English football: Supercup: Wirtz has to wait for the first title with Liverpool

Young star Florian Wirtz still has to wait for his first title with the English football champion FC Liverpool. The Reds in the English Supercup had 2: 3 in a penalty shootout against the English cup winner Crystal Palace and success coach Oliver Glasner.

After the regular season, it had stood in the so -called Community Shield 2: 2 (2: 1). The Liverpool stars Mohamed Salah, Alexis Mac Allister and Harvey Elliott nerves in the penalty shootout in the London Wembley Stadium.

Wirtz was no longer on the pitch in the penalty decision. The day had started so well. In the morning the noble technician was recognized as Germany’s footballer of the year. The national player, who moved to England for a total volume of up to 150 million euros, prevailed in the “Kicker” election in front of Bayern star Michael Olise and Nick Woltemade from VfB Stuttgart.

Ekitiké meets after four minutes

And at his competitive premiere for Liverpool, Wirtz immediately staged. After a double double pass with Hugo Ekitiké, the Frenchman, whose move from Frankfurt to England was worth 95 million euros, met for the LFC lead after just four minutes.

After the intermediate compensation of the ex-mainzer Jean-Philippe Mateta by penalty (17th), Jeremie Frimpong was on hand. A somewhat crashed flank of the foreign train player, who also came from Leverkusen, landed in the Palace goal (21st). But the Glasner team came back through a goal from Ismaila Sarr (77th).

Wirtz indicated his skills in some scenes, the different player was not yet at his competitive premiere. The 22-year-old was replaced in the 84th minute. In the penalty shootout, Crystal keeper Dean Henderson then became hero as in the FA Cup final against Manchester City.

Before the ball rolled, the Liverpool striker Diogo Jota, who had a fatal Liverpool striker during the summer break, was honored with a minute’s silence. The death of the Portuguese had triggered great dismay in Liverpool.