Mayra Madrigal
Liverpool vs Real Madrid will meet for the third time in a UEFA Champions League Final this coming Saturday, May 28 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, and here, in the preview of the match, we leave you a review of what their clashes have been in the highest European competition at club level.
Taking a look at the history of the Champions League, we find that Liverpool and Real Madrid have faced each other in five different seasons, having played eight games between the group stage, round of 16, quarter-finals and two finals.
The Spanish side have won four of those eight clashes, beating the English three wins, and have only registered one draw with a score of 0-0.
These teams have already competed in finals and have experienced the delights of triumph and the bitterness of failure, since each of them has won a final.
Liverpool vs Real Madrid UEFA Champions League 2021/22
It will be a special match, since Real Madrid is the top winner of the Champions League with 13 “orejonas” in its showcases. Liverpool is not close to those numbers, since they currently have six titles in this competition, but if they win this final, they would equal AC Milan with seven titles as the second-highest winner of the competition.
Let’s take a look at the most recent confrontations between Liverpool and Real Madrid to keep getting excited about the match.
Liverpool vs Real Madrid – UEFA Champions League 2020/21 quarter-finals
On April 6, 2021, Liverpool and Real Madrid met in the Champions League quarterfinals. The first leg was played at the Estadio Alfredo Di Stéfano, temporary home of the “Merengue” team, due to the remodeling of the Santiago Bernabéu. The Whites kept the victory by a score of 3-1. For Madrid, Vinicius and Asensio scored twice, and for the “Reds”, Salah.
The second leg was played at Anfield on April 14, 2021, and so far it is the last time they have met. The game was 0-0, but thanks to the advantage they took in the first leg, Madrid advanced to the semifinals with an aggregate score of 3-1.
Liverpool vs Real Madrid – UEFA Champions League Final 2017/18
The Olympic Stadium in Kyiv dressed up to host the final between Real Madrid and Liverpool on May 26, 2018. The French Karim Benzema opened the scoring at minute 51, and Sadio Mané equalized at 55′, but Gareth Bale became the hero of the Merengue team by scoring a double at 64 and 83 to seal the 3-1 in the scoreboard. That was the thirteenth win of the Spanish team in the competition.
Liverpool vs Real Madrid – 2014/15 UEFA Champions League Group Stage
On October 22, 2014, Liverpool hosted Madrid at Anfield on matchday three of the Champions League group stage. Cristiano Ronaldo put Madrid ahead in the 23rd minute, and Karim Benzema scored a pair of goals in the 30th and 41st minutes to finish the match 3-0.
The “Reds” returned to visit the Santiago Bernabéu, hoping to get the three points they needed, but they couldn’t do much and ended up losing 1-0, with a goal from Benzema.
Liverpool vs Real Madrid – Round of 16 UEFA Champions League 2008/09
Liverpool in the 2008-2009 season managed to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League and ran into Madrid along the way. The first game was at the Santiago Bernabéu and ended up being a 0-1 victory for the “Reds”, thanks to a goal from Yossi Benayoun.
Liverpool took advantage of the local situation to display its best offensive strategy and achieved a 4-0 victory, with goals from Fernando Torres, Steven Gerrard (double) and Andrea Dossenna, to seal the aggregate 5-0.
Liverpool vs Real Madrid – UEFA Champions League Final 1980-81
Curiously, their first confrontation in the Champions League was also in a final and on French territory, except that the setting for the final of the 1980-81 season was the Parc des Princes. With an agonizing goal from Alan Kennedy in the 82nd minute, Liverpool were crowned champions, this being their third title in Europe’s top club competition.
