{"id":1088788,"date":"2019-05-13T17:02:30","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T16:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1088788"},"modified":"2021-09-14T16:52:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T15:52:16","slug":"liverpool-dressing-room-spurs-champions-league-final-madrid","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/liverpool-dressing-room-spurs-champions-league-final-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Liverpool will have a better dressing room than Spurs for the Champions League final in Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Liverpool are set to use the stunning home dressing room at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium for the Champions League final against Spurs, despite being designated as the away team.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Reds sealed their place in the Madrid showdown with an almost improbable 4-0 win over Barcelona at Anfield last week, having trailed 3-0 from the first leg.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why are Liverpool in the home dressing room? Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Liverpool will face Spurs in an all-English Champions League final on June 1.<\/li>\n<li>Both sides pulled off remarkable comeback wins against Barca and Ajax, respectively, in the semi-finals.<\/li>\n<li>Spurs have been nominated as the home team but must now use the away dressing room.<\/li>\n<li>Liverpool supporters have been allocated tickets in the south stand of the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium.<\/li>\n<li>Stadium manager, Fernando Fariza, says the arrival location of the fans means the dressing room switch has to be made in the interest of player safety.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Spurs, meanwhile, pulled off a similar feat, coming from 2-0 down to win 3-2 on aggregate after a Lucas Moura hat-trick in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n<p>But due to security reasons, with Reds fans having their tickets in the south stand, Liverpool will be stationed in the luxurious home dressing room.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Liverpool?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Liverpool<\/a> will be the \u2018away\u2019 team in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UCLFinal2019?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UCLFinal2019<\/a> but get Atleti\u2019s dressing room for the game at the Wanda Metropolitano. I had a look at it earlier today&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UCL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UCL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/du3768FHAz\">pic.twitter.com\/du3768FHAz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ben Hayward (@bghayward) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bghayward\/status\/1127920509331673088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Before we took our decision, we made an evaluation between the away fans, the Spanish police and the city of Madrid,&#8221; Wanda Metropolitano Stadium manager Fernando Fariza told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11675\/11719130\/tottenham-given-away-dressing-room-for-champions-league-final-against-liverpool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sky Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We took into account the number of fans of both of the finalist, the metro lines and the fan meeting points in the city.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Taking into account all these issues, the final decision was that Liverpool fans should arrive at the south stand and they will have all their tickets in the south stand.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On the other hand, Tottenham supporters will arrive at the north stand and they will have all their tickets in the north stand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the match having a capacity of 63,000, fans of Liverpool and Spurs supporters have been given an allocation of just 16,613 tickets each.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool are set to use the stunning home dressing room at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium for the Champions League final against Spurs, despite being designated as the away team. 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