Liverpool indeed didn't score any more goals in sports matches, but some set kicks are unavoidable. Not just free kicks, but even corner kicks, Liverpool also had the advantage.
Velarde's height, physique, running position, grabbing points, and heading ability are equally frightening.
In the 39th minute, Liverpool got a corner kick opportunity. Salah took a corner kick from the right. Willard attracted the defensive attention of Ramos, Varane and Ronaldo in the middle of the penalty area. As a result, Salah kicked the ball to the back point. Ramo Si and others joined Willard as a spectator.
In addition, Van Dijk and Lovren's involvement in the midfield and front points attracted the attention of other Real Madrid players. Firmino, who was not tall at the back point, was almost unnoticed and jumped ahead of the full-back Marcelo. He jumped forward and successfully headed the ball into the back of the goal.
Liverpool extended the score to 2-0.
This score cannot be compared with the pressure of 0-1. After the game restarted, Real Madrid became anxious and aggressively attacked, hoping to get a goal back before the end of the first half and narrow the point difference.
However, Willard and his teammates did not give Real Madrid a chance and successfully maintained the 2-0 score until the end of the first half. Liverpool entered the halftime break with a two-goal lead.
In the Champions League final, with a two-goal lead at halftime, the probability of winning is already high.
Therefore, during the halftime break, Velarde and his teammates were in a happy mood, while all the Real Madrid players looked heavy. Especially the strong-willed Cristiano Ronaldo, whose face was so gloomy.
If they reach the Champions League finals for two consecutive years but lose to Liverpool for two consecutive years, with the pride of the Galaxy, no one will feel good.
However, the fact that football is round is not just a matter of words.
After a 15-minute break, just a few minutes into the second half, Salah was tackled by Ramos while dribbling the ball and left the field injured. Klopp replaced Lallana as a winger. Although Ramos was shown a yellow card by the referee, Liverpool's offense was greatly affected.
Especially for Salah himself, the injury is still serious and he may miss this year's World Cup in Russia.
It's a tragedy.
Salah's injury has had a certain psychological impact on Liverpool players.
In the 53rd minute, Villard made a long pass from the backcourt and found Firmino. Firmino knocked across the penalty area. Mane missed the goal and kicked the ball to the goalkeeper. Navas.
Navas reacted quickly and did not dare to catch the ball. He kicked the ball directly to the half court. Ronaldo received the ball and immediately launched a quick counterattack.
This time, Cristiano Ronaldo showed off the strength of a top star. After continuously riding his bicycle to break through the interceptions of Henderson and Milner, he crossed the ball and sent the ball to the goal without waiting for Willard, who was filling in.
Benzema rushed into the penalty area to fight for the top, but goalkeeper Karius struck out in time and picked the ball out of the air.
The shocking result is that Karius seemed to have a short-circuit in his head. With Benzema right next to him and Liverpool leading the score, he did not wait for a moment to delay and let Benzema leave. He immediately reached out and threw the ball to defender Lovren who was returning to defense.
Then everyone saw that Karius threw the ball, and Benzema immediately took a step sideways and stretched out his leg to block it. By chance, he just blocked the ball thrown by Karius and blocked the ball. Got into the goal.
"Ah, Karius???"
"A super low-level mistake. Karius threw the ball directly to Benzema's feet, and Benzema blocked the ball into the goal."
"Oh my god, this kind of mistake is so low-level."
"It is unimaginable that on such an important stage as the Champions League final, Karius would make such a mistake."
In the unbelievable explanations of the commentators, Liverpool's players, fans, coaches, etc., everyone was stunned. Everyone looked at the helpless Karius in front of the goal and found it quite difficult to understand.
Liverpool is not lagging behind. Why are you so anxious to throw the ball out? You don’t know what’s going on around you, and Benzema isn’t behind you, but you can’t see such a big person right next to you?
On the other side, the Real Madrid players and fans celebrated ecstatically. Especially Benzema. Originally, they were still lagging behind and it was not appropriate to celebrate. But the way this goal was scored was so surprising, so Ronaldo, Isco, Casemiro and others rushed up to celebrate with Benzema ecstatically.
This goal severely damaged Karius' confidence and gave Real Madrid some hope.
Although Liverpool strengthened its defense in the next period, Real Madrid replaced Isco with Gareth Bale, and the BBC combination appeared on the field.
And Bell's appearance was really like the Monkey King soaring into the clouds. In the 68th minute, he used an overhead kick that shocked everyone and sent the ball into the Liverpool gate.
2-2, Real Madrid equalized the score.
Real Madrid players and fans celebrated wildly.
Liverpool's morale is a little low. Think about it, their goalkeeper made a low-level mistake and conceded the ball. Then the opponent scored a beautiful overhead kick. The score was equalized. The morale of one side is rising, and the morale of the other side is declining. , can be described as extremely dangerous.
At the critical moment, it was Willard who stood up.
In the 77th minute, Willard dribbled the ball from the right and broke through the interceptions of Kroos and Marcelo, then cut inside and shot the far corner with his left foot from outside the penalty area.
The ball was of extremely high quality, just bypassing the fingers of goalkeeper Navas and drilling into the goal against the far post.
3-2, Liverpool relied on Willard's brace to take the lead again.
This goal stabilized Liverpool's morale.
But that doesn’t include Karius.
He was still immersed in the self-blame for his first conceded goal and couldn't extricate himself.
In the 88th minute, when the game was about to end, Bell took a long shot from outside the penalty area that was not very threatening. Karius was able to lift the ball over the crossbar in a frontal save, and even directly patted it and hugged it. As a result, he failed to hit the right spot and missed the save. The ball hit his palm and missed a bit, but it still flew into the goal.
"ah?"
"Bale scored again!"
"3-3!"
"Real Madrid equalized again."
"Karius made another low-level mistake."
"The angle of the ball is very positive, so the threat is not great."
"I didn't expect Karius to make the save."
After losing the ball, Karius fell directly to the goal line, covering his face with his hands, unable to see anyone, and very upset.
Amid the carnival of Real Madrid players and fans, everyone in Liverpool looked at Karius lying on the goal line and felt quite depressed, even angry.
In a game, you only make one mistake, but you actually made two mistakes, and they lost the ball one after another.
Without Karius's two mistakes, Liverpool might have secured the victory.
Klopp, who originally didn't want to hit Karius, couldn't help it anymore and made a substitution directly, replacing Karius with Mignolet.
