It had to be suspected. Two years before the Olympic Games, Paris and France have shown serious flaws in the organization.
The Spanish media did not fail to pin UEFA as well. “The reality is that it was not the only failure and the image of UEFA is very affected”point the Sports world when the Daily Mail evoked “a night of chaos” and The Telegraph regret “chaotic scenes”.
Same story, on the side of the Catalan daily Sport. “A shame: the final started half an hour late because of the chaos at the entrance to the stadium”, can we read on its front page this Sunday. The honorary president of the sports daily As did not go with dead hands either. Very respected in the middle of Spanish football, he denounces Liverpool and “its hordes of barbarians without entry tickets” in his bloody editorial. “They created an unnamed scandal at the gates of the stadium, which could well have caused a catastrophe, even if everything was fortunately back to normal with the delay of the kick-off (…) These facts cannot remain unpunished”he wrote.
“The best goalkeeper on the planet”
At the sporting level, the performance of Thibaut Courtois remained in everyone’s memory. “The indisputable hero of this final”takes a Marca position when Mundo Deportivo describes the Red Devils goalkeeper as reassuring because “He dominated his box with overwhelming confidence and spread calm to his defence. Every save was confirmation that Real Madrid don’t play the final, they win it.”
The team does not hesitate to claim that the former Genkois is “the best goalkeeper on the planet.”
If the Spanish press speaks of Vinicius as “the Mbappé who never came”, their English counterparts focus on Liverpool’s disappointing display.
“The hard truth was that too few Liverpool players had reached their best. Perhaps it was because of the mental and physical exhaustion of a season like few others, which also included an unsuccessful fight until the finish with Manchester City for the Premier League title”s’interroge The Guardian
They also showed all their admiration for this Real Madrid like the Telegraph.
“History will look back in wonder at how they adapted and refined their more expansive play from the middle of the previous decade in this precise identification of key game moments.”
In Germany, the country of Jürgen Klopp, Bild does not hesitate to pin the technician who knew “his worst bankruptcy”. En Italie, the Gazzetta dello Sport renders hommage to Carlo Ancelotti. “He is respected and admired by those who were able to appreciate him, first as a player and then as a coach.”