Elaph from LondonThe eyes of millions of world football fans are directed towards Anfield Red in Liverpool on Wednesday evening (tonight), to follow the European summit between Liverpool and Real Madrid in the fifth round matches of the Champions League. Real Madrid is suffering from a major deficiency due to injuries, but its technical director, Carlo Ancelotti, has managed to… Prepare replacements quickly.
On the other hand, Egyptian star Mohamed Salah is looking forward to scoring his 50th goal in the Champions League to achieve a new achievement in his football career in the old continent. He also dreams of taking revenge on Real Madrid, which deprived him of the Champions League title on two occasions, and Real Madrid has become very stubborn against Salah and his teammates in Liverpool.
The match is scheduled to begin this evening, Wednesday, at 23:00 Saudi time, at Anfield.
Writing history with goal 50
Egyptian Mohamed Salah is looking to continue writing history, and according to the website “thisisanfield” – here is Anfield, Salah needs to score one goal against Real Madrid to reach his 50th goal in the Champions League, including the preliminary stages.
The expected goal will make Salah reach the 50th goal in his Champions League career, among a list that includes only 10 players who have reached this number before.
The 49 goals scored by the Egyptian international, including 43 goals with Liverpool, five with Basel and one goal with Roma.
It is noteworthy that Salah played 8 matches in his career against Real Madrid, but he did not succeed in winning any match, as he lost seven times and tied one.
Salah’s most famous confrontation was against Real Madrid in the Champions League final in 2018, and the “Merengue” then achieved a 3-1 victory over Liverpool, and Salah left with a shoulder injury after a violent intervention from Sergio Ramos.
Ancelotti’s predicament
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has settled on the features of his team’s lineup that will face Liverpool. According to the “90min” website, Ancelotti was forced to make 4 adjustments in his lineup due to the “Merengue” suffering from several injuries in its ranks, most notably at the level of the attacking line, as it was officially confirmed. The absence of Brazilian star Vinicius Junior and his compatriot Rodrigo Goes from facing Liverpool.
The French website explained that Vinicius’s absence is a major blow to Real Madrid, but the royal team’s suffering has been exacerbated by the unavailability of his compatriot Rodrigo.
The website indicated that Moroccan international Ibrahim Diaz will play a starting role in the Liverpool match to replace Vinicius, while Englishman Jude Bellingham will have an attacking role in the Real team to make up for the absences.
“90min” confirmed that this is the first time that all the spotlight will be on French star Kylian Mbappe since he joined Real Madrid, in the absence of his teammates Vinicius and Rodrigo.
Mbappe will have to perform well and put in double the effort in order to give Los Blancos a much-needed win.
The Brazilian defender and Eder Militao will also miss today’s match, and Ancelotti is expected to bring in young defender Asensio instead, while Uruguayan midfielder Federico Valverde will be forced to play in the right-back position in light of Dani Carvajal being away from the field due to suffering from a cruciate ligament injury, as reported by the network. RT.
At the midfield level, Dani Ceballos is expected to play, as Frenchman Aurelien Chouaminy is confirmed to be injured due to injury.
This is the expected Real Madrid lineup to face Liverpool, according to the “90min” website:
Goalkeeper: Courtois
Defense: – Mendy – Rudiger – Asensio – Valverde
Midfield: Camavinga – Ceballos – Modric –
Attack: Bellingham – Diaz – Mbappe.
Liverpool occupies second place in the Champions League standings with 12 points, and the Reds will have a chance to take the lead and achieve the full score if they win over Real Madrid this evening.
On the other hand, Real Madrid comes in 21st place with 6 points, after winning two matches and suffering two defeats.
