Champions League draw: There will be a draw for who takes the home dressing room in the final
European heavyweights Real Madrid and Bayern Munich are the big-hitters in Friday's Champions League semi-final draw but Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp does not under-estimate surprise package Roma.
On the night when the Reds were securing a 5-1 aggregate win over Manchester City, the Serie A side produced a major shock in overturning a 4-1 first-leg deficit to beat Barcelona on away goals.
With the last-four line-up completed by 12-time winners and defending champions Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, who have lifted the trophy five times, real pedigree potentially awaits Klopp's team.
Real have won three of the last four finals while Bayern's last win was in 2013 - against Klopp's Borussia Dortmund - after finishing runner-up twice in three years.
By contrast Liverpool, for whom the last of their five triumphs came in Istanbul in 2005, are in their first Champions League semi-final for a decade.
Although Roma are in the last-four for only the second time after finishing runners-up in 1984, Klopp was impressed with the manner of their comeback against Barcelona
No comments:
Post a Comment