After Real Madrid tied the score to 2-3, Liverpool's players were a little confused. On the one hand, they want to continue attacking, score goals, expand the score again, and seal the victory. On the other hand, they want to shrink back and defend, defend the one-goal lead until the end of the game, and win the championship.
This mentality of worrying about gains and losses made Liverpool a little confused in the next few minutes. In the 83rd minute, Modric almost penetrated the defense with a penetrating through ball and assisted Benzema to score.
Fortunately, Velarde was aware of the loopholes in the defense and Benzema's movement before Modric passed the ball, and returned to defense in time. At the moment when Benzema received the ball and shot, he made a flying tackle from the side and just in time. The instep hooked the ball kicked out by Benzema and destroyed it.
Unable to hold back his foot, Benzema kicked Velarde on the ankle, causing Velarde to hold his foot in pain for a while. If it weren't for his high injury resistance, he might have been injured this time, and he didn't commit a foul. It was because of the inertia of his movements after completing the shot that Benzema couldn't stop it.
This shocked the players and coaches of Liverpool, but in the end Willard limped to his feet, and after a few minutes of running and adapting again, he returned to his lively appearance.
As the game continued, seeing less and less time left in the 90-minute regular game, Real Madrid, which was only one goal behind, also increased its offensive intensity, trying to equalize the score within regular time and drag the game into overtime. If they can't score, then Real Madrid will lose.
For this reason, Marcelo's attribute of a knife-wielding defender took hold, and he forgot about the fact that he was beaten before, and began to frequently intervene in the attack.
Velarde, on the other hand, has been paying attention to the movements of Real Madrid's two full-backs, especially Marcelo, because Marcelo's strengths and weaknesses are the most obvious. When Real Madrid has the advantage, Marcelo's assist will help Real Madrid expand its advantage. But if his teammates have the ability to play behind him, then Marcelo, as a left back, frequently intervenes to participate in the attack, and he will inevitably be beaten behind by his opponent.
Of course, it’s not that Real Madrid and Marcelo are unaware of these problems. It’s just that as a world-class defender, Marcelo can get back to the defense in time most of the time. He has outstanding personal abilities and can take advantage of the opportunities he gets to attack the team behind him. few.
But this obviously does not include Liverpool, nor does it include Velarde and Mane.
Although Mane is not necessarily famous yet, his strength on the wing has been demonstrated in this game. And Willard, both in terms of awareness and passing ability, is the best in the world. There is no problem at all in passing the ball behind Marcelo to Mane.
When the time came to the 89th minute, and it was about to enter stoppage time, Real Madrid, which was still one goal behind, became more and more anxious. Marcelo stepped in to assist again, and also participated in the pass twice. , Willard finally seized another opportunity.
Casemiro was about to pass the ball to Marcelo from the side, but Velarde saw through his intention and suddenly grabbed the ball, intercepting the ball with a flying tackle halfway.
Casemiro was shocked and immediately rushed over to counterattack. Marcelo also immediately turned back to defend, trying to catch up with Mane who had already run towards the wing of Real Madrid's half.
But where will Willard give them a chance?
After intercepting the ball, facing Casemiro who was about to rush over, Velarde did not wait for himself to get up before passing the ball, which might be destroyed by Casemiro.
Velarde was on the ground, and with a sweep pass, he passed the ball to center Firmino who was retreating to receive the ball. While passing the ball, he shouted to Firmino: "Firmino, pass to Mane!" "
Velarde passed the ball very accurately while lying on the ground. Firmino didn't stop the ball at all. He half-turned and passed with his big foot, and passed the ball past Varane who was too high. , fell behind Ramos.
Ramos was not slow to react. He had already turned around and returned to defense, but he was slightly behind Mane in the speed competition. Mane, who was sprinting without the ball, rushed him to the point of keeping pace with him, and then gradually surpassed him.
Then, everyone saw that Mane received an aerial pass from Firmino with no one on the right side of the front court, slanted the ball toward the penalty area, and then chased it at high speed. Although Ramos was slightly behind Mane, he returned to defense in a straight line on the inside, while Mane ran the ball diagonally towards the penalty area.
Therefore, in the end, the two people rushed to the area outside the right corner of the penalty area almost at the same time. Just when the distance between the two was so close that Ramos was about to commit a foul and tackle Mane with the ball, Mane showed his qualities as a top striker. .
In the corner of the penalty area, because it was diagonally opposite to the goal, it was relatively far away from the goal, but Mane did not hesitate. Before Ramos could attack, he directly blasted the ball with a powerful kick and kicked the ball to the far corner of the goal.
Ramos's flying tackle came too late and failed to touch the ball. The ball flew past his toes, then passed over the fingers of goalkeeper Casilla who rushed out, and hit the Real Madrid far side with a bang. The inside of the end goalpost and then bounced into the net.
"Goooooooooooooooooooooooooal..."
"hat trick!!!"
"Amazing debut!"
"New aid Mane scored a hat-trick in Liverpool's official debut, helping Liverpool expand the score to 4-2 and completely sealing the victory."
"The championship belongs to Liverpool, there is no doubt about it."
"Marcelo was beaten behind by Liverpool again and could not catch up with Mane. Ramos returned to the defense from the center and almost caught up with Mane. However, the last tackle was a step too late, and Mane shot decisively. He kicked the ball before Ramos tackled it and put it into the goal."
"Facts have proved that this is an extremely successful signing. After the great success of the introduction of Alan Willard last season, Klopp has made another miracle this season. The introduction of Mane directly scored in the European Super Cup. The trick helped Liverpool lead Real Madrid 4-2 and completely killed the suspense of this game."
"The remaining time is definitely not enough for Real Madrid to score two goals in a row to equalize the score and force overtime."
Of course, Mane and his teammates celebrated excitedly and used this to delay the game for a while. Real Madrid naturally protested and then resumed the game under the interference of the referee.
But as the commentator said, there was too little time left, and Klopp continued to waste time and interrupt Real Madrid's offensive rhythm by making substitutions one by one.
Even though Real Madrid pressed forward aggressively in the final injury time, they still failed to score a single goal.
Finally, after 4 minutes of stoppage time, referee Marzyovic blew the whistle to end the game. The Red Army Liverpool defeated last season's Champions League champion Real Madrid 4-2 in a battle and won the title. 2016 European Super Cup champion.
Velarde, who came to compete in the middle of the Olympics, accomplished his goal and helped the team defeat the powerful rival Real Madrid and win the first championship of the new season, giving the Red Army a good start in the 2016/2017 season.
