UCL final: Real Madrid aim to make it three in a row; Liverpool look to revive past
Football | May 25, 2018 20:55 ISTWhile Madrid and Liverpool are contesting the biggest prize in club football, they were far off the pace in their home leagues.
While Madrid and Liverpool are contesting the biggest prize in club football, they were far off the pace in their home leagues.
Zidane thinks their experience doesn't mean anything in the Champions League final as it's will be another game for them and they have to go out and show that they want to win it.
The match between Real Madrid and Villarreal ended in a 2-2 draw, which puts the Los Blancos at the third position after League champions Barcelona and runner-up Atletico Madrid at the end of the season.
Salah's collection of trophies is growing, with him also having been voted player of the year by his fellow professionals and England's football writers.
Liverpool star Mohamed Salah is likely to stay at the club despite interest from Spanish giants Real Madrid after a record breaking goalscoring season.
Madrid relied on Marcelo and halftime substitute Marco Asensio to produce a comeback after Bayern had gone in front through Joshua Kimmich.
Madrid, who have been handed Europe's best have proved themselves worthy of being at the stage and are two steps away from successfully defending their trophy for the third time.
The victory extended Barcelona's unbeaten run in the Champions League to 26 straight home matches, a streak that dates back to September 2013.
Liverpool have shattered the dreams of City advancing as Pep Guardiola's team did not have a single shot on target against the hosts.
FC Barcelona will take on AS Roma where as Sevilla will face German giants Bayern Munich in the quarterfinals of the 2017-2018 UCL season.
Messi scored twice to take his tally to 100 goals in the Champions League as Barcelona thumped Chelsea 3-0 in the second leg of the round of 16 at Camp Nou on Wednesday.
Iniesta spoke after playing the first hour of Barcelona's 3-0 victory over Chelsea that sent the team through to the Champions League quarterfinals on a 4-1 aggregate score.
Thiago Alcantara, Gokhan Gonul's own goal and Sandro Wagner gave Bayern an 8-1 win on aggregate following the side's 5-0 victory in the first leg of the last-16 tie.
Messi reached his 100th goal in 123 matches, while Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo needed 144 games as the Argentine guided the Catalonia club to the quarters.
Within eight minutes, Sevilla had scored two goals and was heading into the quarterfinals of Europe's top competition for the first time in 60 years.
PSG had announced on Wednesday that after three days of rest and various tests, Neymar's doctor advised that it was the best decision to operate on him.
The injury comes with less than four months until Brazil opens its World Cup campaign against Switzerland on June 17.
Roma's players were similarly disappointed, with captain Daniele De Rossi admitting they "stopped playing" after Shakhtar's equalizer and the result "leaves us with a bitter taste."
The scoreless result left the tie open heading into next month's second leg in Manchester, when Sevilla will be trying to make it to the quarterfinals for the first time and United will look to return to the last eight after three seasons.
Lewandowski polished off the win with two late goals to give Bayern a seemingly insurmountable five-goal cushion ahead of the second leg of the last-16 tie in Istanbul on March 14.
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