Who Won?
The Champions League finals were between Tottenham FC and Liverpool FC. Liverpool ended up winning 2-0. With goals from Mohammed Salah from the penalty spot in the second minutes and Divock Origi in the 87th minute. Liverpool won their 6th Champions League. Overall if was a very boring game in terms of the rest of the games leading up to the finals.
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/
Why was this Champions League Great?
The group stages were usual. Big teams crush the small teams and move on to knockout rounds. But after that it was crazy. Their were a ton of upsets and a lot of comebacks. We got to see a bunch of new teams and didn’t see one team dominate like Real Madrid did in the past three season winning 3 Champion Leagues in a row.
The Upset of Real Madrid
After the first leg of the Round of 16 Ajax a small team from the Netherlands was down 2-1 on aggregate coming back home to play the second leg. They destroyed the Champions 4-1. They played outstanding with their young team. Ajax would later go all the way to the semi-finals. They were the biggest underdogs.
https://en.as.com/en/2019/05/11/football/1557564276_256078.html
FC Barcelona Upset
After the first leg in the semi-finals Barcelona were up 3-0 on Liverpool with the goal of the season from Lionel Messi. Last Season Barcelona lost a 3-0 lead to Roma so it was not definite they were in the finals. In the Second leg Liverpool win 4-0 with two goals from Georginio Wijnaldum after coming in as a substitute. Also Divock Origi who scored two goals with a brilliant play from Alexander Arnold. Barcelona again let down their fans and didn’t make it to finals.
Ajax Upset
After the first leg Ajax were up 1-0 on aggregate over Tottenham . In the second leg their Captain De Ligt gave them a lead with a header. Then Lucas Moura came on as a sub and scored a hat trick to win the game 3-2. He scored two goals and they were going to lose but in the 95th minute at the last seconds of the game he scores the winning goal. They advanced on 3-3 aggregate because they scored three home goals. Tottenhams manager were put into tears after the heart his team showed.
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