So Liverpool still attaches great importance to defense. Both central defenders have been pulling at the end of the formation. Other defensive players will retreat to defense as soon as possible after they insert the attack.

Overall, Liverpool still focuses on stability.

In the continuous offensive and defensive transformation, Zhang Tiehan is also adapting to the game. Perhaps it is hard to say that this is adapting. He has always been the core of Liverpool's frontcourt offense. His teammates frequently pass the ball over. Zhang Tiehan dribbled the ball to Benfica's defense line again and again. As long as he had the chance, he would not be stingy with a shot. This performance is quite dazzling and strong, but in fact, Zhang Tiehan is constantly adapting.

In any case, he has not played in three months.

After three months of no competition, Zhang Tiehan felt that his condition was not at its best. Sometimes he was a little unfamiliar with some running positions during the offense. The entire team was also different from three months ago. They were also adapting to themselves. This was a process of adapting to each other.

At the same time, Zhang Tiehan's performance is getting better and better.

With the smooth running and coordination, Zhang Tiehan has more and more opportunities and better opportunities. His threat to Benfica will naturally become greater and greater. Within five minutes, he threatened Benfica's goal twice in a row. If the opponent's goalkeeper Moreto had not performed well and saved good goals in succession, Liverpool had already rewritten the score.

This on-field situation makes Benfica coach Koeman very worried.

He originally wanted the team to stabilize the defense and seek counterattack opportunities so that the team would play very steadily, but he didn't expect Liverpool's offense to be so smooth and their performance was so good, especially Zhang Tiehan. This player has not played for three months. Although Koeman was surprised when he knew that Zhang Tiehan was going to play before the game, he actually felt that Zhang Tiehan would not perform too well. After all, he had not played for three months, so he had to adapt to the next game, right?

What the result is...

As a result, you can tell from the court that the guy is definitely a pervert... Yes, this is what Koeman thinks now. A player who has not played for a year and three months can actually perform so strongly as soon as he goes on the court. Isn't it a pervert? What's wrong?

Seeing such a game, Koeman was really frightened. His eyes were staring at his own goal without blinking, fearing that the goal would be broken again after turning his head.

He can only pray to God that the team will not lose the ball.

But God may still be sleeping in and did not hear Koman's prayer. Or Koman was not a loyal believer. God would not pay attention to him when he heard the prayer.

Anyway, Liverpool scored again.

This was in the 72nd minute of the game. Gerald and Riser completed the pass and received the ball continuously, and stuffed the ball to Alonso who was inserted. After Alonso got the ball, he passed the ball like a precise scalpel directly to Morientes' feet on the left side of the penalty area.

Morientes did not stop the ball, but pushed it hard towards the incoming ball. The ball quickly passed through the feet of the two defensive players and rolled towards the small penalty area line.

On that side, Zhang Tiehan and Liser were both running forward, but Zhang Tiehan was guarded by two players. As a result, he failed to keep up immediately. Liser ran to the point, but he could only barely shoot, and the football hit the goalkeeper Moreto directly and bounced out of the bottom line.

Liverpool won a corner kick.

It was Lisser who went to the free throw.

Lisse is very comprehensive. Benitez values ​​him and always lets him start because he can play in any position, full-back, full-back, and even central-forward, forward, Lisse is competent. In addition, he has a comprehensive ability. His long passes have always been very good. Although he is not top-notch in the team, he is definitely very qualified.

When Gerald didn't go to the free throw, he and Garcia were the second free thrower.

Zhang Tiehan stood in front of Benfica's goal and waved to Liser, while his fingers tilted backwards. Liser and Zhang Tiehan were very familiar with him. Seeing his movements, he was stunned and nodded.

Outside the penalty area, Alonso walked forward.

Liser took two steps back and ran forward to make a free throw action, but he hit the ball after the ball. The football did not fly up, but rolled directly towards Alonso, almost at the same time, Zhang Tiehan ran out suddenly.

Only then did Benfica realize that this was a tactical corner kick, and they hurriedly separated the defense.

But it's too late!

The players who defended Zhang Tiehan failed to keep up with Zhang Tiehan's actions. Zhang Tiehan easily ran to the penalty area line, and at the same time, Alonso's pass also rolled over.

Next-

Stop the ball, turn around, and volley!

Completed in one go!

Zhang Tiehan chose to shoot without any hesitation, which made Benfica defender very panic, but the ball hit the right post and bounced out.

Zhang Tiehan was full of confidence. His shot just now felt so good. Unexpectedly, the football hit the goal post. He covered his face with some annoyance. At this moment, he glanced at the referee and blew the whistle and pointed his finger at the center circle.

"What?" Zhang Tiehan was stunned.

Only then did he realize that the football was already in the goal.

The ball went in!?

There was chaos in the penalty area just now. He didn't know where the football went and didn't see clearly, but the shouts of fans in the audience gave him some explanations.

“Beautiful job!”

"Gerard! Gerald! Gerald!"

"goal!Gerard goal!"

As the goal was scored, there was a sudden burst of excitement in the stands. At this time, the big screen was also replaying the goal just now. Zhang Tiehan turned and shot very simply. After the football hit the post, it bounced to the front of the goal. Because of the corner kick just now, there were many people there, which seemed very messy.

But Gerald seized the opportunity!

The football hit a Benfica player and bounced directly to Gerald's feet. Gerald poked it with his toes at the first time, and the football rolled over the goal line. Goalkeeper Moreto did not perform at all. Even if he performed magically in the second half, he didn't know where the football was at this moment.

I guess even if he sees it, he can do nothing...

The ball has entered!

2:0.

This goal is of great significance to Liverpool, which makes them surpass Benfica in the score. So the media supporting Liverpool were very excited. The British BBC Sports Radio commentator interpreted the goal with a loud shout, "Beautiful job! Gerald! Gerald! He took advantage of the chaos in front of Benfica's goal and accurately sent the ball into the goal! 2-0! Two-to-one in two rounds! Liverpool overtook the score!"

"We can see how calm Gerald is!"

"At the moment he shot, he could not see a trace of joy or panic on his face. He calmly kicked the ball into the goal. When he saw the ball enters, Gerald turned around and reveled! This is Gerald! Gerald forever!"

"He is the captain of Liverpool! He is the flag of Liverpool! He is the soul of Liverpool! As long as Gerald is here, Liverpool will always be a strong army!"

Media commentators kept praising Gerald. At this time, Gerald was already hugging Zhang Tiehan. Gerald was not very excited about the goal. It was not his first goal, nor the first time he scored in the Champions League. The significance of this goal to him was to help the team overtake the score.

He is quite happy!

Liverpool faces a lot of pressure when playing against Benfica. As Gerald, who loves the team deeply, he also faces a lot of pressure. Until he knew that Zhang Tiehan could play, Gerald's pressure was less. Now that the team has the advantage, he has reason to be happy and carnival.

Zhang Tiehan kept patting Gerald on the back, "Congratulations, Steven!" he said.

"Thank you! Thank you!" Gerald responded with constant thanks.

The large screen shot on the scene pointed to the Liverpool bench, and Liverpool coach Benitez stood on the court and kept waving his fists. It can be seen that Espanyol was also quite happy.

Other Liverpool players are also celebrating.

This goal is indeed of great significance to the team, allowing them to overtake the score, which means that if the game ends, they will eliminate Benfica and enter the quarterfinals of the Champions League.

On the other hand, Benfica was quite unhappy...

They also knew that the only thing they could do now is wait for the game to start again, then attack, attack, and after conceding two goals, they had no choice.

The game started again soon.

Benfica changed his passiveness just now and took the initiative to find a goal opportunity. At this time, the situation of the two teams had been reversed. Liverpool was not in a hurry to attack. They needed to stabilize the defense, and Benfica had to attack. If they wanted to eliminate Liverpool, they had to score goals.

With this mentality, the two teams played an equally match in the next game.

The difference is that Liverpool plays more steadily, and occasionally attacks can create a great threat. Benfica plays very unsteadily. They are eager to score goals again and again, resulting in many times they choose to shoot without a good chance.

You can imagine what threats such a kick can pose.

At the same time, Benfica's defense is not so stable.

In the 81st minute, when Benfica made an attack, he made a mistake on the sidelines. Riser seized the opportunity to complete the steal and passed the ball to Gerald. Gerald passed Zhang Tiehan in front with a straight pass.

Zhang Tiehan quickly played forward and used his speed to drift past two defensive players in Benfica.

Only use speed!

"Zhang! He ran!" the commentator shouted, and the shouts from Anfield Stadium also became louder.

Amid the fans' inspiration, Zhang Tiehan's speed almost reached its limit, and the Benfica players following him were unable to catch up.

He played ball and broke directly into Benfica's penalty area.

Moreto attacked!

This is almost a battle that determines the outcome. If Zhang Tiehan can score the ball, it means that the two teams' matches are over. Even if Benfica recovers a goal, he will not be able to eliminate Liverpool, and he can only be eliminated with regret.

If the ball doesn't go in, Benfica still has ten minutes to go.

Everything depends on this confrontation!

Everyone was staring at the collision between Moreto and Zhang Tiehan. Moreto performed well in the second half. The butterman saved a lot of dangerous balls, but this time it was a one-on-one strike. Zhang Tiehan's one-on-one strike was also kicked in his heart.

When attacking, Moreto spreads his arms and tries to seal all angles.

Zhang Tiehan also slowed down slowly and kept staring at Moreto's movements. This was not just a competition of football, but also a competition in his heart.

The two are getting closer and closer.

Finally, when the distance was about three meters, Zhang Tiehan kicked, and Moreto subconsciously pounced, but Zhang Tiehan made a fake move. He used his toes to pick the ball over Moreto's head.

However, because the speed was too fast just now, Zhang Tiehan couldn't control it. As a result, after the football flew over Moreto's head, he continued to want to fly, and then hit the crossbar and bounced out. Zhang Tiehan jumped over Moreto and followed the ball. He hurriedly met and completed the supplementary shot to the empty goal.

The ball has entered!
Chapter completed!