Yes, Benitez's heart almost couldn't bear it. It was so dangerous.
Immediately, Benitez became very angry and rushed directly to the sidelines to scold the Liverpool players. After that, Liverpool's performance improved, but Fulham's offense was still very sharp.
, Liverpool seems to have any advantage on the pitch. The two teams seem to be on the same level, and they are evenly matched on the field.
Seeing such a performance, Benitez's face has never been good-looking. He once thought about whether to let Qiu Ze and others play. In this game, Liverpool cannot afford to draw, let alone lose. He has been
He was thinking about this matter during the halftime break.
However, fortunately, Liverpool scored at the beginning of the second half. Argentinian Mascherano's cold shot from outside the penalty area had an unexpected effect, allowing the football to fly into Fulham's goal.
Goal, one to zero, Liverpool took the lead.
After taking the lead, Benitez's complexion improved slightly and his mood calmed down. Of course, he also slowed down the idea of substitutions.
After that, although the Liverpool team did not play particularly steadily, they were still able to give Fulham some opportunities, which made people nervous. However, in the end, the Liverpool team still maintained a one-to-zero advantage.
Won this game.
In the end, Qiu Ze and others did not get a chance to play and took a good rest on the bench for 90 minutes. This laid a solid foundation for the fierce battle with Chelsea in the middle of next week.
This game was very thrilling for Liverpool to win, but they still won without any danger and continued to lead the standings. In this round of games, Manchester United defeated their opponents 3-0. Sure enough, Manchester United scored a victory in this round of games.
It was great, but fortunately the Liverpool people didn't give Manchester United a chance.
Next, the Liverpool team will start preparing for next week's midweek game. Next week, the Liverpool team will go to Stamford Bridge away from home to challenge Chelsea.
Liverpool and Chelsea have played against each other a lot recently. Last season, the two teams met not only twice. They not only met in the league, but also met in the Champions League. Last season, the two teams met in
They met in the semi-finals. This time, the two teams advanced to the quarter-finals to meet each other. It really felt like enemies.
In fact, the feud between Liverpool and Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League has been annoying for several seasons. In these consecutive seasons, Liverpool has always been able to face Chelsea in the knockout rounds of the UEFA Champions League, as if the two teams were born to be enemies.
Same.
Of course, this is mostly thanks to UEFA. Outside media believe that Liverpool and Chelsea frequently meeting in the Champions League is definitely not a bullshit coincidence. This is definitely UEFA's intention, although they do not know the exact reason.
However, they dared to pat their chests and swear in the name of God that this was definitely done intentionally by UEFA.
Although UEFA has repeatedly argued that they did not do any tricks and there is absolutely no behind-the-scenes operation. However, we can always see tricks in previous Champions League draws. By now, everyone has become accustomed to it. This has almost become a
There is a default unspoken rule.
Regarding the draw of Chelsea, their enemy in recent years, in the quarter-finals draw, Liverpool believed that this was unexpected, but it was reasonable. When faced with the result of the draw, a Liverpool official said
, he said this: "We can understand the meaning of this draw."
He used "can understand the meaning of this draw". From this sentence, it is not difficult to see that Liverpool was actually prepared for Chelsea.
Of course, before the draw of the quarter-finals, the most common prediction from the outside media was that Liverpool should be drawn against Manchester United. Because Liverpool and Manchester United were the two teams in last season's Champions League final, and there were two other teams in the final.
In the Premier League this season, the two teams have been fighting each other to the death. When these two teams meet again in the UEFA Champions League, it will definitely be very interesting. Everyone thought that these two teams would meet in advance.
Unexpectedly, UEFA finally arranged a match between Liverpool and Chelsea, which seemed to continue the feud between Liverpool and Chelsea. Some reporters even half-jokingly believed that UEFA was preparing to make Liverpool and Chelsea a historical conflict in the UEFA Champions League.
The two most fierce teams simultaneously made the match between Chelsea and Liverpool the "most hateful" match in the history of the UEFA Champions League.
In fact, the current media believes that the game between Liverpool and Chelsea should not be too attractive, because the gap between the two teams has been reflected. It seems that it is not a duel between two teams on the same level. This is not
So attractive.
On the contrary, the game between Liverpool and Manchester United is even more attractive, because the two teams are close in strength, have historical conflicts between the teams, and have grudges between the stars. The showdown between these two teams is definitely very eye-catching.
attracted unprecedented attention.
Chelsea are currently ranked third in the Premier League. Although they are only eight points behind Liverpool at the top of the list, the outside media and fans do not believe that Chelsea still has a chance of winning. They feel that the current Premier League is Manchester United.
Battle with Liverpool.
Chelsea and Arsenal are almost unable to get involved in the battle between Liverpool and Manchester United. Of course, there are also a few wolves coming into the Premier League now, and they are accumulating strength and want to challenge Liverpool and Manchester United, but this will take time.
Now the Premier League has almost become the world of Liverpool and Manchester United, and these two teams are competing for it.
There is indeed a certain gap between Chelsea and the current Liverpool side, but in people's eyes, this gap is not particularly big. If Chelsea has some luck, they can still compete with Liverpool.
Therefore, before this game, everyone was very optimistic about Liverpool. They believed that it would be Liverpool, not Chelsea, who would advance to the European Championship semi-finals, just like last season when Liverpool eliminated Chelsea and advanced to the Champions League final.
Chelsea attaches great importance to this game. The loss to Liverpool last season has always been a pain in their hearts. This time, they must get this game back and let the Liverpool people taste the pain.
taste.
Before the game, Chelsea head coach Scolari said: "I have not experienced the Champions League semi-finals last season and I have nothing to say. Yes, Liverpool is very strong now and they have phenomenal players like Chris
.However, this does not mean that we at Chelsea have no chance."
Scolari also said: "We are ready for this game. I have also done in-depth research on the Liverpool team and I have made corresponding arrangements. I believe that the victory in this game will belong to us."
Yes, we will never let the tragedy of last season happen again."
Scolari was very confident, but the reporters at the scene dampened Scolari's confidence. They asked: "In the league this season, Chelsea lost twice to Liverpool. May I ask Mr. Scolari,
How can you have so much confidence in the face of such achievements?"
When he heard this question, classmate Scolari's face suddenly changed. He really wanted to go up and slap this guy twice.
Scolari said: "The last defeat does not mean that we will have the same strength this time. On the contrary, the last defeat was to accumulate experience for this victory. Now that we have found a way to defeat Liverpool, we will definitely not
History repeats itself.”
For this game, Chelsea players are also full of confidence, especially Chelsea captain John Terry. He said this when being interviewed by media reporters: "Last season, we were attacked by Liverpool, which led to
Our defeat. This time we were fully prepared, and the Liverpool people had absolutely no chance of a sneak attack."
Terry also said: "Liverpool is actually not as strong as everyone thinks. They have many internal problems, the most important of which is that their head coach has not renewed his contract with Liverpool."
Lampard, who was next to Terry, said something cryptic at this time: "I heard that Real Madrid is now contacting Benitez privately. Maybe at this time, Benitez is considering how to take over next season.
Real Madrid matters, not this game."
Lampard is really ruthless this time, and this will definitely affect Benitez's energy. In the future, news about Benitez's private contact with Real Madrid and his upcoming transfer to Real Madrid will definitely be flying around.
On the contrary, Benitez would be in big trouble just by refuting the rumors.
It is true that Benitez has not renewed his contract with Liverpool, and Real Madrid has had many scandals with Benitez before. Especially the current situation of Real Madrid head coach Juande Ramos.
It was very bad, not to mention that Liverpool had just eliminated Real Madrid in the Champions League, which allowed Real Madrid fans to see how powerful Benitez was.
The most important thing is that Florentino actually stood up and "confirmed" Lampard's words at this time. When he was interviewed by media reporters, he said: 'We are in contact with Rafael.
His strength is very outstanding. I think he is the most suitable head coach for Real Madrid at this stage."
Moreover, this is not enough, Florentino also said: "Now we are considering breaking up Rafael and Chris, because this condition was proposed by Rafael. We at Real Madrid are preparing for this matter, I
I think Florentino will not let everyone down when the time comes."
At this time, the entire world of football was shocked. If Real Madrid really packed up Benitez and Qiu Ze, it would definitely cause a sensation all over the world. Now these fans and reporters were stunned by the news and started talking.
Promote this news.
This is a bitter experience for Benitez and Qiu Ze of Liverpool. Seeing such news, Benitez's face completely fell. Now, no matter where he goes, reporters will rush up to him and ask him what he is talking about.
It's time to take over Real Madrid's affairs.
Some reporters will even ask Benitez how he plans to build a new Royal Galaxy, which stars have come into your sight, and who will become the next superstar of the Huang family's Galaxy after Qiu Ze.
These things really made Benitez dizzy. As a last resort, Liverpool launched a completely closed training. They did not want to be disturbed by reporters. Liverpool must prepare for the game wholeheartedly, so as to ensure their strength.