Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid defeated Liverpool 1-0 in the Champions League final in Paris to take home the club’s 14th continental title. It was an entertaining and intense fixture, despite the lack of goals.
The match was off to an inauspicious start as kickoff was delayed by over half an hour due to crowd problems caused by mismanagement at the stadium entry points. However, once the football did get started, it was of the highest quality.
A familiar sight. Madrid kings of Europe! 👑#UCLfinal pic.twitter.com/GOK8us5u09
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) May 28, 2022
Liverpool had the better of the chances throughout the 90 minutes but Madrid defended valiantly, inspired by a Thibaut Courtois in unbeatable form. Vinicius Jr got the only goal of the match in the second half to secure the win for Los Blancos, the crowning moment of a frankly unbelievable run to the final.
Here are five things we learnt from the Champions League final –
UEFA needs to change its ways
There were some truly disturbing scenes ahead of kickoff coming from outside Stade de France with footage emerging of fans being teargassed, pepper-sprayed and locked out. Reports of mismanagement had started emerging close to two hours before kickoff but action from both UEFA as well as the French organisers seemed very slow and indifferent.
To top it off, UEFA blamed the delay and problems on the fans – initially claiming that it was caused by fans arriving late. After being called out on it, they switched the party line to security concerns (presumably, self created) and later pinning it on the pantomime fake ticket buyers.
Little chaotic at the entrances outside the Stade France. Seems too many fans heading toward same entrance. Fan reps hoping situation can be resolved quickly and safely. pic.twitter.com/epURW9iSre
— tariq panja (@tariqpanja) May 28, 2022
With this serious mismanagement and an overall apathy towards the views of supporters, it is no…
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