Paris will be the capital of football, Liverpool FC and Real Madrid the protagonists of a story that leads directly to glory. The seventh will be embroidered for the English or the fourteenth for the Spanish. The ball is ready to roll in the UEFA Champions League final.
In 2018 they played the last hand At hand these teams and in kyiv there were several protagonists like Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema for the positive, while Loris Karius for the negative. Including the injury suffered by Mohamed Salah, which still has him thirsty for revenge.
Four years later, Reds and Blancos meet in Paris and both teams arrive geared to their maximum expression. Liverpool won the Carabao Cup and FA Cup and Real Madrid lifted the Spanish Super Cup and La Liga. Madrid arrives with less wear and tear for winning the league championship four dates in advance.
This Liverpool is no longer so predictable like the one he lost against Madrid in 2018. They are more solid in the arc and in their defense, and they have more variations in offense. They continue to be direct, but with greater depth and gestation of the game.
While Real Madrid reaches this final with the ideal scenario. The “Madrid of comebacks” for leaving PSG, Chelsea FC and Manchester City on the road with the same antidote: defeating them at the Santiago Bernabéu with comebacks.
Karim Benzema and Mohamed Salah are the great figures in the heads-up match, but there are other actors like Vinicius and Sadio Mané who could decide the challenge. And if the agony continues, both Klopp and Ancelotti have differential factors on their benches to unlock everything, like Rodrygo and Luis Díaz.
The official ball of the final will be white with gray stars and edges in black. It has a message of peace in honor of Ukraine. Cuban Camila Cabello will be in charge of putting on the music.