Sadio Mane puts Liverpool on the verge of the Champions League final

Liverpool put England forward in the Champions League final, after winning a precious 2-0 victory over Villarreal, Spain, today in the first leg of the semi-finals of the competition.

The two teams were unable to find the net during the first half, which ended in a 0-0 draw.

In the second half, Liverpool advanced with a goal that came through friendly fire, after Ecuadorean Pervis Estupinan, Villarreal's player, scored an own goal in the 53rd minute, before Senegalese Sadio Mane added the second goal for the red team in the 55th minute.

With this result, it is enough for Liverpool to lose by a single goal in the return match, which will be held at Villarreal next Tuesday, in order to qualify for the final of the tournament in which it has crowned 6 times, the last of which was in 2019. On the other hand, Villarreal must overcome its English rival By at least 3 goals, if he wants to continue his adventure in the competition, which he dreams of winning for the first time in his history.

In the event that the return leg ends with Villarreal winning by two goals, the two teams will resort to an extra time of half an hour equally in two halves, and if the same goal difference continues, the two teams will take the penalty kicks.

It is noteworthy that the winner of that confrontation will meet in the final match, which will be held at (Stade de France) in the suburb of Saint-Denis in the French capital Paris next month, with the winner of the other semi-final match between Manchester City and Real Madrid of Spain.

The first leg match that took place between the two teams on Tuesday at Al-Ittihad Stadium in England resulted in Manchester City's 4-3 victory over Real Madrid.

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