Marseille's goal was cancelled and Ziani received a yellow card, which had a certain impact on Marseille's morale. The Liverpool people took the opportunity to launch a counterattack and tried to regain control of the midfield.

Alonso's speed is not good and his overall formation is not raised up, he himself dared not go up easily. At this time, Mascherano and Benadon became the vanguard, and the two of them took the lead in attacking Marseille's half-court, one after the other.

Benayon has been frustrated in front of Centenden and has few opportunities to break through. This time he received support from Mascherano, and he dribbled the ball very resolutely to Centenden.

Cenden had already established confidence in Bernardon. Seeing Bernardon bringing the ball, he did not ask his teammates to come up to help. While meeting him, he asked his teammates to cut off Bernardon's passing line.

Benayon's skill and speed were not bad. He shaking his upper body twice in a row, and immediately started quickly to break through Cenden from one side.

Cenden was not busy running with Benadon. He first pulled Benadon with his arm to stop Benadon from speeding up, and then quickly leaned over to fight against his body. During the previous few fights between the two, Cenden destroyed Benadon's attack through physical confrontation.

When Benayon saw that he could not completely abandon Cen Deng, he knew that the ball could not be brought over. He was definitely not as good as Cen Deng when competing for health. Even if he was entangled for a while, the players of Marseille would be surrounded. At this time, Benayon did not continue to control the ball like he did in the previous few times, and quickly passed the ball to Mascherano who followed him.

If Centen did not let the pass line of Benayon just now, other Marseille players would definitely come to double-team, and at least they would move to this side. However, if Centen wanted to fight Benayon alone, Marseille players would cut off the pass line of Benayon and other players. When Benayon passed the ball to Mascherano, Marseille captain Cana suddenly came out and snatched the ball before Mascherano got it.

Mascherano counterattacked on the spot, and Kana handled the ball quickly and quickly passed the ball to his teammate Nasri, wanting his offensive engine to handle the ball.

The mantis rushes to the cicada and sparrows behind. Kana intercepts the ball and passes the ball, avoiding Mascherano's counter-attack. He is just happy when he suddenly finds a Liverpool player rushing out from behind Nasri and breaks the ball.

?The one who intercepted the ball was Chen Yu. He had very little time to get the ball in front. Crouch was too tall and was not suitable for returning to defense. It was too wasteful for the two to stay in front more. Chen Yu had a lot of time to return to defense in the midfield. Just now, he saw Kana intercept the ball, and guessed that Kana would pass it to Nasri, who was good at attacking, so he ran in advance and stole the ball.

Chen Yu is the number one enemy in the hearts of the Marseilles. As soon as he took the ball, all the Marseilles became nervous. The nearby Marseilles players surrounded Chen Yu at the same time.

Seeing so many people pounced towards him, Chen Yu was surprised and a little proud. Marseille seemed to be too afraid of him and he didn't dare to be arrogant. So many people surrounded him, it would be difficult for him to pass the ball even if he broke through. He immediately rubbed the ball and passed it to Crouch.

After passing the ball, Chen Yu quickly ran and wanted to play a wall-like cooperation with Crouch.

Crouch started today to be a bridgehead, not to score a goal. Seeing Chen Badminton pass the ball, Crouch headed the ball without hesitation without hesitation and pushed the ball towards Chen Yu's running route.

Chen Yu was very fast and had almost no stop running without the ball. In the blink of an eye, he broke through the encirclement of the midfielder and got the ball at the front of the penalty area.

No exception, this time, the players in Marseille once again gave up their defense against other players and surrounded Chen Yu who was holding the ball.

Chen Yu can pass the ball at this moment only Crouch and Bernardon on the wing, but Benardon is at the back. After Chen Yu passes it to him, he has to wait for him to run from the wing. Although Bernardon only needs two seconds to run to the bottom line, at this time, one second cannot wait. One second is enough for the Marseille players to return to the penalty area. Chen Yu decisively rubbed the ball towards the penalty area and asked Crouch to grab the header.

After Crouch ferrying, he ran quickly to the penalty area. Chen Yu passed the ball to the penalty area, and his people also arrived. Facing the attacking goalkeeper Mandanna, Crouch headed the ball a little, and the ball flew into the net from Mandanna's ribs.

However, just as Crouch ran to Chen Yu to celebrate, he found that the lineman raised the flag and the referee was also waving his hand at him.

"Offside?"

Crouch was furious, and he felt that he was offside.

"Which point did I offside?!"

Crouch roared at the referee, and Chen Yu looked at the referee Prouz in confusion. He was worried that Prouz had just awarded an offside goal in Marseille, and this time he wanted to find a balance.

The referee Prouz was unwilling to explain to them, so he only said "obey the referee's punishment" and walked away.

Crouch wanted to continue to defend, but Chen Yu quickly pulled him away, "Okay, okay, don't say anything more. If you want to get a red and yellow card, then continue."

Crouch has not lost his mind yet, accepted the reality of offside, and has not continued to anger the referee.

The game continued, and both sides continued to strangle in the midfield. Liverpool improved the passive situation after Chen Yu frequently retreated to the midfield. Although it could not be said to have the upper hand, it could at least be on par with Marseille. However, after Chen Yu retreated, he was far away from the goal and could not directly launch an offensive. The threat to Marseille's goal was reduced and he did not create several shots.

Marseille is mainly devoted to the control of the midfield, and its purpose is actually more to cut off the connection between Liverpool's midfield and forward, midfielder and defender. As for offense, since Liverpool's defenders don't have many assists, they maintain a complete defense line most of the time, and they have no chance to shoot in Liverpool's penalty area again. The only few shots are just long shots that are not shot in the goal frame.

The two sides played very fiercely in the first half, but no one could do anything to each other and could only shake hands and make peace.

When the players from both sides left the court, Liverpool fans were not very satisfied with the game, but they still gave their players back to the locker room to rest with applause.

The players were not satisfied with their performance and kept discussing the problems that arise when they returned to the locker room to rest. Head coach Benitez didn't go back after about five minutes after the players returned to the locker room.

Benitez did not directly criticize the players' performance in the first half, but said that the players were entangled in the midfield too much in the first half and did not hand the ball over to the striker. This is the main reason for the passive play in the first half, because after losing Gerrard, Liverpool's midfield no longer has any advantage, and there is another player in Marseille's midfield. It is too difficult for Liverpool to control the midfield.

Benitez made a tactical adjustment, allowing Liverpool to avoid the entanglement of the midfield in the second half, launch an offensive from two sides, and if the wing is blocked, launch a long pass attack more than a few times. Even if the efficiency is not high, try to do it. Liverpool is stronger than Marseille, and it is necessary to give full play to Chen Yu's advantage of strong scoring ability and let him face the goal directly.

In addition, Benitez criticized Liverpool players for not naming them for having too few restrictions on Cice, Czechten and Sherro. The activity of the three of them is the main reason why Liverpool was very passive for a period of time in the first half. Benitez hopes that the players will not give them too much room for activity in the second half. If they continue to be excited, they will use fouls to knock their momentum down.

Benitez saw some problems that occurred in Liverpool in the first half and made changes and adjustments, but he did not make any adjustments to the starting lineup. Judging from the situation in the first half, Crouch had a height advantage, but did not play a big role. Because his physical confrontation did not have much advantage, he received not many long passes. Because he was too tall, returning to defense became a problem. He could only stay at the front of the opponent's penalty area, unable to retreat and respond, and could not provide too much help to the midfield. If he replaced Kuyt, who was active in running, strong in body, and cooperated with Chen Yu, the effect might be better. However, Benitez has always been very stubborn and would not easily adjust the starting lineup. So although he saw Crouch's problems, he still hoped that Crouch's aerial advantage could make up for his shortcomings in the area of ​​the activity.

After the second half, Liverpool took the lead in kicking off. After midfield adjustments, Liverpool's offense improved. They no longer stubbornly competed with Marseille for possession as they did in the first half. If they couldn't open the middle, they would go to the side or pass long. In addition, restrictions on three former Liverpool players were also strengthened, which made Marseille not adapt for a while and was disrupted by Liverpool.

Less than three minutes after the scene started, Chen Yu returned to the near-center circle and intercepted the ball, and then inserted it from the side at high speed, walking on Cen Deng's side.

Cen Deng was very successful in defending Benayon alone in the first half. He was a little too confident about himself. When facing Chen Yu, he did not retreat as quickly as possible, waiting for his teammates to respond, and tried to destroy Chen Yu's dribbling with a foul. He was divided by the ball, resulting in his own side having to face Chen Yu alone.

When Chen Yu broke from the wing to the front of the penalty area, Crouch had already reached the penalty area of ​​Marseille. Chen Yu did not go down the bottom and directly passed the ball into the penalty area 45 degrees to find Crouch.

Chen Yu wanted Crouch to take advantage of his height and passed a banana ball that was rotating inward. The ball flew very high, so he looked for Crouch.

But the defenders of Marseille are also very terrible. They obviously can't get the ball, but one player tried hard to push Crouch with his body, not letting him fight for the top comfortably, while the other player jumped high to interfere with Crouch.

Crouch has been a substitute for Kuyt in the past year. He didn't start much and started in the starting form today. The ball that Chen Yu passed to him was already very good, but under the interference of his opponent, he was unable to hold the ball straight, and the ball flew out high over the crossbar.

Although this attack was not successful, it boosted the morale and confidence of Liverpool players. They launched the offensive from the wings more firmly. The fans in the stands also cooperated. They made the wave of people and shouted, making Liverpool's momentum rise and fall, making the Marseille players retreat step by step, and finally retreated to their own half to barely stabilize the situation.

Liverpool boss Gillette, who was sitting in the VIP box, was in a good mood at this time. When Liverpool's offensive was the strongest, he couldn't help but stand up and applaud.

Marseille's male boss Robert didn't say anything, but the female boss Margarita lowered her face and whispered to Robert in a low voice, not knowing what she was saying, but judging from her expression, she probably felt dissatisfied with Marseille's performance.
Chapter completed!