Zidane challenges Klopp ... the memory of Ramos and Salah
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Three years after the epic final of 2018, when Real Madrid won its third title in a row in the prestigious continental competition at the expense of English Premier League club Liverpool, the coaches of the two teams, French Zinedine Zidane and German Jürgen Klopp, meet today in Madrid by going into the Champions League quarter-finals in Football in a second season that smells like revenge.
Memories of the 2018 final are still strongly present: the amazing acrobatic ball of Welshman Gareth Bale, from which he scored the second goal, the fatal mistakes of former German "Reds" goalkeeper Loris Karius, the strong interference of defender Sergio Ramos on Mohamed Salah, which led to the injury of the Egyptian international and did not complete the match, The very dim presence of Cristiano Ronaldo, the broad smile of Zidane, the gloomy face of Klopp.
It has been three years since the two coaches, who are considered among the best in the world today, shook hands after the final whistle.
Meanwhile, Zizou stopped training for a period of nine months between May 2018 and March 2019, and then returned to training the royal club without achieving the same success it had achieved during his first period 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.
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