Reborn Liverpool

Chapter 257
10月17日20:45，2017/18赛季欧冠第3比赛日E组一场焦点战展开争夺，利物浦在斯洛文尼亚客场挑战马里博尔。

This is the first time the two teams have played against each other in Europe. Maribor had only 8 win against the English team in the previous 1 games, and the remaining 7 games had 2 draws and 5 losses. Among them, 2 draws were against Tottenham and Chelsea. The only opponent who lost was Birmingham were relegated to the Championship in 2011.

马里博尔近7个欧冠主场3平4负未尝胜绩，利物浦近14个欧战客场仅3次胜出，其余11场7平4负。

Compared with the last double-red meeting, Liverpool's lineup has still been adjusted to a certain extent. Klopp dare not use the All-England class to deal with Champions League opponents:
Liverpool: (4-3-3)
22 - Mignolet;

66-Arnold, 3-Maguire, 4-Van Dijk, 26-Robertson;
10-Zhang Mai, 5-Winaldum, 7-Milner;
11-Salah, 9-Firmino, 21-Chamberlain.

Mane continued to miss due to injury, and Milner, Mignolet and Arnold entered the starting lineup in rotation.

The home team Maribor is not very weak. With a proper middle-level level of the British Championship and the home bonus, they even drew with Spartak Moscow in the last round.

However, all of this fell apart in front of the Red Army soldiers who were eager to avenge the shame of the "Double Red Club" being tied. Liverpool staged a massacre overnight.

Liverpool took the lead in the opening 4 minutes. Salah broke into the penalty area and made a cross from the right after stealing the ball from the frontcourt.

Then Chamberlain passed the ball, and Milner's shot from the edge of the penalty area on the right was confiscated.

Liverpool expanded the score in the 13th minute. Milner made a cross from the right side of the penalty area. Zhang Mai shot into the net at the first time from 15 yards, 2-0.

In the 19th minute, Firmino made a direct pass, and Zhang Mai pushed a shot from the far corner near the upper right corner of the small penalty area into the net, 3-0, Zhang Mai staged a hat-trick within 20 minutes.

In the 27th minute, Salah's single-handed low shot from the left side of the penalty area was disallowed for offside.

In the 33rd minute, Villers swayed past Van Dijk on the left side of the penalty area and was confiscated by Mignolet. Then Salah volleyed from the top of the penalty area and was also confiscated by the goalkeeper.

In the 39th minute, Robertson made a pass from the left side of the penalty area. Salah stabbed the post from close range and popped out. Zhang Mai who followed behind shot into the net, 4-0.

In less than 40 minutes of the big four, Klopp was worried that Zhang Mai would be torn apart by the furious home team fans, so he quickly replaced Zhang Mai with No. 8 Fabio.

In the second half, the two teams fought again in another place, and Liverpool still had an absolute advantage on the field.

In the 47th minute, Firmino made a pass from the left side of the penalty area, and Wijnaldum's shovel shot from 10 yards was blocked.

In the 52nd minute, Chamberlain's direct free kick from 25 yards was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper.

In the 54th minute, Fabio made a free kick from the left, and Firmino rubbed into the back corner from the edge of the small penalty area, 5-0.

In the 59th minute, Solanke, who had just replaced Salah, volleyed over from 10 yards.

Then Klopp also replaced Firmino with Sturridge.

In the 67th minute, the goalkeeper of Maribor made a mistake in the kick-off. After intercepting, Chamberlain broke into the penalty area and shot from 12 yards on the right side, which was saved.

In the 86th minute, Sturridge made a direct pass, and Chamberlain single-handedly pushed into the net from 10 yards, 6-0.

In the 90th minute, Arnold's shot from the right side of the penalty area was deflected into the net by Suller, 7-0.

The referee made 5 minutes of stoppage time, and Robertson broke into the penalty area and scored a long shot from the left side in the 94th minute, 8-0, which was also the final score of the game.

After the game, Klopp celebrated in the locker room, and finally vented his anger for the flat "Double Red Club".

Klopp accepted an interview after the team's 8-0 victory over Maribor. Klopp said that the team's performance in this game was extremely good, and the overall offensive and defensive pressure made him very excited.

"The eight goals we scored were fantastic and the football was pleasing to the eye. It looked like Maribor were not at their best, but it's obviously going to be difficult for them to play against Liverpool in that form. I love The point of the boys is in the second half, they did not lose their focus on the game after a big lead, we continued to control the game, their performance was very mature."

"In fact, such games are often prone to gutters, because when you don't show a 100% attitude, you will get into trouble. The team's goals are very exciting, but the overall offensive and defensive pressure of the whole team is so great that I am afraid that it will be difficult for me. It was very exciting to watch from the sidelines, this kind of Liverpool played real football, and the performance of the players was impeccable."

"As for why Zhang Mai who replaced Da Sixi early? That's why I think he can rest."

In another game in the same group, Sevilla lost 1-5 away to Sparta Moscow.

The other 4 teams in the Premier League entered the Champions League group stage with 2 wins and 2 draws. The overall momentum was not as good as the previous round, but the Premier League team still won the Champions League group stage.

Manchester United beat Benfica 1-0 in the away game, Rashford scored a free kick into the net, and Manchester United led Group A with 3 victories;
Manchester City beat Naples 2-1 at home, Sterling and Gabriel Jesus scored goals, Ederson saved a penalty, Diawara scored a penalty to get back a city.Manchester City lead Group F with a complete victory;
Chelsea drew 3-3 with Roma at home. Luiz and Hazard scored 2 goals first, but Roma scored 3 goals in a row and Hazard finally equalized. Chelsea still leads Group C by 2 points;
Real Madrid tied Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 at home, and the two teams are still neck and neck in Group H.

Although the five Premier League teams are in full bloom, Klopp's Liverpool team is undoubtedly the most dazzling tonight, and Zhang Mai, who scored four goals alone, is also dazzling.

"Crazy! They were also 8-0 before Liverpool recreated the tragedy ten years ago!"

The British media used such eye-catching words to report the victory of the Red Army, and elaborated on its significance by citing classics:
Liverpool challenged the Slovenian team Maribor in an away game, and did not show mercy to the home team at all. While winning three consecutive victories, this 8-0 scoring feast broke many records.

In this game, Zhang Mai scored 10 goals in less than 4 minutes in the first half. Liverpool led 4-0. 8 away wins, and continue to rank first in the group standings.

The well-known statistics agency OPTA has been paying attention to the progress of this game. At the end of the half, they wrote: "This is the seventh English club that can score four goals in the half of the Champions League. It is crushed."

By the end of the game, OPTA added:
"Liverpool is the first English club to accomplish this away from home. They blow their opponents away."

Liverpool have won 5-0 away games in European wars three times, which is the previous record for the largest score. They were against Reykjavik in 1964, Cruzad in 1976 and Xaka in 2001. was broken today.

Liverpool's 8-0 score also broke the largest away score in the history of the Champions League. They are the first team that can do it.

2010年11月马赛曾经在客场7-0大胜斯洛伐克球队日利纳，而顿涅茨克矿工则在2014年10月以同样的比分战胜白俄罗斯的鲍里索夫。

而上一次在欧战中有英格兰球队能客场取得7球大胜也已经是24年前了，阿森纳在1993-94赛季的欧洲优胜者杯上7-0大胜标准列日，最终他们也夺得了冠军。

The 7-goal victory can be regarded as a game recorded in history for any club, but for Liverpool, the 8-0 "tragedy" is not the first. In the history of Liverpool, the biggest victory appeared In the European Cup Winners' Cup in the 1974-75 season, Liverpool beat the team from Norway 11-0 at home.

Not only that, the holder of the largest score victory in the history of the Champions League is also Liverpool itself. In the 2007-08 UEFA Champions League group stage, Liverpool beat Besiktas 8-0 at home.

欧冠另两次8-0则是皇马创造：皇马在1957-58赛季的1/4决赛8-0大胜塞维利亚（迪斯蒂法诺大四喜），之后则是在2015-16赛季小组赛，皇马8-0击败马尔默（C罗同样上演大四喜）。

Zhang Mai has now been compared with the names of Di Stefano and Ronaldo, and this is still a game where Zhang Mai only played less than half a game.

Now, Liverpool has attributed the largest home and away victory in the Champions League to its own name, and also has its own big four players.

When the teenager Arnold rewritten the score to 7-0 early this morning, a Liverpool fan joked: "Liverpool is crazy and even their own record will be broken...".It is also by virtue of this big victory that Liverpool can lead the group with an absolute advantage.

After the game, Klopp was also very happy: "I am very happy that we can write a piece of our own history."

At the same time, the third round of Group B also started. Paris Saint-Germain played away against Ligue [-] champion Anderlecht.

In the end, Mbappe, Cavani, Neymar and Di Maria each scored a goal, and Paris won three consecutive victories 4-0 Anderlecht.

Mbappe, who scored his first goal in the Champions League, was very happy, but after hearing the news of Liverpool's big victory, the French genius felt that the gap with Zhang Mai was getting wider and wider.

(End of this chapter)