The arrival of Willard shocked the Liverpool players.
Although Willard only played half of the season last season and performed amazingly, if Willard is included in this European Super Cup, their probability of winning against Real Madrid will be greater, but it is also true. No one thought that Willard would come back to play with them in the European Super Cup while the Olympics were in progress.
After a summer of transfers in and out, Liverpool changed some players. Players such as Kolo Toure left, and strong players such as Mane and Wijnaldum joined. This season, the Red Army's goal is to win the first Premier League championship after the restructuring of England's top league.
As a world-recognized giant, it is quite embarrassing that Liverpool does not yet have a Premier League championship. For this reason, even if they give up the Champions League, they will not hesitate. Of course, it would be best if we could win the Premier League and Champions League together.
But the priority within the Red Army is indeed that the Premier League is higher than the Champions League.
However, the season has just begun, and the first round of the Premier League has not yet started. It is naturally the best to win a European Super Cup first.
For this reason, of course, all the main players of Liverpool appeared on the stage, including Willard who came back temporarily to participate.
Although Klopp is a little worried about Willard's physical condition, since Willard rushed back to participate in the competition midway under huge pressure from public opinion, he is naturally not here to be a substitute, but to fight and contribute to the championship. .
Therefore, Willard finally entered the starting lineup. In addition, midfielder Wijnaldum and forward Mane also entered the starting lineup and responded with all their strength.
At 20:45 in the evening on August 10, local time in Norway, with the whistle of the referee Marzy Jovic, the 2016 European Super Cup between last season's Champions League champion Real Madrid VS last season's Europa League champion Liverpool was held in Rosenbo, Norway. The game officially kicked off at Lekendall Stadium, Ger's home stadium.
"Dear spectators, the referee Mazhijovic blew the opening whistle and the game officially started."
"In this game, Real Madrid's starting goalkeeper is No. 13 Casillas (not Casillas), left back Marcelo, center backs Ramos and Varane, right back Carvajal. Left midfielder It’s Kovacic, the midfielder is Casemiro, and the right midfielder is Isco. The three forwards are Asensio, Morano, and Vazquez.”
"Modric, Ronaldo, Benzema and others were on the bench and did not start. Cristiano Ronaldo, who had just finished the European Cup and was injured in the European Cup final and came off midway, did not even return to the team and did not come to participate in this game. .”
"For Liverpool, the goalkeeper is Mignolet. Although the Red Army introduced new goalkeeper Karius, they did not start Karius."
"The central defender is Matip and Lovren. It is worth mentioning that the No. 6 jersey that Lovren originally wore was given to Velarde. Lovren is now wearing the number 6 jersey left after Kolo Toure left. No. 4 jersey."
"The left back is still Alberto Moreno, and the right back is still No. 2 Klein."
"In the midfield, Wijnaldum, Alan Willard and Henderson will form a three-midfielder, while Coutinho, Firmino and new player Mane will form a three-forward team."
"Among them, Mane was just hired by Liverpool from Southampton. He is very strong and showed very good form in the pre-season friendly matches. His performance in this game is worth looking forward to."
"Of course, the most eye-catching one is No. 6 Alan Willard."
"He is a member of the Argentine Olympic team and was participating in the Olympic men's football group stage in Brazil three days ago."
"As a result, after the second round of the group stage, I immediately flew to Norway just to participate in the European Super Cup."
"After playing this European Super Cup, he will go back to participate in the knockout stage of the Olympic Games, if Argentina is not eliminated by Honduras and Portugal in the third round of the group stage."
"It seems that there has never been a precedent in football for people to leave midway during a major competition to participate in other games, and then go back to continue playing afterward."
"Villad's behavior aroused the attention of media around the world and heated discussions among fans. Fans were divided into two groups and were in an uproar online."
"Most people are critical and anti-Villade."
"But Willard himself didn't seem to take it to heart and just focused on playing the game well."
"If in the end both sides win the championship for Willard, this may be a kind of confident talk. But if neither side wins the championship, then Willard will become a laughing stock."
"Let's see the result of this European Super Cup first!"
After the game started, unlike what everyone thought, Real Madrid did not take the game casually, but continued to fight and struggle with all their strength.
After all, it is a championship trophy, and you can get it after just one game. Who wouldn’t take it seriously? The coaching staff arranged for Modric, Ronaldo, Benzema and others to sit on the bench. The players on the field cherished this rare starting opportunity and wanted to perform better in the following league and Champions League games. get more playing opportunities.
Therefore, Real Madrid showed good combat effectiveness. In the first 4 minutes, Casemiro almost assisted Morano with a volley and scored in the penalty area. Unfortunately, Morano's final shot missed the target and went slightly over the crossbar.
However, in comparison, Liverpool showed a stronger desire to fight. Apart from anything else, Velarde took great pressure and risks to fly back to Europe from Brazil to compete. It would be unjustifiable for his teammates not to go all out to help Velarde win the championship.
Moreover, Wijnaldum, Matip, Mane and other new players also want to perform. Mignolet also has new goalkeeper Karius to put pressure on him. Firmino also needs to perform well when trying to play center forward. Come.
Firmino has shown surprising adaptability in the center position. Although he played as a center in Hoffenheim before, he usually appeared as a winger in Liverpool last season, making people forget that he was born as a center.
And he is different from ordinary centers. He is more of a pseudo-center. He first enters the penalty area as a center, attracts the attention of the opponent's center defender, and then quietly retreats, attracting the opponent's center defender out, and providing space for the two wingers. Cutting inside into the penalty area for a chance to shoot.
In the 11th minute, Ramos was deceived by Firmino. In this Liverpool attack, Firmino first stood in the penalty area, attracting Ramos' attention, and then when Velarde passed the ball to him, Firmino retreated to the goal with his back to the goal. Taking the ball on the penalty area line, he attracted Ramos behind him.
As a result, Firmino's ankle flicked the moment he caught the ball, and without stopping the ball, he moved the ball diagonally into the space on the right side of the penalty area.
Ramos behind him saw Firmino's movements, but his body couldn't keep up with his thinking and he couldn't intercept the ball. He could only watch as Firmino passed the ball.
Winger Mane, who cut in from the right and rushed into the penalty area, got ahead of full-back Marcelo and fired a high-quality shot without stopping the ball, hitting the goal frame.
Unfortunately, the angle was not tricky enough, and in the end it was saved by Real Madrid goalkeeper Casilla, but it was enough to scare everyone at Real Madrid.
