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Published 12:00 5 May 2018 BST
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"I think that, in the league, you have 38 games to show you deserve to win the league, to show you are the best during the season," Conte said when asked about Liverpool's run to the Champions League final. "In the Champions League, when you reach the last 16 or quarter-finals or semi-finals, one situation – positive or negative – can change your future in this competition. For this reason, I think that to win the Champions League you must be more lucky.
"You must be good to deserve it, but at the same time you must be lucky. One referee's decision can settle your future totally. In the league, over 38 games, usually the team who deserves to win it wins it. "Luck is always important in every competition, but when you have the possibility to play 38 games you can show you are the best. In a little tournament, like the FA Cup or Carabao or Champions League or Europa League, sometimes one decision can move your future. Sometimes you are lucky or you are unlucky. "But Liverpool deserve to play in this final. They eliminated Manchester City and deserve to play the final."Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said that his club's main target this season was to qualify for the Champions League next season, never mind win the competition in the current campaign. Liverpool advanced to their first Champions League final in 11 years when they defeated Roma 7-6 on aggregate on Wednesday but Klopp insisted that finishing in the top four in the Premier League and qualifying for the Champions League again next season would be a massive success for the club. "It would be massive," said Klopp. "It was actually the main target we had at the start of the season. You want to be champions but it was clear after a few months that would not be possible. “The target is qualifying for the Champions League. That would be a big success. With the group we’ve got, with how we came to the final and playing with the biggest intensity, being ready again, then the injuries we had, it would be a massive success. “It’s exactly what we want. You cannot plan for a Champions League final obviously. Nobody thought about that at the start of the season. Of course we wanted to go as far as possible but my main target was the top four. We worked hard for that and now we want to bring it over the line. “If we do it, it would show everything but it’s still an if. I don’t like the word ‘would’ too much. Let’s talk about it when it happens. We have to play football games to make that happen.”
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