Thiago almost magics Liverpool into the final!
Is he the bitterest FCB departure of all time?
Created: 04/28/2022, 12:04 p.m
By: Florian Schimak
Thiago Alcântara has one foot in the Champions League final with Liverpool.
At Bayern, bitter tears are shed for him.
Munich – you see, FC Bayern?
How to beat Villarreal FC!
Probably not a few supporters sat wistfully in front of the TV sets on Wednesday evening, watched the semi-final first leg in the Champions League between Liverpool FC and the Spaniards and thought exactly that.
What the Munich team couldn't do, the Reds did - a win over Villarreal.
Jürgen Klopp's team won 2-0 at home on Anfield Road and actually has one foot in the Champions League final.
However, the success was also a hard piece of work for the English.
"There were moments when it was difficult not to wonder exactly how Bayern Munich was eliminated," wrote the English newspaper
The Independent
the day after.
Name: Thiago Alcántara do Nascimento |
Born: April 11, 1991 (age 31), San Pietro Vernotico, Italy |
Current club: Liverpool FC (contract until 2024) |
Previous clubs: FC Barcelona (2006 - 2013), FC Bayern (2013 - 2020), FC Liverpool (since 2020) |
Market value: 22 million |
FC Bayern: Thiago almost conjures Liverpool into the final!
Is he the bitterest FCB departure of all time?
Liverpool could reach for the handle pot again after the CL triumph of 2019 on May 28th.
Even if the return leg at La Cerámica is scheduled for May 3rd.
One person who has played a not inconsiderable part in Liverpool's strong form in recent weeks is a good old acquaintance of FCB fans: Thiago Alcântara.
Thiago Alcântara plays a prominent role at Liverpool FC - much to the chagrin of FC Bayern.
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The Spaniard was once again a pivotal factor in Liverpool's game and was rightly named UEFA's Player of the Match.
The British press also celebrated the 31-year-old: “He controlled midfield and played brilliant passes.
In possession he was untouchable," wrote
the Daily Mail
.
The Express
even attested him a “world-class performance”
.
Proof of this: 96 percent pass rate.
103 passes played and nine game shifts found the teammate.
In addition, ten ball conquests.
Thiago almost managed to score, but his long-range shot only hit the crossbar.
The Spaniard also impressed with his usual filigree game.
Thiago Superstar!
Thiago at Liverpool FC: FCB fans bleed their hearts
FC Bayern lacked such a player against Villarreal.
One who can play the decisive pass, who shifts at the right moment to tear apart the well-positioned defenses of the Spaniards.
Munich's performance in the quarter-finals was too static and not compelling enough.
So that was the end of it.
After initial injury problems, Thiago has become the clock and brain of Liverpool FC at the Mersey.
After he came to Liverpool from Bayern with the handle pot in the summer of 2020, the chances after Wednesday's gala are not so bad that Thiago will again raise the trophy in a red jersey in Paris on May 28 - but in that of Liverpool FC.
The hearts of the FCB fans would probably bleed again...
(smk)
