Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos says manager Zinedine Zidane inspired the team to beat city rivals Atletico Madrid and win their 11th Champions League title on Saturday in Milan.
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“At the end getting the Champions League is the best along with winning the World Cup”, said the Frenchman, a world champion in 1998. Real Madrid wins like this, Real Madrid wins like this.
“I’ve won the Champions League as a player, as an assistant and now as a head coach”.
“I’m so proud to be part of this great club”, the former Juventus midfielder said.
“I am so proud to wear this white shirt, it suits me and I am very happy”, he told the crowd.
“I told Zizou that and to let me take the fifth and that’s how it turned out”, he added. It’s not easy at all.
Zidane never tires of stressing the value of hard work and his team selections reflect that, sidelining the likes of James Rodriguez and Isco, players overflowing with talent but reluctant to dig in and help the team out defensively.
“When you have players of this calibre, with this talent, you can achieve something big like we have tonight”.
“I had a vision”.
“In six years I’m scoring more than 50 goals, but I am asking for more”.
“But I am asking more”, he declared.
It was none other than Cristiano Ronaldo who scored the game-winning penalty as he calmed slotted it past Jon Oblak for the victor.
“Zidane has done a phenomenal job”. “We showed resilience and what we’re made of”.
Simeone was upset in the aftermath, saying: “Nobody remembers the ones who finish second”.
Real Madrid sealed La Undecima with a penalty shootout victory at the San Siro after the game ended in a 1-1 draw. “This goes beyond any game or competition”, Iniesta said.
“The team that wins is always the best team”.
“I don’t believe in injustice in football”. Losing two finals is a failure.
“We need to continue working”.
“The break 15 days is a lot”, he said.
“The season was a little odd but when you have bad things you learn too, eventually you learn every day”, said the 24-year-old, in quotes published by Fox Sports. I do not know which hurts more, this final or the last one. “That’s what really hurts”.
“I thank the people in Madrid for being there for me and my family. We have to get over this and heal our wounds”.
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“I’ve played more than 4 000 minutes, and I was number one in the team, again, with the most minutes”.
