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It is not the first time that Real Madrid appear on the return leg of a Champions League tie after winning the first leg 3-1. It already happened to him in the quarterfinals against Manchester United in 2003, in the round of 16 against Naples in February 2017 and in the round of 16 against PSG in February 2018. He always advanced to the round with this result in his favor.
To make things difficult for Real Madrid, Liverpool need to improve their offensive production at Anfield. Tonight he only made a shot between the three sticks, which was the goal scored by Mo Salah.
Night for the vindication of Vinícius Junior, questioned by its ineffective definition. The Brazilian has signed a double at a key moment. Despite not being resolved yet the pass to the semifinals of the European competition, the '20' manages to get the tie on track in favor of the meringues.
Real Madrid wins the first battle of the tie !!! The team led by Zinedine Zidane manages to take advantage with a valuable victory in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals (3-1) thanks to the double of Vinícius Junior and the knowledge of Marco Asensio. Unrecognizable Liverpoool, who was sentenced by numerous defensive errors in the first half. The quick reaction after passing through the locker room was of no use to him, with Mo Salah cutting differences before Vinícius rounded off his stellar performance with a second goal.
END OF THE GAME AT ALFREDO DI STÉFANO !!!
Rodrygo Goes' start at speed is stopped by the Liverpool defense. The Brazilian seeks to associate with Fede Valverde but ends up losing it.
Liverpool is installed in the last thirty meters of the Real Madrid field. Despite this insistence, the English team fails to intimidate.
Between Nacho Fernández and Militao they step out to block Salah's shot.
FOUR MINUTES DISCOUNT !!! We will go until 94 '!
FACT. Mohamed Salah is the second Egyptian player to score against Real Madrid in the Champions League. The first was Mido with Marseille in November 2003.
The 'red' box cannot with Real Madrid. The high sequences of passes in the last third do not open spaces in the white defense.
Real Madrid closes ranks in this phase of the match. Only Benzema is left hanging from the wall that he plants behind the Liverpool ball circulation line.
Notable defensive performance by Lucas Vázquez, who swiped a ball from Sadio Mané after a long drive.
Ovation for Vinícius Junior, author of a double. Leave your place to Rodrygo Goes.
FACT. At 20 years and 268 days old, Vinícius Júnior has become the first youngest Real Madrid player to score a double in a Champions League knockout match.
Trent Alexander-Arnold sees the yellow card for protesting a referee's decision to the linesman. The Englishman lets go of his arm in front of Vinícius's face. They both have it stiff.
Rodrygo Goes prepared to enter the field. It will be the next change that Zidane makes.
And he dispenses with Diogo Jota to put Xherdan Shaqiri.
Double change in the ranks of Liverpool. Klopp retires Ozan Kabak to put Roberto Firmino.
FINAL STRAIGHT OF THE MATCH IN VALDEBEBAS !! Ten minutes remain for the conclusion of the first leg of the tie. Real Madrid retain their advantage of two goals (3-1).
FACT. At 35 years and 209 days old, Luka Modric has assisted in each of his last three Champions League games with Real Madrid. He is the first oldest player to do so since Ryan Giggs with Manchester United in April 2011, when he was 37 years old.
Xherdan Shaqiri is also prepared. Klopp looks for elements of refreshment in attack for the final stretch.
Thiago Alcántara's desperate shot that comes out very high.
Roberto Firmino, ready to enter the field. He dons the 'red' shirt while receiving individualized orders.
Long possessions at Real Madrid. He defends himself trying to have the ball as long as possible.
FACT. Alexander-Arnold has only won 25% of his matches tonight. Vinícius Junior is getting his worst version on defense.
Message from Alexander-Arnold to Vinícius Junior. The pique between both players continues.
With the entry of Fede Valverde, Real Madrid passes a line of four midfielders, with the Uruguayan lying on the right wing.
Benzema tries! His shot is blocked by Alisson.
Zinedine Zidane's first move, giving entry to Fede Valverde in the place of Marco Asensio.
Encontronazo between Alexander-Arnold and Vinícius Junior by a divided ball. The Brazilian pulls with pride and crashes up to two times to mark territory.
The ball is left behind for Marco Asensio! Again Vinícius Junior dynamiting space! The Brazilian speeds off with absolute ease and unloads towards the Balearic, who cannot finish after a turn.
FACT. Vinícius Junior's first double with the Real Madrid shirt. The last one he signed was with the white team, in the league derby against Atlético de Madrid B in September 2018.
Night for the vindication of Vinícius Junior, questioned by its ineffective definition. The Brazilian signs a double that makes things difficult for Liverpool.
Luka Modric is awarded the assistance.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL OF VINÍCIUS JUNIOR !!!! REAL MADRID 3-1 Liverpool. Vinícius Junior double !! With Real Madrid reaching more into Alisson's area in the final minutes, the Brazilian achieves his second goal by scoring a low pass from Luka Modric.
FACT. Toni Kroos is the first LaLiga midfielder to achieve 10 assists this season across all competitions.
ALEXANDER-ARNOLD INTERCEPTS MARCO ASENSIO'S DEATH PASS !!! Liverpool's poorly executed corner kick provokes a counterattack from Real Madrid that, in just three passes, managed to launch Marco Asensio long. The Englishman intrudes on the path of the pass that was looking for Vinícius Junior.
MENDY PUTS HIS LEG TO AVOID SADIO MANÉ'S GOAL !! Diogo Jota generates danger again by giving away a ball for the Senegalese, who cannot finish finishing before the quick intervention of the French side. Providential action !!
Sadio Mané is not coming! Salah's leaked ball between center-backs was an absolute marvel. Thibaut Courtois anticipates.
We reached game time at the Alfredo di Stéfano. Liverpool tightens the fence (2-1).
FACT. At 20 years and 268 days old, Vinícius Júnior has become the second youngest Real Madrid player to score in a Champions League knockout match after Raúl González, who scored in March 1996 against Juventus at the age of 18 and 253 days.
Benzema rehearses the shot from the front. It is blocked by Liverpool's defensive line.
Liverpool now joins two lines in the defensive phase, with Mané and Salah swinging the white exit from side to side.
Yellow for Thiago Alcántara for a foul on Marco Asensio. The midfielder 'red' does not measure his entry well.
FACT. Mo Salah has scored 6 goals in 9 appearances in this edition of the Champions League. He is just two goals away from his best record in the competition (11 in the 2017/18 edition).
New occasion for Liverpool. Diogo Jota finishes off with a timid header that goes off track. Liverpool has grown after passing through changing rooms.
And is that the 'Reds' have come out with another version after the resumption. He has changed the pairings when it comes to pressing the ball out of Real Madrid so as not to make life easier for Toni Kroos.
Just over five minutes it took Klopp's team to get back into the tie. In a personal move by Diogo Jota, Liverpool have brought out the shortcomings of Eder Militao, unable to neutralize the Portuguese talent.
MOHAMED SALAH GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL !!! Real Madrid 2-1 LIVERPOOL. Salah cuts distances !! Diogo Jota takes Eder Militao out to dance with a cut and finishes inside the area with a shot that repels Modric. The rejection falls to Salah, who takes advantage of the fact that Lucas Vázquez breaks the offside, to introduce the ball into Courtois' goal.
Clear Casemiro! The Brazilian rectifies the position after measuring the jump badly and manages to touch the ball just enough to avoid a rival shot.
Lucas Vázquez is booked for a foul on Diogo Jota.
FACT. Liverpool have gone unfinished in the first half of a match in any competition for the first time with Jürgen Klopp as manager.
There are no changes after passing through the changing rooms. Both Zidane and Klopp keep the same players who finished the first 45 regulation minutes.
THE SECOND PERIOD STARTS AT ALFREDO DI STÉFANO !!!
The perfection exhibited by Real Madrid has reached such a point that the team led by Jurgen Klopp went into halftime without making a single shot in the first 45 minutes. Thibaut Courtois is hitherto unprecedented in the midst of the quarter-final tie of the best European club competition.
Kabak's great game in the melee duels, drying Benzema on several occasions, has not been able to have continuity as soon as Real Madrid has planned a match to measure themselves in speed. Nor has the defensive task been facilitated by the continuous distractions of Alexander-Arnold, unable to stop the gale that Vinícius Junior has supposed with meters ahead. In summary, the defensive system of the 'red' box has leaked.
Beyond Vinícius Junior's goal that serves to open the can and Marco Asensio's target that is used to sow chaos and fear in the English bosom, it is impossible not to highlight Toni Kroos as the axis of operations that has made jump Klopp's headquarters. The German has given a real recital with long balls at the back of the defense that Liverpool have not been able to counteract. The two goals of the white team come in this way, causing rude errors that have opened the way to the bottom of Alisson's meshes.
REST IN VALDEBEBAS !! Felix Brych decrees the conclusion of the first act! Real Madrid takes the road to the changing rooms with a large income in favor in the tie thanks to goals from Vinícius Junior and Marco Asensio (2-0). Liverpool, which started with energy, gradually blurred as the minutes passed, largely thanks to a Toni Kroos who has led the orchestra with long displacements that have brought out the colors of a nervous 'net' defense and continually prone to error.
END OF THE FIRST PART AT THE ALFREDO DI STÉFANO !!!!
One minute discount. We will go until 46 '.
FACT. The balance of the merengue team in two-legged qualifying rounds against English clubs in the European Cup is eight classifications and five eliminations. He had passed three in a row before being eliminated last season against Manchester City in the round of 16.
ANOTHER FAILURE OF THE LIVERPOOL IN DEFENSE !!! MARCO ASENSIO DOES NOT USE IT !! The meringue box sends the endemic ball to the back of the defense. Kabak does not understand Robertson and Asensio emerges, who cannot get the ball under the legs of an Alisson who came out desperate to clear the danger.
First change in the ranks of Liverpool. Klopp removes Naby Keita from the field. Enter Thiago Alcántara.
Klopp is so angry with his team that he is already preparing touch-ups. Thiago Alcántara is ready on the wing to enter the field.
Final stretch of the first period at the Alfredo di Stéfano. The goals of Marco Asensio and Vinícius Junior leave Liverpool in a delicate situation (2-0).
Felix Brych shows Sadio Mané the yellow card for protesting.
FACT. Marco Asensio has scored in four games in a row across all competitions for the first time in his career at Real Madrid (four goals).
Absolute control of Real Madrid, from the control of the ball, from the development of the game and from the scoreboard. Liverpool is blurred.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL OF MARCO ASENSIO !!!! REAL MADRID 2-0 Liverpool. Marco Asensio increases the differences on the scoreboard !! What a mistake Liverpool made on defense! Another long ball from Kroos to Vinícius' run. Alexander-Arnold barely prevents it from reaching the Brazilian, clearing inward where there was nothing. He does not forgive the Balearic, who anticipates and stings before the departure of Alisson to make it 2-0.
FACT. Sadio Mané (14), Diogo Jota (13) and Mo Salah (12) are the footballers of the 'red' team with the fewest actions with the ball. They are going unnoticed in the game.
Recital by Toni Kroos with his long displacements into space. Liverpool cannot find a way to neutralize the German.
MARCO ASENSIO HIGH SHOT !! The Spaniard ends play after a corner kick with a shot that goes very high.
VINÍCIUUUUUUUUUUUS !!! Fueeeeeeeeeera !! The scorer of the contest crosses his shot excessively. Klopp's monumental anger with his pupils!
BENZEMA ASKS PENALTY !! The Frenchman tames the ball with his chest and points it out, where Kabak crosses to snatch the leather. He ends up falling to the ground after colliding with the Turk. There is nothing for Brych.
Half an hour of game at the Alfredo di Stéfano. Vinícius Junior's goal gives Real Madrid an advantage in the tie (1-0).
FACT. Vinícius Júnior has become the first player born in 2000 or older to score in a Champions League tie.
What a moment for Vinícius Junior to break the equality on the scoreboard! We have been highlighting the personality with which the Brazilian was performing tonight, trying at all times and stretching the team. Another start of his has removed the stickers from Liverpool's defense, unable to stop him.
Toni Kroos is awarded the assist.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL OF VINÍCIUS JUNIOR !!! REAL MADRID 1-0 Liverpool. VINÍCIUS OPENS THE CAN OF THE QUIZ! As we mentioned, the 'red' team is allowing Real Madrid to distribute the game and throw long to the offensive stilettos. With room to think, Kroos takes out of the joke a vertical ball that the Brazilian controls with his chest and that crosses before the exit of Alisson. What a great goal he has scored!
Liverpool is too contemplative before the circulation of Real Madrid. He decides not to pressure and let his trio of midfielders play.
BENZEEEEEEMA !!! What a match for Ozan Kabak! Casemiro forces Liverpool's loss by recovering a ball in his half of the field and throws the French forward long, which ends with a shot blocked by the Turkish central defender.
After halfway through the first period in Valdebebas, Liverpool still have not managed to test Thibaut Courtois. You have not completed a single auction.
FACT. The defeat against Atlético de Madrid in the round of 16 of the 2019/20 edition is the only Liverpool have suffered in their last seven away matches in the UEFA Champions League, reaping five victories (Genk, RB Salzburg, Ajax, Atalanta and RB Leipzig) and a draw (Midtjylland) in this period.
Eder Militao falls to the ground to cut a ball filtered by Diogo Jota in the front of the area. Liverpool is pure dynamite when it appears in the last third of the field.
Vinícius Junior is showing a lot of personality so far. The Brazilian sticks to the lime line to continually offer himself with the aim of stretching the team and demanding from Liverpool an effort from the physical. He tries constantly regardless of how complicated it is.
Klopp does not stop handing out instructions from his technical area. The English team has taken a step back and is succumbing to the twists and turns of its rival.
The merengue team begins to dominate control of the game. Increase your percentage of possession and recover quickly after loss.
Kabak is measured in the race with Vinícius, subtracting the space after putting his body. The Turk's start is remarkable in terms of defensive actions.
Between Lucas Vázquez and Marco Asensio they thwart a Liverpool attack. In the first instance, Curtis's man wins the duel against Sadio Mané to avoid the auction against Courtois and later the defensive help of the Balearic ends up recovering the ball against Diogo Jota.
FACT. Real Madrid have reached the quarterfinals of the European Cup for the 36th time, more than any other team. His balance in these rounds is 29 wins and six losses.
First quarter of an hour in Valdebebas. There is a zero tie on the scoreboard, in a match marked by an exchange of pulses.
Vinícius Junior's header !! Fueeeeee !! The Brazilian hesitates to finish off with his foot or with his head and ends up connecting a header that goes off course.
After stopping the game and communicating with the members of the VAR room, Felix Brych clarifies that Wijnaldum's contact with Modric is outside the area. Therefore, there is no penalty for the home team.
REAL MADRID CLAIMS PENALTY FROM WIJNALDUM !!! A career-oriented control by Vinícius Junior unbalances Liverpool's defense. The Brazilian gives back for the arrival of Luka Modric, who is slightly touched by the Dutch midfielder.
Kabak stops Karim Benzema, who tries to play with his back in the area to supply a teammate who joins from behind. The Turk has a good body, forcing the meringue to unload to one side.
FACT. Real Madrid have not played a Champions League game without Raphael Varane or Sergio Ramos since December 2018 against CSKA Moscow (0-3 loss). It will be the first game without at least one of the two defenders in the Champions League since 2016.
Without Sergio Ramos or Raphael Varane in defense, Casemiro adjusts his position to get closer to the centrals that Zidane lines up tonight. The Brazilian connects with both in the 'reds' constructions to tie Diogo Jota short.
There is no clear dominator of the party so far. Both teams succeed each other when it comes to appropriating possession.
Karim Benzema offside, who annoyed Nathaniel Phillips just enough to cut the path of the filtered pass that sought to uncheck Vinícius Junior.
The initial staging is very energetic. Both teams have come out with the intention of biting up to recover quickly. The pace of competition is high in the opening bars.
FACT. Karim Benzema plays his 108th match with Real Madrid in the Champions League, becoming the foreign player with the most appearances for the Whites in the competition. He has surpassed a historical like Roberto Carlos tonight (107)
First time for Real Madrid. Benzema tries his luck with a low shot that comes out too centered.
In the English team, Klopp places Diogo Jota on the inside, with freedom of movement to connect with the center of the field and give the bands to both Salah and Mané.
There are no surprises in the drawing that Zidane presents tonight. With multiple casualties, the French coach comes out as expected. Asensio lies down on the right wing to leave the left profile to Vinícius Junior.
THE GAME STARTS AT THE ALFREDO DI STÉFANO STADIUM !!! Benzema gets the ball rolling !! Great game in sight in Valdebebas!
We already have both teams on the pitch! This is about to go! Are you going to miss it?
The referee Felix Brych, assisted on the wings by his compatriots Mark Borsch and Stefan Lupp, will be in charge of delivering justice. The German, an international referee since 2007, has accumulated more than 120 matches in UEFA competition as experience. He will be assisted at the VAR by the German Marco Fritz.
Zinedine Zidane celebrates 50 games as a coach in the Champions League tonight. The Frenchman has won 30 of his first 49, a baggage second only to Juup Heynckes (32).
Jürgen Klopp has won each of his last five matches in the Champions League quarter-final stage, including the four he has played in this round with the Reds (two against Manchester City in 2017/18 and Porto in 2019/20).
Luka Modric has assisted in each of his last two Champions League games with Real Madrid. If he signed up for an assist tonight, he would become the oldest player to attend three games in a row, something that has not been achieved since Ryan Giggs (37 years old) did it with Manchester United in April 2011.
Karim Benzema has scored in all three of his Champions League games against Liverpool, scoring four goals. In the history of the European Cup / Champions League, no player has scored more goals against Liverpool than the Frenchman's four, tied with Didier Drogba.
Erected as a star for several years now, Sadio Mané has an affair with the Champions League, a competition in which he has scored 19 goals in 40 appearances. If he scored tonight in Valdebebas, he could become the third footballer in the history of the English club to reach 20 goals in the European Cup / Champions League, figures that only Mo Salah (24) and Steven Gerrard (21) have reached. ).
With half a foot out of the competition in the last days of the group stage, the team led by Zinedine Zidane has once again regained its essence as champion in Europe. Link three wins in the last three Champions League games. He hasn't won four in a row since April 2018.
In their only European tie prior to two games, Liverpool won 5-0 on aggregate against Real Madrid in the 2008/09 Champions League round of 16. It is the biggest global defeat in Madrid's history in a two-game tie in the competition.
The Whites are a sure thing in the first heads-up of the playoffs, winning the first leg in eight of their last nine in the Champions League. The only time they were defeated was against Manchester City, in the last 16 of the last edition (1-2 at the Santiago Bernabéu).
Liverpool have lost each of their last three games against Real Madrid in the Champions League and have only suffered four consecutive defeats against an opponent in all European competitions once before – against Benfica between 1984 and 2010.
DIOGO JOTA WINS ROBERTO FIRMINO'S MATCH !!!! Klopp repeats what he did in the second leg of the round of 16 tie against RB Leipzig, betting on the Portuguese to the detriment of Firmino at the tip of the spear. He only makes two more changes from the eleven used against Arsenal a few days ago, using the muscle and physique of Naby Keita and Wijnaldum to dispense with Thiago Alcántara and James Milner.
EDER MILITAO SOLVES THE PUZZLE ON THE DEFENSIVE LINE !!! Without Sergio Ramos, injured, or Raphael Varane, confirmed positive for coronavirus this morning, Zidane has to turn to the Brazilian central as Nacho Fernández's partner. Mendy regains his place on the left side and Vinícius Junior becomes strong in attack.
For his part, Jürgen Klopp comes out with the following eleven players (4-3-3): Alisson – Trent Alexander-Arnold – Ozan Kabak, Nathaniel Phillips, Andrew Robertson – Naby Keita, Fabinho, Georginio Wijnaldum – Mo Salah, Diogo Jota and Sadio Mané.
We already have the initial eleven confirmed !! Zinedine Zidane puts the following line-up into the fray (4-3-3): Thibaut Courtois – Lucas Vázquez, Eder Militao, Nacho Fernández, Ferland Mendy – Toni Kroos, Casemiro, Luka Modric – Marco Asensio, Karim Benzema and Vinícius Junior.
From the moment they managed to eliminate RB Leipzig in the round of 16, the 'Red' team has improved substantially compared to the months of January, February and March (nine defeats in 15 official competition matches), winning their last two matches ((( Wolves and Arsenal) and leaving a clean sheet in both.
Far from the fight for the Premier League title, Liverpool's present and immediate future is to focus efforts on European competition. They are 25 points behind Manchester City, the outstanding leader of the English championship, although their latest results have brought them closer to fourth place, which they are now only two points behind.
Precisely, the last time that the merengue team qualified among the best eight teams in Europe, they managed to reach the final, curiously facing Liverpool (3-1, with a double from Gareth Bale) that would lay the foundations for their future title in 2019 against Tottenham Hotspur in the Metropolitan.
With the eliminations of Barcelona, Atlético de Madrid and Sevilla, Zinedine Zidane's Real Madrid remains the only representative of Spain in Europe in the quarterfinals, an instance that had not been reached since the 2017/18 edition after being eliminated by Ajax Amsterdam in 2019 and by Manchester City in 2020.
In Valdebebas, two of the most successful teams in the history of the European Cup are mentioned, adding together a total of 19 titles of the maximum European competition at club level. The two teams have not seen each other since the final in Kiev 2018.
Good night Everybody! Welcome to the broadcast of this match between Real Madrid Club de Fútbol and Liverpool Football Club, corresponding to the first leg of the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League. We start with the preview of the meeting (9:00 p.m.)!