After missing out on the semi-final game against Monterrey, Virgil van Dijk is back with the Liverpool squad. He was seen training with the team at the Khalifa International Stadium with the team as they will take on Flamengo in the finals of the Club World Cup 2019-20. Gini Wijnaldum had also missed out on the game due to a muscle injury. But he also was seen training with the team as they sweated it out ahead of the game against Flamengo. Cristiano Ronaldo Congratulates Lionel Messi But Takes a Nasty Jibe at Virgil van Dijk For Cracking a Joke on Him During Ballon d’Or 2019 Award Ceremony.
Ahead of the game, Jurgen Klopp addressed the press and he said that the team would want to win the title and if the Reds are successful in doing so, it would be like landing on the moon. The match will begin at 11.00 pm IST. The pictures of the training session went viral on social media and needless to say that Dijk’s fans are left smiling ear-to-ear.
Check out the pictures below:
While talking about the Dijk’s fitness, Klopp said, “Virg was part of training today, Gini had a session today. We will see how it will look at the end. We have no new injury concerns."How you can imagine, it was Wednesday night when we played and now it's Friday, so we use each hour for recovery and all that stuff. That's what we did and we will see who we can line up tomorrow."
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