Rivals on the second day of the Europa League, Alexis and Kevin relaxed in the preview with a dunk. Kevin started, while Alexis came on after the break
The Liverpool player even showed an unknown detail: his wallpaper with the World Cup
It is not often that we get to see two players from the same family face each other in a match and it will undoubtedly be a special match for The Mac Allister brothers, Alexis and Kevin, confronted at Anfield this Thursday night in the match between Liverpool and Union St. Gilloise, respectively, for the second day of the Europa League.
The brothers’ jokes and tension have delighted the British press. In the run-up to the same meeting, eventhey met on the Anfield grass in front of the cameras, sharing a few words and having a mate typical of his birthplace.
Catching up before kick-off 🇦🇷#UEL | #LIVUSG pic.twitter.com/3tWJUkmejK
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) October 5, 2023
In fact, the fans themselves came to notice a detail that they did not know: the wallpaper on Alexis’s mobile phone. The Liverpool midfielder has his photo kissing the World Cup that he raised in Qatar with the Argentine team.
Both faced each other several times in Argentine soccer, but it was the first in the elite of world football. Before the meeting, both also shared a ‘family’ moment, in a video call in which they talked about the game. “Are you on vacation there? Don’t you train, crazy?”Alexia asks him. “We are relaxed, we have an easy game”answered Kevin.
In the party, the big brother, Kevin (1997), started with Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, while young Alexis (1998), came on for Wataru Endo after the break defending the Liverpool jacket.
Alexis, who joined Liverpool from Brighton at the start of the season, is a year younger than his brother, Kevin. Both played for Argentinos and Boca Juniors, but Kevin’s jump to Europe took place in Belgium. to sign for Union SG.