Shakhtar Donetsk's offensive in the second half of the game was indeed a little overwhelming for Liverpool. In particular, the impact of their continuous attacks surprised Liverpool.
In the 52nd minute of the game, Fernandinho launched a quick attack after successfully stealing Meireles in the midfield. He sent the ball to William's feet with a diagonal pass. William dribbled the ball on the left side of the front field and cut inside, bypassing Kelly's defense. Then, he unexpectedly blasted out a cold shot.
Reina quickly moved over but let go of his hand to save the ball. He blocked the ball in the opposite direction, and Douglas Costa, who rushed to the goal, shot a rebound shot into the goal.
Shakhtar Donetsk's home fans suddenly went crazy.
As far as the game was concerned, the score had become 3: 1.
There were still about 40 minutes left in the game.
Shakhtar Donetsk only needed to chase three more goals to send the game into overtime!
There was still plenty of time.
Comain could not sit still at this time.
He called Qin Xiong up and let Qin Xiong warm up.
When Qin Xiong went to warm up, the home fans in the nearby stands booed him and Liverpool!
In their view, Liverpool did not use their main force at the beginning. When the score was not good, they had to send their superstars to play. This was a self-inflicted disaster after playing too much!
Who told Liverpool to look down on us!
If they had the ability to let Qin Xiong, Alonso, Gerard and the others sit on the bench, don't play!
In fact, the Shakhtar Donetsk fans knew that if Qin Xiong and the others played, the Ukrainian team would inevitably be eliminated.
There was no suspense.
And now the situation was good for Shakhtar Donetsk, but they did not expect Liverpool to deploy their players.
Of course, they were dissatisfied. They used the boos to ridicule Liverpool's conceit and that they were playing with fire. At the same time, they also affected and interfered with Qin Xiong's thinking.
Liverpool was very passive on the field. They gradually began to be unable to play counterattacks because Shakhtar Donetsk was also constantly adjusting. In particular, they were more united and stronger overall.
After Qin Xiong warmed up, Comain called him to his side. He covered his mouth and whispered to Qin Xiong, "I originally thought that Shakhtar Donetsk's 6: 2 double victory over Roma was an accident. Now it seems that I underestimated them. In the end, they defeated Roma with brute force. In this stadium that we are not familiar with, you have seen the fighting power of Shakhtar Donetsk. Shakhtar Donetsk.. Now, we have to play you. Go, help us turn the situation.... we just have to switch........ Don't get injured."
Qin Xiong nodded calmly. Kerman patted him on the shoulder and pushed him to the center line.
In the 58th minute of the game, William kicked the ball into the stands with a long shot. Liverpool got a chance to make a substitution.
The young player, Sterling, was brought off and Qin Xiong came on!
After Qin Xiong came on, Liverpool's formation changed to a 4: 3: 12 formation.
He operated alone in the attacking midfield area, mainly linking up with the front field to attack and supplying the two strikers with ammunition.
In the 63rd minute of the game, after Liverpool put up a tight defense in the backfield, Costa's inside cut breakthrough was successfully intercepted by Tiote. After three passes and two passes in the backfield, the ball was passed to Qin Xiong's feet.
Qin Xiong dribbled the ball in the front field and accelerated to break through Mikhtar Donetsk. After he was 30 yards away from the goal, he did a long shot!
The football was about half a meter above the crossbar and flew into the stands.
Qin Xiong just tested the feeling.
Three minutes later, when Fernandinho plugged in from the back of the front field to receive Srna's pass, his volley was blocked by Mascherano's body. The football flew into the center circle.
Qin Xiong stopped the ball with his back to Mikhtar Donetsk and then turned to the left. Mikhtar Donetsk immediately moved, but after he moved, he was stunned to find that the football was still in place.
After Qin Xiong stopped, he nimbly dribbled the ball from the right and sped past him.
When he dribbled the football to the area 40 yards away from the goal, Srna rushed up to defend against Qin Xiong, while the other full back, Lander, rushed forward to act as a defensive midfielder screen.
Qin Xiong turned a blind eye to the two men and used the instep of his outside foot to kick a forward spinning curveball over the top.
The center back, Rajiteski, jumped to try to head the ball out in the process of retreating, but the football flew over his head and grazed his hair.
He went over the top!
Kuyt rushed out from the side and directly rushed forward to head the ball in the goal!
The header was so powerful that it directly smashed the ball into the lower left corner of the goal.
The goalkeeper, Pyatov, was completely unprepared. It was more like he was hit by a bolt out of the blue.
Liverpool scored their second goal in the away game!
The faces of the Shakhtar Donetsk players were a little ugly with different expressions.
This goal complicated the game because the score was no longer as simple as it appeared.
3:2
The total score was 8: 4.
Liverpool had two away goals.
In other words, Shakhtar Donetsk not only had to equalize the score, but they also had to score one more goal than Liverpool to achieve a comeback!
They now needed to score five goals in a row to perform a miracle of a super comeback!
It was simply impossible to achieve.
To score five goals against Liverpool in less than 30 minutes?
Even if Liverpool sent some substitutes on the field, it was not the strength of a mediocre team for Shakhtar Donetsk to abuse!
After sorting out their emotions, Shakhtar Donetsk regrouped after the game resumed. They were no longer thinking about advancing to the Champions League semi-finals. Instead, they had to play their own style at home and play their strength. They could not let Liverpool leave here too easily, and with the attitude of a winner.
In the 76th minute of the game, Srna passed from the flank. Adriano unexpectedly did not head the ball in front of the goal. Instead, he headed the ball back.
Judson, who plugged in from the back, broke through Mascherano's defense. After stopping the ball, he followed up with a volley shot!
Agger, who was in front of him, turned around to block with his back, but he turned too slowly. The football hit his back and was deflected. The football, which was originally flying to the right of the goal, was deflected to the lower left corner of the goal.
Reina helplessly ran two steps in front of the goal line and chose to give up.
Shakhtar Donetsk made the score 8: 5.
At this time, Comain deployed his players again and replaced Raúl with Baines.
Aurelio was pushed to the side midfielder and Baines played as the full back. In this way, Qin Xiong's offensive ability was activated.
In the 84th minute of the game, Baines passed a straight pass from the backfield. Aurelio coordinated with Qin Xiong in the front field and charged into the vicinity of the end line.
Qin Xiong stopped the ball under Ishchenko's defense. When Kuyt ran over to receive, Qin Xiong pulled the ball back with his back to Ishchenko. The football rolled between Ishchenko's legs. He turned to look and saw Kuyt coming to receive, while Qin Xiong turned around and charged past from the side. Kuyt passed the ball short to Qin Xiong's feet.
Qin Xiong, who was dribbling the ball horizontally in the penalty area, did not wait for Miksitarian and Rajitesky to block and shoot out!
The ball was too close to the goal and did not give Piatov any time to react. The football flew into the goal in the blink of an eye like a meteor!
9:5！
Liverpool locked in the Champions League semi-finals!
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