Anfield, the lights are shining, and the first leg battle between Liverpool and Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals detonates the city's football enthusiasm!
Even globally, this battle is the most popular football event recently.
After Liverpool coach Situ Yunbing entered the stadium, he stood on the sidelines and stopped to wait for Ancelotti to arrive.
After Ancelotti walked into the stadium with a serious expression, Situ Yunbing took the initiative to shake hands with him before the game. After a brief greeting, the two of them came to the coach's command area, waiting for the start of the game.
Players from both sides led the following teams in the referee group, with superstars gathering and shining stars. It is no exaggeration to see the peak showdown in the Champions League.
The atmosphere in Anfield was frenzy, which made the game seem to make everyone's blood boil before it even started!
"Good evening for all the audience. Welcome to the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals. The defending champion Liverpool will face the La Liga giants Real Madrid at home!
The two teams were the opponents of the Champions League final last season. Meeting this season in the Champions League semi-finals is enough to prove the strength and status of the two teams in European football now!
In yesterday's game, Barcelona defeated Bayern Munich 3-0 at home, and the media has basically determined that Barcelona will advance to the Champions League final this season!
Will Barcelona's opponent be Real Madrid or Liverpool?
Haha, no matter who the opponent is, this season's Champions League final will inevitably have a fight!
Liverpool and Real Madrid are in a somewhat similar situation.
Liverpool leads the championship rival Chelsea in the league and gives Barcelona 2 points behind. It can be said that in the final sprint stage of the season, both of their teams and Barcelona have no easy tasks. They must take into account the Champions League on one side and not lose money on the other side!
Given that Liverpool will face Chelsea in four days, the outside world believes that Liverpool may have a heavier ideological burden than Real Madrid in today's battle, but Real Madrid is not good because they are behind Barcelona in the league.
Now these three teams may lose everything within a week, but they may also have the opportunity to create a great and brilliant season after gritting their teeth and till passing this level!
Let's take a look at the starting lineup of the two teams.
Liverpool, who is at home, starts 433.
Goalkeeper: Ter Stegen.
Defenders: Azpilicueta, Van Dijk, Kulibaly, Robertson.
Midfielder: Kante, Coutinho, Casemiro.
Forwards: Mbappe, Lewandowski, Gareth Bale.
Real Madrid also started 433.
Goalkeeper: Navas.
Defenders: Carvajal, Pepe, Varane, Marcelo.
Midfielder: Kroos, James Rodriguez, Ramos.
Forwards: Isco, Benzema, Ronaldo.
Due to injury to Khdira and Modric, Real Madrid activated Ramos to play the midfielder in the midfield today to strengthen defense. I wonder if Real Madrid's deployment of troops this time can play a good role in curbing Liverpool's offense.
Let’s wait and see if this will lead to a classic war!”
Situ Yun was calm and composed, while Ancelotti was a little nervous.
Real Madrid's overall performance this season is still very good, but in the strength of La Liga championship, if there is any carelessness or mistake, it is easy to pass the championship. Real Madrid's two consecutive losses at the beginning of the season made their season passive in the early stages, but then it performed almost perfectly in the middle of the season, leading Barcelona by 8 points at one point. However, with the mistakes in the second half, Barcelona completed the overtake. Now they are behind and give Barcelona 2 points.
Don't think that if the Champions League is eliminated, Ancelotti is likely to fall into a crisis of trust.
Therefore, from the perspective of pressure, Ancelotti is of course bigger than Situ Yunbing!
If you want to reach the finals again in the Champions League, Real Madrid must have a good performance away in the semi-finals, otherwise it will be really difficult to turn the tables when you return to home!
When the referee blew the whistle at the beginning of the game, Liverpool, who played at home, quickly accelerated the pace of the game, and Casemiro passed the ball to the left in the middle circle.
Gareth Bale quickly dribbled from the side and pushed forward along the side. He walked forward all the way. After sprinting with Carvajal, he forced himself to overtake from the outside. Carvajal could only use a foul when turning around and knocked Gareth Bale out of the sideline, and then he fell to the ground himself.
The referee blew a whistle to signal Kavajal to commit a foul and walked over to give a verbal warning.
Gareth Bell stood up and smiled on his face.
Because Kavajal looks nervous.
It is correct to attach importance to Gareth Bale's threat. After all, last season's Champions League final, Gareth Bale's super god performance can be said to have directly sent Liverpool to the throne!
Three minutes later, Real Madrid counterattacked in the backcourt, and Kroos made the attack to the left side of the frontcourt with a mid-range pass.
Benzema pulled the side and cooperated with Cristiano Ronaldo. Under the blockade of Kante and Van Dijk, Cristiano Ronaldo, who cut inside, directly scored a goal outside the penalty area!
The quality of this ball is very high, and the football is like a thunder flying straight to the right in the middle of the goal.
Terstegen dared not take the ball head-on, and after moving, he blocked the ball with both palms.
The audience was amazed.
"Although Ronaldo's shot looks a bit positive, the trajectory is still slightly erratic. Ter Stegen may easily make mistakes. Fortunately, Liverpool goalkeeper blocked the ball wisely!
The pace of the game is very fast, it is really exciting!”
When Liverpool's fast attack in the frontcourt reached the front of Real Madrid's penalty area, Mbappe hit the ball across the middle under James Rodriguez's return to defend and pressing and Marcelo's attack.
This is not a particularly good pass option, but Coutinho still got the ball first. Just as he touched the ball, Ramos knocked Coutinho to the ground with a seemingly cleared leg!
Even though Ramos also touched the ball, he showed no obvious sign of closing the force, but swept Coutinho down!
Coutinho fell to the ground and covered his feet. The referee blew a foul on Ramos, who spread his hands and said he was innocent!
When the Liverpool team doctor entered the court, Situ Yunbing put his hands on his hips and narrowed his eyes slightly, making people almost unable to see the cold light in his eyes.
"Coutinho was violated by Ramos. Now it seems that he can't hold on to the game. Ramos's foul is a bit concealed. It seems that he is indeed a sweeping to clear the ball, but he still doesn't stop after encountering football. If he didn't watch slow-motion replay, it would not be so easy to be noticed. But the replay of the camera told us the truth. He definitely wanted to take this opportunity to invade Coutinho, which is a side action.
This is very bad, and it can even be said to be a bit bad.
Liverpool is going to substitute, but fortunately, Liverpool's bench is strong, so Situ Yunbing should not have a headache about this."
When the team doctor confirmed that Coutinho was going to be replaced, everyone unexpectedly saw Situ Yunbing and laughed.
There was not much bitterness or helplessness in his smile, but more of a kind of almost evil hideousness!
Situ Yunbing turned around and pointed at Erikson. Erickson immediately got up and went to warm up on the sidelines. Then Situ Yunbing turned around and faced the court. He called Azpilicueta to him and said to him: "Go and pass a message to Kante and Casemiro, let them retreat. Kante must cover the penalty area when returning to defense, and then tell Kulibali to let him play the front midfielder. He can understand what it means!"
Even though Azpilicueta was puzzled, he still ran to pass the message immediately.
After receiving the instructions, Kulibali looked at Situ Yunbing on the sidelines. The latter looked at him calmly. Kulibali instantly understood that after explaining to Van Dijk, he ran to the frontcourt.
Ancelotti watched Coolibali rush to the frontcourt in surprise. After Liverpool took a direct free kick, Coolibali did not retreat to his own half!
Even though Liverpool replaced Eriksen, Coolibali still did not retreat!
Ancelotti couldn't help looking at Situ Yunbing, who noticed his gaze and turned his head to look at Ancelotti.
The two of them had eyes intersected, and Situ Yunbing raised a cruel sneer on the corner of his mouth.
Diego Costa is sick and Liverpool is cured!
It seems that Ramos is also sick, and Liverpool is here to treat it!
Do you like dirty little movements to play with silly?
Stay with you to the end!
Ancelotti instantly realized what it means to go to the frontcourt to almost face Ramos against offense and defense!
It's chilling!
How could Ancelotti remain indifferent when he remembered the infamous tragic battle between Atletico Madrid and Liverpool in the Champions League semi-final last season?
But the situation in Real Madrid is essentially different from Atletico Madrid!
Atletico Madrid's style of play was trained by bandit coach Simeone!
And Ramos and Pepena of Real Madrid have done this for many years!
In fact, it has nothing to do with some other players. For example, players such as Kroos, Marcelo, Modric, Isco, etc., they never play dirty!
Ancelotti could only remind Ramos on the sidelines and signaled him to pay attention to protecting himself!
Situ Yunbing was a little laughed when he saw Ancelotti's actions on the sidelines.
He is also an old opponent with Situ Yunbing. Ancelotti's fear of Situ Yunbing has penetrated into his bones!
When Situ Yunbing first appeared in the Champions League, he was really considered a Wu Xia Amon. Now Situ Yunbing has given Ancelotti the most painful memory of failure, last season's Champions League final!
Chapter completed!