In the Champions League final, Liverpool, one of the English Premier League teams, and Real Madrid, the Spanish La Liga team, faced off at the Stade de France in Paris, the capital of France. The match, directed by the French referee Clement Turpin, was postponed due to the inability of some fans to enter the stadium and started at 22:36 CEST.
In the struggle that brought the two giant teams face to face, there was no sound of goals in the first half. Real Madrid’s attack developed in the 59th minute, Carvajal turned the ball inside from the right wing. Vinicius Junior, who was in an empty position on the back post, sent the ball into the empty nets and put his team ahead 1-0. Real Madrid net guard Thibaut Courtois, who appeared on the stage in many clear positions captured by Liverpool in the rest of the match, did not allow the English team to catch the draw and the Spanish representative left the field with a 1-0 victory and reached the championship.
With this championship, Real Madrid took Europe’s biggest trophy to its museum for the 14th time.
COURTOIS IS GOVERNED!
Real Madrid’s goalkeeper, Thibaut Courtois, left his mark on the Liverpool match. The Belgian net keeper, who gave a great performance, had a great share in his team’s winning the trophy with 9 saves.
THEY REACHED THE HAPPY ENDING FOR THE 14TH TIME
After winning the Spanish Super Cup and La Liga this season, the magenta-whites reached a happy ending in the Champions League as well. Madrid team, which won the biggest cup of Europe 13 times before, became the owner of this cup for the 5th time in the last 10 years. Carlo Ancelotti, who won the trophy at the head of Real Madrid in the 2013-2014 season, won the 4th Champions League trophy in his career. Thus, the Italian coach became the person who won this cup the most.
LIVERPOOL LOSE AGAIN
In the match of the two teams that met in the final of the Champions League 4 years later, Real Madrid became the winner again. Madrid won the trophy 3-1 in the final played in 2018. Liverpool, who won 10 wins in 12 games they played until they reached the finals this season and had their name written in this cup 6 times, became the party that lost in the final for the 4th time in this tournament. The Reds had the trophy for the last time by beating the English team Tottenham in the 2018-2019 season.
BENZEMA WAS A GREAT FACTOR
French striker Karim Benzema, who marked this season in the Champions League with the goals he scored in Real Madrid’s final journey, reached the 5th time under this jersey and closed the tournament with 15 goals.