The machine has no feelings or emotions, so we directed several controversial questions to artificial intelligence, and we will present the answers as they came without our intervention.
The question we raise in episode (106) of the series, excites football fans to know the answer: What is the expected result of the summit match between Liverpool and Real Madrid in the Champions League?
The match will be held on Tuesday evening at Anfield, as part of the fourth round of the first round of the Champions League.
(Note): All answers, including potential linguistic or informational errors, are presented as received from artificial intelligence.
Answer
Real Madrid is expected to beat Liverpool 2-1 in the summit match this evening in the Champions League.
Real Madrid enters the match in good technical and moral condition, after a series of consecutive victories in the tournament, and the team shows high tactical discipline and consistency in performance, especially in big matches.
The team has great European experience that makes it calmer in crucial moments, in addition to the readiness of its most prominent stars in the offensive and defensive lines.
In contrast, Liverpool suffers from some defensive problems that have cost it important points recently, despite possessing an offensive force capable of scoring at any time. Playing at Anfield gives it a large crowd boost, but that may not be enough in the face of Real Madrid’s strength and performance stability.
The prediction of Real Madrid’s 2-1 victory depends on its superiority in experience and continuity, compared to Liverpool’s attempts to prove itself against one of the continent’s giants, which may result in a strong and open match from both sides, but it ultimately tends in favor of the Royal Club.
Mbappé shock
Less than a year after a nightmarish night, French striker Kylian Mbappé, Real Madrid’s top scorer, returns today, Tuesday, to Liverpool’s historic Anfield stadium, to confirm his strong return to the top level and erase the period of doubt definitively.
That confrontation was a failure, and a “collapse” that the striker knew how to overcome with skill.
Mbappé was then seen as the savior of Real Madrid during its crisis, after 3 defeats in 5 matches at the end of November 2024.
But he failed to make a difference and return his team to the match in the Champions League, especially after wasting a penalty kick (0-2), which put him in an unprecedented crisis of confidence.
This was followed by a new loss against Athletic Bilbao 1-2 at the beginning of December, which seemed to play a major role in the remarkable transformation of the former Paris Saint-Germain star, as he regained his speed and scoring appetite after a deep self-review.
The French national team captain acknowledged that he “reached rock bottom” as a result of the surrounding pressure and issues far from sports, before a mental shift occurred that was necessary to truly launch his career with the Royal team.
He said in a press conference: “I changed my mindset; because I told myself that I couldn’t offer anything worse, only the best, and that I had to prove that I am a high-quality player and that I can help this team. I knew I could turn the situation around, and I did.”
He added, “I think I was thinking too much on the field. And when you think too much, you don’t play your way. I told myself that I had to do more, and that it was time to change the situation, because I didn’t come to Madrid to play badly.”
Unprecedented since Cristiano
Mbappé is having the best start to a season in his career in terms of numbers, as he has scored 18 goals in 14 matches in La Liga and the Champions League, and has excelled in major matches, especially the Clasico against Barcelona, and is in the best shape of his career since the Club World Cup disappointment in the United States (a 0-4 loss in the semi-final against his former team Paris Saint-Germain).
No player in Real Madrid has ever had a better start, not even his compatriot Karim Benzema when he was crowned with the Ballon d’Or in 2022, since Cristiano Ronaldo in the 2015 season (20 goals in the first 11 matches in La Liga).
The French striker also became the first player from the capital team since Cristiano to win the European Golden Shoe award, which he celebrated last Friday at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium, which reinforced comparisons with his idol, whose pictures filled his childhood room in Bondy in the Parisian suburbs.
The 26-year-old said in an interview with the newspaper “Marca”: “Cristiano is the reference here in Madrid. He is number one. I had a good year, barely. He did that for nine years. I have to wait a long time before people actually compare me to him.”
But a new brilliance, on Tuesday at Anfield, may allow him to confirm his belonging to that category, and continue his path towards achieving his two great goals: winning the Champions League and the Ballon d’Or, finally.
