Barcelona and Liverpool will determine the Champions League favorite

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The match of these teams would be a great finals of the Champions League. "Ajax" and "Tottenham", despite all the sympathy for them, upstarts, who, thanks to a certain combination of circumstances, were able to reach the semi-finals of the tournament. But "Liverpool" and "Barcelona" from the very beginning of the tournament were going to reach the final. Juventus with an aging Cristiano Ronaldo was not ready to go to the very end. Manchester City has not yet developed the spirit of a winner.

However, something “Barcelona” still borrow from the team of Josep Guardiola - a departure from his philosophy for the sake of victory over “Liverpool”. ESPN has already written that since it became clear who Barcelona is coming to, analysts of the Catalan club rushed to review the scouts from Manchester City, who have not yet figured out which one of them will become the champion of England. . This season, Guardiola was the only one who twice during the championship played with Liverpool and won in a kind of two-game standoff. In Liverpool, the “townspeople” rolled up boring zeros with an unrealized penalty shot by Riyad Marez in the 86th minute. In Manchester, City surprisingly beat Liverpool on the counterattack (2: 1).

It is not necessary to ask Guardiola to send notes to the post office, since the conclusions of those matches are already obvious. The main thing under no circumstances is to allow speedy Sadio Mane and Salah to run behind the backs of the defenders, and also to reduce the danger of losing the ball in their half of the field to a minimum.

The problem is that Jürgen Klopp is a brilliant tactician. In the confrontation with Guardiola, he never departed from his philosophy of improved gegenpressing, retraining for the variant of English football. Now, when the Champions League final is at stake, both teams can take desperate steps.

For a long time the Champions League was not a platform for such a serious tactical confrontation. And if Ajax against Tottenham only showed their game, then in the confrontation between Liverpool and Barcelona, a breakthrough could be made in modern football. In the end, the Catalans are still adherents of possession of the ball, and scousers - active pressure and pressure. Therefore, the victory of "Liverpool" or "Barcelona" will mean something more than just a pass to the final.