Real Madrid won the Champions League final in Paris. This was their 14th victory in the CL. The match was delayed for 35 minutes due to a security malfunction around the stadium.

Real Madrid won the Champions League for the 14th time at the expense of Liverpool. The English went for the seventh cup without success.

The final in Paris started 35 minutes late. The organizers justified the delay by saying that thousands of fans had not yet managed to reach the Stade de France. In addition, it was also revealed that many people had managed to enter without a ticket. According to footage taken outside the stadium, many fans simply climbed over the fence to enter the pitch.

Liverpool starting lineup: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk, Konate, Robertson, Henderson, Thiago Alcantara, Fabinho, Sala, Mane, Luis Diaz.

Real Madrid starting lineup: Courtois, Carvajal, Militao, Alaba, Mendy, Modric, Casemiro, Kroos, Valverde, Vinicius Junior, Benzema.

The match referee is Frenchman Clement Turpin.

Match events:

7 minutes After that, neither team was able to gain the upper hand, and they still did not reach inside the opponent's 16-yard box.

13 minutes Even after that, the teams had no position in front of the goal.

16th minute – The first big situation. Alexander-Arnold passed the ball to Salah who was on the five-man defence, who tried to push the ball into the goal in a tight spot, but it ended up in Courtois' hands.

18th minute Salah's shot is saved by Real Madrid's Belgian goalkeeper.

19th minute – Alexander-Arnold shoots high into the box.

21st minute – Mane shot at him from 11 meters, Courtois pushed the ball to the left post, and fortunately it did not rebound in front of the Liverpool player.

25th minute – Alisson stopped Vinicius' pass.

30 minutes – Real Madrid started to recover, Vinicius almost got past the defenders, it could have been a door and window situation. Alexander-Arnold intervened.

Minute 34 – From a pass from Alexander Arnold, Salah heads towards the goal from the 11-yard line, but the goalkeeper stops him.

Minute 36 – Vinicius dribbled inside the 16-yard box, and Liverpool's defense went for a corner kick. After the corner kick, the ball reached Alisson's hands.

Minute 36 – Vinicius dribbles inside the 16-yard box and Liverpool's defence launches a corner kick. After the corner kick, the ball reaches Alisson's hands.

Minute 42 – Benzema receives the ball, dribbles around the corners of the five, misses it, bounces off the defenders, kicks it. But due to an ambush, it was nullified after a few minutes of checking.

Minute 42 – Benzema receives the ball, dribbles to the five corners, misses it, bounces off the defenders, kicks it. But due to an ambush, it was nullified after a few minutes of checking.

After two minutes of extra time the half ended. It was mostly 45 minutes for Courtois.

Minute 47 – Liverpool continue: Luis Diaz's header is saved by Courtois.

Minute 54 – Alexander-Arnold's sharp pass is blocked by Coutrois.

Minute 58 – Salah shoots the ball at Alaba inside the 16-yard box, it rebounds into the hands of the Real Madrid player, but there is no penalty kick.

Minute 59 – Real Madrid take the lead with a goal from Vinicius Junior! Valverde passes it clearly from the right in the 16th minute, and the Real Madrid player reaches the corner of the five and slides into the goal.

Minute 62 – Fabinho kicks Valverde and gets his first yellow card of the match.

Minute 64 – Salah crosses from the right corner in the 16th minute, Courtois blocks it.

Minute 69 – Salah kicks the goalkeeper from the corner of the five-goal penalty, another great situation.

80th minute – Gutan changes direction with a shot inside the 16-yard box, Courtois clears it from the corner.

Minute 83 – Salah breaks into the 16th and shoots towards the left corner, but Courtois is able to reach it.

The referee extends the time by 5 minutes.

93rd minute – Camavinga's shot from the 16-yard line. Vinicius is substituted and Rodrygo enters.

95th minute – Fabinho's pass is blocked by Courtois

It's over, Real Madrid are the winners of the Europa League.

Thibaut Courtois was named Man of the Match.

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This was the fifth European Cup final for Carlo Ancelotti and Jürgen Klopp, who coaches Real Madrid. Ancelotti has won four of the five Champions League finals he has played in (Milan: 2003, 2007, Real Madrid: 2014, 2022), losing once (Milan: 2005). Klopp has won one of the four Cup finals he has played in (Liverpool: 2019).



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Such evil scenes happened before the final videos of BL started.


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Based on the videos recorded at the stadium entrance gates, the problem was bigger than fans being late for the match.