Real Madrid were declared the champions of the 2022 Champions League after their 1-0 win
against Liverpool. The cup is the Spanish football club’s 14 th Champions league title. Their win
against Liverpool was after the young-talented striker Vinicius Jr scored a wonderful goal in the
second half. Although their rivals Liverpool dominated most of the ball possession in the entire
game, Real Madrid utilized every chance they had and finally earned their winning goal. Read on
to learn more about the
2022 Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool.
The Match Begins
The match started with Liverpool dominating most of the ball possession, evidenced by the
center midfielder Ibrahima Konate's perfect marking of his target man Vinicius Jr in the first
half. The first goal opportunity came from a faint shot by Liverpool’s striker Mo Salah, which
was perfectly saved by Real Madrid’s goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. A minute later Courtois
made another brilliant save by denying the Egyptian another goal.
The Real Madrid’s goalkeeper
was the main theme of the match after making a number of couple saves to deny the Liverpool’s
strikers. One notable save by the goalkeeper during the opening stages was a finger-tip stop to
divert Sadio Mane’s brilliant strike onto the inside of the goal post. 34 minutes into the first half,
the stats read Liverpool made 8 shots on goal with 5 of them being on target, while the
competitors made no shots at goal.
Before Halftime
In the first quarter of the game, Liverpool maintained a strong and controlled ball possession,
constantly putting pressure on the Real Madrid goalkeeper. Courtois kept on frustrating the
Liverpool forwards by denying them any chance at goal. Moments later into the first Real
Madrid’s star striker and their captain, Karim Benzema opened the score line, but it was flagged
offside by the linesman.
The offside goal by Benzema was as a result of a miscommunication
between the red’s Konate and Allison only for the Video Assistant Referee to rule the goal
offside after a long consultation with the match referees. According to VAR and the match’s
referee Peter Walton, Benzema’s goal was flagged offside as Fabinho unintentionally kicked the
ball towards Benzema’s path while he was standing on an offside position. First half ended 0-0.
Liverpool Falls Behind
As the match progressed, Liverpool seemed most likely to score, but failed to get past the
Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. The first goal of the match came after Real Madrid’s
midfielder
Federico Valverde sprinted to the right wing before sending a low cross towards
Liverpool’s back post to find Vinicius Jr was scored into an empty net. After the goal, the match
took a different turn and now the Spanish team Real Madrid started dominating most of the ball’s
possession.
Courtois continued to be the talk of the evening after making a brilliant save to stop
Mo Salah’s curling shot towards goal. Real Madrid’s goalkeeper made another spectacular save
by stopping Diego Jota’s strong header towards goal.
Conclusion
The 2022 Champions League final ended 1-0, with Real Madrid securing their 14 th cup title in
the competition thanks to a goal by Vinicius Jr. Thibaut Courtois was named as the Man of the
Match after making a total of nine saves in the entire match.