Hi I am here to do a quick preview before this year's much anticipated Uefa Champions League final at the Wanda Metropolitano between Tottenham and Liverpool
Much has been discussed about this game, will Harry Kane play if so what happens to Lucas, how about Winks and Firmino, the midfield trio for Liverpool and very shortly all of these questions will be answered.
Let's begin with Liverpool, II'm pretty sure Firmino will start and that Klopp will use his usual 4-3-3 formation with Fabinho, Henderson and Wijnaldum in the midfield even in times where the 4-2-3-1 worked for him he always turned back to that 4-3-3 in the big games.
Now when it comes to Tottenham's starting XI things aren't as easy to predict, Harry Kane is not 100% fit but we don't know how fit he is which is obviously the key factor, if hhe plays it is almost certain that Lucas starts on the bench to play them both you'd need a 4-3-3 with Sissoko, Alli and Eriksen in the midfield and Lucas, Son and Kane that's virtually impossible with one of them on the bench the question becomes who plays alongside Sissoko, Wanyama had a extremely poor game against Ajax in the second leg, if he's fit Winks plays but we also don't know what his status is. In my opinion if Harry Kane is fit for 60-75 minutes you play him from the start he is the best striker in the world you cannot leave him out of your lineup, I get what that means leaving Lucas on the bench to come in at some point in the second half just to reiterate this is all assuming he's fit for that amount of minutes. Just think about this what does the Liverpool fan rather happen, Lucas playing with Kane on the bench or the other way around, I have a tough time believing that they rather see Kane playing from the start, now no one should base their decision on that but it certainly tells you something.
The key to the game is how will Tottenham cope with the intensity that Klopp deploys with that trio in the midfield can Dele Alli and Eriksen get in behind them and manage to escape the pressing without ridding themselves of the ball. There are other factors like can Trippier provide some good crosses and still cope with Robertson and Mané on his side, with Kane on the field but even more with Lucas in his place there won't be much of an one on one battle with Van Dijk since there's a lot of movement in the Spurs' attacking front, can Matip keep up his good form.
Overall I'd give Liverpool a 60% chance of winning the title as much as anyone will agree that Liverpool have the edge in this game, just look at their previous encounters and almost always it's a close game. Anythijg above 75% for Liverpool is not really justifiable for just one match.
We'll just have to wait and see.
A rundown of everything that happened in this final will come tomorrow. Stay tuned
Much has been discussed about this game, will Harry Kane play if so what happens to Lucas, how about Winks and Firmino, the midfield trio for Liverpool and very shortly all of these questions will be answered.
Let's begin with Liverpool, II'm pretty sure Firmino will start and that Klopp will use his usual 4-3-3 formation with Fabinho, Henderson and Wijnaldum in the midfield even in times where the 4-2-3-1 worked for him he always turned back to that 4-3-3 in the big games.
Now when it comes to Tottenham's starting XI things aren't as easy to predict, Harry Kane is not 100% fit but we don't know how fit he is which is obviously the key factor, if hhe plays it is almost certain that Lucas starts on the bench to play them both you'd need a 4-3-3 with Sissoko, Alli and Eriksen in the midfield and Lucas, Son and Kane that's virtually impossible with one of them on the bench the question becomes who plays alongside Sissoko, Wanyama had a extremely poor game against Ajax in the second leg, if he's fit Winks plays but we also don't know what his status is. In my opinion if Harry Kane is fit for 60-75 minutes you play him from the start he is the best striker in the world you cannot leave him out of your lineup, I get what that means leaving Lucas on the bench to come in at some point in the second half just to reiterate this is all assuming he's fit for that amount of minutes. Just think about this what does the Liverpool fan rather happen, Lucas playing with Kane on the bench or the other way around, I have a tough time believing that they rather see Kane playing from the start, now no one should base their decision on that but it certainly tells you something.
The key to the game is how will Tottenham cope with the intensity that Klopp deploys with that trio in the midfield can Dele Alli and Eriksen get in behind them and manage to escape the pressing without ridding themselves of the ball. There are other factors like can Trippier provide some good crosses and still cope with Robertson and Mané on his side, with Kane on the field but even more with Lucas in his place there won't be much of an one on one battle with Van Dijk since there's a lot of movement in the Spurs' attacking front, can Matip keep up his good form.
Overall I'd give Liverpool a 60% chance of winning the title as much as anyone will agree that Liverpool have the edge in this game, just look at their previous encounters and almost always it's a close game. Anythijg above 75% for Liverpool is not really justifiable for just one match.
We'll just have to wait and see.
A rundown of everything that happened in this final will come tomorrow. Stay tuned
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