Vol 4 Chapter 727: Liverpool is over!

Liverpool is over!
Early the next morning, newspapers all over the UK were frantically reporting on Liverpool ’s home defeat. Almost all the media came to a conclusion from this defeat, that is, Liverpool ’s UEFA Champions League tour this season will stop at the quarterfinals .
Newspapers close to Liverpool, including the Times and the Daily Telegraph, have also published comments, disappointed by this defeat in Liverpool, and many of the comments have aimed at Benitez.
In a game, losing three corners in a row, this is unreasonable anyway.
Although Benitez has voluntarily admitted his mistakes in the locker room after the game and has been forgiven by the players, in front of the media and the fans, he still has to take the blame for losing.
The Guardian has always been more serious and more neutral and objective. This time he also wrote an article criticizing Benitez, thinking that the Liverpool coach should be responsible for this defeat, especially in some of the more mad statements before the game. .
"Every time Benitez is going crazy, Liverpool will suffer a little, and this game is the same."
"Liverpool started the game quite well. Yang Yang's six-minute goal gave Liverpool the lead, but then the three corner kicks were missed and Yang Yang's hard goal was completely lost."
However, the Guardian does not believe that the entire responsibility for losing is on Benitez.
"It can't be said that Liverpool are arrogant, or that Benitez has become proud. After all, Liverpool has been fighting on multiple lines this season, and it has been spinning on four fronts. Whether it is a coach or a player, the pressure is very great."
"After a series of fierce battles, if you want to keep meticulous on the technical and tactical level, even Benitez can hardly do it."
"Regional defense combined with man-to-man, this is a set of defense systems tailored for Liverpool by Benitez. It is very complex and meticulous. It can be said that this set of defense systems is the team defense since Benitez coached Liverpool. The solid foundation is also a key factor for the team to achieve outstanding results this season. "
"But there is no perfection in the world at all. Liverpool's anti-high hole in the positioning ball was seized by Hidink, who has a keen sense of smell. The Dutch coach firmly grasped this hole in Liverpool and played it again and again. Score. "
Unlike other media who have attacked Benitez's defensive system, the Guardian believes that Benitez's defensive system has no problems. The key is people.
"From the reaction of the game, Benitez obviously lacks enough knowledge of Ivanovic's high-ball attack power, which is very undesirable, even if this player has not 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 platoon formation in this game, the focus is on corner kick attack tactics.
This is not surprising, because apart from three corner kicks, Chelsea ’s really threatening offense is actually very small, but it is on the defensive end, doing quite well, including letting Ivanovic, Essien and other midfield players , For Yang Yang and Gerrard built a tight defensive cage.
The Daily Mail has not forgotten about Liverpool, thinking that this team vowed to win everything before the game, but in the end they suffered from Waterloo at home and lost the hope of impacting the Champions League championship this season.
"With Chelsea's performance in this game, I believe that under Hiddink's leadership, it is very likely that it will continue to impact the Champions League!"
Not only the front page headlines of the Daily Mail, but even the famous columnist Martin Samuel also gave a very high evaluation of Chelsea's performance in this column.
"Liverpool was originally the most popular player among the top four teams in the Premier League, but now Hiddink leads the turbulent Chelsea to win confidence in the Reds."
Martin Samuel believes that this defeat has caused Liverpool the most painful blow, not only in the score of one to three, but more importantly, now is the knockout of the Champions League, and Liverpool is an aspirational champion Team.
"In the seventeen years of the Champions League restructuring, the undefeated results of the Champions League knockout are regarded as a sign of a team's maturity and stability, and it is a team's confidence and foundation to impact the Champions League championship."
"In the past few years, only one team has lost in the knockout and finally won the championship. That is Real Madrid in 2000 and 2002. Under the leadership of coach Bosque, Real Madrid won the Champions League in these two championships. Have lost in the knockout. "
"In the semi-finals of the Champions League in 1999, Real Madrid defeated Bayern Munich 2-0 at home in the first leg, and lost to the Bundesliga giants 1-2 away, but eventually eliminated their opponents by the total score. It's a mess, Real Madrid's overall strength is weaker than Bayern Munich. "
"Two years later, Real Madrid is already a world-famous galaxy battleship, gathering superstars such as Figo and Zidane. In the first round of the quarterfinals, they lost to Bayern Munich 1-2, but in the subsequent In the second round of the home game, with the goals of Elgra and Guti, the opponent was reversed. "
Martin Samuel gave these two cases and analyzed them. He believed that the reason why Real Madrid can lose twice, but it can still be laughed at the end, because he lost on the road and met twice. All arrived at Bayern Munich, the strongest in Europe at the time.
"But Liverpool is clearly different this time. The Reds defeated Chelsea at home, and the score was one to three. Whether it is from the score or the situation, Liverpool's reversal is much more difficult than Real Madrid."
"And don't forget that since 2002, there is no team anymore. In the case of losing in the knockout, they can still win the Champions League, and even few teams have reached the finals."
Martin Samuel gave a lot of data and cases, and finally concluded that the possibility of Liverpool trying to reverse Chelsea is almost zero in the case of a one-to-three defeat at home.
"Liverpool is finished!"
"Maybe, Liverpool this season can continue to impact the Premier League and continue to impact the FA Cup, but in the Champions League, they are destined to stop at the quarterfinals."
"Drogba's goal made Benitez's team completely desperate!"
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If it is just a media statement, it can be said to be an attack, but if the vast majority of media say so, even if the media that are most optimistic about Liverpool are pessimistic about the result, then it goes without saying that Liverpool really wants It's cold.
The media and fans outside understand the analysis, why don't the players in Liverpool understand?
All of these, the Liverpool players themselves know, but no one wants to admit it.
When Yang Yang ran home from Sefton Park in the morning the next morning, sat in the restaurant for breakfast, and saw these newspapers, the first thought that came to his mind was ...
"We need a big victory now!"
Su Ye sat across from Yang Yang and heard a sudden sentence from him. He didn't pay attention and asked, "What are you talking about?"
"We need a big victory to rebuild confidence." Yang Yang repeated.
Such a thing as faith is strange. It accumulates slowly, but it is easy to destroy.
For example, in the Premier League, Manchester United has completely lost the confidence to win the championship, not only because of the one-to-six defeat, but also because Manchester United lost to Fulham zero-to-two, which led to Manchester United's up and down despair.
How is Liverpool's situation now similar to Manchester United?
Fergusonto was big, so he lost one to six at home; Benitez and Liverpool also held big, losing one to three at home.
Manchester United lost the Premier League, and now everyone feels that Liverpool have lost the future of the Champions League.
But one thing is that the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League is a two-round match. It is not impossible for Liverpool to draw three goals away.
Although this is very, very difficult, there is a silver lining to the difficulty.
Manchester United's experience is a lesson for Liverpool.
So, next, for Liverpool, the most important thing is to avoid losing to opponents like Manchester United.
More importantly, the second round of the Champions League is a week later, so it is 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 have to think about it, Benitez must have thought about it."
"He?" Su Ye didn't believe it.
If you want to say anything about it, Benitez carries more than anyone else and is under greater pressure from public opinion. Almost everyone points the finger at the defeat.
"He has never been very emotional, and naturally he doesn't use emotions. I dare to conclude that he started to study how to fight Blackburn and Chelsea last night." Yang Yang said firmly.
Su Ye shook her head and smiled, she couldn't understand these thoughts about men.
As if she couldn't understand it anyway, how could Benitez devote all of her to football without any other hobbies at all?
Sometimes she really feels that Yang Yang and Benitez still resonate because both are obsessed with football.
"The most troublesome thing now is the dressing room." Yang Yang frowned and said worriedly.
He is confident in Benítez ’s willpower, and he believes that once a person like Benitez has learned a lesson, he will only become more vigilant and stronger, and he will never make the same mistake again.
The key is whether the players in the locker room can be so powerful?
After losing to Chelsea one to three, as strong as Gerald, they almost lost their minds. It is conceivable how much this game has hit other players. Will they be able to regroup in a short time?
Su Ye couldn't help at all in playing football, but she stretched out her hand and firmly grabbed Yang Yang's hand.
"Despite letting go, I believe you!" Su Ye encouraged.
Yang Yang's heart warmed and smiled slightly at her.
Sometimes, with one sentence, she made him full of fighting spirit and strength.
Just like the one who said a word, women are born to be the source of motivation for men to struggle. m.