Real Madrid beat Liverpool 1-0 to win the Champions League title. Football News – Times of India

Paris: Vinicius Junior as the only goal of the game real madrid defeat liverpool 1-0 on Saturday Champions League The final took place in Paris for a record 14th time in the King of Europe final after a night marred by problems off the field, delaying the kick-off by more than half an hour.
Brazilian winger Vinicius turned in Fede Valverde’s tempting low cross at the Stade de France in the 59th minute and Liverpool did not find an equalizer jurgen kloppeThe team lost to the Spanish giants for the second time in five seasons in the final of the Champions League.
As it happened: Liverpool vs Real Madrid
The Anfield side would wonder what could have happened had the excellent Thibaut Courtois not pushed Sadio Mane’s shot inside a post when they were on top of the first half as they fell short of a trophy treble.
Winners of the English League Cup and FA Cup this season, they just recently missed Manchester City Premier League were denied the title and a win here that would have put them on a par with AC Milan in seven European Cups.

Instead Real have a fifth Champions League in nine seasons to go with their Spanish title, as Carlo Ancelotti Became the first coach to win European club football’s biggest prize for the fourth time.
Ancelotti was also in charge of Real when they won the 2014 final and won with AC Milan in 2003 and in 2007, the latter’s victory coming against Liverpool.
The match began 35 minutes after the planned 9:00 am (1900 GMT) in the French capital, with fans unable to get to their seats due to chaos at the stadium entrance.
UEFA said it was “sympathetic” to those affected and that the huge gathering of supporters was “turned down to thousands of fans who bought fake tickets that didn’t work in the turnstiles”.

Tear gas shells were also fired by the police as a small number of people could be seen trying to put up a fence around the perimeter of the ground.
The final was only relegated to the French capital after Saint-Petersburg was relegated from the game following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February.
The delayed kick-off may have been responsible for the slow start of the game, as it took 16 minutes before the note event occurred, Mohamed Salahi A low Trent Alexander-Arnold cross is turned on goal only for Courtois to save.
Liverpool were seen as the favorites to avenge their loss to the Spanish giants in the 2018 final in Kyiv and began to take control of the game.

Mane moved closer to goal in the 21st minute as he left his way into a shooting position inside the box to tip his net-bound shot onto Courtois’s right-hand post.
Klopp’s team, Fabinho and Thiago Alcantara, started at the top of the midfield after overcoming fitness concerns, but could not convert their superiority into the lead.
Meanwhile, Real made almost nothing in the first half with Karimo Benzema Quiet, but their captain briefly thought they had found the breakthrough two minutes before the interval.
The Frenchman went home after the ball broke back to him inside the field, but the offside flag was raised.
The decision to deny the goal was upheld after a lengthy VAR check, while Fabinho removed Valverde’s touch through Benzema.
Nevertheless Ancelotti’s side maintained their enthusiasm and were rewarded with a goal as they approached the hour mark.
Valverde bowled a down ball to the right, after which Vinicius bowled a low ball in front of the goal, to reach a distance behind his Brazilian national team colleague Alisson.
Like in 2018, Real had drawn first blood, but this time they didn’t need to send on Gareth Bale to ensure a win.
Courtois was brilliant, flying to his right to keep Salah curler out before making two saves in late succession.
First the Belgian fell down when substitute Diogo Jota blocked the effort towards Salah’s goal, and then produced a strong hand to reverse Salah’s strike.
It was Real Madrid night.