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Mohamed Salah is Liverpool’s star against Leipzig in the Champions League
Mohamed Salah, player for Liverpool and the Egyptian team, had a long interview with the Spanish newspaper “Marca” through Zoom while he was in the field of the Egyptian team.
Salah spoke extensively about the upcoming clash between Liverpool and Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals in the middle of next week.
Salah addressed issues related to Sergio Ramos, Juergen Klopp, Eden Hazard and Zinedine Zidane, and also spoke about the possibility of playing in the Spanish League and welcomed the idea, explaining that the Reds lost a lot by not playing with the public at Anfield. .
Let’s move on to the text of the dialogue.
What did you think of the moment when the draw led to the Real Madrid showdown?
Salah: “I thought it would be nice if we qualified for the semi-finals.”
Did you want to face Real Madrid in this role?
Salah: “Well, I had no preferences. It’s the quarterfinals. I wasn’t interested in the identity of the opponent.”
Is facing Real Madrid better now or in the final?
Salah: “The same thing happens to me. We are in the quarterfinals of the Champions League. All teams are at a high and distinguished level.”
Do you want revenge for what happened in Kiev?
Salah: “Let’s say I have a great desire to win the match and qualify for the semi-finals. What happens will not change the outcome of the final in Kiev, this is a thing of the past.”
Is facing Ramos an incentive for you?
Salah: “(laughs) the game is over, so I don’t think about that anymore. I think of my team, everyone thinks of their team and everyone wants to win, that’s all.
What changed at Liverpool in 2018?
Salah: “Since then, we have won the English League and the Champions League. Now we are champions, and this is a big change.”
Keylor Navas, Cristiano Ronaldo and Bale are no longer at Real Madrid, is this better or worse for you?
Salah: “This is different, they lost a group of the best players like Ronaldo, the greatest in the history of Real Madrid, who scored a lot of goals. But at the same time they bought Hazard, who was unlucky and injured a lot. “
But Real Madrid are already in the quarterfinals and they have great players even though they lost Ronaldo’s goals. Can’t say which version is better. They are certainly prepared, and we have to prepare well to face them. “
What two teams are candidates for crossing?
Salah: “I think both teams are in a strong stage. We both won in the previous stage of the Champions League, and we are both well prepared. It is a special tournament and both teams are doing a special job in it.”
What worries you about Real Madrid?
Salah: “They can win the Champions League and play well in that tournament. They have won it many times, they have won it 4 times in the last 10 years. It is a team specialized in the Champions League.”
Choose a player you like from Real Madrid and tell us why.
Salah: “I can’t pick one, most of them are great players. My relationship with Hazard is wonderful after our time together at Chelsea, but he is currently losing luck. Modric also has a special relationship with him and we met at the past. I can’t pick a specific player because they are all high-level. “
You developed scoring throughout your career and you became one of the best scorers in the world, and in Spain we are talking about Vinicius’ ability to score many goals, so how did you develop, scoring is a natural gift or a intense training?
Salah: “I was born a scorer but I needed to work hard. I remember my time in Basel I couldn’t score many goals, and then I played for Chelsea and then Fiorentina. In Rome I worked with Spalletti and he called me every day after training and we go Only the two of them go to the stadium to train to finish off the attacks. He just needs to keep working, working and working. He will arrive one day, he only needs to train a lot, and it will be one day. “
Who would you like to sign from Real Madrid to sign for Liverpool?
Salah: “I think our team really sets itself apart in its current form.”
What do you think of Zidane?
Salah: “He’s a great coach, he won the Champions League 3 times and he’s doing a great job. He went and came back to help the team win titles again. He was a role model for me as a kid, and he’s a great trainer “.
How do you explain Liverpool’s fluctuating level this season after winning the English Premier League?
Salah: “A lot happened at the same time. We were unlucky, and this increased our desire to win the Champions League. I hope we can win it.”
How is your relationship with Klopp, do you talk a lot?
Salah: “We have a normal professional relationship. This is how I can describe our relationship.”
Without an audience, who loses the most? Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu or Liverpool at Anfield?
Salah: “Anfield, of course, this is something everyone can agree on, it’s Anfield. We lost a lot without our fans, I think we are the team that suffered the most without their fans.”
Are you going to play the Olympiad?
Salah: “Regardless of what happens, everyone will agree with the decision, including the club.”
You are about to turn 29, what are you waiting for the rest of your career?
Salah: I hope to continue doing the same thing I have done in recent years, winning titles, scoring goals and helping my team win championships. This is the most important thing to me. “
Do you see yourself in another club after 4 years at Liverpool? Is the end of that era nearing?
Salah: “This is not just up to me, we’ll see what happens, but I prefer not to talk about it now.
You played in Italy and England, would you like to try Spanish football?
Salah: “I hope to continue playing football for many years, so why not (I play in Spain)? Nobody knows what will happen in the future, maybe one day.”
