TWEEET!!!
As Tendou headed Barça's final free-kick out of the box, the next second, the head referee blew the whistle for the end of the match.
At almost the same time, the Liverpool substitute players, who had been waiting for a long time, swarmed onto the field.
More than twenty players hugged each other forcefully on the pitch.
3 goals down away from home!
The opponent was Barça, with a 90% home win rate!
The lineup was missing two key players!
And then, they had done it. They had completed an unbelievable comeback.
Even the most optimistic fans were hit in the chest by a huge wave of happiness at this moment.
They were jumping and cheering in the stands. Roars, laughter, and cheers echoed through the Camp Nou.
Messi lowered his head and walked into the locker room without a word.
He didn't know how to face the fans.
Leading by 3 goals, yet they were turned over at their own home ground.
Having played for so many years, having experienced great storms and waves, he could not accept such a result.
He had missed the World Cup last year.
He had missed the Champions League this year.
Was he really getting old?
...
Post-Match Press Conference
Messi attended.
Faced with the reporters' make things difficult, he seemed neither sad nor happy.
"Football is like this. Sometimes it's beautiful, but sometimes it's cruel."
Messi did not talk much about this match.
He had already guessed how the media would report it tomorrow.
It would be nothing more than that he had once again failed to score a goal in a crucial match to help the team.
On the other side, Tendou, who was chosen as the MVP of this match, was also brought to the post-match press conference by Klopp.
"I did score 4 goals, but to be able to complete the comeback at the Camp Nou is the credit of the entire team."
"What supported us to achieve this comeback with an incomplete lineup?"
"Let me put it this way. No matter how many times you ask me, I will tell you."
"Remember this sentence: a 3-goal deficit is the end for other teams, but for Liverpool, a 3-goal deficit is just the beginning!"
"The night of May 25, 2005, in Istanbul was, and today in 2018 is!"
"Because we are Liverpool! It's that simple!"
Tendou's domineering statement received warm applause from the English media.
Klopp still couldn't hide his excitement after the victory.
"TJ said that the victory was the result of the entire team's hard work. Of course, that's right."
"But I think he is still too modest. He scored 4 goals in this match."
"Man! Do you know where this is?! This is the Camp Nou!"
"Besides TJ, no one can score 4 goals against Barça at the Camp Nou!"
"This is too crazy!"
Klopp gave all the best compliments he could think of to Tendou.
On the other side, Valverde also highly praised Tendou's performance in this match.
"In the past ninety-plus minutes, what I saw was not a player."
"He was simply the incarnation of God."
"I still can't believe he's only 18 years old."
"TJ's performance in this match was absolutely phenomenal. He has broken all of people's imaginations of an 18-year-old player."
"Julian?"
"He is very outstanding, and he has already won the World Cup. But in my heart, TJ is the best 18-year-old player, bar none."
"No, you don't need to give me examples. I know that Leo and Cristiano, including Diego, are all very outstanding. They are all historic-level stars."
"But in my heart, TJ is the best 18-year-old in history!"
Not only Messi and Ronaldo, but even Maradona was considered inferior to Tendou.
One can imagine how heaven-defying Tendou was in Valverde's heart.
This was not flattery; he really thought so.
He had never thought that an 18-year-old player could do so much.
...
The next day, after returning to Liverpool, Tendou slept for a long time.
He familiarly came to the dining room at home.
On it was the breakfast that Riko had prepared for him, and also several newspapers laid out.
Tendou looked at Riko teasing the fish in the pond in the garden, and a smile couldn't help but appear on his face. Then he slowly opened the newspaper.
Last night, in the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals, Liverpool and Barça had become the focus of the entire world.
And the result of the match was also shocking and widely talked about.
Playing away at the Camp Nou with a 3-goal deficit, Liverpool had ultimately achieved an unbelievable comeback, eliminating Barça and advancing to the final.
"The Impossible Mission has been Staged at the Camp Nou!"
"4 Years After the Night of Istanbul, Liverpool Has Once Again Completed the Greatest Comeback in the Champions League at the Camp Nou!"
"From 0:3 to 4:1, a stunning comeback by Liverpool!"
"Valverde: TJ is the Best 18-Year-Old Player, He Conquered Me!"
"The Conqueror of the Camp Nou, Scoring a Crazy 4 Goals Away from Home!"
"TJ: For Others, 3 Goals is the End, but for Liverpool, 3 Goals is Just the Beginning!"
"Because we are Liverpool! It's that simple!"
Almost all the mainstream European media praised Liverpool's fighting spirit.
Among them, The Times also highlighted Tendou's outstanding performance.
The Times is a London newspaper.
Most of the time, they are more willing to stand on the side of the London teams.
But the Champions League is not the Premier League. They gave Liverpool sufficient recognition.
"A thrilling battle, Liverpool had the last laugh. This is what they deserved."
"If you watched last night's match, you should have seen the fighting spirit of the Liverpool players last night."
"Before the match, Klopp told his players that unless absolutely necessary, he would not make any personnel changes in this match."
"In fact, except for Naby Keïta and other players who had cramps due to long-distance running, all the Liverpool players fought until the last second."
"They maintained a high level of performance for over ninety minutes. This is an important reason why Liverpool was able to come back against Barça!"
"Of course, another important reason is the new superstar of the Premier League, TJ. This 18-year-old player, when the team was short of two key players, Salah and Firmino, he single-handedly supported Liverpool's front line!"
"4 goals in a single match! This is the report card he handed in!"
"A few days ago, we were once in despair."
"A 3-goal defeat at Anfield, facing Barça's 90% home win rate, even the most die-hard Liverpool fans did not hold much hope."
"Coupled with the absence of the Egyptian Pharaoh and the Brazilian superstar Firmino, how could Liverpool win away from home?"
"This was undoubtedly Liverpool's darkest moment!"
"But they did it! They did not give up! They fought from the beginning of the match to the last moment! With TJ's historic-level performance, they ultimately completed this unbelievable, great comeback!"
"It is worth mentioning that the twenty thousand Liverpool fans who traveled with the team were absolutely Liverpool's 12th man!"
The newspaper also specifically mentioned the Liverpool fans.
From the Liverpool bus setting off, to the curses of the Barça fans on both sides of the road, "they, like Liverpool's team anthem 'You'll Never Walk Alone,' have always accompanied Liverpool through this difficult time..."
But in the last stretch of the road into the stadium, the Liverpool fans, like a ray of light, ignited the fiery fighting spirit of the Liverpool players...
Finally, The Times stated: "This is a victory for the entire city of Liverpool!"