Liverpool's 33rd round opponent Middlesbrough is a team that even his coaches McLaren and Southgate are unpredictable.

In the 2005UU season, Middlesbrough performed strongly in the Cup, reached the semi-finals in the FA Cup, and made the league cup, while the UEFA Cup made it to the finals, but lost to Sevilla in the final. However, the small club performed poorly in the most important battlefield - the league event. Starting from the second round of the league, losing to Tottenham away and the fourth round of home defeat, Charlton, the team could not control their own destiny at home and away, and began to struggle for relegation early, and finally only finished 14th and barely relegation.

At the end of last season, McLaren went to the national team as head coach, and the Middlesbrough coach position became Southgate, who was still a player last season.

Southgate, who doesn't even have a coaching license, trusts his teammates very much, and obviously has no money to do anything. In the transfer market, he only bought Sunderland defender Alca, Manchester City central defender Distin, Lyon youth team recruited midfielder Baron, and Korean Li Dongguo. The transfer intensity is only slightly stronger than Reading in the Premier League.

Middlesbrough was a nerve knife last season, which made McLaren so hard that it was not good. This season is still the case. The second round reversed Chelsea, which made Mourinho fall behind as soon as he started. However, the three newly promoted teams got 3 points from him as they wished. They reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup, but were strangled by Manchester United's fake falls. Now the league ranked 11, which is logically undesirable. Moreover, Liverpool and Middlesbrough have won one win and three draws recently, and there is no loss. However, with Middlesbrough's urinary nature, Benitez really dare not be careless.

After the running-in period of the first half of the season, with Viduka recovering from injury and recovering from form in 2007, Mibao's lineup was very stable, with seven players playing more than 30 appearances in the league. Woodgate, who was rented from Real Madrid, became the leader of the defensive. He not only played all games healthy since UU year, but also returned to England. In terms of offense, Mibao relied entirely on three-man groups: Downing, Viduka, and Yakub; the Premier League cross king Tangning scored 49 of the team's crosses 379 times, while the two forwards scored 59 goals...

Obviously, if Liverpool wants to win this game, they must limit Downing, Viduka and Yakub, and break the defense line led by Woodgate.

Benitez doesn't have to worry too much about offense. With Chen Yu here, he will always have his own way to deal with Woodgate and Pogattz's defense. On defense, Benitez must work hard. Downing's breakthrough is sharp and fast. Viduka's header is excellent, his feet are also excellent. He is black and hard. Yakub has a strong impact. As well as technical midfielders like Roshenbuck and Mendeita, Liverpool will definitely not be able to rely on Ag and Carragher alone.

Benitez also knew very well, so in this game he sent a tough combination like Sissoko, Alonso, Gerald, and Riser. Young player Mascherano was placed on the bench, and Riser's left-back position was played by Aurelio.

The game has reached 33 rounds. Both sides are very clear about the situation of their opponents and have made targeted arrangements. Although Middlesbrough has no desires, they have not easily allowed Liverpool to get three-pointers. Southgate also arranged a full lineup of the main players in this game.

The main goalkeeper Schwarzer was the only one who was the main player; four defenders were 33-Andrew Taylor, 8-Woodgate, Bogettetz, Andrew Davis were all the main players; in order to limit Liverpool's offense, Middlesbrough's midfielder sent five players, Boateng, Catmore, Viduka, 10-Roshenbak, 19-Downing; trying to use the number of players to encircle Liverpool; although there are only 20-Yakubb on the front line, there are Downing and Viduka behind him. If Roshenbak is the one who is behind him, Liverpool's defense will not be at ease for a moment.

The game was indeed not so easy. After the start of the game, Liverpool seemed not so excited after experiencing the Champions League battle. Both Chen Yu, Kuyt, Gerrard and Alonso in the midfield were a little unhappy, while Middlesbrough was proactive in playing, completely trying to score points away.

After 15 minutes of the game, Liverpool did not have a single shot. Both sides fought fiercely, but did not create any opportunities. In the other two games played at the same time with Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea had already taken the lead early.

This situation made Liverpool a little anxious. Now the three teams have the same points, and Manchester United only ranked first by goal difference. This is a critical moment to keep the score tight. If Liverpool cannot win this game, the battle between Manchester United and Chelsea in the future will have nothing to do with them.

The more anxious Liverpool players were, the less they played. In the 16th minute, Middlesbrough took the lead in getting the opportunity. Downing quickly broke through Aurerio on the right and made a cross, Viduka headed the ball, and Yakub's shot from 10 yards from the far point.

This was an unexpected cooperation. Viduka's forward insertion and Yakub's pulling edge caught Liverpool off guard. Fortunately, goalkeeper Renner's position was very good. He blocked Yakub's header with his body, followed by Roshenbak's left-foot shot from the yard and missed the goal.

Middlesbrough's attack did not make Liverpool's players awake. In the subsequent games, Liverpool always felt powerful and ineffective. Even though the fans of Anfield Stadium stood up to applaud them, hoping that they could show their unstoppable momentum in the Champions League, they still performed poorly.

Chen Yu is undoubtedly the focus of this game, but Chen Yu in the first half was the worst performer of Chen Yu this season. Under Middlesbrough's double-team, he was like sleepwalking, unable to find his position, unable to create any threat, and did not even shoot once.

During the halftime break, Liverpool fans shouted Chen Yu's name, and there were expectations and accusations. At this time, Chen Yu could only lower his head and quickly walked into the mixed channel. It was difficult for him to face the fans' expectations.

At the door of the locker room, Benitez was waiting for his players with a heavy expression. He was so angry that he was angry in the first half. He shouted loudly in the first thirty minutes. In the next fifteen minutes, he was just watching from the sidelines. He saw how bad his beloved disciple could play. Fortunately, the luck of the misfortune was that he did not concede the goal.

Benitez left Chen Yu and Geradra who were at the end outside the locker room and said in a deep voice: "What's wrong with you today?"

Facing Benitez's ugly expression and sharp gaze, both Gerald and Chen Yu lowered their heads.

Gerald shook his head and said, "I don't know, I don't know what's going on, I don't feel it."

"Where are you, Chen." Benitez asked Chen Yu again.

Chen Yu smiled bitterly and raised his head, saying: "It may be that he advanced to the Champions League, tied Manchester United again in the league, and his opponent was a mid-range team again. He relaxed mentally and didn't get nervous. I will work hard in the second half."

"I don't care what you two do, we have to win the second half."

After saying that, Benitez walked into the locker room first. After Chen Yu and Gerald came in, Benitez was furious at the players in the locker room and scolded everyone. After scolding, he threw the door out, leaving only the starting players sitting there in a look at each other.

This was the first time they saw Benitez get so angry.

After Benitez left, Gerald began to take on the responsibility of the captain and delivered a speech to inspire the morale of his teammates.

"... The coach was angry. I have never seen Rafa as angry. We played so badly in the first half. Including me and Chen, they all performed poorly. We played well in the previous game. We won many consecutive games. We reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. However, if we can't continue to stick to it, these will become jokes. Only those who laugh to the end can laugh the happiest. I hope we will be the ones who laugh to the end. We all have to run in the second half. The coach did not set up tactics for us. He was confident in the tactics set up before the game, but we didn't play well. In the second half, we must treat the game with the most positive attitude. If anyone is lazy and afraid, don't blame me for being rude after the game..."

Gerald said it was passionate, but Chen Yu didn't have the heart to listen. He felt that his problem was not purely spiritual. He felt that he needed to change the bound star consciousness.

Before the game, Chen Yu felt that Middlesbrough was not a strong team, and he had a strong midfielder on his side, so he tied up! He set up the consciousness of Fanny, the king of the small penalty area, and just wanted to seize the opportunity. He did not expect that his teammates could not create a single opportunity. In desperation, he could only change a star consciousness that could actively create opportunities, so that even if he could not score a goal, he could create opportunities for his teammates.

Now Chen Badminton can only bind intermediate superstars in the star development system, otherwise he will choose stars like Galincha, Eusebio, Ronaldo and Ronaldinho, but now Chen Yu can only choose Brazilian demon sword Rivaldo.
Chapter completed!