12/21/2019 – 21:12
- Liverpool breaks a streak of three misplaced finals (1981, 1984 and 2005)
Liverpool was proclaimed this Saturday world champion of club soccer for the first time in its historical past by defeating Flamengo 1-0 in an intense closing that was determined in extra time.
In the reissue of the 1981 closing, the image directed by the German Jurgen Klopp consumed a historic revenge due to the solitaire of each Brazilian striker Roberto Firmino in the 99th minute at the go of Sadio Mané.
Liverpool, a six-time European champion, broke a streak of three misplaced finals (1981, 1984 and 2005) to substantiate itself as the finest club on the planet.
Flamengo, champion of the Brazilian League and the Copa Libertadores, dominated the first half, suffered in the second and squeezed in the second half of the extra time, however didn’t take the resolution to penalties.