Glorious matches between the big teams – these are the images that pop up when you talk about the last matches of the UEFA Champions League. The English Liverpool and Real Madrid, with their 19 wins in the main club tournament of the Old World, successfully entered the qualifications of the contenders for the next international cup, so the suburb of the French capital Saint-Denis and the stands in the Stade de France stadium, in which it was located, witnessed a bloody duel.

The road to the decisive game was long for both teams, but hardly anyone would dare to call it equivalent. Still, back-to-back matches against France’s Paris Saint-Germain, London Chelsea and Manchester City, where Carlo Ancelotti’s team had to go, are a step higher than where they faced Inter Milan, Lisbon Benfica and Spanish “Villarreal”. Jurgen Klopp’s team. But the tournament table is not regulated by any team, so in the end the success of the “reds” and “creamy” received the same prize – a ticket to the decisive game.

If you suddenly get the opportunity to hold a meeting in the highest esteem in the middle of the season, then there will at least be some time to ensure that the fans can safely move into the stadium. The French organizers did not succeed in this very important task, because the starting whistle had to wait more than half an hour. But I wanted to believe that things that went from bad to worse before the teams even took the field would remain the only downside of the final game.

In fact, Liverpool and Real Madrid have fully met all expectations from their performances and some of them, we are talking about Jurgen Klopp’s team, even surpassed pre-match calculations. The Reds placed their line of attack as high as they could meet and had no choice but to return to deep defense, waiting for the opponents to counterattack.

Real Madrid had to be very patient in the end, with goalkeeper Thibault Courtois destined to be the team’s lifesaver in moments involving Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane. It was this duo that stood out the most among Liverpool’s first three attacks, so the Belgian goalkeeper had to jump wildly after hitting different corners of his opponent’s goal. It seems that the “creamy” defended the penultimate breath, but gradually they managed to drive the opponents away from their own possessions.

And although Carlo Ancelotti’s team did not insist on their own advantage in ball control, Real Madrid’s successful counterattack once was enough to put pressure on the opponent’s goal. Shortly before leaving for the time-out, the English team’s defense panicked when Benzema was found by the outsiders with a long pass and after a series of rebounds he managed to score a goal into the opponent’s goal. In that episode “Liverpool” only recorded the French’s offside position, but the first alarm signal for the “Reds” defence was still coming.

The second half of the match started with attacks from Klopp’s team, but Liverpool’s momentum was not enough for long. And already in the 59th minute, Real Madrid turned so successfully during a quick attack that an opportunity was provided for a successful move from Valverde in the form of a cross / blow from the right side of the penalty area, a goal scored by him. vinicius

The Reds spent the remaining time in the opposing half until the end of the game, and Thibault Courtois finally had the opportunity to establish his best player of the match status. While there were as many saves as the Belgian in salient moments, no one else could, so the numerous attempts of Salah, Mane and Jota, who joined partners after a missed goal, had no chance of success. Finally, the team itself is from England.

Veteran French referee Clement Turpin blew the final whistle for Real Madrid to win the 2021/22 UEFA Champions League.

Champions League 2021/2022. End.

Liverpool (England) – Real Madrid (Spain) – 0:1.

Vinicius, 59.

Fabinho, 62.

“Liverpool”: Alisson – Alexander-Arnold, Conate, van Dijk, Robertson – Henderson (Keita, 77), Fabinho, Alcantara (Firmino, 77) – Salah, Diaz (Jota, 65), Mane.

“Real”: Courtois – Carvajal, Militao, Alaba, F. Mendy – Kroos, Casemiro, Modric (Ceballos, 89) – Valverde (Camavinga, 85), Benzema, Vinicius (Rozhrigo, 90+3).

Judge: Clement Turpin (France).

Stadium: Stade de France (Saint-Denis, France).

LIVERPOOL – REAL. TEXT BROADCAST OF THE MATCH