Karim Benzema and Mohamed Salah.
the end of Champions League in the 2021-2022 season you already know your two competitors: real Madrid collide with Liverpool to decide who will be the new champion. Carlo Ancelotti’s team agreed to a decisive match after leaving Manchester City on the road and Jürgen Klopp’s team eliminated Villarreal.
The decisive Champions League match will be played on Saturday May 28 at the Stade de France, in Saint Denis, in Paris, the capital of France.
Real Madrid’s path to the final
Real Madrid players celebrate their victory against City and qualification for the final. EFE/Rodrigo Jimenez
The Spanish team has three historic series to reach the final in search of its 14th Champions League. In the round of 16, he lost paris st germain by Kylian Mbappé, Neymar and Lionel Messi. They lost 1-0 in Paris, and at the Bernabéu they started, but ended 3-1 with a hat-trick from Karim Benzema to go to quarters.ang
Next time he got the Chelsea, the final champion. In London he won 3-1, but in the rematch at the Bernabéu the series is up: Thomas Tuchel’s men went 3-0 and went to the semis. But in the end Rodrygo discounted and then Benzema sealed 2-3 to get the classification.
Against Manchester City there is no shortage of epic. In England, those led by Pep Guardiola won, 4-3. And in Madrid, they were 1-0 on a goal by Riyad Mahrez. But again at the end Rodrygo showed up with a brace to stretch the definition in extra time. Benzema ordered, from a penalty, Real Madrid’s classification until the final.
Liverpool’s path towards deciding
Liverpool reached their third final in five seasons. (PAUL ELLIS / AFP)
the Jurgen Klopp they are relentless and go for poker this season, something that has never been done for a British team: they have already won the League Cup, they are in the finals of the FA Cup, they are also in the decisive rivalry of the Champions League and they are fighting to head to head to City for the Premier League.
In the round of 16, Liverpool beat Inter in the first leg at the San Siro 2-0 and the same was done at Anfield with a lapidary 1-0. Against benfica, in the quarterfinals, won 3-1 as a guest and enough to advance to the semis after a 3-3 rematch. In front of Villarreal It was then that they suffered the hardest: they won 2-0 at home, but in the rematch the Spaniards were able to equalize the series. However, in the second half, the visit turned on the scoreboard and sealed their ticket to the final with 3-2 with no discussion.
Real Madrid vs Liverpool, the last antecedent in the rivalry for the title
Cristiano Ronaldo and Mo Salah, the figures of Real Madrid and Liverpool in facing that final. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
In the 2017-2018 season, the team from the Spanish and British capitals played in the Champions League final in kyiv, Ukraine. Real Madrid took the lead thanks to a goal from Karim Benzema (who was accompanied by the goalkeeper Loris Karius, who was hit by a powerful blow to the head minutes before Sergio Ramos), but Sadio Mané immediately tied the score. ang
Then the great figure of Gareth Bale who didn’t balance with a historic Chilean and then sealed 3-1 for Real Madrid with a shot from outside the area that slipped from the hands of the German goalkeeper.
In Paris, this May 28th, the Reds retaliate; while Real Madrid wants to increase its hegemony in Europe and capture 14th Orejona.
Source: Clarin
