Liverpool, Real Madrid

The most anticipated game of the 2021-22 season is nearly here with Liverpool to play Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League final on May 28.

Additionally, a free live stream will be available on the BT Sport website and YouTube channel. It will also be shown free-to-air for Virgin Media customers on channel 532. UK: The Champions League final will be available on BT Sport 1 and BT Sport Ultimate for subscribers.

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“Both teams are technical teams and you would wish in a dream world that the pitch is the best you ever saw in your life. The game still happens and the fact we are not in St Petersburg is exactly the right message that Russia should get. How to kill the mood [with the question]. The war is still going on and we have to think about that. But actually I want us to be on the same level and thinking we are at the same level. The world we are living in means we get judged by the final result. But of course the confidence level of the Madrid players is incredibly high.

Both Liverpool and Real Madrid have played a lot of football over the last two years after COVID-19 caused schedules to tighten.

Not this time due to the pandemic but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine which saw St. Petersburg stripped of the hosting. The world’s most expensive player when signed by Madrid in 2013, Bale has only played 13 times this season — six of which were for Wales — after being left out in the cold as his Madrid contract ends. Even as those players try to crown the season by lifting another trophy. That was a game when Salah was forced off injured in the first half. Madrid had the luxury of winning the Spanish league with four games to spare a month ago. I don’t think the physical side of things will determine the result, it will be important but there are lots of other elements to assess.” Madrid entered the 90th minute against Manchester City heading out in the semifinals until Rodrygo was the savior again with two goals capping another incredible comeback. It’s really concerning for us in the moment, the risk of injury now, but also in the long term.” Gareth Bale’s goals won Madrid’s last European Cup with two memorable strikes, but the chances of him playing on Saturday are slim. “Add to that immense individual quality, a strong attack and good organization. Liverpool has played every game possible this season and every one has had something at stake. “It’s completely different when you play as a winger.”

Liverpool's injury concerns have eased ahead of the Champions League final against Real Madrid in Paris with...

It is the third meeting between the teams in the European Cup final, with Liverpool winning in 1981 — also in Paris — and Madrid winning in Kyiv in 2018. Liverpool's injury concerns have eased ahead of the final against Real Madrid in Paris, with midfielders Fabinho and Thiago Alcantara back in full training. Thiago was the biggest worry for Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp after the Spain international came off with an Achilles tendon injury in the first half of the team's 3-1 win over Wolverhampton on Sunday in the final round of the English Premier League. Thiago took part in a short practice at the Stade de France on Friday, having returned to training on Thursday. Fabinho, another central midfielder, appears to have recovered from the hamstring injury sustained on May 10 and which forced him to miss the FA Cup final and Liverpool's final two league games.