Martin O'Neill didn't wait until injury time to use his third substitution to delay the game.

In the eighty-seventh minute, Şahin twisted his ankle again and couldn't continue the game. Helpless, he raised his hand to signal that he wanted to be substituted.

Then he sat down with a thud, lying on the ground, covering his face with his hands. He knew his body's condition very well. What did this kind of sprain mean? It meant that his previous ankle sprain hadn't fully healed and there were still hidden dangers, which eventually turned into a chronic problem...

This chronic problem might accompany his career until he retired.

As a professional player, this prospect was the most tragic, because he couldn't perform at his highest level.

He looked very frustrated.

But the Real Madrid fans in the stands thought he was deliberately delaying the game. They didn't even look at the fact that it was already the eighty-seventh minute of the game, and Real Madrid was still one goal behind Liverpool. Even if Şahin didn't delay the game, Real Madrid was doomed.

Did they think they could score two goals in the last few minutes to complete a stunning comeback?

If that happened, Liverpool would be a laughingstock.

Martin O'Neill had already nipped that possibility in the bud.

Liverpool was now in full retreat, which didn't look good, but the effect was excellent. Faced with the impenetrable wall of Liverpool, Real Madrid had no good solution. In the past, Real Madrid themselves would shrink into an iron wall and make their opponents scratch their heads, but now it was Real Madrid's turn to have a headache. Truly, the wheel turns...

Şahin was injured and left the field, replaced by Charlie Adam.

To win this game, Gerrard and Şahin were injured, Suárez was sent off with a red card, and Sánchez received a yellow card while arguing with the referee about Suárez, which meant he would miss the first leg of the semi-final.

To win this game, Liverpool had paid such a high and heavy price. If they were eliminated in the end, Martin O'Neill would probably cough up three liters of blood.

The substitution took up some more time, and the final injury time was five minutes!

Martin O'Neill was very unhappy with this decision. He went forward to protest, but after being warned by the fourth official, he quickly retreated. With victory in sight, he couldn't afford to be sent off with a red card for such a trivial matter. If that happened, Liverpool wouldn't have much of a chance even if they made it to the semi-finals...

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These five minutes of added time failed to bring Real Madrid any goals or hope.

When the referee blew the final whistle in the fifth minute and forty-eighth second of injury time, the Liverpool players who had been waiting on the sidelines spread their arms and swarmed onto the field, embracing their teammates on the field!

They had defeated Real Madrid! They had reached the semi-finals directly after returning to the Champions League!

"The game is over! The whole game is over! Liverpool defeated Real Madrid 2:1 away from home!! They eliminated their strong opponent with a total score of 3:2 and advanced to the top four!"

"Real Madrid hadn't lost a game at home for two years, regardless of the competition, but this time they lost the game they shouldn't have lost in the most crucial match! The defending champion is declared… out!"

In the commentator's excited voice, the Liverpool players cheered and celebrated, while the Real Madrid players either stood or lay down, looking dejected.

In fact, they had already accepted this result. As the game progressed, they knew best whether they had the ability to reverse the situation. When the score hadn't changed in the last three minutes, they knew. They were going to lose this game...

So they were just frustrated, not hysterical.

On the other hand, the TV broadcast kept focusing on Pepe. As the culprit for Real Madrid's loss in this game, Pepe would inevitably be bombarded by the media after the game.

Pepe's popularity in the media wasn't very good to begin with, and his reputation wasn't good either. Two years ago, the Madrid media had spread rumors that Pepe was going to transfer away from Real Madrid because the Real Madrid club executives believed that Pepe's style and image didn't meet Real Madrid's requirements, and even damaged Real Madrid's reputation, because he played too barbarically and always caused controversy on the field. Back then, he was banned for ten games for punching and kicking Casquero, a player from Getafe, which had already made people think that he didn't deserve to stay in such a noble club like Real Madrid.

Although many of them were later proven to be rumors, Pepe was not only not sold, but also renewed his contract with the club. But weren't these voices unfounded?

Today, because of his own mistakes, Real Madrid lost an important game. I'm afraid there will be more rumors about him transferring away...

Pepe looked very depressed. Another very depressed person was Cristiano Ronaldo, who had been defeated in his confrontation with Chen Hero. He didn't score a goal in this game, and his team was eliminated.

This result disappointed him greatly.

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Chen Hero looked like a winner. He took off his jersey and waved it in his hand, jumping and celebrating the victory with his teammates.

Another camera crew followed him, giving him close-up shots.

He scored twice in this game, helping the team defeat Real Madrid and complete an almost impossible task. As the best player in this game, he deserved this treatment.

The reporters quickly swarmed up and pulled Chen Hero out of the celebrating crowd, insisting that he talk about his feelings.

Chen Hero looked very excited. He said loudly: "I said it, their two-year unbeaten record is only because they haven't met us! Records are meant to be broken! Records are waiting for us to break them!!"

After speaking, he rushed back to his teammates to celebrate the victory.

A group of reporters looked at each other and came to a conclusion: Chen Hero was too excited, just like a drunk person. In this situation, you can't complete a normal interview. So they could only give up.

"But should we really publish what he just said?" a young reporter asked himself.

Several reporters around him immediately turned around and nodded vigorously: "Publish it! Of course, publish it!"

"Actually, he doesn't need to say too much, just this sentence is enough!"

"Young man, are you an intern? This is the biggest gimmick!"

"Hero provoked the entire Real Madrid team. What else would you publish if you don't publish such good news material?"

The young man was lectured by his enthusiastic colleagues and was a little dazed: "Even if he farts, it's news..."

Such simple and even somewhat confused words could actually be regarded as treasures by the reporters. This reporter who had just entered the industry couldn't really accept it.

A colleague next to him heard his mumbling.

"Young man, even if he just wants to fart, it will be news."

The young reporter was completely speechless.

He turned his attention to the big guy who was celebrating the victory with his teammates.

Being a celebrity... has its privileges!

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At the post-match press conference, Martin O'Neill was very happy that the team was able to defeat Real Madrid away from home and advance to the semi-finals.

But at the same time, he also criticized the referee's decisions in this game, believing that the referee's decisions favored the home team for a long time in the game, turning a blind eye to the home team's rough fouls.

Mourinho also criticized the referee afterwards, believing that the referee was too strict with Real Madrid in the final stage of the game, calling fouls on Real Madrid as long as there was physical contact, which was unfair.

He seemed very unconvinced by the home defeat, and said with a pout that Liverpool's victory had no technical content: "They just need to pass the ball to Hero, and that's it."

He said sarcastically.

Mourinho must have been upset. Because this defeat disrupted his plan!

He originally planned to win another Champions League title at Real Madrid, and then leave Real Madrid and return to England to pursue new challenges.

Who would have thought that Chen Hero's two goals would directly eliminate Real Madrid, so how could he complete the feat of leading Real Madrid to defend the Champions League title?

Since the reform of the Champions League, no one has been able to lead the same team to win the championship trophy for two consecutive years.

He originally hoped that he could be the first.

Now it's all gone. If he wants to defend the title, he must first lead Real Madrid to win a Champions League title, and then he will be qualified to defend the title in his last season at Real Madrid.

But without even thinking about it, the probability of success in doing so is too small.

He was very upset, but he had nowhere to vent.

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Liverpool fans were very excited. They didn't leave immediately, but gathered outside the stadium, waiting for the Liverpool bus to come out.

Perhaps only in their dreams would they see this scene. Now their dreams had come true. They really defeated Real Madrid at the Bernabéu and secured their qualification for the semi-finals.

When the Liverpool bus came out, they excitedly sang the Liverpool team song "You'll Never Walk Alone", and they gave every Liverpool player applause in the singing.

Especially Chen Hero, he received the most enthusiastic applause.

After everyone applauded, they shouted: "Long live Hero! Long live Hero! Long live Hero, long live, long live!"

Phil Gibbs and Tom Jackson simply led the Red Giants members to sing the Hero Song.

The song with a strong Soviet style floated in the night sky of the Bernabéu.

"...Everyone must accept this - Hero's invincibility has become a reality! Pay the most powerful Hero in the world the respect and fear and bow deeply! Long live! Hero! Long live! Long live! Long live--!!"

On an April night in Madrid, many Real Madrid fans felt a chill from the north...