The former France worldwide won the Champions League for Madrid as a player, his wondrous volley helping see off Bayer Leverkusen in the 2001 final, and will now hope to add another European Cup to his CV in Saturday’s showpiece with Atletico Madrid at San Siro.
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Simeone’s men were seconds away from a first ever Champions League in the Portuguese capital until Sergio Ramos’s stoppage time equaliser sent the game into extra-time where Real were rampant to seal a 4-1 win and their 10th European Cup.
He instantly made himself a hero in his debut season with goals in the Champions League and Copa del Rey finals as Real beat their bitterest rivals Atletico Madrid and Barcelona respectively.
Torres – a Champions League victor with Chelsea in 2012 – said he’s ready to give it everything.
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Ivan Campo is backing Gareth Bale to become the world’s best player at Real Madrid.
“What we’ve achieved is very hard”.
In the context of modern soccer, it is a unique achievement and has led to suggestions that Simeone is the world’s finest coach.
“He’s getting a lot of experience, and playing in the Euros he will be even more experienced when he goes back to Real Madrid”. “To play a final is absolutely fantastic, to win it is better still”.
One of these players is 3-time Ballon d’Or victor Cristiano Ronaldo, who just recently described during his press conference ahead of the UCL finals on Saturday his relationship with Benitez as different from all of the other coaches that Real has appointed. They have so far lost their previous two finals.
The Sevilla boss is only contracted to the Europa League champions for another season, and has impressed with back-to-back-to-back continental trophies. It’s the game of my life.
The club will appreciate the timing of the striker’s confirmation of commitment with a crucial Champions League Final clash against Atletico just around the corner.
Dermot Corrigan is a Madrid-based football writer who covers La Liga and the Spain national team for ESPN FC.
“I am happy at Real Madrid”. Now we have a fresh chance, but no one’s gifted us anything.
Ronaldo has scored/assisted 74 per cent of Real Madrid’s goals in this season’s competition (20 out of 27).
When the going gets tough – There comes a time in most games that teams are truly tested.
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Emery has been asked not to commit to Sevilla or any of his suitors elsewhere until Tuesday, by which point Madrid will know if they want Zidane to stay on the bench or not.
