Chapter 1040: .1040 is still getting stronger!

Situ Yunbing led a team to Switzerland to challenge Basel as a guest.
In the first leg of the Champions League 1/8 final, Basel has a mixed feeling about the Champions League’s champions in the past four years at home.
They want to create a miracle to enter the Champions League quarter-finals, so it is necessary to achieve an advantage at home or a balanced result!
No one believes they can beat Liverpool in a miracle at Anfield, maybe they don't believe it themselves.
But if they want to beat at home or get a 0:0 draw, any draw with a goal is extremely disadvantageous for them, but how to get such a result is definitely very difficult!
If they take the initiative, they may have been eliminated after the first leg. Basel's defense is absolutely impossible to block the impact of Liverpool's striker in the context of space.
If they compress the defensive space to defend, it may be difficult for them to find a way to break Liverpool's goal.
The weak team faced the strong team, too many thoughts and easy to cocoon, so Basel finally put on a defensive counterattack posture at home, especially strengthening the defense.
Liverpool came to the away game as a full-fledged attack. They returned home this weekend to play the FA Cup. Their opponent is Sheffield United, so Liverpool can have room for rotation.
Situ Yunbing stood on the sidelines to direct the game, and Liverpool officially launched new tactics from this game.
Since the start of the game, Liverpool attacked the right flank. Mbappe’s personal possession time became longer. Eriksson and Casemiro escorted him nearby, followed by Arnold and Kanter in charge of the far end. Defense.
The tactics developed around Mbappé are naturally not as simple as simply handing over the ball to him.
When Basel must pay more troops to encircle Mbappe's possession of the ball and blockade, Liverpool's central and left attacks have relatively more space.
In the 19th minute of the game, Mbappé fell into a pincer on the right side of the penalty area. He had just passed a defensive player, and it was more like he had entered a defensive trap under Baselbu.
But Mbappe knocked the ball back to Arnold's running line when he was caught in a heavy siege. The latter made a cross and found Robertson who came up on the left. The latter stopped the ball and ended the pass. ball.
Today, Situ Yunbing did not go to Gareth Bale, but instead used Griezmann. The latter cut into the left side of the penalty area after turning offside, knocked on the ball, and the football rolled to the center of the goal.
Lewandowski shot the ball into the lower left corner of the goal!
Liverpool took the lead in the away game!
Situ Yunbing clapped his hands on the sidelines, but he was not too excited.
Using Mbappé as the core of the frontcourt attack to achieve a point-to-face effect, this replaces Liverpool’s past repeated offensive play to tear the opponent’s defense line. In fact, the goal is the same, which is to create a better offensive environment for other local attacks And space conditions!
It's not about Mbappé, it depends on him to advance the offense, and to end opponents also depends on him.
That will only exhaust him and make the team's offense lack vitality.
The reason for not being excited is that the opponent is only Basel, not Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich...
If a stronger opponent could play so easily, then he would really laugh out loud.
But after all, we still have to be rational.
Basel lost the ball at home, a situation they tried to avoid before the game happened.
Now they can only improve the quality of offense while defensively at home, and strive to seize the opportunities created.
But Liverpool may not give them many opportunities.
After the goal, Liverpool maintained the intensity and pressure on Basel.
With Mbappe as the core of the attack, the style of play is more direct and rude!
In the 34th minute of the game, Mbappe was brought to the ground by his opponent after wading the ball to the right of the frontcourt.
Before Mbappe got up, Arnold, who rushed up behind him, squared the ball and quickly took a free kick.
He took a free kick to the center of the penalty area, and Eriksson took the ball over the top to pass the left rib of the penalty area.
Griezmann quickly cut inside to meet the ball for the top!
The football goes straight to the upper right corner of the goal!
The goalkeeper is powerless!
The Basel generals suddenly felt a little lost.
Griezman turned and rushed to the stands of the away team fans, while beckoning to Eriksson.
The Red Army will surround Griezmann and congratulate him on his goal.
Griezman, who joined the team with a worth of £88 million last summer, has not become the absolute main force in Liverpool's formation despite the fact that the statistics are not bad after most of the season.
Situ Yunbing gave Griezmann enough time and relieved him of tremendous pressure!
These two points allow Griezmann to better adapt to Liverpool and integrate into the team.
Now that Griezmann has made his debut in some important games, he will play better.
Situ Yunbing knew very well that starting from next season, the Liverpool striker needs to rely on Griezman instead of putting hope on Gareth Bale.
At the same time, combined with Sane's further maturity, Lewandowski is over 30, and the renewal of Liverpool's striker can be carried out in an orderly manner.
Gareth Bale, who relies on explosive power to eat, after a serious injury the previous year, although he can still play the heat in the team, in order to have a better performance in the game, his playing time will gradually decline.
At the same time, it is also obvious that Gareth Bale is rarely seen in the competition to overpower opponents, and more relies on experience interspersed running to seize opportunities.
An era will eventually pass, whether or not you are ready.
A new era will finally come, whether it is awakened or not.
Basel fell behind by two goals at home and began to become impatient.
More fouls occurred, and before the end of the first half, two of their players received yellow cards.
During the intermission, Situ Yunbing made some adjustments to his play in the second half.
In the second half, both players returned to the court to change sides and fight again.
When Mbappé has already made a threat in the first half, Basel will be more closely guarding him, which is absolutely predictable.
The adjustment made by Situ Yunbing indicated that Arnold's assists and aggressiveness on the wing would be strengthened.
In the 59th minute of the game, it was still on the right side of the frontcourt. When Mbappe fell into a heavy siege, he lightly passed the ball to the area in front of the bottom line of the side. Arnold quickly went down to the bottom line and stopped the ball before adjusting and sent a pass. ball.
After Mbappe took the ball, he quickly cut in. Although Arnold’s pass was blocked by the Basel defender, it flew in front of Mbappe by accident. The latter directly kicked the ball and hit the goal. The goalkeeper was caught off guard!
Although the goalkeeper subconsciously made a save and touched the football, he still failed to change the outcome of the football flying into the goal.
Liverpool led Basel with three goals away!
This almost declared Basel to be eliminated!
Even if this game still has half an hour and there are rounds of competition.
The game is already open at this point.
Liverpool also does not need to be obsessed with the tactics before the opening. The overall speed of passing is accelerated, and there is no problem with more players' free play.
Situ Yunbing also began to make substitutions, and Sane replaced Mbappe.
Basel has been suppressed by Liverpool from the beginning of the game. They have indeed been in a struggling and uncomfortable situation for a long time, trying hard to perform, but the difference in strength makes them feel powerless.
In the last few minutes of the game, the game was almost over, but Basel made a midfield pass error, which allowed Liverpool to play another wonderful fast break. After the frontcourt passed quickly forward, the ball came to Sa. Inside the foot, the latter's smashing into an inward cut formed a single shot. Facing the attacking goalkeeper, Sane chose to pass the ball to the following Griezmann, who easily pushed the empty goal.
After Griezmann scored, he took the initiative to embrace Sane.
Liverpool once again showed the outside world the team and the team spirit on the field.
The home fans looked like a concubine, facing the 0:4 score on the scoreboard, they were indeed desperate.
Unfortunately, there is no miracle in Basel today.
The Champions League is a hard-powered stage where Basel can qualify for the group and it is already a huge success, but if you want to surpass the defending champion this mountain, I am afraid it is hard to reach the sky.
In fact, even if today’s opponent is not Liverpool, but the top names of other groups, even if Basel can maintain the suspense of promotion at home, most of them will die in the second round.
So to say how much regret they will have, I am afraid it may not be. It is a relatively weak team in the top 16. The elimination is only in line with the most basic expectations of the world. There will be upsets, but they will not happen every day.
When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Situ Yunbing took the initiative to shake hands with the Basel coach after the game, briefly exchanged a few words with the opponent, and patted the opponent's arm as if to encourage him, then turned and walked towards the player channel.
In an interview after the game, Situ Yunbing praised the team's performance and was also satisfied with Mbappe's performance today.
"It may be seen from the outside world that even if Liverpool came to the away game, we have a high probability of winning and we won the game very easily. The current results also confirm that most people's predictions before the game are correct.
But it is difficult for the outside world to appreciate the pressure brought by the frequent schedule of Liverpool this season and the load of the team's physical energy consumption. As the defending champion, it is only a duty to show good performance.
But in fact, I am very grateful to the players for their dedication. In order not to disappoint the fans and themselves, their determination to pursue the goal has not been shaken. In the process of moving forward under pressure, it is not easy for us to maintain our best performance. .
The outside world may not realize that Liverpool is still making progress, because as long as Liverpool wins, everything else does not matter.
But as the head coach, I put forward new requirements for the team. They are working hard to implement them and reflect them in the game. This in itself proves that we still have not lowered our requirements!
We are still getting stronger! "