Colombian Luis Díaz scored partial 2-2 against Villarreal. Photo: EFE/Domenech Castelló.
Villarreal dreamed for a while qualifying for the Champions League final. He did what he had to do so that it was not only an illusion, but he lived a nightmare against the mighty Liverpool. After an impeccable first half, he couldn’t maintain that attitude.
Ang Yellow submarine The game began with arguments to reach the final – this would have been the first in the Champions League – with epic seasonings: after four minutes of play he was able to open the scoring and before the end of the first half, he tied the series against a Liverpool that seems not to be commanded by Jurgen Klopp. But the second half was reserved for the team he led Unai Emerya distant chapter of the epic.
If in the first half Villarreal had the necessary scenarios and goals, in the second Liverpool achieved the weight of its history and in just 45 minutes shattered the illusion of the Spanish team. The total result -5 to 2- showed how difficult the networksstill at a disadvantage.
Initially, Villarreal showed they were ready to reverse the 2-0 deficit in the first leg at Anfield. After three minutes of playing he was able to discount the result carved in 180 minutes. The second minute was completed in Ecuadorian Estupinan the French launched a center from the left Boulaye Day connected to the purpose.
The goal was a blow to Liverpool, who could not play their game. Villarreal wanted more and besieged. He controls the fight, holds the ball and is smartly defensive. If the visit to the center is lost, the place reaches the goal relatively easily.
The second goal of the match came right in: five minutes before the end of the first half, Villarreal shouted a second that put the aggregate 2-2 and left an equal-term match for the final 45: foosball seems to win. The goal is a good play capoue on the right, which overflowed and drew a center already Francis Coquelin He connected to a header and was almost unmarked.
But that 2-0 opened the match. Geronimo Rulli who almost became a spectator in the first part, ended up being the star in the second. But not in a positive way. fabinho He got the discount after 17 minutes: he received inside the venue and took a cross shot already caught between the legs of the goalkeeper.
The goal is a blow to the goalkeeper and the prelude to the fall. Five minutes later, something similar happened. At this moment louis diaz went to a center Trent Alexander Arnold… which is another pipe for the goalkeeper. Everything the locals achieved in the first stage went back to zero: in that tie the English team scored two goals again.
The last shot was Mane, waiting to make a counterattack on himself as Villarreal focused on the attack. And so, from below came the ball that presented him with a desperate and rolls to come out too far from the arch to try to stop the advance. The Senegalese raffleed the attempt and so did the Foyth to run at him from behind: with purpose at his disposal, he determined and secured the pass to the final. The third Liverpool will play in the last five seasons.
The rival will emerge in the match between Real Madrid and Manchester City on Wednesday, who had a good game in the first leg that ended 4-3 in favor of the English team. The winner will rival Liverpool in the final to be played on May 28 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis.
Source: Clarin