A dream poster for a final under the fervor of supporters who came en masse to support their team in a festive atmosphere. The English club Liverpool faces the Spaniard Real Madrid, in the final of the Champions League, at the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis), Saturday May 28, from 9 p.m. Follow the game live.
A challenge for the Ballon d’Or. This final is an opportunity to clarify the duel between Karim Benzema and Sadio Mané for the Ballon d’Or, which will be awarded in October. The French international has sublimated Real this season in C1, with 15 achievements, also winning the 35th title of Spanish champion of Madrid as well as the Spanish Super Cup. Sadio Mané missed out on the Premier League by one point, trailing Manchester City, but won both domestic cups in England. The striker also guided Senegal to their first African Cup of Nations, in February, against the Egypt of his partner Mohamed Salah, another candidate for the Ballon d’Or.
Coaches at the top. This meeting is also the occasion of a duel between Carlo Ancelotti and Jürgen Klopp. Twice an unfortunate finalist, with Dortmund in 2013 and Liverpool in 2018, the German Jürgen Klopp learned to win the following year. On the other bench, the Italian “Mister” Carlo Ancelotti, who directs his men with an eyebrow movement, is a great specialist in the event, which he has already won three times, with AC Milan (2003 , 2007) and during a first visit to Madrid (2014).
A poster played for the third time in the final. Liverpool had won the first final, in 1981 (1-0), at the Parc des Princes, at a time when the Stade de France, built for the 1998 World Cup, did not exist. Then, in 2018, Real Madrid triumphed over Liverpool in a final played in kyiv (Ukraine). “I’m very motivated, fully motivated, after what happened with Madrid last time”warned Mohamed Salah.
Supporters mobilized. A red wave swept over the “fan zone” reserved for Liverpool supporters, on the Cours de Vincennes side, in the east of Paris, where concerts and giant screens are planned to follow the match. In all, 6,800 police officers, gendarmes and firefighters are mobilized by the Paris police headquarters to ensure the security of the match, with an eye on the 30,000 to 40,000 supporters of the “Reds” who could land in Paris without a ticket.