“That is the past and this is a new final, a new opportunity for us to try and take advantage of and we are going with all of the hope in the world and all of the humility in the world as well”.
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“We all play for each other”, El Nino explained.
“What I can confirm is that he will not be ready to go this Saturday, and I don’t think he will be ready in two or three weeks”.
Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane will miss the Champions League final after suffering a hamstring injury in training, the Spanish media reported yesterday. We have to make sure we’re ready and see what happens on Saturday.
“I expect he will be out for two or three weeks”.
Varane was unlikely to start against Atletico in any case with captain Sergio Ramos and Pepe coach Zinedine Zidane’s preferred central defensive partnership.
He added that the secret of beating Real Madrid and keeping their attacking trio of Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema quiet was to “do as we always have – work together and run together”. Real Madrid skipper want to a great contribution in the final of Champions League as like as his whole Champions League season. It’s been a good season, we’ve been working well all season, I don’t like to compare.
Indeed, the two bitter enemies last met in the Champions League final of 2014 in Lisbon, the occasion when Real won their tenth European crown.
“He has everything a coach has to have”.
“He has everything a coach has to have but above all he knows his team, his players, very well and that’s the most important thing”. He was fighting for La Liga, now he has a really fantastic possibility.
“I am one of the senior players now and give advice where I can, but I am also learning from the younger players”.
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Diego Simeone’s side have never won the Champions League and should they do it this time around, they will become the first new team to do so since Chelsea’s dramatic triumph over Bayern Munich in the final back in 2012. “They can also cause you problems playing with the ball”.
