Playing the newly promoted team in Ma Reading will definitely be a tough game for Liverpool.

Although Reading is a newly promoted team, their strength is actually not bad. They are now ranked 8th in the Premier League.

Originally, Arsenal, fourth-placed, was massacred by Liverpool, and Reading, the ninth place, is of course not a problem, but Liverpool has great concerns when playing Reading.

In the eighth round of the first half, Reading faced Chelsea at home. Although Chelsea won the game 0 in the end, Chelsea paid the price of destroying the home. In that game, Chelsea's No. 1 goalkeeper Cech was kicked by Reading forward Hunter and sent to the hospital on the spot. No. 1 goalkeeper Coutinic was knocked out by Reading midfielder Songko and fell into a coma on the spot. It can be said that Chelsea's decline in record performance this season has a lot to do with the injury of the two goalkeepers in that game.

Reading played so tough and even rough, and Liverpool could not ignore the injury. Now they played at the most intense time in both arenas. Once the main players are injured, especially those like Chen Yu and Gerrard, which are injured, is simply disastrous for Liverpool.

Because Reading's play is rough and considering that Liverpool still has a key game with Fiorentina in the Champions League in the middle of the week, Benitez considers hiding the absolute main players such as Chen Yu and Gerald in this game, and use substitutes to fight Reading.

In fact, using a substitute cannot be considered a big risk, because most of Reading's main players are players from the League One. In the summer and winter transfer markets, the carefully calculated Reading head coach Kopel only spent 1.5 million pounds to buy Xue Qixuan from Wolves, and spent 350,000 pounds to buy the fierce central defender Sodejie from Blundford. Such a lineup is many times worse than Liverpool's substitutes. As long as Liverpool's substitutes can perform at a normal level, they will be able to defeat Reading.

Although Chen Yu and Gerald are not timid people, they don’t want to play against a team with rough playing style. The opponent’s playing style is so dirty, and the probability of injury is definitely far greater than that of ordinary teams. It is really not worth it to take risks for a game that can be won by a substitute, so Chen Yu and Gerald also agreed to the arrangement of playing as a substitute in this game.

Even after making the decision to hide the main players, Benitez put pressure on Reading and the referees before the game. He called for civilized games at the press conference to eliminate violence on the court, believing that violence has affected the excitement and level of the Premier League. Now the referee's law enforcement must be strict, and the players themselves must also restrain their words and deeds and do not use violent means to destroy others' efforts for a season.

Although Benitez did not directly call Reading's name, Reading's head coach Kopel is also a smart person. He understood who Benitez was attacking, and Kopel did not speak out to fight back.

"There is a very bad sign in British football now, that is, demonizing Reading. In fact, we are not the team that deals the most fouls, nor are we the most red cards, there are some rude teams than ours, but because we are a small club, with little people and no one to speak for us, and our results are not bad, so we have become the most rude and the team that likes to hurt people the most. I hope the media can find it with conscience and say a few fair words to clean up Reading's reputation.

Some of what Reading coach Kopel said may be true. Reading does not have the most red and yellow cards in the Premier League, but this cannot change the fact that Kopel's team plays roughly. As a newly promoted team, almost all the main players are League One players. Their record that they can play is absolutely impossible to rely on skills and tactics, dare to fight, and use fouls and killing as means to be their foundation.

So although the outside world is hyping up the Asian derby between Chen Yu and Reading's Korean foreign aid Xue Qixuan, Benitez still put Chen Yu on the bench, which is also the third time Chen Yu missed the starter since he returned from injury.

Without Chen Yu, Kuyt, Crouch, Gerald, Mascherano, Alonso, and Sissoko, the gap between Liverpool's main players and substitutes is not very big, and the substitutes are also at the level of a football power international. The outside media and Liverpool fans are still full of confidence in Liverpool's away defeat to Reading.

Compared with Liverpool, Reading is the main player. The eighth-ranked them still have hope of entering the European arena. Koper and his disciples cannot be without desires. Hunter and Songke, the highly-watched killer players before the game, appeared, and South Korean foreign aid Xue Qixuan also stood at the right forward.

Before the game started, the camera shots were often given to Chen Yu and Gerald on the sidelines. It was the first time that these two were absent from the start at the same time. However, Chen Yu and Gerald looked very relaxed and joked from time to time. It seemed that they were very confident in their teammates.

The head coach Benitez, who is sitting on the coach's seat, is not as relaxed as Chen Yu and Gerrard. Although Liverpool has surpassed the Arsenal mountain, he still has to win. With Reading's tough style of play, Liverpool will definitely not get too many shots, and it is difficult to shoot without anyone being disturbed. In this case, can Liverpool strikers seize the opportunity? Benitez is not sure about this. Before Chen Yu transfers, seizing opportunities has always been Liverpool's weakness. This is also the reason why Benitez put Chen Yu on the bench and dare not rest outside the roster.

When the referee blew the whistle at the beginning of the game, an unexpected bad news came to Madeiski Stadium. The London derby between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspurs was over. With the long shot of central defender Carvalho, Chelsea defeated Tottenham and temporarily surpassed Liverpool in the standings and ranked second in the second place with three-pointers.

This news gave Liverpool some pressure. After the game started, Liverpool played very positively and fully showed the momentum of playing against Arsenal in the last game. He pressed all the game and did not give Reading a chance to breathe. Obviously, Liverpool players hope to score goals as soon as possible to knock out the winning fantasy of this newly promoted team, making their subsequent game time easier.

Scoring goals first and expanding the score are the main tactics for strong teams to deal with weak teams, because weak teams are generally not confident enough for strong teams, and they often take the idea of ​​trying it out. If there is hope, they will become more and more confident the more they play, and may even be upset in the end. If they fall behind in the score early, they will give up the game and reserve energy and physical strength to play teams of similar levels as theirs.

However, Reading is fully prepared for Liverpool's strength today. With Liverpool's current state, any team, even Manchester United, will pay 0 points to play against Liverpool, let alone Reading.

Reading's tactics are mainly defense, defense is mainly fouls, and fouls are mainly jeopardized. The main thing is that star players like Liverpool are afraid of being injured. They seem to be very active, but they may not necessarily all bet. The main reason is to use this to affect Liverpool's performance.

Even if Liverpool is on the bench, they are all stars, such as Reina, Finnan, Carragher, Hypia, Aberoa; Mascherano, Sissoko, Crouch, Kuyt, etc., the worst is the substitute international, with annual salary of more than 1 or 2 million pounds and worth more than 5 million pounds. Xue Qixuan, the highest value of Reading, is only 1.5 million pounds, which is incomparable to Liverpool's substitutes. It is conceivable that when you see these silks of Reading collide and flew over, Liverpool's stars will rush up without fear.

After a while, most of the chances of half the ball were snatched away by Reading, and Reading also gained the upper hand in momentum. Liverpool's advantage was the ball possession and the number of passes.

After seeing their players' opening, they were not at a disadvantage. The Madeiski Stadium was thunderous and they shouted the players' names and cheered for them.

The Reading commentator on the scene was also constantly using provocative words to stimulate Liverpool's players and fans, hoping to use this to hit Liverpool's fighting spirit. "... Hunter Come on Songko Come on Football is a man's sports coward, so don't go on the court, just like that Chinese, it's safe to sit off the court... Fans, the applause is a little warmer, the players can't hear it. This is our home court, this is a team with a history of 135 years. We can't lose to anyone here to come and join me, give the applause to the great Koper, our hero..."

Stimulated by the commentator, the applause at Madeiski Stadium became even more intense, and the fans were shouting Kopel's name.

Former Crystal Palace coach Kopel is undoubtedly the biggest contributor to Reading's promotion to the Super League. After coaching Reading in 2003, it took only two years to create a miracle in the history of the British league. In the 2005UU season, Kopel led Reading to an amazing record of 3l wins and 13 draws and losses. The total score of 10U also broke the record of 10l points and advanced points held by Fulham. Under the leadership of Kopel, the Reading Club finally made its first appearance on the stage of the English top league after 135 years of ups and downs.

The upgrade gave the Reading team great spiritual encouragement. Here, every Reading player and fan treats Reading's game as a war, and would rather shed blood and sweat than let the opponent take a point. This spirit and fighting spirit are the fundamental reason why the Reading team, which is mainly in the Premier League, has established itself in the Premier League and has reached the eighth place.

The first shot of the game came from Reading. In the 5th minute of the game, Oster took a corner kick from the right, and Ingimarsen headed the ball from the front point and missed the near corner.

The second shot of the game was still Reading. In the 9th minute, Hunter passed the cross from the left side of the penalty area, but Oster's shot from the right side of the penalty area was saved by Rener. Hunter, who tried to make up the shot, then fell into the penalty area after contacting Rener. Rener fell to the ground and couldn't get up. Hunter sat on the ground to ask for a penalty, but the referee refused to award the penalty, but came over to see if Rener was injured.

At this time, all Liverpool fans were in their throats. They seemed to see the scene of Hunter kicking Cech, but soon Reiner stood up. The slow motion also showed that Reiner touched Hunter's leg and was suspected of a foul. However, Reiner fully utilized the negative impact of Hunter's last kicking Cech and successfully avoided this punishment.

Thousands of Liverpool fans who came to watch the game were finally relieved. They also laughed at Reading for finally reaping the consequences, believing that they often hurt people, which made the referee misjudgment, which was a punishment for them. Reading's fans were very angry. They booed at the referee, believing that the referee was favoring the giants.
Chapter completed!