English Premier League (EPL) champion Liverpool shook the Japanese archipelago.
Liverpool will play J-League club Yokohama F at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, Japan on the 30th.He played a preseason friendly with Marinos.
According to Japan 'Sponichi', tickets for the game, excluding wheelchair seats, were sold out before the game began. The number of spectators announced by the organizers during the game was 67,032, breaking the record for the largest number of spectators in J-League-hosted games ever.
The previous record was a match between Bayern Munich and Manchester City (65,049 people) held at the Tokyo National Stadium in 2011.
Liverpool responded to the Japanese cloud crowd with a strong performance.
Liverpool coach Arne Slot started a number of his main resources, including Hugo Ekittike, Florian Birz, ace Mohamed Salah, and captain Virgil van Dijk.
However, he failed to spread his hand on the paddy field turf at Nissan Stadium and finished the first half tied 0-0.
Asahi Uenaka, who replaced the two teams in a chaotic atmosphere early in the second half, scored the first goal. Uenaka quickly penetrated into the gate and was handed a pass to break into the net with a calm left-footed shot.
However, Liverpool's 'Yokohama Disbandment Show' began later. In the 17th minute of the second half, Birtz equalized. Salah's right cross flowed backward in the counterattack, which calmly opened the goal with a right-footed shot. Birtz, who made his unofficial debut in the last friendly against AC Milan, scored in his second game.
Liverpool, which warmed up, came from behind to win 3-1 in the 23rd minute of the second half with consecutive goals by rookie Trey Nyoni and Rio Ngumoja in the 42nd minute of the second half.
Liverpool's Japanese midfielder Endo Wataru replaced Dijk in the 15th minute of the second half and played on the ground for about 30 minutes.
Birtz was selected as the most valuable player of the game and received a prize of 1 million yen (about 9.3 million won).
Liverpool, which lost 2-4 against AC Milan in Hong Kong, finished its Asian schedule with the last match against Yokohama. He will return to Liverpool and prepare for a home friendly against Athletic on August 5.
Meanwhile, a day later, on the 31st, the Asian tour will continue in Seoul. All the friendly matches between FC Seoul and FC Barcelona at 8 p.m. at Seoul World Cup Stadium were sold out. Barcelona coach Han Ji-flick said in an official press conference on the 30th that `Ramin Yamal will play in the game. I'll show you Barcelona's style."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
