"I don't think Barcelona have any chance of reaching the final now. Bayern have scored two more on the other side too, so this season's Champions League final will most likely be Bayern against Liverpool, unless both of the other teams can score several goals in the time remaining."
"That goal just now came from a sudden change in Liverpool's attack. From the moment the chance appeared to the attacking transition, Liverpool only needed one short minute, and Barcelona's back line didn't make a single mistake."
"Can you really say they made a mistake?"
"Not one defender or midfielder made any real defensive error. The only mistake may have been that they didn't have someone following Leo Lin at all times."
Valverde still had not assigned anyone to follow Leo Lin in this match, because he felt there was no need for that kind of dedicated man-marking. As a result, Leo Lin was given exactly the opening he needed.
"If you think team defense alone can stop a star like Leo Lin, that's a little careless."
"Your defense might be good, but Leo Lin's goal just sent a very clear message. Good defense isn't enough. You have to lower your pride and honestly send someone to follow me."
"If you still want to win with dignity, the only result will be an even worse defeat."
Valverde decided to change his dignified tactics. Rakitic was assigned to follow Leo Lin, while Coutinho on the flank also had to come into midfield from time to time to help Rakitic defend against him.
Coutinho was originally a former Liverpool player, and he was very well liked by the Liverpool players.
But now, the role he once had in the team seemed to have been taken over by Leo Lin.
The second leg of the Champions League semifinal continued. After the match resumed, Leo Lin's movement still followed the same pattern: from the middle to the front, then slowly drifting back from the front. Every time he ran forward, he was quick, but when it was time to drop back, Leo Lin slowed the tempo right down.
Liverpool's overall movement was the complete opposite of Leo Lin's rhythm. When the other Liverpool players needed to push forward, they slowed their pace as a group. When it was time to retreat, they dropped back very quickly, Firmino included.
So a sense of crossing rhythms appeared on the pitch.
It was the sense of interweaving created by Leo Lin and his other nine teammates.
Leo Lin seemed as if he was not under Liverpool's control, but not under Barcelona's control either. More than that, he seemed as if even football itself could not control him.
"With this setup, Klopp is clearly using Leo Lin as the most important piece. His rhythm alone is different from the rhythm of the entire Liverpool team."
"Do you know why Leo Lin is fast, while his teammates are slower when they push forward? Because they can't keep up with Leo Lin's rhythm."
"That may sound a little harsh, but don't rush to criticize me, because that's simply the truth."
"So when attacking, if Leo Lin sees a good chance, he'll try to seize it himself first. At the very least, he'll create a corner or an attacking set piece."
"If he can wait for support from his teammates, of course that's even better. But if they can't keep up, Leo Lin can still make sure the chance isn't wasted."
"And when defending, because Leo Lin spends more energy attacking forward than the rest of his teammates, the others have to make up for it in other areas, creating a different kind of balance between attack and defense."
Scholes knew what Klopp was doing. As usual, when Klopp thought about tactics, he never approached them from the conventional angle.
When other teams arranged tactics, they arranged team tactics. But the tactics Klopp arranged were linked tactics brought out by different players.
"This kind of balance between attack and defense used to be favored most by Dutch and La Liga teams, but they achieved it through all eleven players on the pitch working together."
"Klopp's tactic relies on the players' interweaving movement, using their runs as the main tactical framework and forming balance through that."
The 36th minute of the match.
"There it is again, the interweaving movement. Leo Lin wins the ball in midfield and carries it forward himself."
"The rest of his teammates don't seem to have any intention of supporting him, but Firmino's movement is very interesting."
After stealing the ball from Rakitic, Leo Lin immediately accelerated. Rakitic could not keep up at all, so Coutinho could only track back, but that took a huge amount of energy.
Piqué and Lenglet were both watching Leo Lin, because Firmino had disappeared. The center forward who should have been in the box was now completely outside the center-backs' sight.
Leo Lin looked as if he was running, but in truth, he was listening. He was listening to the sound of Firmino's footsteps behind him.
There was also the sound of Coutinho chasing him back, but Firmino's footsteps were clearly faster, and he soon closed in on Leo Lin.
Leo Lin did not even look. He simply passed the ball directly to the left. When Firmino received it, Coutinho could only chase Firmino again, while Lenglet also stepped forward to defend.
Just as Barcelona's attention shifted entirely to Firmino, Leo Lin suddenly circled around behind Coutinho and began running toward the other end of Firmino's horizontal line.
Piqué saw Liverpool's attacking route again.
But he was the only one who noticed Leo Lin.
Firmino played the ball across at that moment, a beautiful pass that slid between Coutinho and Lenglet.
Leo Lin cut inside the instant he touched the ball. Piqué was already beaten, but Ter Stegen rushing out gave Piqué time to defend again.
Leo Lin continued dribbling, deliberately carrying the ball toward Ter Stegen's right side, which was also the side Piqué needed to move toward.
Piqué only wanted to win the ball first, so he did not even notice Ter Stegen's position. He focused only on his own movement, then collided with the onrushing Ter Stegen while trying to tackle.
"Piqué has thrown himself into chaos."
"Ter Stegen is struggling to get up."
Ter Stegen hurried to his feet, but while he was still getting up, he already saw Leo Lin in front of him lifting his foot to shoot.
He could only flail toward it, but there was no chance of saving it like that.
"The aggregate score is now six-nil!"
"The process behind this goal was different from the last one, but Firmino played a very good role in both attacks."
"Klopp has brought Firmino to life, brought Leo Lin to life, brought the tactics to life, and brought football to life."
"A living, breathing goal. Living, breathing football."
"I always used to imagine Liverpool beating every opponent in the Champions League like the old dominant sides once did. I never thought we'd really see this day. Leading Barcelona by six goals in a Champions League semifinal. Is this really the Champions League?"
"This defeat will definitely wake Barcelona's board up. Reaching the semifinals doesn't mean the current squad is good enough. In the next transfer window, we absolutely have to buy new players."
"Liverpool really are playing well. There's nothing you can do about it. This kind of combination play isn't something you can produce just by having quality. It takes repeated practice and repeated chemistry between the players to score a goal like that."