Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane reflected on a dream triumph after his side won the Champions League in a tense final.
Zinedine Zidane is the youngest manager to win the Champions League(Omnisports)
Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane
reflected on a dream triumph after his side won the Champions League in
a tense final against Atletico Madrid on penalties in Milan.
Just
five months after taking over from the sacked Rafael Benitez, the
43-year-old became the first Frenchman to win the title as a head coach
and only the seventh man ever to win it as a player and boss after a 5-3
win in the shoot-out followed a 1-1 draw.
Zidane
revealed the success had made him feel as proud as former Madrid head
coach Carlo Ancelotti had told him such a triumph would.
He
said: "I dreamed this, yes. When president gave me opportunity to coach
this great club, I knew we could achieve something big.
"It's
huge! Ancelotti told me he hoped I would be able to lift the trophy as a
head coach. He told me 'If you have a chance of winning as coach,
you'll see it feels nothing like winning the final as a player' and he
was right - it's a massive joy.
"What I've brought is my positive attitude. We have quality, but hard work is even more important – and we've all worked
"When
you achieve what we've achieved all season it means you've done well,
that the messages have got through, that the players have followed me
and that I've followed them. That's how we've managed to win this
Champions League.
"I have now won Champions League
as player, assistant and now head coach - what can I say? I am very
proud to be part of this great club for a long time now.
"When you have players of this calibre, with this talent, you can achieve something big like we have.
"When
you win something as big as the Champions League, it means a lot – for
the players and the technical staff. I'm very happy for everything we've
achieved together. It's not easy at all."
Post a Comment