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Chapter 285 The Weeping Lyudsky Stadium

On October 10, in the third round of the UEFA Champions League, Liverpool traveled to Maribor, Slovenia, and played away against Maribor at the Lyudski Stadium.

This team is one of the three teams that have never been relegated since the establishment of the Slovenian First Division and has always been considered the representative of Slovenian football.

This game was recognized by the European media as the battle between the strongest and the weakest in Group E.

Although Maribor has achieved a brilliant record of six championships in the past seven years in the domestic league, it still cannot be compared with the strong European teams at the European level.

Maribor lost 3-0 to Sevilla in the first two rounds, and then drew with Spartak Moscow at home.

Maribor currently has 1 point in the group and Spartak Moscow, but is at the bottom of the group with a goal difference of -3.

So if they want to qualify, they must seize the opportunity at home and win Liverpool.

But is it possible?
The European media feel that there is no possibility, and the strengths of the two sides are not at the same level at all.

But Klopp thinks it is still possible!
He has suffered enough from underestimating the enemy last season, and he will never repeat the same mistakes.

Although Maribor is the weakest team in this year's Champions League, Klopp knows that this team has rich experience in European wars, so he dare not underestimate the enemy.

It is said that there are no underdogs in the Premier League, but so does the Champions League.

There have been many upsets in the Champions League over the years, and it is not uncommon for ants to overturn elephants.

At 5:45 pm local time, the game officially started.

Although Klopp attaches great importance to this game, he will not send all the main players on the field as if he is facing a big enemy.

After all, other players in the team also need opportunities in some Champions League matches to accumulate experience in European competitions.

So in this game, some players who had just fought against Manchester United were rotated, and Mo Yang also appeared on Liverpool's bench.

Today's midfield partners are Emrejan, Wijnaldum and midfielder Rewa.

On the front line, Jota and Salah are partnered, the center is the unlucky Firmino, and the goalkeeper is also replaced by Alisson.

Regarding Liverpool's practice of frequently changing goalkeepers in European games and leagues, in fact, many European media believe that there are hidden dangers.

But in order to give players a chance, Klopp usually plays the league and the Champions League, taking turns, so that no one can say anything.

From the current point of view, apart from Karius' frequent own goals, I really haven't seen any huge hidden dangers.

In the 3rd minute of the opening game, Liverpool showed top-level ability to combine sides. Salah relied on his own assault ability to pass Maribor's left back Villa on the wing, and swept the ball to the goal after entering the penalty area.

In the middle of the goal, the ball arrived. Firmino met the ball sideways, raised his right foot and pushed it lightly, breaking through Maribor's goal.

Seeing the goal being born on the sidelines, Klopp was stunned for a moment, as if he couldn't believe that the goal would come so soon.

Although Liverpool's offensive has fully recovered recently, in fact, many games have gained momentum and failed to score. He never expected that the goals would come so quickly, and Salah and Firmino would enter the game so quickly.

After this goal, Klopp returned to the bench and sat next to Mo Yang.

After watching for nearly 10 minutes on the sidelines, Klopp felt that it should not be a big problem to win this game.

Because the players on the field have almost eaten up Maribor's defense, the strength gap between the two sides is too obvious.

And he probably saw the tactical thinking of Maribor in this game.

Although it is home, Maribor is obviously playing very conservatively. They invest very little in the offense. There are only a few people, and the threat is not big. Not every team has a Mourinho, and the counterattack also scores. beat.

In the 12th minute of the game, Maribor launched a sneak attack from the right.

But when he came outside the Liverpool penalty area, he directly surrounded Moreno and others from the wing, and lost the ball in the blink of an eye.

After Moreno got the ball, he quickly dribbled it in, broke through Maribor's first counter-attack line on the side, and quickly sent the ball to the frontcourt.

Firmino pulled the side, retreated to the center line to catch the ball, and then quickly transferred the ball to the center.

Wijnaldum received the ball, turned without a moment's delay, and passed it straight to Salah on the right.

Salah dribbled the ball to the ribs and then suddenly split the ball.

At the same time, Firmino started from the top of the arc, slanted to the right side of the penalty area, and directly took the two players in the middle of Maribor away.

The ball arrived, Firmino received a pass from Salah on the sideline of the penalty area, and then forcibly turned around and passed the penalty kick.

Ruota rushed towards him, and without stopping the ball, he volleyed the left post directly.

Suddenly the ball was like a cannonball, sticking to the inside of the post and drilling into the Maribor goal.

2-0!

Seeing another goal, Klopp stood up and applauded, and sat back after a while.

He couldn't get excited. Judging from the scene of more than ten minutes, it was completely abusive, with no sense of accomplishment.

Mo Yang on the bench was also a little sluggish, covering his mouth and yawning subtly from time to time.

He has the same judgment as Klopp in this game, and there is no problem in winning.

In Mo Yang's eyes, Maribor's defense line, which made many mistakes, was like a sieve, full of loopholes.

And Mo Yang could also see that Salah and others on the field played very relaxed after the second goal.

Sure enough, in the No. 20 minute of the game, Firmino retreated to catch the ball at the top of the arc, and then suddenly went straight.

Salah entered the penalty area from the right rib and shot directly, rewriting the score again.

In less than 10 minutes, Liverpool can be said to have put an end to the game.

But it's not over yet. The game is coming to an end. Milner attacks from the wing and sweeps across the goal. Extended to 4-0.

After this goal, until 70 minutes into the second half, neither side scored again.

The morale gap between the two sides of the game is extremely obvious.

On Liverpool's side, the offensive is raging, Maribor has completely fallen unconsciously, and the defense is struggling to deal with Liverpool's offense.

In the 80th minute of the game, Klopp made three substitutions at a time, and Mo Yang was one of them. Klopp asked him to play to find his feeling.

After Mo Yang played, the Maribor players realized what a disaster is.

The unstoppable and penetrating through ball made them lose their temper.

Mo Yang made 82 goals in 86, 93, and 3 minutes of the game. He scored an assist hat-trick in 10 minutes and helped Salah achieve his first Champions League hat-trick. Firmino also scored twice. .

Seeing that their team was massacred by Liverpool at home, with no power to fight back, more than 1 Maribor players on the scene showed sadness.

In fact, some fans had already left the field in the 80th minute of the game, and I couldn't bear to watch it any longer.

Many young fans even cried directly, which was touching.

But this is football, very cruel and realistic, and this is the only result of the fact that the strengths of the two sides are not at the same level.

In the end, Liverpool beat Maribor 7-0 in an away game.

Counting the previous two games, Liverpool already has 9 points and has almost booked one of the places to qualify for the group.

After the game, the game was reported by the European media as 'Weeping Lyudsky Stadium, a tragic massacre! '

(End of this chapter)