By Miguel Rapetti
The relationship between forwards Sadio Mané and Roberto Firmino, who lived together in Liverpool for many years, had a new chapter this Friday during their first confrontation with their new teams, Al-Nassr and Al-Ahli. At that meeting, a curious episode occurred that many echoed.
The match saw Mané’s team, Cristiano Ronaldo and company, end up winning 4-3 in the exciting match but the spotlight was on the fourth goal of the match, which occurred just seconds before the end of the first half.
In it, the Brazilian Anderson Talisca made it 3-1 with which Al-Nassr managed to go to half-time and Firmino did not seem very happy with the result.
But his annoyance could have been increased when Mané, who was on the other side of the field, ran to celebrate with his team but took the opportunity to take the Brazilian, now his rival, off guard.
When he was on his way to celebrate the goal with his team in the corner, Mané pushed himself up and jumped on his shoulders, in a gesture that was not taken very well by Firmino, who then walked away and did not give him any gesture or gesture. word to his former teammate.
The gesture created an intense debate on social networks by many who thought that Mané’s action was disrespectful towards Firmino, while others believe that due to the trust between them, actions like that could be allowed.
The alliance between Mané and Firmino marked an epic history at Liverpool, making an unforgettable trident with Mohamed Salah; With the Egyptian they managed to score 338 goals during the six campaigns they enjoyed together.
In total, there were 156 goals and 58 assists for Salah, while Mané accumulated 107 goals, 30 assists and Firmino 75 scores and 39 assists.
Watch the video between Mané and Firmino here:
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