1. European champion yesterday took off from John Lennon airport in Liverpool to a familiar destination and Merinin - Madrid. Nine months ago, in the Spanish capital, Liverpool won the Champions League at Atletico Madrid's Wanda Metropolitan Stadium. And just for tonight she is back.

There is only one problem: this time she is in the big favoritism role and it just doesn't like brake Joe Gomez, who still respects the underdog mentality, but go tell someone in Europe that Liverpool is non-favorite. Only Madrid are building on Atletico's surprise.

Although we are only in the first match of the eighth, the Champions League is a crazy success. An Israeli flight was packed with Israeli fans arriving at the game, while our arrival at TA landed a special flight from Liverpool, and the passport reviewer, who identified my Liverpool shirt, pulled out my Athletic Club membership card and declared: "Liverpool is not passing this time," as far as Athletico is concerned. Their home was a final stop last season, this time they dream of moving on.

Keep in mind that Liverpool come as the Premier League championship is almost in its pocket, with the World Cup clubs and especially with insane statistics this season, which no club in Europe - including Barcelona and Real Madrid - have achieved, while Atletico is 13 points away from Mariel and missing seven injured including Diego Costa. Who would have thought that coach Diego Simeone's status could be undermined? And with so many players out there, an athlete can try to build mostly on her Portuguese striker Joao Felix.

Liverpool, on the other hand, arrived in Madrid in full and healthy form after the last injured Fabinio, Milner and Mana were fully recovered.

2. I walked around Gran Via last night, the great avenue of Madrid. It was amazing to see the amount of Englishmen who came here - more correctly returned here - to where Liverpool's new era began. At the amazing stadium of Athletico, the wonderful story of the Jürgen Klopp group is supposed to continue mainly because Liverpool today looks anything but an underdog, and forgive me Gomez.

Guest writer for Tiktik Company of Israir Sports Tourism Group, the leading company for sports events and performances abroad