Liverpool, co-leader of the English Premier League, faces the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Europa League this Thursday as a favorite against Atalanta of Italy, with the presence of the Colombian Luis Diazgreat moment in the season.
To overcome the tie, Liverpool has its South American 'Armada', with the Argentine Alexis Mac Allister at the controls and the goals of the Uruguayan Darwin Núñez and Luis Díaz, who has just scored a goal at the weekend in the match against the Manchester United that finished 2-2.
Luis Díaz and Klopp.
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Lucho is one of the coach's assets Jurgen Klopp to face this first leg, in which Liverpool will look for an advantage that allows them to get closer to the semifinal.
The Colombian has scored three goals in the Europa League, in five games played. Furthermore, in the Premier he has eight goals this season, confirming his great presence.
Regarding the match, coach Klopp commented: “We have to give our best to advance to the next round. “We are not thinking about the final or anything like that.”
Luis Díaz shouts goal again.
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Liverpool is the favorite to compete in the final of the second European club competition, scheduled for May 22 in Dublin. Of the eight quarterfinalists, half have been European champions (Liverpool, Milan, Benfica and Marseille), another two were finalists (Rome and Leverkusen) and West Ham is the last winner of the Conference League. Only Atalanta has a modest record in European competitions.
Luis Díaz in Liverpool
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Liverpool has an exuberant record in European competitions: six European Cups (and four lost finals), as well as a Cup Winners' Cup, three UEFA Cups and four Super Cups. By history, Liverpool is a clear favorite, but also by the present: the Reds are co-leaders of the Premier League and aspire to a treble to fire their coach Jürgen Klopp, who announced weeks ago that he will leave his position at the end of the season after almost a decade of success.
“It's not something personal for me. We lost against the winners of the competition (Sevilla), but it was the beginning of many other things. From the moment we saw the opportunity to get into the Europa League, we were desperate to do it. And being Liverpool, we want to win the competition,” Klopp said.
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