1st and 2nd leg total 0-4… Liverpool continues its challenge to win only 2 seasons
Hwang Hee-chan’s 25-year-old team Leipzig (Germany) was eliminated from the European Football Federation (UEFA) Champions League round of 16 without surpassing Liverpool (England).
Leipzig scored a streak to Muhammad Salach and Sadio Manet in the second half of the match against Liverpool at the Pushkasi Arena in Budapest, Hungary on the 11th (Korean time) in the 2nd leg of the 2020-2021 UEFA Champions League (UCL) round of 16 to 0-2. lost.
Leipzig, who lost 0-2 in the first game held at the same place, lost a total of 0-4 and gave Liverpool a ticket to the quarterfinals.
Hwang Hee-chan was substituted for 15 minutes in the second half of 0-0 and hit the ground for more than 30 minutes, but couldn’t score the third goal of the season.
Leipzig was sent off the European stage without reviving the gust of last season’s competition to the semi-finals.
Liverpool, who had been eliminated in the round of 16 in the last season’s tournament, continued their challenge to return to the top of Europe in only two seasons.
Liverpool blocked Leipzig’s offensive with aggressive forward pressure and continued to score the first goal with Diogo Stetta and Salach, but were seldom able to save goalkeeper Gulach Peter.
In the 19th minute, a corner kick followed by a steering header was blocked by Peter’s punching. In the 24th minute, Salach shot a shot from the left side of the goal area in a counterattack situation, and it was also in Peter’s hand.
Leipzig, who couldn’t get out of the way, made a change in the second half of the 15th minute, excluding Emil Forsbury and Yusuf Foulsen, and injecting Justin Krawibert and Hwang Hee-chan.
Thanks to Hwang Hee-chan, who moved actively, Leipzig took the initiative.
Hwang Hee-chan attempted a medium-range shot with his left foot from the left side of the penalty in the 18th minute of the second half, but missed the target.
One minute later, the cross from the left by Hwang Hee-chan led to Alexander Sørlot’s doorstep header, but the ball hit the crossbar.
That’s where Leipzig’s offensive came.
Liverpool scored consecutive goals to win.
After receiving a pass from the steering in the 25th minute of the first half, Salach shook Leipzig’s net with a left-footed shot in front of the goal area.
In the second half of the 29th minute, Sadio Manet finished the ground ball cross, handed over from the right by Divok Origii, making it 2-0.
Leipzig tried to change the atmosphere by removing Dani Olmo in the 27th minute after first conceding, and adding Amadu Haidara, but the chase goal did not come out.
The match was scheduled to be held in Liverpool, England’s Anfield, the home of Liverpool, but if Leipzig players traveled to the UK, the venue was changed after 10 days of self-isolation due to the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) quarantine measures.
The two teams played the first match at the Leipzig home as well at the Fuchkasi Arena due to the circumstances related to Corona 19.
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