In a life-or-death Champions League final, whoever scores first will undoubtedly take the initiative in the game, or even win.

According to authoritative statistics, in the final, the winning rate of the first team is as high as 85%.

It can even be said to some extent that whoever scores first has the best chance of winning the event, because reversals don't happen in every game, which is why last season's Istanbul comeback was called one of the greatest games in football history.

Yang Cheng also repeatedly emphasized one point in the training before the game, the start is very important, because the start may even determine the trend of the whole game.

Believe it or not, Liverpool go to play against a team in League One or even League Two, and if they don't start well and are scored first, Liverpool is likely to lose the game, because that's how upsets are often born.

Yang Cheng remembered a game that was a game in which the Chinese national team drew with Brazil, is it strange?

No, not at all, because Brazil clearly started too loosely, causing them to try hard at the end but find that they couldn't.

Because you didn't start well, it was followed by a decline in the fitness of all the players, and when the fitness dropped to a certain level, you want the players to play like they did at the beginning, which is undoubtedly unrealistic.

But Yang Cheng didn't expect that Glenn? Johnson will be given by Ronaldinho as soon as he makes contact, because he kept reminding Glenn in previous training? Johnson, don't take it lightly, but obviously, he did.

When a defender makes a move, there are generally only three outcomes, foul, success, and failure!

It's obvious. Glenn? Johnson failed!

But at Eto'o. Before receiving Ronaldinho's pass, Vidic, who had been prepared, stabbed diagonally and fell to the ground to shovel the ball off the line.

Eto'o jumped over Vidic, but he stopped the ball.

"It's too dangerous and it's very bold, Vidic luckily touched the ball first, otherwise Eto'o would have fallen to the ground!" The on-site commentators were a little shocked by Vidic's sliding move. However, the Liverpool fans at the scene cheered Vidic for saving the team.

'But there's no denying that it was a very, very beautiful clearance, from Serbia and Montenegro centre-back, Nemanja Vidic!'

After Nemanja Vidic cleared the ball, he started to retreat, and Carragher began to set up the team's corner defence as Ronaldinho walked over to take a corner.

"Hey, Glenn!" Gerald ran over and hugged Glenn hard? Johnson's head, "What's wrong with you?" ”

"Sorry ......" Glenn? Johnson's face was full of guilt.

"Don't say you're sorry. Buddy! Gerrard interrupted him, "Remember, we're playing, be focused. Remember what the boss told me before the game, remember our training, I'm right next to you, man, you have to trust us! ”

Glenn? Johnson nodded.

Gerald patted him on the cheek vigorously, "Wake up." Take a deep breath and don't stress yourself! ”

Glenn? Johnson took a deep breath, nodded, and walked to his defensive area in the corner kick strategy.

Barcelona's corner didn't work, Carragher pressed Edmilson to clear the ball, and Liverpool played a counter-attack to push Barcelona back again.

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"Why not use Finnan and Volnock. And with Glenn? What about Johnson? ”

Sitting on the reserved seat provided by Yang Cheng, Mourinho looked at the game with a frown, he felt that Barcelona's attack just now was too dangerous, maybe it would give Glenn? Johnson left a shadow, which is not a good thing.

"You can't keep Ronaldinho with Finnan and Volnock, you know!" Ferguson defended Yang Cheng.

It should be said that the manager's line-up is always risky, because before the game, no one knows which player will work, who will not make mistakes, etc., because those are things that will only be reflected in the game.

"Glenn? Johnson's strengths are speed and flexibility, but his drawbacks are that he is not mentally stable, and no one knows if he can withstand this pressure, but Barcelona's situation is not much better. ”…,

Heathfield was also watching the game, and echoed Ferguson's statement with a smile, "Replacing Belletti with Oleg has lost the ability to attack on the right side, and it may not be able to defend Liverpool's attack on the left!" "Although the first threatening attack was from Glenn on the right? Johnson's cross, but then, Liverpool played very actively on the left, especially the left-sided combination of Ronaldo and Reese, frequently attacking the right side of Oleg's station, forcing Barcelona's right winger Messi to retreat frequently to participate in the defense.

This is equivalent to indirectly disintegrating Barcelona's right attack, which is often said, attack is the best defense!

But to do that across the pitch is unrealistic.

"After 10 minutes, Drogba's high point was completely wasted by him!" Mourinho said indignantly.

Several head coaches smiled bitterly, because they were bystanders, but Yang Cheng was a fan of the authorities, and maybe he had his own considerations, because they were not in the game, so they would not understand Yang Cheng's thoughts and ideas.

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Robben looked at Yang Cheng with an inquiring look as if he was asking him something, but Yang Cheng shook his head.

"It's not time yet!" Yang Cheng said with a frown.

Ronaldinho is too dangerous to take the ball on the left flank alone, and it must be contained, otherwise, it will be difficult for Liverpool to let go in attack, because the Brazilian can penetrate the entire Liverpool backline alone, Glenn? Johnson couldn't stop him.

"Paul, tell Carrick to take a stand and help Glenn? Johnson, defend Ronaldinho! ”

Paul? Bayer immediately nodded in agreement, and immediately conveyed Yang Cheng's words.

Just see Ronaldinho get rid of Glenn after a pick up on the left? Johnson cut inside and Carrick stood at the edge of the box early, and the two immediately formed a pack.

The Brazilians are really good, too. Under the bag of two players. The ball was forced into the box, but as Eto'o was blocked by Carragher, Reina attacked early and saved the ball, and Barcelona's attack was defused.

Having a player protecting at the edge of the box versus not protecting the box are two different concepts.

It's like a person facing a bullet that comes out of the boring, if you wear body armor. No matter how bad it is, at least it is an extra layer of protection, and without body armor, it is undoubtedly self-defeating if it is directly exposed to the muzzle.

"Let Essien take care of Carrick's protection!" Yang Cheng once again asked Paul? Beyer relayed his adjustments.

It's also a sign that the duo look a bit like a back pair as Essien protects Carrick, and the free-up Steven Gerrard will start to think about committing to attack.

As Benitez analysed before the game, Barcelona started with a constant focus on keeping the pace of the game under control, and they will use the individual qualities of Ronaldinho and Samuel Eto'o to create a threat. However, Liverpool did not give them the way they wanted in this game, and instead of giving up the tempo, on the contrary, Liverpool's attack was more dangerous than Barcelona's.

Once the situation has been stabilized. Liverpool will start to think more about putting their forces into attack.

At the end of the day, it's the first goal to establish an advantage!

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"Ronaldinho was caught between two Liverpool players, the ball was lost, and Liverpool launched a counter-attack......"

After a brilliant start, Yang Cheng quickly adjusted the team's tactics and suppressed Ronaldinho's play. Barcelona were worried about Liverpool's attack on both wings, so they did not invest many troops on the wings and did not pose much of a threat to attack. ”

The on-site commentator shook his head, "Rijkaard's tactics seem to have been figured out clearly by Yang Cheng, Barcelona's side attack has not been effective, and the middle has been suppressed, and Barcelona's attack has been slow to open the situation." On the contrary, Liverpool's several attacks and counter-attacks have achieved good results. ”

Taking advantage of the dead ball, the live TV camera focused on Platini in the stands, and the Frenchman also had a grim face, certainly not only worried about the current situation of Barcelona, but also worried about his own safety. ..., just when the on-site commentator was still thinking about whether to make fun of a Platini, the situation on the scene suddenly changed.

On the left, Riser cut off Messi's foot and passed the ball to Essien, who was like a wall, and the ball bounced at his feet and rolled quickly towards Gerrard.

Gerrard, who was wearing the captain's armband, stopped, rubbed and rolled out an overhead ball.

The ball went over the heads of Barcelona's backline and into the back of the left side of the Barcelona penalty area. Ronaldo was close to Oleg, and the moment Gerrard passed the ball, he used his surprising explosiveness over short distance to get past Oleg and sprint forward quickly to stop the ball before Oleg.

However, Barcelona's right-back was not slow to react, sticking behind him in time to stand between Ronaldo and the penalty area.

The Portuguese leaned back to Oleg, first made a gesture to pull out the empty space from the baseline, forcing Oleg's center of gravity to move to the baseline, but the man turned around flexibly, used Oleg's body to borrow strength, and dribbled the ball with both feet to Oleg's right side, a little close to Zidane's Marseille maneuver.

As soon as Xiao Xiao Luo borrowed his strength, Oleg's body was a little unstable, and when he barely stood firm, the Portuguese had already taken the ball into the penalty area, and Puyol also chased after him, and the whole person was like an angry lion, sticking to Xiao Xiao Luo.

The Portuguese looked at the goal, where Drogba and Arjen Robben were ready to go, just waiting for him to pass the ball.

But just when he carried Puyol with his body, raised his left foot, and was about to knock the ball to the middle, he found that the instep of his right foot, which was supporting his body, was hooked, and the whole foot was unstable and lost his balance, causing the whole person to fall directly into the penalty area.

Beep!!!!

A whistle was heard, and everyone looked at Hauge, the referee who ran up from behind.

Puyol immediately raised his hands in the air, looking innocent, as if he had not reached out for the kick that had hooked Xiao Xiao Luo just now.

Hauge didn't hesitate either, walked up and showed a yellow card to Xiao Xiaoluo, who was kneeling on the ground.

"This is a warning to Xiao Xiaoluo to fake a fall!" The on-site narrator shouted.

Xiao Xiaoluo originally thought that he would give himself a penalty, but suddenly it turned into a fake fall. Immediately dissatisfied.

"He just hooked my right foot. Look at my right foot! Xiao Xiao Luo patted the instep of his right foot vigorously, very excited.

It should have been a penalty, and Puyol should have been given a yellow card, at the very least!

"I can see it clearly!" Hauge pointed at Xiao Xiaoluo, looking extremely fair, and there was no room for questioning.

The entire Stade de France was blown up, and Liverpool fans were already unhappy with the appointment of referees like Hauge and Bogan. Now that there is such a controversial punishment, regardless of 3721, it is directly a bombardment.

The audience suddenly sounded a shout of black whistle and black whistle.

"From the slow motion, Hauge's decision is indeed a bit of a mistake, Puyol has a more obvious kick action, whether he is rushing for the ball or not, at least he did hook Cristiano with the ball? Ronaldo, it was an indisputable foul in the box, at least Liverpool should be given a penalty! ”

'But it all happened so fast, Liverpool's counter-attack came so quickly. Hauge may be a little far away, and while running, it is inevitable that his vision will be limited to a certain extent, and there is no way to do anything if there is a miscalculation. It can only be said that Liverpool's counterattack is advancing too fast, and Xiao Xiaoluo's dribbling skills are too deceptive. ”

The on-site commentator joked with a smile that in fact, in any football game, there will indeed be some controversial penalties.

"But we can all see it...... "The TV replayed the entire attacking coordination of Liverpool just now, from Reese to Essien to Gerrard, all with one pass and catch. "Liverpool's one-kick pass and catch are very skillful, especially on the counter-attack, and Barcelona's defense is a little bit unresponsive, they always give Liverpool too much space behind the defence. ”

"***, do you dare to say that you didn't touch my feet?" Little Luo stood up indignantly and glared at Puyol. ..., although the Portuguese would not be impulsive enough to make a move with Puyol. But it doesn't mean that he will be willing to leave it at that.

Puyol ignored him, just chose to ignore it, walked forward, and prepared to wait for Valdés to kick off.

Looking at Puyol's back, Xiao Xiaoluo almost gritted his teeth with hatred, what he hated most was those guys who fouled him, but pretended to be more innocent than anything else, hypocrisy!

"Don't care, Cristiano!" Gerrard walked over and encouraged his teammates, "The leader said, you switch positions with Robben and make more crosses on the wing, I will follow up!" ”

After hearing this, Xiao Xiaoluo nodded, "They must be good-looking!" ”

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Beep!!!

'Hauge blew for an offside spot from Liverpool, and it was shown in slow motion that Robben was indeed in an offside position at the moment of Carrick's pass, which was an indisputable decision, but the Liverpool players were unhappy with Hauge's decision.

"It's no wonder that this is the fourth time in the past five minutes that Hauge has made an unfavorable decision against Liverpool, including a clear misjudgment, that is, Carrick's overhead pass at the back, Drogba got rid of Marcos in an offside position, it was a very beautiful anti-offside combination, but Hauge was reminded by the linesman to blow Liverpool's offensive offside."

"Coupled with the yellow card of Ronaldo before, Liverpool feel that they have been treated unfairly!"

"Yang Cheng shouted at the players on the pitch on the sidelines, signaling them to calm down and not lose their minds, and at the same time he also seemed to be gesturing to the players, what does this mean?"

Of course, the on-site commentators don't understand the gestures that only the Liverpool players understand, but the Liverpool players do.

From the point of view of possession, the two sides can be described as evenly matched, but Liverpool are obviously more able to create threats, from the beginning, they have frequently created some dangerous attacks, Barcelona had to adopt a defensive posture, because their right side was suppressed by Liverpool's left side, whether it was Robben or Ronaldo Jr. Firmly ate Oleg.

Messi can't play, Xavi has to help Edmilson defend, plus a rushing Essien, Iniesta's attack in the middle is difficult to work, and Barcelona's attack always plays Ronaldinho's side.

But Glenn? Johnson's confidence began to build up after a few defending, with the help of Gerrard and Carrick, and Ronaldinho began to calm down, at least he would not make any more mistakes with easy kicks.

After stifling Barca's attack, Liverpool's counter-attack looked even more threatening.

In the 27th minute, Carragher stepped forward to intercept Ronaldinho's pass to Eto'o, and handed it to Gerrard, who retreated to defend, and Gerrard was pressed by Xavi and immediately passed the ball to Ronaldo, who came back from the right to pick him up.

After switching positions with Robben, Ronaldo retreated to get the ball, and Van Bronckhorst pressed up.

The Portuguese leaned on Van Brongnorst with his body, faced Gerrard's incoming ball, gently picked up his right foot, aimed at the incoming ball, knocked his heel, and the ball touched his foot and changed direction, rolling behind Van Bronckhorst, and it was very fast.

Van Bronckhorst was startled, and was about to turn around when he felt Xiao Xiao Luo pass by him like a gust of wind.

He is not young, and he still has to turn around, but Xiao Xiaoluo's short sprint is the best in the world, and it is a frontal sprint, and Van Bronckhorst can't stop it at all.

After the ball passed Van Bronckhorst, Ronaldo almost soared to his top speed, but after receiving the ball, he cut into the right rib.

Barcelona's backline is also very fast, plus Ronaldo is on the wing, so when Ronaldo enters the penalty area, they have already returned to the defense, Marcos handed Drogba to Puyol, and he came up to block Ronaldo.

After the Portuguese entered the penalty area, the speed did not slow down, a feint of pedaling a bicycle played at his feet, very realistic, and fast, Marcos did not dare to make a move in an instant, but Xiao Xiaoluo changed the 45-degree cut to suddenly accelerate down.

Marcos played the main central defender in Barcelona this season, his explosiveness and defensive awareness are excellent, he is not tall, but his technical characteristics are very comprehensive, and he also accelerated to catch up as soon as he reacted, especially when he saw Xiao Xiaoluo making a cross, not only Marcos immediately dodged and made a blocking move, but Puyol in the distance also attached Drogba as if he was facing a big enemy.

Who knows, after Xiao Xiaoluo raised his foot, he suddenly buckled the ball, turned around, shook Marcos, and passed the ball back.

Behind him, a figure in a red jersey was inserted in the fast back row, and he was about to get up in the face of Xiao Xiaoluo's incoming ball, and after deceiving Puyol who flew over to block the gun's eye, he buckled, just like shaking a wooden stake, after shaking Puyol, near the penalty spot, he pulled out a powerful volley with his left foot! (To be continued)