2022 UEFA Champions League final preview: Real Madrid C.F. vs Liverpool F.C.
PARIS – The 2022 UEFA Champions League Final will be the final match of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League, the 67th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organized by UEFA, and the 30th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. It is scheduled to be played at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France, on May 28, 2022, between English club Liverpool (2005 and 2019 Champions League champions) and Spanish club Real Madrid (seven-time Champions League champions). It is the third time the two sides have met in the European Cup final, after 1981 and 2018, making it the first time the same two teams have met in three European Cup finals. It will be the third time that the UEFA Champions League final would be held in the stadium, which previously hosted the 2000 and 2006 finals. This will be the first final to be played in front of a full attendance since the 2019 final, as the previous two finals were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The best of the best on the ultimate stage. 🙌
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) May 28, 2022
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- Referees and match officials
On May 11, 2022, UEFA named Frenchman Clément Turpin as the referee for the final. Turpin has been a FIFA referee since 2010, and was previously the fourth official in the 2018 UEFA Champions League Final, also between Real Madrid and Liverpool. In the previous season he was the referee for the 2021 UEFA Europa League Final between Villarreal and Manchester United. He officiated eight prior matches in the 2021–22 Champions League season, with two matches in qualification, four in the group stage and two knockout fixtures. He served as a referee at the UEFA European Championship (UEFA EURO) in 2016 and 2020, as well as at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Turpin also was a video assistant referee at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia (including in the final), the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates and the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France. He will be joined by five of his fellow countrymen, including assistant referees Nicolas Danos and Cyril Gringore. Benoît Bastien will serve as the fourth official, while Jérôme Brisard will act as the video assistant referee. Willy Delajod was appointed as one of the assistant VAR officials, along with Italian referees Massimiliano Irrati and Filippo Meli.
- Match rules:
- 90 minutes
- 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
- Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
- Twelve named substitutes
- Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time*
*Each team will be given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.
So, which team are you stan with?
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