Although both sides wanted to resolve the battle within 90 minutes, everyone was afraid of making mistakes in the last few minutes and being scored by their opponents, so they became more cautious and did not dare to attack easily.
Relatively speaking, Liverpool has the superstar Willard on their side, so there are more variables.
Although Liverpool's midfield and backfield players have basically stayed in their own half and did not dare to easily intervene in the attack, Willard was still able to rush forward with the ball when he got the ball. Because of his awareness and speed, he can quickly return to defense and participate in defense without delaying the defense too much.
In the 84th minute, Lallana failed to make a pass from the right and was intercepted by Sevilla to counterattack.
But after his teammates scrambled to intercept and slow down the opponent's counterattack, Velarde used his super speed to get back in place in time. Finally, Sevilla winger Bitolo passed a high-altitude ball into the penalty area at a 45-degree angle. , it was Velard who grabbed the first point and pushed out of the penalty area to clear the ball, but Sevilla forward Gameiro did not get the ball to attack the goal.
As time went by, there was less and less time left for both sides. When everyone was more inclined to be stable and avoid making mistakes, Willard suddenly dribbled the ball forward in the 89th minute near the end of the regular time. First, he passed Sevilla's attacking midfielder Banega with a flick of the tail.
After passing Banega, Velarde made a move to pass the ball to Lallana who was connecting from the side, causing the midfielder Krychowiak in front of him to subconsciously move his center of gravity in the direction of Lallana.
As a result, Willard dunked the ball back to the other side, then moved the ball forward and broke through Krechowiak.
Although the opponent reacted in time and turned around to stick to Velarde, Velarde's physique was too strong, and even Krechowiak's pushing and pulling failed to stop Velarde's breakthrough.
While carrying the push and pull of Krechowiak, he dribbled the ball forward. After being surrounded by four Sevilla defenders, Coutinho, who was on the left forward, was completely unmanned. After getting into a defensive position, Willard opened another gap and passed the ball diagonally to the open area on the left side of the front edge of the penalty area.
Coutinho received a pass from Velarde when there was no one on the left side of the frontcourt. He rushed into the penalty area with the ball and frightened the center who was defending Sturridge. Defender Lamy quickly moved over to intercept Coutinho.
The defenders who were originally surrounding Velard also shifted their attention following the pass, preparing to rush over and surround the more dangerous ball-carrying player Coutinho.
But Willard also took this opportunity to run without the ball and rushed to the right side of the penalty area into the rib area on the right side of the penalty area.
Coutinho, who dribbled the ball into the penalty area, hit the goal with a gesture, knocking down center back Rami who rushed over to block the hole of the gun, and also attracted goalkeeper David Soria to the left side of the goal.
However, Coutinho's foot did not shoot. Instead, he passed the ball over Rami in front of him and the Sevilla defenders returning in the middle, and sent the ball to the back of the penalty area. In the gap between the ribs.
Velarde tried his best to shake off the defenders around him, rushed into the penalty area and jumped high, about 10 meters away from the goal, and headed the ball towards the goal.
With a header skill as high as 93 and a calm dive to the top with no one guarding him, Velarde hit an excellent shot and went straight to the upper right corner.
Goalkeeper David Soria was initially shaken by Coutinho's fake shot. When he realized that Coutinho was passing the ball, not shooting, he changed the direction of his center of gravity and pounced towards the far end. , it's too late.
The ball flew into the goal before his palm could reach it.
"Wow!!!"
"Goooooooooooooooooooooal..."
"The ball went in!!!"
"Willard's header."
"In the 89th minute, Willard received a pass from Coutinho from the left, jumped into the space on the right side of the penalty area, and scored a wonderful header."
"There was nothing David Soria could do but watch the ball go into the net."
"Willard scored twice and Liverpool expanded the score back to 3-2."
"Although Sevilla always has all kinds of good luck in the Europa League finals, they are like an invincible little force."
"But this time, I'm afraid it will really be defeated by Liverpool and Willard's header in the 89th minute."
"Because there is so little time left."
"Sevilla wanted to score an equalizer, but there was not enough time."
Indeed, in ordinary games, a goal scored in the 89th minute can be called a buzzer beater.
After Willard scored, not only himself, but also the coaches, substitute players, team doctors, staff, all Red Army fans in the stands and in front of the TV, even England fans, as well as Willard's girlfriends, Agents, bodyguards, etc. all clapped, cheered and even screamed excitedly.
Velarde, who rushed to the sidelines to celebrate, was also pulled to the ground by his excited teammates. He pressed him to the ground and folded his arms to celebrate.
This goal was so exciting. Not only did everyone want to vent their excitement, but they also took the opportunity to delay the game so that Sevilla would have less game time left even with injury time.
Sevilla was naturally very unhappy. They were eager to equalize the score, so they watched Liverpool celebrating for more than half a minute. After celebrating for more than half a minute, they couldn't help but protest to the referee, thinking that Liverpool celebrated the goal for too long. , suspected of delaying the game by celebrating goals.
This kind of thing is generally a matter of "the people do not call the officials and the officials do not investigate". When no one protests, the referee will not stand up and be the bad guy. But when the opponent protests, the referee will still stand up and stop it. After all, the game is not over yet, and endless celebrations are indeed suspected of delaying time.
Willard and others were called back to their own half by the referee and restarted the game. At this time, the game time had entered injury time. After Sevilla kicked the ball out of the center circle, they began to press hard and make a last-ditch effort.
Naturally, Liverpool's entire team returned to defense, trying to hold on to these few minutes of injury time.
The Red Army fans in the stands were already celebrating with a model of the Europa League trophy. Liverpool's substitute players and coaches were also standing on the sideline, ready to rush into the field at any time to celebrate the championship.
However, Sevilla's luck in the Europa League final was truly unbeatable.
Liverpool, with all their players retreating, relied on the dense human wall and Willard's detection and filling of vacancies. Under normal circumstances, the goal should not be easily broken by the opponent, regardless of ground attack or aerial attack.
As a result, Sevilla happened to be at 93 minutes and 02 seconds of injury time. The 3 minutes of injury time had ended, and when the referee was about to blow the final whistle with his whistle in his mouth, their midfielder Nzozzi received the ball from teammate Banega about 24 meters away from the goal on the right side of the top of the penalty area, and hit the ball with a powerful long-range shot.
The penalty area was full of players from both sides. Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult to pass the ball. As a result, the ball hit the shoulder of Sevilla's forward Gameiro, who turned around to avoid it, and then changed the line. Turned towards the upper right corner of the goal.
Goalkeeper Mignolet had already made a judgment based on the path of the ball and pounced on the left side of the goal. Unexpectedly, the ball hit Gameiro on the shoulder, changed direction and flew into the other side.
Now Mignolet could only stare in stunned silence as he watched the ball go into the net.
