Egyptian international Mohamed Salah leads his club Liverpool The Englishman will face the Italian Atalanta at nine o’clock this evening, Thursday, at Anfield Stadium, in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the European League Championship for the current season 2023-24, amid great anticipation from Reds fans all over the world, seeking to achieve the continental title in its current version.
Liverpool vs Atalanta
The Liverpool team qualified for the quarter-finals of the European League after defeating Portuguese Sparta Prague in the round of sixteen with a score of 11-2. It was able to win in the first leg in the away match 5-1, and at Anfield 6-1.
While the Atalanta team qualified for the quarter-finals of the Europa League after defeating Portugal’s Sporting Lisbon in the round of sixteen with a score of 3-2, after drawing 1-1 in the first leg away from home and winning 2-1 at home and among its fans.
Liverpool vs Atalanta
Liverpool enters today’s match looking to win and achieve the largest number of goals to ensure early qualification before the return match against Atalanta in Italy.
Liverpool holds happy memories against Atalanta after winning 5-0 in the first leg of the group stage of the Champions League in the 2020-21 season.
German coach Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool’s coach, is counting on the abilities of his international star Mohamed Salah in today’s match to achieve the biggest goal of the match and achieve victory before facing the expected return.
Liverpool received a major morale boost with the return of quartet Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alisson Becker, Stefan Bajcetic and Diogo Jota to the Reds ranks before the upcoming match.
History of Liverpool’s confrontations against Atalanta
Historically, the two Liverpool teams met against Atalanta in two confrontations before today’s match, the first of which ended with the Reds winning 5-0 in Italy before being defeated by two goals at Anfield.
Diogo Jota tops the list of top scorers in the matches of the two teams with 3 hat-trick goals scored in the first confrontation between them, while the Reds excel in marketing value at 921 million euros, compared to 349 for Atalanta.
Liverpool’s Dominik Soboslai is the most expensive player in the match at 75 million euros, which enhances the difference in experience between the two teams before the expected summit between them.
On the individual level, Mohamed Salah had previously faced Atalanta in previous matches, during which he scored one goal and assisted 3 others. Mohamed Salah’s scoring contributions this season in the European League amounted to 8 goals, 4 of which he scored and the same of which he assisted for the Reds.
Liverpool suffered a positive draw in the last match in the English Premier League against Manchester United in a confrontation held at Old Trafford, which made the Reds take a step back in the Premier League summit race.
Liverpool finished in second place in the English Premier League standings with 71 points, collected from winning 21 matches, drawing 8, losing two matches, scoring 72 goals and conceding 30.
While Atalanta lost to Cagliari in the last round of the Italian League for the second match in a row after falling to Fiorentina, and the last victory came two rounds ago against Napoli.