Reborn Liverpool

Chapter 311
At the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, when the referee Skomina blew the final whistle, the Liverpool players celebrated wildly, showing no signs of exhaustion in the second half.

Because the Red Army soldiers know how long Liverpool has waited for this day!
Among this group of Liverpool players, young players under the age of 25 accounted for the vast majority, and many of them entered the Champions League final for the first time.

Zhang Mai and others are waiting for the day of May 5 to compete with the defending champion Real Madrid in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine.

This is the 8th time for Liverpool to participate in the competition for the Big Ears Cup. In the first 7 UEFA Champions League finals, 5 times they successfully won the cup.

Although Liverpool has a illustrious record, it was not until today, 11 years later, that they returned to the Champions League final again.

Although it is not yet the time to reward meritorious deeds, it can be said that Liverpool has been able to reshape the dynasty this season to summarize this season.

Before the start of this season, no one would have expected that Liverpool would achieve such results in the Champions League. At that time, as the defending champion of the Premier League, after entering the Champions League, they were only the third-tier team and could enter the death group at any time.

Fortunately, Liverpool survived step by step in the Champions League and finally reached the final.

Only according to the goals at the beginning of the season, Liverpool this year is a period of consolidation and adjustment. It is a satisfactory standard to be able to retain the Champions League seat, plus the Champions League round of 16.

Now that the Premier League and the Champions League are competing for the title, Liverpool can be called unprecedented success.

Liverpool can have such a good result, absolutely need to thank coach Klopp.

Since taking over the Liverpool coach in October 2015, although Klopp has had many coaching problems, in general, he is still perfect.

This is the second time that Uncle Zha led the team to the Champions League final in his coaching career. The last time was in the 2012-2013 season, when Dortmund lost 1-2 to Bayern Munich.

Can Liverpool this season help Klopp realize his dream?

The luck of the Klopp Cup final has always been bad. This was the case in Dortmund, and it was the same when he came to Liverpool. Before that, he led the Red Army to participate in the Europa League and League Cup finals, and eventually lost and finished runner-up.

Zhang Mai could only complain in private about this: You are all right, but that was without Zhang Mai, and now everything has changed!

Roma, who was finally eliminated by Liverpool, also received unanimous praise from the media, and the most demanding football critics also paid deep respect to the Red Wolves' "never give up".

Returning home again with a score behind three goals in the first round, once again not favored by the outside world, Roma still fought until the last second, giving Liverpool their first defeat in the Champions League.

But the spirit of the Roma team's tenacious struggle and never giving up is still worthy of praise. They almost succeeded.

Roma fell behind 1-2 at home, and the total score has fallen behind by 4 goals.To be or not to be, this is the question, and the Roman soldiers chose to stand up and resist without hesitation!
The ubiquitous Dzeko, Shalawi who fought until he was injured, Nainggolan who was ashamed and brave, and the old and strong Kolarov, the team attacked one after another.

哲科补射破门，2比2；纳因戈兰远射打中立柱内侧破门，3比2；纳因戈兰点球破门，4比2！

It was not until the last moment that Zhang Mai made a lore, and the referee's final whistle put an end to Roma's efforts in the Champions League this year.

The score was finally fixed at Rome 4 to 3 Liverpool. They became the first team in the past 13 years to eliminate Barcelona but failed to advance to the Champions League final.

Today's Stadio Olimpico has no losers, Roma has never been favored, but they never give up, heralding a comeback for a team in the Champions League.

After this frantic game ended, the Roman generals and top executives expressed their dissatisfaction with the referee, and at the same time called for the introduction of VAR in the Champions League.

Roma coach Di Francesco believes that Roma has grown in this game, regardless of the result:
"This experience has allowed the team to grow, but I'm sorry because this team should have had a stronger belief in reversing the game. I'm disappointed that the team is out, but I tell the players that they are doing a good job. Because we played well today and put Liverpool in a difficult situation, the second half of the game was almost perfect."

Objectively speaking, in this game, the referee made several controversial penalties in favor of Liverpool.

But Di Francesco said that arguing with the referee is meaningless and will only waste precious game time:

"I don't want to protest to UEFA, that's the club's business. But I need to let my players know that they have to have faith and keep going, and if there are a few minutes left in the game, to score another goal. Ball. I'm angry too, but it's more regret because I believe we can do this, we wasted time on the court. We can't stand there and argue with the ref, he won't change his mind, we do it like that Liverpool played their hands. This situation (players arguing with the referee) makes me angry and is something I need to improve in the future."

On the contrary, Roma President Pallotta is obviously very dissatisfied with the result of this game. In his opinion, it is time to introduce VAR in the Champions League:
"Obviously the Champions League needs VAR because you can't let misjudgments like this continue to happen. You can look at the replay, Dzeko was not offside at all, it was a clear penalty. In the 65th minute of the game, Trent Alexander-Arnold's obvious handball , no one in the world wants this to happen, Schick was brought down in the penalty area in the 67th minute of the game..."

"I know it's difficult for the referees, but because of these losses, it's really embarrassing, and by the way, that should have been a red card and Liverpool should have played with 63 men from the 10rd minute onwards."

Roma player Florenzi also accepted an interview with the media after the game:

"We feel sorry, especially for the penalty and the possible red card. We could have gone 3-2 up and tried to do a miracle, but we missed the comeback. It does make you angry when you go out like that. Seven goals were conceded in the round, but the opponent scored an offside goal in the first round, and Dzeko's goal was not offside in this game, it should be a penalty kick, and then the opponent had an obvious handball..."

"If VAR technology was used in the Champions League, I don't know if the final would be Real Madrid vs. Liverpool. VAR removes a lot of doubts. The referee may not see the moment of the foul, but in 10 seconds you can see the video and determine the moment. Case."

However, for Liverpool who finally advanced to the final, the Roman soldiers still generously sent blessings.

Chairman Pallotta: "But we want to congratulate Liverpool again, they are a good team and they deserve to go to the final!"

Di Francesco: "Liverpool is more dynamic than Barcelona. I thought their young players' mental quality would be worse, but Zhang Mai's final goal made me change my opinion. I wish them continued success in the final."

Interestingly, Nainggolan, the scorer of Rome in this game, also wrote his feelings on social media: "As a member of the Rome family, I am very proud. For the loss brought about by my mistakes and the final exit Sorry for the impact, but we have to move on, come on Roma! Congratulations to Liverpool who have been promoted, they will have a better tomorrow!"

For Salah, who was still playing for him last year, Rome is also full of blessings and is very humane.

After Roma lost to Liverpool, the Roma club blessed its old player Salah on the official Twitter:
"It hurts, our dream of going to Kiev was shattered, but you will be there, but you represent a different red, but we still want to wish you the best of luck in the Champions League final, Salah."

This season, Salah moved from Roma to Liverpool. Under Klopp, Salah can be said to be a fish in water. He played the best year of his career, scoring 49 goals in 43 games and 13 goals. Grain assists.

Red Army star Lawrenson said that if Salah can win the Champions League with Liverpool, although Zhang Mai is more likely to win this year's Ballon d'Or, Salah can also enter the top three in the selection list.

(End of this chapter)