JWSport Jacek Waszak – Sport journalist
Juergen Klopp The best coach in Europe. The Champions League Championship Finals took place on 1st June and are the most important European competitions that took place in Madrid.
Klopp led the team for the third time in his career in the Champions League Finals. However, the previous two finals were lost, with a total of six of the seven finals lost by his teams.
This is their second triumph in the Champions League, the ninth final of the Liverpool European Cup and their sixth triumph. He did this in 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984 and 2005, already in the era of the Champions League. In the era of the Champions League (since the 1992/93 season) “The Reds” have reached the decisive duel four times and reached for the trophy twice. Tottenham was the biggest success in the history of the club in the most important European competitions anyway.
The Grand Finale took place on 1 June 2019 at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium, where Atletico Madrid plays its matches on a daily basis, the match began at 21:00.
Liverpool played wisely after taking the lead, mainly securing access to its own goal, and to top it all off was defended by Alisson Becker, goalkeeper of “The Reds”. Tottenham had a good time in this match.
1` – Penalty kick for The Reds! In the penalty box with his hand played Sissoko after kicking the ball by Mane! The analysis of the situation by the VAR judges was still in progress for a while.
2` – Salah joined the eleven. He probably used the eleven! What a start to the finals!
11` – Lloris, goalkeeper of Tottenham, with difficulty, but eventually knocked the ball out after the corner throw
38′– Robertson, Liverpool’s left-wing defender, hit the ball powerful from behind the penalty box! Lloris had a hard time hitting the ball!
The first half ended 1 :0 for Liverpool. The referee decided to throw a penalty for The Reds and in the second minute they took the lead. Tottenham tried to answer, but for a long time he played nervously, so not once did he seriously threaten the goal of his rivals. And the players
51 ` – Tottenham tried to attack on the goal of Liverpool, Son has put the ball to Vertonghen, he hit the ball firmly towards the goal of Alisson Becker but the defender of the Londoners was blocked.
86` – Son from two meters did not hit the goal after a corner throw! But still, the Korean was in a burnt position!
87` – Origi took advantage of the turmoil in the penalty box and tried it on perfectly at the post! Lloris had no chance!
Tottenham missed the opportunity to score goals in this match and the strikers should be more active and more dangerous under the Alisson Becker brand. He returned in accelerated mode after an injury to Harry Kane but it is clear that he lacks form. A break in the game and the injury, unfortunately, did not give him time to rebuild for this match. After the final whistle, the referee was Klopp and his players celebrated a triumph in the Champions League.
Salah, in turn, is the fifth African player to have made it to the final of the Champions League. The front-runners were Algerian Rabah Madjer, Cameroon Samuel Eto’o, Didier Drogba from Côte d’Ivoire and Mane. Senegalese has been on the net in last year’s trophy match against Real Madrid.
Tottenham vs. Liverpool – 0:2 (0:1)
Goals: Mohamed Salah (2 penalties), Divock Origi (87)
Referee : Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
Audiences: 63 272
Tottenham Hotspur: Hugo Lloris – Kieran Trippier, Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen, Danny Rose – Moussa Sissoko, Harry Winks, Christian Eriksen, Dele Alli, Heung-Min Son – Harry Kane
Liverpool FC: Alisson – Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk, Joel Matip, Andy Robertston – Fabinho, Jordan Henderson, Georginio Wijnaldum – Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino
