The exorbitant figure that Luis Díaz’s Liverpool would take for winning the UCL against Real Madrid

For the third time, Liverpool and Real Madrid meet in a Champions League final, on Saturday at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, which will serve as a revenge for both and also a tiebreaker, after sharing the titles in their previous decisive confrontations, after the victory of the Reds in the Parc des Princes in Paris in 1981 (1-0) and the Whites’ victory in kyiv in 2018 (3-1).

Liverpool, then at the height of its art with Bob Paisley in the managerial position, reached the final of what was then called the European Cup on May 27, 1981, in the French capital.

Already with two titles in its showcases (1977, 1978), los Reds they faced Real Madrid, dominator of the first years of the continental competition (six trophies in eleven years), before experiencing fifteen years of eclipse until 1981.

“We weren’t afraid of them (from Real Madrid), rather the opposite. We had reached the final several times and we knew what it was about. They were the ones who didn’t have recent experience in that regard,” Terry McDermott, former Liverpool midfielder and top scorer in the competition that year, told AFP in an interview in 2018.

A few minutes before the match, in the Parc des Princes, Bob Paisley encountered a problem with the team’s clothing sponsor, prompting Uefa officials to order Liverpool players to cover up with a tape adhesive the brand’s logo on their t-shirts.

That did not prevent the Reds win after an even match, favored by a cross from left-back Alan Kennedy in the final stretch of the match (81).

Liverpool players were then able to celebrate their triumph in the Parisian night, some at the Moulin Rouge, before presenting the trophy to fans in Saint George Square in central Liverpool.

In 2018, the dynamics were reversed: it was Zinédine Zidane’s Real Madrid that entered the final as favorites after two consecutive titles in 2016 and 2017, dreaming of chaining a third in kyiv, when Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool was still a team in learning.

On that May 28, 2018, the beginning of the match, intense, saw the star of the Reds, the Egyptian Mohamed Salah, was injured in the shoulder, the victim of an entry by the Spanish defender Sergio Ramos. For his part, Liverpool’s German goalkeeper Loris Karius complained about an elbow from Ramos himself, and although he stayed in the game, he was diagnosed with a concussion a few days after the game.

Posteriorly, this clash in the face perhaps had consequences in the match, since the German goalkeeper made two decisive errors: a pass intercepted by Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema, who opened the scoring (51), and then an error on a long-range shot by Gareth Bale, which inexplicably slipped out of his hands (83).

At least, Karius couldn’t do anything about Bale’s own acrobatic shot (64), one of the most beautiful goals scored in a Champions League final, just three minutes after the Welshman came into play.

On behalf of Real Madrid, the euphoria of this “Thirteenth” was attenuated after the game by the phrase of the superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, who half-announced his departure: “It was very nice to be at Real Madrid.”

A few days later, the Portuguese would leave Real Madrid after a triumphant decade (2009-2018), to sign for Juventus in Turin.

Now, a new chapter opens in this rivalry, also leaving behind the importance of revealing the prizes that could be painted red or white next Saturday, exorbitant economic figures that the winner would pocket not only the trophy , but also of world glory at club level.

20 million euros, about 84,224,172 Colombian pesos, 15.5 for reaching the final and 4.5 for winning it, without forgetting what has already been collected by the previous phases passed; in addition to what they could add if they win the European Super Cup and the Club World Cup, competitions to which you win a ticket for being the winner in the UCL.

*With information from AFP.