugly Champions League final. I didn't expect this year's Champions League final to be like this again, which made people drowsy......

Johansson's face was also ugly. This season, because there are too many dark horses, it has affected the ratings. Maybe many years later, when people talk about this season, they will say that it is a magical season, this is a season of dark horses. But it was the worst Champions League season for UEFA right now.

In addition to the team's loyal fans, most of the fans who watch the football are actually star-chasers. There aren't that many so-called die-hard fans on Shijie. And after the Bosman Act, the best stars on Shijie have poured into the giants. Therefore, in the scope of shijie, there are the largest number of fans of giants, even if it is placed in Europe, there are many fans of giants.

Their fans are not as concerned about the Champions League final as their Chinese counterparts. The giants they supported were destroyed, and their interest in the Champions League ended. Although Liverpool is the top European giant, it has been in decline for a long time. And Porto does not have any influence within the scope of Shijie. The matchup between their two teams has outrageously low ratings.

Last year's big games between Milan and Juventus also plummeted in ratings because they were a civil war in the same league. In addition, last season's Champions League final was unsightly, which lost a lot of fans. Without ratings, there is no revenue. Coupled with the fact that today's game was so ugly, Johansson knew that he would lose a lot of fans again. Next year's Champions League commercial sponsorship will certainly not go well. It's all white silver. The Champions League is one of UEFA's biggest revenues if the Champions League earns less. The influence on UEFA is not small.

Intermission. Many of the people present thought differently. Fifteen minutes may seem like a lot of time, but it's not a long time either. That is, in the blink of an eye, the second half of the game began.

'There haven't been any changes on either side and hopefully the second half will look a little bit better.'

It's not easy to be a commentator either. Forty-five minutes of the first half. There are hardly any bright spots. The narrators are very professional though. But such an ugly game made them spit lotus, and it was too difficult for them. They also want to be passionate. It's a pity that the game just doesn't give up.

"Vicente, Vicente is fast, he's going to break through Ferreira...... Ferreira. Tackle! Ferreira's tackles were accurate and ruthless, and Vicente did not have many successful breakthroughs against Ferreira in this game. ”

Jose Mourinho and Rafael Benitez are both masters of defence, and even more so is Jose Mourinho. Both men are happy with their defensive systems.

Rist shook his head. Because after Ferreira arrived at Chelsea, he was hailed as Chelsea's worst link. When Jose Mourinho's Chelsea swept English football and shocked European football, they had great players in every position. Only right-back is the worst player, with Paco Ferreira one of Chelsea's high-priced parallel players.

But now Ferreira is definitely a fierce general, attacking and defending on the right side of Porto, being able to go up when attacking and defending. There's nothing a top winger like Vicente can do against Ferreira. If you talk about this season alone, Ferreira is definitely the best right-back in Europe.

"Maniche, give the ball to Deco...... Deco gave the ball to Maniche again, and Maniche shot! ”

"Reese, cross...... Jankoller shook his head and scored! ”

Although the game was ugly, there were some shots on goal in the second half. However, those shots could not hide the tedium of the game, and the two sides continued to grab the ball in midfield without any outstanding attacking chances.

"01 and 03 were penalty shootouts, do you have to shoot penalties this year?"

The commentators were disappointed, who didn't want to see a good game. However, as the prize money of the Champions League is getting higher and higher, the excitement of the Champions League knockout round is decreasing more and more. And the Champions League final in recent years has also been the same, the game has slowly become only focused on the victory and defeat. The game slowly came to the 70th minute, and neither side scored the opponent's goal.

"Harvey. Alonso, handed the ball to Luiz on the right. Garcia. ”

If it weren't for Owen's injury, Luis. Garcia is unlikely to be in the starting line-up. Louis. Garcia's strength cannot be said to be very strong, but it is definitely not bad either. After all, it's a player from La Masia, and the jishu, passing, and passing are all good.

"Louis. Garcia, inside with the ball...... Louis. Garcia crossed and Valente tripped Luiz. Garcia! ”

"The referee blew the whistle and it was a foul. It was a free-kick and it was a good position. ”

Seeing the referee blow the whistle, the Porto players were very dissatisfied. The party Valente shook his head innocently, and hurriedly said to the referee that he had not committed a foul. The other Porto players also came to the referee to theorize. Mourinho was even more exaggerated, walking forward to protest the decision.

This is definitely not a fuss for them, it is entirely because this position is only twenty-four or five meters away from the goal. There are quite a few players in Liverpool who are good at free-kicks, such as Xavi. Alonso, Steven Gerrard, Reese and others all have a good free-kick ability. It's Vicente and Luis. Garcia's free-kick jishu wasn't bad at all. That's why they reacted so much.

Rist shook his head as he looked at the replay. Because this ball can't be said to be a fake drop. But Louis. Garcia's intention to deliberately find a free-kick was too obvious. Because Louis. Garcia cut inside and then suddenly broke forward, and Valente rushed forward to make up for it. Because Louis. Garcia was fast, so and Valente had a simple collision, but not enough to get out of Luis. Garcia fell to the ground like that.

But Louis. What kind of person is Garcia, that is a player from La Liga. It's not that La Liga players love to fake falls, but the players who came out of La Liga play this set very well. Because there are many South American players in La Liga, and South American players play this kind of trick is their housekeeping skill, La Liga players have more or less learned this.

Compared to La Liga players, the homegrown players who were born and bred in the Premier League are much worse in this regard. It's not that they won't fake falls, and the Premier League's homegrown players are now starting to show some signs of fake falls. But their fake fall was too clumsy. At first glance, you can tell that it is a fake fall. But Louis. Garcia's fall this time if you don't look at the defense. I can't tell what's going on.

Louis. Garcia had a slight collision with Valente this time and immediately fell to the ground. The referee couldn't say Luis either. Garcia faked a fall, after all, people did have a collision. But Valente was angry, because the slightest collision wouldn't knock him to the ground.

'Coach Jose Mourinho, I hope you have the right attitude.'

Fourth, the referee watched Mourinho chatter. So come forward and warn him. Jose Mourinho waved his hand at the fourth referee. Didn't take him seriously at all. Of course, he did not continue to criticize the manager. Instead, he returned to his seat without knowing what to say.

"Louis. Garcia, Alonso, and Reese are all standing in front of the ball, who will shoot on goal! ”

"Alonso, no...... Reese. Reese shoots! ”

Because the ball was on the left side of the goal, Reese's left foot was just right. Reese's heavy artillery is very famous, and this time was no exception. Alonso took cover, and then Reese stepped forward and fired a powerful shot.

"Reese, it's fast...... Baia didn't react, this ball, it's a pity. ”

"Bang !!!"

Reese's ball was too fast and Liverpool also made some free-kick tactics. It was the moment Reese shot that Hyypia, who was huddled with the Porto players and lined up in the wall, cleverly dodged back and let go of Rist's shot. This is a free-kick tactic that is usually practiced, and it is very skillful to play. Rist was also very accurate in finding the space left by Hyypia, and the ball flew into that space.

The ball has liliang, speed, and the cooperation of Hyppia, this ball is very perfect. Baiadu had already raised his hands in surrender, but the ball happened to hit the post.

"The goalpost has made a meritorious service, and the doorpost has made a meritorious service. Porto escaped, escaped...... No, it's not over yet! ”

"Gerrard, Gerrard volleys!"

Reese's ball was so big that it bounced off the post and straight to the edge of the box. Reese shot, the ball hit the post and bounced off, and the sequence was done in a matter of seconds. A lot of people haven't reacted yet, and Gerrard, who was just on the left, has already run near the big penalty line. Gerrard reacted the fastest, without any pause in the face of the incoming ball, and went straight to volley.

This ball should be said to be very difficult, not ordinary. Because the ball is higher than the knee, it is difficult to hold the ball and exert force. Gerrard, however, managed it perfectly, leaning a little to the left and then volleying straight with his right foot. The volley came out of the ball and flew straight into the middle of the goal.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！”

"Baiya, Baiya is really helpless today. Reese's free-kick was already a surprise, and Gerrard's volley was just as fast. Baia didn't react to Riese and Gerrard's shots, and he didn't have time to react. ”

"Gerald, Gerald. It was a brilliant goal, as Steven Gerrard opened the scoring and it was Gerrard's first goal in the Champions League final. Steven Gerrard has been in fine form since becoming Liverpool's captain this season, scoring 18 goals for Liverpool this season. Steven Gerrard has established himself as England's most homegrown midfielder. ”

Seventy-six minutes into the game, Liverpool opened the scoring. The scales of victory are tipping in Liverpool's side, with Liverpool dominating. With just ten minutes left in the game, how will Mourinho adjust. If that score is over, Liverpool will be crowned champions of the Champions League this season. ”

Rist was watching the game from above. Benitez and Jose Mourinho are two interesting men. Historically, Mourinho has met Benitez in the league, almost once and twice, and many of them have been big scores. Anyway, Liverpool is in the hands of Benitez, and Chelsea is completely weak in the face of Mourinho.

At that time, Chelsea in the Premier League was a god to kill God, Buddha to block and kill Buddha, and several traditional strong teams could not raise their heads. Manchester United, Arsenal, and Liverpool can only watch Chelsea lead the Premier League from the beginning of the season, and several coaches such as Ferguson, Arsene Wenger, and Benitez were defeated by Mourinho. At that time, Mourinho was a fledgling and was extremely arrogant in the Premier League. But even this strong Chelsea team also has huge regrets. That is, when they were at their strongest, they didn't even win the Champions League once.

And the powerful Chelsea and the arrogant Mourinho were eliminated twice in the Champions League, both of which were done by Benitez's Liverpool. Rafael Benitez's Liverpool twice blocked the terrifying Chelsea at the time, leaving Jose Mourinho to look up to the sky and sigh. Mourinho didn't concede defeat in both games, as Rafael Benitez suffocated Jose Mourinho's Chelsea twice in the knockout rounds of the Champions League.

Rafa Benitez is Mourinho's nemesis in the Champions League. Watching Gerrard score, Rist was overjoyed. It seems that Benitez, as Mourinho's Champions League nemesis, is about to start from this game.

'Jose Mourinho started making substitutions, Benitez started making substitutions. Owen replaces Vicente, what kind of play is this. Royce Garcia was pulled into the middle and Benitez was going to play 4-3-1-2. This is supposed to be for the defensive counterattack, in order for Irving to play the counterattack. ”

Mourinho is going to work hard, and Benitez calmly arranges tactics. Owen sat on the bench for almost eighty minutes because of the injury, and now it was Zuihou before Benitez put Owen on it. Regardless of whether Owen is injured or not, with Owen's performance in the semi-finals, Porto will not be able to attack at full strength. (To be continued......)