Tactical Analysis : Real Madrid 1-0 Liverpool | How Ancelotti Won The Champions League (again)|
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What are your thoughts on the Champions League?
Very entertaining. Real had an underated performance. Hope you saw my advice today n your poll.
Liverpool did very well in the first half but I feel something was wrong in the second half
Courtois was absolutely amazing
I think Liverpool played better
@@BigChungus-fm2fx small details
Real Madrid's path to the final was one of the most brutal in history. They made miraculous comebacks against all sides, and then won the final. One of the greatest champions league stories ever.
The most significant
True as hell 💯💯💯
Barca 2015 also
Unfortunately they still benefit too much from referee decision : the fault against Donnaruma against PSG or the fact that Casemiro stayed on the pitch despite many fault against City for instance.
@@laurent___4431 Yeah right. All the referees were on real's side when they were denied Benzema's goal which was given as offside in the final.
Dani carvajal had one hell of a game, tasked to defend diaz when everyone said hed get cooked. Make diaz ghost and was key to neutralize liverpools attack. Along with joining the attack, doing what TAA couldnt do and that defend and attack, dani has been an underrated master at this.
Yeah he played dirty which is fine when referees call it , u get one or two of those shirt pull tackles then w a yellow card be less motivated to manhandle Diaz like he did .. he basically assaulted him the entire game w no fouls called
Grealish humiliated him but he made it up in the final
@@jonsknows5471 wanna cry ?
@@jonsknows5471 Cryyyyyy
@@ArjunMylvahanan He's not crying, he's right. Carvajal got away with way too many dirty fouls on Diaz.
Real went through PSG, Chelsea, City, and now Liverpool? Might be one of the greatest runs I've ever seen.
They had to comeback in all but the final
No offense to all LFC fans but you guys had the easiest run,Internazionale,Benfica,and Villarreal,RMA truly deserved to be champions
Real just made history
Dont forget that real owe a lot of there progression to santiago bernabeu and their fans.
It is certainly the luckiest!
Valverde's diligence is also worth mentioning as he kept moving up and down the right channel in 3 positions (RW, RM, RB) - many times to the right-back position to cover Liverpool's attack on the left flank when their 3 forwards were positioned narrow. This prevented Robertson overlapped to receive passes from Arnold's crosses in the wide area.
Then why blocked in all 3 positions ?
According to be, the best Real Madrid player this season.
I credit Valverde AND Ancelotti for selecting him. Ancelotti has done a masterclass choosing Vinicius over Hazard and Real might have been more successful last season had Zidane done the same
Valverde was man of the match. Did 2 jobs brilliantly and i also remember him coming infield at times and nutmegged someone. What a player. Courtois deserves the praise too though
A real knowledgeable guy and a manutd ronaldo fan 😉😉👍👍
People who says Real Madrid are lucky doesn't watch them or understand them.
Their gameplan for big games are always to soak up the pressure until a slight chance opens up, with how clinical Vini and Benz are this season it's bound to work a good amount of times.
Besides, it's not like defending a lot of the time are easy, especially against Liverpool. This happened as well against City, Chelsea, PSG. It's not easy getting dominated most of the game and biding your chance but they can afford to do that with Courtois and their experienced players.
All they need is just one chance and then boom it's a goal, it's what they do, it's what they train to do.
This strategy has also backfired a number of times, it's not like it's perfect sometimes they rely too much on counter attack, but today is not one of those days.
I find it amazing how calm the Real Madrid team were when they were being dominated in the first half. Their mental strength is out of this world as compared to Liverpool.
They were not dominated as pundits might say. Posession was 54-46 only
@@realmarhabashabab
Yeah cause Liverpool isn't City who prefers to keep the ball longer
@@realmarhabashabab dominated doesn’t necessarily mean more Possesion it can be the fact that liverpool had 20 shots to Madrid’s 3
@@dwarfogaming9323 you guys shoukd watch steward robsons analysis on espn i will go check and give u a link and tine in an edit
edit czcams.com/video/cjAuEDSHvuE/video.html 12:30 watch till end steward destroys steve will be waiting for ur response
I recall Captain America when he used to take punches and went down. But everytime he gets up and says "I can do this all day".
It's exactly how Real Madrid dealt with Liverpool today. They soaked up the pressure throughout the game and when they got the chance they buried Liverpool.
This is nothing but mentality this club has. I know as a student even if you are not in a good position but you have a fighter's mentality you can do miracles. But it is easier said than done. You start questioning yourself, you think you have lost a lot of time now. Being in a mindset itself is not an easy thing. Once someone develops that characteristic he is bound to be a champion in his life.
Hats off to real madrid. We should learn the importance of mindset and mental character from Real Madrid and try to bring this in our personal lives. We would become unbeatable for sure.
Even as a Barça fan myself, I echo that comment of yours.
🤣🤣
Liverpool were bad. Believe me.
They just had 2 good shots 1 from mané and 1 from Salah all others were just catching practice session for courtois.
When valverde was making the assist, TA and van dijk both were very sluggish and slow. And this was all happening before 60'. Btw their top 3 teams were humbled by same laliga team, 3 times is not luck. Let then enjoy humble pie with their friends at chelsea and city 😂😂😂
@@aguyyoudefinitelywanttomes9184 haahhaah
Lol. 😂 Barca fan is impressed. Otherwise mentality is crucial in everything
Liverpool's press was extremly effective in the first half, but when kroos/modric dropped deep, they helped real progress around the press out wide
This is exactly what I didn't understand about yesterdays game. Liverpool's press is what makes them so good. The moment modric and kroos drop back, should have been the moment where they could really press Real. Why didn't they? Why did Liverpool's backline Stay 10m behind center line? Were they afraid? Did they have to much respect? Are they tyred?
@@WillGerardus in my opinion, klop instruction is to press the back player, but when a playmayker take part in backline, they hold their pressing. Cause this thing in mind cause the goal from madrid
@@WillGerardus that's the real reason. Every Liverpool player is fatigued, exhausted. Against the pace of Vini and Valverde, not many can keep up. So pressing and missing would've been lethal.
It was visible from Trent's misplaced passes that he's not his real self. That is exhaustion.
@@WillGerardus if they press, then real could play vini valverde benzema behind the liverpool line or switch play to get around the press as real is really good at playing like that
@@WillGerardus i think liverpool noticed thst high press wasnt worth it. The offside goal was a wakeup call that real can turn it around instantly. Which is why they didnt choose to tire themselves out. It was a calculated risk
The way Courtois played this season against PSG, Chelsea, Man City and last night he deserves top 5 rank in the Balón Dor
What? No...
@@ilusoriob why not?
Top 5 should include
Benzo
Vini
Courtois
....
Facts,goalkeepers are underrated
If you want to be the best, you have to beat the best. Facts
Courtois was too good showing the goalkeeper is a crucial part of the team
Madrid didn't played their offensive game to the max (might be only 25%) not by mistake but that was the game plan to absorb any pressure rather than give back with more pressure. It was hurting for Madrid players but this only 1 leg game there is no room for mistake and very little chance of comeback. Never underestimate Real Madrid bench. They might have not only 1 but might be 5 game plan on hand. But they only use 1.
Been saying this. Madrid can switch to attacking if they wanted.
I can't remember last time I sow GK performance like that in some final. Maybe Dudek in 2005? Legendary from Courtois, he looked bigger than the goal itself
Cech against Bayern?
Casillas 2010
@@esmirzoletic5570 easily
Casillas 2002 ...although he came on as a sub...had a number of super human saves from point blank range vs Leverkusen
Casillas as boy in the 2002 CL final
This Real Madrid team is something else they never give up despite going down by a couple goals in every round of the competition and then in the final liverpool were all over them at times with chances but real held on and found their opportunity and took it their midfielders are slower than the liverpool midfielders but we’re able to maintain control by forcing liverpool to attack wide and then on the ball moved it slow and played their game even if it isn’t about making tons of chances and quickly moving the ball forward they beat a PSG team with the best front 3 (on paper) in the world then the current holders, the favourites and one of the greatest prem teams ever in city and even liverpool as well fair play to them
Liverpool were bad. Believe me.
They just had 2 good shots 1 from mané and 1 from Salah all others were just catching practice session for courtois.
When valverde was making the assist, TA and van dijk both were very sluggish and slow. And this was all happening before 60'. Btw their top 3 teams were humbled by same laliga team, 3 times is not luck. Let them enjoy humble pie with their friends at chelsea and city 😂😂😂
@@aguyyoudefinitelywanttomes9184 I agree. This video claims that Liverpool had the more quality chances but really they just had more shots. The defenders did a good job making the shots challenging for Liverpools attackers and Courtois was immense
As a Madrid fan I was scared that Liverpools athleticism (and thus versatility) was going to overwhelm us, but Courtois was amazing
I mean if you had followed Liverpool, the team was completely knackered for the past two months or so. They were still grinding out results but were nowhere near the high tempo and clinical finishing they displayed at the start of the season when they were scoring goals for fun and wrapping up matches in the first 30 minutes. Playing every match available to them this season and competing for every trophy available really took a toll on the team both physically and mentally. So in UCL final when Liverpool did not score in the first 30 minutes it was always going to be difficult for them to win from that point.
As a German football fan I normally dont watch Madrid or Liverpool games and I dont have great symapthies for both of them. All the more it was amazing, that I found me scared for Madrid in the first half as well.... In the second half it became more and more evident that this Real Team has as no other Team the routine to win this game/final.... And I must remember myself, that I dont like both of this favourite teams, because it became obvious that I like the English-Money-Clubs even less as the Spanish, what I didnt know of my self until this game...
@@karthiknarayanan3705 that’s not true , they had 12 points deficit with Man City until February than after they began a series of winning matches , i can say chelsea and city were far more scary and tricky than these Liverpool side , all of Liverpool’s rival had chances against them in CH, in that regard city especially is far more dominant and was harder to beat.
@@wahrheitsliebender Dude as a RM supporter im far from a German clubs lover, and i specially hate Bayern, but im tired of the bullshit Oil states and American millionaries throwing money like candy into the premier and would always support your 50+1 owned clubs against them. I absolutely understand that a winning, glamurous, rich team like RM that always gets the cool players isnt likeable from other fanbases perspective... but remember that at the end of the day the club is owned by the socios, not by some american, middle east or russian cunt. The superliga is already happening, its called Premier League and soon enough no amount of good management will allow spanish or germans teams to compete with them.
@@karthiknarayanan3705 But in the first half of the season, they conceded a draw to Brentford and Brighton, also lost to Leicester, I'd say they really got brutal after AFCON and were on a real quadruple mission, but as you say, the team was completely exhausted by the end and with Salah getting progressively uneffective, they couldn't display their heavy metal football properly in either of the finals they played.
Just a reminder this Madrid squad is one of the weakest squad in their recent years. No Ronaldo,No Bale,No Ramos,No Isco. Just a couple of young players and experienced players playing together, enduring tremendous amount of pressure together. They just know how to win it.
It was liverpool's constant press that cost them the game. After 40 minutes their players were exhausted and can be seen visibly drained that's where Madrid hit them.
I think that was Madrid plan. On paper Liverpool is a better attacking team, but madrid has too much experience and know how to win (not play) finals. If liverpool scored one or two it would had been game over, but madrid knew that if they manage to reach half time with 0-0 (benzema goal should counted btw) the cup was going to Madrid
@@Luismayer77 yeah, that's why Kroos was playing sideways passes spreading liverpool players wider, he controlled the tempo and got out of the press. I noticed one thing in the first half, Real's team's body language was conveying the message that they are not at all interested in moving, not one but everyone seemed lazy, maybe they were preserving their energy.
@@Luismayer77, even if Liverpool had scored first, Madrid will have equalized and won.
Yeah, it become obvious when you look at the time Madrid and Liverpool does their substitution. I was screaming the whole time, was it all Carlo's plan to make the substitution as late as it was. I told my mates that Madrid is on "energy saving mode" in the 1st half, absorbing all the high-pressure from Liverpool, and use it later on, I was right
@@shaxxs I swear any other team in the world would have conceeded 3, Madrid is the only Big team that knows to win without dominating
Many said Real Madrid were lucky. But hey, do you know that every time Real Madrid have the ball and make a counter attacking, they were genuinely dangerous than when Liverpool have the ball the entire time. Why? Because Real Madrid want Liverpool to dominate and make a mistake. Vinicius goal is the only example of how Real's gameplan should be. They know their level and try to play according to it with 150% efficiency. They were stubborn, aggressive and genius. Liverpool loss because they are not clinical. Simple as that.
Playing against Real in the UCL is like playing a level 12 chess against a computer. Unfortunately you can't undo your moves in the UCL.
More like combined Stockfish + other computers brain🤯 With Mikhail Tal behind them😁
@@diazkohen2149 😅 guaranteed to lose
Courtois what a beast, also shoutout to carvajal, man pocketed diaz and made him a bystander
Carletto is definitely a Top 10 all-time manager.
Top 10 ? LMAO ! What a dumbb comment . He's the #1 on any top 10 list. Hes is the most sucsesfull manager in history of futbol . 4 UCL titles , 1 UEFA Inertoto Cup (defunct) , 3 UEFA Super Cups = 8 total UEFA titles . Only one who Won all top 5 league cups - Laliga , Premier League , Bundesliga , Serie A and Ligue1 . He managed 5 different teams in UCL finals . 3 titles that are not counted : Inter cities fair cup which was predecesor to UEFA cup but not recognized , European Super Cup and Club World Cup - FIFA competitions . There is NO OTHER manager LIVING or DEAD who has or have had more success in HISTORY .
top 5 easily
Top 5
No of Champions League Titles:
Real Madrid-14
All English teams combined-14
Real Madrid alone have won as many UCL titles(2) as all the Premier League sides have managed during the PL's golden era (2018-2022). This is despite Real having a considerably weaker side now compared to their team that won 4 CL's in 5 years from 2014-2018.
It was so clever
You seem to confuse weaker side with underperforming players. No other team has more world class players on their first 11 than madrid.
@@ozorjustin9496 Looks like Real's experienced stars learnt some lessons from the previous years' CL matches where they got stuffed by Man C and Chelsea.. And had some individual brilliance that showed up at the right times as well
@@ozorjustin9496 This side is weaker, that cant be argued. None of our current players (except current Benzema and maybe Courtois) would be a starter in the 2016-18 RM team. Prime Ronaldo, Isco, Bale, Ramos, Marcelo, Carvajal, younger but mature KCM....threepeat team was insane. Our key players now are well past their prime and we no longer have generational talents like Cristiano, Marcelo and Ramos. Those 3 are serious goat contenders in their positions.
The good news is we have that kind of potential generational talent in the making. Militao, Valverde and specially Vinicius are already elite and guys like Camavinga and Rodrygo are almost there, they looked like seasoned veterans against City and Chelsea.
@@chemaxote They are nothing like Zidane's 3peat team but they still have top calibre players. My point is that they are still a formidable team on paper. Winning champions league is only a surprise considering how they had played themselves into looking like underdogs. But they never were in my eyes. Class is permanent and they maintained it.
the reason most of the shots were from far was because real defended pretty great.. the one save tibu made on salahs right shot was exceptional.
real madrid came with a plan and they executed it really well... which was to absorb the press and go for long balls most of the time. real madrid doesn't need too many chances to score you've seen it against city, chelsea and psg.
also its of no use to press the master of press resistant modric... the goal came because of it, Robertson went high up to press modric and modric being the best at what he do sent the ball to casemiro then to Valverde in an instant
Ancelotti is a Tactical genius. You take the ball, I win the game for you
I just love the fact, that when Atletico madrid do this it’s anti-football, but when real madrid does it, all of the sudden it’s just a genius tacitc. Meanwhile Real having players that are capable of playing good football, and it’s not really a Real Madrid identity to park the bus or defend this deep in any way. The reason why Liverpool has only 2,19 Xg’s from like 10 shots on goal is beacuse Real Madrid defended so deeply, liverpool couldn’t get a shot at goal much closer than 16 meters. And Courtois was really good. But congrats to Real after winning the title.
@@vagyokmr6595 you must be a liverpool fan. Ancelotti playe open football and were solid defensively. Liverpool 's high press did not allow madrid out of their half for the most part of the game.....and madrid attacked everytime they got an opportunity to do so. Its called soaking up the pressure. Madrid were soo good at finding passes in between tight positions.......sthng that athleti cannot do.
Tactical genius? lol...if he was a tactical genius, Everton would end up in a better position when ancelotti was in charge
@@ganaskylight in Madrid, he has better players than the ones in Everton. Stop reasoning as if you don't watch football
@@vagyokmr6595 look at the possession stats. It wasn't 70-30. It was 50-50 or 54-46. Hardly total defensive.
I expect Benzema to win that Balon D'Or, what a season he has had!
Nahh Messi will. He won Ligue 1 aswell, top of the top. 😏
the most obvios ballond'or winner even without out single contender.
@@fahdzaa 😀😀
KB9 🤗🔥🔥
wtf messi deserve it more than anyone he missed a penalty against madrid and scored 5 goals in ligue 1
I think Liverpool was the easiest opponent that real has faced in this campaign, in second half réal solved the equation of Liverpool by long passes to vini and and making kroos and modric playing as a playmakers and make Casemiro as backup in the space they leave when they go ahead.
Chelsea were the hardest opponent that Real Madrid has faced .
Also , shots on the target doesn’t make u the best team , real defended in way to make Liverpool left spaces like Arnold and robertson , and real benefited of that
Liverpool were very exhausted with less than 6 days rest, having played 5 games in 11 days. I expected madrid to over ride them. But I was amazed at the way liverpool played.
Perhaps firminho should have started instead of Diaz.
His technical ability was very visible.
@@larryucy4693 6 days rest has no difference with 8 days rest both teams has times to recovery from all the stuffs related
Let’s be honest, firmino, if u were LFC fan u know firmino is not firmino 2019 , Diaz is better now , this mfkr can run 100km in 90 minutes, but carvajal is an experienced player and put him in his pucker didn’t let him make danger .. ..
I have rewatched the match probably 5 times , it’s clear that Real Madrid outplayed Liverpool in terms of studying the opponent , they killed Liverpool with long passes, they killed them in the middle, they killed their attacking line , and every time réal Madrid counter attack Liverpool loses their line system, which give Real Madrid players time to get back to their positions, Liverpool has only two dangerous chance , Real Madrid has a controversial disallowed goal and and two chance with 1vs gk ceballos and vini, and Casemiro chance , he should put it in the net
Imo man city were the most difficult
@@terminatorrex3049 we were better too much in the second leg against city .
The first goal of city from mahrez was the first ball he received and kdb didn’t even rarely touched the ball .
We were better than them tactically and physically. Even we have bigger xG than city .
Real is a very smart team. Yes they defended deep, but Liverpool never had any clear chances. All of their chances were forced. There would always be a defender on top of the attacker. Thus, making it so much easier for courtois to make saves. What I really noticed they did so well was tire out the opponent. This is something that I would only see teams like Spain in 09 -12/ FC Barcelona 09/ 12 do to the opposition. However, this Madrid team has become masters at this. You wait for the opening once the opposition is tired and you punish them. Always in control of the game and managing the timing ⏱. Liverpool failed to understand this and just presses on all game. Eventually they tired out and got caught precisely when they were playing their best. I’m not sure how Klopp did not prepare for this. Every time Liverpool took control of the ball they rush forward just to quickly loose the ball again. Had they took their time moved the ball around. They would have forced Madrid to come up and press, thus making Madrid get tired themselves. At this rate this Madrid team can easily win another 3 champions in the next 5 years. So far the only team I’ve seen understand the fact that Madrid is waiting to tire out the opponent has been Barcelona in the second leg at Bernabeu. Who gave Madrid a taste of their own medicine by pressing up high and waiting for Madrid to throw that long ball. Since Vinicius and Benz are not that tallest strikers you can usually take the ball back through the air, but instead of attacking right away. You wait and pass the ball around to tire them
Out and force them to come forward were you can easily punish Alaba and militao with a long ball if you have pacey player. Overall amazing job by Madrid and a poor job by klopp who failed to understand that timing and endurance play a huge role in these type of matches. Chapo Madrid.
Liverpool had plenty of clear chances
Another keeper for Madrid could have lost the game
@@Gofaw lol. No
Only two good chance actually, one from mane one from salah.
Madrid had better chance, madrid forwards were wasteful
I think the reason Klopp decided to still pressure Madrid after all those missing chances, probably because he thinks as long as Liverpool managed to score 1, it's worth it of the players being exhausted, and then he can subbed in defensive minded players to defend the lead
German and English fans/commentators don't understand this. You're 100% correct. Their idea of football is to press indefinitely thinking that the athleticism of their players is the end all be all of the match. Players are still human and they tire and when they're tired they make mistakes. Real Madrid is a traditional and strict team, they play to control the timing and tempo and they play to possess the ball and look for 'smart' plays not just any play. Constant presses work wonderfully against other teams that play similar as well as teams that are simply not that full of talent, but when confronted by a highly disciplined and skillful possession team, they fall short.
Dani Carvajal is back to his best after a series of injuries in the last 2 years... On his day, he's as good as the prime Dani Alves. He can defend, attack, assist and score!!!
Madrid wasn't outplayed
It was all part of their plan
For sure
Many people seem to miss it, but Real Madrid is playing very similarly to the 2013/2014 season, our win against Bayern in munich was kinda the same. It is not like being OUTPLAYED but it is part of the strategy, remember that is when we saw one of the most effective counter attacks in Real Madrid.
thats the ancelotti way, these English football pundits fail to recognize that. There's more than one way to play, just because Madrid football isn't pretty at times they think they're being dominated. id rather have 3 shots 1 goal than 20 shots no goals.
its because it was under ancelotti 2
Because it was Ancelot again
now that u said it..if we still have CR7 or prime Bale I think we will easily score another 3 chances which real madrid failed to utilize in this final..
Never ever seen a team with such a high xg of conceding go on such a long run , maybe spirits like only real Madrid winning it everytime
I though Valverde is a decent player at best but oh I were wrong. Pushing forward to lift Real from Liverpool tight poses, Helping his defender at the back and also give a such amazing pass to Vini with such amazing power for the quick tap in.. this pass I barely thinking of any midfielder that could have give such a pass outside if KDB. Amazing player…
Valverde is much better than people know. He is fast, strong and has mad energy reserve. To give you a shocker, Real Madrid plays Valverde out of position to provide energy for Kroos-Casemiro-Modric. Cos Valverde is actually a CM. But we play him as RW. The truth is that he is versatile and has played well in every position he has been tried, and that is every position apart from GK, LB and CF
Dani carvajal becomes the best right back in the world on his days theres a reason why he won 5 UCL titles
As a Real Madrid fan I agree Real Madrid set back deep for the majority of the game which led to Liverpool creating many good chances. But everyone who says Real didn't play with a clear tactical plan, game plan analysis etcetera, clearly don't have any football knowledge. In my opinion, Ancelotti pulled off a master tactical construction during the half time cause Real played more aggressive in the second half when it came to chances
I think a lot of people trying to discredit Madrid are ignoring just how good they were on the ball against Liverpool, everyone knows Liverpool was going to press super aggressive so the only way to play out of the press is to be fast in build up carry the ball more, real absorbed pressure the first few minutes when Liverpool are at their most dangerous, and then started getting in more control as the game progressed, the stats may lead you to believe they parked the bus, but it was more of an intense quick turnover match for the majority of the 90. Just look at the passes played in build up to vini's goal, they broke Liverpool press
Madrid had 46% possession actually
@@salmanrafat7820
And pretty even the second half.
What I like of Madrid players is that even if completeley dominated, without the control, possesion, chances or even ideas, they never stop believing, always seem cool and undercontrol and do their jobs with estoicism.
Real Madrid ruthlessly efficient as they have been all season. Calm during Liverpool’s relentless attack in the first half but took their opportunity perfectly. And a goalkeeping performance of the ages by Courtois!
Both teams created chanses.
Liverpool finished them with shots on goal with no goals
Madrid finished most of them with no shots
Casemiro had a 1v1 (no shot)
Crballos has a 1v1 (no shot)
3v1 and no shot again
Liverpool on the other side did shot on goal but courtoid did a great job.
So if anyone thinks madrid is lucky, just dont understand them.
They were both top class.
2-3 long balls for vini were blocked by luck this tells alot.
Liverpool did a lot of crosses in box too and madrid defended well but its stil a touch of luck
Both were lu ky and good teams
Madrid won it. So..
Congratulations @realmadrid
That offside goal could be a shot if Benzema want to... But he didnt.
I am glad that i found this channel, always wanted to know how gameplan works...Football is more than a scoring game, the tactics are just too amazing to watch
21/22: The old school masters' comeback
Tbh this was the game of the season for me Kroos an Luka were Real anti press, beautiful game of football
Madrid got a good number of chances including an erroneously disallowed goal. Stats don't always tell the full story. L'pool dominated for about two-thirds of the match but couldn't find a way past courtois. But to say Madrid didn't have chances is quite wrong
Did you say L'pool dominated for about two-thirds of the match? Ball possession of the game was 50-50.
@@uchesoti1114 madrid had problems breaking l'pool's press on multiple occasions and they created a lot of chances. Courtois made some amazing saves. So uhm yeah they did
@@sulaimanibrahim7796, Madrid just played their tactics to perfection, controlling the game the way they wanted it.
@@uchesoti1114 madrid definitely didn't want courtois to have to make 9 saves. They definitely didn't want to give l'pool clear cut chances
Liverpool haven’t scored a goal in three finals - EFL, FA and UCL. Won first two by penalties and had the easier run to the UCL final. Real were the team of destiny this time - it happens in the UCL.
2.19 - 0.92 xgoals. Stop saying bullshit. Madrid won because of courtois.
@@Gkogko839 Madrid won because Liverpool don't know how to shoot. Courtois made maybe 2-3 world class saves, the rest were straight at him. Even as a Liverpool fan I will admit that 0 goals in 3 finals is terrible, especially against Chelsea FA cup where we should have scored 3 in 10 minutes
The reason why Liverpool only won the FA and Carabao Cup is because they just want to win tactics not to win the title. Football is made simple, but Klopp makes it complicated.
well said, that's the same reason why pep lost too
@@Wefoueditzzz exactly! Ancelotti is a very experienced manager, probably the most, if you look again at the build up, you will see that there is no pressure on Madrid players, Carvajal passes the ball to Casemiro when 4 Liverpool players press him, Casemiro passes the ball to Fede and the rest is history
Im liverpool fan and Real Madrid deserved the win no doubt. Only ourselves to blame, mane/trent/diaz didnt really show up in the game
As a Liverpool fan, i have got to say, Real Madrid really deserved it. Though imo Liverpool played better, Real's mentality is on a different level not even mad Real won honestly, just know that we played good. Real had a really great run and defyed the odds, honestly noone expected Real to win but i have always known that Real were gonna go far because of their determination and mentallity. A part of me died when Liverpool lost but in the end Real won it fair and square this time.
Defenders nowadays run back to goal instead of going to the man with the ball and tackling him. Had it been Sergio Ramos in place of Van Dijk, Valverde might not be able to create that assist, Ramos would've took the risk of being booked and he would tackle him.
Took a lot of cards for that throughout the years, but that's exactly what you want from your CB and defensive captain. Card before chance.
People need to stop assuming that just because you have more possession and are taking shots doesn’t mean you outplayed the other team. Some teams like in this case game plan is to defend and hit on the counter so Liverpool taking shots is a given simply because of Madrid tactics.
To figure out who dominating you need to look at who has the momentum and the moment the disallowed goal occurred you can see the momentum started to shift towards Real Madrid despite Liverpool having more shots.
Thanks for insightful videos. Blessings
Great work..cheers!
Liverpool's game is getting previsible to a point Don Carlo said it was easier to play against them than to play against Chelsea.
That geggenpress style is cool and all but requires a constant mindset and physical fitness this Liverpool's squad didn't had.
Luís Diaz has been the one and only fighter in that front. Mané looked like he was thinking on his next club/contract rather than wanting to play this game. Same for Salah, maybe was thinking in Barcelona... Also Firmino is lacking something... Liverpool played well defensively but offensively they were poor. Sure, they had the xG on their side but their effectiveness has shown, and not because Courtois was having a good day, it was because two of the Liverpool's key players wasn't in the game at all.
Liverpool had a great season, but it's unfortunate that they only have the cups to show for it. Hope they get better next season. I think what Klopp needs to do is either sign an out and out finisher, or sign a pacy winger as backup to Diaz, and move Mane central permanently. Mane last night wasn't really as effective on the wing as he was in the middle. Lastly, Klopp needs to find a solution against defensive opponents, otherwise Conte is going to smoke him next season
They have to sign Mpabbe….
I don't think liverpool really have a problem with defensive team, since 90% team that they're facing this season are playing defensively except man.city, leeds utd, man utd, & villareal (2nd leg).....curtois is the man of the match, it shows that they didn't really have a problem.
Klopp need to find solution about how to redeem the counter attack, and try to find a good right back to gives trent a pressure.....so far trent always makes the same mistakes but it didn't really matter since he know he will keep playing
@@Soybean13 exactly - counter attack. I believe that's been Liverpool's kryptonite this season
@@laurent___4431 gotta wait a bit for that
Origi presence even without scoring brings something different when packing a bus, he is deceptively slow can hold up play and release the quick trio.
Another great analysis from our FMS guru. It’s obvious even before this video that not only are you smart, but very nice. However you are TOO nice to Trent. After the Vinicius goal, I immediately texted my son “Want evidence why Trent is not first choice right back for England? You just saw it.” His activity during this play was a youth soccer level mistake, ball watching while Junior drifted unopposed to the 6 yard box for the easy tap in. Normally, Liverpool might have shrugged that off, but Courtois was playing out of his mind and thus Liverpool’s fate was sealed. Congrats to Real, but here’s the thing: if RM were in the Premier League, they would be challenged to finish in a Champions League place. Probably they would, because they have a great coach and first rate attacking talent, but it would not be a given and you can imagine them struggling.
So you think Madrid can play only the way they did against Liverpool?
Hi, for me the goal came about by the astute swap of positions by Modric and Carvajal, with Fabinho failing to provide the pressure that was needed to make the gegenpressing effective. So Modric found Carvajal. And Henderson failed to press Casemiro, who received from Carvajal and next had a free pass line to Valverde. Carvajal moreover outpaced Robertson to create an overlap, which made it difficult for Van Dijck to decide whether to take out the center pass or to cover for the overlap. TAA should probably by then have left Benzema to Konaté and switch his gegenpress position for a defensive wingback position againts Vinicius, but clearly things went too fast for him to do so. TAA's mistake is the obvious one but it all starts with Fabinho, provoked by the astute position swap by Modric and Carvajal.
Wonderful again!
The most dangerous aspect of Real Madrid's game is that; while they've worn out and exhausted all the cards of their opponents, even at their one expense, they still have Magic in their subs.
Thanks for the analysis.
Both teams played really well and it was a 50/50 game IMO.
Liverpool again showed their identity, that is on their constructive attacking, which indicated with more than 5 shots on target. I think they won the entertainment component.
Unfortunately, RM had prepared well defensively, especially in a very closed and deep block organized manner to manage their opponent's runs and shots. If you carefully watched, RM managed the game in their own half especially defensively, an exercise that inevitably had often lured all the Liverpool players up high from their own territory. I suspect Carlo had used a strategic trap that allowed Liverpool to happily play their football identify (attacking). In return that exposed sufficient spaces in behind. These were the moments Real Madrid scored their 2 goals using long and fast forward pass. Everybody knows, you don't allow RM to run into your box. They have the qualities to deliver.
I must have taken my eye off the screen for RM's 2nd goal. Who scored it?
@@macgp44 calm down, Benzema did, but you and the referee took your eyes off the screen lol
Love your videos
Courtouis won this game for Madrid. Liverpool where the better side in terms of chance and quality of chance created. But RM number 1 was in superman form.
The better side was Real Madrid is not about having chances but produces something vital with it
@@peterford7249 the better side during the game was Liverpool, until RM scored, and time ran out.
@@peterford7249 you really think this, world class saves and a very fortunate goal
The best chance of the game still came from Real Madrid.
@@scottarcher8224 A very fortunate goal? A very well elaborated counter attack led to the goal.
You realized that game could have ended 4-0 for Madrid easily? 4 times Benzema and Vinicius, Casemiro, and Ceballos made it to Allison's box free of mark, and they made the wrong pass out of precipitation. If Madrid had their best day, that game would have been over before the 70th mimutes.
This proves once again that the Spanish La Liga is far superior to the English Premier League.
6:07 A one-two combination with Henderson and Salah would probably have been better here.
In the sense of a wing rotation.
You guys missed the critical details why Liverpools attack failed to beat Courtois. To beat Courtois, you have to draw him to either side of the goal. To do This, you have to overload either side with short passes in tight spaces because RMA had Compressed the space from 18 yards in. To attack tight spaces, LFC needed the deft touches of Firmino rather than the long range passing of Thiago. KLopp realized his mistake too late!
The statistics says the possession of the ball was 50/50 in total....and the chances on the goal went with Liverpool more than Real Madrid but in football it is the effectiveness of the play outcomes that matter at the end.
Liverpool was excellent throughout the season with just a few lapses that ultimately changed everything when it really matters
This is more like documentary rather than analysis. Nice.
Whatever the tactics it seems to me that Liverpool where exhausted and could not press as they usually do.
Our where they scared of Vinicius speed ?
This is something we see quite often with English Teams at the end of the competition.
The offside goal scared Liverpool
Carlo Ancelotti is really the master of football's dark art.
I think everything changed when both Kroos ans Casimero sat deep in own half and Modric infront of them as free player mainly on the right to overwhelm Robertson with Valverde and Carvajal knowing that thiago don't have the legs to cover, Kroos sitting deep with his passing quality made nullified liverpool press and that ball need to Modric was available and it's naturally on the right hand side, I think Liverpool and Klopp did all their calculations and coverings on Vini Jr, his link with Benzema and on their right handside and forgot about a possible danger from both Valverde and Carvajal, Real need one moment of brilliance and it came from the left and got finished on Liverpool righ, so in other words Liverpool weakness were both Trent and Robertson, players that played well were Konate and Salah th elatter did everything offensively but Curtois was a monster
As a coach, i saw most of what you describe here, Mane dropping to feed the other 2( Salah, Diaz). After the goal, Salah slid in to let more space for TAA and Henderson etc.. Also Kroos and Modric positioning. I agree in possession Modric pushed in that space between Fabihno and Robertson to receive. I do not agree with the "out of possession" shape of Madrid, there were in 4-5-1, with 9 players behind the ball, and Modric only move forward when he was sure Vinicius & Valverde were already in position. At any given time Madrid has 8 players behind the ball. This is where Klopp failed. Thiago should never start this match, he was injured just a few days before, not 100%, and Keita is better at dribbling therefore could have created more chance centrally or in the half-space. Also, Konate against this Madrid, was not good in possession, even though he handle Vinicius in 1-on-1(Matip could have done it too), but in possession, Matip could have outnumbered Madrid with his ball control and qualities controlling forward, as sometimes he does in the premier league.
As soon as I saw the lineup, I knew Real Madrid has better chances to win if they score first. Really what cost Liverpool the CL is the pursuit of City. Not even rest for players, Salah totally crammed and out of confidence, not even enough time to study the weakness(es) of Madrid. The men of the match were Valverde et Courtois, Fabinho & Mane on the Liverpool side. Special mention for Konate who play in the first CL final & Diaz,(who was also tired, he never stopped playing since January). Rotation is the greatest weakness of Klopp and costs always at the end of the season. My question why does he never trust his bench players? Minamino is not good enough to make the difference? Did Oxlade forget how to play? Firmino lost his qualities?
I just love the fact, that when other teams do this counter-attack based it’s anti-football, but when real madrid does it, all of the sudden it’s just a genius tacitc. Meanwhile Real having players that are capable of playing good football, and it’s not really a Real Madrid identity to park the bus or defend this deep in any way. The reason why Liverpool has only 2,19 Xg’s from like 10 shots on goal is beacuse Real Madrid defended so deeply, liverpool couldn’t get a shot at goal much closer than 16 meters. And Courtois was really good. But they’ve already won the title, so congratulations to Real Madrid.
Real Madrid has been playing on the counter since 2012 man
Are you kidding me? Was that a 5-5-0 that you saw Madrid playing? Off the ball it was a 4-4-2 while on the ball valverde was released on the counter
@@bhupendrayt I never said it was a a 5-5-0. Benzema and Vinicius were always forward. I just said that the basic concept was defending and counter attacking, much more than they usually do. And the only thing I said is that it’s not something Ancelotti invented for this final and it’s not really brilliant.. Actually atletico does not defend with 10 players in most matches like they did against City.
Liverpool threw everything for 30 mins,and then gassed out,its a 90 min game,funny how they had so many shots but we had like 4 chances and 2 ended up in the back of the net,Atletico wishes,they were as dangerous or clinical as us
The relative share of possession was almost 50% so Madrid cannot be accused of "parking the bus". It was very smart tactics from Ancelotti and the dropping of Kroos deep and the discipline of Vinicius to come back and help against Salah deserves a hell of a lot of credit. Casimero, Carvahal and the quiet Alaba especially were excellent. The overloads on the flanks (leaving the centre a little open) was really good thinking from Ancelotti. However, Real came up against a very, very tired Liverpool team, carrying injuries to two of their most important players! Overall, it was not a very impressive game from Madrid and for a super elite club to concede 3 serious chances like that in a final, when you have had essentially one week's more rest than the opponents is relatively poor. Liverpool defended very well all night and restricted Madrid to very few opportunities. Irrespective of what any of us think or what style of football we prefer, the modelling suggests that the scientific score was 2-1 to Liverpool.
Very true, when you go past intermilan, PSG, Chelsea, Man city over 2legs and finally beat Liverpool in their current form only a fool would dispute and throw shade to the path of that victory....this was a battle hardened and experienced Madrid unit that played cohesively as a team with humility and eventually they proved that they are the best team in Europe, hala Madrid Campeones #14
Despite their tactics courtuois's heroic saves won them the game eventually...the save off Mane in the first half and the two against Salah in the second half were unbelievable...
Liverpool are like a very good synchronized swimming team. They are drilled like a machine and are very effective. But they lack the intelligence and creativity of Real Madrid, who soaked up the pressure in the beginning and controlled the game with individual brilliance
I always had faith Real Madrid would win the Spanish league and the champions league. ⚪️🔵😊 Awesome video as always!!
Hala Madrid from FC Bayern fan ❤️ hope we meet next year 🏆
How to win without being the best, that should be the title of the epic road of RM in this CL. By no means I say this as an insult, I think what they did is of outstading quality, maybe it came from clear and maybe simple ideas, stoicism and a very very very strong mentality. Congrats to RM fans.
Where are the bus parker haters? Where are the ball possession lovers? Where are the so called beautiful football lovers? Madrid got only 1 shot on target and that is enough.
Hey can you make a video on Bayern at the beginning of the season vs at the end of the season... We really seemed to decline really really bad after injuries started. Went from UCL contenders to villareal playing better in both legs
Real Madrid had one of the hardest and the most epic run in UCL history imo. Well deserved!
Ancelotti's team picked up the ball and dribbled backwards. He won the biggest cup in Europe by breaking the tactic never seen in these football competitions and the enormously used gegenpressing tactic.
for those who don't understand. czcams.com/video/W8A1LMdJXJM/video.html
Please can you do an analysis on Erik Ten Hag Ajax 2017 to 2022 tactics? We had really appreciate it bro.
In such tipe of games when one of the teams dominant's with the ball (most of the time) and creating chances always being close to score a goal, only prevented by the goalkeeper (Liverpool) 😔⚽
This final was another case of a spicific scenario when one of the teams knows that their opponent will press high and attack more, so the defending team will try to cross or get around thre press and try to counter and score a goal even if their chances weren't too many ⚽🎯
Congratulations to Real Madrid for their 14 european cup! 🏆👏
They weren't the better team maybe, but they scored and won the trophy! 🤝
Liverpool should be very proud of the season and the memories they gave to us (the fans), but disappointed obviously for this sad ending of the champaign missing out on PL and CL😔🔴
YNWA reds 🔴⚽
We go again ✊
As a Spurs fan I rate Liverpool's season as bloody excellent!
You missed a vital move in an otherwise good analysis. When the ball was being played to Valverde by Casemiro for the pass or shot (we don't know which) that resulted in the goal, Carvajal had already overtaken Valverde and was speeding down the touchline. In the absence of Robertson this left Van Dyke either having to either block a Carvajal cross or a Valverde cross. He did neither and the speed of the ball did the rest.
Terribly biased analysis. You only described what liverpool did, not what Real did to counter their high pressure and you had the gals to claim that liverpool outplayed Real. Real was happy to soak up all the high pressure from liverpool players. In fact, Real created more danger in the 2 actions (one wrongly disallowed goal and the goal) and then they went back to defending the result, while Liverpool players inflated the xG stats with forced long distance shoots that were done at the border of the penalty area, or crosses to Salah that went directly to Courtois (and Courtois was in top form and didn't mess up). There wasn't a single moment that Real felt threatened by the reds compared to their games against City, PSG or Chelsea
Two cents: A more exciting AC Milan style just won the Champions League. O wait that is just average now because why? Ancelloti pulled off Monitor/Control/Defend/Save/Counter Mindset.... I watched the Match and said that this is Calcio. There is a lot of specific differences. Benzema plays more like Juve's del Piero and more winging service as Liverpool stuffed a red train of its own. So I cannot say the lane alignment control was always there for Real. Some people hate this football, but Jose Mourinho also now at Roma knows this style very well and also won European glory. It is about results. He executed that form. If Liverpool allowed Real to have some unmolested midfield mobility/tiki taka then it would have been a more exciting match for sure and either Real would have found the last touch (which I think they would) or Liverpool would have more direct counters. Either way it would have had more goals. Liverpool's decision to plug up the midfield was the design of the match, because Real could not afford to lose possession in the middle of pitch. Ancelloti knew that and adapted. Glad to see Ceballos played - he is the new Control Tower.
Carlo made Klopp look like a kid. He was a step ahead of Klopp all throughout the game.
Wrong. If Courtois doesn't make three out of the ordinary saves, you'd be saying the opposite.
I think this explanation was a little bit short.
Madrid annulated VVD, using Benzema and Vinicius to force both Konate backside, and Valverde forced Robertson's backside. This effort deactivated Van Djik, isolated him, then playing without transcendence all entire game.
Madrid did not made pressure on Fabinho's conductions, his style of pass is slower than Robertson or Thiago, so he was not a important player to pressure.
Madrid deliberated forced Livepool to play for the right side orientation, forcing Salah to build the atack, avoiding him upcoming as man surprise, allowing the defense and Courtois to anticipate the Liverpool's attack.
Liverpool went down psicologically after the goal. Football is not only stats! Madrid in finals are tecnical but really warm souls and winning spirit (anticipation, aggressiveness, team work), and Liverpool couldn't equalize.
Could you do a tactical analysis of Simone Inzaghi’s inter?
They should have easily gone empty-handed but fortune smiles on them on both domestic cup finals
Sorry friend, but what background music do you use for your videos? I would be very grateful if you share it with me.
Let's see the video wasn't bad, but at least break down what was the mistakes Liverpool made that led to the goal.
Opta model gave LFC 1.5 xG. IMO that is more accurate, they really do not have clear chances
Klopp and Pepp have no plan B. They insist with their game and never change. Ancelotti has plenty of different solutions and is a master in getting the right players from the bench. Ancelotti took them both to school and back.
Thats fast
Will you do Spain vs Portugal ? The goals.
Isn't Klopp's approach of hyper-aggressiveness too risky for a final match? I don't remember Liverpool playing with such a high defensive line against Tottenham. Specially when knowing that RM was gonna do just what they did, which is wait and take their few chances. I guess Klopp thought he could win it by half time?
You can have a great play all you want; but for For Real Madrid; 'It's either the best (trophy) or nothing'!
What is the name of music used?
Real Life SuperMan Curtois!!
Real Madrid played a great game and did what they set out to do. They never expected to play Tiki Taka out of the back against Liverpool, the strategy was NOT to make mistakes in possession from the high press that usually result in clear goal scoring chances for Liverpool. REAL MADRID SUCCEEDED. The strategy wasn't that Liverpool weren't going to get chances, it was that when Liverpool do get chances your defense is in the right position to put enough pressure that it would take utter brilliance to score. REAL MADRID SUCCEEDED. The strategy wasn't to blitz Liverpool and play wide open but to whether their early pressure and as they eventually tire, chances would become available for Madrid to score. REAL MADRID SUCCEEDED. The strategy was to win the game... AGAIN REAL MADRID SUCCEEDED!!