James Rodriguez speaks about Zidane’s decision to leave him on the bench in UCL final
James Rodriguez clarifies that he is not angry with Zidane‘s decision to leave him on the bench in the Champions League Final, and wants to stay at Real Madrid.
“I’m happy, everyone played a great game and in the end it was good. I wanted the team to win, what’s best is I get another Champions League. The season was a little strange but when you have bad things you learn too, eventually you learn every day,” James said, AS reports.
“You never know in football but I want to stay here and my idea is to be here for many more years. I think I need to look forward. I’m happy here. All my people are happy. This is the ideal club and I want to be here.”
James Rodriguez speaks about Zidane’s decision to leave him on the bench in UCL final
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Tiago Mendes is hopeful Diego Simeone will stay at Atletico Madrid after Champions League heartbreak.
“I have no doubt that Simeone will stay with us,” the midfielder said after the game.
The blow is hard to take, but we’ll get up. We always have. We’re very proud of what we did this season.”
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“Our efforts were impressive, but it couldn’t be crowned with a victory. Still, this is football so we’ll look for another opportunity.
“This is a winning group. I’m very proud of my teammates and we’ll continue fighting for our objectives, so we’ll keep dreaming.”
Antoine Griezmann has suggested facing Bayern Munich away from home was more tougher than Final, but final was more emotional.
“The hardest game was in Munich, but this was the most emotional. We gave everything and penalties are a lottery,” the forward said after the game.
“[Diego Simeone] didn’t say much. The truth is that no-one wanted to talk. We were all silent.
“[On bouncing back in another final], there’s no two without three, hopefully.”