The Premier League leader faces the Serie A overlord.

This undoubtedly became the most anticipated showdown in the Champions League quarterfinals this season.

Liverpool is away first and then home, and the schedule is relatively favorable.

Because the media of the two countries were competing for World Football Master before, when Liverpool encountered Inter Milan, the media of the two countries were once again in the news.

Just so happened that Yang Yang broke the goal drought at this time, which undoubtedly gave the media from both countries more topics to talk.

Especially since the phone gate incident, Serie A has fallen rapidly from the world's No. 1 League at its peak, and now it has even had to surrender to the Premier League and La Liga. The Premier League has risen strongly, surpassing La Liga, replacing Serie A and becoming the world's No. 1 League.

This can be seen from the past two or three years, Premier League teams' competitiveness in the Champions League.

Serie A is like a declining giant, while Premier League is a rising upstart. It is natural for the media and fans of the two countries to dislike each other. In addition, Yang Yang and Kaka's previous competition, and Liverpool's previous bloodbath of Serie A team Roma, defeated AC Milan in the Champions League finals twice...

As the saying goes, new and old hatreds were all revealed in this duel.

Since it was away, Liverpool was more restrained. Benitez and Gerrard both said that the team was able to get a draw away, which was a satisfactory result.

Yang Yang also said in an interview with the media that it is not easy to play Inter Milan away.

"In this team, there are many players I am familiar with, my best friends Ibrahimovic, Macon and Maxwell, who are all the strongest players in Europe, including Ziwu, Vieira, Cambiaso, Stankovic, Cruise..."

Yang Yang listed many Inter Milan stars and believed that this team is very competitive and should not be underestimated.

"Faced with such a team, I think we must pay 120,000 points of attention."

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Compared with Liverpool's restraint, Inter Milan is relatively more high-profile, after all, they are playing at home.

According to the rules of the Champions League knockout stage, if you can't beat your opponent at home, it will be difficult to play away, so Inter Milan must want to win at home, and the players have all shown their determination to win.

Matrazi will be the main player in this game. The day before the game, he said in an interview with Italian media that he is not unfamiliar with Premier League teams, especially Liverpool. Because he once played for Everton, this game is a derby battle for him.

The Italian central defender even threatened that he would score a goal in the game.

Like all media, when interviewing Matrazi, the Italian media deliberately laid a trap for him and asked him what he thought about Yang Yang won the World Footballer and the European Golden Ball Award.

Maybe it was out of psychological warfare, or Yang Yang mentioned many people during his previous interview, but his name was not mentioned, so Matrazi said bluntly, "If I were asked to choose, Yang Yang's name would definitely not appear among the five strongest attackers in the world, and even the top ten would be a bit reluctant."

The media reporter originally wanted him to step on Yang Yang, but he didn't expect that Matrazi would set off fire directly, which made them excited, and they all chased Matrazi and asked questions.

The Italian central defender also honestly and unceremoniously answered many sharp questions.

For example, he believes that defending Liverpool should not only focus on Yang Yang, because Yang Yang is not the hardest player Liverpool defends.

He also believes that even without Yang Yang, Liverpool is still the most competitive team in Europe.

"In fact, Yang Yang is not as important as you think."

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When Liverpool arrived in Milan collectively, the Italian media quickly spread Matrazi's words to Yang Yang in an invigorating manner, with the intention of fearing that the world will not be in chaos.

When Yang Yang was interviewed by them, he smiled and recognized Matrazi's words, believing that he was indeed not the strongest offensive player.

"At least I'm not now." Yang Yang smiled and implied that his condition has indeed not been ideal for the past few years.

As for Liverpool, Yang Yang agrees with Matrazi's remarks even more.

"It is crucial that I can have the help of everyone in Liverpool today. Without me, Liverpool is still one of the strongest teams in Europe, but if I lose the Liverpool platform, it will be difficult to achieve what I am today."

"I think he is right. Liverpool can't just stare at me when defending Liverpool, because we have a group of better players, such as Gerald, Crouch, Kuyt, and Mascherano. They are all very good players. Any team that only stares at me and ignores others will definitely pay a heavy price."

Yang Yang followed Matrazi's words and did not give the media any chance to make trouble. He also looked smiling and in a very good mood throughout the whole process.

When the media asked him why he looked in a good mood, Yang Yang said that he was very happy.

He was blocked by Yang Yang's Tai Chi push, and used softness to overcome hardness without leaking water. Media reporters found that they punched directly on the cotton without exerting strength.

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Not only Yang Yang is in a good mood, but everyone in the Liverpool locker room is also in a good mood.

Because the day before the team headed to Milan, Xavi Alonso's wife gave birth to a son for him, named Jon.

This is definitely a happy event worth celebrating. Although everyone in Liverpool is preparing for the game, he also sent blessings to Xavi Alonso as soon as possible. The team also gave him maternity leave and asked him to take care of his wife and children. He is expected to miss the most recent away game.

Without Xavi Alonso, Gareth Barry was not allowed to be introduced during the winter break, and Liverpool is now a little stretched in the midfield. Lucas Reva began to be highly expected, and he will also replace Xavi Alonso in this game.

This is the difficulty for a team like Liverpool.

With limited finances, I can't afford to support so many players, and I really can't build up a whole star lineup like other giants.

However, the management had promised that if the team performed well this season, a considerable transfer fee would be allocated this summer, which undoubtedly made everyone in the locker room feel excited.

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"Sky TV, this is Sky TV."

"Friends, we are now at the Meazza Stadium in Milan, Italy. We are about to broadcast live for you. This is a world-renowned focus game in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals. "

"Inter Milan, the leader in the Serie A standings, plays against Liverpool, the leader in the Premier League standings."

"This will undoubtedly be a star-studded battle."

"The lineup of guests responsible for giving live commentary to everyone in this game is also very strong, including Italian legendary forward Rossi, former Italian international Viali, and former Inter Milan legend Bergomi."

"What do the three people think about this game?"

"I think whether or not you can defend Yang Yang will be the focus of Mancini's defense. If you freeze Yang Yang, Liverpool's offense will be greatly reduced, and Inter Milan will have a chance." Viali analyzed.

"I agree with this statement. Yang Yang recently broke the goal drought. I saw that goal, and I was definitely very relaxed psychologically. It can be seen that the long vacation Benitez gave him was very effective, because he has been too tense for a while. This is not good. Players just have to tighten the outside and loose the inside. They must not be too nervous and the pressure cannot be too high."

As a legend of the past, Rossi is obviously very experienced.

"I agree with Rossi's statement that it is very necessary for Yang Yang to have this long holiday."

"In fact, many head coaches do this, for example, Ferguson, who once gave Cristiano Ronaldo a long vacation, and the Portuguese performed very well in the second half. As far as I know, Ferguson almost every winter break, in December, will give players a holiday."

"Giusep, what do you think?"

After hearing the inquiry, Bergomi nodded, "I agree with everyone's statement. Yang Yang is indeed the most threatening player in Liverpool. Even though he doesn't look very good now, he is still quite terrible."

"But I think Inter Milan is also mentally prepared for this. You see, Matrazi has been in good shape recently. The psychological tactics before the game show that he is very motivated now."

"I just watched Mancini's lineup again in this game, 4312, took Figo and Sanetti. I think his intention is still very obvious, which is to lock Yang Yang on the wing."

"In terms of central defenders, the combination of Matrazi and Cordoba's one-high and one-fast combination is also targeted. Let's look at the specific process of the game now, because the football game cannot only look at the arrangement of troops, but more importantly, the details."

Everyone also agreed with Bergomi's analysis.

"And I think there is a very important thing in Liverpool, and Xavi Alonso is not on the roster," Rossi reminded.

"Yes, his wife just gave birth to a son for him and he stayed in Liverpool."

"So, Liverpool's midfield will definitely be affected."

"This is indeed unexpected, because in the league last weekend, Benitez arranged for Xavi Alonso to rest, obviously to let him concentrate on playing in the mid-week Champions League, but unexpectedly his wife gave birth at this time, which must have disrupted Benitez's plan."

"Yes, that's right, so it depends on whether Mancini can seize the opportunity well, because judging from the past few games, Lucas Reva's performance is still too immature and does not have the ability to replace Xavi Alonso for the time being, so Liverpool tried to introduce Gareth Barry before, but failed."

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With the commentator's pre-match analysis, the live game screen also switched to the player channel of Meacha Stadium.

It can be clearly seen on the picture that Yang Yang and Ibrahimovic, Macon, Maxwell and other players were chatting enthusiastically, with each other standing shoulder to shoulder, and it seemed that their relationship was very good.

"They are all a group of players who debuted in Ajax and are also very good friends. Tonight Yang Yang plays Maicon, and the brothers kill each other, which is quite interesting."

Soon, under the organization of the referee, the players of the two teams lined up and walked out of the player channel.
Chapter completed!