1 May 2018 • 9:48pm Real Madrid have the aura, a formidable history and they will be shooting for immortality when they go for a modern-day hat-trick of Champions League wins but, beneath all that, Liverpool have nothing to fear if they do reach the final. Yes, Real’s recent European record is phenomenal and, yes, Zinedine Zidane is still yet to lose a knockout tie over three seasons in club football’s most prestigious competition but they wobbled almost uncontrollably here before somehow getting past Bayern Munich in an epic semi-final. The final whistle felt less like the end of a football match and more the last bell for an ageing boxing champion who, while ahead on points, was out on his feet. The sort of goalkeeping howler by Sven Ulreich that would make a Sunday league footballer cringe had earlier gifted Karim Benzema one of his two goals but this was otherwise all about Real’s experience and, while their streetwise qualities could be admired, it was equally easy to see their vulnerabilities amid a La Liga gap this season to Barcelona of 15 points. The sense of invincibility that Real Madrid may have accumulated in the Champions League over… Read full this story
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