Real Madrid has really become the black beast of Jürgen Klopp and Liverpool. As they did in 2018, the meringues defeated the ‘red’ team tonight in the Champions League finals. If four years ago they won 3-1, now the result is 0-1.
Carlo Ancelotti followed in the footsteps of his predecessor in charge, Zinedine Zidane. The French coach led Real Madrid to become European champions for the thirteenth time in that final marked by serious mistakes by Loris Karius at the kyiv Olympics.
Salah’s damage and Karius ’‘ show ’
A game to be remembered for the right shoulder injury Mohamed Salah suffered when he fell into a bad position after a struggle with Sergio Ramos and left him in action half an hour into the game.
In the second half came Karius’ ‘show’. The German goalkeeper would fail 1-0 when his handball to a teammate was blocked next to him by Karim Benzema with his right foot and the ball went straight into the goal (51 ‘). Karius didn’t notice the Frenchman’s presence even though it was on top of him.
And although Sadio Mané equalized ipso facto (55 ‘), Gareth Bale made it 2-1 with an impressive bike kick (63’) and ended up passing the sentence to another Karius singer , who swallowed a gunshot from outside the Welshman’s area which he had made. his hands folded (83 ‘).
No audience and no revenge ‘network’
In the 2020-2021 season, Liverpool already had a chance to take revenge on Real Madrid, but Klopp also failed in his attempt when he fell in the quarterfinals after a 3-1 record on Alfredo Di Stéfano. The second leg, at Anfield, ended 0-0. Both games were played without an audience due to restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Prior to these three qualifiers, with today’s final at the helm of Liverpool, Klopp played another three against Real Madrid as coach of Borussia Dortmund. In the 2012-2013 Champions League the whites were measured twice and in both they went through the round.
Klopp removed Mourinho along with Dortmund
In the group stage, Dortmund went into the round of 16 as first in group D after beating them to Germany (2-1) and drawing at the Bernabéu (2-2). And in the semi-finals he made the first leg 4-1 count at Signal Iduna Park, along with Robert Lewandowski’s historic poker game, to eliminate José Mourinho’s Real Madrid despite a 2-0 win in the white arena.
However, that task did not help Klopp win the Champions League with Dortmund as he finally lost to Bayern Munich 2-1 at Wembley by receiving a goal from Arjen Robben in the 89th minute.
Ancelotti has already defeated Klopp and won the Tenth
In the next edition of the Champions League, 2013-2014, the tables were returned. Real Madrid, led by Carlo Ancelotti in his first period, eliminated Klopp’s Borussia Dortmund in the quarterfinals after a 3-0 win at the Bernabéu that the Germans could no longer follow despite Marco Reus ’brace in the first half ( 2-0). ).
Real Madrid reached the final and won Décima by beating Atlético 4-1 at the Da Luz stadium in Lisbon after Sergio Ramos forced extra time into extra time.
In today’s finals, Klopp faces Real Madrid ten times with a balance of three wins, two draws and five losses. He hasn’t beaten it since 2014. The jinx continues.
Source: La Verdad
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