Champions League final

The biggest club football match of the year is finally here with Liverpool to face Real Madrid in the 2021-22 UEFA Champions League final.

Additionally, a free live stream will be available on the BT Sport website and YouTube channel. It will also be shown free-to-air for Virgin Media customers on channel 532. May 29, 03:00 (HKT)

Real Madrid and Liverpool will square off on Saturday in Paris. The game is a rematch of the 2018 final.

Real Madrid is in the final for the fifth time since 2014; in each of its previous four visits since 2014, its fans will quickly point out, it has left with the trophy. In that sense, Liverpool is probably the toughest test Madrid could have faced in the final. But the nature of the way the team plays, conjuring those irresistible surges, is not. Real Madrid has been able to snatch victory from defeat against three of the best-equipped opponents in Europe because its players believe in the club’s almost mystical refusal to wilt. But Madrid has been helped by the fact that the opposition are inclined to believe it, too. The final also was the first time that Pérez and the UEFA president, Aleksander Ceferin, met in person since a Pérez-led effort to create a European Super League failed spectacularly just over a year ago. Instead, the tournament organizer, UEFA, and city officials hosted fans of the rival teams in separate venues closer to the city limits. Yes, in a way. To win its seventh European Cup on Saturday, Liverpool will have to break that sequence. Paris was easily able to absorb the influx of fans, though in its usual tourist hot spots there was little sign that soccer’s biggest game was in town. Paris St.-Germain almost looked as if it were waiting for the wave to crash. Real Madrid, which won the Spanish league this year, is chasing a record 14th Champions League title after narrowly dodging elimination in the semifinals.

Traders say the city is "the next best thing to Paris" ahead of the Champions League final.

Merseyside Police said the weekend was "set to be a busy one" and predicted "large numbers of people" travelling to the city. The 62-year-old said she was a "little worried" about people getting too drunk and rowdy but she hoped the match would go well and it would "give a boost to the local economy". Retail complex Liverpool ONE said it anticipated the weekend to be "the busiest of the year" for visitor numbers as fans flock to the city. Mayor of Liverpool, Joanne Anderson, agreed there was a "real buzz" in the city "regardless of the outcome". Peter Hunter, one of the directors for Liverpool's Baltic Triangle, said the final was both a "mood and trade" boost for the city. With excitement building, Liverpool has been described as "the next best thing to being in Paris".

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"There the substitute has more space and that's where the player who entered later can decide the match -- that's what happened with me in the other knockout rounds. "I think the coach is making it a little easier because we have players who are very close friends, we're friends too and this helps a lot. "The team will be [most important] for both, they're not just individuals attacking and defending; both teams are teams, from attackers to midfielders and defenders. "We've been through Paris [Saint-Germain], Chelsea and yes, they're great teams, but Liverpool is also there, it's a great team. Liverpool are maybe small favorites but I believe with Madrid, they always play finals, they always know the way to play finals and win. In an attempt to offer an explanation, Real defender Nacho simply said there was "magic" at the Bernabeu on nights such as those.

The 2022 UEFA Champions League final is poised to be an epic encounter as Liverpool and Real Madrid do battle in Paris.

Additionally, a free live stream will be available on the BT Sport website and YouTube channel. It will also be shown free-to-air for Virgin Media customers on channel 532. UK: The Champions League final will be available on BT Sport 1 and BT Sport Ultimate for subscribers.

Paris beefs up security and set up special fan zones for thousands of football fans at UEFA Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid.

Police have organized the fan zones and crowd flow in a way such that the Spanish and British rival fans do not cross each other’s paths. A special zone will be set up at Cours de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement where British fans without tickets can watch the match on giant screens. Consumption and sale of alcoholic beverages will be prohibited in the public spaces, and in bars from 6.00 p.m. (local time) on Saturday to 2.00 p.m. on Sunday in the vicinity of the Saint-Denis perimeter, of the stadium, as well in the airports of Roissy-Charles de Gaulle and Paris-Orly. Spectators, however, can enjoy drinks inside the Stade de France during the entire duration of the match.

Liverpool and Real Madrid meet in the Champions League final for the second time in five years in Paris, with Jurgen Klopp's side aiming to end the season ...

“It is a great success for all of us to be here. “I’m more than happy and proud of what we did so far, it’s really special. Liverpool and Real Madrid meet in the Champions League final for the second time in five years in Paris, with Jurgen Klopp’s side aiming to end the season with a trophy treble while the Spanish giants will look to Karim Benzema to inspire them to a 14th European Cup victory.

No ticket? No bother. Not for Melbourne-based Liverpool fans Tony and Dave Hankinson, who flew out this week in the hope of seeing their beloved Reds ...

They were very successful at the time, and I have stuck with them ever since.” Madrid are older and slower but will play with craft and guile. Liverpool have a fearsome front line featuring the Premiership’s joint golden boot winner Mo Salah alongside Sadio Mane, with new signing Luis Diaz in support. “Trying to get out of Paris on the Sunday, the expense was ludicrous. There are loads of fakes doing the rounds, too,” he added in a Twitter message on Friday. “I am not going to pay stupid money for a ticket.