Every year the best football teams in the Old World take part in the UEFA Champions League. According to the results of the competition, the best club in Europe is determined. The tournament attracts the attention of millions of fans around the world, especially in the final match.
Date of the 2019 UEFA Champions League Final
In 2019, the winner of the most prestigious tournament in Europe among football clubs will be determined on June 1. It is on this date that the final match of the 2019 Champions League is scheduled.
By the date of the final of the tournament, the most prestigious domestic European championships will end. Therefore, the teams will be able to use the time for planned preparation for the decisive match of the main Eurocup of the year.
The final confrontation will begin at 22:00 Moscow time on Saturday.
2019 Champions League Final Venue
The 2019 Champions League final will take place in the Spanish capital Madrid. This city has hosted the finals of this tournament on several occasions. The decisive matches took place at the home arena of the local Real Madrid. In 2019, the final will not be hosted by the famous Santiago Bernabeu stadium, but the new arena of Atletico Madrid, Wanda Metropolitano (other names of the arena: Metrapolitano and Paineta). The stadium, the reconstruction of which was finally completed only in 2017 after six years of work, is one of the most comfortable and modern in Spain. Its capacity is 67703 spectators. The size of the grass playing field is 105 by 68 meters.
Participants of the Champions League final 2019
In 2019, viewers will once again see a purely English confrontation in the Champions League final match. The previous time the English final was played by Chelsea and Manchester United in Moscow in 2008. Eleven years later, a team from London, Tottenham Hotspur, will again take part in the final. Oppose the capital will be Liverpool.
It is noteworthy that Tottenham and Liverpool failed to win the title of the best team in the Premier League of the 2018-2019 season. Liverpool have won silver medals in the championship, and Spurs lost bronze in the last rounds, being based only on the fourth line of the standings at the end of the season.
Only the most sophisticated English fans could have imagined such an ending. On the way, both clubs knocked out the main favorites. In the playoff series, Tottenham Hotspur first defeated the German Borussia, then in the quarterfinals beat Manchster City in a series of two matches, and stopped the Dutch Ajax in the semifinal confrontation. After three halves of the semifinal confrontation, Londoners were behind Ajax with a total score of 0: 3. Only in the second half of the return match in Amsterdam did Spurs heroically scored three goals, which allowed them to reach the final due to away goals.
Liverpool made no less sporting feat in the semifinals. The British lost the first meeting of the ½ final to Catalan Barcelona in Spain 0: 3. In the return home meeting, Liverpool, without their attacking leaders, outplayed Lionel Messi's team 4: 0. On the way to the final, the Liverpudlians broke the resistance of other famous clubs: Bayern Munich and Portuguese Porto.
Spurs will be the nominal hosts in the 2019 UEFA Champions League final Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool. Such a draw will allow both clubs to play in their basic form. The Whites (Spurs) will fight for the Champions Cup with the Reds (Liverpool's native colors).
