The Africa Cup of Nations final is about to stage the Liverpool derby! At 3:00 a.m. Beijing time on February 4, the semi-finals of the African Cup of Nations continued to compete, with the Egyptian team led by Salah facing the African lion Cameroon. In the end, the two teams were separated by a brutal penalty shootout, in which Cameroonian players Mukudi, Cilic and Nguiye lost successive penalties. In the end, Egypt eliminated Cameroon 3-1 on penalties to meet Senegal in the Africa Cup of Nations final, where Salah will face his Liverpool teammate Mane in the final.
After seeing the two cores of their own team, each leading the team to successfully meet in the African Cup of Nations final, the Liverpool official website posted a poster congratulating Salah and Mane, and the caption read: "Mane and Salah will meet in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations final, proud of you both." ”
The two cores of the Liverpool team led their respective national teams to successfully break into the final stage of the intercontinental competition, and as the manager of the Reds, Klopp, the mood now is both happy, but also a little helpless. Happy is that the love in his hands is outstanding and can lead the way in international competitions. Helplessly, salah and Mane, the two cores, will face a huge test in the physical fitness of the two Liverpool stars in the nearly 1 month of fighting for the country. You must know that the Reds are about to start a life-and-death battle with Serie A champions Inter Milan in the Champions League.
Salah and Mane will fly back to The UK together after the Final of the Africa Cup of Nations on 7 February. The two will then play two consecutive Premier League matches in just 10 days, as well as the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals away to Inter Milan. Counting these three games, Salah and Mane will play a total of 10 games in 35 days, and the fatigue level faced by the two cores of the long-distance Liverpool team can be imagined.
As we all know, injuries always come when the players are most tired, and if in the next three games (the African Cup of Nations final, and two Premier League matches), if there is an injury between Salah and Mane, the impact on Liverpool is quite huge, and it is bound to affect Klopp's platoon. If one of Salah and Mane can't compete against Inter, or is in poor shape, then this group of Champions League knockouts, the nerazzurri, whose strength is not dominant, will naturally increase a lot of wins.
On the one hand, the core team is still participating in the intercontinental competition, on the other hand, the team with a neat lineup and only needs to prepare with peace of mind, for Salah and Mane two major players to reach the final of the African Cup of Nations hand in hand, I believe that such a picture, in addition to liverpool fans are satisfied, Inter fans will also be happy!