From Paris to heaven: the truth of football quotes Real Madrid and Liverpool in the city of Mbappé

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The truth of football is quoted in Paris, the truth that Real Madrid and Liverpool represent, two teams that are two ecosystems made up of all the elements that have made this sport one of the passions of our time.

The titles and the heroes of past and present, from

to

, from

to

.

The game of frenzy and the one that best interprets emotions.

The story of the aristocracy and the 'working class', to which a coach in a jacket and vest, and another with an untrimmed beard, put a face.

The landscape of tribes as different as white and red.

The lyrical and the Beatles.

England and Spain, empires whose Armadas sail, today, on the grass.

The Champions League is in luck in a place where football is lied to too much.

Paris is the city of love but it is also the city of disappointment for Madrid, scorned by the failure of

.

The greatest

of football should have learned that the seduction is only complete after the 'yes is yes'.

Mbappé was on the right of him, but the ball does not usually go to whoever he chooses while counting the money.

PSG is an example.

Florentine's sixth

The war in Ukraine caused the final to go from St. Petersburg to Paris, a fact that, together with the outcome of the Mbappé case, is another element of motivation for Madrid, although the final is played at the Stade de France and not at the Parque de los Princes that could well be the 'Park of the Emirs'.

Also pressure, since the Frenchman's refusal has felt like a defeat.

That is a mistake, because Madrid have the history and self-esteem necessary to create their 'Mbappés'.

They are the ones that have led him to another Champions League final, number 17, of which he has won 13, with full since the Seventh, which was like entering the Renaissance.

Liverpool adds six.

If Madrid wins the fourteenth, it will double the one that has the most titles afterwards, Milan.

, which would match

, one of the promoters of the European Cup.

Two colossal works in two different times.

The European legend began, precisely, in Paris, against the Stade de Reims.

It was then in the Parc des Princes, in 1956. On the stage tonight he raised the Eighth, against Valencia, in 2000. It is a place that has also seen Madridistas without the white shirt, like

, in compensation

the 1998 World Cup, or

, in Euro 2016. The venue that bears the name of the country, inaugurated to the greater glory of the 'grandeur' of '98, now awaits the footballer it has forgiven.

Benzema is the last link in a French connection that goes back to

, a member of the founding Madrid.

Another Champions would be the fifth for the Frenchman, like Di Stéfano.

The 'headdresses' of Liverpool

The concept of 'grandeur' always refers to Napoleon, who before each battle asked his generals if they were lucky or not.

The same thing happens in the finals.

The way to reduce it is to impose his own identity, something that Liverpool will seek.

knows

that if he doesn't do it, Madrid performs better in chance and agony.

's team has the advantage

of being a chameleon.

He can play in possession, he can hit and he can wait, because in the final fate he is unique.

Liverpool has to play and play to find itself.

If you make the Stade de France a fryer, your options will increase.

The unknown is how long he will be able to do it, after a very demanding May and with footballers coming out of injury, such as

,

,

or

.

Madrid, on the other hand, has played this month on a raft.

The status of

, due to its recent inactivity, is the only uncertainty.

The English attack is a hornet's nest, with the wild football of

as the last contribution.

Ancelotti, on the other hand, can dispense with one of the offensive pieces to add Valverde and provide more physicality to the midfield.

is the perfect number 12.

Klopp has lost more than he has won in the tournament (one victory in three finals), unlike Ancelotti (three in four).

The one that yielded, however, was against Liverpool and with a three-goal comeback.

He got his revenge soon after, but he doesn't forget it.

If he wins tonight, he will be the only manager with four Champions Leagues.

The last one for Madrid was suffered by Klopp himself, who remembers his bad luck well, due to Salah's injury or

's mistakes , and crosses his fingers.

It is not enough to walk accompanied, as his 'supporters' sing.

In kyiv, the capital of pain, Madrid put that last itch.

There is no place, today, closer to hell.

Paris is the closest to heaven.

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