Waiting for the Egyptian international Mohamed SalahandLiverpool The English club faces a new confrontation in the Champions League, when it is a heavy guest against its German counterpart, Leipzig, this Wednesday evening, at the Red Bull Arena, as part of the matches of the third round of the league stage in the group stage of the most prestigious tournament in the Old Continent.
Liverpool and Leipzig match date and broadcast channel
match Liverpool And Leipzig, it will be held at ten o’clock this evening, Wednesday, at the Red Bull Arena, and it is the confrontation that the Reds will play in the match, looking for their third victory in the European Champions League in its new version, after beating Italian Milan with a score of 3-1 in the first round, and beating Bologna. With a clean double in the second round.
The RB Leipzig vs. Liverpool match, broadcast on beIN Sports HD 2.
Leipzig vs Liverpool
Liverpool enters the match, looking for its third victory in the European Champions League in its new version, after beating Italian Milan 3-1 in the first round, and beating Bologna 2-0 in the second round.
Liverpool also hopes to repeat the same scenario of the confrontation that brought it together with Leipzig, during the eighth final of the 2020-2021 season, when they won back and forth with one score, 2-0..
Mohamed Salah numbers
Mohamed Salah and his teammates are playing a match LeipzigIn high spirits, after defeating Chelsea in the last round of the English Premier League and continuing to sit at the top of the competition’s standings with 21 points, a confrontation in which the Pharaoh continued to score and assist another goal, until he became the sixth player who contributed most goals in the Premier League, with 232 goals, scoring 162. And he made 70.
Champions League standings
Liverpool has 6 points in the Champions League groups, while Leipzig has no points because it played two matches in which it was defeated.
Mohamed Salah’s harvest in the Champions League
Mohamed Salah also seeks to continue writing history in the European Champions League, after he became the top African scorer in the history of the tournament, following his goal against Bologna, as he reached goal No. 45 in the most prestigious European tournament, including 42 in a Liverpool shirt.
The Egyptian international surpassed Ivorian Didier Drogba, with whom he shared the lead, with 44 goals. He also rose to 14th place among the all-time top scorers in the Champions League, one goal behind the late Portuguese Eusebio and the retired Italian Filippo Inzaghi, and only 4 goals away from entering the top 10 list. Top scorers in the history of the tournament, the top scorer of which is Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo with 140 goals.
New Champions League system
It takes place New Champions League system With the participation of 36 teams, they were divided into 4 classifications. Two teams from each classification played together in a home-and-away system, and those in positions from first to eighth qualify directly to the second round, while those in positions from 9 to 24 went through a supplement in a home-and-away system to determine 8 teams participating in the round. Second alongside the eight finalists.