Thursday, May 26, 2022 – 9:15 PM
ABU DHABI, May 26 / WAM / The focus will be on the French capital, Paris, to follow the upcoming Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool at the Stade de France, at eleven in the evening, UAE time.
The two teams qualified for the final match after an exciting semi-final between Manchester City and Real Madrid back and forth and ended in favor of Real Madrid 6-5, while Liverpool qualified after winning back and forth over Villarreal 5-2.
History testifies to the clear superiority of the Spanish clubs over their English counterparts in the history of their confrontations in the Champions League final, after they were brought together by 5 confrontations, the last of which was in the 2018 edition, and it was also between Real Madrid and Liverpool, in which the Spanish team excelled.
It was the first Spanish-English match in the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid, specifically in the 1981 final, and it is the only confrontation of its kind in the tournament with its old name “The European Champion Clubs Cup”, in which Liverpool won with a goal to nothing.. The second final was between Barcelona and Arsenal in In the 2006 edition, Barcelona won the title after winning 2-1.
The third confrontation was between Barcelona and Manchester United in the 2009 edition, in which Barcelona won the title by winning 2-0. Barcelona was able to repeat the crown at the expense of Manchester United again in the 2011 edition by winning it 3-1.
The previous last confrontation between Spanish and English clubs was between Real Madrid and Liverpool in 2018, and Real Madrid won it 3-1.
It should be noted that the Real Madrid team is the most crowned team in the Champions League with 13 titles, the last of which was in the 2017/2018 version, while it won the runner-up 3 times, while Liverpool won the title 6 times, the last of which was in the 2018/2019 version and achieved the runner-up 3 times too.
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