This time the story is different; Atletico Madrid is seeking for the revenge while Real Madrid wants to win their 2nd title in 3 years running by beating the same team.
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How do you prepare for a Champions League final, and one which is a derby?
ITV will show the highlights from the Champions League final at 11.15pm.
“I had not won the Champions League and won with Real Madrid with a goal like that”.
Atleti booked their place in the final at the San Siro following their away-goals win over Bayern Munich in the semi-finals, while Los Blancos secured a narrow 1-0 aggregate success over Manchester City in their last-four contest. I hope he scores five goals in every game but that he doesn’t win!, Rakitic was quoted as saying by goal.com on Saturday.
“He, besides being a great friend, is the most passionate football and Real Madrid man I ever met and the best player I have ever played. Their second half of the season was fantastic and they got to within a point of winning the league”.
But Los Blancos have won only one of the last 10 meetings between the two teams and have found things particularly hard when they have conceded the opening goal to Simeone’s side.
That was the first and – so far – only time two teams from the same city had contested a Champions League final.
‘For a hundred and something years Atletico Madrid has been among the best.
“It would be good if Zizou (Zidane) continues for some time and that they maintain the players they have today”.
Real Madrid have two other injury worries ahead of the final with Alvaro Arbeloa suffering a knee problem while James Rodriguez has a muscle strain. They’ll defend very well, as they always do, but you can’t say that Atletico are a team who only defend.
Yet, despite the presence of three-time World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo, the world’s most expensive player in Gareth Bale and the likes of Karim Benzema and Luka Modric, Simeone expects the Real to play on the counter-attack.
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In a media conference on Tuesday, Zidane revealed the forward had a minor problem, but would be perfectly fine to play in Milan.
