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FC KAISERSLAUTERN 3 - 2 LIVERPOOL
Saturday 29 July 2006 16:30 , Friendly
REINA THE MIDFIELDER CAN'T SAVE REDS
Liverpool might have missed out on the city's comedy festival while staying at a pre-season camp in Switzerland, but Rafael Benitez clearly entered into the spirit of fun by playing Pepe Reina as a midfielder during a 3-2 defeat to FC Kaiserslautern.
With the game level at 2-2 after Craig Bellamy had scored his second goal in three games and Luis Garcia had given the Reds a brief lead, Benitez found himself short of available players and decided to throw on the Spanish goalkeeper as a makeshift midfielder.
While the crowd of 2,800 in Liechtenstein couldn't believe what they were seeing, Reina twice went close to grabbing the winner before Marcel Ziemer subjected Liverpool to their first pre-season defeat of the new campaign with an 87th minute strike.
Having been a goal down early in the second half, Liverpool looked to have won the game until two late strikes swung the game in Kaiserslautern's favour.
With fitness the only real concern of Benitez at this stage of pre-season, you can't imagine the Liverpool will lose much sleep over Saturday night's result.
Saturday 29 July 2006 16:30 , Friendly
REINA THE MIDFIELDER CAN'T SAVE REDS
Liverpool might have missed out on the city's comedy festival while staying at a pre-season camp in Switzerland, but Rafael Benitez clearly entered into the spirit of fun by playing Pepe Reina as a midfielder during a 3-2 defeat to FC Kaiserslautern.
With the game level at 2-2 after Craig Bellamy had scored his second goal in three games and Luis Garcia had given the Reds a brief lead, Benitez found himself short of available players and decided to throw on the Spanish goalkeeper as a makeshift midfielder.
While the crowd of 2,800 in Liechtenstein couldn't believe what they were seeing, Reina twice went close to grabbing the winner before Marcel Ziemer subjected Liverpool to their first pre-season defeat of the new campaign with an 87th minute strike.
Having been a goal down early in the second half, Liverpool looked to have won the game until two late strikes swung the game in Kaiserslautern's favour.
With fitness the only real concern of Benitez at this stage of pre-season, you can't imagine the Liverpool will lose much sleep over Saturday night's result.
HWIENIAWSKI said:
I think Chelsea are too strong 
it's feckin insane what they are able to do. take the best team, and add one of the best strikers in the world, AND a world-class midfielder? no one can compete with that sort of spending power...
it's feckin insane what they are able to do. take the best team, and add one of the best strikers in the world, AND a world-class midfielder? no one can compete with that sort of spending power...
The other teams willl have to be as consistent as chelsea r and they have the ability to do that imo , imo with gallas leaving Mourinho is overlooking a big part of the team and thats the CB position.
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Having already dismissed Liverpool's title credentials, Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has stepped up the psychological warfare ahead of Sunday's Community Shield clash.
Mourinho claims The Reds should start the match as favourites against his charges, who he concedes are at 'just 50 per cent of their quality'.
The number of Blues players on World Cup duty coupled with a grueling pre-season schedule has had Mourinho lamenting his side's preparation for their title defence.
The Portuguese claiming Liverpool will start the match as favourites - and failure to win could even compromise the confidence of Rafa Benitez's team.
"They will feel that they are in much better condition than Chelsea, so they have to win the game," said Mourinho.
"If they lose against a Chelsea side at just 50 percent of their quality, that could affect their confidence ahead of the Premiership season."
"Every other team - even the ones not competing for the Premiership - have been working for more than a month.
"They will all start the Premiership on fire and we are not in the same condition.
"I just have to hope that the quality we have on the pitch will be enough to get us through."
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Having already dismissed Liverpool's title credentials, Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has stepped up the psychological warfare ahead of Sunday's Community Shield clash.
Mourinho claims The Reds should start the match as favourites against his charges, who he concedes are at 'just 50 per cent of their quality'.
The number of Blues players on World Cup duty coupled with a grueling pre-season schedule has had Mourinho lamenting his side's preparation for their title defence.
The Portuguese claiming Liverpool will start the match as favourites - and failure to win could even compromise the confidence of Rafa Benitez's team.
"They will feel that they are in much better condition than Chelsea, so they have to win the game," said Mourinho.
"If they lose against a Chelsea side at just 50 percent of their quality, that could affect their confidence ahead of the Premiership season."
"Every other team - even the ones not competing for the Premiership - have been working for more than a month.
"They will all start the Premiership on fire and we are not in the same condition.
"I just have to hope that the quality we have on the pitch will be enough to get us through."
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