Mohamed Salah made a revelation after winning the first Champions League of his career against Tottenham at the Wanda on June 1, 2019. The Liverpool winger and emblem of Egypt dreams of winning the second this Saturday and precisely against Real Madrid, against whom he lost his first final of said Eurotournament in 2017-18 in kyiv. Salah explained three years ago that the memory of that final against the whites and specifically that of the injury suffered as a result of the incident with Sergio Ramos It helped inspire him to face Tottenham.
Against Spurs, Salah was the author of his team’s first goal, a penalty goal that brought back the memory of another also historic one: that one in the 95th minute of the 2-1 win against Congo with which he qualified in Alexandria on 8 October 2017 to his country for his first World Cup in 28 years, Russia 2018. Millions of Egyptians took to the streets to celebrate.
After the 2-0 win against Tottenham at the Wanda Metropolitano, Salah said, “I prepared myself before the match. After that penalty against Egypt in the last minute, this one (the one in the final) was easier, ”said Salah, who also revealed what was one of his sources of inspiration: a photograph of when he was injured after the action of Sergio Ramos in kyiv, where Real Madrid won 3-1.
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Salah revealed that what happened in the 2018 final served to inspire him ahead of Liverpool’s second successive European final. “I hadn’t looked at the photo in a long time, but I did it before the final played in Madrid”, explained the Egyptian star, recently proclaimed top scorer in the Premier (tied with Son Heung-min, both with 23 goals) and top assister.
For many, from that final against Real Madrid a new Salah emerged. He had to work against the clock to be able to reach the 2018 World Cup in Russia. He did not do it in full conditions, but he scored two goals: one from a penalty in the 3-1 defeat against Russia and another on the last day of group A, in the KO against Saudi Arabia. He could not play in the first match, lost to Uruguay (0-1). But then the titles began to arrive with Liverpool: since then, a Champions League, a Premier, a European Super Cup, a Club World Cup, an FA Cup and a Carabao Cup.
