super storm

Chapter 510 Nightmare Night
Three to one, Liverpool won a great victory!

This is not the boast of Yang Yang and others, but the evaluation given by a Spanish media reporter at the post-match press conference.

Benitez also said in an interview with the media, "This is a game worth remembering!"

"At the press conference before the game, many media reporters were worried that this would be a drama where Spain's gorgeous football crushed England's rough football. I said, no, on the contrary, I think the atmosphere of the game between the two teams will be very good, and you have also seen it today. Both the result and the process of the game are indeed quite good."

After hearing this, many journalists at the scene were embarrassed, and they couldn't help but slander in their hearts.

Of course you think everything is fine if you win, but what about Barcelona who lost?

Ask that awkward Rijkaard next to you, does he think the game atmosphere is good?

Benitez obviously hadn't had enough of it yet, and he directly mentioned a problem that the Catalan media made difficult for him before the game.

At that time, a media believed that in the game between Barcelona and Liverpool, there was a huge gap in strength between the two sides, and even believed that in the eyes of Barcelona, ​​​​Liverpool was never regarded as an opponent.

Benitez's response at the time was that Liverpool was the Champions League champion in [-], and Barcelona was the Champions League champion in [-]. This was a duel between the Champions League champions in the past two seasons, and the gap in strength was far from that big.

But now, as the winner, Benitez said with a smile, "Maybe in the eyes of many Barcelona people, we have never been regarded as one of the opponents, but tonight, at the Nou Camp, this opponent who is not an opponent successfully took away an away victory."

Benitez didn't provoke too much, but his words were enough to slap his face.

Not only Rijkaard was embarrassed, but even many media reporters at the scene were very embarrassed.

Before the game, almost most of the Spanish media reporters looked down on Liverpool because Barcelona was too strong.

In the past two years, in European football, who would not admire the Barcelona Dream Team II and Ronaldinho?

But tonight, this lofty and mighty Dream Team [-] was pushed to the ground by Liverpool and rubbed against each other.

For this game, Benitez said that the team wins in the efficiency of the counterattack, and Yang Yang is the key to the team's victory.

"I am very satisfied with the performance of the players. They played very well, trained very hard, played very hard. To win this game, each of us gave a lot, and everyone knows that playing Barcelona is never easy, especially at the Nou Camp, but we did a great job on the counterattack."

"I'm very happy to see an omnipotent Yang Yang. He is a player that I can't fault. He always trains the hardest and plays the hardest. Tonight's three goals are very beautiful."

"Last season, he scored a hat-trick at the Bernabéu, and this season he scored a hat-trick at the Nou Camp. I think this should be a good story, but I think he still has considerable potential to be tapped. He is only 20 years old."

Benitez believes that the team's ten-day training camp in Portugal is very important and has played an effective role, but he does not think that the team has secured the right to advance.

"There is still the second half of the game. At best, we can only say that we have seized the opportunity, but we still have to be cautious. Barcelona is a team full of mysterious and unpredictable strength. Any team that is slightly lax may suffer a disastrous defeat."

At the end, Benitez also thanked the Liverpool fans who came to the away game.

In the final stage of the game, a very small number of Liverpool fans sang the team song "You will never walk alone" at Camp Nou, and the momentum even overwhelmed more than 9 home team fans, which shows the madness of Liverpool fans at that time.

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Compared to Benitez's ease of mind, Rijkaard felt very sorry for the loss.

The Dutch coach believes that the reason for the loss is that after taking the lead, the team played a little safe and lacked the passion of the game.

"We unknowingly slowed down the offense on the offensive end, and it cost us a lot."

Rijkaard also admitted that many players are a bit out of shape.

"Our opponents had ten days more preparation time than us, but we had to insist on continuous combat, which caused the players to be a little out of shape. This was more obvious after the draw."

"There is no doubt that Yang Yang is the key to this game. He is the best player in the game. We did not find a good way to restrain him, which made us suffer a terrible blow. The next second round of the game is very critical."

"We have to think about it carefully. If we want to beat Liverpool in the away game, we must first find a way to freeze Yang Yang."

At the end of the press conference, Rijkaard was also asked about Eto'o by media reporters. The Cameroon striker was absent from this important matchup, and Saviola, who replaced him, and Good Johnson, who appeared in the last 10 minutes of the second half, obviously lacked the ability to replace him, so many media were concerned about Eto'o's next situation.

Rijkaard said that Eto'o's failure to enter the squad was a request made by the players themselves, mainly because he was not in a particularly ideal state recently and was under a lot of pressure.

As for Valdés who made successive mistakes, Rijkaard gave comfort, saying that everyone can understand his mistakes.

"We have to accept it because it's part of the game of football and the real team has to stay together whether it wins or loses and especially at this moment we have to be more calm."

Rijkaard also did not give up hope at Anfield, saying the team still has a chance.

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Not only Rijkaard, but many Barcelona players publicly stated in interviews with the media after the game that the team has the ability to comeback away, including Valdes, who made a major mistake.

Yang Yang also accepted interviews from Spanish, British and Chinese media after the game. He was very satisfied with his hat-trick, but he kept saying that these were all supported by the team and his teammates.

"I think it's too early to talk about the promotion. The second round is still full of suspense. It's hard to say who will win or lose."

As for his two consecutive seasons, he has conquered the Bernabéu and the Nou Camp, the most difficult devil's home courts in the world, with a hat-trick. Yang Yang said with a smile that this is purely a coincidence.

"It's two great club teams and I'm proud to score goals in a game like this."

There was a question from the Catalan media. Regarding the contest between him and Messi in this game, Yang Yang smiled and said that Messi is a player full of strength, but he may not be in his best state yet.

"Actually, I never cared about me or Messi who performed better. What I cared more about was how to help the team win."

But obviously, Yang Yang's answer did not satisfy the Catalan media.

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Nightmare night!

The World Sports Daily published such a front-page headline the next day.

In the report, World Sports Daily pointed the spearhead directly at Rijkaard, thinking that there were serious problems with the formation of the Dutch coach, and he was completely defeated in the contest with Benitez.

"The most obvious example is that Benitez's first substitution occurred in No. 80 minutes, and 2 minutes later, Rijkaard used the last substitution quota, and at this time, Liverpool's coach still had two substitution quotas in his hands."

"Of course, this does not explain the problem, but it can prove that in this peak match, whether it is the head coach, the team, or the team itself, Barcelona lost in all aspects!"

The second accusation against Rijkaard by the World Sports Daily is to backfire. In such an important game, hiding Giuly and reusing the young teenager Messi is obviously a big failure.

"In this crucial game, Messi played the whole game, touched the ball 39 times, passed the ball 26 times, and was intercepted six times. This is definitely not the data that a qualified main player should show."

"After a long period of injury, Messi only came off the bench twice and started in such an important game. As a result, his performance was sluggish throughout the game and was completely frozen by Arbeloa who was temporarily moved from the right to the left."

World Sports Daily has not forgotten to create contradictions and conflicts between Yang Yang and Messi.

"In the eyes of many people, Messi has always been compared with Yang Yang, but in fact, Yang Yang has already squeezed into the top five in the World Player of the Year ranking. He led Ajax to the semi-finals of the Champions League by himself. He leads the Premier League scorer list this season and also leads the Champions League scorer list. But what about Messi?"

"Cruyff once said that in Real Madrid, it is a crime to use young players like Gago and Higuain as the savior, but in Barcelona, ​​​​the younger Messi is played as the savior. This is definitely a kind of sadness!"

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If it is said that the World Sports Daily has no integrity, then the Daily Sports Daily is also not far behind.

On the second day, the daily sports newspaper publicly stated, "Barcelona needs Eto'o!"

The headlines on the front page believe that Rijkaard is taking the future of the team as a tool to maintain his authority.

"In the post-match press conference, when Rijkaard was asked about Eto'o, he said this. When Eto'o told me himself that he was ready, I would put him in the squad."

"Obviously, the reason why he excluded Eto'o from the squad is to make the Cameroon striker soft."

"But in this game against Liverpool, we can see that the team created a lot of opportunities throughout the game, but they have never been able to create a threat. The team needs a key scorer like Eto'o who can make the final decision."

"The Cameroon striker scored five goals before he was injured in September and is still ranked fifth in the team. Before him, Ronaldinho scored [-] goals, Saviola scored [-] goals, but seven goals were scored in the tasteless King's Cup, Good Johnson scored ten goals, and five were scored in the King's Cup and the Club World Cup."

"It can be seen that the team lacks a stable scorer, but Rijkaard rejected Eto'o because of personal grievances. This is definitely a crime!"

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But apart from Catalonia busy pursuing accountability, the world's media is immersed in a sound of admiration for Liverpool.

Especially Yang Yang, who scored a hat-trick and led the Champions League scorer list again!
(End of this chapter)