Benitez's ability to read and understand the game is definitely world-class, with more than 60,000 people, fans, coaches and players on the field, not one of them can match him.

Less than ten minutes into the game, Liverpool got a good chance to shoot.

Liverpool's midfielder Mascherano steals near the center circle and then quickly dribs forward.

Schalke 04 has studied Liverpool's offense very well. When Mascherano cuts off, not many people did not defend Argentina's midfielder. Schalke 04's players chose to cut off Mascherano's passing line and defend Chen Yu, because Liverpool's counterattack is more about going to the wing or passing long passes to Chen Yu.

Mascherano and Alonso have different technical characteristics. His long pass ability is worse than Alonso, and his cross-pass transfer is not enough. However, Mascherano has a unique skill in dribbling. He was originally prepared to pass the ball. When he saw that no one intercepted him, Mascherano immediately changed his mind and dribbled the ball and rushed towards Schalke 04's half.

Mascherano's sudden raid was beyond the expectations of Schalke 04's players. After Rakitic's hastily intercepted by Mascherano, Schalke 04's players were suddenly distracted, and several players rushed to Mascherano to surround and block.

Mascherano is a midfielder, not a sharp knife. His surprise attack was because he was not as good as the passing point. Seeing that Schalke 04's defensive layout was disrupted, Mascherano immediately passed the ball to Benardon, who ran out of the open position on the wing.

The most threatening point of counterattack was Gerald and Chen Yu, but Schalke 04 also understood that even when it was a little messy, Schalke 04 did not relax its defense against Chen Yu and Gerald, so Mascherano could only pass it to the Israeli Benardon who ran out of the open space.

Benardon is a skilled master. He has excellent basic skills. Mascherano's pass is not very comfortable, but he can still quickly control the ball and turn his body to Schalke 04's bottom line.

An uncomfortable pass was solved by Bernardon's consecutive stop and change direction, which made Liverpool fans in the stands cheer for Bernardon's superb skills.

Bernardon is different from Liverpool's other defenders who assist. He can play in the midfield and has a lot of room for choice to hold the ball, and can hit and flank. Schalke 04 is very difficult to defend, and the French concentrates its troops.

Schalke 04 was just a brief chaos, and Liverpool got the opportunity to counterattack. Although Bernardon was not the first attack point, he did not disappoint Mascherano's pass. He successfully went down the wing and passed the ball to the penalty area.

Originally, Liverpool's double striker configuration was that Kuyt involved his opponent's troops and actively returned to defense, and Chen Yu came to complete the final blow, but Chen Yu was too hated, and all the opponents stared at him, which often gave Kuyt the opportunity.

Benayon's pass was actually for Chen Yu, which is different from the midfield pass. This pass is an assist-type pass, which tests the teammates' finishing ability.

Bernardy has a clear understanding of the finishing ability of Kuyt and Chen Yu. He would rather pass the ball to Chen Yu, who was being marked by two people than pass it to Kuyt.

However, things were unpredictable. Chen Yu was followed closely by two defenders. He barely jumped up and could not touch the ball. The defender who defended him was unable to get the landing point to clear the ball. The ball was sent and fell on Kuyt's head running back.

Kuyt seemed to have not expected it, and he ran past it, but as an excellent striker, being able to subconsciously adjust his body to complete shooting movements is a basic quality.

Kuyt jumped slightly backwards and headed the ball with his powerful waist and abdomen, heading to the right side of the goal.

The goalkeeper is on the left and the ball is on the right. Although Kuyt didn't make much effort, he thought the goal was almost certain.

Although Kuyt's teammates and fans are not as confident as the client Kuyt, they also believe that the distance between them is so far, Schalke 04's undry goalkeeper should not be able to save it.

However, today Kuyt met Neuer, the rising goalkeeper in Germany.

Neuer, who is just 22 years old this year, is 1.93 meters tall, tall, long arms, and quick reaction. When Chen Yu didn't get the landing point, he felt bad, so he began to move backwards, then jumped up, and drove the ball out of the bottom line with one hand.

Although Neuer moved ahead of schedule, he was much farther from the ball flying, and it was definitely a miracle to be able to catch the ball. Schalke 04 fans in the stands were all excited and applauded Neuer to cheer for Neuer. Schalke 04 players also applauded with the fans, happy for Neuer's magical swooping.

Next was Liverpool's corner kick, and Alonso took the penalty, and he directly hung the ball into the penalty area. Although Alonso's pass seemed to be similar to other players, Alonso's pass was incomparable to other people. His pass fell almost exactly on Chen Yu's head.

Chen Yu trusted and admired Alonso's footwork very much, but no matter how accurate the footwork was, it could not help him score. Schalke 04's players followed him tightly and were very strong. There were so many people in the penalty area, and Chen Yu's speed was not fully utilized. Under the interference of several furry arms, Chen Yu was unable to jump up, but he barely pushed his head forward.

Such a header is definitely not threatening, there is no force angle, the ball is almost heading towards the sky, goalkeeper Neuer didn't even stretch out his hand, but made a provocative gesture to Chen Yu.

Chen Yu couldn't help but look carefully at the German youth goalkeeper who had just emerged but was very popular. He was young, handsome, confident, and looked very sunny. He had never played against him because Schalke 04's grade was too low and he had no chance to enter the Champions League. Now he finally had a chance to enter the Champions League knockout stage. Unexpectedly, this little guy was so arrogant.

It seems that he needs to teach him a lesson before he can respect his seniors. Chen Yu smiled and stretched out a finger to Neuer, then another one, and finally hooked his finger to Neuer, meaning "Let the horse come over."

As a Chinese compatriot of the descendants of Yan and Huang, the commentator Duan Xuan understood what Chen Yu wanted to express at a glance. He said excitedly: "Neul provoked Chen Yu, meaning that Chen Yu would enter casually, and Chen Yu's response was very tough. He raised two fingers, meaning that he would enter at least two, and let Neuer come over... It's really a domineering! It's such a great pen! Look, this is the kingly aura of the world footballer!"

Although Liverpool seized the opportunity and fought back several times by Schalke 04, because Schalke 04's defense is highly vigilant, Liverpool's goalkeepers have a poor ability to seize opportunities, and they failed to kill Schalke 04 after several counterattacks.

Schalke 04 is just because he lacks rich experience in European games, and has gained the advantage by Liverpool and has suppressed his morale. However, this is Schalke 04's home court. Fans keep cheering for Schalke 04, and goalkeeper Neuer's several saves also aroused the players' confidence and fighting spirit. After 20 minutes, Schalke 04 stabilized his position and began to play a tug-of-war with Liverpool.

Benitez looked at Slomka and felt a little admiration. Being able to adjust so quickly shows that Slomka still has certain abilities and has excellent control over the team. However, Benitez doesn't understand why such a coach wants to fire it. It is said that he cannot reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League and cannot keep the top two in the league, and Slomka will be dismissed.

When Benitez looked at Slomka, Slomka was also secretly looking at Benitez. It is rare to have a chance to compete with world-class coaches. Whether it is victory or defeat in the end, it is not that important. What matters is what you have gained.

Slomka had a bad start and failed to break through Liverpool's goal. Instead, he was hit by Liverpool's counterattack. Now the two sides are in stalemate and seem to be evenly matched. In fact, Slomka is very clear that his advantage is still there. Liverpool has superstars like Chen Yu and Gerrard. Even if there is only a little omission, being caught by them will cause all their efforts to be wasted.

Benitez and Slomka had an amazing agreement in their ideas. He also believed that stalemate was beneficial to him, so he sat firmly on Diaoyutai and waited for Schalke 04 to make a mistake again.

It seems that the game is just like this, without any passion, which makes the fans very dissatisfied. Their purpose is not to cheer for the team, but mainly to appreciate the fierce confrontation, beautiful passes and goals. If it is so dull, they would rather go home to watch TV.

However, the saying that football is round is always right. Just when the people on the court and in the stands were a little listless, the situation on the court suddenly changed. Schalke 04 suddenly changed the rhythm of the game and grabbed Liverpool's pass in the midfield and frontcourt. Then Schalke 04's midfield core Ernst quickly dribbled the ball into the penalty area.

Schalke 04's steal came too quickly, and the steal position was very important. Just outside the 30-meter area of ​​Liverpool, when Schalke 04's players rushed to Liverpool's penalty area like a tide, a Champions League veteran like Liverpool couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

Schalke 04 finally found an opportunity but would not let it go. He couldn't help but put all his troops in. Moreover, Ernst, who held the ball, was very smart. He kept passing the ball to his teammates who were running well and fast, and then received the ball back pass from his teammates and continued to push forward.

Schalke 04's counterattack speed is not fast enough, but it is even more difficult for Liverpool to destroy it because they are constantly passing the ball.

In a blink of an eye, Schalke 04 hit the front of Liverpool's penalty area.

The full-back Rafinia, who held the ball, cooperated with Jones to play the wall and broke into the right side of the penalty area. Liverpool's defense failed to keep up. Rafinia decisively shot hard from 18 yards.

Liverpool goalkeeper Reina reacted quickly, and he flew to save the ball and saved it from the goal line.

Liverpool's luck today was a bit back. The ball saved by Renner happened to hit Bernardon, who was quickly returning to defense, and flew into the net.
Chapter completed!