Despite the passage of 4 full years, the scene of the Egyptian football star Mohamed Salah crying in the Champions League final for the 2017-2018 season is still fondly remembered.

In the final of the 2018 edition at the "Olympicky" stadium in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, Salah Bakiya came out only half an hour after the start of the match;

For Liverpool to lose its most prominent stars, which made it easier for its rival Real Madrid to win and crown the third title in a row, and its 13th in the history of the tournament.

And when the two teams meet themselves the day after tomorrow, Saturday, in the final match of the same championship this season, the memories of this scene will be stuck in the player’s mind, but this time at the Stade de France in the capital, Paris, as well as in the minds of fans of both teams and football fans in general.

Salah is still one of the most prominent elements that Liverpool and his German coach Jurgen Klopp rely on in such difficult matches, because of his talent and high scoring abilities through which he can make the difference in the face of the strongest competitors.

Tears of Mohamed Salah @MoSalah after the injury in the final dream.. #beINUCL #UCLFinal pic.twitter.com/tdERGn2UFw

— beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) May 26, 2018

Salah's dream

On this day, May 26, 2018, Salah was on a date with the dream in his first participation in the Champions League final, but the dream evaporated early after a clash with the Spanish captain Sergio Ramos, half an hour before the match, and Salah received treatment and returned to resume the match, But the wind sometimes comes with what the ships do not desire, as the Egyptian star left the stadium moments later, as he was unable to complete the match.

And it was not only Salah’s colleagues in Liverpool who tried to console the player, but the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, the striker of Real at the time, was keen to go to the player the moment he left the green rectangle to console him and pull his buttons, knowing that many comparisons were made in the period prior to the match about the ability of either of them to lead the team To win the match and crown the precious title.

That season was Salah's first with Liverpool, and his best with the team in terms of numbers and statistics;

Where he was the most prominent star of the team and scored 44 goals in various tournaments;

To surpass his tally in any subsequent season with the team, including the 2018-2019 season in which he won the Champions League, as well as the following season 2019-2020 in which he was crowned with the English Premier League title.

🏆 2018 🏆


⚽️ Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool


🏟️ Olimpiyskiy Stadium#UCLdecade pic.twitter.com/BuicsImKqQ

— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) December 30, 2019

Salah and Liverpool are 90 minutes, and perhaps 120 minutes or more, from winning the second title in the Champions League within 4 seasons, and the seventh in the team's history in the championship.

Salah was negatively affected by his two trips to Africa at the beginning of this year, as he finished second with his country in the African Nations Cup in Cameroon after the team lost on penalties to Senegal in the final, then lost to the same team on penalties in the decisive final round of the African World Cup qualifiers. 2022.

But the player maintained the top scorer list in the English Premier League this season, as well as the top scorer in the league, in partnership with Tottenham striker Heung Soon-min, with 23 goals, despite the Egyptian star's absence from a number of his team's matches due to his participation with the Egyptian team for several weeks.

Salah and revenge against Real Madrid

Now, Salah is looking for revenge against Real Madrid through the final of the European Championship this season, and he is well aware that it is a match in which no opportunity can be missed because it may be one of the few confrontations, and the team may be in dire need of his skills in passing the defense of Real.

Salah had revealed before the second leg in the golden box of the championship, and after Manchester City advanced over Real Madrid 4-3 in the first leg, that he preferred to face Real Madrid in the final, which actually happened through Real’s victory over Manchester City 3-1 back and qualified by winning the aggregate of the two matches. .

Salah is certainly looking forward to playing an important role in the final this season, especially as the match will be the conclusion of his penultimate season in his contract with Liverpool.

The match may also play an important role in the struggle for the Golden Ball title, which is presented by the French magazine "France Football", especially since Salah and his Senegalese colleague Sadio Mane and French Karim Benzema, the Real striker, lead the most nominations.