Like in the Copa Libertadores: the impressive fireworks that Liverpool fans launched at the Real Madrid squad

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Fireworks against Real Madrid that will face Liverpool in England for the first leg of the Champions League round of 16

In the best South American style, fans of the Liverpool they sought to annoy the players of the Real Madrid that this Tuesday they will face their team in the first leg for the round of 16 of the Champions League which will be held in Anfield. It is a classic of European football and both were the last finalists of this contest that had the Spanish as winners and for that merit they played the Club World Cup they come from winning It was so that the followers of the red team used an old trick imported from the other side of the world.

A video that went viral showed a series of fireworks near the hotel where the merengue team is staying. They threw them during the early morning and with that noise the English wanted to avoid a good rest for the rival footballers. This is a typical South American action that is usually used in Brazil with visiting casts, although supporters from other countries in the region also adopted it.

It is common to see in the preview of the matches of Libertadores Cup y South American Cup how do you try to prevent players from other teams from sleeping well and this later affects their performance on the field of play.

It can also happen that the fireworks are thrown directly at the entrance to the hotel as happened with the twisters of the Flamengo that in December 2017 they went to where the campus of Independent in the run-up to the South American final and they launched thunder bombs. However, the Rojo ended up being crowned maracana. In other cases to generate noise such as shouting or insults in the place to seek to intimidate the rival team.

Scene from the 2022 final. Luis Díaz observes Luka Modric (EFE/EPA/MOHAMMED BADRA)
Scene from the 2022 final. Luis Díaz observes Luka Modric (EFE/EPA/MOHAMMED BADRA)

However, in Europe there was a precedent last year before the clash in Istanbul between the Galatasaray and the Barcelonain which the Turkish fans launched fireworks near the hotel where the Barca team gathered to try to wake up and disturb the players the night before a match for the Europa League.

Beyond this type of action, this Tuesday there will be a climate of effervescence at Anfield since Liverpool fans usually give it a special color every time they come to support their team and another full stadium is expected, which has capacity for 54 thousand viewers. This duel will be one of the two with which the activity of the Champions League will continue and the other will be the one played by the Frankfurt and the Napoli in Germany.

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Liverpool will host Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16. The English will go for revenge after losing the final of the previous season played in Paris, while the Spanish will seek to maintain their supremacy on the continent and continue their path towards the fifteenth orejona, while the British will try to win for the seventh time in the most important club tournament in the Old World. They last got it in 2019.

History has Real Madrid as a favorite, which also eliminated it in the 2020/2021 edition of the Champions League in the quarterfinals (3-1 victory at the Santiago Bernabéu and then a goalless draw at Anfield). They had previously met in another final of this tournament, in 2017/2018, in Kiev, in which the Iberian cast took revenge for the defining match of the 1980/1981 financial year, when the English won 3-1.

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