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Two days before the midweek match, it rained two heavy games, and turned into rainy night on the match day.
Anfield has been making sense of the turf for several days to avoid affecting the quality of the game.
In the cold wind and rain, the first leg of the UEFA Cup quarter-finals kicked off at Anfield.
Situ Yunbing walked into the stadium about 15 minutes in advance.
Many fans cheered for him. An old lady attracted his attention. The other party was wearing Liverpool jerseys and waved to Situ Yunbing. Situ Yunbing also waved to her and then saw that she was still waving, so she walked up to the stands and came to her side.
The old lady seemed energetic and said to Situ Yunbing excitedly, "Child, I just want to tell you in person. As a fan who has supported Liverpool for more than 50 years, I am now fully supportive of your work. You are not those guys who are proud of your victory after you have achieved some victory. I can see, come on!
I can also tell you that Liverpool fans like me will support you!”
Situ Yunbing smiled and nodded, saying, "Thank you very much, you are what makes me truly feel the greatness of this club."
Seeing that Situ Yunbing did not perfunctory her, the old lady said even more excitedly, "Liverpool is indeed a great club, but we haven't tasted the taste of a championship for too long. I mean the real champion, which can make fans happy for the championship all summer. Now your appearance has given us hope!
It is a good phenomenon to see Liverpool win all the time, whether it is in good form or bad, good performance or bad game, we can win.
But I also have to confess that I am afraid of being more excited than being more excited now!
Ferguson may be a bastard when facing Liverpool, but he must admit that he is a great head coach because he is the unique team, and my friend and I always worry about our expectations eventually turning into disappointment when chatting recently.
I don’t want to put pressure on you, I just expressed my true feelings, we can see the efforts you made, the changes you brought, and the determination to reshape Liverpool’s image. No matter what the result is, we will continue to support you!"
Situ Yunbing was mixed with feelings. This is a real fan. He will come to watch the team's game on site no matter the wind and rain. Maybe she is not the most eye-catching one in the shaking flags and shouting. Maybe she doesn't talk about Liverpool every day, but time has proved her love for Liverpool.
Situ Yunbing stepped forward and hugged her, smiled at her and said, "Believe me, no one can stop Liverpool!"
After saying that, Situ Yunbing waved to the fans around him, walked down the stands and came to the sidelines with cheers.
In fact, he was also afraid and worried about gains and losses.
But he will never show it!
In Liverpool, when the sky falls, he has to push it up!
It is not only a responsibility to this club, but also a defense of one's own life!
After the starters of the two teams entered the court, many Liverpool fans in the stands looked solemn.
Liverpool's determination to strive for the championship is fully reflected in the arrangement of troops.
There are many main players, and Liverpool obviously does not intend to let Benfica escape from Anfield!
However, the consumption of rainy days and the physical impact of continuous combat are immeasurable.
Situ Yunbing is taking risks and gambling!
This is also reasonable. Situ Yunbing has never been a coach with absolutely conservative style.
Benfica still has certain strength, with veteran Cardozo on the front line, new star Andre Gomez on the midfield, veteran Aimal on the back line, and Gare on the back line.
However, the venue on rainy days affected the technical performance of both sides, causing them to make many mistakes in the delicate transmission and cutting coordination, which affected the viewing and excitingness of the game.
Situ Yunbing stood on the sidelines and saw that both teams performed poorly in the rain battle. Time passed by minute by minute. When 30 minutes of the game passed, Situ Yunbing shook his head slightly on the sidelines.
If Liverpool continues to play like this, not only does it not have an absolute chance of winning, but it may also have the possibility of losing.
Due to the expansion of uncontrollable factors, Liverpool also faces a situation where they may concede the goal at any time.
So Situ Yunbing gestured to the players on the sidelines to change their tactical styles.
Suarez, Garez Bale, Mahrez, Gerald and Eriksen were left on the front line to strengthen long-range shots!
The advantage of doing this is that it can turn the adverse factors of rain war into relatively favorable.
The slippery field had a certain negative impact on the goalkeeper's save and long shot!
After Situ Yunbing's tactical adjustment, Liverpool's long-range bombing gradually showed its power.
In the 44th minute of the game, Benfica had already switched to the defense and wanted to end the first half smoothly.
However, Eriksen caught Benfica goalkeeper Moras off guard after receiving Mahrez's pass!
The football rebounded in front of the small penalty area and had a speed of friction acceleration. At the same time, the rebound strength was different from the normal field situation. Moras tried hard to save the game, but in the end he just touched the football in the lower half of his palm. After the football was pressed down, it flew into the goal!
Liverpool led the lead in the first half with Eriksen's long shot.
During the halftime break, Situ Yunbing readjusted his technical and tactical style. If he had no space, he would shoot from a long time. If he had room, he would create opportunities for Suarez!
After the midfield adjustment, the two teams changed sides again in the second half. Benfica tried to accelerate in the game, but today's venue and weather conditions greatly restricted the technical performance of both sides.
As Messi's idol, "Joker" Aimal must have strong technical strength, but his performance today is very bad because he relies too much on technology, but instead has led to resistance due to the venue conditions.
He was frequently intercepted by Casemiro, and Benfica's rising star Gomez also had a similar situation, while Liverpool adapted to the game.
In the 58th minute of the game, Gerald's long shot outside the penalty area made the goalkeeper save. Although Suarez was the first to control the ball in the penalty area, he was still trapped in the encirclement. Under normal circumstances, Suarez would definitely choose to try to get rid of the breakthrough in a small range, but at this time he knocked the ball across the right rib of the penalty area.
Mahrez, who followed up with the inward cut and entered the right rib of the penalty area, shot with his left foot and sent the ball into the upper left corner of the goal!
Liverpool leads two goals at home!
Benfica was a little scared when she fell behind two goals. She probably felt that the combat environment today was bad and she couldn't show her strength. She tried to return to home court and then make a comeback.
In fact, Liverpool's strength has not been shown. Although there is undeniable home advantage, the weather and venue conditions have also restricted Liverpool's characteristics from playing out.
Seeing that it was difficult to create opportunities for Suarez, Liverpool simply continued to shoot long shots.
In the 77th minute of the game, Casemiro received Suarez's return pass outside the penalty area and was shocked by a long shot. At about 30 yards away from the goal, the football crossed a parabola and fell into Benfica's goal, shocking the whole game!
The Reds fans in the stands of Anfield Stadium were extremely excited!
Now they no longer worry about whether Liverpool's overall championship competition will turn into a full-scale collapse!
At least this game allowed them to see that Liverpool did not show signs of collapse, which is great!
With three goals leading, Situ Yunbi began to call out the gold and withdraw his troops, and gradually killed time by substitution and lowering the rhythm.
Benfica has already backed down, so he has no strength to counterattack again. I just don’t know if they are still confident of completing a comeback against Liverpool in this score!
When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Situ Yunbing breathed a little relieved, and then walked to shake hands with the opponent's coach after the game.
The 3:0 advantage allows Situ Yunbing to consider rotating in the second round!
Liverpool will face the Hammers at Anfield on the weekend to face West Ham United.
Although the weather was clear, the team's condition was somewhat unrecovered, as if the mid-week game did have a great impact on them, resulting in the failure to release their home fighting power.
West Ham United defended with all their strength away from home, relying solely on counterattacks to threaten Liverpool, with little effect.
At this stage, West Ham United is actually no longer willing to do anything. As long as it is not a bloody collapse in the last six rounds of the league, they cannot be relegated, but there is no hope for them to compete for European qualifications.
But now many teams want to snipe at Liverpool even if they have no desires!
The image Situ Yunbing has created to the outside world this season is actually very hateful. Even though he rarely has the proud style after victory, he seems to have a natural halo of not being liked.
Liverpool kept changing their playing style and dispatching troops, but they were unable to break through West Ham United's goal. Gareth Bale shot and hit the crossbar, and Gerrard missed an excellent opportunity in the penalty area.
Liverpool finally tied with West Ham United at Anfield Stadium 0:0!
Liverpool fans in the stands were full of worries, and even Situ Yunbing felt that he was breathing a little uncomfortable in the moment after the game.
The scalp is numb!
If Manchester United wins this round, the gap between the two teams will become 5 points!
There are 6 rounds left in the league, and Liverpool's championship is really in lingering!
However, in an interview after the game, Situ Yunbing could not show any worries, but instead took the initiative to put pressure on Manchester United.
"We can't say that our performance is bad today, but it is definitely not worthy of praise. It is a pity that failed to defeat West Ham United. The opponent's strict defense allowed them to take one point away from here.
We have scored 80 points now, Manchester United has 72 points. If Manchester United beat Manchester City at home in tomorrow's game, then Manchester United will shorten the gap with us.
I think it depends on Manchester United now. Whether they will seize the opportunity. Even if they win, it will not be the end of the game for Liverpool. We will still lead them!"
After the post-match interview, Situ Yunbing stood in the player's passage and leaned against the wall and took deep breaths to adjust his condition.
The pressure of leading the team in England is something he has never felt in Monaco or Hamburg!
Because Liverpool is a giant, because of the horror schedule of the Premier League, because of the influence of public opinion from the media, etc.
He murmured to himself with his head down slightly.
"You can't be discouraged, you can't lose, you can defeat everything!"
If you want to wear a crown, you must bear the weight!
Chapter completed!