But went on to say how he felt about Zidane and Carlos: “They were idols, megastars, what could a kid say to those great players?”
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A veteran of three World Cups and three European Championships, Fernando Torres is used to the big stage.
Ronaldo has 364 career goals for Real Madrid and 543 scores overall. During his time at Anfield, he scored in the semi-finals of the Champions League against Chelsea in 2008, although the Reds failed to progress to the final on that occasion. The 31-year-old has been having a lingering thigh injury over the past few weeks and that could put his Champions League final in doubts. “I only care about Real Madrid”, he said at a media open day, as quoted by Sport.
“I don’t know what the secret to it is”, Bale said.
So far in the Champions League this season, the former Sporting Lisbon star scored 16 goals and created 22 chances in 11 matches. But I want Atletico to win it because they are a team that has worked for it.
“I knew what I was risking by coming back”. When asked who had the best outfield players, he was similarly unequivocal: “Real Madrid, everyone Real Madrid”. The Portuguese forward is one goal shy of the record he set in the 2013-14 season.
He then came off the bench in the 84th minute of the final against Bayern Munich with the Blues 1-0 down and staring down the barrel of defeat. Thanks to his recent performances, Niguez earned a spot in Spain’s preliminary squad for the European Championship in France, being picked instead of veterans such as Torres and Diego Costa.
“Now we’re playing in another final and we’ll have to use that experience to make sure it doesn’t happen again”.
“Renewal after the Champions League final?”. If you weigh things up, there is no better club.
Welshman Bale netted against Atletico when they had met in the Champions league final in 2014, which Real won 4-1.
“They can forget everyone else because Real Madrid are the best”.
“That’s important because we’ve got two players in Bale and Aaron Ramsey who can win us a game anywhere”.
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“Atletico are a very physical team, but we hope to counter that”.
