The preview of the match that will face Liverpool and Real Madrid tonight (9:00 p.m.) in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 began at 2:00 a.m. in front of the hotel where the white team is concentrated, when some Reds fans set off fireworks.
Something similar happened to Real Madrid in 2019 when the Dutch police arrested four Ajax fans for throwing firecrackers in front of the hotel where the players were resting, the night before the Champions League match between the whites and the Dutch.
On that occasion it was the hotel staff and the security services of the white club who notified the authorities. "I could see that many lights came on in the rooms. The action was successful! I am very Ajax, so I laughed at it," a neighbor told the local AT5 television channel.
Real Madrid arrives at the match with the sad news of the death of Amancio Amaro, a club legend. With Vinicius still on everyone's lips and Benzema recovered, Ancelotti's team will seek victory at Anfield. The last time the two teams met was in the final of the last edition of the Champions League where the whites won the Fourteenth.
Klopp's Liverpool, for their part, who has just won Newcastle 2-0 and is eighth in the Premier League qualifying table, will seek to straighten out their season and make up for that final they lost in Paris last year.
In the pre-match press conference, Klopp spoke about Vinicuis and the racist attacks that the Brazilian player has suffered in some league matches. "Nothing in the world can justify that. He's a world-class player and what he's doing on the field is causing that... he's crazy," he declared.
"Vinícius has scored three goals against Liverpool, one of them in the May final. Scoring a goal for Real Madrid in a Champions League final already makes you a legend. I'm sure," added the German coach.
