Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –
Liverpool have a great chance to become champions Champions League this season. There are a number of signs that link Liverpool this season to the era of the Reds when they won the Champions League in the 2004/2005 season.
Liverpool qualified for the quarter-finals after a 4-0 aggregate win over German representatives RB Leipzig. In the second leg of the last 16 at Puskas Arena, Wednesday (10/3), Liverpool won 2-0 thanks to goals from Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane.
Along with this victory, there have been signs revealed by netizens on social media who believe Liverpool will repeat the success of winning the Champions League like the 2004/2005 season.
Here are 7 signs Liverpool will win the Champions League this season:
1. Just like the 2004/2005 season, this season Liverpool are faced with a number of player injury problems, especially at the back with injuries suffered by Virgil van Dijk, Joel Matip and Joe Gomez.
2. Potential to get out of the top four of the Premier League. Currently Liverpool are in 8th place in the Premier League standings, 7 points behind Chelsea in fourth place. Meanwhile, in the 2004/2005 season, Liverpool finished in fifth position.
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Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were both eliminated, which is one sign that Liverpool are champions. (REUTERS / Gonzalo Fuentes)- – |
3. Messi and Ronaldo were eliminated in the last 16. This season is for the time since 2004/2005 that both Messi and Ronaldo have been eliminated in the last 16 of the Champions League.
4. Beat the German team in the last 16 of the Champions League who finished 3rd in the Bundesliga the previous season. If this season Liverpool beat RB Leipzig, the 2004/2005 season Liverpool beat Bayer Leverkusen in the last 16.
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5. Beat one of the Champions League semi-finalists in the previous season. In the 2004/2005 season, Liverpool beat AS Monaco (finalists from the previous season) in the group phase. This season Liverpool beat Leipzig who were semifinalists last season.
6. Opportunities against the English team in the next round. In the 2004/2005 season, Liverpool beat Chelsea in the semifinals. This season Chelsea and Man City still have the chance to qualify for the Champions League quarter-finals.
7. The last similarity is, this season’s final will also be held at the Ataturk Stadium, Istanbul. The same stadium when Liverpool dramatically beat AC Milan in the 2005 Champions League final.
(har / ptr)
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