Revive Liverpool

Chapter 321 Champions League semi-final

However, nothing is absolute.

In the 81st minute, Queens Park Rangers suffered heavy losses. Onuoha received the second yellow card of the game for a malicious foul on Kanter and was shown a red card. In the last 10 minutes of the game, Queens Park Rangers had to fight with ten people.

And Liverpool's chance came again.

And Liverpool did not live up to this last chance.

In the final stage of the game, Gerrard, who missed a penalty kick, scored a header from Coutinho's corner kick to help the team complete the lore, Liverpool [-]-[-] Queens Park Rangers.

Once again, Gerrard played his role as captain.

Gerrard's opportunities to represent Liverpool in games are becoming less and less.

Maybe this game may be the penultimate game he represented Liverpool in the league.

The 37th round of the Premier League is Liverpool's last home game in the league this season.

Liverpool's opponent in that game was Crystal Palace.

If nothing else, Gerrard will definitely appear in this game.

As for the 38th round of the Premier League, it is not certain whether Gerrard will appear.

If Liverpool have determined that they cannot win the Premier League championship or have already determined to win the Premier League championship by then, Gerrard will definitely appear.

But if it is still uncertain by then, the result is not easy to say.

In the same league round, Chelsea beat Crystal Palace [-]-[-] at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea continue to maintain their lead over Liverpool.

The next round of the Premier League will be Liverpool against Chelsea away.

The battle for the Premier League title is about to begin.

Winning or losing this game is likely to determine the whereabouts of the final Premier League champions this season.

This season's Premier League championship has been locked between Liverpool and Chelsea. Although Manchester City has not fallen behind recently, the team he dropped before makes it impossible for him to win the championship now.

However, before this battle between dragon and tiger, Liverpool still has a Champions League game to play, and the opponent is not weak, the defending champion of the Champions League Real Madrid.

It's going to be another fight.

Liverpool's current schedule is much denser than Chelsea's. Chelsea has no games between the two rounds of the league, so they can take a good rest and prepare for the next championship battle.

And Chelsea's advantage is not only this, this game is still Chelsea's home court.

All the preludes seem to be exactly the same as the second leg of the League Cup semi-final between Chelsea and Liverpool this season.

I don't know if Liverpool can change their fate against the sky this time.

If everything is still like the League Cup and the two teams fight to a draw, Liverpool will have no chance to compete for the league title this season.

We can only wait for Chelsea to have problems.

This kind of thing is almost impossible now.

……

The first battle is the Champions League semi-final between Barcelona and Bayern Munich.

Although Real Madrid is the defending champion, Bayern Munich in the other semi-finals, Barcelona also performed well this season.

The combination of Barcelona's Messi, Neymar and Suarez is also a big hit this season.

Bayern Munich was the champion of the Champions League last season. Although Bayern Munich is now weaker than before, it is only weaker, and it is not so easy.

Bayern Munich locked the league title early this season, so their goal is only the Champions League.

So they can go all out in the Champions League.

But in this semi-final, Barcelona swept Bayern Munich led by Guardiola [-]-[-] at home.

This can almost declare that Bayern Munich's road to the European war this season has come to an end.

The Spanish media also began to cheer for Real Madrid when Barcelona had already confirmed their promotion. They naturally hope that this year's Champions League final will be the same as last year, all teams from Spain.

Especially this time it is a Spanish derby between Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​not a Madrid derby between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.

……

The Champions League semi-final match between Liverpool and Real Madrid is about to begin.

This time the first leg will be played at Anfield.

Now the league has entered the championship stage.

Liverpool and Real Madrid are now two points behind the leaders in the league.

The other group of Bayern Munich in the Champions League semi-finals has secured the league championship, and Barcelona is the leader of La Liga.

The two teams playing against each other are largely similar in the league.

Although it doesn't have much impact, the same situation also makes the competition between the two sides of the game more balanced.

However, Liverpool will face Chelsea in four days, so Liverpool will face a choice problem, and the burden of thinking is heavier than that of Real Madrid.

Entering the semi-finals of the Champions League, today's Anfield stadium is even more enthusiastic.

The current head coach of Real Madrid is Ancelotti, and his re-encounter with Liverpool is also a highlight of this game.

Ancelotti is doing well at Real Madrid.

In the summer of 2013, after he joined Real Madrid, he helped Real Madrid win the 19th Copa del Rey and the 10th Champions League.

In the first half of this year, he also led Real Madrid to create a 22-game winning streak.

But the performance in the second half of the season was not so good.

Constant mistakes in the second half made Barcelona complete the overtake, and now Real Madrid is 2 points behind Barcelona.

If Real Madrid can't win the Champions League or the league championship this season, according to Real Madrid's rhythm, it is estimated that Ancelotti will leave get out of class.

So the pressure on Ancelotti is not small.

In short, the pressure on both sides of this round of competition is not small.

……

With a whistle, the first leg of Liverpool's Champions League semi-final officially began.

In just 54 seconds of the opening, after Kanter cut off the ball at Kroos' feet in the frontcourt, Kanter sent a direct pass before Kroos had time to fight back on the spot.

Coutinho, who got the ball, was almost unguarded in the penalty area, with only Pepe in front of him.

Faced with this situation, Pepe didn't panic at all, and immediately knocked Coutinho down. It seemed that Liverpool would get a penalty.

But Pepe's actions were very subtle, and the referee Atkinson did not give Liverpool a penalty.

Real Madrid escaped a catastrophe. This can be regarded as a punishment for Liverpool's promotion to the semi-finals due to the referee's wrong penalty kick in the last round of the Champions League knockout round!

Liverpool didn't care too much about the misjudgment this time, after all, the game has just begun.

But Pepe's foul behavior is not punished, which is what makes Liverpool players most angry.

Although Coutinho was not hurt, Pepe's bad behavior made the game even more intense.

(End of this chapter)