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Three years after the epic final of 2018, when Real Madrid won their third title in the prestigious continental competition at the expense of Liverpool, the French coach Zinedine Zidane, the German Jürgen Klopp, will meet tomorrow Tuesday (23:00 UAE time) in Madrid in The Champions League quarter-finals went to football in a second season that smelled of revenge.

Memories of the 2018 Final are still very fresh: the amazing acrobatic ball of Welshman Gareth Bale, which scored the second goal, the two fatal mistakes of former German "Reds" goalkeeper Loris Karius, the strong interference of defender Sergio Ramos against Mohamed Salah, who injured the Egyptian international and did not complete the match The very pale presence of Cristiano Ronaldo, the broad smile of Zidane, the gloomy face of Klopp.

It has been three years since the two coaches, considered among the best in the world today, shook hands after the final whistle.

Meanwhile, Zizou stopped training for nine months between May 2018 and March 2019, and then returned to coaching the royal club without achieving the same success he had achieved during his first term at the Merengue bench.

In contrast, Klopp transformed Liverpool from a simple competitor into a European giant: since this disappointment on May 26, 2018 in Kiev, the German technician won the European Champions League, European Super Cup and Club World Cup in 2019, in addition to the English League title in 2020.

turning point

The moment the toss was drawn, Klopp was very relaxed about the searing renewed confrontation between Liverpool and Real Madrid.

"It's been more than two years since we faced them and it was a difficult night for us," he said at the time. "To have a chance to face them again, that's wonderful."

The loss of the 2018 final, despite its cruelty, was a turning point in the course of Liverpool and helped to form the legend of Klopp in the hearts of the fans of the Reds, who lost six final matches in his coaching career with Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool before crowning the cup with long ears in 2019.

A few hours later. From the final whistle, Klopp was filmed singing with a group of friends, including punk rock captain Totten Hozen: "We saw the European Cup, but it was Real Madrid who were lucky to be crowned. We swear to stay calm and return (the trophy) to Liverpool." .

This was Klopp's promise, and he fulfilled it one year later.

In Zidane, in victory as in defeat, the French coach, who led the club to an unprecedented hat-trick in the Champions League between 2016 and 2018, is under constant pressure on the bench.

Zidane is "better"?

Although Real Madrid is the only Spanish club still competing for the title of the prestigious continental competition this season and his team are struggling to retain their title as champion of Spain (ranked second, three points behind leaders Atlético Madrid) with a series of 11 games without defeat, Zidane Not at peace.

The injury of captain Ramos, who will miss tomorrow's match against Liverpool, and undoubtedly also the El Clasico against Barcelona next Saturday, and his procrastination about extending his contract, and the possibility of a new season without every title for the royal club (similar to what happened in the 2018-2019 season), are all issues that raise concerns. Zizou.

"Between me and Zidane, I would always choose Zidane. He was a great player and he is also a great coach. I have no problem saying that. Unfortunately, he is great, I know that, and I have to expect that to be so again," he said. Klopp during the 2018 semi-final press conference, praising the "personality" of his French counterpart.

After a very bad start in 2021 (9 defeats in 15 games in all competitions), Klopp brought Liverpool back to the right track recently, with three consecutive victories ... But without the Dutch defense poles Virgil van Dyck and Joe Gomez (injury), the German coach would think hard to avoid Falling down again during this renewed meeting against "Zizou" Karya.

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