In the history of the European Champions League, the Reds Liverpool are a team that deserves a lot of special mention.

After winning the Champions Cup for the first time in 1976/77, the English giants have won the Big Ears Cup a total of four times in eight years. Had it not been for the untimely Heysel tragedy in the 1984-85 Champions League final, which led to a heavy penalty imposed by UEFA (England teams at all levels were banned from the three major European cups for five years), Liverpool's glory would have lasted much longer.

In the aftermath of the Heysel massacre, Liverpool, who had dominated European football for nearly a decade, began to decline, and although Liverpool won three League One titles during the five-year ban (Note: the top flight was League One at the time, and the Premier League would not appear until the summer of 1992), the Reds' dominance in English football had actually begun to decline significantly. In the seven seasons since the nineties, Liverpool have been completely away from the championship trophy.

In seven years, the Reds won just one League Cup and one FA Cup. Such a result, not to mention compared with their lifelong rival Manchester United, even Arsenal is not as good as them, after all, the Gunners have won at least one European Cup Winners' Cup in recent years.

Bill Shankly and his successors led Liverpool to such glory in those years that Liverpool FC has always regarded itself as the hegemon of English football. As a result, the Reds' failure to win a heavyweight trophy for years in a row has left Liverpool and fans anxious even when they have won the praise of their fans with their flashy attacking football.

It's no joy to watch bitter rivals Manchester United go on a devastation in the Premier League, while the team they support has never been able to win the title.

Hungry for trophies, the Liverpool hierarchy began to grow dissatisfied with manager Evans, believing that he was not good enough to lead the Reds back to their former glory - next season, Liverpool will welcome another manager, French coach Houllier, and then Evans' resignation marked the end of the era of Liverpool's attacking football, and the mighty Tigers quickly disintegrated in the following years.

However, these things will not happen until at least next summer, and now, the Liverpool team that Fiorentina is about to face is still the attacking team represented by the "Little Tigers" led by Evans.

Evans' Liverpool are known for their attacking flamboyance in the Premier League, while the Liverpool Tigers of Robbie Fowler, McManaman and Redknapp have taken the British Isles by storm, and their fame and personal prowess are almost on par with the '92 Golden Generation' of arch-rivals Manchester United.

A few days before the start of the game, it seemed that he was very confident in the strength of his players, and Liverpool manager Evans said confidently in an interview with the media that he would let the Red Army, which had conquered the whole of Europe, reappear on the Frankie Stadium, and let people remember the Red Army that dominated European football back then!

Although the Liverpudlian people are menacing, Evans is also full of confidence in the interview, but the well-informed Capello is obviously not scared - no matter how strong you are, can you still have this Fiorentina team under Lao Tzu?

Although it is unknown why Evans, who did not even win Real Madrid at Anfield in the first round of the group stage, is so confident in the outcome of this game, this does not prevent Capello and Fiorentina's players from planning to teach Liverpudlian a good lesson and let them know what it means to be determined to play attacking football.

So, on the evening of October 15, Capello fielded a starter from the Frankie Stadium.

Goalkeepers Toldo, Carlos and Angeloma split up, with Ferrara and Stam in central defence, Redondo, Rui Costa, Effenberg and Ze Roberto in midfield, and Ronaldo and Inzaghi up front.

Not to mention whether Liverpool's defenders can cope with the two dexterous forwards of Ronaldo and Inzaghi, this starting midfielder alone has shocked everyone who is used to Capello's tactical style of play.

Redondo, Costa, Effenberg and Ze Roberto...... Fiorentina's starting lineup did not have a full-time defensive sapper midfielder, so what happened to Capello today? "It took a long time for the commentator who got the starting lineup to react, and out of his professionalism as a professional commentator, he didn't let the commentary be cold because he was shocked by Capello's choice," Evans' Liverpool are known for their flashy attacking in the Premier League, and Fiorentina, who are playing at home, have also lined up a starting lineup that pays more attention to attack this time. It looks like there's going to be a great battle at Frankie Stadium tonight, and the fans are in for a treat. ”

The course of the game was indeed as the commentator had predicted before the game, and immediately after the referee blew the opening whistle, the two teams immediately fought a fierce battle on the Frankie Field!

With the exception of Inzaghi, who was on the offside line, Fiorentina's other 10 players on the pitch were technically excellent. As a result, the Fiorentina players who were the first to kick off took advantage of this to constantly move the ball around the pitch, and the players' massive off-the-ball runs and quick passes on the pitch blinded the opposing Liverpool players at once - they had never seen a team capable of playing like this!

Hawkers, it's no wonder that Liverpool players feel uncomfortable, after all, they haven't played many European competitions in the past ten years, and they are all concentrated in the League Cup, and it's normal not to see this kind of tactical play.

Although the Liverpool players also play attacking football, they are much worse than the Fiorentina in terms of possession - Liverpool's attack relies more on the speed and breakthrough of the players, and they are not good at controlling the rhythm of the game.

As a result, Fiorentina, who had a greater technical advantage, easily controlled the tempo of the game and played the Liverpool players around on the pitch.

If that's all there is to it, Evans could also order Liverpool's players to shrink their defence and use their pace and penetration to counter-attack...... But the worst thing is that Evans' Liverpool is not good at defending. In other words, Evans himself doesn't pay much attention to defense, believing that relying on a strong offense is enough to solve the opponent's problems.

So, facing Fiorentina, who are much stronger than them at both ends of the pitch in attack and defence, the Liverpool players are completely ready this time.

Fiorentina, who had the ball, first opened the scoring in the thirteenth minute by Inzaghi, who successfully countered offside; Then in the 32nd minute, the alien Ronaldo played another empty cut run, broke through the central defender duo of Carragher and Mateo, and scored with a volley from Costa's diagonal pass, rewriting the score to 2-0!

It was only half an hour before the game began, and the Reds, who had once shocked Europe, fell behind by two goals at the Frankie Stadium!