Fade

Perhaps what remains about Liverpool for those who watch the quarter-finals of the Champions League 2020-2021 second leg can only be described in two words: fading. Because when cornered, when there is nothing to lose, even if the opponent is a mighty Real Madrid, Liverpool fans still expect their beloved club to have a real match. the fierce, truly bloody, as the tradition never gives up that they are always proud of.

Perhaps what remains about Liverpool for those who watch the quarter-finals of the Champions League 2020-2021 second leg can only be described in two words: fading. Because when cornered, when there is nothing to lose, even if the opponent is a mighty Real Madrid, Liverpool fans still expect their beloved club to have a real match. the fierce, truly bloody, as the tradition never gives up that they are always proud of. But the end is probably just sighs, deep feelings about a fact: Liverpool is no longer itself.

Liverpool played too faintly in front of a brave Real Madrid.

Entering the life-and-death match after losing 1-3 to Real Madrid in the first leg quarter-finals, Liverpool was clearly cornered, and Jurgen Klopp did everything he could. It is a muscular midfield with Fabinho, Georginio Wijnaldum and James Milner, he even uses Roberto Firmino, which is happily known as a “defensive striker” when frequently backing down to support the defense, with determined to strangle the “old men” like 35-year-old Luka Modric, 31-year-old Toni Kroos, 33-year-old Karim Benzema … right in the middle of the pitch, not allowing them to form a connection with each other. From there create opportunities for Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah above. They even have a big advantage when Real Madrid are having a serious crisis in defense, when in front of Thibaut Courtois two names that rarely match: Eder Militao and Nacho. Even Zinedine Zidane had to withdraw midfielder Federico Valverde to play at right-back because there was no better substitute in that position. With such advantages, Liverpool fans dreamed of a “magical Istanbul night”, dreaming of a divine comeback.

However, after the match ended, Liverpool still could not score any goals against a Real Madrid with a patchwork defense. One can say Real Madrid is too brave, too comprehensive when playing defensively is also so good, but above all, it is necessary to recognize the fact that Liverpool is only their own shadow in the seasons. recently. A Liverpool who regularly played rock and roll passionately on the football field under Jurgen Klopp was gone. When the excitement of playing football has decreased with the titles, when the fitness is no longer full, Liverpool is becoming more mediocre than ever.

At the moment of strength, Jurgen Klopp’s teachers and coaches engulfed the opponent with a crazy pressing style, with fast-paced ball lines from the two sides, with lightning-fast attacks with Sadio’s sweeping power. Mane, Mohamed Salah’s ability to take chances and Roberto Firmino’s technique. But when the duo Andrew Robertson – Trent Alexander-Arnold on two sides lost their form, Sadio Mane became mediocre when the fitness went down, Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino were no longer sharp enough, all that Liverpool could do. is a plump zero.

This will definitely be an empty season for Liverpool, and the only goal they can strive for is only a Champions League place next season. This will also be a necessary silence for Jurgen Klopp to have a more accurate view of what he has in hand, to have the right direction in the upcoming summer transfer window 2021. Hopefully in the new season a bloody Liverpool will return strongly.