tenth

54. The game you must never lose

After the Fulham game, Liverpool will go to an away game to challenge Newcastle United. This is the last game before the life-and-death battle between Liverpool and Porto. After this game, Liverpool will face Porto at home.

Therefore, it is necessary for Benitez to rotate in this game. This time, Benitez finally found a reason for himself. In this game, Benitez put Crouch on the bench to let him recover from his injury.

Fernando Torres, who returned, started the game and tried to find his form.

And he also gave Fernando Torres and Crouch a half-time commitment, saying that it was to prepare for the life-and-death battle with Marseille. However, at this time, Xavi Alonso had not recovered from injury, so

, this guy Qiu Ze still appears in the starting lineup.

However, Benitez will not let Qiu Ze play the whole game. After all, the next game is a battle of life and death. He must think about the next game. The maximum Benitez can give Qiu Ze is 60

Minutes, he hoped to resolve the battle within sixty minutes.

Liverpool were in good shape in this game. Benitez's idea really came true. Liverpool resolved the battle within sixty minutes.

Fernando Torres, who started the game, did not score. The first goal was scored by Liverpool captain Gerrard after receiving a pass from Qiu Ze. Gerrard opened the door to victory for Liverpool.

Before the end of the first half, Riise made a pass from the wing. Fernando Torres in the center jumped high, but he did not hit the football. However, he interfered with the Newcastle United center back behind him, and the football hit the ball.

The Newcastle United centre-back changed direction and flew into the Newcastle United goal.

Own goal!, Liverpool is really lucky. With this own goal, Liverpool ended the first half with a two-goal lead.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, Liverpool replaced Fernando Torres with Crouch and replaced Qiu Ze with Benayoun. Qiu Ze only played for 45 minutes and then left. It seems that he really overfulfilled the task.

ah.

Crouch has been in really hot form recently. Less than ten minutes after he came on the field, he found an opportunity at the edge of the penalty area. This guy passed the ball horizontally, evading Newcastle United's centre-back, and then

He volleyed directly from the front of the penalty area, and the football flew into Newcastle United's goal like lightning.

Three to zero! Liverpool led Newcastle United three to zero in the away game. At this time, Newcastle United fans left the game early.

He has scored goals in three consecutive games. Crouch's recent state is so hot that he is frightened to death. This surprises Liverpool fans. The most surprising thing for you is that Benitez can face such a difficult time.

To have such a player who can score goals is a sign of admiration for Liverpool.

After the ten-goal victory over Betaxis, things seemed to have changed for Liverpool. All good things were flowing towards Liverpool. Now Liverpool's players and fans are full of confidence that Liverpool will qualify from the Champions League group and advance to the top 16 of the Champions League.

Whether Liverpool can achieve a big comeback from death to life, the last three games of the group stage are all critical, and this week's game with Porto is extremely difficult. In the last round, Besiktas was beaten 10-0, creating a Champions League

The biggest score in history, but this only changed Liverpool's danger of climbing the cliff from one hand to two. If Liverpool wants to qualify from the group, there are still two levels left, and they must score six points from Porto and Marseille.

It's like climbing a cliff.

Porto drew with Liverpool at home in the first round and currently tops the list with eight points. The current situation in Group A is chaotic, and even Besiktas still retains hope of qualifying. In this complicated situation, how can Liverpool play its true role as a strong team?

The home field advantage is actually very important. After all, any team must win at the famous Anfield.

However, Porto is not Besiktas. Although the king of the Champions League in the 2003-2004 season is not famous enough, its strength can already compete with other giants. If Liverpool wants to watch the massacre again, I am afraid this is

It's no longer realistic.

However, Liverpool has never thought about massacring Porto. Their current idea is to win this game and get three points.

At this time, countless media reported on this game and previewed the game. England's "The Sun" reported: "The Red Army has been pushed to the edge of the cliff. If they fail to win this round, Benitez's coaching position will be in doubt."

."

In their report, they wrote:

In the European arena, Benitez, who has always been called the "King of Cups", is now in trouble. Although they defeated the Turkish powerhouse Besiktas with a record-breaking 10-0 in the last round, the Red Army still needs to win in the remaining games.

Only by scoring three points in the two rounds can you advance to the group stage.

They only achieved one win, one draw and two losses in four rounds. Both Red Army fans and team owners were very angry about this. For Liverpool's two American owners, they almost satisfied Bei Shuai's wishes during the summer transfer.

Despite all the demands, a total investment of 70 million pounds has not yielded any results. Whether Liverpool can enter the knockout rounds of the Champions League will be the bottom line of the American boss's psychological endurance.

There has been news before that if Liverpool cannot qualify from the group, then Liverpool King Dalglish will step in to replace Benitez. Benitez and his Liverpool have been pushed to the edge of the cliff.

If they fail to win this round, Liverpool will be eliminated and Benítez’s coaching position will be hard to come by. However, Porto is by no means an idle bunch. Currently, they rank first in this group with an undefeated record of two wins and two draws.

As long as they beat Liverpool in this round, they will qualify for the group stage one round ahead of schedule. Their desire for victory is no less than that of Liverpool.

In fact, in the four years since he took charge of Liverpool, Benitez has always relied on his Champions League results to make up for his lackluster results in the Premier League. Now, Benitez’s Liverpool is about to be eliminated from the Champions League, so this guy’s last piece

The fig leaf will be ruthlessly torn off, so at that time, how will he remain as the coach of Liverpool?

The report of "The Sun" must be true and very reasonable. There are really many Liverpool fans who think so. If Liverpool is eliminated from the Champions League group stage this season, they really want Benitez to leave.

Liverpool's coaching position.

Although Liverpool can still remain undefeated in the league this season, there is still a gap between them and the top spot. As a giant, they have the embarrassing record of only winning one home game in the league in three months. The relationship between Benitez and captain Gerrard has always been

It's very indifferent. The two forwards he values ​​​​Kuyt and Voronin have a combined goal scoring rate of less than 50% in the league (the two scored a total of four goals in 13 league rounds). With such attacking ability,

It is understandable that Liverpool fell to this point in the Champions League group stage.

Therefore, it is normal for Liverpool fans to have doubts about his coaching ability. It would be abnormal if they did not doubt his coaching ability.

It is still very difficult for Liverpool to win this game, because Porto is not a very easy team to deal with, they are not Betaxis.

Porto has proven that they are a difficult team to deal with in the Champions League. In the first round at home against Liverpool, they defeated their opponents without any power to fight back. Although from the perspective of fighting spirit, Porto only needs a draw to qualify early.

Once Liverpool goes out with all their strength, the "old and cunning" Portuguese counterattack is also very targeted.

This round of home game against Porto has become a life-and-death battle for Beshuai and the soldiers. The tens of thousands of fans at home and the eager eyes of the two American bosses will definitely put a lot of pressure on Beshuai. There is even news that the Red Army before the game

The management released a message to Benitez: Either win the game or the coaching position will not be guaranteed.

This cannot be blamed on the two financial backers of Liverpool. After all, they allowed Bei Shuai to buy people during the summer transfer. Spending 70 million pounds without any repercussions is a result that no one can accept. This would be unacceptable to anyone.

You will do the same thing, that’s 70 million pounds!

The Red Army fans need a victory to appease them. They have just experienced the humiliating elimination of the national team and the bar scandal involving national team members. Now their fragile hearts can no longer accept the result of the home team being kicked out.

However, the team's 10-0 victory over Betaxis in the last round gave Liverpool fans some confidence. For this game, Liverpool people are full of energy. They hope that Liverpool can stage a great comeback and create a miracle.

The only thing that makes Bei coach happy now is that Liverpool are in good form recently. In the last round of the league, the Red Army beat Newcastle 3-0 away from home. Captain Gerrard came in and was in good form, occasionally scoring goals, and Crouch has been in good form recently.

Fierce, scoring goals one after another.

In these days of training, Crouch has shown that he is still in good shape, and he has scored goals again and again in training matches. Not to mention Qiu Ze, who is in good shape as always, and in time, Fernando Torres.

The guy's condition has also improved recently.

Seeing the excellent condition of these players, Benitez is also full of confidence in this game. He firmly believes that the final victory belongs to him.

In this game, the Red Army Liverpool is playing at the famous Anfield Devil's home ground, which gives them some psychological advantages; however, Porto is not Besiktas after all, and they will not let the Red Army casually score a record score.

Coming to Anfield with an unbeaten record of two wins and two draws, as long as they beat Liverpool in this round, they can qualify for the group stage one round in advance. Since there is an opportunity to resolve the battle early, Porto must not want to have a long night and a dream.

This game has attracted the attention of a lot of people. Everyone wants to see if Liverpool will explode like it did in the last round. Now Liverpool has been pushed over the edge of the cliff. They believe that Liverpool will never hide again.

They were holding back because they had no other chance.

Victory! This is the only thing Liverpool people are pursuing now. If they do not win, then Liverpool will be humiliatingly eliminated from the group stage, and Benitez will also change from "King of the Cup" to "Death of the Cup."

The Liverpool people really cannot afford to lose in this game. And Benitez can't afford to lose even more. He has received an ultimatum from the American boss. If he is eliminated from the Champions League group stage, then Benitez will be in Anhui.

Field is here too!

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like