352. Liverpool have the upper hand
Now the Liverpool team is in a difficult situation, and the big war is imminent, at this time any news that shakes the morale of the army is likely to lead to a big rout of the Liverpool team, so after Benitez saw the "Sun" report this series of news, he was angry, eager to kill directly to the headquarters of the "Sun", and fiercely flattened the head of the "Sun".
After seeing these reports of The Sun, other newspapers reprinted the reports of The Sun, and the sports news sections of major portals also rushed to reprint them, and the news spread throughout England, even the whole of Shijie.
Of course, the Liverpool fans also saw it, they were terrified, they flocked to the Liverpool team's training base, and it was very bad. This is a real headache for Benitez, these media are simply too capable of doing bad things.
Benitez was so upset by the media that he had to stand up for a press conference at such a critical moment to clarify all this, saying that he had not received any notice of dismissal and that he was still the manager of Liverpool.
And Benitez also said that they have no intention of sending Fernando 61 Torres away, Fernando 61 Torres still has a contract with Liverpool, and Fernando 61 Torres is not going anywhere except Liverpool.
With such assurances, Liverpool fans are relieved. Then, they turned the corner and lashed out at the damned Sun, and the army of Liverpool fans began to flock to The Sun's official website again, cursing and cursing the Sun.
Of course, the hackers of the Liverpool fan base are moving again, but this time the Sun's website security system has been upgraded and it is no longer so hacky.
Now The Sun is starting to get tired of the Liverpool fans, and the Liverpool fans are starting to attack The Sun in a big way. In this way, the pressure on the Liverpool side is relieved, because they are not taken care of by both sides, and they can now prepare well for the next game.
The next game is very important for Liverpool as they must win or they will have a chance of qualifying for the last 16 of the Champions League.
In love with money, Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez gave an interview to media reporters, and he said: "This game is very important for Liverpool, they have to do everything to ensure the victory of this game. ”
Yes, that's what Benitez had in mind, and for that he didn't even think about the weekend game against Arsenal, he focused all his energy on the game against Fiorentina.
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard also said before the game: "We have no way back in this game, we can only succeed in this game and not fail!" ”
And the players of the Liverpool team showed great confidence when they were interviewed by media reporters. And Qiu Ze is the most confident one among them, he said: "There is nothing to worry about in this game, Zuihou's victory belongs to us, you can watch it." ”
Liverpool's pre-match remarks naturally caused dissatisfaction among the Fiorentina players, with Fiorentina captain Mutu saying in an interview: "How we beat you in the first leg, how we beat you in the second round." ”
In the first leg between the two sides, Fiorentina won 2-0 against Liverpool at their home stadium, so Fiorentina now has the confidence to play. Fiorentina are in a very good position right now, and if they lose to Liverpool by more than two goals in this game, they will qualify from the group.
Therefore, Fiorentina are not worried at all, even if they lose to Liverpool by a small score, they still have a chance to qualify. So, Fiorentina are very relaxed as a team now, they are not nervous.
Liverpool, on the other hand, have only one way out of this game, which is to beat Fiorentina, and they still have to beat Fiorentina with a score of more than 2-0 to qualify from the group.
It was a very difficult game for Liverpool, and all the Liverpool fans on the scene knew it, so before the game even started, Liverpool fans were already cheering for Liverpool's far goal.
In this game, Benitez lined up in a four-two-three-one formation, with Cavalieri in the goalkeeper's position. Reyna didn't appear in the starting lineup because of an injury, and he didn't even go to the bench.
In the back line-up were Glenn 61 Johnson, Joel Luka, Skrtel and Gareth 61 Bale, with Carragher also missing the starting line-up due to injury.
In the game of the back two, Steven Gerrard and Khedira were on the bench, with Steven Gerrard coming out injured today and Mascherano on the bench ready to take over as Liverpool's captain.
The three in the forward line are Maxi 61 Rodriguez, Qiu Ze and Arshavin, only since Kuyt's injury Maxi 61 Rodriguez seized the opportunity and became the main right midfielder of the Liverpool team, and Kuyt after recovering from injury can only wait on the bench for Maxi 61 Rodriguez to make a mistake.
The person at the top is Liverpool's Dutch striker Huntelaar, which Liverpool has no choice.
The away team Fiorentina also lined up a 4231 formation, and the goalkeeper position was Frei. In the back four are Comoto, Natali, Claudrup and Pasquier. In the midfield position are Donadère and Monterivo.
In the front three were Jorgensen, Santana and De Silvestri, with Gilardino at the top of the attack. Fiorentina captain Mutu did not appear in the starting line-up today and was on the bench.
It is said that Mutu has some minor injuries, and now Fiorentina is in a good situation, Fiorentina did not take the risk and let Mutu start, this is to protect Mutu. Fiorentina's talented rising star Eastern European Messi Jovetic was also on the bench today.
It can be seen that Fiorentina is still prepared today, and once there is any unfavorable situation on the field, Fiorentina will definitely not hesitate to replace Mutu and Jovetic.
In the case of all the antiquation, the match between Liverpool and Fiorentina officially began, and the first kick-off was the Fiorentina team who came from afar. Fiorentina know that it is definitely not them who are in a hurry, but Liverpool.
From the start of the game, Fiorentina did not rush to attack, but mainly controlled the ball, and their task was to defend and counter-attack. And the Fiorentina team has always been good at defending and counter-attacking, so what's wrong with the Italian team's defense?
Liverpool, on the other hand, are pushing fiercely, they know where they are now, and they are not only going to win this game, but they are going to win it by a big margin.
After the start of the game, Qiu Ze pressed very highly, and his strength in pressing was also very large, and he did not spare his physical strength at all, and pressed frantically. The Liverpool players were the same as him, which scared the Fiorentina players.
Liverpool's Premier League-style play has created a lot of trouble for them, and the Liverpool players have a fast pace of amplifier conversion, and they often have a lot of physical contact when pressing, and some of the grabbing movements are also very large.
A lot of the action would have been a foul in Italy, but it seemed normal to the Liverpool players. Therefore, the Fiorentina players are still a little uncomfortable, the most important thing is that today's referee Smilner even thinks that this is not a foul.
Smilner's whistle was blown very loosely today, which was definitely not good news for Fiorentina, so much so that the Fiorentina manager kept complaining on the sidelines, and he hoped that the referee Smilner would tighten the whistle so that they would be more advantageous to the Fiorentina team.
However, Smilner did not change a little, which made the Liverpool players on the pitch move even more, which made the Fiorentina manager very unhappy.
At this time, Liverpool midfielder Khedira suddenly stepped up to steal the football at the feet of Fiorentina midfielder Santana, and then the German passed the football directly to Qiu Ze's feet. Qiu Ze directly pulled the ball and turned around, and before Fiorentina's Donader could pounce, he poked the tip of his right foot and sent the ball forward.
The ball scurried between Donaldle's legs and rolled behind him at a high speed.
Qiu Ze's ball passed very quickly, and he barely looked up at the situation in front of him, let alone saw the position of Huntelaar. However, Qiu Ze's passing was very accurate, and the football quickly appeared between Fiorentina's two central defenders, Natali and Claudrup.
Liverpool's Dutch striker Huntelaar cut in from just there, catching the ball before Fiorentina's two centre-backs could get in and slotting a long-range shot first. With a thud, Huntelaar kicked the ball towards the goal.
Although this kick is a rush shot, Huntelaar is fully forced, the ball speed is very fast, and the liliang is very big. However, Fiorentina goalkeeper Frei reacted very quickly, and he made a direct sideways save on the ball.
Frei, this guy is definitely a good goalkeeper on Shijie, his reaction is very fast, and his range of motion is okay, and he is not bad at catching high balls. This guy has the potential of Shijie's top goalkeepers, and if this guy can join a big team, there will definitely be media who will compare him to Casillas, Cech and others.
Seeing that his shot was saved by Frey, Huntelaar opened his mouth wide and looked incredulous. Huntelaar looked at Frey like a monster, and he couldn't figure out how this guy managed to get the ball out.
Frei's performance won the cheers of the Fiorentina fans who came from afar, who immediately gave Frei a scorching round of applause. The Liverpool fans collectively erupted in a burst of regret, and when they watched Huntelaar shoot, they all thought that the goal would be scored, which was a pity.
Corner kick. Liverpool were awarded their first corner kick from the start of the game.
Fiorentina took the defense of this corner very seriously, most of the Fiorentina players returned to the penalty area to defend, and the defenders followed their players closely, not allowing the Liverpool players to have a chance.
Liverpool's shot just now startled them and almost broke their goal, but now they picked up their spirits and defended seriously.
Qiu Ze went to the corner kick area, and he took the corner kick. While fiddling with the football, he observed the situation in the penalty area, and suddenly Qiu Ze's eyes lit up. Then he immediately ran at high speed, and then a big kick kicked the ball away.
The Fiorentina fans in the penalty area immediately focused and waited for the battle. However, he found that the football did not fly into the penalty area, but flew outside the big penalty area. At this time, most of Fiorentina's defenders were in the penalty area, and the defense outside the box was very lax.
Fiorentina's players were shocked as Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard rushed up and volleyed the ball straight into the Fiorentina goal like a cannonball.