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Chapter 87 Shining in the Europa League Final, This is My Stage!

"Li Yuan opened the scoring, bringing his Europa League goal tally to 11. He's now the Europa League's top scorer this season, no need for anyone else to tie!"

"For Liverpool, Firmino is the top scorer in the Europa League with 3 goals this season. Unless he scores 8 goals in this match, he has no chance of catching up with Li Yuan. For Monaco, Mbappe is the second-highest scorer in the Europa League with 6 goals, and he is 5 goals behind Li Yuan. Therefore, we can almost say in advance that Li Yuan will be the Europa League's top scorer this season, and he will become the youngest Golden Boot winner in Europa League history!"

"Conceding a goal early on is terrible for Liverpool. And this goal was indeed due to Liverpool's left-back Moreno's poor marking."

"We specifically mentioned before the match that this point could be a major weakness for Liverpool, and we didn't expect it to explode just one minute into the game. It's a very difficult situation for Liverpool now, conceding a goal in the first minute is practically starting the game 0-1. How will Liverpool respond?"

Meanwhile, on the Liverpool bench, Klopp's brow was furrowed deeply, and he exchanged a glance with his assistant coach.

Assistant coach: "This is the worst-case scenario we discussed before the game, and we have to respond, otherwise—"

Klopp certainly understood what the assistant coach meant. He knew that the most rational thing to do in this situation was to stabilize the defense first, but this was completely inconsistent with his tactical style, and he really didn't want to do that.

So he immediately went to the sidelines and started shouting at the players.

And he made a pressing gesture.

Sturridge was the first to see the move, and he immediately shouted to his teammates and clapped his hands to cheer on the whole team.

"You absolutely cannot lose your momentum at a time like this!"

After the game restarted, Liverpool almost immediately launched a fast counter-attack. Liverpool's four front four players are all very fast and have excellent teamwork in the league, making their counter-attacks very quick.

Monaco's defense was already shaky, and after that attack, it started to crumble.

"Liverpool are now going to have to play an attacking game against Monaco—oh no! Toulalan has been beaten!"

At this moment, Tulalan, who was guarding the middle lane, was bypassed by a wall-running combination from Sturridge and Firmino.

Then Sturridge came to the front of the defense. At this moment, Wallace decisively rushed out to tackle, and Sturridge pretended to shoot, but he cut past the tackle and immediately shot with his left foot. The transition was very fast.

However, the shot was too straight and was easily caught by Subasic.

Jardim immediately shouted from the sidelines, "Slow down the pace!"

He made a gesture, but at that moment the coach was shouting from the sidelines, the players couldn't hear him at all because the stadium with tens of thousands of people was very noisy. However, Subasic keenly caught Jardim's gesture.

So after he caught the ball, he fell to the ground.

After dawdling for almost a minute, and then another minute and a half after getting up, he finally passed the ball to Fabinho on the right wing after being warned by the referee.

When Fabinho received the ball, Liverpool's Firmino on the left wing immediately closed in to press him, but Fabinho had already noticed him.

He pretended to cross the road, then turned sideways and passed the ball straight forward.

Li Yuan receives the ball.

Emre Jan rushed forward, trying to force Li Yuan to come up.

Instead of passing the ball, Li Yuan immediately moved forward, heading straight for Moreno.

Li Yuan thought that after the opponent's initial defense failed, he would be more restrained when facing him. However, he did not expect that Moreno would still take the initiative to charge forward in the face of Li Yuan's attack.

Li Yuan was overjoyed.

Isn't this another opportunity?

When you encounter a defender while dribbling at high speed, especially in a crowd, using the "fritter" move to get past them is the best strategy.

However, since he was on the wing, Li Yuan didn't need to use his "fried meatballs" technique when facing a reckless fullback who was rushing up to steal the ball. He simply moved forward and used his speed to overpower him.

Clean, simple, and efficient.

Moreno was easily passed by Li Yuan, just like a roadside bumpkin.

That's not a good way to put it. After all, Li Yuan and Moreno have no grudge against each other. If you have to blame someone, you can only blame yourself for being too bold.

"Li Yuan has gotten past Moreno again. Moreno seems to have a short memory. He was beaten by Li Yuan at the beginning of the game, and now, less than 10 minutes later, he has been easily beaten by Li Yuan again."

"Li Yuan is about to cut inside!"

This time, Lovren learned his lesson. Instead of rushing up to intercept the ball, he stood his ground and waited for Li Yuan to come up before blocking him.

But it doesn't work if you don't rinse it.

Because Li Yuan had completely gone mad, he charged towards Lovren at an undiminished speed.

Just as the ball was about to reach him, he suddenly pulled it with his left foot, and the ball bounced between his legs like a billiard ball.

"Fried meatballs!"

"Li Yuan, that was beautiful! He effortlessly dribbled past Lovren. Now there's only Toure and goalkeeper Mignolet in the penalty area. Li Yuan can shoot at any time because there are no defenders directly in front of him!"

Indeed, Li Yuan doesn't have the habit of having to get past the last defender before shooting.

He took the shot as soon as he had a good opportunity.

Right now, Li Yuan is facing no one, and even the goalkeeper's positioning is not very good.

Li Yuan swung his thigh and kicked the ball hard with his right foot.

The instep struck the lower edge of the ball, sending it flying slightly towards the top corner of the near post.

The ball looked easy to save, but as Mignolet reached up to grab it, the ball suddenly dipped and went down over Mignolet's head into the goal.

"A vaulting ball!"

"That was a beautiful shot! The goalkeeper couldn't stop it at all! Li Yuan has scored again!"

Unlike the first goal, which excited all the commentators, this goal was anticipated by some commentators beforehand.

"A brace! A brace in the final! Li Yuan is amazing!"

He Wei almost swore, but thankfully he stopped himself in time.

However, commentators on other platforms might not be able to tolerate it.

Sina's commentators this time were Huang Jianxiang and Shen Fangjian. Shen Fangjian couldn't help but exclaim, "Holy crap! That goal was incredible! He used his speed to beat his opponent on the wing, cut inside, and then dribbled past the center-back with a somersault, followed by a free kick! This goal perfectly showcased Li Yuan's attacking talent!"

The commentators went crazy.

The fans went wild.

The players on the field went wild.

Li Yuan struck a pose and opened his arms in celebration.

Mbappe jumped up and braced himself on Li Yuan's shoulder.

As he landed, Mbappe couldn't resist giving Li Yuan a push, excitedly shouting, "Li, you were absolutely awesome today!"

He also swore.

Bernardo punched Li Yuan in the shoulder and roared excitedly, "We're going to fucking win the championship!"

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