Chapter 398: Reversal

Chapter 398: Reversal

Leading almost the entire game, Liverpool at this moment was extremely frustrated. The head coach Benitez could no longer maintain his calm demeanor but anxiously directed the team to attack with all their might, as one more goal would still make them the winners!

The away team players, disregarding mutual encouragement and consolation, now urged the referee to stop the endless celebration of Real Madrid and demanded a quick restart. Benitez felt somewhat absurd, but he still fulfilled the referee's duty.

Unfortunately, Benitez was destined to be disappointed. Shortly after the restart, in a flurry of panic and anxiety, the away team lost possession of the ball, which Sneijder slotted through to Wang Feng, who immediately launched a rapid counterattack across the midfield line.

Glancing ahead, Wang Feng noticed that Reina, perhaps due to self-blame, was positioned very high, gazing at the advancing teammates. So the Chinese superstar made a powerful stride forward.

A run-up, a shot! A powerful long-range lob shot soared straight towards Liverpool's goal, despite the Spanish goalkeeper's desperate retreat, he still couldn't catch up with the speed of the ball's descent. It grazed just beneath the crossbar and dropped into the net.

3-0! Real Madrid reversed the aggregate score to 4-3! Wang Feng staged a hat-trick! "Goooooooooooooooooooal! A super long-range world-class goal from Wang Feng, piercing through the away team's defense for the third time!"

"The Chinese superstar scored three goals within five minutes, completely breaking Liverpool, Reina is to blame for the last two goals, we can't help but wonder what happened to him!"

As predicted by the commentator, Liverpool had been thoroughly defeated and had no ability to fight back. Despite having three minutes of stoppage time, and another goal could push the game into extra time, clearly they didn't want to play anymore! When the final whistle was blown by the referee Yungbeli, Real Madrid's substitute players and coaching staff rushed onto the field, celebrating together this miraculous comeback victory, similar to last year's championship celebration.

A magical game, a miraculous victory! This thought echoed in everyone's mind. At the post-match press conference, the media eagerly raised their questions.

"Yes, this is a victory that can be recorded in history," joked Schuster. "Honestly, my surprise is no less than yours. Three goals in five minutes, my god, is there anything crazier than this?"

"At that time, I could only applaud Wang Feng from the coaching bench. He always brings endless surprises."

"He has already performed well enough, if it wasn't for Reina's saves in the first half, Liverpool would have been broken much earlier."

"But history will not remember his merits, only his mistakes, soon everyone will only remember him flicking the ball to Wang Feng's feet and positioning himself too far forward, leading to the long-range lob goal."

"In that case, Wang Feng seems to be a heavily sinning player," someone commented, "Think about it, count carefully, how many well-known head coaches have fallen at his feet? Forgot about last summer when no one dared to take over Bar?a?"

As they chatted, they also discussed Liverpool's history of setbacks. Someone summarized the club's European competition history:

In the 2001 UEFA Cup final, encountering Wang Feng-led Genk, leading 3-0 but were chased to 5-3, tragically missed the championship.

In the 2002 Champions League quarter-finals, encountering Bundesliga's Leverkusen, leading 1-0 in the first leg but lost 2-4 in the second leg, tragically reversed.

In the 2005 Champions League final, encountering Chelsea from the same Premier League, dominating but conceded a last-minute goal.

In the 2006 Champions League round of 16, encountering Portuguese's Benfica, leading 1-0 in the first leg but lost 0-2 in the second leg, tragically reversed.

In the 2007 Champions League final, meeting the Galaxy battleship where Wang Feng was, leading 3-0 similarly, but were chased to 3-4, eventually lost the championship.

Then there was this year's 2008 Champions League semi-final, leading 3-1 in the first leg, but were chased to 3-4 in the second leg, eventually missed the final.

"Looking back, Liverpool's experience seems to be called the 'European Reversal Sauce', haha!"

At this time, there were not many fans of anime culture domestically, so most people were puzzled, "What does this mean? Is it a sauce that European competitions often get reversed?"

And veteran players would show a meaningful smile and echo, "Exactly, there's no problem explaining it like that."