Posted by on December 20, 2019 5:30 pm
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• Winning tournament ‘like landing on the moon’
• Liverpool play Flamengo in final in Doha on Saturday

Jürgen Klopp believes Flamengo carry the hopes of an entire continent in Saturday’s Club World Cup final but will not surpass Liverpool’s desire to create history by winning the competition for the first time.

The Liverpool manager compared the European champions’ mission in Qatar to the 1969 moon landing as they attempt to make the giant leap that eluded Bob Paisley’s team in 1981, Joe Fagan’s in 1984 and Rafael Benítez’s in 2005. Klopp says his respect has increased for the Club World Cup during his time in the Gulf state although, with 15,000 fans expected to travel from Brazil to support the Copa Libertadores winners, he admits South American passion for the competition remains unrivalled.

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