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Suarez angrily bit Ivanovic last season and was directly suspended by the FA for 10 games, which is not insignificant.

This suspension order, for a high-level athlete, cannot play 10 high-quality games under the influence of non-injury, which is very detrimental to the player's ability to maintain the game state. After the suspension is lifted, whether the player can immediately adapt to the team? The tactical system may be an unknown.

And it is precisely in consideration of the FA's suspension that this summer, many foreign clubs have offered an olive branch to Suarez, wanting to recruit this Liverpool striker to their own teams.

Fortunately, Liverpool has a firm attitude towards keeping people, and with the persuasion of Yang Feng and others, and Liverpool's excellent league record, Suarez's own tendency to leave the team is not so obvious, so Suarez's staying with the team this year has not evolved into history. The farce that lasted until the transfer window deadline.

Although Suarez has been suspended, the joint training with the team has not fallen behind.

The 6-game suspension in the new season from last season seems to be a lot, but because of Liverpool's own European missions, it is not within the scope of the suspension, and the League Cup is also counted as a suspension.

Therefore, Suarez's debut time is not slow. First, he ushered in his season debut in the Champions League group stage in the middle of this week, and then after the weekend's league, the ban was completely ended. It will be against Manchester United in the China League Cup next week.

In that double-red meeting, facing Liverpool, which has stronger firepower and is still at home, Manchester United may be in danger.

Liverpool's Champions League grouping this season is not considered a top pick.

The teams in the same group are all five major league teams. Although there are no top giants, the strength of the teams is also above the standard line.

Liverpool, Naples, Borussia Dortmund, and Ligue 1 team Marseille.

After the draw is completed, this group is not only called the death group, but also the best-looking group in the game.

The four teams are all headed by the Young Guards, and all four teams advocate offense and fast-paced offensive and defensive transitions. For neutral fans, if they simply appreciate the game, the games in this group are definitely worth watching. watch.

Liverpool's first Champions League group match is an away game against Marseille, a slightly downcast Ligue 1 giant.

In the Champions League, everyone knows that Suarez, who has been holding back for a month, will definitely play, but for the lineup that Liverpool may send out, no one expected that Rodgers would have such a big rotation.

For Liverpool, at the beginning of the league, it is a bit premature to mention something to save energy and guarantee league results.

However, considering the weekend's league game against Southampton, and next week's Chinese League Cup double red meeting, two tough battles in this week made Rogers choose a bold rotation in the Champions League.

With Suarez's comeback, Rodgers did not let the tired Sturridge and Gerrard fly to France in this game. Together with the team's old team deputy Carragher, the three stayed in Liverpool to save energy , maintain the body, prepare for the league and the second double red meeting.

In the Liverpool starting lineup announced before the game, even though Rodgers brought many main players in the squad, it seemed more like preparing for a "public fund trip". Yang Feng, Jose Enrique, Skrtel, Lucas, Henderson, all on the sidelines.

Rogers made half of the main rotation, just to give the players enough rest time to avoid the influence of injury factors caused by fatigue.

However, although Liverpool played a mixed lineup of main players and substitutes, it must be considered that Agger, Kolo Toure, Joe Allen, Wisdom, these players have also made Premier League starts before, proving that There is a player who has surpassed his own strength, and there is also a player who has been suspended for a long time. Suarez, who came back for the first game, is at the bottom. The strength of Liverpool's away lineup is not as weak as imagined.

In this game, Liverpool relied more on the team's offense to deal with Marseille in the away game.

Even if there is no Ding Haishenzhen in the defense line like Yang Feng, but there is a Mignolet who is in good enough form, but it can also ensure that Liverpool's defense line will not cause too much trouble.

Throughout the game, Mignolet made 6 wonderful saves and turned into a wall in front of Liverpool's goal, making Marseille's multiple threatening attacks come back without success.

On the contrary, Liverpool's offense created a pretty good threat in the away game.

Joe Allen, who got the chance to start today, is an offensive player. Although his personal defense in the midfield was not satisfactory in this game, many of Marseille's offenses were initiated from the area he was in charge of. .

But Joe Allen did what he should do. In the back of the midfield, he effectively assumed the command and scheduling duties of Gerrard's absence. The offensive trio composed of Tinho, Sterling, and Suarez can concentrate all their energy on the impact on Marseille's defense.

Thanks to Joe Allen's ball support, Sterling has a very good forward breakthrough ability on the right side of the game, sending a lot of side crosses to Suarez in the middle.

Suarez's first goal in the game came from Sterling's wing attack.

After Sterling used his speed to forcibly get rid of Marseille's full-backs and received an overhead pass from Joe Allen, he directly played the effect of his summer special training and sent an excellent cross. Find Suarez who responds inside the penalty area.

Suarez took advantage of his running position and excellent ability to judge the position. Under the marking of the opponent's central defender, he still took the lead in grabbing the forward position, shaking his head and attacking the goal, giving Liverpool the lead in the 24th minute of the game. .

The goal was scored in the first show, and Suarez's good state also deepened Rogers' confidence in winning the game.

Facing Liverpool's semi-substitute lineup, his team fell behind at home.

Marseille's coach was of course furious. He directed the team to launch a more violent attack, trying to recover the score at home.

Since Liverpool's defense is indeed poor and they are still playing away, the situation on the field has indeed been suppressed by Marseille for a long time.

Liverpool relied on the retraction defense of all members and Mignolet's outstanding performance to keep their lead.

And Marseille's continuous offense also caused disaster for itself in the second half.

Although Liverpool's defense is thrilling, it has not allowed Marseille to score.

This sense of urgency to tie the score made Marseille's own defense more and more empty after the second half in order to strengthen the team's frontcourt offense.

With such a big vacancy in front of Liverpool's strikers, there is naturally no reason not to take advantage of it.

In the 54th minute of the second half, Liverpool counterattacked after stealing the ball from the backcourt. Joe Allen directly made a long pass to find Sterling who was flying forward from the right. This time the pass was closer to the central area, allowing Sterling to catch the ball After getting rid of the defensive player, you can directly accelerate forward and threaten the goal area.

After swiping past Marseille's last centre-back, Sterling faced only the goalkeeper.

A low shot hit the goal, passed through the goalkeeper's wicket, and flew directly into the goal. Sterling succeeded single-handedly, extending the score to 2-0 for Liverpool.

Although Marseille's offense achieved results in the 73rd minute, with more than 15 kicks, it finally converted into a goal, allowing the fans on the scene to see the home team's hope of equalizing the score.

But in the 81st minute, Suarez and Coutinho's brilliant short pass during Liverpool's counterattack completely killed the suspense of the game.

The two passed consecutively during the fast-paced forward rush. In the end, Coutinho sent a wonderful diagonal pass to the big brother. After receiving the ball, Suarez dunked the opponent's defensive player in the penalty area and shot far. The corner succeeded and sealed the victory for Liverpool.

The final score was fixed at 3 to 1. With Suarez's two goals and Sterling's goal, Liverpool took away the new season with a semi-substitute lineup in the away game. The first victory in the Champions League once again proved Liverpool's outstanding team strength this season.