Liverpool reaching the Champions League Final was truly astonishing.
Yang Yang's description of his former club was not wrong either. This was a team without any top-tier superstars.
Yang Yang was not belittling Liverpool. On the contrary, this was precisely his praise for them.
Salah, Firmino, Mané, Lallana, Henderson, Van Dijk, Lovren, Arnold, Robertson...
Liverpool's starting lineup was made up either of discarded players from powerhouse clubs or players without any experience at one. Even Coutinho, who later transferred to Barcelona for a sky-high fee, had once been discarded by Inter Milan.
Yet this was the team that had ultimately, astonishingly, made it to the Champions League Final. That was undoubtedly a remarkable achievement.
If they could win the trophy, it would absolutely be an astounding accomplishment!
Klopp was a magical Head Coach. He had a strikingly distinctive personal style, and he had transformed this team built around discarded players from powerhouse clubs into a famous ironclad force in European Football. Saying that he had recreated the glory he once achieved with Dortmund at Liverpool was no exaggeration.
All he lacked now was a Premier League title and the Champions League trophy he dreamed of!
Unfortunately, in tonight's Champions League Final, he had encountered Real Madrid.
A Real Madrid determined to win the Five-peat, led by the superstar Yang Yang!
Although Yang Yang had left Liverpool nine years ago, legends about him still circulated throughout the team's dressing room and every corner of the city.
They told of how he had led Liverpool to their first Premier League title and achieved the feat of winning the Quadruple Crown.
Back when Yang Yang had led Liverpool in sweeping across Europa, the current Liverpool players had yet to make a name for themselves.
Some had only just begun to emerge, while