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After the game against Arsenal, the Liverpool players did not have extra time to think about how this would affect the Premier League champions. Their time was spent on how to proceed with the following games.

And taking advantage of the joy, in the locker room, Benitez also made a decision, "We will use the main lineup to play in the English League Cup on Wednesday. And in the league on the weekend, we will use substitutes."

In the middle of the next week, it will be the key battle that will determine the final result of the team's Champions League.At this time, Liverpool really need some trade-offs.The league match against Aston Villa at Villa Park on the weekend was not particularly difficult, and the victory or defeat was originally crucial to the overall situation. Therefore, Benitez simply decided to give up this league game and go all out to fight. A Champions League.

In this game, although Zhao Yaning and others still played the main players, they played extremely slack.Aston Villa took a 1-0 lead when they came up, but Liverpool kept playing slowly. Until the second half, Zhao Yaning took advantage of the corner kick and passed the ball to Alonso. With a long shot, he broke through the opponent's gate and equalized the score.

In order to maintain the state, it is a good idea to play a League Cup. [

In this round of the League Cup, Chelsea's opponent is Tottenham, a mid-range Premier League team.It is already an eight-to-four match, so Tottenham have also deployed more than half of the main players.But such a lineup is still much worse than Liverpool.Liverpool, who played at home, advanced to the semi-finals of the League Cup with a 1-0 record.

After all, the League Cup is just a tasteless event, and no one cares anyway.Entering the semi-finals did not make Liverpool so excited.In the weekend's game, Liverpool sent a substitute lineup. After a 90-minute defense in the away game, they returned to Anfield with a draw.

And this time, their opponent is Olympiacos, the dark horse team in the dark horse group that beat them in the away game.

Just the day before the game, Monaco fought at home and beat Deportivo 5-0, qualifying ahead of schedule with 12 points, while Deportivo failed to score a goal in six group matches and only had two draws, with a score of 2. points were eliminated.

The Super Deportivo race has come to an end. At the turn of the century, La Liga Valencia, Real Madrid, and Deportivo, the three European clubs that earned points and ate the Serie A rafters, are gone forever.

And this result also drove Liverpool to a dead end: Monaco's victory broke their only fluke mentality. In this game, they must win to get the right to qualify.

And at this time, no matter how underestimated the opponent, it would be bad luck for him.The entire Liverpool dressing room is preparing before the game to win the last game of the Champions League.

Olympiacos' performance this year is indeed very good, and in the process of repeatedly watching the video, Zhao Yaning also found the characteristics of their performance.

They are a team built around Rivaldo.

In Milan last season, Rivaldo's performance has made people suspect that he is old.After all, the careers of Brazilian players are not long, and Rivaldo's performance in Milan is indeed not very good.Milan's Christmas tree tactics are considered to be the most outstanding tactical reforms in Europe. At the same time, Rivaldo also became a victim and embarked on his own end.The Christmas tree system is considered a great invention in football, but Rivaldo, who was out of tune with this system, had to bid farewell to the mainstream league.

After the end of last season, he left Serie A to join the Greek league.People thought that at this point in the player's career, it was almost time to come to an end.But this season, Rivaldo, who has led Olympiacos to a strong performance, has proved to people that even if he is in the old district, he is also the world's footballer, and he can still bully others.

In such a situation, after watching a few Olympiacos games, Zhao Yaning also came to a conclusion.Rivaldo is indeed getting old, his originally slow speed has become slower, his range of motion has also become smaller, and his movements have inevitably slowed down, and his physical strength has also declined-but his aging, but It is the aging that football players should have when they are old, not the faults caused by their own misconduct.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, you can think of this question: Although he is also a Brazilian, he is the World Footballer, a superstar, and the most outstanding player in the world.But Rivaldo and Ronaldo have completely different attitudes towards their careers.Big Luo, Ronaldinho even counted ahead to Romario and others, whose careers were also accompanied by endless scandals. Nightclubs, women, and booze are almost synonymous with their careers.Although Rivaldo was also born in Brazil, his career took a completely different path. He is not a famous young man, nor is he a famous prodigal son. He has always been a very professional player, just because He didn't play well in Milan, which gave people the impression that he might be an aging South American player.

But looking at his performance at Olympiacos, such words cannot be said.Here, with a group of players who are willing to play for him, and with Djordjevic launching a counterattack with his own speed and cooperating with him, he has regained the feeling of being the core of the team and picked up his own. technology and capabilities.

Presumably the failure in Milan was due to the fact that he could not really integrate into the tactical system: Milan's Christmas tree requires very high tactical capabilities.And Rivaldo has never been a person known for his obedience tactics.Perhaps, this is the biggest reason why he seems to have failed.

Seeing his performance, Zhao Yaning couldn't help but feel a little competitive: Compared with Rivaldo, he may still have some shortcomings.But Rivaldo is old, and the strength of the Greek league is not enough.Liverpool's strength is stronger, and Zhao Yaning himself is younger and more physically strong. What's so difficult about winning this game by himself.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yaning also encouraged his fighting spirit, so he used the sixth game of the group stage to play the prelude for the arrival of the era of renewal——

In this game, Liverpool still has a 4321 formation.In the forward position, Liverpool now only has Milito, and no one else is available, and in the midfielder position, only Zhao Yaning and Kewell are available, and Garcia’s injury has not healed yet.Such a formation is not so much a choice as a forced one.

From the beginning of the game, Liverpool occupied the rhythm of the field.In less than 5 minutes, Kewell used a breakthrough to get a corner kick for Liverpool. [

Zhao Yaning stood on the corner kick, and he rubbed the ball with one kick.The football draws a big arc and goes straight to the back point.When Hyypia, who was standing at the front point, turned his head, he saw Milito hit the goal with a shake of his head and smashed the ball into the goal!

"gooool...oh, no, the referee whistled the ball offside. Milito couldn't have been offside just now, so what's going on..."

A replay of the footage shows the course of events.After Zhao Yaning sent a free kick, Milito made a concealed movement before jumping up and fighting for the ball.This action was seen by the referee, so naturally he would not let him go easily.

“This action of Milito is completely unnecessary. Many of his habits are still not very good. This kind of playing habit may still be used in Italy, especially in the lower Italian leagues, but in the Premier League, such a habit is definitely not allowed. Yes. And if you do this in the Champions League, you are making fun of your own team."

Martin Taylor lightly accused Milito, but after all Liverpool had the upper hand, and his accusations were not painful.

And soon, Liverpool got another chance.After Zhao Yaning's breakthrough was interrupted, he got a free kick. This time, he drove the ball directly to the front of the penalty area.Gerrard, who grabbed the first spot there, did not stop the ball, but kicked the ball directly towards the goal with an action similar to a scorpion wagging its tail.

The goal hit the post with a soft sound, and the goalkeeper hugged him into his arms.

"Looks like Liverpool's luck is really not very good..."

With Martin Taylor complaining, Liverpool found a good chance for a third shot.This time, Zhao Yaning started to run laterally along the penalty area after taking the ball.Kewell ran across from him to meet him.Such a running position made several defenders have to defend, but at this time, Zhao Yaning suddenly knocked on the ball with the outer instep of his right foot and kicked the ball up.

The football flew over the heads of the two defenders and fell behind them.Milito successfully reversed offside in one step and got the football.

The instep pass is not very useful. It is a very common technique. It is even rarer to kick the ball up directly like Zhao Yaning and land in an arc. It is precisely because of this that he deceived the two defenders.

And Milito took a step forward and kicked the ball to the far corner.

But the ball just missed the goalpost...

"Milito missed a single goal! Such a good opportunity can't be scored, Liverpool will be punished."

This sentence, which was a bit like a curse, was quickly fulfilled.

After one of Liverpool's attacks was blocked by Olympiacos, they directly launched a counterattack with a long pass.After receiving the ball, Rivaldo unloaded the ball in one step, then leaned against Alonso, made a fake move of shaking his shoulders, and at the same time flicked the ball, and the human ball passed him.Facing Harman who was tackled from behind, he smashed the ball with one step, then picked the ball up and passed Harman again.

Continuous familiarity makes his movements look very pleasing to the eye.But at this time, Carragher, who rushed out of the penalty area, directly kicked Rivaldo down.

"Carragher's defensive action got him a yellow card. The referee's penalty was to raise his foot too high. But such an action is too dangerous, even if he is given a pedal. Carragher's temper It has to be changed, otherwise it will cause trouble sooner or later."

At this time Rivaldo was looking up at the penalty spot of the free kick.He looked inside the human wall, his teammates had squeezed in, he didn't say much, took two steps back, and kicked the ball towards the human wall.

His teammates immediately separated to the two sides, the ball passed through the middle of the wall and went straight to the dead corner.Kirkland couldn't make a save, and the football flew into the net.

"Rivaldo scored from a free kick! This time, Liverpool is miserable."