Villarreal, 3 May 2022 – A fantastic first half embellished by goals signed by Dia e Coquelinboth assisted by Capuaexpelled in the final, which however is not enough for Villarreal to remove the pass for the final of Champions Leaguewhere the Liverpool after a rather distracted approach to the hell ofCeramic Stadium. The enthusiasm of the Spanish plant fades more and more during the recovery, when Fabinho, Diaz (whose entrance literally changes the face of his) e mane they put in the safe the passage of the turn for the team of Jurgen Kloppwhich now awaits the winning of Real Madrid-Manchester City.
First half
Il Villarreal immediately commits a flaw in the construction phase but on 3 ‘, at the first opportunity, takes the lead: after a long attacking action Capua he enters the area but fails to capitalize, a mission that does not fail Dia, which from the edge of the small area makes no mistake. The replica of the Liverpool arrives at 11 ‘, when Robertson volleyball just outside Diogo Jota. On the overturning he shows up Equal with the left-handed, while at 24 ‘the spotlights are finally taken Salahprotagonist of a tough battle with Rolls which obliges easy to intervene. The Dutch referee displeased the home crowd in the 37th minute by not whistling an alleged penalty when Alisson seems to overwhelm Lo Celsofished deep from Moreno. The fury ofCeramic Stadium it subsides at 41 ‘, when Coquelin at the edge of the small area wins the duel with Alexander-Arnold and with a header sends the cross of Capuain turn good at evading the marking of Robertson and the second assist of the evening.
Second half
Il Liverpool tries to react at the dawn of recovery from the development of a free kick beaten by Alexander-Arnoldbut the control of mane at the second post he is not happy. Speaking of woods, in the 56th minute it was the crossbar that repelled the blow from outside Alexander-Arnoldrendered near-lethal by a deviation of Coquelin: a corner emerges from which developments Thiago Alcantara he becomes dangerous with a right-footed shot which is not surprising Rolls. Al 58′ mane arms the overhead kick just outside the newly entered Diaz (outside Diogo Jota). The regrets of the guests are extinguished in the 62nd minute, when Fabinho in the heart of the area receives the sphere from Salah and pulls, finding the uncertain answer of Rolls, who is mocked by the sphere. The Liverpool he insists and at 66 ‘touches the knockout blow with Diazwhich is dry Foyth and shoots a right to turn that Albiol deviates in the corner: from developments Konate almost exploits the parable drawn by Alexander-Arnold. The latter at 68 ‘with the left-handed sets up for the insertion of a winning head of Diaz, the man who literally changed the game. You do not pay, the English drop the three of a kind in the 74th minute, when manewho started from his own half, eludes the wrong exit of Rolls and the desperate attempt to recover Foyth and at an unguarded door he signs the blow that puts the final in the safe. The reaction of the Villarreal it’s all in a conclusion of Equal and in the nerves that jump at 86 ‘a Capua, who gets the second yellow. Indeed, close to recovery is Salah to waste a restart of his team without being able to join the party of the goal: the Egyptian will still be able to redeem himself in the final, where the Liverpool will challenge one of Real Madrid e Manchester City.
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