How Real Madrid ‘helped’ Salah win the Champions League

Mohamed Salah made a revelation after winning the first Champions League of his career against Tottenham in Wanda on June 1, 2019. The Liverpool winger and emblem of Egypt dreams of winning the second this Saturday and certainly against Real Madrid, where he lost his first final of the said Eurotournament in 2017-18 in kyiv. Salah explained three years ago that the memory of that final against whites and in particular the injury suffered as a result of the incident with Sergio Ramos This helped inspire him to face Tottenham.

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Against the Spurs, Salah was the author of his team’s first goal, a penalty goal that evokes the memory of another historic goal: one in the 95th minute of the 2-1 win over Congo in which he qualified in Alexandria on 8 October 2017 in his country for his first World Cup in 28 years, Russia 2018. Millions of Egyptians took to the streets to celebrate.

After the 2-0 win over Tottenham at Wanda Metropolitano, Salah said, “I prepared myself before the game. After that penalty against Egypt in the last minute, this one was easier (the one in the final), said Salah, who also revealed what one of his sources of inspiration was: a photo when he was injured after Sergio Ramos ’action in kyiv, where Real Madrid won 3-1.

Salah revealed that what happened in the 2018 final served as an inspiration to him ahead of Liverpool’s second consecutive European final. “I haven’t looked at a photo in a long time, but I did this before the final played in Madrid”, Explained the Egyptian star, recently proclaimed the top scorer in the Premier (equal to Son Heung-min, both with 23 goals) and top assistant.

For many, from that final against Real Madrid a new Salah appeared. He had to work against the clock to reach the 2018 World Cup in Russia. He didn’t make it in full condition, but he scored two goals: one from a penalty in the 3-1 defeat against Russia and another on the final day of group A, in the KO against Saudi Arabia. He could not play in the first game, losing to Uruguay (0-1). But then titles started to come along with Liverpool: since then, a Champions League, a Premier, a European Super Cup, a Club World Cup, an FA Cup and a Carabao Cup.