ANDn the 2018 Champions League final, Real Madrid defeated Liverpool (3-1) in a final marked by Bale’s brace, Karius’ errors and Salah’s injury. Sergio Ramos grabbed the Egyptian, who fell to the ground hurting his shoulder and was replaced, in tears, after half an hour. An action and a defeat that four years later ‘Mo’ wanted to ‘avenge’ in Paris.
“I prefer Real Madrid. We lost in the final against them, so I want to play and beat them”, confess on the pitch at La Cermica to the microphones of ‘BT’ when Liverpool reached the final after defeating Villarreal. The idea of “settle an account” I was still present as the appointment approached. “Is it a revenge mission? Yes. We lost in the 2018 Champions League final and it was a sad day for all of us. It’s time for revenge.” seal.
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“It was the worst moment of my career. Being in a final and after 30 minutes getting injured… Then having to go to the hospital, losing like that… Then, the following season, we said that we had to continue. I’m very motivated after what happened a few years ago.” I pointed in the previous However, in Paris, he lived another nightmare against Real Madrid.
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Real Madrid won (0-1) and ‘Mo’ went to zero stopped by Courtois. “I keep one of the saves to Salah, because I had to go look for her very, very far away and I didn’t know where the ball was going. It’s crazy, I don’t believe it. When you make the first one you focus and then I made an effort against Man, Salah… Nobody was going to get in the way of my desire to win the Champions League”, confessed the goalkeeper, the architect with his 9 saves! of the victory. Several of them to Salah.
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With a hand down and coming from behind in the first half and with a stretch to a shot with his left foot and with one foot on a hanging ball that the Egyptian pushed down the line in the second, the Belgian was a wall. In minute 81, ‘Mo’ invented a formidable chance with a control on the run… which Courtois cleared! He riddled him with shots (five) and could not beat him, again running out of ‘Orejona’.
Disappointments with Egypt and Golden Boot
Another blow in a season in which Salah suffered two ‘shocks’ with Egypt. He lost the final of the African Cup and the qualification for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. Both on penalties and against his teammate Man’s Senegal. Three disappointments, together with the Premier played until the end with City, which do not tarnish a course in which he has scored 31 goals and given 16 assists in 51 games. With 23 goals in the Premier, he has been proclaimed the Golden Boot along with Son (Tottenham). And nobody has surpassed his 13 goal assists in the English League. In addition, he lifted the Carabao and the FA Cup, although Real Madrid made him ‘bitter’ again.
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