texts about the heroes of the Champions League final

Thibaut Courtois

The hero of the Champions League final and the player who at one time went to great lengths for the sake of a dream. He is hated by Chelsea and Atletico fans because Thibault has never hidden his desire to play for Real Madrid. The first shoots of the action-packed romance between Real Madrid and Courtois appeared in March 2014. Atletico then overcame themselves in every match and fought for the long-awaited championship, and Simeone rallied the team around him and turned the team into one big family. The 22-year-old Thibaut was given the role of everyone’s beloved son-in-law in it. Cholo openly admired the Belgian’s reliable play and urged the Atlético management to buy out the Chelsea-owned hero as soon as possible for any money. Only now Courtois made completely different plans. Even then, he dreamed of moving to Real Madrid. And everyone felt it.

Dani Carvajal

“Before matches, I have my own ritual: I take a T-shirt, go to the toilet, go to the second booth, put it on from the left sleeve and then pray. And if you put on your uniform in the locker room, the main thing is not to look in the mirror. Dani Carvajal is  just a really nice guy. In the last final, he was injured and left the field in tears.

Eder Militao

The Real Madrid center-back is also a very sentimental player. Before the Champions League final, he wrote a touching letter to his young self: “Play with a smile, like you’re flying a kite.”

David Alaba

The Austrian was not easy for the Austrian to leave Bayern. In his youth, Alaba hated the Munich club, but then he nevertheless accepted the offer, met Ribery, who in turn introduced David to the nightlife (their sprees went down in the history of the club). But then he matured and impressed even Pep Guardiola. Here is the story of the rise of Alaba.

Casemiro

The Brazilian had nowhere to sleep as a child, but now he is king. Obsessed with development : uses in-depth analytics, even watches the matches of the Chinese championship, sits on a diet and dreams of passing like the Busquets. And it works!

Fede Valverde

His heyday was the time of Zidane, who made Valverde the main midfielder of Real Madrid . Zidane is gone, Valverde is still a hero, but already a shadow. For example, the victory over Chelsea in the playoffs is largely his merit.

Vinicius Jr.

You know him very well – crazy speed, dribbling and sometimes (or often?) problems with implementation. But we must admit that Vinicius is one of the most influential players in Real Madrid, even when he does not score . His duel with Trent was considered decisive in this final . You know the outcome.

Carlo Ancelotti

In early April, the dismissal of Ancelotti was seriously discussed, Vadim Lukomsky even then explained why parting with the Italian was a bad decision. And by May, Ancelotti himself explained this – he set the greatest records, taking the title in each of the top 5 leagues and reaching the fifth Champions League final. We wrote a lot of texts about Ancelotti, you know everything about him.