This evening at 21:45 the teams of Real Madrid and Liverpool stand against each other in Kiev in their most important match for the year - the Champions League final. `The White Ballet` will defend its prize won over the last two seasons and will try to win the Cup for the third consecutive and 13th time in its history. Merseyside come out for their 6th prize in this tournament, and they have not played a final since 2007 when they lost 1:2 from Milan. Both teams suffered a failure in their championships. Real was only 3 in the Primera Liga, 17 points behind Barcelona. Liverpool finished fourth in the Premier League final at 25 points behind Manchester City. At one point, both clubs mentioned by contact with ronaldo felt it was better to focus their efforts on the Champions League and this gave the desired result to the dream come true. Today, however, only one of them will rejoice.
Historically, these rivals have played exactly 5 games with each other. For the moment, Liverpool`s advantage is 3 wins and 2 losses and a 6:4 goal difference in their favor. The more important thing about the English is that they win the finals against `White Ballet` in 1981 with 1:0. Today`s final will be a clash between two of the top talents in European football right now - Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohamed Salah. According to many specialists, this match will determine the winner of the Golden Ball this year. The Portuguese has made another season in the Champions League with 15 goals on his account. If he breaks out tonight, he has a chance to become the first player to score in 4 finals. At the same time Salah has 10 hits on his tournament account and a total of 44 for the season.
Liverpool is the team with the best attack in the Champions League this season. The Reds have set the record 46 goals so far, having started their participation since the preliminary rounds. At the same time, Real shows a lot of hesitation in defense. `The White Ballet` managed to keep a `dry` net in just one of its last 11 matches in all the tournaments, which is not a good attestation. Another interesting fact is that one of the two losses of Real Madrid this season in the Champions League came from an English team. `The White Ballet` lost 1:3 from Tottenham to Wembley. The match will also offer an interesting clash on the two coaching grounds. Zinedine Zidane has never been eliminated in a league match at the helm of Real Madrid. He has already won two titles in the royal club tournament and hopes today to raise the third prize. Jurgen Klop can not boast of such success but the German has proven he is one of the best coaches at the moment and has a wide tactical arsenal to oppose each rival.
