Liverpool, who also used a substitute lineup to complete the weekend league game, did not have the same results as Valencia.
However, as they lost the competition for the league title but can secure their entry into next season's Champions League, the result of this game is not important to them. .
However, the senior management and fans of Liverpool Club hoped that while Valencia would win the game with a substitute lineup, they would also win Portsmouth away from home, but the result was not satisfactory.
They were defeated by Portsmouth in the first half.
Si scored two goals in a row, only to get one back in the second half with a header from defender Hyypia.
Although everyone at Liverpool stated that they did not attach importance to the defeat in this game, some clues were still discovered through the hard work of reporters.
Bellamy, who was substituted in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals, complained about his teammates many times in this league, and did not return to Liverpool with the team after the game, but chose to drive away alone.
For Benitez, who pays attention to the team as a whole, it is undoubtedly a slap in the face.
So when the team returned to Liverpool, the team gave Bellamy a moderate penalty and sat on the bench in the second round of the Champions League semifinals.
Although everyone in Liverpool denied this news after it broke out, during the team's group matches, reporters clearly photographed that Bellamy, who started the last round, did not wear the yellow vest that symbolizes the main force.
Instead, It was Crouch, whose condition had improved, who put on the yellow vest.
This has to make reporters with strange ways of thinking suspicious.
On April 30, the day after Valencia ended the league at home, I boarded a direct flight from Valencia to Liverpool at noon that day.
What’s interesting is that when all the Valencia players came out of the Liverpool Rennon International Airport, apart from a few Valencia fans wearing white jerseys, there were also many Everton fans wearing blue jerseys raising their hands in support of Valencia.
Rencia beat Liverpool's brand.
This shows how great the hatred between Everton and Liverpool is.
There were many reporters at the airport, so their eyes were very sharp.
They did not see captain Alberda among the team members, which meant that he really missed the second leg of the Champions League semi-final between Valencia and Liverpool due to injury.
Contest.
This unexpected discovery came as a surprise to most English journalists.
Albelda's role in the Valencia team is quite obvious.
In the past season, Albelda touched the ball the most in each game, and what is rare is that his passing accuracy is as high as 913, basically no mistakes, and the performance throughout the season has been very stable.
This is really a very difficult data for a veteran who is about to turn 30 years old.
What's even more critical is the number of times he passes threatening balls in each game, because Valencia's long-pass counterattacks are basically completed by Albelda.
At the same time, he also made a lot of contributions on defense, averaging 34 successful interceptions per game, which is comparable to professional blue-collar game data.
Albelda's absence from the game will most likely directly affect the final outcome of this game.
In order to prevent the team from falling into panic, Flores mentioned the negative effects of Albelda's absence from the game in an interview: "Player injuries are inevitable for any team, and this time it is very difficult to avoid."
"It's unfortunate that we were the unlucky ones, but that doesn't affect our plans at Anfield."
Aiello, who has failed to score in two consecutive games in the Champions League, was also interviewed by reporters.
Faced with reporters' questions, Aiello said forcefully: "For me, the number of individual goals is far more than the number of goals.
Regardless of the importance of the team's victory, if I can, I will exchange all my goals this season for the victory of the game.
As for the problem of goal shortage, I think anyone with a little bit of brain can figure it out.
To measure a player's performance I believe performance is not just about scoring goals.”
Aiello's answer immediately left the reporter speechless, but he was right.
A player's role in the team cannot be measured by goals.
It would not be impossible for Aiello to score a goal in the first round of the match between the two teams, but he chose to cover his teammates to score, just like Ballack's first goal.
If not Aiello's active movement in the frontcourt and the key miss at the last minute, can Valencia score the first goal?
Moreover, the team's second goal came from his direct assist.
In addition, he also made a great contribution to the defense in the second half of the last game.
He defeated Crouch and Kuyt many times to score the ball.
Rescue.
However, after Liverpool's training that day, Mascherano, who had nearly perfect control over Aiello in the last game, also accepted an interview with reporters, "For a forward, isn't the criterion for measuring him not to score goals?
Since he found it Such an excuse, then I will let him continue.
I will definitely restrict him again in the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals at our home court the day after tomorrow.
Then let us measure his role together."
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Mascherano did not name him, but anyone with a discerning eye knew that he was referring to Aiello, because his task in the last round was to mark Aiello.
Faced with Mascherano's provocation, Aiello did not give a positive answer, but conveyed a sentence to the reporter at the hotel: "We'll see."
Of course, in the eyes of many Liverpool fans, Aiello is a tough talker.
He was really miserable when he was guarded by Mascherano in the last game.
His assist to David Silva and the score came from Mascherano.
It was an active mistake by Llano.
They didn't think Mascherano would give Aiello such a chance at Anfield.
Although Mascherano has only been at Liverpool for half a season, his performance has completely conquered the Anfield fans.
During the two days in Liverpool, the Valencia team basically stayed in the hotel for strength training to maintain physical condition, except for going to Anfield Stadium twice to adapt to the venue.
It was not until the morning of the game that the team came to the training ground provided by Liverpool for a simple group confrontation.
It is worth mentioning that in the reports of the European mainstream media in the past two days, most of the media are too unfavorable to Valencia, because Liverpool has reached the UEFA Champions League semi-finals for the second time in the past three seasons.
This is their second time in the past three seasons.
For the seventh time in history, we have the opportunity to enter the championship trophy of Europe's top club competition.
Except for the 1964-1965 season when they first entered the European arena and were eliminated by Inter Milan in the semi-finals, the following six times as long as they advance to the top four of the Champions League, they will definitely advance to the finals.
This will also make it possible that there will be three consecutive European Champions League finals.
There are English clubs participating in the season.
So Liverpool supporters have plenty of theory to back them up.
Of course, a large part of the reason for the emergence of this theory is that the entire Valencia team has tried not to accept interviews with the media in the past two days at the request of head coach Flores.
Therefore, there will be a lot of negative news in these two days.
News from Lencia.
But the entire Valencia team doesn't care.
While maintaining the team's attention, they can also use the media to make Liverpool relax their vigilance.
This relaxation is enough for Valencia, who is working hard, to at least score a victory at Anfield Stadium.
A draw.
As the game approaches, Liverpool's famous player Kenny Dalglish also accepted an interview with reporters, because he will serve as the commentator on Liverpool TV in this key game that is related to Liverpool's advancement to the final.
"There is no doubt that Liverpool will win this game, and it will be a big victory.
Don't forget, this is Anfield, and any team that comes here must surrender."
In this second leg of the Champions League semi-finals at Anfield, the stands were packed.
The most eye-catching one was the stand in the south of the stadium.
It was red and there was a huge Liverpool emblem at the top of the stand. , fans who are familiar with Liverpool know that this is the sacred place of Anfield.
The ko stand is the gathering place for Liverpool's most loyal fans.
Just like the sacred north stand of the Mestalla Stadium, it is also a stand with the best atmosphere in the entire stadium.
When the home team Liverpool came out of the tunnel and entered the stadium, a roar of cheers erupted from Anfield Stadium, with the loudest cheers coming from the KO stands.
But when the players from the visiting team Valencia came out to warm up, they were treated completely differently.
They were greeted with overwhelming boos that spread from the KO stands to the entire stadium.
Due to the very high importance of this game, the City of Liverpool deployed a large number of security personnel for this game, especially the positions connected to the Anfield Road Stand, the Main Stand and the Centenary Stand.
England's football hooligans are world-famous.
No one can guarantee the victory in this crucial second leg of the Champions League semi-finals.
Fans on both sides of the game will not have disputes or physical contact because of the different teams they support.
Even collective fights are not out of the question.
Listening to the boos pouring into his ears from all directions, Aiello spat on the turf in displeasure.
Unfortunately, this scene was captured by the Anfield stadium director, and he didn't know who the fans in the stands were.
Rather than feeling that Aiello's behavior was tarnishing their sacred Anfield, the overwhelming boos were louder than they had been in the previous few seconds.
There were even fans in the main stand who held up a huge banner reading "Welcome to Hell", and the bright red handwriting was particularly eye-catching.
But Aiello took a look at the huge banner at the main stand, and he grinned.
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The stadium director also knew that Aiello was one of the key players in this game, so many cameras were following Aiello.
At this moment, he made an action toward the fans in the stands, smiling and raising his head.
The right hand reaches to the throat, and then moves horizontally, a standard "throat cutting" action.
Since the boos are already so loud, please give me a louder number.
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