There is a dream called football

Leverkusen's Brazilian player Franca sat on the bench, which later proved to be the biggest parallel import in Leverkusen's history.

The reason for this is that there is a story. Originally, Leverkusen was planning to buy Kaká, but something went wrong and Kaká’s parent team wanted to raise the price, so Leverkusen later bought Kaká, who looked good.

Franza.

But after coming to Europe, everyone knew the story behind it. Kaka became a superstar, and people who don't watch the Bundesliga have no idea who Franza is.

In fact, it's not that França is not good, but that he came to the wrong league. The Bundesliga requires intensity, and pure skills will not suffice.

Liverpool originally wanted to seize the start, just like the Premier League, holding down their opponents and beating them violently, but what they didn't expect was that Leverkusen was not afraid. They withstood several waves of Liverpool's attacks.

Benitez scratched his head and had to say that the Germans were the opponents that no one in European football wanted to encounter because they were too tough.

Gerald.

Alonso.

Cowell.

Baros.

The ball came to Li Qiao's feet after a series of passes in the Liverpool midfield, and the white Leverkusen players immediately gathered over. Li Qiao was surrounded. He could only pass the ball to Riise on the wing, and then he went to

Plug it in the restricted area.

The back row insertion is a very classic tactic. Riise saw that there were two people in the penalty area, one was Li Qiao and the other was Baros, so he sent a ball to Li Qiao who was in front.

However, under the interference of Brazilian Juan, Li Qiao could only barely complete the shooting action and the ball missed!

Liverpool had just completed a shot, and Leverkusen also launched an attack. The ball passed three times and fell to Berbatov's feet. Just when everyone thought he was going to shoot, he suddenly

After a pause, he then passed the ball to Voronin like a heavy-handed ball.

But……

Just when Benitez was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat, Wolonin unexpectedly failed to catch the ball.

He had a wry smile on his face, as if to say, buddy, you passed the ball so badly that you fooled me too.

Berbatov chuckled. If Shevchenko had replaced this goal, he might have scored. This is the difference between players and stars.

Voronin is Ukraine's second forward, the one who lives next to Shevchenko, and his level is indeed far behind Shevchenko.

After a while, Hyypia and Carragher discovered one thing, that is, Berbatov's football was too magical.

It looks slow, but firstly, he protects the ball very well, and secondly, more importantly, he handles the ball very calmly.

Berbatov is the kind of person who can play football with his brain. This kind of player is very strange, but in fact it has become increasingly rare.

Benitez gradually discovered that the core of Leverkusen's offense turned out to be Berbatov. He got the most balls in the frontcourt and basically never conceded the ball.

This is Leverkusen’s Ibrahimovic!

However, for this kind of player, you can't make a hard attack, because what he likes most is to attack the opponent, and then he can get rid of the ball quickly.

Or just hit you behind.

However, Premier League defenders are very experienced in this kind of situation, that is to say, be a little rough and make you afraid of me.

So Hyypia added a little more strength when he grabbed the ball and kicked Berbatov's calf, but he was very careful about the scale and couldn't let the referee play the card.

After Berbatov was kicked, Leverkusen players became angry and gathered around him.

"They just want to destroy Berbatov."

"Must have a red card."

"Shut up."

Hyypia kept making the shut-up gesture, which angered the Leverkusen players and they all ran over to surround Hyypia.

"What? Do you want to fight?"

"You don't look like a pro."

"I don't know what German professional players are like, but here, I have to play like this."

Leverkusen players swore foul language.

Hyypia was not reluctant, but neither side took action. At this time, the referee came over and gave Hyypia a yellow card first.

"Oh my god, my movements are so small."

"Don't tell me this."

If Hyypia's actions were in the Premier League, there would indeed be no problem, but unfortunately this is the Champions League, and the standards are much lower than those in the Premier League.

Benitez is a little helpless. This will cause trouble for Hyypia. He is a central defender. If he carries a yellow card, it will be very troublesome to make subsequent actions.

Benitez immediately called Alonso over, "You have to protect Hyypia, you know?"

Alonso nodded.

Augenthaler was very good. He was keenly aware that this might cause problems for Hyypia, so he asked his players to hit him hard.

The ball was also sent to Hyypia's defense zone, seemingly hoping to get him out quickly, Hyypia told himself over and over again.

"You must calm down, otherwise you will go down."

But the tree was still but the wind was still blowing. After Berbatov got the ball, he walked in front of him. At this time, Hyypia seemed to be making a multiple-choice question, either letting him pass or making some moves.

In the end, the defender's instinct made Hyypia make a move, just a slight hand movement.

"Red card."

All the Leverkusen players gathered around the referee and asked for a red card. They were very excited and felt that they had succeeded. Gerrard also came over immediately.

"This is not a yellow card action."

The referee needs to find a balance. After all, this is the Champions League knockout round, so he did not give the card in the end, which angered Augenthaler.

"Okay, home whistle, I can understand."

"Home whistle."

The fourth official reminded him to calm down, and Augenthaler laughed and said: "Do you have a red card?"

The fourth official just laughed.

"Then you really should send off the referee."

Benitez gradually realized that Leverkusen's offensive rhythm was obviously slower than Liverpool, but the effect was very good, even better than Liverpool. This shows that Leverkusen's midfielder is very smart.

They handle the ball very well.

As long as a team makes no mistakes in the midfield, it will be difficult for their opponents to counterattack. This is why Liverpool did not have many chances in this game.

Benitez gestured for Hamann to get up. In this case, you need to put more pressure on your opponent. In fact, whether you make a mistake or not, often depends on whether you can put pressure on your opponent.

If you can put pressure on your opponent, no matter how strong your opponent is, they will make passing mistakes. After all, they are all human beings.

When Benitez asked Hamann to come up, he was just trying to shake things up, not that he would replace him immediately.

"I want my opponents to know that Liverpool can also play strong football."

But for the time being, Benitez can only rely on Gerrard in the frontcourt. If no substitutions are made, then he will have to do a little more work.

So everyone sees that Gerrard is basically doing the work of two people by himself.