From Paris to Heaven

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Real Madrid are chasing ‘fourteenth’ against a Liverpool looking for ‘seventh’ in most repeated Champions League final in history

Twenty-two years after winning the ‘eighth’ at the same venue with goals from Morientes, McManaman and Raul shattering Valencia’s dream, Real Madrid are returning to Saint-Denis in search of the ‘fourteenth’. The majestic Stade de France is the setting in which Carlo Ancelotti’s team hopes to put the finishing touches to a Champions League in which the epic has been its inseparable ally. Three rounds of elimination dissolved on the brink of collapse against the club states that threatened to bury the old regime have once again placed the dashing lancer of the aristocratic lines of the beautiful game at the gates of glory. The only obstacle standing in his way is Liverpool, another keeper of the ancient essences chasing his ‘seventh’ against an infallible opponent in all the finals of the top continental competition he has played since the goal of the ‘network’ Alan Kennedy Shot down 41 years ago the ‘Madrid de los García’, exactly in the French capital. From Paris to Heaven.

The City of Light, Love and Mbappé will once again serve as the incomparable setting for another volcanic brawl between two squads that have accessed the star duel through very different routes. Liverpool, undefeated champions of the so-called ‘group of death’, then let Inter, Benfica and Villarreal slip into the ditch to sneak into the finalists of the old European Cup for the tenth time. In all those qualifiers, he made the pass with power in the first leg and tied it in the return, showing he also knows how to move on the ledge when touching.

Real Madrid came through the first stage with no more disappointments than the unexpected defeat to Sheriff at the Bernabeu, but at the crossroads they put the cardiovascular health of their fans to the test. Against PSG, he went from drama to euphoria in half an hour of madness in the heat of his parish. Against Chelsea, he bordered on tragedy in La Castellana after returning from Stamford Bridge on a comfortable income. And against Manchester City, six frenetic minutes separated the pain of an orgiastic blast of pleasure that will be remembered for decades. After that triple somersault, the hardest part remains: getting rid of a Liverpool thirsty for revenge for what happened in Kiev on May 26, 2018.

Jürgen Klopp’s soldiers do not forget the accumulation of setbacks that led Real Madrid to take its third consecutive title in the Ukrainian city, beaten today by the Russian satrap. With Salah at the helm, he has conspired to settle the scores and regain the throne he last held in 2019, when he tore Tottenham to pieces at the Metropolitan.

The Anfield team are aiming to finish a season in style in which they have won the League Cup and FA Cup, fought to win the Premier until the close and reached their third final in the last five editions of the Champions League . A journey as wonderful as it is exhausting.

Fabinho and Thiago arrive between cotton, although Klopp has Van Dijk and Salah in good shape, which also caused the shock. Physical strength, intensity and pressure are the hallmarks of this Liverpool that moves to the rhythm of rock ‘n roll, has two daggers in line and has decisive figures in both areas. While Alisson has the second lowest save rate in the Champions League, Opta data says it will be difficult for him to match Karius, whose vaudevillian performance in Kiev sealed his villainous status in the eyes of The Kop.

The Brazilian goalkeeper will face Courtois in one of those individual clashes that will be crucial to the outcome of the game. The Belgian goalkeeper is part of the decade of Real Madrid roster members who still don’t know what it’s like to rule in the league that the club paying them is shying away from. His desire for glory is an extra stimulus for a team in which experience is an added value to the talent and harmony it has carried on its wings.

Ancelotti has a perfect picture of the whole group and has been able to afford to dose his Praetorians for the past month while Klopp was out of breath. After becoming the first coach to win the five major leagues, Carletto chooses to break another ceiling: he is the only coach with four ‘orejonas’ behind him. Against Liverpool, he lost one of the four Champions League finals he has experienced as a coach so far. She counts the rest in triumphs, including the one who served him as revenge for the ‘miracle of Istanbul’. The whites only failed in three of the sixteen they stepped on before. Now Klopp wants to join the exclusive club that includes Béla Guttmann, Helenio Herrera and Bob Paisley. The only ones who have successfully discussed one of the axioms that define the history of the Champions League: Real Madrid don’t play finals, they win them.

Source: La Verdad

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