Real VARdrid cries, they fear Mohamed Salahy and don't want him to play

No African Cup, no World Cup, no Premier League, no Champions League, no Ballon d'Or and, once again, it's time to face Real Madrid. Mohamed Salah's trajectory in 2022 can be described as more than just bad luck. An accumulation of catastrophes. One of the world's best strikers has had a year full of misfortune and has to compete, once again, against his nightmare at the start of 2023.

Real Madrid is causing anguish for one of the players who, in recent years, has suffered the most from the European champions' competitive ability. Salah is the one who said after the 2018 final in Kiev that "I would trade all my trophies to play in the Champions League final again" and after the 2022 final in Paris commented that "we deserved to win because we had more chances".

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The draw has been diabolical. Liverpool's ball came out, and then Real Madrid's. The return leg is at the Bernabeu. The second leg is at the Bernabéu and you know what happens on magical European nights at the Madrid stadium. The feats are possible if it takes a comeback. Perhaps that is why Emilio Butragueño, who was present at the draw in Nyon, was a little bit grandiose, in his humble and correct tone, but he stuck his chest out, commenting that "we are the champions of Europe.

The return leg is at the Bernabéu with the support of our fans and everyone knows what that means". Mohamed Salah will have been the first, or one of the first, to be reminded of his exploits against Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea and Manchester City. In the battle for the narrative of building confidence and security, Butragueno scored the first goal. Salah is going to have a long wait until Liverpool's last-16 Champions League tie against Los Blancos. The Egyptian is the star of the English team, but he is, above all, the player who has the most unfinished business with Real Madrid.

Salah is in great form

It is three months that will take him an eternity to get back to face the team that has hurt him the most. And when we talk about pain, we can include the physical and the psychological. The one caused by the tussle with Sergio Ramos that prevented him from playing in the 2018 final and he suffered a dislocated left shoulder and the saves by Courtois in 2022. Cracks move for big challenges, but Salah's thing with Real Madrid is an obsession.