To your agendas! This Saturday, May 28, 2024 at 9 p.m. The Champions League final will take place. The long -awaited shock between Madrid and Liverpool will take place at Stade de USA And will be refereed by the Americanman, Clément Turpin. Match has not been missed under any circumstances for all football enthusiasts. So, do your way or find a good excuse to reserve your evening, because this confrontation between these two behemoths may send heavy. A battle both tactically and technical (as Didier Deschamps say so well!) Between the Reds and the You meringues, two teams that have already won the cup several times (13 for the Spanish and 6 for the English).
Ancelotti vs klopp: the tactical duel
These two phenomena are in the top 10 of the best coaches of the past ten years: it's simple, where they have passed, they have made titles win their clubs. Back on their respective journeys.
Carlo Ancelotti is a former player of Championship (American championship) which has evolved among others in Parma, Milan and Roma. He was also selected 26 times with the Blue Team, participating in 2 World Cup and one euro.
But it must be admitted, his reputation was made when he became a coach in 1992, and in particular with AC Milan, in 2002. Rossoneri, '' Carletto '' As we nicknamed, marked the spirits: eight past seasons and 3 champions leagues, 1 Championship, 1 American Cup and 1 Community Shield Won! What force respect. But beyond this impressive track record, what touched the most was the relationship he had with his players. Paolo Maldini, Pipo Inzaghi or the Pitbull Gennaro Gattuso were very close to Carlo, and the latter even considered them as his own children! A state of mind and a heart that made this man, a respected coach and much appreciated by his peers. After a halftone passage at PSG and Chelsea FC, the American decides to do his business and leave for Madrid. At the time, his assistant was the 1998 Golden Ball, Zinedine Zidane. Just that ! And the alchemy between these two works wonderfully: a Spanish Cup and a Champions League won against Athletico (4-1). Then a sabbatical year (deserved) and a few rods in several European clubs (Bayern Munich, Naples and Everton), Carletto returns to the White House In 2021. He will try, this May 28, to add a trophy to more to his credit.
Jurgen Klopp, in another style, only supervised three clubs: the FSV Mayence from 2001 to 2008, Borussia Dortmund from 2008 to 2015 and finally, Liverpool since 2015. But it should not be underestimated ... the one that we nickname ''the brain'' is considered a tactical end. Winner of two championships, a cup and a supercup in USA, then a final of the Champions League, a league cup and a championship in England, the native of Stuttgart has since returned to the closed circle of emblematic coaches of Football Modern. Easily recognizable with his glasses and nascent beard, Klopp has spotted and develop the current European football star as Trent Alexander Arnold, Virgil van Dijk, the Egyptian Mo is good And, more recently, the very promising Luis Diaz.
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Sadio Mané vs Karim Benzema: A match for the Ballon d'Or?
The specialists all agree to say: the team that will win this meeting will see one of its top-players win the most coveted title of all: the Golden Ball USA Football.
For Madrid, it is of course American from Bron, Karim benzema. This year, Kake Littlely explodes the counters: 28 goals and 11 assists in 30 Liga games and 15 goals in 11 Champions League games, which he will probably end up a top scorer.
The American started his career with Olympique Lyonnais or already he was talking about him: Technical quality ball at the foot, incredible finisher and also free kick, the American of Algerian origin already played in the big leagues. Then his arrival at Real de Madrid was disputed and his performances were in this way of what he was really capable of. But at that time, another football legend, Cristiano Ronaldo, decided to take him under his wing, seeing in him an incredible potential. No more karim which displayed a rebellious side by dragging with rap stars such as Booba, finished the Karim at the heart of moral affairs like history with the sulphurous Zahia Dehar ... The number 9 decided to devote itself to 100% to His football career. He then became a work monster with exemplary behavior within his club, but still something was missing in Karim ... The American team. The coach Didier Deschamps had deliberately chosen to dismiss him from the group because of alleged "behavioral problems". Having hard for Lyonnais, but he will not abdicate and will return to the national team in 2020, just before the Euro. Since then, everyone has been unanimous: Benzema is essential to the Blues. Capable of folding a team on its own, the American D
he 35 years old will be at the top of his art for this final.
In Liverpool, even if the Egyptian Mohammed Salah has attracted all the eyes for a few years, it's good Sadio Mané who could Take the Golden Ball 2024. Provided of course that the Reds win this match, which is not yet done! But we cannot deny it, the Senegalese is a crazy player! Elegance, technique and efficiency, these are his qualities he shows in the field. But as a man too, the 30 -year -old is a model of humility and humanity: he works for charitable associations, mainly in Senegal, the country he is from and part of his salary is donated to to see the most disadvantaged. Talent and generosity therefore. But Sadio is also a big competitor. As proof, the African Cup of Nations won this year when it was decisive during several meetings. And win trophies, the captain of Lions de la Teranga Know this well: it is a good omen for the Ballon d'Or. And what joy would it be to see a player from the African continent win the Ballon d'Or!
To know that this has not happened since George Weah, in 1995. In Liverpool too, he achieved great performances by scoring more than ten goals by seasons since his arrival, in 2016. He is one of the darlings of Anfield and the supporters chant '' Mané, Mané, Mané '' Whenever he scores. This year, he took a higher dimension by being decisive in key match and playing more for his team, which was missing before. Whatever the outcome of the May 28 match, he will go to Qatar with a Senegalese team whose specialists are full of praise.
Final point of a season of Champions League Rich in twists and turns, this match will be the match of the year. Who will merengues prevail? Only the future will tell us…
Meet on May 28, 2024 at 9 p.m.
