green waist king

Chapter 333 Porto

On February 2, on the eve of the UEFA Champions League knockout round, Liverpool came to the South Coast again to face Southampton, their opponent in the 12th round of the Premier League.

This game is really worrying for Klopp.

Because the 15th is the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, and what's more terrible is to go to Porto, Portugal.

After hesitating, Klopp decided to take a gamble. He put Moyang and the others in the squad, but they were on the bench.

In the end, he won the bet. Although it was an away game, Jota and Shaqiri played very hard and scored two goals in the first half.

In the end, Liverpool scored all three points in the away game. The only pity is that Manchester City also won.

Guardiola slaughtered Leicester City from afar with a score of 5-1 at the Etihad Stadium, fully demonstrating the strength of Manchester City.

Some time ago, the Red Army fans discussed the possibility that Liverpool might win the Premier League again, but this time it has gradually ceased to be mentioned.

Because of Manchester City's performance in these rounds, they have no hope of overtaking and winning the championship at all, although the difference between Liverpool and Manchester City is only two points.

After playing Southampton, Liverpool's charter flight flew to Porto, Portugal the next day.

But on the plane, Klopp suddenly found that Mo Yang seemed to be in a low mood, which made him nervous, thinking that Mo Yang was sick.

In the end, Rodri came to Rodriguez, and under Moyang's dumbfounding expression, he made the diagnosis that Moyang was as strong as a calf, and he was sick.

Under Klopp's intentional guidance, Mo Yang explained the reason for his depression.

Because the day of this game is the Chinese New Year, every festive season misses relatives a lot, and Mo Yang feels a little homesick.

Before his grandfather passed away, he would go back to China every other year, but since his grandfather passed away, he has not been at home for the Spring Festival for six years.

Knowing the reason, Klopp can only give a few words of comfort. This situation can only be adjusted by the players themselves.

In fact, Mo Yang was fine at first, after all these years, he was used to it.

It's all the fault of that bitch Bai Lele!

Because of the Champions League, the next round of the Premier League will not start until February 2.

So after Bai Lele finished the 27th round match with the Wolves, this guy didn't know what tricks he used to get a week's vacation from Bielsa, and he turned his face and had a fight with Reid and Ai Lele. Linna went back to China for the New Year together.

It's fine if this guy just left, and Mo Yang can only envy him, but this guy is cheap because he keeps showing off to Mo Yang that he can go home, and he is so angry that he makes Mo Yang feel homesick. getting stronger.

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At 6:30 local time in Portugal, the match between Liverpool and Porto will begin at the Dragon Stadium.

Porto is a veteran team in the Portuguese Super League. It has won the Champions League twice in team history. The most recent time was in the Mourinho era, but that has also become the past, and Porto is no longer brilliant today.

More than 4000 Red Army fans came to this game, which is crazy.

The reason why so many fans come is because the last time Liverpool reached the Champions League knockout round dates back to the 08-09 season, so this game has made countless Red Army fans wait for nine years.

At the same time, in the distant land of China, there are also countless fans who are still guarding the computer at [-] o'clock in the morning on the first day of the Lunar New Year, waiting to watch the game.

"Audience friends, Happy New Year everyone!"

"I'm Zhan Jun!"

"I'm Zhang Lu!"

"I wish everyone a happy new year and a happy family reunion!"

"It's Chinese New Year, I didn't expect there are so many fans waiting to watch the live broadcast of the UEFA Champions League knockout match..."

"Porto is in the Champions League group stage this season. They are actually in a stronger group. Their opponents include Leipzig in the Bundesliga, Monaco in the Ligue [-], and Besiktas in the Turkish Super League."

"But in the last round of the group stage, Porto won Monaco 5-2 at home, scored ten points, and joined Besquetas in the second place in the group to advance to the quarter-finals of the Champions League."

Although it was New Year's Eve in the LeTV live broadcast room, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu rushed to the live broadcast room to start the live broadcast of the game after celebrating at home. Now it has almost become a habit for the two of them to live broadcast Moyang's games.

"Porto also stopped in the one-eighth knockout last season, but this season is very strong. It is currently leading the Portuguese Super League. In 21 rounds of the league, they only conceded 50 goals, but scored more than [-] goals."

"However, the Portuguese league is different from the Champions League after all. They also conceded 28 goals in the six rounds of the Champions League group match. , Liverpool with strong offensive firepower, this is the hell-level test that Porto must face today."

"And their main central defender Felipe was dyed red in the last game and will miss this game. This will inevitably lead to further weakening of Porto's defense, so Porto will most likely be in danger." Zhang Lu in a festive red suit in the live broadcast room Start the pre-game analysis.

At 6:45, with the whistle of the referee Osato, the game officially started.

As soon as the game started, Klopp came to the sidelines to observe Porto's tactical play in this game.

There have been four confrontations between Liverpool and Porto in history. Liverpool has an unbeaten record of two wins and two draws, so Liverpool has a psychological advantage.

In terms of overall strength, Liverpool has completely crushed Porto.

But Klopp is still a little uneasy because this is an away game.

On the field, Mo Yang found that the rain did not stop and the field became more slippery, so he immediately slowed down the team's game rhythm.

After all, this is an away game, and they are completely unfamiliar with the field, so it's better to keep a low profile and play it safe, otherwise it will be troublesome if you get injured.

Porto played extremely proactively, and they pressed very fiercely in the midfield. It was an attitude of fighting for every ball, which made it difficult for Liverpool to advance in the middle.

Seeing this scene in the live broadcast, Zhan Jun smiled and said: "Porto coach Conceicao obviously knows very well that they must try their best to win this game, otherwise they will have no chance of winning in the next round at Anfield. "

"Yes!"

Zhang Lu nodded and was about to answer when Porto got a left corner kick.

"Liverpool pay attention!"

"Porto is the team with the most set-piece goals in the Champions League group stage this season. Eight of the 11 goals they scored in the Champions League were set-pieces. This is their best form of attack!" See Porto won a corner kick, Zhang Lu said with a smile.

On the field, Porto left back Tres took a corner kick and went directly to Porto striker Tiquinho Suarez in the middle.

But Van Dyke had been staring at this guy for a long time. As soon as the ball came over, Van Dyke forced himself to jump in front of this guy and cleared the ball out of the baseline.

In a blink of an eye, the game time came to No. 15 minutes.

During this period of time, because Mo Yang took the initiative to slow down the pace of the game, Porto had the advantage in terms of offense.

In the 16th minute of the game, Liverpool sent a sideline ball from the backcourt, and Arnold threw it directly to Wijnaldum.

Wijnaldum was pinched back and forth by the Porto players, so he could only jump up and rub the ball back, but it was pushed to Telles.

Facing Salah's push, Telles didn't stop the ball. He directly threw the ball over the front of the top of the arc and landed at the feet of Porto's midfielder Marega.

Matip and Van Dyke closed the door from left to right at the top of the arc, but the big black man was very good at his feet. Touch the ball at his feet.

When Tikiinho advanced from behind Van Dijk, he directly made a pass and passed the ball from Van Dijk's crotch.

At the critical juncture, Van Dijk turned around quickly, fell to the ground and kicked his legs, and his left foot just blocked Tini Olympic's push.

The ball hit Van Dijk's leg and changed its line, and flew out of the baseline from the crossbar, which made Alisson break out in a cold sweat.

On the sidelines, seeing Van Dijk's wonderful defense, Klopp kept applauding.

At the same time, he kept waving to Moyang to signal that he could speed up!

Moyang also found that the rain had stopped at this time, and the stadium with the geothermal system was not so slippery, and Salah and the others gradually adapted to this strange dragon stadium, so Moyang immediately picked up the rhythm of the game.

(End of this chapter)