It will be an all English final for the first time in UEFA Champions League history which will see two evenly matched teams take field on Spanish soil.
Both Tottenham and Liverpool turned a 1-0 and 3-0 defeats in their respective semi-finals first leg to earn their place in the champion’s league grand finale.
Tottenham lost to Netherlands club Ajax 0-1 after D. Van de Beek scored for Ajax in just 15 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGuQiSSBPkg.
The hosts were outplayed by Ajax defenders, not allowing Tottenham strikers to take shots on Ajax goal or even hit the target.
Despite the hosts dominating possession most of the game, they failed to find the back of the net.
Things turned bad to worse for Tottenham in the 1st half of the 2nd leg at the Amsterdam, when Captain Matthijs de Light struck inside the opening 5 minutes to extend Ajax aggregate lead to 2-0
Hakim Zyiech made Tottenham’s task more difficult after he put the ball into the net making it 2-0 on the night and 3-0 overall.
However, the 2nd 45 minutes was a totally different story.
It all started with a Lucas Moura 55th minute goal to give the visitors some hope.
4 minutes later he put Tottenham level at 2-2 and reduced the aggregate to just 1 goal.
Moura, then scored in added time to break thousands of Ajax fans hearts and guide his team to the final in Madrid.
Click here to watch 2nd leg full match highlights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDw3vzrK4_w
Likewise, Liverpool turned a 3-0 loss in Barcelona to a 4-3 victory at Afield, in the other semi-final.
A goal from Luis Suarez in the 1st half and 2 goals from Lionel Messi in the 2nd half saw hosts Barcelona ease to a 3-0 win over Liverpool in the 1st leg.
But Liverpool came out too strong in the 2nd leg at home, striking three in the 2nd half after Divock Origi switched Liverpool on a comeback mode.
Georginio Whijnaldum struck twice inside 11 minutes of the 2nd spell to bring Liverpool level at 3-3 on aggregate.
11 minutes from time Divock Origi snatched his 2nd and Liverpool’s 4th goal to help his team create one of the historic comeback in the champions’ league.
Click here to watch match highlights. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBr5d_ov0Bg
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