JAKARTA Liverpool need a miracle to extend their journey in the 2022/2023 Champions League when they have to travel to the Spanish capital to face Real Madrid in the second leg of the last 16.
This big party will take place at Madrid's pride headquarters, namely the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Spain, Thursday, March 16, 2023. Kick off or kick off the start of the match starts at 03.00 WIB.
In the first leg to take place at Anfield a few weeks ago, Carlo Ancelotti's side struggled from 0-2 down to a phenomenal 5-2 victory.
For that, the Reds need to carve out a landslide victory to win tickets to the quarter-finals. However, crushing Los Blancos at home is an almost impossible mission that the team made by Jurgen Klopp.
Even though they only got one win in the next four matches, Madrid are still complicated opponents in the most elite competition between European clubs. Moreover, they are the collectors of the most titles as well as defending champions.
After the comeback at Anfield, the defending La Liga champion failed to win in three domestic matches. That includes a 0-1 loss to Barcelona in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals.
However, they returned to the right path with a 3-1 win over Espanyol last weekend. The results that allowed them to welcome Klopp's troops in front of their own supporters with full confidence.
Moreover, the team with a collection of 14 European Champions League trophies (most of the other teams) have a positive record after securing an away victory in the first leg of the last 27 matches.
Of these matches, they recorded that they finally won 26 matches, including in the second leg. The team only lost once to Ajax, coached by Erik ten Hag in the 2018/2019 season.
But, on the other hand, Liverpool have also made spectacular comebacks in Europe. It is noted that they have risen from 0-3 to beat Barcelona 4-3 on aggregate in the 2018/2019 season.
However, Klopp's men have only two away wins to be proud of from their eight away games in 2023. In addition, they have never won seven games against Real Madrid since advancing to the quarter-finals of the 2008/2009 edition.
Predictions of the line-up:
Real Madrid (4-3-3): Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Rudiger, Nacho; Modric, Tchouameni, Kroos; Valverde, Benzema, Vinicius Jr.
Liverpool (4-2-3-1): Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Fabinho, Keita; Salah, Jota, Nunez; Gakpo.
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