Liverpool and Real Madrid will face each other in the Champions League final today. In anticipation of a bombing match, we remember how these teams came together in the Champions League four years ago.
Unfortunately, it did not happen later in the final of an equal fight. But the game was still cool and catchy.
Ramos’ scandalous wrestling reception in Salah. Because of him, the Spaniard hated all of Egypt.
In Kiev on the evening of May 26, the morale of Liverpool fans was shattered in the 25th minute – Sergio Ramos filled the British leader Mohamed Salah with an unthinkable wrestling technique. The Egyptian who fell to the ground broke his arm and was soon replaced, and the Spaniard miraculously even avoided a yellow card.
After the match, Salah called that episode the worst of his career and hinted that he would not forgive Ramos, even after apologizing.
Sergio truly apologized to the Egyptian and sent him a message wishing him a speedy recovery. However, when a wave of hatred rose around him from Liverpool and Egypt national team fans, he couldn’t help himself and said nonsense.
“Damn, they paid too much attention to it. Everything was exaggerated. All that was missing was Firmino saying he had a cold because a drop of sweat got on him,” he said.
However, oddly enough, the injured Salah received the hatred that fell on him from the religious community. Kuwaiti preacher Mubarak al-Bathali saw God’s punishment for the damage done to the player: “God Almighty punished the devout Muslim for telling his mistake or omission.” The fact is that before the match, the Liverpool physiotherapist said that at the insistence of a nutritionist, Salah had to reserve Ramadan on the day of the Champions League final and eat 1.5 hours before entering the field.
Carius’ terrible mistakes that ruined his career. After the match, he tried to justify himself with a concussion.
With Salah gone, Liverpool’s nightmare continued. Within half an hour, Madrid scored three legendary goals. At the same time, it turns out that the two of them were on the conscience of the main goalkeeper-loser of 2018 Karius: that evening, Loris made terrible mistakes.
- He scored a goal in the 51st minute to Benzema, tried to throw the ball to the defender with his hand – Karim had to change his foot to distinguish himself.
- After Bale’s weak shot from long distance in the middle of the goal in the 83rd minute, Karius managed to send the ball into the net.
After the match, Jurgen Klopp tried to calm the goalkeeper and said that everything must be done to forget this match as soon as possible.
Apologizing to the team and the fans, Karius later made an unexpected confession, saying that he finished the match with a concussion after colliding with Ramos.
However, his words did not impress the fans at all. After these blunders, Carius became the scapegoat and his career was ruined.
Bale’s crazy goal. He got angry when he hit the ball
The main decoration of the final in Kiev was the crazy (first) goal of Gareth Bale. After a right-footed serve from Marcelo, the Welsh rose into the air and put the ball in the top nine with a stunning self-driving shot.
Bale later admitted that anger helped create a masterpiece.
“At that time I was very angry that I couldn’t make it to the starting lineup. I’ve been playing well since recovering from my injury in December. At that time I scored five goals in four home games and I thought I deserved to start for the Champions League final. I knew I had to get on the field. When that happened, I was a little pissed off. “That’s probably why I scored goals like this against Liverpool. I rewatched those goals several times after that. I had nothing to prove to anyone. These goals were for my team and myself,” said Gareth.
For three Real Madrid goals, Liverpool countered with just one ball. After Lovren’s discount, Mane got ahead of Navas and sent the ball into the empty net. But after the final whistle, not many remembered this goal – Bale and Karius overshadowed him.
What did they say after the final? And why did Ronaldo propose to change the name of the Champions League in his honor?
After the match, Jurgen Klopp criticized Ramos for his tough play:
“I didn’t like the martial arts where Salah was injured, it was too hard. It wasn’t football, it was like wrestling. He has a really serious injury. Our players were shocked and Real Madrid took advantage of that.”
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson admitted that Real Madrid is stronger:
Real Madrid was very good. This is a great team that will always give you a hard time. The opponent deserved to win because they played better today. We believed we could win, but on other days we found a few goals that wouldn’t go into the net.
Zinedine Zidane described his third consecutive Champions League win as historic:
“There is no secret to our success, just a hunger to win and the realization that no one has done it before us.”
Delivering the most unexpected speech of the evening, Cristiano Ronaldo offered to change the name of the Champions League in his honor.
“Who is the Champions League’s top scorer again? Ronaldo said, “This tournament should change its name and be called the CR7 Champions League.” He scored 15 balls in that tournament draw.
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After this match, Liverpool and Real Madrid faced once again in the Champions League in the quarter-finals of the 2020/21 season. Then Madrid won again, winning (3:1) on aggregate.
Today Liverpool will have a great chance to make up for their past defeats.
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