Real Madrid striker Vinicius Junior wants Liverpool to play a full-strength team on Saturday in the Champions League final.
The Reds head to Paris with a question mark over key man Thiago Alcantara. He was retired at half-time in the 3-1 home win over the Wolves on the final day of the Premier League season and is seen as a doubt for the clash with Madrid, although Jurgen Klopp has offered a positive update. There have also been doubts about injuries to Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Fabinho. However, all three trained on Wednesday.
The last time the two teams met in this phase of the competition was in the final of 2018 when Sergio Ramos committed an infamous foul on Salah, which caused a shoulder injury that ended the match. of the Liverpool striker. Real won 3-1 and Salah has since spoken of “revenge” this weekend.
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The Egyptian should be in shape along with the vast majority of Jurgen Klopp’s players, and Vinicius Junior will like that.
“I hope they play with everyone,” the Brazilian said when Spanish football’s El Larguero football program asked him if Liverpool were exaggerating their injury problems. “We want an incredible match between two teams with all their players. With a 100% concentration. And both fighting for the most important thing, which is the Champions League.”
Although Vinicius has admitted that he has seen “many” Liverpool games this season, this has not stopped him from believing that if Madrid can “fight” their opponents on the pitch, they can win a 14th European Cup. record.
He said: “Yes, we see a lot of Liverpool games. It’s a great team with a lot of strength and a lot of intensity. If we face them … we will win for sure.”
The 21-year-old added that this final was the match that “all” the players wanted and that Madrid has the “privilege” of having a full squad of players who have been to the Champions League finals as well as to other finals of club and international competitions. .
He said; “Yes, a great match like all the matches in the round of 16 of the Champions League. They were exciting for us, but they were beautiful matches. Now we have the match that all the players want to play. The players here have played a lot of finals and that reassures us. We hope it’s a great match. “
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