“Real” defeated the English club “Liverpool” in the final with 1: 0 (0: 0).
It has already been reported that the match at the “Stade de France” stadium in the French capital started late, not at 10 pm Latvian time, as planned.
UEFA reported that the start of the match in Paris was delayed by 15 minutes “due to safety concerns”, but it started 39 minutes later than scheduled.
The announcement said the delay was due to the fans’ “late arrival”.
A late sliding challenge from Liverpool’s Sadio Mane was deemed to be his second yellow card offense by the referee, resulting in him being sent off, and Tibo Kurtu left a man down.
Towards the end of the half, Mohamed Salah was struck, but directly on top of Kurt.
In the 43rd minute, after a hit by Karim Benzema, the ball hit the Madrid team’s goal, but the referee chose to watch a replay of the video to determine if the Real striker was behind.
With the help of the VAR, it was found that Benzem was a little but in the back and the gate was not counted.
58 minutes into the game, Salāha had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide.
Federico Valverde was in the clear after breaking the offside trap following a Vinisiuss Žuniors goal from the left after 1 minutes.
In the 69th minute, Salah hit dangerously again through the gates of the Madrid club, but his broadcast was repulsed by Kurt in the lower right corner of the goal.
In the 80th minute, Kurto broke out again, repelling a shot by Diogu Zhota, after which the ball flew into the lower right corner of the goal.
In the 83rd minute, Kurtu rescued his team again after Salah’s solo move and shot in the left corner of the goal.
Both clubs fought for the third trophy of the season. The Madrid team won the Spanish Super Cup in January and won the Spanish Championship for the 35th time in the club’s history, while the Liverpool team won the English League Cup and the English Football Association (FA) Cup. In the Premier League, however, the Liverpoolers remained second in the intense battle with Manchester’s “City”.
This was a repeat of the 2018 Champions League final. At that time, in the final match in Kiev with 3: 1 was superior to “Real”. Geret Baille scored two hits in Real’s standings, and Karim once stood out in Benzeme. Sadio Manet scored in Liverpool.
This season’s Champions League group tournament for the Madrid club started unconvincingly – in the first match in the 89th minute, the victory over Milan’s Inter was drawn, followed by a surprising loss against the Moldovan club Sheriff of Tiraspol. After that, four wins in the remaining four games and first place in Group D. Liverpool, meanwhile, finished the difficult Group B with a perfect balance – six wins in six matches.
In the playoffs, Real went wavy. In the eighth final duel against Saint-Germain in Paris, I drove to 0: 2 after reaching the hat-trick, the team’s top scorer in the second half stood at Benzem and allowed the Madriders to advance to the next round.
In the first match against London “Chelsea”, they won 3: 1 in the away match, but in the match match in Madrid the London club scored three unanswered goals and took the lead in the sum of two games. The last word again belonged to Benzema – after Rodrigo’s regular time equalization, he scored a winning goal in extra time.
The semi-finals against the City of Manchester ended in 6: 5 in favor of the Madrid team, but the royal club also played in this duel. In a match in Madrid, City’s Riyadh Marez’s goal in a two-game win was 5: 3 in favor of City, but two goals were scored during the rebate, and then extra time in Benzema gave way to the final.
Liverpool, meanwhile, had a two-goal lead in the first-round duel against Inter in Milan after the first match, which they also managed to defend in the fight. In the quarterfinals against Benfica, a convincing victory was achieved in the first match of the away field, which was also defended with a little fear in the second duel. With 6: 2 in the lead, two goals were scored in the final half of the second half, but Liverpool were able to celebrate 6: 4.
In the semi-final duel against the Spanish club “Villarreal”, where “Liverpool” were the favorite, the first match at the “Anfield” stadium was won 2-0, but the match in Spain was unexpected – the goal was scored in the third minute and the result was a two-game break. 2: 2. In the second half, the Liverpool players confirmed their favorite status – three goals in 12 minutes and a ticket to Paris.
The teams have met eight times in mutual matches. Madrid players have been superior in four matches, Liverpool have won three games. The only match ended in a draw in the duel of the 2020/2021 quarterfinals – after the Madrid Club’s 3: 1 victory in the first game, the match ended with 0-0. It was also the last meeting.
The top players in both teams this season in the Champions League have been Real with 15 goals and Salpool with eight assists. They rank first and fourth respectively in the list of the best snipers.
Real Madrid with 14 Champions League trophies is the most popular club. The team also accounts for two UEFA Cups and four UEFA Super Cup trophies, while Liverpool have won six Champions League titles, three UEFA Cups and four Super Cups.
