Chapter 729 Liverpool Is Over!

Liverpool is over!

The next morning, newspapers all over the UK were frantically covering Liverpool's home defeat, and almost all the media came to the conclusion from this defeat that Liverpool's Champions League tour this season will stop in the quarter-finals. .

Newspapers close to Liverpool, including The Times and the Daily Telegraph, have also published comments one after another, disappointed with Liverpool's defeat, and many of them targeted Benitez.

In a game, conceding three corners in a row is unreasonable no matter what.

Although Benitez has voluntarily admitted his mistakes in the dressing room after the game and was forgiven by the players, in front of the media and fans, he still has to take the blame for the loss.

The Guardian, which has always been more serious and has a more neutral and objective stance, also wrote an article criticizing Benitez this time, arguing that the Liverpool coach should be responsible for this loss, especially in some of the more insolent remarks before the game. .

"Every time Benitez gets a little mad, Liverpool will suffer a little bit, and this game will be the same."

"Liverpool got off to a good start in this game. Yang Yang's six-minute goal gave Liverpool the lead, but then three missed corner kick defenses made Yang Yang's hard goals go to waste."

However, the Guardian does not believe that all the blame for the loss lies with Benitez.

"It can't be said that Liverpool is arrogant, or that Benitez has become proud. After all, this season, Liverpool have been fighting on multiple fronts in a row, and they have been revolving on four fronts. Whether it is the coach or the players, the pressure is very great."

"After many consecutive hard battles, it is difficult for even Benitez to remain meticulous at the technical and tactical level."

"The combination of regional defense and man-to-man is a whole set of defensive system tailored by Benitez for Liverpool. It is very complex and meticulous. It can be said that this set of defensive system is the best defensive system of the team since Benitez coached Liverpool. A solid foundation has also been a key factor in the team's outstanding performance this season."

"But there is no perfection in the world. Liverpool's high-defense loopholes on set-pieces were seized by the keen-smelling Hiddink. The famous Dutch coach unswervingly grasped Liverpool's loopholes to play, and repeatedly won Goal."

Unlike other media who have all attacked Benitez's defensive system, the Guardian believes that there is no problem with Benitez's defensive system. The key is people.

"Judging from the reactions of the game, Benitez obviously lacks enough understanding of Ivanovic's high-ball attacking power, which is very inappropriate, even if this player has never been the main force of Chelsea's first team in the past."

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The Daily Mail launched a wave of praise for Chelsea's interim coach Hiddink, especially for his formation in this game, focusing on corner kick tactics.

This is not surprising, because apart from three corner kicks, Chelsea has very few real threatening offenses. Instead, they have done quite well on the defensive end, including midfielders such as Ivanovic and Essien. , for Yang Yang and Gerrard to create a tight defensive cage.

The Daily Mail did not forget to sneer at Liverpool, believing that this team had vowed to win everything before the game, but they suffered a tragic defeat at their home ground and lost their hope of winning the Champions League this season.

"With Chelsea's performance in this game, I believe that under the leadership of Hiddink, it is very likely to continue to hit the Champions League!"

Not only the front page headline of the Daily Mail, but even the famous columnist Martin Samuel gave a very high evaluation of Chelsea's performance in this game in his column.

"Liverpool used to be the favourites among the top four teams in the Premier League, but now, Hiddink has led a turbulent Chelsea and won confidence in the Reds."

Martin Samuel believes that the most painful blow to Liverpool from this defeat is not only the score of one to three, but more importantly, it is now the knockout stage of the Champions League, and Liverpool is a team aiming to hit the championship. 's team.

"In the seventeen years since the reform of the Champions League, the unbeaten results of the Champions League knockout rounds are regarded as a sign of a team's maturity and stability, and the confidence and foundation for a team to hit the Champions League championship."

"In the past few years, only one team has lost in the knockout stage and was able to win the championship in the end, and that is Real Madrid in 2000 and 2002. Under the leadership of coach Bosque, Real Madrid won the Champions League these two times. They've all lost in the knockout rounds."

"In the Champions League semi-finals in 2000, Real Madrid defeated Bayern Munich 2-0 at home in the first round, and lost 1-2 away to the Bundesliga giants, but in the end they eliminated the opponent by a total score, and Bosque took over at that time. It's a mess, Real Madrid is weaker overall than Bayern Munich."

"Two years later, Real Madrid has become a world-famous galactic battleship, gathering superstars such as Figo and Zidane, and lost 1-2 to Bayern Munich in the first round of the quarter-finals, but in the second In the home game in the second leg, with goals from Elguera and Guti, we reversed the opponent."

Martin Samuel gave these two cases and analyzed them. He believes that the reason why Real Madrid can lose twice, but still have the last laugh, because he lost both away and met twice. They went to Bayern Munich, the strongest in Europe at the time.

"But this time Liverpool is obviously different. The Red Army lost to Chelsea at home, and the score was one to three. Whether it is from the score or from the situation, the difficulty of Liverpool's reversal is far more difficult than that of Real Madrid."

"And don't forget that since 2002, there has never been a team that has been able to win the Champions League even after losing in the knockout rounds, and very few teams have even reached the final."

Martin Samuel gave a lot of data and cases, and finally came to a conclusion that in the case of a 3-1 defeat at home, the possibility of Liverpool wanting to reverse Chelsea is almost zero.

"Liverpool is over!"

"Maybe, this season, Liverpool can continue to hit the Premier League and continue to hit the FA Cup, but in the Champions League, they are destined to stop at the quarter-finals."

"Drogba's goal made Benitez's team completely desperate!"

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If it's just the words of one media, it can be called an attack, but if the vast majority of the media say so, and even the most optimistic about Liverpool are pessimistic about the result, it goes without saying that Liverpool really want to cold.

The media and fans outside know how to analyze it, but why don't the players in the Liverpool team understand?

All of this, Liverpool players are well aware of it, but no one wants to admit it.

When Yang Yang came home from a morning run in Sefton Park the next morning, sat in the dining room for breakfast, and saw these newspapers, the first thought that popped into his mind was...

"We need a big win now!"

Sitting opposite Yang Yang, Su Ye didn't pay attention to his sudden words and asked, "What did you say?"

"We need a big win to restore confidence," Yang Yang repeated.

Confidence is a strange thing. It builds up slowly but destroys it easily.

For example, in the Premier League, Manchester United has now completely lost the confidence to win the championship. This is not only because of the 1-6 defeat, but also because Manchester United lost 0-2 to Fulham, which caused Manchester United to be all over the place. despair.

How is Liverpool's situation now similar to Manchester United's?

Ferguson is too big, so they lost 1-6 at home; Benitez and Liverpool are also big, and they lost 1-3 at home.

Manchester United lost the Premier League, and now everyone feels that Liverpool have lost the Champions League.

But there is one thing, that is, the Champions League quarter-finals are two rounds, and it is not impossible for Liverpool to pull three goals in a row away.

Although this is very, very difficult, there is still a silver lining to it.

Manchester United's experience is a lesson for Liverpool.

So, next, the most important thing for Liverpool is to avoid losing to their opponents like Manchester United.

What's more, the second leg of the Champions League is a week away, so it's important to play Blackburn this weekend.

"What are you going to do?" Su Ye asked with concern.

After Yang Yang heard it, he smiled, "I don't need to think about it, Benitez must have already thought about it."

"He?" Su Ye couldn't believe it.

To talk about taking the blame, Benitez has more than anyone else, and he has been under greater pressure from public opinion. Almost everyone has pointed the finger at him for the defeat.

"He has never been very emotional, and naturally he is not emotional. I dare to conclude that he has already started to study how to play Blackburn and Chelsea last night." Yang Yang said firmly.

Su Ye shook her head and smiled, she didn't understand these thoughts of men.

As if she couldn't understand anyway, how can Benitez put everything he has into football, and have no other hobbies at all?

Sometimes she really thinks that Yang Yang and Benitez resonate quite a bit, because they are both obsessed with football.

"The most troublesome thing now is the locker room." Yang Yang frowned and said worriedly.

He has confidence in Benitez's willpower, and he believes that after a person like Benitez has learned a lesson, he will only become more vigilant and stronger, and will never make the same mistakes again.

The key is whether the players in the locker room can be so strong?

After losing to Chelsea 1-3, as strong as Gerrard almost lost his composure. It is conceivable that this game has hit the other players so much, and will they be able to regroup in a short period of time?

Su Ye couldn't help at all when it came to football, but she stretched out her hand and grabbed Yang Yang's hand hard.

"Although let go and do it, I believe in you!" Su Ye encouraged.

Yang Yang warmed his heart and smiled slightly at her.

Sometimes her words make him full of fighting spirit and strength.

It's like the one who said a word, women, are born to be the source of motivation for men to struggle.