Three changes for Liverpool

Rafael Benitez made three changes to Liverpool's starting line-up for the Club World Championship semi-final with Deportivo Saprissa in a chilly Yokohama.

Josemi, Djimi Traore and Djibril Cisse were recalled to the side in place of Steve Finnan, Harry Kewell and Fernando Morientes, who scored twice in the weekend win over Middlesbrough.

Norwegian defender John Arne Riise was also pushed into midfield as the European champions took on the Costa Rican side.

Saprissa: Porras, Cordero, Ronald Gonzalez, Jervis Drummond, Badilla, Bennett, Bolanos, Centeno, Azofeifa, Gomez, Saborio. Subs: Parks, Aleman, Brenes, Solis, Esquivel, Nunez, Phillip, Lopez, Fausto Gonzalez, Gerald Drummond, Navas, Fonseca.

Liverpool: Reina, Josemi, Hyypia, Carragher, Traore, Gerrard, Alonso, Sissoko, Riise, Crouch, Cisse. Subs: Dudek, Warnock, Finnan, Kewell, Luis Garcia, Sinama Pongolle, Carson, Hamann, Morientes.

Referee: Carlos Chandia Alarcon (Chile)