Revive Liverpool

Chapter 240 The Crucial Battle
For Naples, Hamsik and Mesto missed due to injuries.Goalkeeper Reina suffered a thigh injury. Rafael, who made his league debut last weekend, continued to start. Behrami replaced Inle and Mertens replaced Insigne.

If Naples wants to qualify, they must have a goal difference of 2 goals or more. They can also advance if they score more points than Dortmund in this round.

For Liverpool, captain Gerrard was absent due to injury, Danny Rose was reimbursed for the season, and Agger was still injured.

If Liverpool want to qualify, they only need to win a draw or a small loss in the away game.

Perhaps because of the difficult situation, coach Benitez's pre-match speech was also slightly tragic, "Although the final result may be disappointing, I am sure the fans will give Naples more passion."

As for Liverpool, although the situation is relatively safe, Klopp also said in a news interview that the team should remain vigilant.

The two teams displayed banners before the game to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela, the "Father of South Africa".

On December 12, South Africa time, Mandela died at his residence in Johannesburg at the age of 5.

At 12:10 on December 11, Mandela's official memorial service was held.

Not long after the start, news of Dortmund's lead came from another field, and Naples had to fight with their backs.

Although Marseille was destined to be out early, Marseille, who is sitting at home today, is not reconciled to just being a supporting role. He wants to try the feeling of being the protagonist, and wants to decide who can enter the knockout round. This game is very desperate.

It didn't take long for Marseille to score and level the score.

Unlike Dortmund and Marseille in the same group who have scored two goals so far, neither Liverpool nor Naples have scored yet.

The two teams are still testing each other at the beginning of the game. There must be no problem with Liverpool. It is better to be conservative. If you do not attack, I will not attack. The game will continue like this. The faster the time passes, the better.

And Naples is waiting, a draw is not unacceptable for them, as long as Dortmund does not score points in this game.

On another field, although Marseille launched a counterattack shortly after losing the ball and equalized the score, Marseille was sent off 1 person early.

In this way, Marseille, which is already weak, has no hope, and Dortmund has greater hope of winning, so Naples has to start desperately.

After a period of testing, Naples also found out the details of Liverpool.

As shown on paper, Liverpool's defense in today's game still has loopholes, and the loophole lies in Liverpool's left-back Robertson.

Although Robertson has been the starter in the last few games, he has experience in several games.

But after all, Robertson is still too young and has too little experience in the game. In a game like the Champions League, Robertson's small mistakes have been magnified and become Liverpool's loopholes in today's game.

But fortunately, today, Robertson still has Kolo Toure by his side to help him defend.

There is also a Navas in front of the door to fill in the hole for him.

Therefore, Liverpool's front door is jittery, but there has been no danger recently.

In the 38th minute, Macho responded to Mertens' overhead ball, Navas abandoned the goal and attacked from a small angle on the right side of Macho's penalty area and missed the far corner.

In the 44th minute, Navas did not kick the ball directly, but the pass made a mistake. Higuain's header was 8 meters away from the goal on the right side of the penalty area and missed the near post.

At the end of the first half, Dortmund and Marseille were tied [-]-[-], while Liverpool and Naples were tied [-]-[-].

Borussia Dortmund and Napoli both want to change the scoreline, while Marseille and Liverpool want to keep it going.

After all, for Marseille, it is almost impossible to score another goal against Dortmund with one less player.

In the second half of the game, the game changed sides and fought again. In the 73rd minute, Callejon went straight through the middle. "Little Smoker" Higuain took the ball with his back and then turned and shot. The ball hit the lower right corner of the goal. Naples led Liverpool [-]-[-].

The score on the other field was still one to one, so Naples temporarily surpassed Dortmund in points and came to the second position in the group.

Naples temporarily overtakes Dortmund in points!
St. Paul Stadium boiled up.

That's fine, with this score going on, it's good for Liverpool and Naples to advance together.

In the 76th minute, Kolo Touré brought down Callejon and was sent off with two yellow cards. Liverpool had only 10 players left to fight.

To add, when entering the field before the game, the Naples ball boy led by Kolo Touré was crying all the way. I don’t know if it was the resentment in the ball boy’s heart that caused Kolo Touré to be sent off.

At this time, Liverpool has used up two substitution places, and the last substitution place can only be used now.

Klopp replaced Lewandowski with Skrtel.

Towards the end of the second half, the bad news came and Dortmund scored a goal.

Dortmund, Napoli and Liverpool are on the same group points, while Naples fell out of the promotion zone due to a goal difference disadvantage.

Naples scored in this game, but this is not enough, Naples needs more goals to qualify for the knockout round.

In the stoppage time of the game, in the 93rd minute, Callejon broke through and scored the ball and went forward. Insigne made a pass from the left, and Callejon made a lob shot. Naples defeated Liverpool [-]-[-].

Naples beat Liverpool. When the goal was scored here, the San Paolo Stadium was boiling again. Naples made a comeback at the last moment of the game and beat Liverpool.

In this way, Naples and Dortmund joined hands to advance to the Champions League knockout round, but knocked Liverpool out.

The Liverpool fans could only stare blankly at what was happening in front of them, unable to believe that such a thing would happen.

Liverpool became the first team in the history of the Champions League to rank third in the group with 12 points and be eliminated.

Sao Paulo after the game is a happy stadium, but there are a few sad people in it.

They couldn't believe what was happening before them, as if it was still a dream.

Klopp was interviewed by the media after the game. Regarding Liverpool's defense in the final stage of today's game, Klopp said angrily: "Kill me with a knife!"

And Callejon, who scored the lore goal for Naples at the last moment of the game, said happily in an interview: "I am very happy that I was able to score a goal at the last moment of the game today. This is simply incredible.

To be able to enter the knockout round with Naples is perfect. "

"Sky Sports": "Tragedy! 12 points to be eliminated. This is Liverpool's misfortune in the Champions League. Originally they were the team with the greatest chance of advancing in this group, but now they can only play in the Europa League."

(End of this chapter)