2-0 away and 3-2 at home, Parma defeated their powerful rival Liverpool with two beautiful victories and advanced to the Champions League semi-finals with their heads held high.
Liverpool's failure made the players sigh. They played at a very high level, and they did play at a high level on the away road. They scored two away goals, tying Parma's away goal number. However,
, their defense, which did not concede any goals in any sports battles in the last game, was penetrated three times in this game.
This is a bit of a pity, but it is worthy of respect. At least, this is what Li Bin said after the game.
"Liverpool has played at a high level, and they are an opponent worthy of our respect. This is the strongest opponent Parma has faced so far this year, and we have benefited a lot from playing against them."
After the game, Li Bin gave some praise to Liverpool. However, during the interview, Benitez was somewhat unconvinced by Parma's victory.
"We can do better. Liverpool didn't play at the highest level. We could have done better..."
Benitez could say this, but the media did not think so. Even after the game, they discussed the strengths and weaknesses of the two teams in detail.
And one detail has also been noticed by everyone. In the second game, Parma's three goals all came from the fierce attack on Liverpool's right wing. The right back guarded by Arbeloa was beaten into a colander.
They made good use of Liverpool's defensive problems. Without giving their opponents any chance, they directly suppressed Parma and scored three goals.
This also caused the media to talk about it after the game: If Parma found a way to break down Liverpool's defense in just one game, the media would not believe it. They all saw it clearly.
, Parma probably already knew this before the first game.
This was a problem. However, because it was difficult to seize opportunities in away games, they held back and did not take advantage of them too much. Instead, they relied on set pieces to grind against their opponents. It was not until the second game that they finally
The loopholes were taken out and used, which worked wonders and defeated the opponent in one fell swoop.
Their victory was achieved through two rounds of detailed preparations. This was not something that Liverpool could easily regain. Moreover, after seeing the performance of Parma's players, the media did not believe that Liverpool had any
Any chance.
Arshavin scored a hat-trick in the game, causing quite a stir. In the past few seasons of Champions League games, Liverpool have never been so humiliated. They have never lost more than two games and have been beaten.
They haven't seen someone score three goals in one go for a long time.
Liverpool players have not faced this kind of situation for a long time. They are a tough team recognized around the world, but they were beaten like this, which immediately caused a sensation all over Europe.
At this time, people also thought of Arshavin's outstanding performance against Chelsea, which made everyone exclaim that Arshavin is now a rising star. Even Kaká last year was considered
He is a god-level player, but he is not
He scored a hat trick against a strong opponent. Although Ronaldo performed extremely well in the Premier League this year, he did not perform so well against a strong opponent. Arshavin's performance against Chelsea and Liverpool was enough.
Make them ashamed.
This season, he is one of the best players in Europe, and after such a performance, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the new European star.
Of course, Arshavin is not as famous as those two people. Compared with Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaká, he does not play in a wealthy club, so he naturally does not have as big a reputation as them. However, even so, Parma scored for two consecutive years.
The semi-finals of the Champions League, and there is a high possibility of reaching the Champions League final this year, which is enough to make Arshavin famous far and wide.
Even Riquelme, who is known as the master in La Liga, his highest achievement is only to lead the non-rich Villarreal to the Champions League semi-finals and second place in the league once. And Parma these days
In 2008, he won the league championship and now has reached the Champions League final, which has made his reputation more and more popular.
People are even considering whether he might win the Ballon d'Or?
As for him winning the Ballon d'Or, there are two biggest problems. The first is that this year is the year of the European Cup, and the performance of the European Cup is a very important reference item. Arshavin is the captain of the Russian national team, and the Russian national team
The strength of the team is worse than that of the Ukrainian national team. They are in Europe
The possibility of performing well in the cup is too small - even Russia's predecessor, the Soviet Union, was kicked out of the championship when it had the strength to win the championship. And now Russia is not a very popular country in Europe. Even if they
If it is hacked for political reasons, people will not be surprised.
As the captain of Russia, Arshavin is really at a disadvantage in the national team. His only remaining hope now is that the head coach of his national team is Hiddink. As a miracle coach, Hiddink still receives a lot of criticism.
Human expectations, this is Arshavin's only remaining hope.
However, this problem does not seem to be a particularly big one: in the European Cup competition, Ronaldo's Portugal is not a particularly good player. If we really talk about the European Cup competition, it may become a competition between two people.
Rotten.
And there is another, even bigger problem: Arshavin’s club teammates are simply too strong.
Arshavin scored three goals, but of these three goals, the first goal was a wonderful back-heel assist from Milito. He only created the opportunity after holding down two central defenders by himself.
.The second goal was scored by Yaya Toure at the front of the penalty area, facing the opponent's strict defense. Both of them are extremely outstanding players, and Parmach
His players are definitely not bad in terms of strength. The three goals were all initiated by Motta. And this season, Zabaleta and Grosso also continue to provide frontcourt support on both wings.
Help, even De Jong and others who performed less performed equally well. These players are too strong, and their performance will cause a big problem for Arshavin in selecting the Ballon d'Or.
In the past, there was no precedent for players from small teams to win the Golden Globe Award. However, in those days, there was only one top player in the small teams. Although the other players were not weak, in the final analysis
It is still a top player leading a group of people to play football. However, it seems that Parma now has a group of top players playing football. This also makes people sigh: Parma has too many good players!
Therefore, Arshavin can no longer be said to be the sole core and leader of this team, which also affected his selection.
However, in the final analysis, whether he can have such a status in the end depends on his performance in the remaining Champions League. Now the Champions League is getting more and more attention. If Parma can really win the Champions League, then Al
Chauvinism will receive more attention.
Although it is said that it has reached the semi-finals, Parma may not necessarily be able to reach the final. And even if it can reach the Champions League final, the result in the final is still a big problem.
When Parma defeated Liverpool, several other teams also decided the winner. Manchester United and Chelsea all successfully advanced to the Champions League semi-finals, but these two players also had to fight in the semi-finals.
Fought.
In another game, Roma was defeated by Lyon.
Although Roma is definitely not weaker than Lyon, and may even be stronger. However, Roma needs to fight on two fronts, while Lyon is playing the Champions League with all its strength. They do not have much pressure in the league, and for so many years
consecutive championships, but has never had very good results in the Champions League. This
After they saw the hope of reaching the top four in the Champions League this season, they almost went all out. In the match between the two sides, Lyon won 1-0 at home and lost 1-2 away. Although they won one and lost one
, but still relied on the advantage of more away goals to win.
This news can be said to make Li Bin very happy: the Roma team occasionally explodes, and when they meet them, although it is not difficult for their team to win, what they want to do for the finals is
It may be difficult to prepare. Although Lyon is the top team in Ligue 1, Juninho is old.
Yes, Benzema is still too young to support the overall situation. After several years of selling out their other players, there are not many left. These players are nothing to worry about. They still have enough.
possibility, and while winning them, we also made all preparations to prepare for the finals in advance.
After the match between the two sides, Lyon also expressed his hope in an interview that he could defeat Parma and reach the Champions League final. For Lyon, who has won consecutive championships for many seasons and has reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, how can he not dream about the Champions League final?
Woolen cloth?
Although they know the strength of Parma and think that Parma is a difficult opponent, they also believe that they are still capable. They have young players like Benzema and Ben Arfa, as well as Juninho.
Why is it impossible for such a veteran to lead the team?
How about a dream? Speaking of which, they have been domineering in Ligue 1 these years and are almost invincible. That is, they only feel embarrassed when they face some of the top powers in Europe. Although Parma is very strong, it is not a top powerhouse, and they are not
I think that I must have no hope at all.
What made them particularly happy was that after winning against Liverpool, Parma seemed to be affected. In the subsequent game against Fiorentina, they lost a game and did not look like they had just won.
This also made Lyon a little happy: maybe Parma has exerted all their strength after defeating Liverpool. Maybe they have exhausted all their strength. After beating Liverpool, they have already exhausted their momentum and come to the end.
——This makes Lyon more confident and thinking about winning this game.
But their idea soon met with destruction at the Gerland Stadium.
"Parma has already taken all the advantages. This game is completely unlike an away game. From the beginning of the game, Lyon was unable to resist at all. The victory in this game must belong to Parma!"