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This is not the first time that a match-fixing incident has occurred in European football. A match-fixing incident broke out very early in the morning.

In 1972, Leeds head coach Don Revie instructed captain Bremner to "buy" a penalty kick from Wolves for £5,000 to ensure Leeds won and won the league championship. However, this proposal was rejected by the opponent.

In 1980, Italian striker Rossi was suspected of manipulating the result of a two-to-two draw with Avellino in Perugia. He was eventually sentenced to a three-year ban. Later, Rossi's ban was reduced to two years. He also represented

The Italian team participated in the 1982 World Cup and became the top scorer in that tournament.

In 1982, Goethals, the head coach of the Belgian team Standard Liege, instigated his players to bribe their opponents in the final round. The matter was later exposed. As a result, Goethals and thirteen Liege players were banned from playing football in Belgium for life.

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In 1984, Nottingham Forest was eliminated in the second round of the UEFA Cup after losing 0-3 to Anderlecht. It later turned out that the Anderlecht team paid 20,000 pounds to bribe the referee of the game.

In 1993, the sensational "Marseille match-fixing case" broke out. Marseille chairman Tapie tried to bribe the opponent's players to engage in match-fixing. As a result, Marseille was deprived of two championships and was demoted to Serie B.

In 1997, Grobbelaar, who played for Liverpool, was accused of receiving £40,000 and £120,000 respectively in 1993 to ensure his team lost to Newcastle and Manchester United, while Fashonu and Segers, who played for Wimbledon, were suspected of

In the same year, he manipulated the team's loss to Manchester United. Later, due to lack of sufficient evidence, none of the three were convicted.

Of course, these are just some examples. Among them, the most familiar, most profound and most recent match-fixing incident is the "Calciopolicy" incident that broke out in Italian football more than a year ago. This match-fixing incident was in

It caused a huge sensation around the world. Many teams in Italy were fined, and even Juventus was ordered to be relegated.

Therefore, even with such a sound football system in Europe, match-fixing cannot be avoided, which is worth pondering.

Now another match-fixing incident has broken out in European football, which has made UEFA take it very seriously. They claim that they will not let a bad person go, let alone wrongly accuse a good person. This really reassures the people of Liverpool.

However, it is obvious that the people of Liverpool are not so focused on this now, and the police and UEFA do not suspect them at this time. The people of Liverpool are now completely focused on the upcoming Champions League life and death battle.

Maybe at this time Benitez is still depressed about his first defeat in the league last weekend, maybe he is still angry about the match-fixing rumors, but now he has to put all these aside, and now he has to face the next game

It was a life and death battle.

Three days later, Liverpool will challenge Marseille away in the last game of the Champions League group stage this season. The most serious consequence of losing this game is that Benitez will not even be able to retain his coaching position.

Yes, at this time there are already rumors that Liverpool's American boss has begun to look for a new coach for Liverpool, including the Portuguese Jose Mourinho who has just resigned from Chelsea, and Liverpool's King Dag

Lish and others have all come into Liverpool's sight.

If Liverpool cannot win this game, then Benitez will leave Anfield and say goodbye to Liverpool.

At today's press conference, Benitez said categorically: "We will advance to the next round of the Champions League." This may be Benitez cheering for himself and the Liverpool players, because

What they need now is confidence.

Perhaps Benitez has realized that expecting Besiktas to win Porto away from home is a bit too harsh, so the only thing he can do now is to lead Liverpool to a victory over Marseille, which they also lost at home to Marseille a month ago.

The evil consequences sown will all be eliminated.

Although Benitez is well aware of the difficulty of challenging the Velodrome Stadium (Marseille's home stadium), he still believes that his disciples can have the courage to overcome all difficulties and defeat their opponents. Their Red Army Liverpool are born to create miracles. This time

Not surprising either.

Benitez said, "I never think about failure, all I think about is winning, and I know this team. It is very happy to see these players playing wonderful football, and it also gives me

More confidence, but I have to say we made too many mistakes against Marseille at Anfield."

While expressing his confidence, Benitez said that Liverpool had made many mistakes in the past. He was reminding Liverpool's players to guard against arrogance and impetuosity and devote themselves to this game. Then the victory would definitely belong to them, Liverpool.

At the same time, Benitez also pointed out several unfavorable conditions for the Red Army: "Marseille has not played for ten days. They have been training to prepare for this game. Now we must challenge their home court, but

Playing there was not a problem for us. Our problem was that we put too much pressure on ourselves in the Champions League because we lost at home. Everyone was in bad shape at that time and many people were disappointed after the game.

I was saying forget it, what a disaster. But now the boys are saying, no problem, Liverpool can do it. Now we are full of confidence, so I believe we can beat Marseille and advance to the next round."

If the Red Army fails to qualify in this game, they will suffer huge economic losses. There is also news that Rafa may be fired as a result. The reporter at the scene raised this question to Benitez.

But Benitez ignored this and was full of confidence in the team's victory. "For me, competitive success is far more important than economic success. Money is indeed important, but you want to win the game the most."

The fundamental reason is to get more trophies and glory, not for money. A giant like Liverpool must win honors, and with championship money will follow. I have always believed that we will qualify. I have always said before,

We will win three games in a row to qualify."

Benitez himself is very confident, but the media reporters are talking about Liverpool's loss to Reading in the last round, which makes the people of Liverpool very unhappy. What makes them even more unhappy is the recent situation of Marseille.

It seems pretty good.

In this round of French Ligue 1, Marseille, which played all its main players, won 2-0 at home. Although the players were physically exhausted, they were greatly encouraged mentally. Head coach Graetz said with satisfaction after the game: "

As long as we can play at this level this Wednesday, victory will definitely belong to us."

Before the start of the game, Gretz was somewhat in a dilemma. After some consideration, Gretz finally decided to take a gamble. Except for the youngster Nasri, who had an ankle injury, the head coach played all the cards.

Of course, the side effects are also obvious. In Monday's training, forward Niguan and midfielder Ziani, who have been in good form recently, did not participate due to muscle fatigue. Xiao Shelu was injured in the game. Although there was no major problem in participating in the game against Liverpool.

But it's also a bit worrying.

What worries Marseille fans the most now is the ankle of midfielder Nasri. The youngster still did not participate in training on Monday. Gretz said that judging from the current situation, it is unlikely that Nasri will participate in this game. He lacks

Without the guidance of "Zidane II" in the midfield, although Marseille's fighting spirit is high, its combat effectiveness has still dropped a lot.

However, Gretz is still very confident. The head coach said that since Marseille can get three points at Anfield away from home, Marseille has no reason to be afraid of their opponents at the Velodrome Stadium. Captain Cana also expressed the support of the home fans.

Next, Marseille will make Liverpool suffer: "We will definitely not let them have a comfortable night."

Gretz is very confident about this game. They know that Liverpool is currently involved in other things, such as the match-fixing incident, Qiu Ze's scandal, and Benitez's dismissal time. These will definitely be involved.

The energy of Liverpool makes it impossible for Liverpool to fully devote themselves to the game. If Marseille cannot win the game, it will be too fake.

Marseille's number one star Nasri said in an interview with reporters: "We defeated Liverpool at Anfield last time. I believe we can still defeat our opponents in this game because this is our home court.

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Nasri was also asked at what time he could play. Nasri responded this way: "Now I am in good condition and recovering well. I am ready to play. I believe in the head coach."

I will be given a chance to appear."

Nasri's return surprised reporters. After all, in a previous interview, Marseille head coach Gretz also said that Nasri was not well and would probably not appear in this game. However, no

It didn't take long for Nasri to overturn this statement himself. Is this a smoke bomb by Gretz?

Yes, at this time, Liverpool's head coach Benitez was also wondering if this was Benitez's smoke bomb? But after Nasri's words came out, he believed that this must be Gretz's smoke bomb.

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Liverpool's captain was interviewed by reporters before the game. He said this: "After losing to Besiktas, the situation became worse. We once faced a steep slope. But through the last two Champions League games,

With our wonderful performance, we took the initiative back into our own hands. Compared with the team that lost to Marseille, we have made a completely different improvement."

"The last round match is very important for us. Of course, I believe we can defeat Marseille in the end and advance to the next round." Gerrard was full of confidence.

In fact, Gerrard and Liverpool had a similar experience three years ago. At that time, in the final round of the group stage, they also faced the situation of having to defeat Olympiacos to qualify. As a result, they conceded a goal first.

, they successfully advanced by winning three consecutive games before the end, and eventually won the Champions League that season.

In order to arouse the confidence of the whole team, Gerrard specifically mentioned the scene from that year: "Everyone will remember the game against Olympiacos, which will bring confidence to everyone. The difference is that this time we will be away from home.

We will face more difficulties in combat. But the team has played many beautiful games recently, and there is still a great chance of winning."

Since they lag behind Marseille in terms of mutual victory and defeat, Liverpool are faced with a situation where they can only control their own destiny by winning. However, in Gerrard's view, this situation may also bring victory opportunities to the team: "In fact, Marseille and us

We are also under huge pressure. After a bad start, we are no longer the favorites to qualify. Maybe our opponents are looking forward to seeing us out early, but the result is not the case. Therefore, Marseille must be very worried about the coming from

Our counterattack, this is an opportunity we have to seize."