Anyone who knows even a little bit about penalty kicks knows what happened in the first half.

The difference is that Barcelona supporters will go to great lengths to find reasons and excuses to cover up certain things that are happening on the pitch, but Liverpool fans will lash out at all of this.

Of course, there are also some neutral fans who are just watching the excitement and will not take a stand.

However, there are also a very small number of people who may not come to this stadium to watch the game, but only to support certain people, such as the family of the players, or like Jennifer = Aniston.

The only thing that made this American sweetheart appear at the Stade de France was Yang Cheng.

Recently, she lives in Italy, and almost every day she reads the newspaper and sees the phonegate incident, and when those Italian reporters and fans discuss the phonegate incident, what they say the most is that it was Moggi and Galliani and others who teamed up to force Yang Cheng away, which directly led to the decline of Serie A.

Although such a statement cannot withstand rational scrutiny, it is not difficult to see from this point that Italian fans miss Yang Cheng.

Sometimes, she really doesn't understand, what is it that makes Yang Cheng so obsessed with football?

When she once threw this question to Yang Cheng, the latter just smiled and did not answer directly, but said, "It is a feeling that is difficult to describe in words, very strange and charming!" ”

"You can think about falling in love with a team and supporting them so that you can feel the charm of football whether he wins or loses!"

At that time, she smiled and lay on his back, her cheek against his shoulder, "From now on, I will be your fan, which team you coach, I am a die-hard fan of that team!" ”

Now, in this game, he feels a sense of gain and loss, as if he is going to win, but as if he is going to lose.

She could see that the referee was biased in favor of Barcelona – which was obviously a big confirmation of a lot of media conspiracy theories before the game, and it was indeed the management that the governing body did not want Liverpool to successfully defend the title, which is why this happened.

This kind of thing happens all the time in the United States, in Italy, in all countries around the world that claim to be democratic and free, in all walks of life, but because it is football, it is particularly eye-catching.

"You don't seem to be worried, Jennifer!" Nedved, who was sitting with Aniston and his wife in the middle, asked with a smile, Serie A has ended, and he specially brought his wife and children to support Yang Cheng.

"The Yang Cheng I am familiar with will not admit defeat so easily!" Aniston pursed her lips and raised an eyebrow, as if she were smiling.

But having said that, she was still somewhat worried in her heart.

Will he lose?

"Mom, will Dad lose?"

Charles sat next to his mother, grabbed his mother's blue knitted jacket and asked with a concerned expression.

Under the influence of Yang Cheng, he likes to watch football very much, but he just watches the excitement, he doesn't know anything about football, after all, he is only 5 years old, and it is undoubtedly impossible for him to understand the adult world.

Wearing a set of Adidas sports children's clothes, Charles looks a little bit of potential as a handsome guy, because he inherits the best genes of his parents, and he belongs to the kind of cute little baby who will constantly come over and pinch his face when walking on the street, and his mouth is very sweet and likes to laugh.

Charlize = Theron lovingly pinched his pink little face, simply picked him up from the seat next to him, put him on his lap, and shook his head, "No, he will win!" ”

The man she loves won't be defeated by difficulties so easily, doesn't she love him because he can always create things that other men can't?

Just as she was thinking, she saw the players from both sides returning to the court one after another.

The Liverpool fans around were shouting like crazy, singing the songs "Road to Anfield" and "You Will Never Go Alone", and the two songs kept rotating and sung, and there would be some fans singing the players' songs in between.

Through the black super sunglasses, Charlize = Theron saw Yang Cheng, the last to follow the team.

As soon as he walked out of the players' tunnel, he turned around and looked at the fan stands, smiled slightly, very confidently, raised his hands high, as if asking for some applause and cheers from the fans in the stands, and then clenched his hands into fists, as if celebrating the victory in advance. ..., this move immediately made the Liverpool fans in the stands go crazy with joy, and the shouts were louder and deafening.

"Yang Cheng still looks like he is in control of the game, is he provoking Barcelona?" The on-site commentator found it a little difficult to understand, "Or, is this a psychological warfare?" ”

"Maybe, all of them, because Yang Cheng has always been an elusive person!"

"We can see that after the players from both sides returned to the pitch, neither team made any changes to the line-up, which is a bit unexpected, because Liverpool are one less man, is Yang Cheng going to continue with the tactics of the first half? Isn't he worried that Barcelona will take advantage of it? ”

I believe that at this moment, not only the on-site commentators, but also Rijkaard are somewhat surprised that Yang Cheng did not make a substitution.

But no matter what, the game still has to kick off as usual.

When Samuel Eto'o drove the ball out, he saw that Liverpool did not press on all the lines as they did in the first half, but retracted steadily on three lines, and then put on a posture in front of their own half to watch Barcelona control the ball in their own half.

"Liverpool still seems to have adjusted, at least in the case of one less person, Yang Cheng chose a more sensible defensive counterattack tactic, three lines of retraction, can maximize the filling of the hole of one less player, but can Liverpool hold on to Barcelona's attack?"

After a few passes, Xavi passed to Ronaldinho, who had his back to the left, and the Brazilian skillfully controlled the ball at his feet and wanted to cut inside, but Essien had blocked his path in time and stabbed the ball away.

Carragher took a step forward and cleared the ball with a big foot.

"Liverpool was a beautiful team defence!"

Soon, however, Barcelona's attack was back in Liverpool's defence and the ball was once again at the feet of Ronaldinho, and the Brazilian chose to pull across to the middle of the pitch to receive the ball, but Essien was between him and the goal.

The Brazilian used his individual ability to pass the ball to the right side under the close entanglement of Essien, hoping to find Messi on the right side, but Vidic stepped up early and cleared the ball directly to defuse Barcelona's attack again.

Perhaps after seeing Barcelona start the second half, two successive waves of attacks failed to achieve results, and Rijkaard commanded from the sidelines, as if to make targeted adjustments to the attack.

In the 51st minute, Barcelona played another attack, Xavi pulled to the right, Iniesta appeared on the left, the former got the ball and passed to the latter, Iniesta chose to dribble forward, attracted the attention of Glenn = Johnson, and distributed the ball to the feet of Ronaldinho, who was pulled to the middle.

The Brazilian saw Essien pounce and deftly took the ball and slammed it almost exactly as Gerrard shook past Puyol, but after smashing Essien, Ronaldinho just took a step forward and drew Carragher's tackle and passed the ball behind Carragher.

Samuel Eto'o had already been preparing when Ronaldinho got the ball, and as soon as he saw Carragher scramble, he immediately cut in quickly behind Carragher, and Ronaldinho's pass came to him just right.

I saw that the Cameroonian Lions didn't stop the ball and got up directly with their feet and hit a volley close to the ground.

Reina's attention was very focused, he also noticed Eto'o's movement after seeing Carragher block Ronaldinho, and his body position kept moving, and when Eto'o got up, he chose to fall to the ground and save Eto'o's close-range shot.

"Roar!" Reyna burst from the ground after saving Samuel Eto'o's shot, clenched his fists and let out a shout.

The Liverpool fans in the stadium burst into an astonishing cheer, and Rena Rena shouted endlessly.

The Spanish goalkeeper has been more and more solid this season, especially when it comes to crunching moments, where he has always been able to surprisingly keep the ball in the back of the net.

'Barcelona played the most dangerous attack since the kick-off of the second half, Liverpool's defence was almost breached, Reina showed a divine help to keep Liverpool in the back of the net, and the Spanish goalkeeper has been really good this season, not just in the Premier League but also in the Champions League. ..., the on-site commentator suddenly laughed and joked: "I don't know what Barcelona fans will think when they see Reina wearing a Liverpool shirt but performing so well?" After all, they could have given Reyna to Liverpool at a very low price, but now, he blocked Barcelona's shot worth 10,000 dollars! ”

After seeing Eto'o's shot blocked by Reina, Yang Cheng shook his head, turned around and looked at the bench behind him, where he pointed at Volnock, who was slightly stunned but immediately jumped out.

"Warm up, wait a minute!"

Volnock nodded understandingly, and ran to the side to warm up.

"It seems that Yang Cheng has realized the danger and wants to make substitution adjustments!" The on-site narrator immediately speculated after the camera captured the scene.

This is very normal, Glenn = Johnson can attack, but there is no small problem in defense, if it is in the case of equal numbers, it is better, after all, the cooperation between players can fill the holes in Glenn = Johnson's defense, but the current situation can no longer allow Liverpool to send a person to help Glen = Johnson defend Ronaldinho.

There is already one person missing, and using two more to defend the Brazilians is not about two less in the whole game

Then don't fight this game!

As if seeing Liverpool's adjustments, Barcelona began to play a round of onslaught.

However, after Liverpool made a mistake, Gerrard consciously returned to the back line, forming a back three to help Carrick and Essien defend, while Ronaldo and Robben also actively retreated to help defend the two wings.

After 3 minutes, Volnock replaced Glenn = Johnson.

"Great job, Glenn!" Yang Cheng nodded towards Glenn = Johnson who came over and affirmed, "We need to defend now, you know, we have one less person!" ”

"I know, boss, we're going to win!" Glenn = Johnson knows it was a tactical substitution.

He knows his defensive ability, and he can attack well, but in defense, he is much worse than Volnock, Finnan and other players, especially Volnock, the Liverpool academy youngster is the number one in the team in one-on-one marking.

As soon as Volnock came on, Ronaldinho took the ball and tried to break through from his side, but he was firmly stuck in position, forcing the Brazilian to pass the ball out, but Carrick was ready to intercept the ball in the middle of the game, and after cutting the ball off, he played a long ball and sent a ball over the top to Robben on the right.

Puyol fell behind the pack and flew early to shovel the ball off the touchline to form a Liverpool throw-in.

Although Volnock was only a defense, he was cheered by the fans in the stands, firstly, he was his own kid from Kirkby's academy, and secondly, he was indeed defending against Ronaldinho.

The 24-year-old defender is an important part of Liverpool's defensive system, playing left, centre and right, and although he is not as good in attack as Glenn = Johnson and Finnen, his defense has always been trustworthy.

The minutes ticked by, but the situation on the pitch didn't change much.

Barcelona pressed Liverpool in a near-one-sided situation, and the Reds tightened three lines and played defensive counter-attacks, which allowed Barcelona to have ample possession in their own half, while Liverpool's counter-attacks were often ineffective due to the lack of personnel investment.

Oddly enough, however, Barcelona's fluidity only applied to their own half, or to the midfield, and once they entered Liverpool's vital 32-metre zone, they were immediately met with a strong containment, as Liverpool had hoarded heavily defensively in this area.

"Is he going to keep 1:1?" Mourinho frowned, just looking at the defense, Yang Cheng's change of formation was indeed successful.

The tactics of a team like Barcelona are based on a group of three players forming a quick passing and receiving cooperation on the pitch, and that kind of short-distance penetration and advancement is often a headache for all teams.

With one less person, Yang Cheng simply gave up all areas outside the 32-meter area of the goal, and gave up all of them, so that Barcelona could control the ball calmly in those areas, but once they entered this area, they would snipe and give a head start. ..., this move to greatly shrink the defensive line avoids the shortcomings of one less person and the decline in field control, but also ensures the solidity of their backline, especially after Volnock replaced Glenn = Johnson, the players on the Liverpool field are almost all good defenders, and Ronaldo Jr. and Robben are the last hope for counterattacks, and these two players are also actively involved in defense.

And a huge benefit of this shrinkage defense is that the defense can cover all areas within 32 meters.

Barcelona's best short-distance passing and receiving is a headache, but once they enter the 32-meter area, they will find that Liverpool's space restrictions are in place, and they will form a numerical advantage in the shortest possible time, and then cut and independent every attacking player of Barcelona, and then eat Barcelona players one-on-one, or even two-on-one.

In this case, Barcelona's advantages such as good technique and excellent ball control ability will be erased, because the space is tightly limited, very narrow, and playing tricks will make the ball lose faster, but it allows Liverpool players to give full play to their advantages in physical confrontation and other aspects.

The only thing that is more unpleasant is that Hauge frequently gave Liverpool foul whistles, and even gave Essien and Reese a yellow card each, but the actions of Liverpool players are very restrained, and Hauge can't use the problem to play.

Of course, Barcelona is not very good at using the skills learned at La Masia's film and television school, which is also an important point, otherwise, it is estimated that Liverpool would have conceded defeat long ago.

"Don't you see that the Barcelona players are dying?" Ferguson chuckled.

This kind of pressing intensity is actually not uncommon in the Premier League, and many teams will adopt this tactic, but Yang Cheng narrowed him down to a 32-meter area to avoid the numerical disadvantage, but in La Liga, Barcelona certainly did not suffer such a hardship.

"In today's situation, it seems that Barcelona has the initiative, but in fact, they can't carry out an effective attack, because their tactical characteristics are too simple, blindly pursuing ground penetration, no high points, no long-range shots, it is difficult to threaten Liverpool's goal."

Barcelona had two long-range shots in the second half, one from Andres Iniesta, weak, and the other from Edmilson's back, but it turned into an anti-aircraft gun, and it was clear that the mentality of the Brazilian midfielder had become impatient.

It's not just him, it's others, even Rijkaard.

"He's still a little tender!" Heathfield smiled, "I remember, Yang Cheng said that football is the same as being a person, everything should not be too exhausted, and now Rijkaard is obviously desperate!" ”

These famous coaches sat in the stands, and the onlookers were clear, but Rijkaard, who was in the situation, was a fan of the authorities.

In his opinion, Barcelona is only one last step away from Liverpool's goal, which means that it only takes someone to be able to make the last pass in the 32-metre area, the so-called assist, for Barcelona to be able to break Liverpool's goal.

So he's all thinking about how to add the last pass in the 32-metre area, and his command is going towards that purpose, and the players are clearly feeling the situation on the pitch and the idea from the manager.

As long as it can get out, Liverpool is finished!

In this case, they tend to ignore a lot of potential threats, such as the two full-backs are too close to each other, so that they can be more involved in the attack, but once they are hit by a counterattack, can they have time to return to the defense?

"Rijkaard and his Barca will learn a hard lesson!" Beckenbauer said with a smile. Clear