Liverpool's opponents in the round of 33, Middlesbrough, are a team that even his manager McClaren and Gareth Southgate can call unpredictable.

In the O5UU season, Middlesbrough was strong in the Cup, reaching the semi-finals of the FA Cup, the League Cup, and the UEFA Cup all the way to the final, only to lose to Sevilla in the final, but the small club did not perform well in the most important battlefield - the league competition, from the second round of the league away to Tottenham Hotspur, the fourth round of the home loss Charlton Athletic, the team can not control their own destiny at home and away, and began to struggle for relegation early, and finally only finished 14th, barely relegated.

At the end of last season, McClaren went to the national team as head coach, and the Middlesbrough manager position became Southgate, who was still a player last season.

Southgate, who doesn't even have a coaching license, trusts his teammates very much, and obviously has no money to toss, so he only bought Sunderland defender Alka, Manchester City central defender Distin, Lyon Youth Team recruited back Baron, South Korean Lee Dongguo, and the transfer strength is only slightly stronger than Reading in the UK.

Last season's Middlesbrough was a nerve knife that tossed McLaren badly, and this season is still the same, reversing Chelsea in the second round, leaving Mourinho behind at the start; But the three promoted horses all got 3 points from him, the FA Cup reached the semi-finals, but was strangled by Manchester United's fake fall, and now the league is ranked 1I It is reasonable to say that there is no desire, and the recent four meetings between Liverpool and Middlesbrough have won one win and three draws, and there is no defeat, but with Middlesbrough's urine, Benitez really dare not be careless.

After a run-in period in the first half of the season, with Viduka recovering from injury and returning to form, Myburgh's squad is very stable, with seven players making more than 3o league appearances. Woodgate, who is on loan from Real Madrid, has become the head of the defence and has played a full game since the UU year and has not only played a full game in a healthy year, but also returned to the England team. Offensively, Myburgh relied entirely on a trio: Downing, Viduka, and Yakubu; In the English cross, Tang Ning made 379 kicks, accounting for 49 of the team's crosses. , while the two strikers scored 59......

Clearly, Liverpool will have to limit Downing, Viduka and Yakubu in order to win this game, and break down the Woodgate-led backline.

Attackingly, Benitez doesn't have to worry too much, with Chen Yu, he will always have his own way to deal with the defense of Woodgate and Pogatts, and on defense, Benitez must work hard, Downing's breakthrough is sharp, the degree is fast, Viduka's header is excellent, the technique at his feet is also good, the black and hard Yakubu is full of impact, and there are technical midfielders like Roshenbach and Mendieta, Liverpool will definitely not be able to rely on Ague and Carragher alone.

Benitez also knew it well, so he sent a tough combination of Sissoko, Alonso, Gerrard and Reese in this game, and the youngster Mascherano was put on the bench, and Reese's left-back position was played by Aurelio.

The game has reached 33 rounds, both sides are very clear about the situation of the opponent, and have made targeted arrangements, although Middlesbrough has no desire, but they did not easily let Liverpool get three points, Southgate also discharged the main lineup in this game.

The main goalkeeper 1 Schwarzer is in charge; Four defenders 33 - Andrew. Taylor, 8 Woodgate, - Pogetts, - Andrew. Davis is all the main player; In order to limit Liverpool's attack, Middlesbrough's midfield sent five players, Boateng, Cattermole, Viduka, 1O-Roshenbach, 19-Downing; trying to encircle Liverpool with numbers; Although there is only 2O-Yakub on the front line, if he has Downing, Viduka and Roshenbach behind him, Liverpool's backline will not be at ease for a moment.

The game was really not so easy to play, after the start, Liverpool after the Champions League battle seemed to be less excited, whether it was Chen Yu, Kuyt, or Gerrard and Alonso in the midfield, they were a little unmotivated, while Middlesbrough played proactively, completely trying to get points away from home.

After 15 minutes of play, Liverpool didn't have a shot on goal, and the two sides fought fiercely, but there were no chances, and in the other two games played at the same time as Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea had taken an early lead.

This situation makes Liverpool a little anxious, now that the three teams are on the same number of points, Manchester United only have a goal difference in the table, this is a key moment to bite the score, if Liverpool can't win this game, the battle between Manchester United and Chelsea will have nothing to do with them.

The more anxious Liverpool's players became, the more disorganized they played, and in the 16th minute, Middlesbrough took the lead when Downing broke through Aurelio on the right and crossed from Aurelio, Viduka headed in and Yakubu fired from 1o yards out.

It was a surprising combination, with Viduka's forward end and Yakubu's side catching Liverpool a little off guard, but goalkeeper Reina was well positioned to block Yakubu's header with his body and then Roshenbach's left-footed volley from yards that was also deflected wide.

Middlesbrough's attack did not sober up the Liverpool players, and in the ensuing game, Liverpool continued to look like they were in a slump, even as the Anfield fans stood up and applauded them in the hope that they would be able to show their momentum in the Champions League.

Chen Yu is undoubtedly the focus of this game, but Chen Yu in the first half is simply the worst Chen Yu in this season, under the bag of Middlesbrough, he is like sleepwalking, he can't find his place, can't create a little threat, and doesn't even shoot once.

At halftime, Liverpool fans shouted Chen Yu's name, there were expectations and accusations, Chen Yu could only walk into the mixed channel with his head down at this time, and he was a little difficult to face the expectations of the fans.

At the door of the dressing room, Benitez waited for his players with a heavy face, he was angry in the first half, he was still shouting in the first 30 minutes, and in the next 15 minutes he just watched from the sidelines, he saw how bad his beloved disciple could be, fortunately, the luck in the misfortune was that he did not concede a goal.

Benitez left Chen Yu and Geraldra, who were left behind, outside the locker room, and said in a deep voice: "What happened to you today? ”

In the face of Benitez's ugly expression and sharp gaze, Gerard and Chen Yu both lowered their heads.

Gerald let out a long sigh and shook his head, "I don't know, I don't know what's going on, I don't feel it." ”

"What about you, Chen." Benitez asked Chen Yu again.

Chen Yu raised his head with a wry smile and said, "It may be that the Champions League has been promoted, the league has tied Manchester United, and the opponent is a midstream team, so I am mentally relaxed and not nervous." I'll try in the second half. ”

'I don't care what you two do, we have to win in the second half.'

After Benitez finished speaking, he walked into the locker room first, and after Chen Yu and Gerrard came in, Benitez thundered at the 11 players in the locker room, scolded everyone and threw the door out after scolding, leaving only the 11 players sitting there looking at each other.

It was the first time they had seen Benitez so angry.

Gerrard took on the captaincy of the team after Benitez left, giving speeches to boost the morale of his team-mates.

“…… The coach is angry, I have never seen Rafa so angry like everyone else, we played really badly in the first half, including me, and Chen, all of them were not good, we played very well in the previous games, we won many games in a row, we reached the last four of the Champions League, but if we can't continue to persevere, these will become jokes, only the last laugh can laugh the happiest, I want us to be the last laugh, in the second half we all have to run, The coach didn't set up tactics for us, he was confident in the tactics laid out before the game, but we didn't play well, we have to treat the game with the most positive attitude in the second half, if anyone is lazy and afraid, don't blame me for not being polite after the game......"

Gerrard said impassionedly, but Chen Yu didn't have the heart to listen, he felt that his problem was not purely mental, he felt that he needed to change the bound star consciousness.

Before the game, Chen Yu felt that Middlesbrough was not a strong team, and there was a strong midfielder on his side, so he was tied! Set the consciousness of the king of the small penalty area, Vanney, just want to seize the opportunity, but he didn't expect his teammates to be able to control a chance, he had no choice but to replace a star consciousness who can take the initiative to create opportunities, so that even if he can't score, he can also create opportunities for his teammates.

Now Chen Yu can only bind intermediate superstars in the star development system, otherwise he will choose stars like Garrincha, Eusebio, Ronaldo and Ronaldinho, but now Chen Yu can only choose Rivaldo, the Brazilian demon knife.

Although Rivaldo is slightly inferior to top superstars such as Garrincha and Eusebio, Rivaldo has comprehensive skills, headers, long shots, grabbing points, upside down golden hooks, proficient in everything, and outstanding awareness, can break through, and is good at scoring some incredible goals, the only regret is a little lonely, although not as unique as the lone wolf Romario, but also a ball hegemon, just as a Chinese, Chen Yu witnessed Rivaldo's table in the annual World Cup, and was often suspected of being a god at that time, Of course, the current Chen Yu is also very admired, at least if he does not rely on the star development system, it is difficult to reach the level of Livar with his personal ability alone, and today Chen Yu decided to use Rivaldo's consciousness in the second half to deal with the excellent Middlesbrough.

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