2022 Champions League Final: Liverpool vs Real Madrid

May 29, 2022

Tonight's Champions League is a familiar combination, Liverpool VS Real Madrid. It was the same combination four years ago. I was watching the broadcast with Liverpool fans in a bar in the UK, but that game was probably their nightmare, Liverpool Without defender Virgil van Dijk, Egyptian striker Mo Salah was tackled by Sergio Ramos not long after the start of the game, and goalkeeper Loris Karius made a low-level error, and finally Real Madrid won overwhelmingly.

However, this year is different. Liverpool's lineup this year is quite complete. Today, they are the one who dominates the ball on the field, and they have more attacks. Unfortunately, facing Real Madrid's intensive defense, they should be saved by Thibaut Courtois or not No threat, or lack of luck.

Real Madrid's tactics today were defensive counterattacks, and they were executed quite successfully. Unlike the Real Madrid that everyone is familiar with before, Real Madrid used to be star-studded and played offensive football. Today, this Real Madrid team is composed of several senior players (Toni Kroos, Luka Modric, Karim Benzema, etc.) and many young players. Instead, many famous players are placed on the bench. The counterattacks are not many, but they are quite threatening , often able to form a local more and less, they grasped one of them and scored a goal. In 59 minutes, Vinicius Jr took the lead for the White Shirts. I have to say that Benzema has a great sense of the ball in front of the goal. He scored a lot of key goals this season. Even if he did not score his own goals, his passing was also very sharp. Today, he scored one in the first half, although he was ruled offside. Ineffective, but that Play showcased his ability in front of goal well.

Unfortunately, in the end Liverpool still failed to tie, and Real Madrid won the 14th UEFA Champions League in team history.