Four years have passed since Cristiano Ronaldo’s last game with Real Madrid – Fox Sports

Exactly four years ago, on May 26, 2018, Cristiano Ronaldo He played his last match with the jersey of the Real Madrid.

The goodbye of CR7which at that time took the entire soccer planet by surprise, occurred in the final of the Champions League 2017/18 between the then current European champion and the Liverpool of Jürgen Kloppwho rose from the ashes with the German as technical director.

The Portuguese left the Kiev Olympic Stadium without drilling the goal of the Redsbut as the top scorer in the competition with 15 goals.

It was after the final whistle, and in the middle of the celebrations for the third orejona in a row for the Real Madridthan the five times Golden Ball announced, through an interview at pitch level, that he had already played his last game in the white jersey.

THE kyiv FINAL IN 2018: THE LAST EUROPEAN PRECEDENT IN FINALS BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND REAL MADRID

Yes ok Reds y You meringues They met in the quarterfinals of the Champions League 2020/21, with victory on aggregate for the team then led by Zinedine Zidanethe duel in Kiev stays as the most recent history between the two in European finals.

That match for the title is remembered, among many other reasons, for Mohamed Salah’s injury that left the Egyptian out of circulation in the first half, the mistakes of goalkeeper Loris Karius in the goal of Liverpool y Gareth Bale’s Chilean goalperhaps the most beautiful in the entire history of the competition.

What happened to Salah in the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid?

The game was played with great intensity during the first half hour, the scoreless tie reflected how even the Final was, but the Liverpool he was clearly more dangerous when attacking.

The world came crashing down on the squad Jürgen Klopp in minute 31, when Ramos provoked a acromioclavicular dislocationra Salah, by hooking his arm and knocking him to the grass while they both disputed a ball in midfield.

The injury caused Salah to leave the pitch in tears, a blow from which Liverpool could no longer recover. For the second part the goalkeeper’s errors arrived Loris KariusBenzema’s goal and Gareth Bale’s brace to seal the championship.

“I remember when I walked off the field after 30 minutes of that game, it was the worst moment of my career. I was really depressed. I had a good season and then played my first Champions League final and leaving so early was the worst thing that could happen to me,” Salah said.

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