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When Liverpool meet Real Madrid, Spain, tomorrow, Saturday, in the final match of the Champions League in the French capital, Paris, this will be the first time in the history of the tournament, that the same two teams meet in the final three times.
The two teams met in the final of the championship in 1981, and Liverpool won 1-0 once morest Real, then they met once more in the final of the championship in 2018, and Real Madrid crowned the title by defeating Liverpool 3/1.
Throughout the history of the tournament, the second confrontation between the same two teams was achieved in the final in eight other cases, other than the case of Real and Liverpool, where Real Madrid met with the French Stade Reims in the final (1956 and 1957), then Italian Milan with Ajax of the Netherlands (1969 and 1995), and Ajax. With Italian Juventus (1993 and 1996), Milan with Benfica (1963 and 1990), Liverpool with Milan (2005 and 2007), Barcelona with Spain with Manchester United (2009 and 2011), Real with Atletico Madrid (2014 and 2016), and Real with Juventus (1998). and 2017.”
But the championship final this season will witness the third confrontation between Liverpool and Real Madrid in the final of the championship, becoming the first duo to have the confrontation repeated three times in the final.
But the confrontations between the two teams in the Champions League are not limited to these three final matches, but extend to a number of other confrontations in other stages of the tournament.
The total of the confrontations between the two teams throughout the history of the tournament reached eight matches before tomorrow’s final, and Real won four of them, while Liverpool won three matches and the two teams tied in one match.
During these previous eight matches, Real players scored ten goals once morest eight goals for Liverpool.
In 1980/1981, Liverpool beat Real Madrid 1-0 in a final, while Liverpool beat Real Madrid 1-0 in Madrid and then 4/0 in Liverpool in 2008/2009 in the round of 16.
In the 2014/2015 group stage, Real beat Liverpool in their own home 3-0 and then 1-0 in Madrid, while the 2017/2018 final saw Real Madrid beat Liverpool 3/1.
In the quarter-finals of the 2020/21 season, Real won 3/1 at home, and the two teams tied 0-0 in the second leg of Liverpool.
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Morientes: Liverpool will try to bury Real Madrid in the Champions League final
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
see the Spaniard, Fernando MorientesThe former Real Madrid and Liverpool player said that it is difficult to predict which team will win the 2022 Champions League final.
Liverpool will meet Real Madrid in the Champions League final, on Saturday evening, May 28, at the Stade de France, and the match starts at nine in the evening Cairo time.
“The way Real Madrid arrives makes the competitors a little sad,” Morientes said in comments reported by the Spanish network, “The Bernabeu Digital”.
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“I think the Liverpool players will want to bury the Real Madrid players because of how they play and reach the goal,” he added.
And who is the favorite to win the title? Champions League“In the final, you can’t say that there is a favorite team, we all know that Liverpool is a huge team, full of great players and it is difficult to say who is the favorite.”
And he concluded: “I played for eight years in Real Madrid and two in Liverpool, and my heart is white, but if Liverpool win something I will celebrate.”
Mendy: I want Mane to win the Ballon d’Or and the Champions League..and choose the best striker he faced
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Chelsea goalkeeper Edward Mendy has admitted that he would like to see Liverpool’s Sadio Mane win the Champions League, so he can have a chance to win the Ballon d’Or.
meet Liverpool With Real Madrid on Saturday, they look to complete the treble by winning the biggest club competition in Europe.
Chelsea bid farewell to the championship by Real Madrid, and confirmed To be He hopes that his compatriot Mane will win the title once morest the Royal Club.
Mane, who plays for Senegal alongside Mendy, managed to score 16 goals in the Premier League and assisted two goals, and in the Champions League, he played 12 matches and scored five goals.
The 30-year-old also helped the Teranga Lions win their first African Cup of Nations title at the beginning of the year once morest Egypt, and qualify for the 2022 World Cup Qatar at the expense of the Egyptian team as well.
“I want Sadio Mane to win the Champions League, of course,” Mendy told Foot Mercato when asked which team he wants to win the Champions League.
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He added: “He is having an exceptional season, he is running for the Golden Ball and the Champions League will be a turning point, playing once morest his biggest opponent (a reference to Real Madrid striker Benzema), whoever emerges victorious will score a lot of points.”
Mendy praised Karim Benzema and confirmed that he is the best striker he has faced this season: “Yes, he is one of the best strikers but when you play in the Premier League, you play once morest the best in the position in the world.”
“Benzema has been at a very high level for many years, whatever happens to him, he deserves it immensely, both at club and in the French national team, and it makes perfect sense that he is performing at this level.”
Cup for Klopp; Not one, but two! | Premier League | Jurgen Klopp | Liverpool
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
LONDON മായ Despite losing the Premier League title between the cup and the lip, Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp is on the receiving end of the trophy. Fifty-four-year-old Klopp has been named the League Managers Association’s best coach of the season. And the Premier League Manager of the Year award.
Liverpool, who have won the League Cup and FA Cup, are also preparing to complete their triple in England by winning the Premier League title. However, Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City’s surprise victory on the final day of the league took the Cup Klopp away. Klopp is set to beat Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League on Saturday.
The Premier League Manager of the Year award is a combination of the votes of the public and the panel of experts. Meanwhile, the managers’ association finds the winner by the votes of coaches in various leagues in England.
English Summary: Jurgen Klopp has been named the League Managers Association’s manager of the year