Last summer, Inter Milan and Barcelona made a deal to exchange players to join the cash.

Ibrahimovic and Etoo exchanged their bosses.

This is a transaction that makes the outside world confused.

Etoo performed well in Barcelona. Although Ibrahimovic was also very good, it would be nonsense to say that the two were very different.

Moreover, Etoo has proved that he can succeed in Barcelona's system, and the introduction of Ibrahimovic represents a risk.

It turns out that Ibrahimovic's transfer to Barcelona is not too successful so far.

The outside world is always talking about the tactical "contradiction" between Ibrahimovic and Messi, while there are also work contradictions between Ibrahimovic and Guardiola.

It can be imagined that Guardiola was not confused about making this deal.

With Barcelona's success, the storm caused fears many opponents, so it will become the norm to use intensive defense to deal with Barcelona.

Barcelona cannot often create an opportunity for Etoo to counter-offside by passing and cutting, as in the past. When breaking through dense defense, Guardiola needs a center forward who can gain a foothold in an offensive dangerous area and has a huge advantage fulcrum, which is also a condition for Messi to serve.

Ibrahimovic is a very good candidate in theory. He has a strong presence in the penalty area, but what Guardiola did not expect was that Ibrahimovic is not the kind of player who is willing to serve others.

Others are saying that Messi is competing with Qin Xiong for the best in the world. Perhaps in Ibrahimovic's heart, he himself is the strongest player in the world.

Talking about Ibrahimovic's arrogance is no longer new. How can such an arrogant player attack others?

Because of this, Ibrahimovic is a player who needs others to serve him. His life in Barcelona is not easy, even if his goal efficiency is not good. But when he transfers to Barcelona, ​​he did not simply exchange with Etoo, but Etoo + cash to exchange Ibrahimovic. In other words, Ibrahimovic is much more valuable than Etoo.

However, his good goal efficiency is not as good as Etoo in the past. This will naturally put him under public pressure and not be very happy.

When Ibrahimovic and Qin Xiong hugged each other, they both felt that they had long seen each other again.

"Zlatan, I'm very happy to see you again, but today you will not be in a good mood."

Ibrahimovic could hear the subtext in Qin Xiong's words and replied in Qin Xiong's ear with a smile: "Maybe, anyway, you have become more and more crazy over the years. You are becoming more and more like me. Now I just want to tell you: speak with your strength!"

Qin Xiong patted his back and smiled and said, "I have always spoken with my strength. Haha, although today is a game between Liverpool and Barcelona, ​​my opponent is not you. Zlatan, you shouldn't go to Barcelona. In Barcelona, ​​you will never become the king. You know who my opponent is."

"Aren't you afraid that I will beat you?"

"First of all, you have to beat me. Do you want to go to the boxing gym to practice?"

“There must be a chance.”

After Ibrahimovic and Qin Xiong let go, he looked at Qin Xiong with some reluctance to walk to the front of Liverpool team. The person standing in parallel with Qin Xiong was Barcelona's king: Messi!

The two of them turned their heads in tacit understanding and looked at each other, nodded to each other, then withdrew their gaze, and at the same time the corners of their mouths rose slightly, fleeting in an instant, and a strong desire to fight arises at the same time!

The real battle of the king, the battle of superstars!

Under the leadership of the referee team, the players of the two teams walked into Anfield, and the Champions League theme song echoed in the stadium.

"The first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals will be staged at Liverpool's home court Anfield!

Last season's Champions League champion Barcelona challenged Liverpool in the first leg. This is a battle between the two favorites who won the championship this season.

Liverpool has been reborn this season and is about to win the championship in England's top domestic league. In the Champions League, it eliminated the 10-year Champions League champion Real Madrid with an exciting 10:3!

The meeting between the two teams may be too early, but this makes fans feel even more excited, and Liverpool's attention has increased sharply!

Let's take a look at the list of both sides.

Liverpool 442.

Goalkeeper: Reiner.

Defenders: Johnson, Carragher, Scotter, Aurelio.

Midfielder: Mascherano, Alonso, Lucas, Gerald.

Forward: Qin Xiong, Torres.

The lineup adopted by Koeman today is relatively conservative. Kuyt sat on the bench and the midfielder set up a tough defensive combination in a small diamond. It can be foreseeable that Liverpool will rely on Qin Xiong and Torres to charge forward, and the offensive task is handed over to these two people.

Barcelona 433.

Goalkeeper: Valdes.

Defenders: Alves, Puyol, Pique, Maxville.

Midfielder: Keita, Xavi, Iniesta.

Forwards: Messi, Ibrahimovic, Pedro.

Barcelona still adopts a 433 formation today. Guardiola repeatedly emphasized that the strength of Barcelona is their technical and tactical system, but Barcelona, ​​which performed not as bright as last season, may not be as smooth as in fine adjustments as in the ideal plan.

Anyway, let's see how the two teams performed in the game."

After the pre-match kickoff ceremony, the battle between the two teams kicked off.

Barcelona took the lead in kick-off, and the game began with the cheers of Anfield Reds fans.

Koeman looked calm on the sidelines, and Barcelona and Real Madrid were all different in style after all.

Especially the gap in strength is still very large. In terms of the team's characteristics, Barcelona also focuses on oppressing offense, but their ability to control the game situation is definitely hundreds of times stronger than Real Madrid.

So even at home, Koeman still adopted the tactical strategy of defensive counterattack.

After the game started, the audience could see that Liverpool's overall formation was relatively shrinking, the back line retreated near the penalty area line, and the midfield adopted a crazy pressing strategy, and placed the key area of ​​the pressing area forty yards away from the goal, so as to avoid being torn apart by Barcelona's skillful pass and cut off attack.

Barcelona adopted a tactical strategy of stable pass control at the beginning. They prevented the Reds players from encountering football in the first three minutes of the game, and they did not create a shot opportunity, which caused boos to sound in the Anfield Stadium.

Red Army fans are not interested in Barcelona's technical and tactical styles at all, and believe that Barcelona's football is a lullaby, which will only make people drowsy!

The fans shouted in the stands, letting Barcelona shoot when they have the ability! Shoot! Shoot!
Chapter completed!