This Tuesday, May 3, the Ceramica stadium was in turmoil during the 45 minutes of the first half. Very early in the game, in the third minute, the yellow submarines took advantage of the bad positioning of the Liverpool defenders to open the score by the Senegalese Boulaye Dia. At the very end of the first act, after a well placed attack by the offensive line of Unai Emery’s men, Etienne Capoue sent a nice cross from the left to his compatriot Francis Coquelin, who with a header, increased the score in the 41st minute and allows the team of Villareal to hope for a qualification for the final. At two to zero, the yellow submarines, pushed by a jubilant public, took a lot of confidence and thought to do the most difficult.

After the break, coach Jurgen Klopp brought in the Colombian Luis Diaz to liven up his attacking league, which looked a bit sleepy in the first half. It only took Liverpool a quarter of an hour to get back into the game after a powerful low shot by Brazilian Fabino to reduce the score in the 62nd, following a blunder by the Argentine keeper Geronimo Rulli. Five minutes later, in the 67th, Colombian striker Luis Diaz, after a good right cross from his fullback Trent Alexander Arnold, restored the balance with a smashed header that beat Rulli.

At two goals to one, the Villareal players were no longer themselves and the crowd at the Ceramica stadium, which had been won over by their club, was literally stunned.

The Liverpuldians took control of the game, after Capoue was sent off for a double caution. Thus, in the seventy-fifth minute, on a solo raid, the Senegalese striker Sadio Mané gave his team the lead (3-2). Cemetery silence at the Ceramica.

Liverpool has validated its ticket for the final, scheduled for May 28, waiting for the result of Wednesday’s match between Real and City, to know its opponent.