Although Liverpool's spiritual leader, midfield engine, captain Steven Gerrard is unavailable due to injury, the media and fans are optimistic that Liverpool will beat Marseille at home. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because Liverpool has a lot of troubles, Marseille has not been smooth recently, with four league games without a win, only one win in the opening nine rounds, and has fallen into the relegation zone, although no one thinks Marseille will be relegated, but there is no doubt that Marseille's form is poor.

The outside world is the outside world's opinion, Liverpool's players and coaches are very cautious, not lightly at all, in their opinion, although Marseille is in poor league form, but in the Champions League is in excellent form, which is similar to Liverpool, just like 05 years, Liverpool did not even enter the top four in the league, but won the Champions League, the more such a team must be cautious.

After the Marseille team came to Liverpool, it was also very low-key, except for coach Gretz, the other players did not accept interviews with reporters, and even the three former Liverpool players Xerroux, Cendon, and Cisse who England reporters wanted to interview the most were all silent, neither mentioning the relationship with the old club, nor mentioning revenge, looking unfathomable.

Coach Gretz expressed his respect for Liverpool and the Premier League: "In a game against a Premier League team, it doesn't make much difference to us whether it's against Fulham or against Liverpool. When you watch the Premier League semi-finals, you see that all the good things in football can be reflected in them, good games, good physical fitness, superb technical and tactical skills, very few team mistakes, this is a very high level of football and it is what we want to achieve. In French football, not only do we lag behind the British in terms of physical training, but we also don't pay enough attention to mental quality. The French players who have played in the Premier League have done a good job and if they come back to Ligue 1 they can bring us some advanced experience. We are clearly behind the Premier League in these areas, but we are confident that we will close the gap. ”

For the game against Liverpool, Gretz showed neither humility nor arrogance, "If we just come to learn, this is obviously unconvincing, Anfield is terrible, but we also have our own goals when we come here, three points may not be realistic, but the possibility of one point is not impossible, please allow me to express regret that Gerrard had a car accident, and I am also very happy that Gerrard will not be on the field tomorrow, Gerrard is a genius, he can change the course of the game, if he and Chen Yu are present at the same time, We're afraid we won't be able to do anything, and now, we think we can get points. ”

The performance of the Marseille team in Liverpool is low-key and calm, which makes the Liverpudlian people a little uneasy, they don't understand why a weak team like Marseille is not afraid in Liverpool, but it is only a small uneasiness, deep down, they still don't believe that Marseille can beat themselves at Anfield.

In the evening, the first matchday of the second round of the Champions League group stage kicked off with eight matches, and the big teams won the game without exception, and the much-watched battle between Manchester United and Roma, Manchester United once again proved their excellent form, facing a revenge-hungry Roma, Manchester United won by a solid goal.

In these eight games, the most outstanding Barcelona youngster Messi, the Argentine who once suffered from dwarfism, has shown a strong ability to score goals, scoring 7 goals in the last five games, this efficiency is known as Chen Yu, who is known as an average goal per game, can compare, his status in Barcelona has skyrocketed, and many people believe that Messi will be the successor of Ronaldinho's core position in Barcelona.

Liverpool's players and coaches also watched the first day of the game, the focus is, of course, the game of the giant team, they are Liverpool's defending rivals, Messi's performance, Liverpool attaches great importance to the performance of Messi, the last time the two teams met, Messi was still young, but he grew up quickly, if Barcelona and Liverpool meet again, this Argentine may become one of the key figures in determining the outcome of the game, Chen Yu is even more blunt that Messi will become a stronger player than Ronaldo and Ronaldinho.

Although Liverpool's players and coaches think that Chen Yu is a bit alarmist, they are also attentive to Messi, and some defenders even deliberately download Messi's video to watch it, so as to deal with the Argentine new Maradona who is super bullish in the dribble when they meet Barcelona.

The second day of the match between Liverpool and Marseille began with a sea of red and a tsunami of songs.

In the overwhelming red, the blue and white of the Marseille fans seemed so small, so insignificant, that their shouts for their team were completely drowned out by the Liverpudlian songs, and they could only be seen with their mouths open, but they could not hear a sound, as if they were acting in a pantomime.

The Reds are famous for their fans, Anfield is famous, and the Reds have the best record in the Premier League in Europe.

But the Marseille were unfazed by the madness at Anfield, with Marseille midfielder Zenden the first to emerge calmly out of the tunnel. The Liverpool fans at the scene did not look the other way because he had played for Liverpool, and still sent him a deafening boo, and the front stand was a red team flag, which is a familiar color for Zenden, and the Dutchman took a look, turned his head to the stands of the Marseille fans, smiled and raised his hands to applaud, thanking them for crossing the English Channel to follow the team.

Marseille fans gave Cendon and the Marseille players who came out afterwards applause support, although in the cheers of Liverpool fans, this support seemed silent, but the Marseille players were still cheered, with the support of these die-hard fans, everyone's hearts were at ease.

When the players of the two teams shook hands, the atmosphere was still good, Liverpool and Cenden, Cisse, and Sheroux were familiar with the players hugging them, patting their shoulders and backs, and there was no hostility between unfamiliar players, like Liverpool and Marseille, which are basically not a level of team now, except for the grievances between Cenden, Sherou, Cisse and the club, there is no major entanglement between the two teams, this is just a game.

The commentators at the scene were optimistic about the game, "...... The game is about to start, this is the second game of the Champions League group stage, the first game Liverpool was forced to draw by Porto away, and now back to Anfield, I believe that Liverpool's domineering will also return, and there will be no big problem to beat Marseille, but Gerrard in the midfield is not there, Alonso's form is not good, with Chen Yu here, the goal is definitely guaranteed, I hope the process is not too ugly. ”

As the game is about to begin, Liverpool boss Gillette is back in the stands at Anfield, and he is seated in the box with Marseille boss Robert, the 61-year-old former owner of Adidas and the majority shareholder of the Louis Dreyfus Group, one of the world's three largest agricultural traders, who has been in charge of the club since 1997 with an investment of more than 200 million euros.

Robert came to Liverpool with his beautiful wife Margarita, 39-year-old Margarita grew up in the former Soviet Union and has the nickname "Tsaress", although the two are young and old, but Margarita does not live entirely on her husband, and he has his own assets1. 2.5 billion euros.

Gillette and Robert shook hands and greeted each other, and after taking their seats, the game also kicked off.

In this game, Marseille lined up a solid 451 formation, with goalkeeper 30-Mandana, four defenders 24-Bernate, 4-Rodriguez, 32-Givi, 3-Taiwo; The five midfielders are captain 19 Kana, 7 Sherou, 10 Zenden, 22 Nasri, 6 Ziani/, and single striker 9 Cisse.

This squad can be said to show full respect to the home team and the defending champions, but it can also be said to see the weakness of the defending champions after the absence of Gerrard in midfield, and are ready to use the numerical advantage to kill Liverpool.

Liverpool is still a balanced 442 formation in attack and defense, with goalkeeper 25-Reina, four backs 3-Finnen, 4-Hyypia, 23-Carragher, and No. 6-Risser; Four midfielders: 11-Benayoun, 14-Alonso, 22-Sissoko, No. 20 Mascherano; Forwards/9 - Chen Yu and 15 - Crouch.

This lineup is replaced by Gerrard, Ager, Kuyt, Alonso's state is a little better, it is the peak of Liverpool, but now Gerrard is injured, Ager has just recovered from injury, Alonso is not in good shape, Crouch rotates Kuyt, and Liverpool can only play 80% of the level.

However, in the eyes of Liverpudlians, 80% Liverpool is enough to beat Marseille.

After the start of the game, Liverpool pressed strongly, hoping to give Marseille a disadvantage, but the Liverpudlian did not expect that the Marseilles did not show weakness at all, and fought with Liverpool in the midfield according to the numerical advantage, and never let Liverpool's players infiltrate near their penalty area.

Cenden, Cisse and Sheroux, who have played for Liverpool, have been particularly active, although Cisse plays as a striker and is a single striker, but he has a large drop back and can defend to his own half, and once the ball is transferred to the feet of the Marseille players, he immediately rushes to the Liverpool half, and his range of movement has covered most of the pitch.

Dutchman Cendon in Middlesbrough and Liverpool practiced a tough defensive skills, today is just used to deal with Liverpool, and he is the Israeli midfielder Benayoun belongs to the technical school, the style of play is soft, Cenden's tough style of play makes Benayoun very uncomfortable, and he makes frequent mistakes under Cenden's fierce pressing.

Due to Benayoun's mistake, Finnan, who was on the same wing as Benayoun, did not dare to step forward, and Cendon alone almost limited Liverpool's attack on the entire right side.

Sherou's skills are excellent, and his defense has always been inferior to Zenden, but in order to show his value in front of the Liverpudlians, he also fought hard today, not only frequently using excellent skills to attack Sissoko and Alonso, but also harassing the Liverpool players with the ball with tireless running.

Like Cenden, Sheroux, and Cisse can almost top one and a half people, plus Marseille originally had more midfielders than Liverpool, and now the midfield has a greater advantage, after the opening, Liverpool's midfield is fully passive, and the stadium seems to be full of Marseille players, and Liverpool is like being drowned in the sea of people in Marseille.