By Gustavo Castilho
Teams face each other again in Hungary with the English at an advantage
Liverpool and RB Leipzig face each other today, at 5 pm, Brasília time, in Budapest, Hungary, the same place where they met in the first leg. The change of headquarters in the two departures was due to restrictions on mobility between residents of the United Kingdom and Germany, due to Covid-19.
Despite the location being the same, the goal away from home remains as a criterion and Liverpool take advantage, since they won the first match by 2 to 0. Now the team can be defeated by up to two goals difference to try to save the season, since they were eliminated from the national cups, defeated in the Super Cup and in the Premier League is 22 points behind the leader. For the duel, Roberto Firmino and Ozan Kabak, injured, are treated as doubts, but they can appear among the starters, as well as Fabinho, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Thiago Alcantara.
On the side of the Germans, Emil Forsberg, absent in the first game, returns, while Christopher Nkunku, author of four goals in the last six games in the Bundesliga, is the German team’s main hope in the attack. RB Leipzig needs to win 2 to 0 to force overtime and, if they manage to do 3 to 1 onwards, guarantee the place.
