The presence of Willard not only made many of Sevilla's attacks futile, but also made Liverpool's offense look quite sharp and difficult to guard against.
The court vision brought by Velarde's super awareness allows him to often move the ball in a wide range and send exquisite long passes or through balls, directly threatening Sevilla's goal.
This is quite a headache. Sevilla naturally wants to send people to keep an eye on Velarde at all times. However, Velarde plays as a free agent, not only in the center, but also on both wings and even in the frontcourt and backcourt. , his figure will appear.
No one can defend Willard from man to man, not even the midfielder who specializes in defense.
Zone defense is not good either. Players have high or low personal abilities, and Willard will specifically look for weaknesses to attack. With Willard's personal strength, he can usually hit every target accurately.
In the 52nd minute, Velarde took the ball from the right and used a bicycle to pass the full midfielder Bitolo, and then used a Marseille spin to break through the midfielder N'Zozzi.
Then, while dribbling the ball forward, he did not continue to go down, but cut inside and dribbled horizontally. Like Robben, he continuously shook off two Sevilla defenders and then kicked off the right side of the penalty area and pocketed it with his left foot. Shoot into the far corner.
Velarde played this ball with extremely high quality. The ball rose into the air and circled a wonderful arc in the sky, bypassing Sevilla players in the penalty area and also bypassing goalkeeper David Soria. of ten fingers.
Seeing the ball flying into the goal, many Red Army fans in the stands and in front of the TV couldn't help but stood up. When they were about to celebrate, the ball unexpectedly hit the post and bounced into the penalty area. Goalie David Soria held on as he pounced.
"Willard!"
"Shoot..."
"Ah, what a pity!"
"The ball hit the post, bounced into the penalty area and was controlled by goalkeeper David Soria with a second save."
"Villad's arcing shot failed to hit the goal."
"What a pity!"
"If this goal is scored and Liverpool are two goals ahead, the game will be much easier to play."
"Sevilla got away with it."
"On the stage of the Europa League final, Sevilla seems to have some blessings and there will always be some surprising good luck."
"For example, Kolo Toure's own goal in the first half helped Sevilla equalize the score."
"For example, Velarde's long-range shot hit the post, which also allowed Sevilla to escape the disaster and continue to maintain hope in the game."
"I hope Willard and the Liverpool players will not be affected and continue to perform stably to ensure they win this game."
It was impossible not to be affected. Even Velarde was a little depressed and annoyed when he saw that his long-range shot, which he performed well, hit the goal post.
Willard thought to himself, even if his foot was slightly tilted inward when shooting, he would have scored a goal, but why did he hit the post?
In addition to the fact that his left-foot shooting skills are not as good as his dominant right foot, Sevilla is also really lucky.
But no matter what, the game must continue.
Sevilla's morale was indeed high after escaping. They fought more intensely in subsequent games and gained more confidence in their offense.
Finally, when the time came to the 64th minute, Sevilla launched a successful team attack. Even though Velarde retreated to the backcourt to help defend, he could not withstand the opponent's exquisite teamwork.
The main reason is that when midfielder Banega passed the ball, it did not pass to forward Gameiro who ran out of the penalty area as Velard expected, causing Velard to rush over and prepare to intercept the passing route. Useless effort.
Banega did not pass the ball to Gameiro who was in the gap in the penalty area, but passed it to Koke, the right midfielder who was not in the gap outside the penalty area and was accompanied by Emre Can.
Emre Can also reacted a little slowly. He did not expect Banega to pass the ball to Koke, and therefore failed to react immediately and destroy the ball.
Koke came out from behind Emre Can, and without stopping the ball, he violently volleyed the ball towards the goal.
Although Cork lost his center of gravity after completing the shot and was pushed down by Emre Can, the shot that had been completed could no longer be stopped.
Koke's non-stop volley shot from outside the penalty area was of extremely high quality. The ball passed through the penalty area like a sharp arrow, avoided goalkeeper Mignolet's save, and flew into the upper right corner of the goal.
Sevilla evened the score tenaciously again, and this time it was not a matter of luck, but a goal that really relied on teamwork and personal strength.
Whether Banega avoided Velarde and did not pass the ball to forward Gameiro, but passed it crosswise to Koke, or Koke directly volleyed the ball without stopping the ball and hit the world with a long-range shot from outside the penalty area. , are all classics.
The score between the two sides became 2-2, and they were back on the same starting line.
The Sevilla people certainly had reason to celebrate excitedly, but the Liverpool players and fans seemed quite depressed.
Is Sevilla in the Europa League final really an invincible little power? No matter how hard you try, you can't kill him. If something goes wrong, you might even turn defeat into victory.
The score of 2-2 gave Klopp some difficulties. After some consideration, Klopp decided to ignore the problem of luck due to his stronger team, and replaced Firmino, who was in average form in this game, with winger Lallana No. 20, and then used winger No. 7 Milner replaced captain Henderson.
Henderson returned from injury and felt a little unwell after two consecutive starts. When Sevilla was celebrating the second goal, Henderson took the initiative to leave the game.
Klopp also happened to replace offensive midfielder Milner to strengthen the attack.
With the addition of two new players, after the game restarted, Liverpool was slightly better than before in terms of offensive intensity and defensive high-pressing intensity.
Especially Henderson, perhaps because of his previous injury, has a bit of a psychological shadow, and he does not dare to use force when fighting, which leads to some problems in Liverpool's midfield defense.
But after Lallana and Milner came on the court, they took advantage of their younger and more vigorous physical fitness to run and help Liverpool improve a lot on both offense and defense.
In the 76th minute, Sevilla full-back Escudero suddenly stepped in to assist, using the passing and cutting cooperation with his teammates to continuously break through the defense of Milner and Klein, and made a pass from the bottom.
This ball passed by Escudero was also a ground ball, and he might have wanted to score an own goal for Liverpool.
But before the ball entered the penalty area, Lallana, who rushed back to the bottom line at high speed, made a tackle and shoved the ball out of the bottom line, preventing the ball from entering the penalty area.
Lallana is a forward, but he actually ran all the way back to the bottom line and destroyed Escudero's pass. It can be said that he is very dedicated.
Both sides are defending desperately, attacking actively, trying to score goals and kill the other side.
No one wants to play overtime.
If you can kill your opponent within 90 minutes and win the championship, it would be the best thing. Therefore, as time passes into the 80th minute, both sides become more focused and pay more attention to defense.
No one wants to make a mistake in the last few minutes and be defeated by the opponent. Of course, if our own team attacks, everyone is very willing to move and respond physically, hoping to really score a goal and kill the opponent.
The suspense will be revealed in a few minutes. It depends on who can score a goal to defeat the opponent within 90 minutes and resolve the battle.
