In a fascinating contest.
Liverpool (England)
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Arsenal (city in Italy)
The match was a 2-2 draw at home. In the match, the "Reds" showed a very high offensive efficiency, the second half was close to expanding the score with a 12-yard penalty kick, however, when Mohammed Sana took the penalty kick, the manager Gopu was too nervous to look directly at the result of the Sana's shot was deflected out of the goal, and his back to the stadium Gopu mistakenly thought it was a goal, and couldn't help but make the celebration of the fist gesture. Gopu, with his back to the pitch, mistook the goal for a goal and made a celebratory fist-pumping gesture, only realizing that he had "misjudged" the goal when he turned around.
After the game, Gopp remembered the scene vividly, "I only watched the penalty kick back afterward, and at the time I was only concerned about the fans' reaction, and obviously some of them thought the ball had gone in, so I started celebrating. But then I saw that Shana wasn't celebrating and I realized that he didn't score the shot and that's what happened." In contrast to the celebration of the misjudgment, Shana has helped his team score in three of his last five penalty kicks, and the last two penalty kicks were close to scoring again, which makes it especially important for Gopu to solve the problem of the penalty kicker's "executioner".
When asked if the penalty taker would be replaced, Gopp did not rule out the possibility of a change: "I will discuss this with Shana, but not to be revealed here." It is reported that if Liverpool decide to replace the penalty taker, Brazilian midfielder Fabinu will be the first choice, after Fabinu was the team's penalty taker during Mohamed Sana's participation in the African Cup of Nations.
