The commentator's prediction was correct, Liverpool indeed had one foot in the final.
In the following minutes, despite Stoke City's crazy attack, Liverpool was united and withstood the final crisis.
And after seeing the hope of winning and reaching the finals, Liverpool players became unafraid of sacrifice in the last few minutes. Even full-back Alberto Moreno gave the opponent's full-back Shaqiri a hard kick. , couldn't get up for a long time, and finally limped to finish the game.
Mirnor, who had just returned from injury, collided with the opponent in the 91st minute of stoppage time, causing a recurrence of an old injury and had to be replaced again.
But in the end, Liverpool still managed to win 2-0 on the road with great difficulty. With a two-goal lead in the total score and two away goal advantages, Liverpool basically killed the suspense of the second round. The psychological pressure on both the top and bottom is much less.
After the game, Klopp did not criticize everyone's timid performance, but instead praised them. After all, under the current circumstances, it is not easy to finish the game and get a 2-0 away score.
Of course, the fact that Liverpool's battalion is full of injured soldiers and there are more injured people has to give Liverpool a headache.
Three days later, on January 8, it was the third round of the FA Cup. Liverpool faced the English second team Exeter City away from home.
If Liverpool is willing to play in the main lineup, they will definitely win easily against League Two.
However, after the beginning of the new year, there were three consecutive away games, and each game was played every three days. The Red Army also added two injured players, Coutinho and Lovren. Firmino's return from injury also failed. The old injury recurred and he returned to the team again. When it comes to the ranks of the wounded, the number of injured in Liverpool has exceeded ten.
I couldn't stand it at all, even if I knew that as long as Willard and a few main players were included, Liverpool could win against the English second team.
But what about winning? On the contrary, there is a burden behind, requiring a long-term four-front battle.
Therefore, after discussions between Klopp, the club's senior management, and the players, he finally gave up on the FA Cup, and the assistant coach led a team composed entirely of substitutes and youth team players to challenge Exeter City away from home. Even Willard, who had no worries about his health, stayed at the base and did not go.
In the end, Liverpool lost 1-2 away to their opponents and were directly eliminated from the FA Cup. Exeter City went into a frenzy as they defeated Premier League giants Liverpool.
But Liverpool lost without any trouble. From the moment the substitutes were sent out, the game was already abandoned. Being eliminated from the competition gave everyone a sigh of relief, so that they would not be in a dilemma and have difficulty making a choice.
On Monday, January 11, Willard spent another 5 skill points to increase "Inverse Foot" from 86 to 87, leaving 151 skill points in the balance.
On the same day, the editor-in-chief of Uruguayan newspaper El Nacional led a team to arrive in Liverpool and presented the 2015 South American Footballer of the Year trophy to Velarde in a high-end hotel.
Although the value of the South American Footballer of the Year is much less than it used to be, and the award ceremony seems a bit perfunctory, after all, it is a personal award that is generally recognized by the football world, and Velarde is still very happy.
On January 12, Velarde attended the 2015 FIFA Year-End Awards Ceremony as a guest selected for the 23-man FIFA Ballon d'Or roster and the top three candidates for the Puskas Award.
Willard's appearance has been welcomed by many media and fans. He has proven himself in the Premier League by scoring goals and excellent performance in two consecutive games. Many people predict that Willard will be the next generation of superstars after Messi and Ronaldo.
The good news is that although Velarde did not enter the top three of the Ballon d'Or, he entered it together with Neuer, Marcelo, Ramos, Iniesta, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and others. FIFA Team of the Year.
However, in the selection of Puskas Award, Velarde in the Copa Libertadores and Messi in the Copa del Rey failed to win the award. The winner was a famous player from Brazil's third-level league. Little-known player Wendell Lira.
In a game at the Goias State Championship in Brazil, he inserted himself into the penalty area, received an overhead pass from his teammate, half-turned and jumped, and scored the ball with a volley and an overhead kick while drifting in the air.
This ball is different from ordinary overhead hooks. It looks quite silky and is called a drifting overhead hook by netizens.
To say beautiful, it is indeed beautiful. But it's hard to say that it is more valuable than the long-distance runs of Velarde and Messi, but he was the one who won the award in the end.
The selection of the Puskas Award is voted by netizens. Perhaps in the eyes of netizens from all over the world, there are too many wonderful goals from superstars such as Velarde and Messi, and everyone is a little tired of it. Moreover, the two have no shortage of Puskas Awards to embellish.
Therefore, in the end, everyone voted for the unknown Wendell Lira. Lira alone received nearly half of the votes, and Velarde and Messi shared the other half.
Netizens personally created a civilian legend.
After the award ceremony, Lila went crazy to take photos with all the superstars, including Willard. Being able to participate in the FIFA year-end awards ceremony, win the Puskas Award, and take photos with so many superstars is indeed a rare experience for a Brazilian third-level player who cannot solve the problem of food and clothing.
There is no suspense about the most important FIFA Ballon d'Or award. It was awarded to the five-time champion who led Barcelona to win La Liga, King's Cup, Champions League, European Super Cup, and Club World Cup last year, and led Argentina to win the first international competition in 22 years. Copa America double captain Messi.
Although Ronaldo's total annual goals are slightly more than Messi's, the number of championships is 0. He is uncompetitive against Messi's club and national team's six championships. Therefore, Messi's win was already expected and there is no suspense.
Messi also broke history again and became the first player in football to win five Ballon d'Or awards. He is really only one World Cup away from the world championship.
Many media and fans are already calling Messi the King of Football, but they just lack credibility. Only by winning the World Cup can one truly be crowned king.
After Argentina had Alan Velarde and helped Messi win the Copa America, both the media and the fans now have a lot more confidence in Argentina winning the World Cup.
Especially after Willard moved to Liverpool and started playing as a free agent, and performed very well in two games, everyone has more confidence in Willard and Argentina. Many Messi fans have begun to pay attention to and like Velarde, hoping that Velarde can help Messi realize his dream of the World Cup and become a veritable king of the world.
With a slight regret that he failed to win the Puskas Award, Velarde returned to the club and began to prepare for the next game.
Liverpool's next game is a strong dialogue with Arsenal, the top four contenders.
