In the early morning of May 4, Beijing time, the second leg of the Champions League semi-final took the lead in ending a match, with Villarreal playing liverpool at home. In the end, Villarreal almost created a miracle, leading 2-0 in the first half, conceding three goals in the second half in 12 minutes, and finally being reversed 2-3, and the total score was eliminated by Liverpool 2-5, missing the final.
Villarreal, a town of just 50,000 people, has been promoted to the Champions League semi-finals after 16 years after eliminating Bayern Munich last month, and the whole city has staged a carnival celebration. Now in the semi-finals against another title-winning favourite, Villarreal is in a desperate situation.
Trailing 2-0 away from home in the first leg, Villarreal must play a goal difference of 2 goals to drag the game into extra time, and win over Liverpool or a 1-0 win will be eliminated.
In the opening 2 minutes and 51 seconds, Dia received a cross from Capué and pushed the goal in front of the goal to help Villarreal make a fantastic start 1-0. According to statistics, this is villarreal's third fastest goal in the History champions league, and the first goal in the champions league semi-finals, with 25,000 fans on the scene witnessing the creation of history.
In addition, Dia scored his debut in the Champions League after seven previous Champions League games. Dia's goal allowed Villarreal to score all six consecutive shots on target against Juve, Liverpool and Bayern.
In the 41st minute, Villarreal extended the score when Capuel crossed and assisted Cochrane's header to help the team extend the score 2-0, and the aggregate score was tied 2-2.
Unexpectedly, in the second half, Villarreal suddenly "lost power", and the back line was scored by Liverpool in 12 minutes, completely collapsing. In the 62nd minute, Fabinho scored; in the 67th minute, Diaz scored with a header; in the 74th minute, Mane scored into the empty goal, and Liverpool fell behind from 0-2 to 3-2, refusing to be overturned by Villarreal. In addition, Villarreal lost and lost the match, and Capué was sent off.
This is the first time in Villarreal's history that he has lost the first home game in the knockout round after the Champions League restructuring, after the previous 7 wins and 5 draws remained unbeaten, and it was also missing the 15.5 million euros to qualify for the final prize.
After being eliminated, Villarreal players were collectively lost, and even some players had tears in their eyes, not daring to believe that the team was reversed after taking a 2-0 lead.