Club World Cup Results, Monterrey vs Liverpool: Firmino’s Goal Confirms Liverpool to Reach Final

DBasia.news –  Roberto Firmino’s goal in the final minutes was decisive for Liverpool’s victory over Monterrey. The Reds won 2-1 competing at the Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Thursday (12/19/2019) AM.

The 2019 Club World Cup semi-final match between Monterrey v Liverpool took place at the Khalifa International Stadium, Qatar. The match which took place on Thursday (12/19/2019) AM, was won by the Reds with a score of 2-1.

Roberto Firmino emerged as the hero in determining Liverpool’s victory with a last-minute goal (90 ‘+ 1). Another goal was created by Naby Keita (11 ′), while one goal from the Mexican team was scored by Rogerio Funes Mori (14 ′).

The rotation of the players applied by coach Juergen Klopp has made the match tight and interesting. Yes, both teams showed aggressiveness in attacking from the beginning.

The Reds first opened the scoring in the 11th minute. The goal was scored by Naby Keita with a right-footed shot after receiving a breakthrough ball from Mohamed Salah.

Nevertheless, Monterrey only needed three minutes to make the score 1-1. Starting from a dead ball situation, Rogelio Funes Mori managed to strike the ball into Alisson Becker’s goal.

However, after the goal, the match began to be challenging for both teams. There were no chance that both teams could maximize.

The situation even lasted until the last minute of normal time of the second half. However, when the game looked like it had to continue into extra-time rounds, the Reds scored.

oberto Firmino scored the 2-1 winning goal in the 90th minute + 1. He was able to score a goal after receiving a cross from Trent Alexander-Arnold.

These results has made Liverpool face Brazil’s representative in the 2019 Club World Cup final, Flamengo. The determining match for the status of the world champion will take place at the Khalifa International Stadium, Sunday (12/22/2019) AM.

Line-up:

Monterrey: 1-Marcelo Barovero; 11-Leonel Vangioni, 3-Cesar Montes (19-Miguel Layun 79 ′), 4-Nicolas Sanchez, 33-Stefan Medina; 29-Carlos Rodriguez, 16-Celso Ortiz; 17-Jesus Gallardo, 20-Rodolfo Pizarro, 8-Dorlan Pabon (32-Maximiliano Meza 82 ′); 7-Rogelio Funes Mori.

Coach: Antonio Mohamed

Liverpool: 1-Alisson Becker; 7-James Milner (66-Trent Alexander-Arnold 75 ′), 12-Joe Gomez, 14-Jordan Henderson, 26-Andy Robertson; 8-Keita, 15-Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, 20-Adam Lallana; 23-Xherdan Shaqiri, 27-Divock Origi, 11-Mohamed Salah.

Coach: Juergen Klopp