Liverpool suffered a crushing defeat in Napoli.
Mohamed Salah has lost his golden touch in front of goal. PDO
Giovanni Simeone the reaction said everything necessary.
The second-generation Champions League football player had entered the field just a couple of minutes earlier, when the Georgian sensation Khvicha Kvaratskhelia humiliated once again Joe Gomez.
A pass into the middle and Simeone stuck out a leg to complete Napoli’s 3-0 half-time lead.
Emotion takes over. The Argentinian youth falls on the pitch of the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona and cries.
This is his debut in the elite European competition.
At the same time, in Madrid, father Diego ran amok in his own technical area, as Atlético beat undermanned Porto 2-1 after dramatic stages. The peculiarity of the match was that all three goals were scored in the extra time of the second period given by the referee.
Cholo Simeone is still the most significant football great in the family for now, and the boy dreams of standing next to him.
It can happen surprisingly quickly, if only Naples offers more nights like this
An involuntary performance
Simeone’s cinderella story was only part of a miraculous football bridge. Piotr Zieliński scored a second personal goal and Napoli’s fourth early in the second period as the Liverpool defense’s open day continued.
The situation for the Reds could have been much worse, because in the 18th minute Victor Osimhen missed the penalty kick. At just under half an hour, Kvaratskhelia’s attempt to solve an empty goal is too weak, and Virgil van Dijk in time.
– I believe that Liverpool fans have been waiting for something like this for a while. The team’s performances have not been good. The players just showed up, the old Pool idol Michael Owen said in the BT Sport studio.
In the second period, the Neapolitans already had time to regret the missed goals. Luis Diaz narrowed the gap to just three goals, and the locals don’t need Milanese to tell them how easily Liverpool closes such a gap.
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Napoli striker Giovanni Simeone fanned his Champions League debut goal. PDO
However, Liverpool’s letter was lacking, even if the manager Jurgen Klopp threw on the field by Darwin Núñez and Diogo Jotan. The crushing defeat still doesn’t sway the German manager’s ball, but he is forced to open his eyes to the coughing of the red machine. The team seems unwilling.
The chamber made its debut
The same cannot be said about the Blues’ home crowd. The decibel meters installed in the stadium reached as high as 113 when Zieliński scored the opening goal. It’s more like a street drill or an airliner taking off.
At the end, the home team’s players thanked for the noise. The other teams in Group A (Ajax and Rangers) also have to visit Napoli.
Wednesday was miserable for Finns.
Glen Kamara debuted like Simeone in the Champions League, but he was destined to witness Rangers’ 0-4 defeat in Amsterdam.
Manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst saved the Finn a couple of minutes before, though by Steven Bergwijn finalized decision numbers.
It was already the second consecutive four-goal loss for Rangers, and the most urgent Gers fans were already thinking about alternatives to the Dutch coach.
If Kamara had a hard time, not the Huuhkajat colleague Lukas Hradecky too can be satisfied with his evening speech. Finnish goalkeeper Imuroi Brugge top Abakar Syllan header into the net, even though he easily scooped up the game tool in his arms.
Unfortunately, Hradecky fell with the ball on the wrong side of the goal line.
Leverkusen goal stick Patrik Schick put the ball into the Brugge net twice, but both were ruled offside by VAR. This is also how Hradecky started its Champions League season with a loss.
Glen Kamara was disappointed in Amsterdam. PDO