Salah and Van Dijk’s injuries in the FA Cup final against Chelsea worried a Liverpool that reaches the limit of the maximum competition at this end of the season; while Real Madrid sees the Champions League final on May 28 quietly, with the League won since the beginning of the month and with the rotations starring in the twilight of their great league championship.
In addition, this Tuesday to the physical problems of three of its most important footballers, those of Anfield add a man to the infirmary, Joe Gómez. In his team’s victory against Southampton (1-2 at St Mary’s Stadium), a victory that allows Liverpool to continue dreaming of lifting the Premier League, the versatile English defender suffered a spectacular ankle sprain.
“Joe is in pain, but it doesn’t seem serious. I have seen him in a good mood in the locker room, I hope we are lucky, “said Jurgen Klopp at the post-match press conference. Likewise, the British central defender has only played 1,036 minutes in 21 games this season, although he is one of the guarantee replacements for the German coach.
Ten days before the final in Paris, Liverpool has a full infirmary. He also has a demanding schedule that does not allow him to reduce the competitive tension: next Sunday (5:00 p.m., Dazn), Klopp’s men host Wolves at Anfield in a game that could make them champions of the English league if Manchester City draws or lose at Villa Park.
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