Liverpool's corner kick still failed to create a threat.

This is a weakness in Liverpool's offensive system, and the Reds are not good at set pieces.

But this is normal again. After all, no team can truly achieve decathlon.

Scotter's header hit the bottom line, giving Barcelona a chance to score a goal.

Although they failed to create a threat, the audience still received warm applause for Liverpool's performance.

The live TV footage was given to Yang Yang who was running towards his half. His face was still unwilling, and he was obviously still a little regretful of the free kick just now. He felt that he could have scored a goal.

But what he didn't know was that both the fans of the two teams in the stands, or the political and business celebrities in the chairmen's stands had already given him a high affirmation of his performance.

...

"He was born to play for Real Madrid."

Spanish King Juan Carlos looked at Yang Yang who was running quickly towards the center line in the stadium, and his eyes revealed an unconcealed appreciation, which was obviously very admiring Yang Yang's performance and achievements in the past few years.

After saying this, he looked at Florentino next to him.

"What do you think, Florentino?"

Florentino is the president of the largest construction company in Spain and even Europe. He is a well-known business tycoon in Europe and a tycoon with amazing influence in European football. Although he has not been officially elected as the chairman of Real Madrid, he is basically sure to win.

This time he accepted the invitation from UEFA President Platini and Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi to Rome, but chose to sit in the area of ​​Spain's King Juan Carlos and Prime Minister Zapatro.

Interestingly, Juan Carlos is a clear-cut Real Madrid fan. The entire Spanish royal family is basically a real Madrid iron, but Prime Minister Zapatro claims to the outside world that he is a Barcelona fan.

Everyone knows that the former is a consistent tradition, but it is unknown whether the latter is true.

But because of this, Florentino and Juan Carlos became closer.

Now, the Spanish King has recommended Yang Yang to Florentino in person, obviously hoping that after Florentino comes to power, he can bring this world's number one player to Bernabeu and wear Real Madrid's jersey.

After hearing this, Florentino smiled and said softly: "You are right, he is born to belong to Real Madrid."

Juan Carlos was in a great mood. The media had previously revealed that once Florentino returned to the Bernabeu, the player he wanted to sign was Yang Yang. Even last summer, after Yang Yang politely rejected Barcelona, ​​the media once revealed that Florentino was behind him.

Now, after receiving a sentence from this future Real Madrid president, the Spanish King is relieved.

"He's an incredible player, look at the free kick he just made."

After hearing this, Florentino nodded in agreement.

Although it was a pity that I almost didn't score the ball, I really played very beautifully.

It's not easy to be able to hit like this with the first shot at the beginning.

I just don’t know if Liverpool can stop Barcelona tonight?

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Liverpool's strategy for opening the game is very clear, that is, to stabilize its defense first.

Although he grabbed a wave of offense at the beginning and created two shots, Liverpool was not in a fight. After seeing Barcelona stabilize their position, the team immediately retreated decisively and contracted their defense.

Four defenders, three midfielders, and seven Liverpool players formed two indestructible defense lines inside and outside the penalty area. In addition to Gerald and Kuyt in the frontcourt, the Reds invested nine players on the defensive end.

Only Yang Yang is more symbolically involved in oppression and does not actively press as much as other teammates.

This was something Benitez repeatedly reminded before the game, and he needed Yang Yang to maintain enough physical strength.

"Tonight may be more than just ninety minutes, you need to be mentally prepared for 120 minutes."

"My request for you is very simple. That is, when the opportunity appears in the 120th minute, I need you to be able to rush up and seize the opportunity steadily."

This is the task Benitez gave to Yang Yang before the game.

Even if Barcelona scored the goal first and even if the defense lost the goal, Yang Yang must save enough energy.

It has been seven years since he started playing in the professional league at the age of sixteen. It is not long, but not short. Yang Yang has accumulated his own set of competition experience and knows how to reasonably allocate his physical fitness in the game.

Therefore, after the team contracted its defense, he was more likely to run as the situation changed, with Kuyt's running position and Barcelona's defensive formation, and more often than not running at a constant speed.

...

Liverpool's defensive formation is very meticulous, and Barcelona is not easy to create a threat.

In the sixth minute, Daniel Alves formed a cross on the right and tried to pass it to the middle of the goal, but Etoo failed to hit the ball under the interference of Carragher and missed an opportunity.

At the eleventh minute, Messi turned around after taking the ball after a midfield retreat and quickly dribbled the ball, but was blocked by Mascherano and tackled to the ground. The referee Busaka did not call Argentina's midfielder for a foul.

The ball still landed at Barcelona's feet. Xavi followed up and shot with a long shot, but it was slightly off.

This is also Barcelona's first shot in this game, which shows that Liverpool's defensive formation is still very tight.

Then, Barcelona tried to pass the ball into the penalty area, but Scotter took the lead and headed the ball to clear the ball.

After receiving the ball, Iniesta threw away Xavi Alonso and shot another long shot.

But this time, Reina steadily saved the ball.

Butterman Reiner is also a major hidden danger for Liverpool's defense in this game, but Reiner himself is a major player and is excited every time he arrives in a major competition, especially when facing Barcelona. In addition, Liverpool does not have a better goalkeeper, so everyone chooses to trust him.

The two consecutive long shots from 25 meters away showed that Barcelona did not find a way to break through Liverpool's defense after the opening game, and could only use long shots to try their luck.

Just as Barcelona completely controlled the ball and Liverpool frequently got passively beaten, in the 15th minute, Gerald doubled the ball with Gareth Barry while chasing Alves back, forcing the Brazilian right back to pass the ball.

Mascherano decisively robbed, snatched the ball passed to Xavi, and quickly poked it to Xavi Alonso.

Harvey Alonso quickly made a forward pass, and when Kuyt retreated to pick up, he directly volleyed.

The ball crossed Barcelona's defense and fell behind Pique and Puyol.

At this moment, Yang Yang threw away two Barcelona defensive players at an extremely fast speed and headed straight for the goal.

"One-stop!"

"Liverpool's chance!"

But when the fans on the scene exclaimed, they saw the sidelines on the sidelines quickly raised the flag. The referee Busaka immediately blew the whistle and signaled that Yang Yang would offside.

Yang Yang rushed to the front of the penalty area, and he was just a one-on-one strike, but he was offside and he felt very dissatisfied.

"Hey, sir, I ran at Puyol's position. I can guarantee that at least I am equal to him." Yang Yang pointed at Puyol and explained, feeling very aggrieved.

This is obviously an excellent offside, but why did it become offside?

Referee Busaka smiled and said that the lineman was clear and sure that this was an offside.

"Don't think too much, concentrate on the competition." Busaka patted Yang Yang's shoulder and comforted with a smile.

The world's number one football player has a great impression of the referees.

...

"Let's take a look at this slow-motion replay..."

"Hey, let's see, there is indeed no offside. Yang Yang and Puyol should be in the same line and are not offside."

"Let's look at another angle, there is indeed no offside."

"The lineman seemed to have his vision slightly blocked by Pique. He didn't notice Puyor's position and mistakenly thought that Yang Yang was offside."

"This is indeed a very controversial penalty. It should have been an excellent single shot opportunity, but it was blown into an offside."

"Yang Yang explained to his teammates innocently, obviously he was still very dissatisfied with the penalty this time. We can understand that this is the Champions League final. If it is not a slap in offside, with Yang Yang's ability, this single shot should be sure to win."

"What a pity, the lineman's mistake made Liverpool miss another goal."

"But from this offense, we can also see Liverpool's strategy, which is to defend and counterattack."

"Benitez's tactics are indeed conservative, but this should be the best way to face Barcelona. After all, if you take the initiative, Liverpool will not be able to compete with Barcelona without the advantage of possession."

"Liverpool's counter-offside this time also made Barcelona a wake-up call."

"We were also very nervous when we saw Guardiola on the sidelines."

"Indeed, although Barcelona has the advantage of passing and controlling the ball, they have never been able to create a threat. Instead, Liverpool, first Yang Yang hit the post with a direct free kick, and then just now, another counter-offside single."

"If there were no help from the post and the lineman, perhaps the score would be 2-0 now."

"Guardiola is obviously also lingering in fear of this mistake just now. Liverpool's counterattack was very fast and did not leave enough time for Barcelona's defense to react."

"So, Guardiola should be signaling the team to be stable and not to be too anxious."

"With a player like Yang Yang being in front, he may strike back at any time, which is something that no team dares to be careless."

...

Perhaps it was because of the threat of the counterattack just now, or perhaps it was from Guardiola's instruction, and for a period of time, Barcelona consciously slowed down the pace of the game and began to pay special attention to protecting themselves behind them.

In this way, the strength of the attack in the midfield and frontcourt is weakened.

Liverpool also adopted a steady defense strategy as always, with a strict defense and a strong defense, and would rather drag the game into a penalty shootout than take the initiative to expose loopholes to Barcelona to attack.
Chapter completed!