Who partners Big Virg in the game of the year?
- Matip
- Konate
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I’ve went Matip but it’s an interesting one.
Few ppl saying Konatè to counteract Vinicius’s pace but he’s prone to a mistake like Benfica away or Wolves the weekend, I wouldn’t fancy him against a fella like Benzema.
I’d say klopp will go for Matip too, Karius is enough to haunt him into it.
The Euro Leagues lads on the BBC Football daily podcast don’t give Liverpool a chance lads
Ballague reckons Real Madrid will hammer us
That the same show where Spanish defender Jose Enrique picked 8 Liverpool players in his combined XI?
Konate’s boo boo last weekend will have him on the bench.
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No doubt Naby is fit. The big occasion will suit him. Reaches for rosary beads……
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Cometh the hour, cometh the Naby
Very insensitive timing.
Liverpool FC’s planned victory parade on Sunday has stirred unease for a representative of victims of the Heysel stadium disaster as it coincides with the 37th anniversary of the tragedy.
Liverpool, which plays Real Madrid in the Champions League final on Saturday, plans a celebration in its home city after a season in which it has already won the two main domestic cup competitions in England and finished runner-up in the Premier League.
Sunday also marks the anniversary of the Heysel disaster in which 39 supporters of Italian club Juventus were killed when a wall collapsed after Liverpool fans charged them before the European Cup final in Brussels in 1985.
“Linking a Liverpool celebration to May 29th is a bit jarring,” said Andrea Lorentini, who is head of the Heysel families victims’ association and lost his father.
“Considering what their fans did that night, in my opinion May 29th for Liverpool should be a day of mea culpa and reflection, of heartfelt remembrance,” he told Reuters.
Liverpool FC is aware of the issue and acknowledged it when announcing plans for the parade which will be held on Sunday afternoon.
“As the date of the victory parade falls on the anniversary of the Heysel Stadium disaster, throughout the morning LFC, supported by Liverpool City Council, will pay tribute to the 39 supporters who lost their lives on that day,” the club said on its website.
The parade is being held at the invitation of Liverpool City Council who wanted it on a weekend. Most of Liverpool’s players will be departing for international duty by the start of next week.
Kenny Dalglish and Ian Rush, who played for Liverpool at Heysel, plan to lay a wreath at the Stade de France before the kickoff in Saturday’s final. Further floral tributes will be laid when the squad returns from Paris.
Lorentini was aged three when his father Roberto, a doctor, died at the Heysel stadium while he was trying to help a supporter with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Andrea’s grandfather, Otello, who was at Heysel too and survived, founded the victims’ association and Andrea has run it since 2015.
Andrea, who is a sports journalist and football commentator for a local TV station in Tuscany, adds that the present-day Liverpool FC cannot be held responsible for what happened that night at Heysel.
He also understands why Liverpool fans will want to celebrate victory in the Champions League final.
“(But) If there was divine sporting justice, it would be better if Real Madrid won the cup on Saturday to avoid this coincidence,” he added.
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Away and shite
Jose is very active on TikTok. He is a huge Liverpool fan nowadays. His wife is from Bolton originally I think so he’s over fairly regularly to fulfil his duty as a match going Liverpool fan.
Stevie lad predicting a 2-0 Liverpool win.
Jesus, thats disgusting
Not as disgusting as the lap of honour Juve did after 39 of their fans died.
which isnt as disgusting as the liverpool fans killing the 39 people (including an 11 year old boy)
A wall collapsed, no one killed anyone.
They should really have held it over until the following Sunday.
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Nat would still do a job if required. That man helped us acquire the Champions League spot last season. In fact he didn’t just help, he was INTEGRAL.
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You could nearly predict the two lads giving that article a ‘like’.