Liverpool take epic journey to Madrid
Liverpool are due to play Atletico Madrid in their Europa League semi-final on Thursday. However due to the volcanic ash cloud that has grounded all flights across Europe they have been forced to use a variety of transport and will eventually arrive in Madrid having used road, rail and air.
The trip is likely to take them more than 24 hours, but they can’t use it as an excuse if things go wrong on Thursday night. It’s the only option they have and winning this game will give them a huge advantage going into the return leg at Anfield next week. They will have the final in their minds, so the fans will be hoping that this will be enough to make them perform. Many people will be placing football bets on whether this will happen.
The players have been advised to rest as much as possible during the journey so that are ready to play once they arrive.
The question is how many fans will follow them on this 1,200 mile journey? It is likely that a large number of them will decide not to travel and this could mean that Liverpool will have a lack of support at Atletico’s Vicente Calderón Stadium.
With their long journey and reduced fan support, Liverpool will have to be mentally focused on their game if they are to come out with a win in this game. Not to mention, if air travel is not back to normal after Thursday they will have to make the return journey in similar fashion in order to make it for their Sunday away game at Burnley where they are fighting for 4th place in the Premiership.
Atletico Madrid v Liverpool, Thursday at 20:05
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