Champions League: Villarreal vs Liverpool
At 3:00 a.m. Beijing time on May 4, 2022, the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals, La Liga powerhouse Villarreal will face Premier League giants Liverpool at home. Villarreal recently completely abandoned the competition for league rankings and devoted himself to the preparation of the second leg of the Champions League semi-final, even in the last round of the league away against the "deputy squad leader" Alaves, the team only sent a semi-main squad, not only the core scorer Moreno in the team did not enter the big list, but also in this game, even if the score was behind, manager Vieri still replaced Parejo and Paul Torres at the beginning of the second half, while the main goalkeeper Lully has always been on the bench. It can be seen from this that Huang Qian still exhausted all methods for preparing for Liverpool.
In the pre-match press conference, Huang Qian's coach Emery analyzed Huang Qian's first leg away defeat, Emery admitted that the promotion is difficult, but said that the team will go all out, he said, "It is difficult to flip 0-2, but the Cancellation of the Away Goal Rules in the Champions League is good for us." We must make full use of the advantages of home battles to create a situation conducive to equalizing the score. ”
Although Liverpool have recently fought on many fronts, in the case of such a dense schedule, the team has won consecutive victories, and while winning 5 consecutive games, it has maintained a clean sheet in the last 4 games, including a 4-0 sweep over Manchester United and a 2-0 victory over Huang Qian in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final. It is worth noting that in the last round of the match against Newcastle United, coach Klopp also made adjustments to the lineup, the core goalscorer Salah only played 20 minutes as a substitute for Mane, and Henderson and Milner were also replaced by Fabinho and Thiago, which shows that Uncle Scum's substitution is also to prepare for the second leg of the Champions League semi-final.
Speaking at a pre-match press conference, manager Klopp said, "Tomorrow night, we need everything. We have to be ready to play a top-level game. Compared to the first leg, Villarreal will certainly be committed to a dominant position on the pitch, and Emery may also make some adjustments, which will be very interesting. ”
The two teams have met in three regular matches, Villarreal has achieved a record of 1 win and 2 losses, and his past performance is not as good as Ling Wuping. In terms of recent situation, Villarreal's goal is relatively clear, for the Champions League semi-finals, temporarily gave up the league to grab points, and the preparation is still relatively sufficient; and Liverpool's recent consecutive victories, impeccable offensive and defensive performance, and the European experienced scum uncle also made a retention action. The two sides met again in this game, Huang Qian must score 2 goals to have a chance to rush to the final, that is, Liverpool can directly qualify even if 1 goal behind, and 2 goals behind will have to play overtime or penalty shootout. Judging from the current attitude of all parties, although the support for Liverpool has weakened, the jealousy of the Red Army is still more obvious, although Liverpool will be more cautious in this battle, the Red Army still has a chance to win this game, after all, the strength of the team is above The Yellow Submarine.