April 14, Liverpool, Anfield.

Tonight, Reds fans will face a crucial match, the first quarter of the Champions League against Real Madrid.

In the first leg, Liverpool suffered a 0-3 defeat at the Bernabeu, making the second leg a challenging match.

Never give up is Liverpool's spiritual creed, and fans have reason to believe that they can turn the tables against the wind when they return to their home stadium.

Such an example is not unprecedented.

In the semi-finals of the Champions League in the 18-19 season, Liverpool and Barcelona met.

In the first leg, they lost 3-0 at Camp Nou, and the consensus was that Liverpool would be knocked out of the competition.

The situation is very unfavorable for Liverpool, they must not only score three goals, but also ensure that they do not concede goals in order to retain their hopes of qualifying, and the pressure can be imagined.

In the second leg, Origi's goal in the opening 7th minute sounded the clarion call for Liverpool's counterattack.

In the 54th, 56th, and 79th minutes, Liverpool scored three goals in a row and staged a shocking reversal of the Jedi counterattack.

If it weren't for the final meeting of Bayern Munich, the southern king led by Rossi, the Champions League championship that year might have been won by Liverpool.

If you want to talk about the classic reversal, you have to mention the Istanbul miracle.

After falling behind 0-3 in the first half, Liverpool scored three goals in a row in the second half to equalize the score.

and eliminated AC Milan on penalties to win the Champions League that year.

With these past results, the fans are confident that they will play tonight.

“You'll Never Walk Alone！”

As sung in the team song of Liverpool, never go alone, countless Liverpool fans will silently support the team behind the scenes.

In order to create a warm home atmosphere, Liverpool fans entered the stadium early with various cheering tools in hand.

Bernard Katz is the standard-bearer for the KOP stands at Anfield Stadium and a die-hard Liverpool fan.

He, like many flag bearers, entered the venue early and waited for the game to begin.

As a die-hard Liverpool fan for more than three decades, Bernard Katz has witnessed Liverpool's glory and experienced lows with the team.

Last night, he and his friends made a bet at the bar that Liverpool would beat Real Madrid at home to advance to the last four.

Most of the flag bearers in the KOP stands were his age, each holding a cup-thick flag and looking at every fan in the audience with excitement.

In the die-hard fan stands, there will be a different fan for each game.

And they, the flag bearers, have been working here for 30 years, and they like to see all kinds of fans the most.

"Hey, Bernard, what a great statement you just made, we're going to win." The companion on the side said loudly.

Just now, reporters from the media outside the stadium interviewed fans entering the stadium, and Bernard was one of them.

Facing the camera, Bernard excitedly expressed his opinion on the game, believing that Liverpool would never admit defeat and hoping for a miracle.

In the stands of this die-hard fan, fans will wear red home jerseys and carry team scarves.

Even the hat or backpack on the body is red as the main color.

By the time the players from both sides warmed up, the Anfield stadium, which can accommodate more than 60,000 spectators, was already full.

When a caddie places a round Champions League flag in the middle of the pitch, it means that the game is ready to begin.

Almost at the same time, all the Liverpool fans raised their red scarves above their heads, and the flag bearers slowly unfurled the team flag and began to sing the team anthem.

Anfield isn't TIFO's most over-the-top stadium, but it's certainly the loudest stadium in Europe.

Bernard sang "You'll Never Walk Alone" while waving flags to cheer on his team.

In such a warm atmosphere, the players from both sides walked out of the players' tunnel and stepped onto this green field.

The on-site commentator was introducing the starting line-ups of both sides, and when Rossi's name was read, there was a huge boo at Anfield Stadium.

This is a provocation and contempt for the enemy.

It also means that Liverpool fans attach great importance to Rossi.

As the best player in football today, the best striker that all European teams want to get, Rossi almost joined Liverpool when he was just starting out.

Bernard vividly remembers that it was an FA Cup match against Championship side Bournemouth.

I thought Liverpool would easily win the opponent, but Bernard, who went to Bournemouth to watch the game, witnessed the difficult process of the team's victory.

In that game, Bournemouth showed astonishing willpower and tenacious fighting spirit.

Rossi's flash of inspiration made Liverpool's winning situation full of suspense again.

Especially in a seemingly incapacitated save, Rossi still tried his best to chase it, and his professionalism was admirable.

After the game, even Steven Gerrard, the captain of the Reds at the time, took the initiative to exchange jerseys with him, and repeatedly revealed in public that the team should bring in the young player.

Unfortunately, Gerrard, who announced his departure from the team at the end of the season, has no say.

Coupled with the departure of coach Rodgers and the fact that new manager Jurgen Klopp did not like Rossi's style of play, the deal did not go through.

Everyone knows what happened next.

Rossi won the Premier League title with Leicester City the following year.

At that time, some fans threatened that if Klopp signed Rossi at that time, then the Premier League title that year must belong to Liverpool.

Although four years later, Klopp led the team to win the long-awaited Premier League title by a huge margin, but this honor made them wait five more years.

Five years, do you know how Liverpool fans have spent these five years?

Just a year after winning the Premier League, Liverpool reached the Champions League final as they wished.

This time, it was Rossi again, who led the mighty Bayern Munich to defeat Liverpool and successfully defend the Champions League title.

Between Liverpool and Rossi, there are a lot of accounts to be settled.

“Oh when the red！”

“Go Marching in！”

“Oh when the reds Go Marching in！”

Every time Liverpool attacked, a song was sung in the stadium.

Fans want to use their singing to give strength to the team.

Before scoring a goal, Bernard tightened the flag and followed everything on the pitch like the rest of the fans.

In the enthusiastic atmosphere of the fans, Liverpool launched a strong attack at the beginning.

With three goals down, they must get on the scoresheet as soon as possible.

"Chance, !! shot"

"Oops!!!"

Bernard, who stood up excitedly, stretched his neck out, his palms tightly gripped the flagpole, and screamed.

However, Salah's shot was blocked by Courtois, who fell to the ground, with his legs, and Liverpool missed the goal.

With a little regret, he sat back on the chair and stool, and remembered the loud applause.

Liverpool were on the offensive and Bernard clutched the flagpole tightly, ready to wave the flag.

In this game, Liverpool sent Mane, Firmino and Salah's strongest forward combination, the Red Arrows Three.

At the same time, captain Jordan Henderson and Van Dijk returned to the line, and the team's strength rose a notch.

On the other hand, Real Madrid, Ramos, Varane, and Carvajal continue to be injured.

Real Madrid's broken shield met Liverpool's sharp spear, and the result was clearly visible.

However, Real Madrid had the goal advantage, dominated the game and quickly launched a counter-attack.

Luka Modric instigated an attack in midfield and crossed diagonally to Rossi on the left side of the box.

The latter did not make any adjustments, shot directly at the goal, and was blocked by Van Dijk, who rushed to defend, with a sliding tackle.

"Wow, dangerous!"

"Van Dijk, it's amazing!"

Bernard shook his fists excitedly and roared at this brilliant defense.

In the first leg, Van Dijk was unable to play due to injury, causing Liverpool's defense to be a mess and was broken down by Real Madrid three times.

Having Virgil van Dijk at the back is really reassuring to Liverpool fans.

The first half of the game ended with rousing cheers.

Although Liverpool instigated a number of attacks, they were never able to threaten the Real Madrid goal.

This also made the situation in the second half extremely tense and intense.

At half-time, Bernard discussed the first half of the game with his teammates, believing that Liverpool were in good shape, with a high pass success rate, but the last shot was always lacking.

On top of that, Van Dijk's restriction on Rossi was very successful.

The success of the defence cannot hide the fact that there is no goal, and Bernard believes that scoring goals is a problem that Klopp has to solve at half-time.

At the start of the second half, Liverpool continued to dominate the pace of the game.

In the 48th minute, Firmino's push from the left side of the box was blocked.

In the 55th minute, Mane's shot from outside the penalty area hit Nacho's leg to create a broken line, hitting the crossbar and flying off the bottom line.

In the 66th minute, Salah's low shot from inside the box was also blocked by goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.

As the minutes passed, Liverpool's offensive was still the same, but it was slow to score.

The singing echoed over the Anfield stadium, and a hint of anxiety began to appear.

These anxieties are the uneasiness of countless fans like Bernard from the bottom of their hearts.

"What are you doing, why don't you score yet, time is running out!"

"Firmino is in such bad shape, can't you see Klopp?"

"Alexander-Arnold, pass the ball, don't you see a connecting point in the box?"

Bernard, who was in a hurry, began to complain.

Not only him, but also some Liverpool fans are very puzzled by Klopp's tactical adjustments.

The game came to the 85th minute, and the score was still 0:0.

Many fans have lost confidence and sat blankly, their eyes empty.

Just when Liverpool was almost worn out by Real Madrid, the attack was like a thunderous blow, and it rushed to the goal in an instant.

"Ah~Danger!"

"Van Dijk, hold on!"

I saw Real Madrid's counterattack on the side instantly hit Liverpool outside the penalty area, and Vinicius crossed the ball to the middle in front of the bag.

Rossi has followed suit.

Too fast, isn't it, is this the fitness that you should have after 85 minutes?

Rossi unloaded the ball in front of him, adjusted in small steps, and shot with his feet.

Van Dijk slid and slid his body across the goal.

Everyone held their breath in the hope that Van Dijk would stop the shot.

But what Liverpool fans get is disappointment.

I saw that after Rossi gently buckled Van Dijk, he swung his leg on the spot with his right foot and kicked the ball into the top corner of the goal with the outside instep.

The ball arced around goalkeeper Alisson's ten fingers and drilled into the corner of the goal.

Real Madrid scored the winning goal in the closing stages of the game.

Bernard's flag was not destined to fly over Anfield.

Tonight at Anfield, no miracles.

(End of chapter)