At 19:00 on the evening of February 25, the second leg of the 1/16 finals of the 2015/2016 Europa League between Liverpool and Augsburg officially started at Anfield Stadium.
The total score is two goals behind, Liverpool has also made rotations, and Augsburg coach Wei Yinzier is still facing dismissal. Therefore, many people believe that even if Augsburg loses in this game, they will try their best in the away game. Causing some trouble for Liverpool.
Unexpectedly, only 5 minutes into the game, Augsburg, who was aggressively attacking, were intercepted by Liverpool and launched a quick counterattack. Willard dribbled the ball past two people and entered the Augsburg penalty area to prepare for a shot. At that moment, the panicked central defender Yankel made a flying tackle from the side and back, knocking Willard over with the ball in the penalty area.
"beep……"
The referee's whistle sounded, and Yankel was whistled for a foul in the penalty area and showed a yellow card, and then awarded Liverpool a penalty kick.
"ah???"
"Villade was tackled in the penalty area by Yankel."
"It's so surprising. Only five minutes into the game, Liverpool got a penalty kick, and center back Jankel also got a yellow card."
"Although Yankel desperately begged the referee and tried to persuade the referee to change the decision, the foul in the penalty area was too obvious. There was no problem with the referee's decision, and it was impossible to change the decision."
"The players on both sides were driven out of the penalty area. Velarde held the ball and came to the penalty spot, preparing to take the penalty kick."
After the referee signaled that a free throw was allowed, Willard pushed the ball towards the lower left corner.
Unexpectedly, the opponent's goalkeeper Hitz predicted the direction of the ball and made a move to save it in advance. In addition, Villard's push shot was not powerful and fast, but he was pounced by Hitz, changed the line, hit the post, and bounced back into the small penalty area.
After all, the shooting attribute is only 92, not the full value, and he can't hit where he wants. Velarde missed the penalty kick this time.
But luckily, Sheets failed to save the ball from the bottom line, and Willard, who was closest, reacted the fastest and immediately started. He rushed forward with two steps and volleyed upward with his left foot, successfully knocking the ball back from the ground. Sheets' body was pulled back from the goal.
Velarde finally managed to score the penalty kick without any danger through a supplementary shot.
"Oh, the ball is in!"
"This penalty shot by Willard was a bit thrilling."
"The strength wasn't great, and the angle wasn't tricky enough. He was almost thrown out by Hitz."
"Fortunately, the penalty saved by Hitz hit the post and bounced back. And Velarde reacted quickly enough, rushed forward two steps ahead of everyone, volleyed the ball back into the goal."
"Liverpool opened the scoring and led 3-0 with a total score, which basically killed the suspense of the game."
"It would be impossible for Augsburg to score three goals against Liverpool at Anfield."
"The Red Army has half a foot in the door of the Europa League last 16 and can already start preparing for the next English League Cup final against Manchester City."
Indeed, Willard's thrilling penalty kick made Klopp take a deep breath on the sidelines. Fortunately, Willard kicked it in again, and he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Lovren was injured, and Coutinho and Sturridge took turns. Although historically speaking, a 2-0 lead in the first round would hardly overturn the situation, but after all, football is round, and Klopp was still a little worried.
Fortunately, it's stable now. If the 3-0 lead is reversed by the opponent, then Liverpool will not be called the Red Army.
The next game entered the rhythm of the Red Army Liverpool. Augsburg, who were three goals behind, had no choice but to try their best to attack. However, Liverpool, with free agent Willard, made it difficult for Augsburg to even pass the midfield, let alone attack Liverpool. The penalty area formed a shot.
This is Anfield, the home ground of Liverpool. The state is much better than when they were away in Germany in the first round, and Augsburg had fewer chances.
It wasn't until the 26th minute that Augsburg got its first chance to shoot. As a result, forward Dominic Cole's shot flew high into the stands.
Liverpool, on the other hand, scored Augsburg's goal through a quick counterattack in the 34th minute. This time it was an inverted triangle pass from Velarde down the left wing. Henderson, who was in the back row, caught the ball and adjusted his posture to hit the goal. Two defenders in the penalty area flew to block the hole of the gun, but Henderson did not. Instead of hitting the goal, he passed the ball diagonally into the gap in the penalty area.
Firmino deftly rushed into the gap, volleyed the ball without stopping, and successfully scored the ball into the Augsburg goal.
"Goal again!"
"Liverpool leads 4-0 on aggregate, which is completely stable."
"Augsburg couldn't stand a chance."
"If Liverpool is 4-0 ahead and is overturned by Augsburg, then everyone in Liverpool, from the head coach Klopp to the players, can find a piece of tofu to kill them and apologize."
Indeed, when the score became 4-0, not only the Liverpool players were completely relieved, but the Augsburg players were also discouraged and no longer had any courage to reverse the comeback.
It's not confidence, but courage. Even the attack has become weak. Because they know very well that no matter how hard they attack or how lucky they are, it is impossible to reverse the situation.
What was unexpected was that before the end of the first half, in the 44th minute, Willard scored again.
In the positional battle, he passed an opponent's defensive midfielder and passed the ball to João Teixeira on the left, and then rushed into the penalty area himself.
And Teixeira also passed a good ball from the bottom. Velard just rushed to the landing point, jumped high, beat Augsburg center back Klavan, and hit the goal with a powerful header. , headed the ball into the Augsburg goal.
"Oooh, the ball went in again!"
"It's Willard again."
"Willard scored twice again, helping Liverpool expand the total score to 5-0."
"The game has completely lost its suspense."
"Although the first half is not over yet, it is already certain that Liverpool will advance to the top 16."
"Augsburg has no chance."
This is indeed the case. After the first half, Klopp made substitutions at halftime, directly replacing Willard, who had already scored twice, in preparation for the next English League Cup game.
In addition, Firmino was also replaced by Origi by Klopp to rest.
After Willard came off the field, Augsburg's offense improved a little, and the threat was a little greater than in the first half, but it was still not enough to break Liverpool's goal, and there was no luck.
In the 79th minute, Augsburg got a corner kick. Center back Jankel grabbed the first point and it was a good shot. Goalkeeper Mignolet had already raised his hands and surrendered, but the result was unexpected. At the back post, there was a defensive center, Benteke, who jumped up and just as the ball was about to fly into the goal, he headed the ball out on the goal line.
In addition, Augsburg did not get any scoring opportunities throughout the second half, nor did they really score even a goal.
However, Liverpool could not expand the score any further.
After 3 minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game. Liverpool eliminated the Bundesliga team OG with a total score of 2-0 in the first leg away, 3-0 in the second leg at home, and 5-0 in both legs. Fortuna advanced to the last sixteen of the Europa League in the 2015/2016 season.
The European war game experience is equivalent to the national team game. This game suddenly increased Willard's experience to level 42 770 million/700 million, automatically upgraded to level 43 070 million/800 million, and obtained an upgrade of 50 skill points. As a reward, the skill point balance increased to 106.
On the 1st of next month, you can improve all your skills again.
