Rafa Benitez rates Liverpool favourites to win Saturday’s Champions League final against Real Madrid.
The Spanish coach was in charge of both clubs in the past. With Liverpool, he managed to win the European Cup in 2005, but at Real Madrid he failed to live up to expectations.
In an interview for Marca, Benitez discussed his favourites to win the trophy: “I see, going through the data, that Liverpool are slight favourites, with one condition: they are playing against a club, Real Madrid, who are used to playing finals.
“Liverpool have 61 percent of possession in their matches and Real Madrid between 55 percent and 60 percent. Liverpool’s figures, in recent years, have gone up in terms of possession because they have better players and control more of the games. Real Madrid, however, now counter attack more, with Vinicius or Rodrygo. I think they have 25 percent counter attacks to Liverpool’s 19 percent.
“Klopp is doing a very good job and Liverpool have improved a lot. Both of those things.”
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