Mohamed Salah meets Real Madrid with Liverpool in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. The attacker remembers the incident with Sergio Ramos in the 2018 Final.
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah will bring back memories of the 2018 Final before the quarter-finals in the Champions League against Real Madrid.
At that time, the wing flash had to be replaced by Real in the 30th minute in the 1-3 defeat in Kiev due to injury. Sergio Ramos had attacked Salah hard in a duel and struggled to the ground. The Egyptian injured himself on the shoulder and then left the field with tears in his eyes.
Nevertheless, Salah does not want to focus too much on the incident with Ramos today, before the upcoming duel in the royal class. “The game is a thing of the past, so I don’t think about it. I’m just thinking about the team. Everyone is focused on their team and everyone wants to win… that’s all, “explained the Reds attacker in an interview with Marca.
Salah: “Special motivation to win the game”
“Let’s just say I have a special motivation to win the game and move into the semi-finals. What happens now will not change the outcome of the final in Kiev, “Salah looked back on the lost endgame three years ago.
The 28-year-old now sees FC Liverpool in a better position than at the time. “Since then, we have won the Premier League and the Champions League. We are winners. This is a big change, “Salah clarified.
Real has also changed a lot since the last match against Liverpool, said the Egyptian international. “It’s different. You’ve lost some great players like Cristiano Ronaldo – the best in the club’s history, someone who scored so many goals. At the same time, they signed Hazard. Eden was unlucky, he was injured… but it’s another team.”