Playing at home, facing Chelsea, who have never beaten themselves in the Champions League, Liverpool should have faced Chelsea's challenge with high morale and confidence, but too many off-field factors interfered with Liverpool really couldn't get excited. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

It turned out to be just a boss fight, just fight, as long as the starting salary can be paid, but now not only the boss fights, the manager and the coach also fight, the core killer Chen Yu may also be sold, so many things have happened, if Liverpool's players can still fight calmly, unless they are robots.

During the morning training, Benitez did not smile at all, and forbade the players to be interviewed by reporters, during the lunch break, Benitez did not shy away from the problems of the club now, but he hoped that the players would not be disturbed by these off-field factors, the game was played, which boss to change, which head coach to change, the players did not lose, the game was not good, and no one had good fruit to eat.

Everyone understands the truth, but it is unrealistic not to want to at all, not to be affected at all, Liverpool's players are more mature and know how to self-regulate, and they all try to meet the challenge of Chelsea in the best possible condition.

Chelsea naturally hopes that Liverpool will be as chaotic as possible, and in the pre-match press conference, Grant not only deliberately mentioned Liverpool's civil unrest, but also waved an olive branch to Liverpool's players very bluntly, hoping that Liverpool's players can defect to the Blues next season.

Benitez was very annoyed by Grant's dirty behavior, and he directly accused Chelsea of going too far in his poaching behavior at the press conference, and he didn't have the demeanor of a giant at all, but Benitez's accusations didn't help, Grant just wanted to cause trouble for Liverpool and didn't care about Benitez's reaction.

Every time Liverpool clash with Chelsea, they attract the attention of fans all over the world, and while the game is not too pretty, it is certainly very intense, and if the Arsenal-Barcelona match is seen as a show, then the Liverpool-Chelsea game is a battle.

The players on the field are fighting, the fans off the field are also fighting, the manager is also fighting, only the club owner does not fight, and the main reason why the boss does not fight is that Abramovich does not like to show his head, no matter what the opponent says, the Russian rich man never responds, he will not even sit in a box with the opponent's owner to watch the game.

In today's game, the owners of Liverpool are here, and the game is very important, although Gillette and Hicks are really not in the mood, but they still came to watch the game for show.

However, Abu still did not come to the VIP box to watch the game with Gillette and Hicks, and he was replaced by Chelsea CEO Peter Kenyon.

Liverpool's players are demoralized, but Liverpool's die-hard fans Shankly's soul is as excited, they came to the stadium early, put up banners, planted the team flag, and then began to sing the team song to render the atmosphere of the big game, infected by them, and later fans also sang along, and when the Liverpool players came on the stage, the entire Anfield stadium has become a sea of singing.

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When you go through the storm

Hold your head high

Not afraid of the dark

At the end of the storm

There are golden skies

and the sweet singing of the larks

Through the wind

Through the rain

Your dreams may be shattered

Keep going, keep going

With the hope in your heart

You'll never walk alone, you'll never walk alone

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The song "You'll Never Be Alone" sounded on time every time the players walked out of the tunnel and onto the pitch, but the feeling it brought to the Liverpool players today took on a different meaning.

At the moment, Liverpool is in crisis, financially indebted, and is likely to sell the team; In terms of management, the manager and the manager, the boss and the boss, the boss and the manager, the boss and the manager quarrel with each other and attack each other, the players are panicked, and many people start to think about finding another way to make a living.

At this time, the song "You Will Never Walk Alone" deeply moved the players, yes, the boss may have to change, the head coach may have to change, and even teammates may have to change, but the fans will never change, Liverpool will not change, the color of the jersey will never change, 116 years, Liverpool has changed countless bosses and coaches, but the Liverpool club still exists, and it will continue to exist, they are not playing for the boss, nor for the coach, they are playing for themselves and for the fans, Playing for this great club.

Almost instantly, the hesitation and gloom in the hearts of the Liverpool players were swept away, filled with sunshine and courage, and they applauded the fans in the stands and walked to the middle of the pitch.

Chen Yu came to Liverpool for a season and a half, but his feelings for Liverpool are not deep, the Red Army was not his first choice, just because he was seriously injured at the time, other clubs were unwilling to take over, only Liverpool was very determined to buy him, he came to Liverpool, this season and a half, Chen Yu won the league championship for Liverpool after 16 years, and also won the Champions League, Chen Yu felt that he was worthy of Liverpool, so he had the idea of leaving when Liverpool's senior management was in chaos, but at this moment, Chen Yu was deeply touched by the Liverpool fans, and he felt that if the situation was not very bad, he would still try to stay, even if it was for the sake of these loyal fans.

After the pre-match ceremony, the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals kicked off with a whistle from Hungarian referee Kase.

Liverpool's starting lineup for this game is: No. 25 Reina/No. 17 Arbeloa, No. 23 Carragher, No. 5 Ager, No. 6 Reiser/No. 14 Alonso, No. 20 Mascherano, No. 11 Benayoun/No. 8 Gerrard/No. 18 Kuyt, No. 9 Chen Yu

Chelsea: No. 1 Cech/No. 20 Ferreira, No. 6 Carvalho, No. 26 Terry, No. 3 Ashley? Cole/No. 10 Joe? Cole, No. 8 Frank Lampard, No. 4 Makelele, No. 13 Ballack, No. 15 Malouda/No. 11 Drogba

Liverpool's starting line-up for this game is compared to the league and the previous Champions League game, with two positions changing, one is right-back Finnan is replaced by No.17 Arbeloa, and the other is Benayoun replacing Pennant.

Benayoun is Sima Zhao's heart is well known, Liverpool at home needs to win, Pennant's assist breakthrough is strong, but the shooting ability is very poor, and Benayoun can not only assist the breakthrough, but also shoot goals, in the case of Chen Yu is determined to be stared at, the last full-back with strong scoring ability has also become a strong need for Benitez.

As for Finnen, the Irishman has always been steady, reassuring defensively, and has a good offensive pass, and has always been the starting point in the minds of conservative Benitez, but Finnan accidentally sprained his ankle in training and could only let Arbelloa come up.

The biggest change for Chelsea and the previous one is that their aces Frank Lampard, Ballack and Drogba are back, and no matter how much they can play when they return from injury, at least it will be very reassuring to their teammates, but Essien's yellow card suspension is a huge loss for Chelsea.

Essien's technique is not the best, the body is not the strongest, but he is definitely the best of the two on average, not to mention that he also has the best physical fitness of Chelsea, if he is, Chelsea will at least be a little more sure in defending Chen Yu, and now, just one Chen Yu will make Grant's head like a fight.

It was Liverpool who kicked off first.

Liverpool, who needed to win at home, were not in a hurry to attack, and they still passed the ball back in a step-by-step manner, hoping to find a flaw in Chelsea before attacking.

Although Chelsea are playing away from home, they have a stronger mentality to win than Liverpool, not only to qualify for the final, but also to have a grudge that they have not vented for many years.

This is the fourth season in a row that Liverpool have met Chelsea in the Champions League, in the Mourinho era, the most arrogant and powerful Chelsea have dominated the Premier League, their goal is to dominate Europe, but their ambitions have been crushed by Liverpool twice, and the hatred for Liverpool and Chelsea is far greater than that of Manchester United and Arsenal.

When Liverpool still wanted to wait for the opportunity, Chelsea took the initiative to press out, and the three lines pressed forward together, which was violent, and there was a feeling of swallowing Liverpool in one bite.

Chelsea pressed so fast, in such an important game, Liverpool's defenders did not dare to control the ball, Carragher was assigned to the wing, and Arbeloa on the wing drove forward with a kick.

It's certainly a long pass, but it's certainly not a lot of accuracy, and even if the two strikers weren't surrounded by Chelsea's midfielders and defenders, it would be difficult for the two forwards to get the ball from the full-backs seventy or eighty metres away.

The ball was unmistakably headed over by defender John Terry to midfielder Frank Lampard.

Lampard fed Joe Cole again, who took a few steps forward and crossed diagonally to Drogba at the edge of the box.

Carragher's strength is incomparable with Warcraft, and his height is also at a disadvantage, even if Drogba doesn't turn around and eat him, just control the ball and organize the attack, Carragher can't accept it, seeing Droger with his back to Carragher stopping the ball with his right foot, Carragher simply kicked the ball with people and kicked Drogba to the ground from behind.

Beep!

Referee Kase's whistle blew.

Kick.

Just two minutes into the game, Carcy did not give Carragher a yellow card, but only verbally warned Carragher.

"Good!"

"Yellow card!"

Chelsea fans cheered as they came to watch the game.

"Shh

Seeing that the referee gave the opponent a well-placed free kick at the beginning, the Liverpool fans in the stands were dissatisfied and began to boo.

The free-kick was really well placed and only 25 yards from goal.

There are many good free kick players at Chelsea, but this distance is more suitable for a player like Drogba with a lot of shooting power, as the saying goes, a miracle is a miracle, and professional players also believe in this sentence, so Drogba stood in front of the ball and prepared to take this free kick.