For the first time in European football history, the four teams that attended the two finals of the European Cup came from the same country, England. Tottenham and Liverpool will attend the Champions League final, while Arsenal and Chelsea will meet in the Europa League final.
English football had a successful year in Europe. Europa League will return to London while the Champions League can return to London or Merseyside. In very different ways, the four English teams did not meet in the Champions League and Europa League final.
Liverpool and Tottenham share the same scenario to go to the final match when they both create spectacular upstream shots, surprising all football fans. With Liverpool, coach Klopp’s army lost 0-3 on Barcelona’s field in the first leg, but they created a spectacular 4-0 victory in the second leg. Thereby they won the final with a total score of 4-3 to progress to the final.
Liverpool is the fourth team to have a successful comeback after having conceded three or more goals in the first leg of the knockout stages in Champions League history. Meanwhile Tottemham is also the second team in the league’s history to reach the final after failing at home.
In the semi-final first leg Tottenham lost 0-1 at home. Pochettino’s army also had a difficult start in the second leg, after the first half they were two goals ahead. However, with just a second half exploding with hero Lucas Moura, Tottenham managed to achieve the incredible three goals against the opponent’s net to win 3-2.
The total score of the match between Tottenham and Ajax has a total score of 3-3, but Tottenham scored more goals away from Ajax, so they won the right to follow UEFA rules. The day after Tottenham entered Liverpool, another all-English final came as Arsenal and Chelsea reached the Europa League final.