Football: The strongest post-zero generation

On February 3, the evening of Valentine's Day, in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the Bundesliga powerhouse Schalke 04 was in the city, and the whole Liverpool team had entered the home of Schalke 04 - AufSchalke Stadium.

More than 50,000 fans poured into the 400 million euro stadium tonight, and preparations for the match began in the stadium.

Above the world's most modern stadium, comparable to the Allianz Arena in Munich, hangs a 32-ton behemoth.

Because Aufschalke Stadium is the first to use a three-dimensional pillar large screen on the football field, similar to the NBA court.

And now hanging more than 30 meters above the stadium behemoth, there are four sides of the LCD screen with an area of more than 30 square meters on each side.

In tonight's game, all the fans in the stands will be able to see everything that happens on the pitch through these four large screens.

At this time, the large screen is showing the moving turf on the court, but next to the moving turf, there is no staff member.

Because the turf of the Aufschalke Stadium is paved with movable tracks, the entire stadium weighs 11,000 tons of turf, which can be laid and removed in a matter of hours.

Not only that, in addition to the removable turf of the course, the stands on the south side of the stadium can also be removed as a whole.

The Aufschalke Stadium once set a record when, after a rugby match, the south stand was quickly converted into a stage, the turf was removed and the stadium was turned into a concert venue.

When the concert was over, the stands were in place, the pitch was restored to turf, and a Bundesliga match was immediately played, and all this was completed in just one and a half days.

But the most striking thing about the Afschalke Stadium is its roof.

The 560-tonne canopy, which can be turned on or off in 30 minutes, turns the pitch into an indoor arena that is protected from bad weather, so despite the rain tonight, there is not a drop of water on the turf in Schalke.

In Liverpool's game against Schalke, Jurgen Klopp made a personnel change as Van Dijk was suspended and the team's backline had to change.

Joel Matip and Fabinho formed the interim centre-back, with Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold in the two wing-back positions.

In midfield, Jordan Henderson and James Milner still couldn't catch the game, but Wijnaldum made a comeback and formed a central axis with Li Qing and Keita.

The strikers are composed of Mane and Firminoch to form a trident, and Klopp can be regarded as the strongest lineup that can be sent.

The main thing I know a lot about Schalke 04.Li Qing is that they trained Domenic, a coach in his thirties, who became the club's top management

However, they have just been beaten by Bayern Munich this season, and the team has dropped to 12th place in the standings, which is completely different from last year's style.

However, Schalke has a good record in Europe in the 04 season, and UEFA has just decided to use video assistant referees in the knockout stage of the Champions League this season, while the Bundesliga has long used video assistant referees, but the Premier League has not yet cited it.

Of course, the Premier League has confirmed the use of video assistant refereeing next season, and has already used it in the Carabao Cup semi-finals and final, but for Premier League players who are used to rough maneuvers in the game, Liverpool's players may be in trouble in this game.

In fact, since the group stage of the Champions League last year, many people have spoken out, hoping that the Champions League can introduce video assistant referees.

Especially in the match between Juventus and Valencia, Ronaldo once received a red card for allegedly hitting Valencia player Murillo on the head, and this penalty after the game caused a huge controversy at the time.

Because judging from the replay of the live video footage, Ronaldo's actions at that time were not hits at all, and in the subsequent Champions League group stage, there were constant controversies of misjudgment and omission, which boosted UEFA's introduction of video assistant referees into the knockout round in advance.

However, Li Qing does not think that just a video assistant referee can bring much trouble to Liverpool, and of course he does not deny that Liverpool often concedes goals inexplicably in some games this season.

If this characteristic is targeted by Schalke 04, it will definitely cause a little trouble for Liverpool, after all, Van Dijk, the core of the defense in this game, is not on the field, and Fabinho is the first time to partner Matip in central defense, which is hateful.

It's just that Schalke's 04 season record and ranking are worrying, with only 25 points in 22 rounds of league play, ranking 14th, and it is almost to the point of playing a relegation battle.

But they have a good ability to fight at home in Europe, with 6 wins and 3 draws in the last nine European home games to remain unbeaten, and they are also unbeaten in the three Champions League group stages this season, so they still have a certain home advantage.

Especially the teams in the Bundesliga, they are more tenacious in foreign battles, especially good at using physical confrontation, Schalke 04 is a team that goes out of the way, and now the German international Neuer is going out from Schalke.

And now Schalke's captain, that is, their goalkeeper Ferman, is also a hot big goalkeeper in Germany, whether Liverpool can get enough away goals in this game, Ferman is a must-pass.

However, after the start of the game, Li Qing found that this game was really not as easy to deal with as he imagined.

Schalke 04, who is fighting at home, sent five defenders and four midfielders to defend and counterattack, and it is very appropriate to treat Li Qing with four words of strict defense.

Because no matter where Li Qing appears on the field, Bentaleb, the No. 10 player of Schalke 04, will follow Li Qing like a shadow.

Li Qing knows that the Schalke 04 manager must have watched all the recent Liverpool games to do this.

I want to send someone to guard myself, so that my ability to run and get the ball to break through can't be brought into play, after all, there is always a person around him, and even if his teammates want to pass the ball to Li Qing, they have to think about it first.

Moreover, Li Qing found that the physical confrontation ability and air defense ability of this German team are particularly strong, and there are big men who are almost two meters in the team, and several players in the front court, three of whom are more than 1.85 meters.

Such a lineup made Liverpool's small midfielder completely caught in hand-to-hand combat, because except for Li Qing, Keita and Wijnaldum are no more than 1.8 meters tall.

Two of the opposing team's four midfielders are defensive midfielders, and once Liverpool's players get their hands on the ball, they will find themselves in a multi-player situation. _

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