Liverpool vs Villarreal
Polish referee Maciniac will serve as the referee of the match. Under Mazignac's enforcement, Liverpool have won four and lost 2, including a 2-0 win over Inter Milan and a 3-2 win over AC Milan this season. Mazignac has played two games in Villarreal, with Huang Qian winning 1 win and 1 draw, including a 3-0 away win over Juventus in this season's Champions League knockout rounds.
Liverpool
Since the restructuring of the Champions League, Liverpool have won only 2 of their 5 home games against Spanish teams in the champions league knockout rounds, with a record of 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. The two matches were 4-0 at home to Real Madrid in the 2008–09 quarter-finals and 4–0 at home to Barca in the 2018–19 semi-finals. Overall, Liverpool have won just three of their 13 home games against Spanish sides, with the remaining games being five draws and five defeats.
Injury: Liverpool only rotated forward Firmino (5 goals in 18 games) in the whole team, and it is doubtful that the team can play in the strongest squad for this game. Salah's exclusive assists squad has contributed 46 league assists since joining the Reds after a league assist teammate Robertson scored last weekend. He surpassed Arnold and Robertson 45 full-backs 45 times and enjoyed the first place in the team in the same period.
In the 2016 Europa League final defeat to Huang Qian, Milner and Firmino both started for Liverpool, while Origi made an appearance in the second half, with Henderson not on the bench. Alberto Moreno has already switched to Villarreal.
This is the 12th time in Liverpool's history that they have reached the semi-finals of the Champions League, and the English team with the most times they have reached the semi-finals of the Champions League alongside Manchester United. Liverpool have previously played in the Champions League semi-finals 11 times and reached the final nine times. Of the 12 teams that have reached the Champions League semi-finals on at least five occasions, Liverpool are second only to Benfica (8, 7) and Milan (12, 10).
Reds boss Klopp said before the game that we had a proper analysis, I have a lot of respect for Emery and Villarreal, I observed them correctly and this team is impressive. Emery is a detail-oriented manager, he reacts differently to different pressures and different outcomes, he's a world-class manager and the work he does is incredible. ”
Villarreal
Since Emery became Villarreal's manager, Huang Qian has played a total of 12 European away games, and their record is 8 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, including 5 wins and 2 draws in the Europa League last season, and 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the Champions League this season. The only away defeat was a 2-1 defeat to Manchester United at Old Trafford in the Champions League group stage this season, with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring a deadlock in the closing stages.
Injury: Villarreal's no. 2 goalscorer G.Moreno (9 goals in 17 games) is in doubt; Main defender A-Moreno (3 goals in 24 games) and main midfielder Pino (6 goals in 31 games) are out of the squad due to injury.
These include Juan Voith, Capué, Corquelin, Ivora, Parejo, Danjuma, Lo Celso, Orier, Estupinián. Most of them play for Tottenham and Watford.
This season is the third time in Villarreal's history that they have reached the Champions League knockout rounds, but their previous two Champions League knockout trips were ended by England teams, the 2005-06 semi-finals were eliminated by Arsenal, and the 2008-09 quarter finals fell under the gun again, with a record of 1 draw and 1 loss in both legs. Villarreal have never won 12 of their all-time Champions League matches against Anglicans, with a record of 6 draws and 6 defeats.
Emery has played Liverpool five times before, the Reds manager is Klopp, emery has achieved 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats. The only win was led by Sevilla to a 3-1 win over Liverpool in the 2015-16 Europa League final, with the remaining four games being led by Arsenal to Premier League games against Liverpool. A total of 26 goals were produced in these 5 games, averaging 5.2 goals per game, and both sides scored in those 5 games.
Villarreal prepared 12 flights for the fans. In just a few hours, 3,000 seats were snatched up and the 3,000 fans will travel with the team to Liverpool for the semi-finals.