A physical race and an imminent nightmare .. Will Salah and Mane “collapse” in the final?
10 months after the start of the busy season, Liverpool faces a real danger before facing Real Madrid
in the Champions League final, on Saturday evening, threatening its main stars, Mohamed Salah and
Sadio Mane.
The two Liverpool stars suffer from “fatigue”, which caused a recent muscle injury to the Egyptian
Mohamed Salah, after which he returned to participate in the English Premier League as a reserve.
Since the beginning of the season 10 months ago, Salah and Mane have played 17 full games, more than
Real Madrid’s top scorer, French Karim Benzema, according to the Spanish newspaper “Marca”.
Liverpool players played their first match during the pre-season, on July 20, while Real Madrid’s stars
started playing on August 8, while Benzema participated on August 14.
Salah played 69 games for Liverpool this season, while Benzema played 52, and the other Real Madrid star,
Vinicius Junior, played 59 games.
At the international level, Salah and Mane played 14 international matches, while Benzema and Vinicius
played half of that number.
The final match in Paris comes after a very hard season, which may cause an unprecedented “muscle fatigue”
on the two Liverpool stars, Salah and Mane, which may affect their level during the match.
Liverpool seeks to prepare its two stars in the best way before Saturday night, but the preparation will not
erase the nearly 70 matches they played in the Liverpool shirt, and we may witness injuries during the
upcoming meeting, or low physical effort, at best.
As for Benzema, Spain’s “less crowded” schedule helped him a lot, and the team exited the King’s Cup early,
and decided the league a month before the end, which focused on the Champions League matches.
Will Salah and Mane “collapse” in the final?
