Liverpool vs Real Madrid, the most repeated final in the history of the UEFA Champions League

If the Champions League finals have always been one of the most anticipated matches by football fans, the one that will take place on May 28 in Paris is more. On the one hand, the Liverpool uniform of Jürgen Klopp, who will go for the quadruple crown, and on the other hand, the mighty Real Madrid, who took the ticket in the hands of Manchester City and seemed invincible.

The English set finalist in three of the last five editions, He is looking for his seventh Orejona and thus Milan’s equivalent, second in the history table. Ang Meringueled by the massive Karim Benzema, He will play his final number 17 and his record this time around is impressive: he won 13 and lost only 3. And, certainly, one of those three is before the networks. An encounter with a lot of history is coming.

This is the third time they have held hands with the European champion, making this confrontation the most repetitive in history, leaving these conflicts to have occurred only twice.

• Real Madrid vs. Stade Reims: 1956 and 1959.
• AC Milan vs. Benfica: 1963 and 1990.
• AC Milan vs. Ajax: 1969 and 1995.
• Ajax vs. Juventus: 1973 and 1996.
• Liverpool vs Milan: 2005 and 2007.
• FC Barcelona vs. Manchester United: 2009 and 2011.
• Real Madrid vs. Atlético Madrid: 2014 and 2016.
• Real Madrid vs. Juventus: 1998 and 2017.

Paris again, 41 years later

angA lot of water has passed under the bridge since Real Madrid and Liverpool last met for the first time in the Champions League final. It was in the 1980/81 season, 41 years ago, and a lot has changed since then.

The White House, far from showing a list of stars as it has today, has gone through periods of economic austerity, so the networks, who went from victory to victory, were the clear favorites to win the title. They succeeded, albeit with some difficulties: it was 1-0 with a goal from Alan Kennedy in the 82nd minute.

It played in Paris, the same city that will host the duel between Klopp’s staff and Ancelotti’s staff. At that time it was in the Parc des Princes, while next May 28 the stage is the Stade de France.

In the near future, two -time European champions Real Madrid and tall figures of Cristiano Ronaldo and Sergio Ramos, in addition to having Zinedine Zidane as coach, have been able to take revenge on Liverpool, including Klopp on the bench, and it became champion in the 2017/18 season.

In kyiv, on the deadly night of goalkeeper Loris Karius, the Madrid team won 3-1 with a double by Gareth Bale and the rest to Karim Benzema to give the Meringue the triple championship and the last in his thirteen Champions Leagues.

The history between Real Madrid and Liverpool has six more clashes for the Champions League

• 2020/21, quarter-finals: Madrid won 3-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu and no goal draw at Anfield.
• 2014/15, group stage: Spanish team victory 3-0 at home and 1-0 away.
• 2008/09, round of 16: Liverpool won 1-0 over Spain and 4-0 over England.

In total, there have been four wins for Real Madrid, three for Liverpool and one draw in eight games.