On the day of winning the Spanish Copa del Rey, Real Madrid once again hung the championship scarf on the statue of the goddess of harvest to show the whole city the glory of Real Madrid's victory.

The fans of Real Madrid in the city were excited and couldn't sleep, and the revelry continued into the early morning.

However, Real Madrid's players have to go to rest because in a week's time, their final Champions League fixture of the season, will be played.

At the weekend, Real Madrid won the Copa del Rey with a 2-0 away win over Santander from the bench in the 33rd round of the league.

In the second half of the season, substitutes played more minutes and Real Madrid's results gradually stabilized.

In particular, striker Higuain's performance began to be recognized by the outside world, and finally the Argentine little smoker was included in the ranks of Real Madrid's future striker successor.

Two more days later, Real Madrid landed in Liverpool!

The headline in The Times' pre-match preview is: Can Liverpool, champions of three years ago, take on Real Madrid after sweeping the defending champions and the title of two years ago?

Looking back on Real Madrid's Champions League road this season, the group stage was indeed smooth, and there were no strong opponents.

But since entering the knockout round, the difficulty seems to have increased several times all of a sudden, and it is directly bursting!

First the Champions League in 2006, then the Champions League in 2007.

Now, Liverpool, the 2005 Champions League winner and 2007 Champions League runner-up, are back in the way of Real Madrid!

This first of all made Real Madrid not have any luck or luck in the knockout process, and the win was well deserved, and it was very convincing after qualifying!

Real Madrid calmly prepare for the first leg of the Champions League semi-final after arriving at Liverpool.

The day before the match, Bosque attended a press conference, and he brought Qin Xiong with him.

A reporter asked: "After eliminating Arsenal and AC Milan, Real Madrid met Liverpool again." Does this mean Real Madrid's luck is a bit bad? After all, these three opponents happen to be Champions League winners of the past three years! ”

Bosque shook his head slightly, and said lightly: "This has nothing to do with luck, the game is not gambling, we can't pray that the opponents we meet are all weaker teams, in fact, we can only beat strong opponents." Only then can I hope to go further, after all, when it comes to the quarterfinals and semifinals of the Champions League, no opponent is a weak team. ”

The reporters turned their questions to Qin Xiong.

'You've played Liverpool a couple of times at Arsenal and had great memories at Anfield, so you should be confident that tomorrow's game will be easy to win, right?'

Qin Xiong shook his head and said calmly: "I have heard such a statement countless times, and it is in the news. There is always something like this, but in fact? History is history, the present is the present, can last year's Real Madrid be the same as today's Real Madrid? The combat effectiveness of a team can change dramatically in a one-month time span, let alone a year, two years? Especially in the Champions League semi-finals, what kind of fighting power will Liverpool break out. I don't know, but know that the final is just around the corner. Liverpool certainly won't be giving away victory easily, and my team-mates and I need to take that seriously and not take it lightly. ”

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez expressed his respect for Bosque before the game.

'I'm excited to play against Real Madrid, Bosque's Real Madrid are playing like never before, they always score goals, a lot of goals. Winning a lot of games and not losing a game so far this season puts a bit of psychological pressure on us, but I also hope that Liverpool can put a lot of pressure on Real Madrid at Anfield because this is Anfield! ”

Neither manager talked about tactics. There seems to be little need.

And the media praised this game as: the battle of master and apprentice!

Unlike last season's mentor-apprentice relationship between Capello and Flores.

Bosque and Benitez are a true mentor between coach and coach.

When Benitez was still working at Real Madrid, he assisted Bosque as the head coach, and it was Benitez who served as Bosco's assistant coach when Bosque went to the first team to fight fires.

It's just that everyone has their own ambitions, and Benitez quickly chose to fly solo, but he learned a lot from Bosque.

On the evening of April 23, Liverpool City was brightly lit and Anfield was noisy!

When the players of Real Madrid and Liverpool walked into the stadium, the stadium was still echoing with the Liverpool fans singing in unison "You will never walk alone"!

The entire stadium stands seemed to be dyed red, especially the scene of Red Army fans holding scarves and singing the team anthem was spectacular.

This naturally puts some mental pressure on the Real Madrid players.

It's like stepping into an unusual battlefield.

Qin Xiong smiled at the corner of his mouth.

In fact, he admires and loves the distinctive fan culture in England in his heart.

Because it is a tradition, it is also a unique culture.

It's hard to find elsewhere in Europe, and England fan culture is a popular phenomenon that will be emulated by many fans around the world.

"Welcome to Anfield! The first leg of the 2007-2008 Champions League semi-finals will be played here.

Premier League giants Liverpool are at home to Real Madrid, who have already won the Spanish double!

In terms of preparation pressure, Real Madrid will certainly have an easier time than Liverpool.

Liverpool are out of sight of winning the Premier League, but they still need to secure a top-four spot in the league to secure a place in next season's Champions League.

Benitez's policy of large rotation in the Premier League this season has failed, in fact, referring to the rotation strategy implemented by the Premier League winning teams in the past few years, Benitez should have foreseen that Arsenal and Manchester United, the two biggest winners of the Premier League, will not make big rotation a norm during the season, maybe once in a while, but if it is like this in the long run, the team's results will definitely be greatly affected.

Real Madrid have already won La Liga and the Copa del Rey and will be able to concentrate on preparing for this game and even the next leg.

Can a spirited Real Madrid make waves at Anfield? We'll find out right away.

Liverpool started today with 4231.

Goalkeeper: Reina.

Defenders: Arbeloa, Carragher, Hyypia, Reese.

Midfielders: Kuyt, Alonso, Gerrard, Mascherano, Benayoun.

Forward: Fernando Torres.

Real Madrid started 442.

Goalkeeper: Casillas.

Defenders: Ramos, Pepe, Cannavaro, Heinze.

Midfielders: Robben, Diarra, Guti, Sneijder.

Forwards: Qin Xiong, Raul.

The Battle of Anfield begins now! (To be continued.) )