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Well, we are here again.

It is February 2023

and

Real Madrid

have once again survived the

European Cup

.

In one of those relationships as beautiful as they were sinister, perhaps the most inexplicable that football has known, the white team fell into the mud on

Anfield Road

, breaking their necks in just ten minutes, wiped off the stains, breathed and climbed onto the shoulders of their legend to keep his breath and hit the table (2-5) of

a continent that is only his

.

The story sounds the same to you.

On the idyllic green of the English stadium, under a thunderous

You'll never walk alone

and in the match of the

20 European Cups

, Madrid allowed itself to die to live.

And it is that only he understands the

Champions League

that way .

Hit by the losses of

Tchouaméni and Mendy

and with

Kroos

' unexpected flight from Madrid at noon, Carlo Ancelotti chose

Rodrygo

over

Ceballos

.

That is to say: he chose to hit with three forwards at the risk of being more vulnerable in midfield.

And he was.

All.

Agitated by the desire for

revenge from Kiev and Paris

, Liverpool bit from the start.

«

Come on, eat on

!

(Come on, come on!)”, Klopp celebrated with the stands after stealing the ball in the first action.

A symptom of what was to come.

In

minute 3

, Salah received a ball close to the left wing and spotted a perfect diagonal over

Darwin

, which appeared between

Carvajal and Militao

.

The Uruguayan, signed last summer from Benfica, resolved with a heel against an impotent

Courtois

.

1-0 and the classic emotional blow that could sink a team in the first leg of a tie in their rival's field.

And Madrid, used to fighting on the canvas, showed signs of fear.

Salah was able to score 2-0

after a slalom over Alaba who couldn't stop him and who ended up injured before halfway point.

In the 13th minute, with Ancelotti still thinking about it, the second came, in a demonstration that

Courtois

, despite all the layers he has put on so many times, is human.

Carvajal gave way to the Belgian with complications, he controlled with his chest and hesitated between lowering the ball to the ground or hitting it high, with such bad luck that the ball hit his right leg and landed at Salah's feet.

2-0.

As in Manchester

, in the last semifinals against City, Madrid saw an abyss between itself and life.

The logical thing was to die.

On the shoulders of Vinicius

But we return to love, white and the European Cup.

Faced with a legendary setting and dedicated fans, with casualties (

Alaba

retired after Salah's goal

)

and 2-0 down, Madrid not only lived: they enjoyed and told a whole generation again what their shield means.

With

Davide Ancelotti

beating his chest as he watched Courtois,

Vinicius decided that the night at Anfield was going to be his

.

In the 21st minute and with his team touched, the Brazilian received from Benzema, feinted at the top of the area and drew a thread to Alisson's left post.

He kissed the shield, shouts of rage, oxygen for Madrid and the demonstration that he is one of the best players in the world.

Darwin was able to make it 3-1 at minute 24, but Carvajal appeared, almost inexplicably, to take the ball out on the line.

One of those plays, you know, that changes the life of a playoff.

Like

that of Mendy at the Bernabéu

, taking a goal sung by

Grealish

on the line .

Vinicius's goal contained the momentum of Liverpool, who put their marks on Modric to prevent Madrid from leaving the ball, as if, excuse me, tactics mattered in all this.

The whites began to find air as the match progressed,

Alisson saved the 'reds' after a shot from Vinicius

, Valverde shot high in a fairly clear option and Madrid smelled fear.

Remember

the mistakes made by Mendy and Donnaruma ,

Chelsea and PSG

goalkeepers

last year?

In minute 36, Vinicius put pressure on a loan to Alisson and the goalkeeper made a mistake.

He wanted to play short again and Vinicius, playing Benzema last season, rejected the ball over the goal to tie a surreal duel.

Downhill towards Madrid

The night became

torture for Liverpool

and a page in the history of Madrid.

One more, although because of the place and the result, it will be remembered forever.

In the second half, Madrid embraced their better half.

Militao

finished off a Modric corner kick into the net in minute 47 and Anfield went downhill to the Spanish capital.

Eight minutes later, a combination in little space between

Rodrygo and Benzema

ended with a left-footed shot from the Frenchman that touched Gomez and slipped into the goal of an already lying Alisson.

In minute 67, in a counterattack led by a stellar Vinicius who beat Arnold time and again,

Benzema crowned the night

by standing up to Alisson, dribbling and defining with cold blood on the rival goal, while Van Dijk tried to avoid the goal on the line .

Madrid did not walk alone at Anfield, but went back to go hand in hand with

their best teammate

on another night as inexplicable as it was legendary.

Because once again it's not just winning, it's the how and like so many times in the last century,

it's the who

.

How is he not going to want the Cup

?

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