When Su Dong heard Benitez say, "If we only lose one goal at Camp Nou tomorrow night and return home, we will have a very good chance of advancing." His first reaction was that something bad had happened.
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Benitez has never been a eloquent person, but precisely because of this, he usually doesn't talk nonsense.
A person who has an arrogant personality and never talks nonsense suddenly surrenders and says that if he only loses one goal, he will surely make a comeback when he returns home.
why is that?
Psychological warfare!
Because after Barcelona entered the Champions League knockout rounds, they conceded more than three goals in two consecutive away games.
No one is sure that the away performance against Bayern Munich and Chelsea can be maintained at Anfield.
Benitez just wants to instill a mentality in Barcelona players before the game, that is, winning a goal is not guaranteed.
How to get insurance?
Score more goals of course!
When players enter the game with this mentality, and when they find that they are being closely guarded by their opponents during the game and cannot find a good opportunity to score, what will they do?
The answer is simple, hurry up!
The most obvious evidence is an attack that occurred in the 13th minute.
After Belletti and Iniesta cooperated on the right, the ball was passed to the center of the penalty area. Sudong overwhelmed Carragher, headed the ball down, and quickly passed it to Ronaldinho.
The Brazilian superstar made a shovel shot five meters in front of the goal, but he didn't touch the ball and watched helplessly as the ball slid out of the goal.
In desperation, he misjudged!
Just eight minutes later, Ronaldinho passed the ball from the top of the penalty area and hit Xabi Alonso. After Su Dong grabbed the ball at the front of the penalty area, he was closely marked by the opponent and failed to turn around.
But he protected the ball firmly, deceived Hyypia, and passed the ball to Iniesta, who passed it across to Deco.
Deco volleyed five meters in front of the goal and knocked the shot away!
After missing two good opportunities in a row, Barcelona became increasingly impatient.
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Throughout the game, Barcelona firmly held possession and the upper hand, and controlled the rhythm of the game.
The ball possession rate was also as high as 65%, almost overwhelming Liverpool.
But what is surprising is that Barcelona, which has the most offensive firepower in European football, failed to score at home this time.
And the defense, which everyone was worried about, didn't concede a goal this time!
Liverpool's Czech forward Baros, who had four stitches on his knee, also performed very poorly in this game.
The best player of the game was Hyypia, who scored nine points.
Carragher ranked second with eight points.
Barcelona's defense performance tonight was also solid and there were no obvious mistakes. However, after the defense was good, the offense failed to come out. This has to be said to be very surprising.
Zero to zero, both sides shook hands and made peace.
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When the referee blew the final whistle, the entire Camp Nou stadium still burst into warm applause.
The score of zero to zero is indeed a bit regrettable, even if a goal is scored.
In this game, Barcelona missed at least three excellent opportunities. Two of them were created by Su Dong for the team, but his teammates failed to seize the opportunity. Therefore, Su Dong also scored the highest eight points in the Barcelona team.
Joel tied for first place on the team.
But Ronaldinho and Deco, who missed great opportunities, performed very sluggishly. This was also related to Liverpool's targeted defense against them. Benitez obviously did not intend to let them unleash their offensive talents.
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After Su Dong heard the whistle, he let out a heavy breath.
He knew that Benitez's words before the game would definitely have an impact on Barcelona.
This season, Barcelona has conceded three goals in a row on the road, almost casting a shadow over it, giving it a phobia.
"It doesn't matter, zero to zero is a good result."
Su Dong walked towards Iniesta and other teammates and shouted loudly.
Judging from the two rounds of the game, zero to zero is indeed not bad. Compared to one to one or two to two, zero to zero is much more advantageous, at least it did not give the opponent an away goal.
Of course, this is from the perspective of a draw. If Barcelona can win, it will naturally be better.
"Su is right, this result is good, we should be confident and try to win in the away game!" Puyol also shouted at the top of his lungs, boosting the team's morale.
Liverpool did indeed perform quite strong at the Nou Camp tonight, and their defense was watertight. This has a lot to do with Benitez's formation. He even deployed three midfielders and defended strictly.
In the first half, the two full-backs Finnan and Traore refused to take a step forward.
Just look at their poor ball possession rate and you will know how miserable they played at Camp Nou.
Rijkaard also greeted the players and showed his attitude by applauding.
"Well done guys, we didn't concede a goal tonight, great job!"
Rijkaard's statement somewhat improved the mood of the players, and coupled with the support of the Camp Nou fans, the team also calmed down and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"Tonight's game is not without good news. They will lose Xavi Alonso in the second round." When he said this, Rijkaard smiled and nodded to Su Dong. This is Su Dong's contribution.
At that time, Xavi Alonso committed a tactical foul on Sudong, which delayed Barcelona's counterattack and received a yellow card, which allowed him to accumulate yellow cards and be suspended for the next round.
In fact, Su Dong faced the greatest defensive pressure on the team tonight.
Hyypia and Carragher are both the best players in the Liverpool team, and their outstanding performance is precisely based on their defense against Su Dong. The two of them entangled Su Dong almost every step of the way, making it difficult for him to
opportunities to create threats.
Ronny said that Liverpool's weakness is the centre-backs, but in fact, Liverpool's two centre-backs were in great form tonight.
Who can say for sure?
The most threatening offense created by Su Dong was the two scoring opportunities in the first half, but both Ronaldinho and Deco missed them. On the contrary, Su Dong himself did not get a decent shooting opportunity at all. This shows that Liverpool
How tight is the defense against him?
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! It can be said that Su Dong has tried his best!
Even though he was so closely guarded, he still created two sure-goal opportunities for the team. Who could blame him more?
The only regret is that the team itself didn't grasp it.
The key lies in mentality.
"Don't worry, the score of zero to zero at home is still more beneficial to us. When we go to Anfield, we will try to attack from the beginning and try to steal a goal from him, then they will not be able to defend!"
Jaccard encouraged.
Sometimes mentality is really mysterious and can even determine the outcome of a game.
Just like tonight, Barcelona was obviously anxious, but Liverpool held very securely.
It can even be said that Benitez came tonight with the mentality of not scoring or conceding, and he also achieved his strategic goal and escaped with a score of zero to zero.
Su Dong listened to Rijkaard's statement silently, and he knew in his heart that what Black Swan said did make sense.
But he knows Benitez.
This guy is so terrifying, it can almost be said that he knows everything like a god and has no clues.
I would like to ask, there is nothing unusual about Rijkaard’s intention. Wouldn’t Benitez have thought of it?
In other words, will he have no countermeasures?
In the case of zero-to-zero at home, what choice will Barcelona make? Benitez must have already calculated many different plans and possibilities, right?
But Su Dong really couldn't say these words.
What Barcelona needs now is to regroup, and even that won't help at all.
Because he doesn't know what Benitez will do, he cannot influence the decision-making of Rijkaard and other coaching staff because of this possibility, and Rijkaard and others will not listen to him.
Therefore, he decided to find an opportunity to remind Rijkaard in private.
Benitez is probably preparing for the second round from the psychological warfare before the first round. Will he let Barcelona score at Anfield?
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Barcelona was held to a goalless draw at home by Liverpool. Barcelona did not receive too much criticism after the game. After all, this was not a bad home result.
But many media are still pessimistic about Barcelona's prospects for qualifying. After all, Barcelona's away record in the Champions League this season is really bad, especially after entering the knockout rounds, conceding three goals in both away games. How can people believe this?
Over the weekend, we ushered in the 34th round of La Liga.
Main players such as Su Dong and Ronaldinho once again came on the bench.
The team is still playing at home, and the opponent is Albacete.
In the first sixty minutes of the game, Barcelona was still unable to attack for a long time, and Larsson failed to score.
So in the 65th minute, Rijkaard had no choice but to make substitutions. Sudong and Messi came on as substitutes.
Just one minute after Su Dong came on, Giuly sent a wonderful pass. Su Dong succeeded in pushing the ball in front of the goal, opening the scoring for Barcelona.
Before the end of the game, another assist from Su Dong helped Messi score in stoppage time.
2-0, Barcelona won Albacete at home.
With one pass and one shot, Su Dong shined as a substitute, showing a good competitive state.
After the game, Su Dong gave a rare interview to the media and said that the team still needs to focus on stability when playing against Liverpool away from home.
"I always believe that as long as we defend well, we will have a chance to score the opponent's goal."
Su Dong's words were intended to remind Rijkaard that he had already mentioned this matter to the Dutchman in private, but what Rijkaard meant was to grab a wave after the opening.
"We wish Liverpool could play against us!"
But is that really the case?
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On the evening of May 3rd, Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium.
Liverpool actively launched a high-pressure press in Barcelona's half from the beginning. In the third minute, Riise made a low pass from the left to the center. Gerrard passed the ball behind him. Baros successfully penetrated into the penalty area and passed the ball over the offside.
Goalkeeper Valdez attacked.
Luis Garcia followed up and fired a shot into the empty net.
Barcelona's three defenders took turns taking turns in front of the goal and blocking the ball out of the goal, but the referee still blew his whistle to indicate that the ball had crossed the goal line and the goal was valid!
One to zero!
The entire Anfield stadium turned into a vast ocean.
Benitez sat in front of the home team's coaching bench with his legs crossed, chewing gum vigorously.
Compared with when he coached Valencia, he is bald!
