Reborn Liverpool

Chapter 420 Champions League 18 Finals First Round

2月13日4时，18-19赛季欧冠1/8决赛拉开帷幕，曼联在老特拉福德迎战大巴黎，最后净吞两弹，以0-2输给了前来做客的法国豪门。

On the next day, February 2th, the UEFA Champions League 14/1 finals played 8 more games in the first leg. Tottenham Hotspur defeated Dortmund 2-3 at home. Sun Xingmin broke the deadlock in the second half. Vertonghen passed 0 shot and replaced Llorente Lock the win.

Zhang Mai, who returned to Liverpool, was regarded by Klopp as a big killer to boost the morale of the Red Army, but Zhang Mai ignored Uncle Zha's dissuasion and participated in the 2th round of the FA Cup on February 17.

Zhang Mai led a group of substitutes and reserve team youngsters to beat the First Division team Brisbane 4-0 at home, and Liverpool successfully advanced to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.

利物浦紧接下来的比赛由3场：20日欧冠主场对阵拜仁、24日第27轮联赛客战曼联、27日温布利大球场和曼城的联赛杯决赛。

Zhang Mai insisted on participating in the League Cup final on the 27th, which conflicted with Klopp's attitude of focusing on the league and the Champions League. Uncle Zha decided to temporarily hide the Huaguo Super Giants who did not listen to orders in the first two games.

2月20日，欧冠1/8决赛首回合再赛2场，利物浦主场迎战拜仁。

Before the game, Klopp, who was born in the Bundesliga, talked with the Bayern coaching staff on the sidelines and hugged Bayern player Hummels.

The starting rosters of the two sides were displayed on the big screen, and Zhang Mai appeared on the bench, which confused the fans and the German opponents:

Liverpool (4-3-3):

13- Alisson;
66-Alexander-Arnold, 32-Matip, 3-Fabinho, 26-Robertson;
5- Wijnaldum, 14- Henderson (captain), 8- Keita;

11-Salah, 9-Firmino, 19-Mane.

Bayern (4-3-3):

1 - Neuer;
32-Kimmich, 4-Jule, 5-Hummels, 27-Alaba;
6- Thiago, 8- Harvey Martinez, 11- James Rodriguez;
22-Gnabry, 9-Lewandowski, 29-Keman.

Klopp's central defenders are in a hurry.Van Dijk was suspended, Maguire continued to recover from his injury, Lovren, who had a hamstring injury, did not recover, and Fabinho played as a central defender.

The visiting team's Lewandowski is Klopp's old player in Dortmund (16 goals) and the only player who scored more goals than Salah (13 goals) in the Champions League during Klopp's coaching.

拜仁本赛季欧冠保持不败，2017年9月0比3负巴黎后欧冠客场不败，但与利物浦7次欧战交锋仅1胜（4平2负），3次客场对阵利物浦颗粒无收。

In fact, the Bundesliga team has never won an away game at Anfield in Europe (3 draws and 12 losses), and only scored 3 games. Ballack is the only German player who has scored against Liverpool in the Champions League (April 2002 Leverku Sen).

Bayern coach Kovac only replaced one starter, and Martinez replaced Goretzka.Boateng is out due to diarrhea.

At the beginning of the game, the Red Army, which occupies the advantage of the home court, played offensive football, so that the visiting team, which is also good at attacking, was busy resisting for a while.

In the 12th minute of the opening, Liverpool got their first chance. Henderson made a long pass from the center line. Salah threw away the two central defenders. He volleyed with his left foot 8 meters in front of the goal and was confiscated by Neuer.

Bayern retaliated 1 minute later. Gnabry passed from the right and cut into the penalty area to make a pass. Lewandowski missed the ball in front of the goal. Matip made a clearance 4 meters in front of the goal and pushed the ball towards his own goal...

Fortunately, Alisson's position is ideal, and the ball is blocked by the abdomen!Gnabry got the ball back again on the right side of the penalty area. Kimmich shot 12 meters in front of the goal and was blocked by Keita.

The two heroes competed, both sides tried their best, and the scene was extremely exciting from the beginning.

In the 19th minute, Mane responded to Keita's goal and broke into the left side of the penalty area 10 meters away from the goal. His left foot pushed and shot wide of the near post.

Three minutes later, Alisson made a pass error under Lewandowski's pressure. Coman steals the ball and Ronaldo kicks the wall to cooperate. On the left side of the penalty area, 3 meters away from the goal, he shoots obliquely with his left foot and hits the side net.

In the 28th minute, Arnold's free kick near the left baseline was destroyed and then passed again. Salah then nodded the ball and missed the near post.

The offensive and defensive transition of the game was very fast, the players on both sides also moved very quickly, and the amount of running of the referee team also increased greatly.

The head coaches on both sides were not easy. The coach of the visiting team, Kovac, protested against two misjudgments from the sidelines, and was finally warned by the fourth referee on the sidelines.

After half an hour, the home team Liverpool gradually gained the upper hand and slowly suppressed the visiting team in the second half.

In the 32nd minute, Firmino knocked across the frontcourt. Keita shot with his left foot from the front of the penalty area and hit Jule's leg, which was blocked by a sliding shovel, and then hit his right hand. Mane turned around 8 meters in front of the goal and shot wide with his left foot Out the right post!
After 2 minutes, the two sides refused to give in to each other in the fierce competition in the midfield. Bayern's Kimmich was injured and received treatment.

In the 38th minute, Thiago stole the ball from Arnold, and Gnabry broke into the penalty area and shot a low shot 13 meters from the right side of the penalty area, but Alisson pushed it out of the far post.

In the 42nd minute, Firmino scored the ball. Keita shot with his left foot 19 meters in front of the goal and was blocked.

In the stoppage time of the first half, Salah's left corner kick was destroyed, Henderson successfully counterattacked in the frontcourt, Salah passed the ball with his heel from the left, Firmino made a pass from the left side of the penalty area, and Matip made a point distance At 6 meters from the goal, the shot with his left foot missed the near post.

Liverpool's offensive was dominant, but the striker trident wasted many opportunities. The two sides shook hands 0-0 in the first half.

Zhang Mai watched half of the game on the sidelines, and he had a deep impression of the Bundesliga giants:
Liverpool is still the original Liverpool, but the Bundesliga's high-strength physical confrontation offset the Red Army's home court advantage, and the trident's volley also made Bayern's precarious defense safe and sound.

In the second half, the two teams fought again in different places, and neither team made personnel adjustments. Even if the fans on the sidelines were chanting "Zhang Mai", Klopp remained indifferent.

Bayern was anti-customer-oriented from the beginning, and they played a wave of offensives, but Liverpool's quick counterattack was not vegetarian.

In the 48th minute, Keita passed the ball and was blocked by Ronaldo before splitting the ball. Jule made a clearance from the left side of the penalty area and hit Robertson. Salah stopped the ball on the right baseline and shot with his left foot, but he had already lost the shot. angle.

Bayern relied on their physical advantages to resist the Red Army's counterattack, and immediately began to move forward with all their members, launching an attack on Liverpool's backcourt.

In the 52nd minute, Fabinho blocked Bayern's pass from the bottom line, Ronaldo took a corner kick, and Martinez missed the top.

After that, Martinez passed the ball in the front court, and Gnabry hit his left foot 26 meters in front of the goal.

In the 64th minute, Thiago scored the ball, and Gnabry cut into the penalty area from the right and shot high with his left foot.

The situation on the court was stalemate for a while, and the coaches of the two teams were also helpless.

Klopp didn't make a substitution until the 76th minute. Milner and Origi played, replacing Keita and Firmino. Zhang Mai still sat on the bench.

In the 78th minute, it was Bayern's counterattack again, Thiago scored the ball, and Ronaldo shot low with his left foot 22 meters from the left side of the goal.

In the 81st minute, Liverpool got their first chance to shoot in the second half. Arnold took a corner kick from the left.

In the 87th minute, Bayern also started to make substitutions, and Ribery came on to replace Koman. It seems that Kovac also wanted to steal a chicken at the last moment.

In the 89th minute, Robertson made a cross from the left. Mane rushed to the top 7 meters from the goal and was pushed out by Neuer to the near post!
Immediately, Arnold took a corner kick from the left, and Matip went higher again before the point.

In the first minute of stoppage time, Sanchez and Rafinha came on the field, replacing James Rodriguez and Gnabry, and Kovac also happily accepted the result of 1 point.

The two teams eventually scored a goalless draw 0-0, and Liverpool is still wandering in the vicious circle of the draw.

The home game was tied by the opponent, and the next away game will be even more difficult. Zhang Mai, who watched the whole game from the bench, has a new understanding of Uncle Zha's persistence.

On February 2, the final focus of the first round of the UEFA Champions League 21/1 finals was at the Schalke Arena. Manchester City narrowly beat Schalke 8 3-2 away. Aguero took the lead and Bentaleb scored a penalty. Go-ahead for the second time, Otamendi was sent off, L-Sane came off the bench and scored a world wave equalizer, Sterling scored a lore in the 04th minute.

(End of this chapter)