5 ways Liverpool can beat Real Madrid and win the UEFA Champions League

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#3 Targeting Casemiro

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Casemiro can be targeted when in possession

While Casemiro is crucial to this Real Madrid side for his off the ball work, he is equally susceptible to making mistakes when in possession of it. The Brazilian defensive midfielder is an expert in ball retention but his poor first touch along with an absence of positional awareness has cost Real Madrid dearly in recent seasons.

Liverpool must target and press Casemiro incessantly. The Brazilian is prone to making mistakes and is not that much effective with his passing. He tends to get pressurized when pressed in numbers and that is one area where Liverpool can exploit the reigning champions.

It is his ineffectiveness against pressing sides that led Zinedine Zidane to take him off against Juventus at halftime and drop him for the second leg against Bayern Munich. But Casemiro is all but sure to start tomorrow in Kiev which may present Liverpool with a chance to target the midfielder and create clear-cut goal-scoring chances.

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