Liverpool fans were stuck in queues for hours outside the Stade de France and some even received tear gas before the Reds’ terrible 1-0 defeat to Real Madrid in the League Final of Champions.
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Liverpool-Real Madrid: images of the Champions League final
Sometimes it’s just written in the stars, it’s just pre-ordered; there is no other way to describe it.
That’s why Zinedine Zidane was in the crowd at Real Madrid, that’s why Rafael Nadal was in the same neighborhood. They came to see how Real Madrid does what it does. And no credit should be deducted from his successes, although they were largely outdated, although fortune was on his side in beating Chelsea and Manchester City.
But Liverpool fans, whose occasion was bitter from start to finish, should still stay high. Yeah Al that sounds pretty crap to me, Looks like BT aint for me either. Yes, they could have reached 50% less than a quadruple. Yes, he punched them. But there was no shame.
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And remember this, Liverpool fans, the biggest win of the season was getting Jurgen Klopp to sign that contract that will keep him at the club at least until 2026. There will be more campaigns like this, more ecstasy and agony, more excitement and spills. There will never be a boring moment.
But hopefully, there will never be another night off the field like this. The glory of the victory must not be diluted by the chaos that preceded the match, but we must not forget the terrible falls outside the Stade de France. And don’t buy the insulting line that sold out the suits to UEFA that the late arrival of the fans was the main cause of the scary scenes.
Liverpool fans were stranded with tear gas outside the stadium (
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I arrived at the venue four hours before the scheduled start time of the nine and then bottlenecks formed, only because of the surprisingly poorly conceived control and police measures. After the chaos of the Euro 2020 final at Wembley, the English may not have kept morale high, but that was a UEFA event and when they did not hand out punishments or spend money, they did not learn any lessons from ‘that day?
They had a lot of time to plan this event and it’s not like this stage hasn’t hosted major sporting finals before. Has. Many of them. But well, at least the VIPs managed to get in without much trouble and at least there was enough champagne in the hospitality areas.
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Meanwhile, fans who had paid a month’s salary in a time of severe financial hardship were being treated like cattle on the roads of St Denis. Diadi, they were using pepper spray on people looking through the fences, waving tickets in vain. Unforgivable.
To say that it left a bitter and poisonous taste in the mouth would be an understatement. It was the least of anyone’s worries, of course, but it would also have had an impact on the players, although it’s not great if the evidence of Liverpool’s start had been any. And ironically, given what was to happen next, the key to all of this was Alexander-Arnold.
Look, let’s stop saying lateral. He is a hybrid player who defends when needed, but is a key element of Liverpool’s offensive drive. When Real got an offensive incursion in the first half, it was, most of the time, Alexander-Arnold who tidied up.
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A pass to the side pulled the defense out of position which let slip through on goal. But his main responsibility was to create, to cause danger. One of them was sliding down the middle. He tried to lift the ball over Mohamed Salah but overcooked it and hit the bar instead.
And all this made his role in Vinicius Junior’s goal even more unfortunate. However, although he was guilty of not being alert to Vinicius Junior appearing behind him, he was not the only player to blame. In fact, blaming someone would be hard because this is a Liverpool team that has made their fans proud. And with Klopp for four more years, there are many more to come.
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