On September 14, Anfield Stadium ushered in the first Champions League match of the season.
Liverpool's first opponent in the Champions League group stage is a regular player with rich experience in European competitions, the powerhouse Sevilla from La Liga.
Klopp sent most of his main players in this game. He must win this game, and it is best to qualify early in the group.
This way, he won't be distracted by too much energy in the Champions League group stage, and he can be free to concentrate on dealing with the tough opponents in the first half of the league.
But Klopp frowned as soon as the game started, because Sevilla didn't have the slightest intention to play away from home and actually wanted to steal the opening.
This resulted in the two sides fighting fiercely against each other in the first few minutes of the game, with really hard kicks and players frequently falling to the ground.
LeTV live broadcast room, Zhang Lu and Zhan Jun's daily partner commentary.
"Although Sevilla has a 4-3-3 formation for this game, looking at the current position on the field, it is actually 4-2-31. After all, this is an away game. Although they have a head start, they are still a little wary of Liverpool, who have the home field advantage!"
"Yes, as a La Liga team, there is nothing to say about the back-footing and passing and controlling abilities!" Zhan Jun said with a smile, "From the first few minutes, we can see that although Sevilla has a new head coach, their style of play is still the same.
It’s pretty much the same as before, just playing on two wings and having the speed to attack.”
While the two were talking, Liverpool and Sevilla had already exchanged shots on the field, all of which were shots within the goal frame. The transition between offense and defense was extremely fast.
Unfortunately, due to bad luck, neither side scored a goal.
In the 7th minute of the game, Arnold received a cross from Lovren in the middle.
He advanced with the ball, but encountered Correa's close entanglement on the center line. He could not get rid of it for a while, so he had to stagger and kick the ball to Salah, who was retreating in front to receive the ball.
But before Salah could catch the ball, he was entangled by Sevilla's left midfielder. After getting the ball, he was forced to be unable to turn around.
In desperation, Salah could only dribble the ball laterally towards the center.
But after a few meters, he found Mo Yang in front of him raising his hand and pointing to the right side of the Sevilla penalty area.
He looked over there and found that there was no one on Mane's side, so he moved away without saying a word.
Seeing the transfer ball being easily offloaded by Mane, Sevilla right back Mercado immediately rushed into the penalty area and blocked Mane's path to cut in and hit the goal.
But Mane feinted to the left, and then used explosive power to successfully break through from the right.
Unfortunately, it was already a bit late. After just a second or two, Sevilla's defensive players had already withdrawn into the penalty area.
After Mane broke through, his path to the goal was blocked by Sevilla's right center back Pareja. He had no choice but to poke the ball to Firmino who was inside the top of the arc.
Firmino had nothing to do, he was not Ibrahimovic, and he couldn't defeat Nzonzi and Kjaer beside him. He didn't even dare to catch the ball and kicked it to Mo Yang outside the penalty area.
Mo Yang was on the left rib position. When he saw the ball coming, he was already aware of the defensive loopholes in Sevilla's penalty area.
Although Salah raised his hand to ask for the ball on the right side of the penalty area, Pizarro was stuck on the inside line next to him. If he passed the ball diagonally to the back, with Salah's header ability, there is a high probability that Pizarro would directly head the ball.
The ball is cleared.
So Mo Yang quickly adjusted to meet the ball, aimed at the upper right corner of the Sevilla goal, and swung it out with one kick.
"Positive!"
"Long shot!!!"
Mo Yang's sudden move made Berglin and today's commentary partner Andy Gray jump up from their seats in shock.
In front of the Sevilla goal, goalkeeper Rico saw the ball flying over and made a judgment that it was not within the goal frame.
But the next second, he actually saw the ball in the air suddenly falling while turning a corner, and he was immediately frightened out of his wits.
Rico panicked and moved to the left side of the goal, then dived in, but it was still too late.
"Clang!"
However, just when Rico was desperate, the ball hit the angle between the left post and the crossbar of Sevilla and was turned away.
Suddenly, Rico felt that this crisp sound was the most beautiful sound in the world, which made him extremely happy.
And this sound was terrible to the more than 50,000 Red Army fans present.
What a beautiful curve ball, the Red Army fans were so upset that they even stopped singing.
However, things took a turn for the worse in the next second. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, a red figure rushed over before the bouncing ball hit the ground, and actually knocked the ball into the goal with a coquettish chest move.
“goal!!!!!!!!!”
“Salah’s follow-up shot!!!”
"Amazing Egyptian, his sense of goalball is definitely the best in the world!"
In the commentary box, Berglin and Andy Gray raised their arms and cheered.
The fans at the scene also cheered like thunder, and they were so happy that they even started making waves in the stands.
After scoring the goal, Salah ran over and jumped directly on Mo Yang's back to celebrate.
In the coaching area, Klopp's face was flushed, and the farmer had already punched him three times.
At this time, his eyes were on Mo Yang.
Because Mo Yang these days made him feel a little abnormal.
In the past, Mo Yang would mostly choose to pass the ball diagonally to Salah, but this time he uncharacteristically chose a long shot.
Although the goal was not scored, Mo Yang still had credit.
Klopp felt that Mo Yang seemed to be consciously strengthening his long-range shots from outside the penalty area.
He noticed something strange about Mo Yang when he was training with the team a few days ago.
This discovery surprised Klopp and also made him a little surprised.
Last season, after he discovered that Mo Yang's long-range shooting ability had become stronger, he once asked Mo Yang to shoot more in front of the goal.
But Mo Yang didn't know what was going on, but he rarely took long-range shots.
Soon, the game started again.
Sevilla is indeed a veteran in European competitions. After conceding the ball, they didn't seem to be in any hurry, and they still played steadily.
Leading by one goal, Mo Yang found that the pace of the game was a bit fast. Emre Can and Henderson had already made two mistakes in handling the ball.
So he planned to control the pace of the game.
It didn't take long for many fans to notice that the pace of the game suddenly slowed down and the ball was passed around Liverpool's feet.
Seeing this scene, Sevilla's new coach Berizzo looked a little horrified.
He really didn't expect that Mo Yang, who was only 20 years old, would be so skillful in controlling the rhythm of the game.
The pace of the game is not something you can control if you want.
Without top-level vision, top-level technology, and excellent tactical awareness to support it, it will only make a mess in the end.
On the field, Liverpool's slowdown directly caused Sevilla's pursuit of speed attack to be curbed, which made Berizzo frown.
In fact, he learned about Mo Yang's existence from Bielsa two years ago.
It can be said that Berizzo learned from Bielsa. He played under Bielsa as a player and joined Bielsa's coaching staff after retiring.
He still remembers how Bielsa described and praised Mo Yang on the phone.
At that time, he just felt that what Bielsa said was too exaggerated!
Unexpectedly, when I look at it now, it is not an exaggeration at all, but a fact. Bielsa did not misjudge the person.
"A perfect all-around midfielder!" Just as Bielsa said, this kid is so all-around and indeed has the potential to become a midfield master.
He observed Mo Yang's performance on the court in the past few minutes, and it was impeccable.
The midfield was organized neatly by this kid, and even Liverpool's defense was commanded by him.
Mo Yang gave him a very scary feeling on the court, as if he could threaten their goal no matter where he was.
