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Post by Webster on Dec 9, 2019 23:16:11 GMT
vs. F.C. Red Bull Salzburg vs. Liverpool F.C. 2019-2020 UEFA Champions League - 10 Dec. 2019, 17:55 GMT (12:55pm US EST) at the Red Bull Arena - Salzburg
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Post by Webster on Dec 9, 2019 23:17:00 GMT
Both sides played their first-ever match against one another back on October 2nd at Anfield: Liverpool 4, Red Bull Salzburg 3.
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Post by Webster on Dec 10, 2019 17:03:49 GMT
(The Guardian) Preamble--Hello. Welcome to a match that Liverpool never wanted to matter. The European champions were expected to have wrapped up qualification for the knockout stages by now. Instead they travel to Austria at risk of becoming only the second holders in the Champions League era – after Chelsea in 2012 - to be eliminated in the group phase. Nobody wants to be like Chelsea. The risk is real. Salzburg are free-scoring buccaneers with boundless energy and a genuine prodigy up front: 19-year-old Erling Braut Haalann, scorer of 28 goals in 21 matches so far this season, including eight in his five group games so far. That includes the one he hit when these sides met at Anfield, when Liverpool cantered into a 3-0 lead before being slapped repeatedly across the chops and waking up in time to prevail 4-3. That lesson should serve Liverpool well today. There’s unlikely to be any complacency from Jürgen Klopp’s team and the manager, surely, will deploy his full-strength side after giving key players time off in their last two Premier League matches. So Liverpool will be going full gun. And so, too, will Salzburg, who are aiming to claim a famous scalp and make history by reaching the knockout stages. Roll up, roll up, we have ourselves a proper showdown!
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Post by Webster on Dec 10, 2019 17:05:36 GMT
(The Guardian) Teams--No messing from Klopp. And a powerful vote of confidence for Naby Keïta, whose improved recent form earns him a start at his former club ahead of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Salzburg: Stankovic; Nissen, Onguéné, Wöber, Ulmer; Szoboszlai, Junozovic, Minamino, Mwepu; Hwang, Haaland Subs: Carlos, Daka, Ashimeru, Okugawa, Prevljak, Ramalho, VAllci Liverpool: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Lovren, Van Dijk, Robertson; Keïta, Henderson, Wijnaldum; Mané, Firmino, Salah Subs: Adrian, Jones, Gomez, Milner, Shaqiri, Oxlade-Chamberlain, OrigiReferee: D Makkelie (Ned)
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Post by Webster on Dec 10, 2019 17:26:24 GMT
(The Guardian) Any Liverpool fans think this year has a 1979 feel to it? Back then, like now, Liverpool were aiming to reach the final of Europe’s top club competition for the third year in a row (having won it the previous two) and they only went and got knocked out in their very first tie. That was before group stage gerrymandering, of course. Their conquerors? Nottingham Forest. And the referee when Forest scored their decisive goals was from Salzburg! Well, he might have been. He was definitely from Austria, I know that much. On the plus side, Liverpool went on to win the domestic title that season...
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Post by Webster on Dec 10, 2019 17:27:06 GMT
(The Guardian) Klopp's previewSpeaking just now on BT, Liverpool’s manager isn’t attempting to downplay the importance of this rumble: “Our Champions League trip has been like this since we started it. We always have these kinds of situations so it’s no surprise. That’s how it is and we have to be ready for it. No good just talking about it, we have to show it.” As for his explanation for the inclusion of Keïta, he says: “It makes absolute sense for this game for the way we need to play. ... And he knows the stadium, but that was not the reason for it.”
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Post by Webster on Dec 10, 2019 17:27:59 GMT
(The Guardian) An email!“You didn’t mention that, after getting knocked out at the group stages in 2012, Chelsea went on to win Europa League, thus holding both Champions League and the Europa League simultaneously. Tempting to Liverpool, I would say.” I would say not. If they were to lose today, the most tempting would be to win the world club title later this month (becoming simultaneously European and world champions) and sack off the Europa League to concentrate on winning the Premier League, which they haven’t won since .... when was it again? Having said that, maybe they’ll have the domestic title in the bag by the time European competition resumes next year.
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Post by Webster on Dec 10, 2019 17:29:58 GMT
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Post by Webster on Dec 10, 2019 17:30:19 GMT
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Post by Webster on Dec 10, 2019 17:42:13 GMT
(The Guardian) “Mr Erich Linemayr was the ref at that Forest-Liverpool game (and also later at the final),” announces Tom Reichart. “He was from Linz, which isn’t too far from Salzburg. The German Wikipedia tells me he also refereed the Water Battle between Poland and Germany in 1974 and the “match” between Chile and the Soviet Union in 1973. Enjoy!” ....right-o, mate; thanks....
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Post by Webster on Dec 10, 2019 17:46:25 GMT
(The Guardian) Salzburg fans (or, come to think of it, maybe their potty-mouthed manager) have have erected a giant banner running across the top tier of one of the stands in the stadium. It reads, in English, “We are not Barça or Real, but we are ready for our fucking dream.” Good night, Vienna.
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Post by Webster on Dec 10, 2019 17:56:39 GMT
The teams are on the pitch; for Liverpool, the equation is simple: win or draw and they advance. Lose and its' hope Genk upsets Napoli. Simple equation, lads. Time...for some football! liverpool scarf-1 liverpool scarf-1
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Post by Webster on Dec 10, 2019 17:58:08 GMT
....yeah, I know it shows gridiron football and not soccer, but the spirit is what counts!
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Post by Webster on Dec 10, 2019 17:58:44 GMT
(The Guardian) 1 min: Salzburg-Liverpool is go! The visitors get the game going ... but within 15 seconds, Haaland is racing on to a through-ball delivered from deep. It looked for a moment like he would reach shooting range before Van Dijk caught him. But the Dutchman shifted into top gear and made a critical challenge.
2 min: Van Dijk has to make another crucial intervention, a sliding tackle on the edge of the area to stop Hwang’s burst.
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Post by Webster on Dec 10, 2019 17:59:14 GMT
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