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Post by Ste_Macca on Mar 15, 2023 20:48:41 GMT
0-0 at half time, happy with that
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Post by Webster on Mar 15, 2023 20:50:56 GMT
(The Guardian) 45 min: Valverde prepares to race clear down the middle, but Liverpool back line has stepped up just in time, and the flag goes up for offside. There will be two minutes of first-half stoppage time. HALF TIME: Real Madrid 0-0 Liverpool (agg: 5-2)Nunez, out on the left, switches play with a long pass towards Salah on the other flank. He feeds Alexander-Arnold, who wins a corner. Liverpool waste their opportunity to change the entire tenor of this tie, and the whistle goes for half-time. Real are still sitting pretty; Liverpool still have their three-goal mountain to climb. They’re not quite out of it yet … but without Alisson, their 1% chance would be a big fat zero.
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Post by Webster on Mar 15, 2023 21:02:55 GMT
Real Madrid's Belgian keeper Thibaut Courtois (right) punches the ball clear. Photograph: Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP/Getty Images
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Post by Webster on Mar 15, 2023 21:08:39 GMT
(The Guardian) Real Madrid get the second half underway. Didi Hamann comes on for No changes. They’re 45 minutes away from yet another quarter-final. Having been by far the better side in the first half, Vinicius in particular outstanding, it’ll take an outlandish performance by Liverpool to deny them.
47 min: Nunez has the opportunity to send Jota into space down the middle, but pushes him wide left with his pass. Just a corner, that comes to nothing. But a fast start to the half for Liverpool, if nothing else. “Richard Hirst will be even more disappointed to learn that vintage PEZ dispensers can fetch hundreds at auction,” reports Joe Pearson.
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Post by Webster on Mar 15, 2023 21:12:10 GMT
(The Guardian) 49 min: Liverpool have clearly been told to up the press. How long they can keep it going, with Milner, Jota and Fabinho in the middle, is another matter altogether.
51 min: Nacho, who enjoys a good grimace, goes down spectacularly on the left touchline after being clipped by Jota. A lot of frowning and rolling around. Jota not too sure what’s going on. Nacho gets up soon enough and we play on.
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Post by Webster on Mar 15, 2023 21:14:06 GMT
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Post by Webster on Mar 15, 2023 21:15:23 GMT
(The Guardian) 52 min: Camavinga pings a pass down the left for Vinicius, who rolls across for Benzema, preparing to tap home. But Van Dijk comes across to intercept and clear, then the flag goes up for offside.
53 min: Robertson’s mistake allows Valverde to race clear down the inside-right channel. He’s one on one with Alisson … but once again the keeper turns hero, starjumping and blocking. He may have made that mistake in the first leg, but without Alisson, Liverpool would be on the end of a hiding tonight as well.
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Post by Webster on Mar 15, 2023 21:17:19 GMT
(The Guardian) 54 min: … and then suddenly Liverpool break, two on one. Salah just has to play in Nunez on the left, but seriously underhits his pass, allowing Militao to intercept. What a chance to give Liverpool hope!
56 min: Real are knocking on the door again. Benzema rolls Vinicius into space on the right. Vinicius cuts back to Benzema, on the penalty spot. Benzema cocks his leg back to shoot, only for Alexander-Arnold to arrive from nowhere and block!
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Post by Webster on Mar 15, 2023 21:17:33 GMT
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Post by Webster on Mar 15, 2023 21:21:23 GMT
(The Guardian) 57 min: Liverpool make a double change. On come Firmino and Elliott, off go Jota and Nunez. “How old must Richard Hirst be?” wonders Owen Linderholm. “I’m 60 and in the wilderness of Surrey as a child, Pez were well known if not typical. I never cared for the flavors but the dispensers were cool. Wikipedia tells me they were marketed worldwide by the 50s.”
58 min: Firmino’s first act is to force a corner down the left. Valverde clears it. Unlike in last year’s final, Liverpool have done very little to test Courtois.
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Post by Webster on Mar 15, 2023 21:22:27 GMT
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Post by Webster on Mar 15, 2023 21:23:46 GMT
(The Guardian) 59 min: Fabinho has the chance to send Salah into space down the right … but it’s another overhit pass. Liverpool’s collective radar has been wonky all evening. The pressure of playing the European champions on their own turf, I guess.
60 min: Salah and Rudiger have been irritating each other with their mere presence, and the referee tells the pair to stop playing silly buggers. Klopp is understandably on Salah’s side in the row, and gives the fourth official some beneficial advice. Everyone calms down quickly enough.
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Post by Webster on Mar 15, 2023 21:24:21 GMT
(The Guardian) 62 min: Firmino briefly threatens to dribble into space down the left but Carvajal gets in the road to nick the ball off his boot. Liverpool haven’t been found wanting for effort. Quality, though, is another issue.
63 min: Modric flicks over Alexander-Arnold’s head down the left with insouciant ease. He loops a cross towards the far stick, where Valverde heads harmlessly over from six yards. He should have scored.
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Post by Webster on Mar 15, 2023 21:29:44 GMT
(The Guardian) 65 min: Space for Alexander-Arnold out on the right. He’s got time to line up a cross … but there’s nobody in the box to cross to. Liverpool keep on keeping on, but as far as inspiration goes, they’re running on fumes.
67 min: Real stroke it around, hither and yon, probing patiently. Liverpool can’t get a sniff.
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Post by Webster on Mar 15, 2023 21:32:33 GMT
Currently playing... By the way, Ste_Macca, I Robot and Pyramid are damn good Alan Parsons Project albums; fun fact: Parsons recorded both albums at Abbey Road Studios, which was also home to some of the Beatles' great works....
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