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Chapter 244: Champions League Knockout Round

Kane himself has a goal to defeat the sun.

Therefore, even after taking the lead twice and being tied twice, he was still full of fighting spirit.

But for Tottenham players, taking the lead twice and being equalized by the opponents twice was a huge blow to their morale.

Wait until the game restarts.

Kane found that he received much less support.

Tottenham's attack failed to advance to the front of Liverpool's penalty area and was intercepted by Liverpool.

Next it was time for Liverpool to counterattack.

"Counterattack! Liverpool's counterattack"

No commentator would think that Liverpool would score again immediately after scoring a goal, so their tone was a little bland and they did not regard such a threatening counterattack as a good opportunity to score.

After all, they had just been excited a minute ago.

Now is the weak period.

Who would have thought.

Liverpool's attack this time went straight into Tottenham's penalty area.

When the long pass from the backcourt was passed to the penalty area and the camera was turned to Tottenham's penalty area, everyone could see that Yangguang jumped high. Beside him were Dier, Vertonghen, Darren Sanchez and others, but he still stood out from the crowd and easily pointed the ball to the left side of the small penalty area.

Subsequently.

A flash of black lightning rushed into the penalty area, and without waiting for the ball to land, he shot the ball into the goal with the instep of his foot.

Three to two!
Let alone a commentator.

Even the Liverpool fans at the scene were stunned when they saw this ball, finding it somewhat unbelievable.

After everyone realized that the ball had indeed flown into the goal, they raised their arms and cheered.

'Long live!'

With the shaking at Anfield.

The commentators in the commentary booth also reacted.

"Manet!! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!"

"Three to two! Three to two! Liverpool has taken the lead!"

"Can you believe it? Mane scored! In just one minute, Liverpool went from behind to scoring two goals and overtaking!"

"Liverpool's quick counterattack! Starting from the midfield interception, a long pass was made directly to Yangguang's head. Yang overpowered the defender and headed the ball into no-man's land. Mane quickly inserted and scored! From interception to goal, it only took two passes! Liverpool's counterattack is so sharp!"

"Now Tottenham are behind, this is the first time they have fallen behind in this game! But everyone believes... they are in trouble! They are in big trouble!!!"

The camera locked on Pochettino on the sidelines.

Pochettino was obviously very dissatisfied with the fact that Tottenham lost the ball so easily in the midfield and were quickly counterattacked by Liverpool.

The Argentine coach roared angrily at the players on the field.

Especially Ali who lost the ball, the ball was tackled from under Ali's feet.

Pochettino looked towards the bench.

"Lamela went to warm up, he will probably replace Ali."

In fact, this is not difficult to guess.

Players like Ali have very obvious advantages and disadvantages.

This is a genius with great imagination and is also very capable.

But sometimes he is very selfish, has a high opinion of himself, and lacks tactical discipline.

This is also a common problem among England's "Great British Stars" in recent years.

This may have a lot to do with the hype from the English media.

For example, Mr. Ali.

It is undeniable that he has performed well in these two seasons.

But it's only good.

Last season, he had double-digit assists and goals, and the stats seem pretty good.

But how much do you think such a player costs?

One billion!

Yes.

This is England.

As long as you can get a little bit of fame in the household registration book.

The value will soar
And sometimes.

Young players are often blinded by their soaring prices and think they are really superstars worth 100 million.
Ali was substituted at the first opportunity.

The difficult problem left for Tottenham is how to score goals?

Lamela's appearance failed to save Tottenham's decline.

The result of Tottenham's attempt to launch an attack away from home was that they were once again counterattacked by Liverpool.

The game was seventy-three minutes in.

Sunshine got the ball in the penalty area again, attracted the defense, and unexpectedly knocked the ball with his heel, giving Salah the opportunity to face goalkeeper Lloris alone, and Salah seized the opportunity and sent the ball into the goal.

The suspense of the game is over.

Four to two.

This is also the score at the end of the game.

After the game.

Sunshine went to exchange autumn clothes with Kane.

"We're even this time!"

Sunshine said.

Kane smiled bitterly when he heard this.

This is a tie at all.
He put on Yangguang's autumn clothes and turned to walk towards the player tunnel.

"Maybe I should move somewhere else?"

Kane thought.

at the post-match press conference.

Pochettino expressed helplessness.

"We lost to Sunshine, lost to a real genius. We had chances to win in the game. We were ahead twice, but unfortunately, our defense couldn't hold up against the opponent's attack."

When asked about the fight for the top four.

Pochettino said: "The league is still long and we still have a chance."

In his heart.

In fact, I think this way: Anyway, their rival Chelsea has not played against Liverpool in the second half of the season.
The people who were most disappointed with this game were not Tottenham fans.

But Manchester City fans.

After this game is over.

Manchester City is 5 points behind Liverpool.

".The 27th round of the league has ended. Manchester City was tied by Burnley away, while Liverpool defeated Tottenham at home. As a result, the gap between the top two in the league standings has changed, and Manchester City is five points behind Liverpool!"

".We can't close the 5-point gap and it will decide this season, but it is undeniable that this is already a very dangerous gap."

"If Manchester City wants to continue to maintain their championship status in the next games, they can't lose a single game!"

"Manchester City has a very low margin of error!"

The media have been reporting on this round of competition.

Although Manchester City is five points behind, it cannot be said that they have withdrawn from the championship race.

But the media is right.

Guardiola's team really can't afford to lose a single game
It is now February.

The Champions League matches are coming one after another.

Liverpool will fly to Lisbon to play away against Porto in their first game of the Champions League knockout round this season.

The English media is still hyping up the fierce battle for the Premier League title.

European media's attention has returned to the Champions League.

Back to the arena where Messi, Ronaldo and Sunshine compete for supremacy.

".The new Ballon d'Or winner is going to return to the Champions League. He is the most discussed person in this tournament, because in the group stage, Yang played in 5 games, including 4 starts and 11 substitute, and he scored 8 goals! This goal efficiency is really scary. In comparison, Messi played in all six group matches of the Champions League and scored 6 goals, and Ronaldo scored goals in six group matches. Just two years ago, when the then Monaco coach Jardim declared that Yang was the player with the best goal-scoring ability in the world, many media thought he was exaggerating, but now it seems that Jardim is right!"

".Liverpool are singing their dreams in the Premier League. Can they continue this momentum in the Champions League? Let's wait and see!"

"How far can Sunshine lead Liverpool in the Champions League this season? Can he win the Champions League for the second consecutive season? Can he win his second Ballon d'Or with his performance for the club while he is absent from the World Cup this year?"

All the media are hyping up the fact that Sunshine will soon return to the Champions League.

This seemed to have become his home ground.

Most of the voices were praises and flattery for the new Ballon d'Or winner. Of course.

There were also some directed at him.

For example, the Catalan media who want to defend Messi's status.

Sunshine's conflict and feud with the Catalan media began when he played for Monaco.

Sunshine "stole" Messi's Ballon d'Or, and made the Catalan media dislike him.

in Spain.

Those big clubs all have mouthpieces.

The so-called mouthpiece.

It's just a voice-making machine with only a stance but no brains.

Expect them to do the news objectively.

That is impossible.

But in the view of the Catalan media.

It's the English media that have no moral integrity.

[Mundo Deportivo]: "The quarter-finals haven't even started yet, and the English think Porto has been eliminated by Liverpool. This is a huge disrespect for Porto!"

[Daily Sports]: ".Can Liverpool definitely eliminate Porto? As we all know, in recent seasons, the combat effectiveness of Premier League teams in the Champions League is very questionable."

For the Catalan media.

They hope to arouse Porto's "common hatred of the enemy".

Look, look quickly.

Liverpool look down on you!

Angry?
Angry?

It’s okay to be angry!

The media?

Creating confrontation is our job.

The Champions League games do attract more attention.

There are more reporters gathered outside the training base than at ordinary games.

As soon as the sun reaches the base.

Reporters swarmed in.

He had to say something.

"How likely do you think the team will be able to eliminate Porto?"

“Can you score in the first leg?”

"How does it feel to play in the Champions League?"

Similar questions keep turning around like a wheel.

Yangguang responded: "Let's talk about these issues after the game. Let the results of the game speak for themselves!"

Liverpool will play away first and then at home in the two-legged Champions League match.

So they arrived in Lisbon two days early.

I thought there would be fewer reporters in Lisbon.

Who would have thought that a large number of media from England, China, and even other European countries would also flock to the event.

Liverpool is undoubtedly a giant in England.

But when has Liverpool's game received so much attention from media outside England?

That can bring this attention.

Probably only Sunshine, who is considered one of the best players of this era.

At the Dragon Stadium, Porto fans have obviously been preparing for this game for a long time.

When Liverpool's bus drove into the stadium's parking lot.

They were greeted with extremely sharp boos.

As one of the three major teams in the Portuguese Super League.

Porto fans don't think their team is any weaker than Liverpool.
There is still an hour left before the game.

Players from both sides came out to warm up.

Liverpool fans can feel the passion of the opponent's fans - enthusiastic boos and cheers.

The boos were for Liverpool.

Cheers are for Porto.

Porto's performance at home is very secure.

This has something to do with the atmosphere of their home stadium.

Such an atmosphere will put a lot of pressure on the fans of the visiting team.

This is also one of the sources of confidence for Porto head coach Conceicao in this game.

Perhaps most Portuguese coaches are more or less influenced by Mourinho.

The same is true for Conceicao.

He is a mechanistic pragmatist.

His football does not pursue fancy ball control or offensive football.

His football pursuit is only one: victory.

and so.

Same with Mourinho.

Conceicao's team emphasizes discipline, confrontation, defense, and the speed of counterattack.

And these.

It is also the source of Conceicao's confidence when facing Liverpool at home.

This is the first time that Conceicao has led his team to play in the knockout stage of the Champions League as a head coach. As a player, Sergio Conceicao, who has played more than 2002 games for the Portuguese national team, transferred to Inter Milan in for million.

That was 2002 million in .

It can be seen that Conceicao is very strong as a player.

He must have played in a lot of Champions League knockout games too.

But as a head coach.
This is indeed the first time.

So, even though Conceicao is not a believer in "pragmatism".

It is foreseeable that a more conservative strategy will be adopted in this game.

But Conceicao actually has some confidence in this game.

On the one hand, Porto's defensive data at home is indeed very good.

On the other hand, the opponent had just played a very fierce offensive battle with Tottenham three days ago.

In preparation for this game, Porto made a large rotation of players in the weekend league.

Although there are three major teams in the Portuguese Super League.

But in recent seasons.

Porto's advantage is obvious.

Benfica and Sporting CP gradually seemed unable to cope with the confrontation with Porto.

Porto is now at the top of the Portuguese Super League, 8 points ahead of second-placed Benfica.

under these circumstances.

Porto is very confident in its rotation.

Playing at home, with physical advantage and solid defense.

Moreover, Porto’s current No. 1 goalkeeper is Spanish national goalkeeper Casillas, also the former Real Madrid captain.

These factors combined.

Let Conceicao not be afraid of Liverpool.

Instead, he saw Liverpool's weakness - Liverpool pressed too hard when attacking, exposing the space in the backcourt.

These spaces seemed to give Conceicao hope of Porto defeating Liverpool.

not to mention.

In the Premier League.

Liverpool is at the top of the list though.

However, the number of goals they conceded was not less at all.

This is also one of the opportunities that Conceicao saw to eliminate Liverpool.

(End of this chapter)