834 Waterloo?
Despite their mental preparations, Real Madrid did not expect the away game against Liverpool to be more difficult than they imagined.
As a tactical maniac, Benitez is bound to have studied many classic games of Real Madrid, it can be said that in La Liga, many La Liga teams have also used this or that tactic to limit Real Madrid, and there is no team that can make Real Madrid taste defeat for the time being, but it does not mean that the tactics used by those teams cannot restrain Real Madrid in a real sense at a certain stage of the game.
After analyzing, researching and summarizing, Benitez integrated his own tactical thinking, and the tactics of restricting Real Madrid were about to come out.
But tactics are tactics, and whether tactics can be realized depends on the team's ability to execute tactics.
Liverpool did a perfect job in the first 25 minutes of the game!
The backline limited space, and the midfield was surrounded by frenzied pressing, destroying Real Madrid's attacking organization.
Then decisively threw themselves into a quick counter-attack when the Real Madrid attacking group was unable to defend.
Liverpool's tactical vision makes it look like they already know Real Madrid.
In the 29th minute of the game, Qin Xiong switched to the left side, he dribbled on the left side, and before coming to the penalty area, he changed the direction of the ball horizontally.
The Liverpool defenders thought that Qin Xiong would perform a good cross-cut dribble in front of the penalty area.
However, Qin Xiong buckled the ball behind Abeloa when he came up to press, and then controlled the ball again at his feet before he went straight to the bottom line.
At this time, Liverpool's defence was forced to retreat and almost returned to the small penalty area.
They were afraid of the threat posed by Qin Xiong's continued possession of the ball, especially if Qin Xiong crossed in front of goal. Someone has to be able to block his cross.
Qin Xiong dribbled into the penalty area. In the face of the pressing of Abelloa rushing again. He calmly pulls the ball back and dribbles a step outside.
Mascherano rushed to press, Qin Xiong passed the ball to Guti, who was inserted behind, and then passed by Mascherano himself.
Guti passed the ball back to Qin Xiong, and Qin Xiong was surrounded on all sides.
Carragher, Alonso, Mascherano behind him, and Hyypia moving in the compressed space ahead.
In the crowded penalty area, Qin Xiong shot the ball to the goal on the spot.
He wanted to hit a dead end. He also saw the line.
But perhaps because he wanted to control his footwork too much, the ball he picked out was easily confiscated by Reina.
Qin Xiong gritted his teeth and said secretly in his heart: The ball speed is not enough!
The angle is well controlled, but the strength is not enough, the light ball is naturally not fast, don't look at Reina's appearance of catching the moon in the air is very relaxed, in fact, there is already some fear in his heart, if the ball speed is faster, he may only look at the ball and sigh.
After holding the football, Reina sprinted to the edge of the box.
The Real Madrid crowd woke up like a dream.
Damn it!
It's coming again!
Liverpool's fast break!
It was another good chance to fight back.
Reyna tossed the ball on the edge of the box and passed it to Steven Gerrard, who dropped back in midfield.
Gerrard scrambled the ball from behind Diarra to Kuyt, who had come up on the wing.
Immediately after the pass, Gerrard spun around and raced forward.
Kuyt strode forward. And he still takes the in-cut line.
He was trying to seduce Diarra to help defend and create better space for Gerrard.
Diarra really took the bait!
He simply couldn't sit idly by and watch Kuyt push forward so brazenly.
He had just run two steps. Kuyt quickly kicked the ball and the ball rolled behind Diarra.
Gerrard didn't lose his speed to concede the ball in front of him and began to dribble forward to attack.
Torres cut diagonally from the left to the right in front of the penalty area.
Gerrard slotted the ball to Torres diagonally as Heinze rushed up to block it.
Torres had just run in front of Cannavaro, he stopped the ball with his right foot, then took a small step back to flick the ball, and then turned unexpectedly!
He had just run from left to right, and now he had completed the turn from right to left.
When Cannavaro failed to intercept, Pepe rushed over to cut off the ball at Torres' feet.
Before Pepe could kick out, Torres gently stabbed the ball behind Pepe, then dodged Pepe's interception and rushed forward!
The Saint Torres was in incredible form today, just like the incredible form he was when he arrived in the Premier League.
He is stronger in a small area than in La Liga!
Torres, who rushed forward to control the football, has formed a single knife momentum!
Ramos returned from the wing and rushed into the box for Torres, who also abandoned the goal to expand the area and rushed in the direction of Torres.
Torres took a diagonal step to the right and then shoved the ball with his toes as Ramos and Casillas were about to block him, and the ball flew up and flew diagonally to the right rear of Casillas!
Ramos' flying shovel is out, and it doesn't help!
Casillas' hastily raised arm staggered past the football.
The two looked back together, only to see the light soccer ball slashing through a small parabolic trajectory and finally crashing into the bottom left corner of the goal!
Anfield shook again, and the Reds fans shouted Torres' name proudly and proudly, staring at him alone, as if the most dazzling protagonist on this stage today was Fernando Torres!
Torres slid to his knees to the sideline with a wild smile, and Gerrard rushed from behind, grabbed his head and kissed him the head, before the two laughed and shook their fists into the stands and roared.
Benitez tilted his head slightly on the sidelines, he turned and walked back to the dugout to sit down, and talked to his assistant with a calm face.
'It's good that they found the right rhythm of the game, because Real Madrid are not as strong as we thought they we'd like.
Benitez may have been a little rampant at this point, but even if he told the world what he said, not many people thought he was wrong.
After all, there are very few teams that can lead Real Madrid by two goals this season.
It can even be said that in the Champions League this season, only Liverpool has a two-goal lead over Real Madrid in the game!
Fernando Torres scored a brace to give Liverpool a 2-0 lead over Real Madrid.
It was another quick counter-attack, Liverpool's tactics today were very restrained to Real Madrid, and we can see that Liverpool's rapid advance and cross-cutting are very effective in counter-attacking.
But for this goal, we have to praise Torres for his individual performance.
After receiving Gerrard's pass, he first turned on the spot to get rid of Cannavaro, then dodged and broke through Pepe's defence, and finally calmly picked up the far corner and sent the ball into the back of the net!
Real Madrid should find a way, otherwise they may suffer their first defeat of the season at Anfield, and this defeat may be a Waterloo! (To be continued.) )