Amid the crazy discussion about Leicester City's miracle around the world, the Liverpool players had no time to feel sad before they packed their bags and boarded a plane for the Europa League final.
At 20:45 on the evening of May 18, the St. Jacobs Park Stadium in Basel, the third largest city in Switzerland, and also the home stadium of Basel Club, was packed. The 2015/2016 Europa League final between Liverpool and Sevilla was officially announced. start.
Sevilla is only ranked 7th in La Liga this season, and their league ranking just misses the European war next season. Not to mention the Champions League, they don’t even qualify for the Europa League.
Therefore, they can only obtain a spot in the European war by defeating Liverpool and passing the rules that the Europa League winner automatically enters the Champions League group stage next season.
As for Liverpool, having just missed the first Premier League title in team history in the just-concluded league, they naturally have to go all out in this Europa League final to win and comfort themselves and their fans.
As the champion of the European competition, the European Super Cup and Europa League champions will also be eligible to compete with the Champions League champions for the European Super Cup at the beginning of next season.
Therefore, no matter who it is, the main force will be used and it is bound to win.
After the game started, neither side dared to attack rashly, but cautiously conducted more than ten minutes of testing. Willard and others discovered that their opponent's main focus was defensive counterattack, so they began to gradually attack.
Although they knew that the opponent wanted to hit the gap behind them, Willard and his teammates were very confident in the offense, so they decided to move forward and increase the intensity of the attack. If they could score first, that would be the best. Yes.
Seeing Liverpool press forward and strengthen their attack, Sevilla, which mainly plays the 4231 defensive counterattack formation, naturally shrank accordingly. Their tactic is to attract the opponent to press heavily, and then hit the opponent with a quick counterattack.
As for whether he will lose the ball first because of this, there is nothing he can do about it. He can only gamble on luck. Football itself is something that cannot be explained.
In the 13th minute, Liverpool took the lead in completing the first threatening shot that hit the goal frame. It was Willard who took the ball on the right side of the front court and passed two people in a row before crossing the middle. Captain Henderson stepped in from the back row and shot A heavy artillery world wave successfully hit Sevilla's goal frame with a slight angle.
Unfortunately, Sevilla's goalkeeper David Soria reacted quickly and successfully saved Henderson's long-range shot with a flying side dive. Liverpool also failed to grab the first point from the subsequent corner kick, and was pushed out of the penalty area by the opponent's center back Carriso to clear the ball.
However, Liverpool's offense will not stop because of this, especially with Willard's organization and connection.
Although Sevilla has paid great attention to the defense of Velarde, Velarde's personal strength is too strong and Sevilla's defensive players cannot stop him at all.
In the 17th minute, after Verard dribbled the ball through the midfielder Krychowiak, he was caught up by the defensive midfielder Banega and pushed from the side.
As a result, Velarde not only was not pushed down, but took advantage of the situation and broke through another defender Nzozi with a fried ball, allowing Nzozi to block Banega's continued push.
Velarde then dribbled the ball to the line of the penalty area, and after hitting the wall with Firmino who was connecting from the side, he once again broke through the interception of center back Lamy and reached the line of the penalty area.
At this time, the last central defender Carrizo rushed over from the side, but he did not dare to make a tackle for fear of being awarded a penalty kick for a foul in the penalty area.
As a result, his movements were too slow, and Velarde easily smashed the ball away. Then, before the Sevilla defenders rushing from all directions surrounded him, Velarde volleyed the ball with his left foot. Kicked towards the lower left corner of the goal.
Although the shot was shot with his left foot, Velarde's current shooting attribute with his dominant foot is 95 and his reverse foot attribute is 91, which is equivalent to a left-footed shooting attribute of 86. He is already the star and top player of many five major league clubs. The forward's shooting skills are up to par.
Coupled with the shooting power brought by Villard's physique, even if he volleyed away from the back, it still exerted a lot of force, forming a ground-breaking slash.
Goalkeeper David Soria failed to save the team this time. Although he made a save, he was ultimately beyond his reach and could only watch the ball stick to the turf and drill into the goal.
The commentators from England roared:
"Goooooooooooooooooooooal..."
"The ball went in!!!"
"It has to be Alan Willard."
"Villad passed several people into Sevilla's penalty area and completed a left-footed volley. He hit the ground with a tricky angle and sent the ball into the lower left corner of Sevilla's goal. "
"Liverpool opened the scoring and led Sevilla 1-0."
"Sevilla, the king of the Europa League, may encounter some difficulties in today's final."
"Especially the emergence of Willard, absolutely has the ability to subvert the game situation."
"On both ends of the floor."
Nearly 20,000 Red Army fans who traveled with the team to Switzerland also applauded and screamed happily in the stands, happy for Willard's goal and the opening goal.
Krisna, Alyssa, Bertha, Desia and others who took time off specifically for this final came to cheer for their boyfriend. They also cheered and hugged their boyfriend's goal and Liverpool's lead in the stands. Celebrating together.
In the stadium, Villard lost his center of gravity after completing the shot and was pushed down by the opponent's defender. However, when he saw the ball flying into the goal, Villard rolled over from the ground and climbed up, and then tried to rush to the sidelines to celebrate.
As a result, as soon as he left the penalty area and before he rushed to the sidelines, Willard was hugged by his equally excited teammate Coutinho, and then lost his center of gravity and fell to the turf. Subsequently, other teammates who followed quickly rushed forward, pressing on top of Velarde to celebrate. It was not until Velarde shouted on the ground that he couldn't stand it anymore that everyone got up one by one with laughter.
Willard got up last, his head and face covered with grass clippings, but neither his teammates nor himself cared about it. What everyone was most happy about was scoring a goal and leading the opponent.
As long as they take the lead in the score, with Liverpool's attacking power, victory is actually somewhat certain.
As long as Willard participates in the game, Liverpool can basically win if they score first.
Therefore, after the game restarted, Liverpool began to shrink its formation, attracting Sevilla to take the initiative to attack, and then hit the opponent's counterattack.
As a free agent, Willard can appear in any position inside or outside the penalty area when defending, and he will go wherever there is need.
When he gets the ball, Velarde's super personal ability can not only run long distances with the ball, but also use his precise passing skills to assist his teammates in counterattacks.
The flexibility is too high.
