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Real Madrid is champions of Europe for a record-extending 14th time after Carlo Ancelotti’s side beat Liverpool 1-0 in Paris on Saturday, but rarely have the Spanish champions taken a more chaotic road to glory.
Carlo Ancelotti typically played down becoming the first manager to win four European Cups after Real Madrid beat Liverpool 1-0 in Paris on Saturday saying luck had a part to play before acknowledging "I am a record man".
FINAL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
For clubs with such rich history in Europe it seems strange now that this was the first time they met. Preparation for the Paris final wasn’t the best, with wrangling over shirt advertising affecting the buildup and, remarkably, both sides having to contend with a dreadful Parc des Princes pitch that had been torn up by a rugby match two weeks beforehand.
PARIS : Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti hopes his team can be at their peak to give them a chance of winning Saturday's Champions League final against Liverpool at the Stade de France but is pragmatic enough to know that may still not be good enough.
Real Madrid. La Decimocuarta (the 14th) awaits, but Liverpool, with six triumphs, are no historical upstarts themselves. In the European domain, the Reds have recently been proclaimed the 'comeback kings' but we all know, this season, Karim Benzema & Co have been conjuring miraculous recoveries.
John Toshack, who brought the wisdom of Bill Shankly to the Bernabeu in his two spells managing Real Madrid, is still fighting to get through the aftermath of Covid, which left him seriously ill in a Barcelona hospital. He is not in a great condition.