Heroes and legends of the Spanish club and the decisive match of the tournament
On Saturday, May 28, Real Madrid beat Liverpool 1-0 in the final in Paris to win the Champions League for the 14th time. No one in history has won the most prestigious club tournament in Europe more than the Creamy and their mentor Carlo Ancelotti. Sport Arena has collected 20 facts about the Real Madrid-Liverpool final, highlighting the greatness of the Madrid club.
No one Liverpool have not scored a goal in all three finals of this season in which he has taken part. The Reds, in addition to losing to Real Madrid in the decisive match of the Champions League, “dry” held matches with Chelsea in the FA Cup and the English League Cup, defeating the Blues only in a penalty shootout.
the first Real Madrid celebrated the victory in the Champions League after the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo from the club. The Portuguese left Madrid after the 2017/2018 season, in which for the fourth time he won the most prestigious club tournament in Europe with Creamy.
First Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti became the coach who won four Champions Leagues. The Italian specialist has two wins in the tournament with Milan and Real Madrid. In total, Ancelotti has five Champions League finals as a manager. He lost only one – to Liverpool in the 2004/2005 season. Bob Paisley and Zinedine Zidane have won three tournaments each.
One the final of the Champions League of the four played so far was won by Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp. Twice he lost the decisive matches of the tournament with Liverpool, once with Borussia. He also won the Champions League against the Merseysiders.
Third Real Madrid goalkeeper Andrei Lunin became the Ukrainian football player who won the Champions League. Previously, the most prestigious club trophy in Europe was won by Andriy Shevchenko (Milan) and Tymoshchuk (Bavaria).
Three clubs, who finished in the top three places in the Premier League, beat Real Madrid on their way to victory in the Champions League. In the quarter-finals, Creamy beat Chelsea, who finished third in the Premier League, in the semi-finals, the champions of England, Manchester City, in the final, second-placed Liverpool
Third Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois is the all-time goalkeeper to win the UEFA Champions League Final Player of the Year award. Previously, only Oliver Kahn (Bayern, 2001) and Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United, 2008) managed to do this.
Three The trophy was won by Real Madrid this season. Creamy has won the Champions League, the championship and the Spanish Super Cup.
Five Real Madrid have won Champions League finals in the last nine years. In addition to Creamy, Barcelona, Liverpool, Bayern and Chelsea won the tournament in this segment.
Fifth Real Madrid winger Vinicius Junior became the youngest player in history to score in a Champions League final. The Brazilian scored against Liverpool at the age of 21 years and 320 days. Less, at the time of the goal in the Champions League final was only Patrick Kluivert (18 years and 327 days, Champions League 1995), Carlos Alberto (19 years and 167 days, Champions League 2004), Lars Ricken (20 years and 322 days, Champions League 1997 ), and Marco Asensio (21 years and 133 days, 2017 Champions League final).
Six Liverpool cannot beat Real Madrid in a row – five defeats and a draw. The last time the Reds defeated Real Madrid was in 2009, winning 4-0 at home.
Seven assists in the asset of the best assistant of the current Champions League – Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes.
Eight finals in Champions League history have been won by Real Madrid. It is noteworthy that Real Madrid also played eight times in the decisive matches of the tournament. In the finals, the Creamy defeated Liverpool, Juventus and Atlético twice each, Bayer and Valencia once.
Nine Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibault Courtois made saves in the Champions League final. This is the best result since 2004, when such statistics began to be kept.
ten footballers have won the Champions League five times. After the final in Paris, Cristiano Ronaldo, who only one could boast of such an achievement before, was joined by his former Real Madrid partners Karim Benzema, Dani Carvajal, Luka Modric, Gareth Bale, Toni Kroos, Casemiro, Marcelo, Nacho and Isco.
14th Real Madrid won the Champions League title. This is twice as much as his closest pursuer – Milan (7 wins). Bayern and Liverpool each have six Champions League victories, while Barcelona have five.
fifteen goals in the current Champions League draw, scored by the best sniper of the tournament – Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema. Only Ronaldo managed to score more in one tournament in the 2013/2014 season (17 goals).
23rd the trophy in his coaching career was won by Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti. Winning the Champions League was his seventh trophy at Real Madrid. The Italian specialist won eight trophies with Milan, three each with Chelsea and Bayern, one each with Juventus and PSG.
25 trophies with Real Madrid were won by the Brazilian legionnaire Creamy Marcelo, who played for the club for 18 years. Marcelo won the Spanish Championship six times, the Champions League five times, the Club World Cup four times, the UEFA Super Cup three times, the Spanish Cup twice and the country’s Super Cup five times.
100 Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti won the Champions League. It took him 178 matches to do this.
Source: Sportarena
