‘We know that to play in the final of the Champions League throughout your career is something incredible, and we will play in two and truthfully it is very emotional, ‘ Koke added.
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Griezmann also played down the impact that a two-week layoff since the end of the Spanish league season could have on both sides.
Though many will have their own preference, the pair are certain to enter the annals of football history alongside the greatest ever to play the game, and they’ll be sorely missed when they finally hang up their boots. Hopefully we’ll be the best in Europe.
The injury is also just three weeks away from the start of the European Championships and he also faces a race to be fit for France’s opening game against Romania on June 10.
“Everyone feels important and knows their place”.
“His recovery will continue to be assessed”.
Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone is now looking to avenge his team’s dramatic defeat last time around.
Real Madrid overcame Atletico when the pair met in the 2014 Champions League final. Barcelona and Real Madrid earned almost 140 million euros ($158 million) in television rights this season, twice as much as Atletico and at least four times more than the smaller clubs. This year’s final is the first in which none of the venue’s occupants have been able to appear as neither club qualified for the Champions League.
“To be an Atleti player is the best there is. It is fantastic. Our style is renewal”.
Simeone praised the work Blancos coach Zinedine Zidane has done with the team after replacing Rafa Benitez in January, particularly in getting the best out of their Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema strikeforce. Why would I want to lose all of this?’ When you enter the pitch, you see how things go, but at first it’s hard.
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Torres enjoyed his share of decisive moments during Chelsea’s Champions League run, scoring to eliminate Barcelona at the Camp Nou in the semifinals and winning the corner that led to Didier Drogba’s late equaliser against Bayern Munich in the final.
