UEFA Champions League

Liverpool vs Real Madrid, 2021-22 UEFA Champions League, Final

· UEFA Champions League
Liverpool
    FT
    0 - 1
    Real Madrid
    • 59': Vinícius Júnior

    Real Madrid beats Liverpool 1-0 for 14th European Cup title

    — Real Madrid became European champion for a record-extending 14th time after beating Liverpool 1-0 in a Champions League final that started 37 minutes late because of disturbing crowd issues outside the Stade de France on Saturday.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Federico Valverde (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 1': Foul by Thiago (Liverpool).
    • 1': Hand ball by Jordan Henderson (Liverpool).
    • 2': Foul by Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid).
    • 2': Thiago (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 16': Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 16': Attempt blocked. Luis Díaz (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sadio Mané.
    • 16': Attempt saved. Thiago (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Andrew Robertson.
    • 17': Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Sadio Mané.
    • 19': Attempt missed. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
    • 20': Hand ball by Toni Kroos (Real Madrid).
    • 21': Attempt saved. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Thiago.
    • 21': Casemiro (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 21': Foul by Thiago (Liverpool).
    • 28': Attempt missed. Fabinho (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Thiago.
    • 33': Foul by Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid).
    • 33': Luis Díaz (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 34': Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross.
    • 36': Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Jordan Henderson.
    • 36': Foul by Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid).
    • 36': Luis Díaz (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 40': Attempt blocked. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Andrew Robertson.
    • 40': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Eder Militão.
    • 41': Attempt missed. Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
    • 42': Foul by Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool).
    • 42': Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 43': Attempt blocked. Federico Valverde (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 43': Offside, Real Madrid. Federico Valverde tries a through ball, but Karim Benzema is caught offside.
    • 45'+2': Casemiro (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 45'+2': Foul by Luis Díaz (Liverpool).
    • 45'+4': First Half ends, Liverpool 0, Real Madrid 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Liverpool 0, Real Madrid 0.
    • 49': Casemiro (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 49': Foul by Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool).
    • 54': Attempt blocked. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luis Díaz.
    • 54': Attempt blocked. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sadio Mané.
    • 55': Eder Militão (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 55': Foul by Luis Díaz (Liverpool).
    • 57': Offside, Real Madrid. Thibaut Courtois tries a through ball, but Federico Valverde is caught offside.
    • 58': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 58': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
    • 59': Attempt missed. Federico Valverde (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Casemiro.
    • 59': Goal! Liverpool 0, Real Madrid 1. Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Federico Valverde.
    • 61': Fabinho (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 61': Foul by Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid).
    • 62': Federico Valverde (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 62': Foul by Fabinho (Liverpool).
    • 62': Fabinho (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 64': Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jordan Henderson.
    • 65': Foul by Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid).
    • 65': Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 65': Substitution, Liverpool. Diogo Jota replaces Luis Díaz.
    • 67': Foul by Mohamed Salah (Liverpool).
    • 67': Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 68': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Eder Militão.
    • 68': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Casemiro.
    • 69': Attempt blocked. Fabinho (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ibrahima Konaté.
    • 69': Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Diogo Jota with a headed pass.
    • 72': Foul by Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool).
    • 72': Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 74': Attempt missed. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sadio Mané.
    • 74': Attempt missed. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
    • 75': Foul by Sadio Mané (Liverpool).
    • 75': Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 76': Offside, Real Madrid. Karim Benzema tries a through ball, but Vinícius Júnior is caught offside.
    • 77': Substitution, Liverpool. Naby Keïta replaces Jordan Henderson.
    • 77': Substitution, Liverpool. Roberto Firmino replaces Thiago.
    • 79': Attempt blocked. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrew Robertson.
    • 79': Offside, Liverpool. Diogo Jota tries a through ball, but Roberto Firmino is caught offside.
    • 80': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Roberto Firmino.
    • 80': Attempt saved. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
    • 80': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Thibaut Courtois.
    • 81': Attempt missed. Naby Keïta (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Roberto Firmino.
    • 82': Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Fabinho.
    • 82': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Thibaut Courtois.
    • 85': Substitution, Real Madrid. Eduardo Camavinga replaces Federico Valverde because of an injury.
    • 87': Offside, Real Madrid. Luka Modric tries a through ball, but Vinícius Júnior is caught offside.
    • 88': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Eduardo Camavinga.
    • 88': Foul by Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool).
    • 88': Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90': Substitution, Real Madrid. Dani Ceballos replaces Luka Modric.
    • 90'+1': Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Naby Keïta.
    • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Karim Benzema.
    • 90'+3': Substitution, Real Madrid. Rodrygo replaces Vinícius Júnior.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Naby Keïta (Liverpool).
    • 90'+3': Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+5': Foul by Toni Kroos (Real Madrid).
    • 90'+5': Naby Keïta (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Liverpool 0, Real Madrid 1.
    • 0': Match ends, Liverpool 0, Real Madrid 1.

    Statistics

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    7 Fouls 13
    0 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    4 Offsides 1
    2 Corner Kicks 6
    9 Saves 0
    46.1 Possession 53.9
    4 SHOTS 24
    2 ON GOAL 9
    0.5 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    425 Accurate Passes 524
    514 Passes 592
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
    0 Accurate Crosses 3
    4 Crosses 21
    0.0 Cross % 0.1
    72 Long Balls 39
    34 Accurate Long Balls 23
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.6
    0 Blocked Shots 9
    15 Effective Tackles 8
    24 Tackles 16
    0.6 Tackle % 0.5
    14 Interceptions 11
    21 Effective Clearances 5
    21 Clearances 5

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Champions League

    Venue: Stade de France
    Location: Saint-Denis, France
    Attendance: 75,000

    Line-Ups

    LIV Liverpool (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Alisson Becker (GK)
    4 Virgil van Dijk
    5 Ibrahima Konaté
    26 Andrew Robertson
    66 Trent Alexander-Arnold
    3 Fabinho Yellow Card
    6 Thiago Alcantara
    14 Jordan Henderson
    10 Sadio Mané
    23 Luis Díaz
    11 Mohamed Salah
    Liverpool Substitutes:
    Joël Matip, Diogo Jota, Naby Keïta, Curtis Jones, Kostas Tsimikas, James Milner, Caoimhín Kelleher, Joe Gomez, Roberto Firmino, Takumi Minamino, Harvey Elliott, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

    RMA Real Madrid (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Thibaut Courtois (GK)
    4 David Alaba
    3 Éder Militão
    23 Ferland Mendy
    2 Dani Carvajal
    14 Casemiro
    8 Toni Kroos
    10 Luka Modric
    9 Karim Benzema
    20 Vinícius Júnior
    15 Federico Valverde
    Real Madrid Substitutes:
    Eden Hazard, Andriy Lunin, Mariano, Marco Asensio, Eduardo Camavinga, Nacho, Rodrygo, Marcelo, Dani Ceballos, Isco, Gareth Bale, Lucas Vázquez.

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