Summary of the match between Liverpool and Real Madrid in the Champions League final 2022
When the Champions League anthem is played, everyone should shut up and watch the kings win their favorite trophy.
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Champions League
Real Madrid won the Champions League for the 14th time in its history.Real Madrid beat Liverpool 1-0 on Saturday at the Stade de France in the French capital, Paris.
Vinicius Junior scored the game's only goal in the 59th minute.
Thus, Real Madrid repeated its victory over Liverpool in the final after winning it in 2018 with three goals to one.
That title became Real Madrid's first since 2018, and it continues to dominate in the finals after playing it 17 times, in which it only lost three times.
As for Liverpool, it failed to crown its seventh title, equaling Milan's achievement, and becoming the last title it achieved in 2019.
Liverpool played the final 10 times, winning six times and losing four times.
Real Madrid coach Ancelotti won the title for the fourth time in his history, becoming the first coach to achieve this feat.
While Klopp failed to win it for the third time, after he was crowned only once before.
Exciting events before kick-off
Three hours before the start of the match, and unlike the usual announcement of the formation an hour before, Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti announced the formation of his team.
Real Madrid's formation witnessed the presence of the golden trio in the midfield of Luka Modric, Toni Kroos and Casemiro, who were essential in the 2016, 2017 and 2018 finals.
On the other hand, Jurgen Klopp announced the formation of his team at the usual time, which witnessed a surprise by the presence of Thiago Alcantara, despite doubts about his joining the meeting due to injury.
intrusion and chaos
Before the start of the match, some of the Liverpool fans stormed the stadium without carrying tickets to enter the match, and the French security forces were forced to fire tear gas.
On the other hand, some of the Liverpool fans who had tickets were unable to enter the match.
Incidents of theft from French fans also spread around the stadium to fans of Liverpool and Real Madrid.
On the other hand, the European Football Association "UEFA" was forced to postpone the start of the match for security reasons for a quarter of an hour, to start at 9:15 pm Cairo time.
After that, a new postponement was announced for another quarter of an hour, to start the match at half past nine in the evening.
In the end, UEFA announced the start of the summit at nine and 36 minutes.
Indeed, the concert began, and the two club legends, Raul Gonzalez (Real Madrid) and Ian Rush (Liverpool) presented the prestigious trophy.
After that, the match started on its announced date, according to the latest announcement from UEFA.
the summary of the match
The match started very quietly, with both teams trying to control its events and gain more possession of the ball.
In the 15th minute, the first real threat came on the goal with a creeping pass from Trent Alexander-Arnold, which was met by Salah Bimanah, but Thibaut Courtois starred and saved him.
Then Liverpool continued to press and Thiago Alcantara hit an arc pass that Courtois steadily blocked.
In the 18th minute, Salah fired a powerful left-footed shot, which Courtois saved twice.
Just three minutes later, Sadio Mane almost scored the first goal for Liverpool, after a wonderful pass from the Real Madrid defenders, and fired a powerful shot with his right, which was saved by Courtois, and the ball hit the right post, but it did not cross the goal line.
The first threat from Real Madrid came from a cross shot from Vinicius Junior, which was steadily blocked by Alisson.
Salah almost scored a goal with a header, but Courtois saved it.
Andrew Robertson rushed and passed to Mane, but the latter's shot went to a corner kick, which ended with a very powerful shot from Jordan Henderson, but it went wide.
And in the 44th minute, the shot that would cause a lot of controversy came, David Alaba sent a long pass to Benzema, and instead of the shot, he tried to dodge Liverpool goalkeeper Alison Becker.
Ibrahima Konate made a mistake and touched the ball, then hit Alisson's knee and rebounded to Fabinho, who touched the ball that Benzema returned to score in the net, but Ham canceled the goal for offside.
And video technology continued to review the clip for more than two minutes, and in the end it was canceled.
Nothing else happened, and the first half ended in a goalless draw.
A Madrid goal is enough to win the title
The second half began with strong attacking pressure from Liverpool, but without a real threat to Courtois' goal.
And in the 54th minute, Arnold sent a cross that Courtois kept away from the danger zones with a distraction.
Play was stopped due to an injury Eder Miliato after an intervention from Luis Diaz.
Salah exchanged the ball with Arnold and hit it once and bounced from Real Madrid's defense, followed by another shot that dispersed the defense and the Egyptian king asked for a penalty due to a handball, but the referee ordered to continue playing.
In the 59th minute, from a quick counter-attack, Valverde sent a cross from the right, and Vinicius Junior escaped from Arnold's control and easily hit the net to announce the first goal for Real Madrid.
Salah almost scored with a wonderful arc shot, but Courtois saved him again.
And Klopp made the first substitution for Liverpool, with the participation of Diogo Jota, in place of Luis Diaz, in the 65th minute.
Only four minutes later, Henderson sent a cross that Jota headed to Salah, but Courtois's shot was blocked by the latter.
Casemiro missed the chance of a goal against Real Madrid after he did not shoot and pass the ball back in a strange way.
Klopp made two substitutions in the 77th minute with the participation of Naby Keita and Roberto Firmino instead of Henderson and Thiago Alcantara.
Liverpool continued to press and Salah hit the ball and hit Jota, but again Courtois was on the lookout.
And in the 82nd minute, Salah fired a powerful shot with his right, and Courtois was shining in front of it.
Real Madrid missed the opportunity to kill the match with a second goal, despite the only three players on the two defense of Liverpool.
Real Madrid made a second substitution with the participation of Dani Ceballos instead of Modric.
The referee announced 5 minutes of added time.
Ceballos missed the opportunity to kill the match completely alone and Liverpool's defense dispersed the ball.
And paid Ancelotti Prodrigo instead of Vinicius Junior.
Nothing new happened in the remainder of the match, ending with Real Madrid winning 1-0 and winning the Champions League for the 14th time in its history.