In the early morning of May 4, Beijing time, the second leg of the 2021-22 Champions League semi-finals ended at the Ceramics Stadium. After 90 minutes of fighting, Liverpool defeated Villarreal 3-2 away from home, advancing to a 5-2 double-header in two legs.
Villarreal, who clearly put La Liga aside last weekend, did break Liverpool in a cold sweat in the first half of today's game. In the opening two minutes, Estupina's cross from the left was met by Capra's volley from the right, Dia rushed to push the empty goal, and Villarreal opened the scoring 1-0. In the 40th minute, Torres crossed the top of the long pass, Capué inserted the ball on the right side to get rid of the defense and delicately picked out the pass in front of the goal, Coquelin followed up with a flick of the head to score the goal, Villarreal extended the lead 2:0, the total score was tied 2:2.
Yi Bian made a substitution adjustment against Liverpool manager Klopp, and Díaz came off the bench, which also sounded the horn of Liverpool's counterattack. In the 54th minute, Alexander-Arnold fired a powerful shot from the left side of the penalty area, the ball refracted and then very far from the goal, boom was blocked by the crossbar, and Huang absconded. Two minutes later, Mane broke through the right and crossed from the bottom and Díaz hit the post from close range. In the 61st minute, Salah was angled at a 45-degree angle on the right side of the field, Fabinho was forbidden to receive the ball from a small angle and shoot vigorously low, the ball passed under goalkeeper Lully's crotch and straight into the net, and Liverpool pulled a goal back 1-2. In the 64th minute, Liverpool pressed on the left side, Díaz took the ball inside the penalty area, shook off the defense and shot into the far corner, the ball was slightly touched and flew out of the bottom line after rubbing the outside of the far goalpost.
Two minutes later, Liverpool moved to the right, Arnold followed up with a subtle over-the-top slant, Dias successfully inserted the goal in front of the goal, and the ball bounced through the crotch of goalkeeper Lully into the net, Liverpool equalized 2-2. In the 73rd minute, Liverpool broke the ball at the back and counter-attacked, Keita directly volleyed over the top long pass on the right side, Mane inserted a single knife at high speed to pass the goalkeeper Lully, although Voyt, who swung back to the defense, calmly pushed the empty goal into the left side of the box, and Liverpool reversed the defeat of Villarreal 3:2. In the 85th minute, Capra put down Jones in a scramble, referee Mark Lie awarded him the second yellow card, Capra 2 yellow turned 1 red was sent off, 10 people Huang Qian was powerless to return to the sky, and finally Liverpool won 3:2 away, two legs double kill Huang Qian to advance to the Champions League final.
In terms of the top scorer list, Benzema scored 14 goals, with a 1-goal advantage to beat Levan to lead, because Bayern, Ajax has been out, so the only person who may catch up with Benzema is salah. Salah failed to score today, or 6 goals behind Benzema, with only one goal left, Benzema 99.99% will win the first Champions League Golden Boot of his career. Danjuma and Firmino were injured and the two failed to catch up. Mane scored a killer goal, and his goalscoring numbers also caught up with teammate Firmino, as well as Messi, who tied for 12th place with 5 goals in 3 people, just one goal away from the top ten.