Zidane credits ‘difference maker’ Sergio Ramos for UEFA Super Cup win
Zinedine Zidane has praised Sergio Ramos for playing the decisive role in Real Madrid’s UEFA Super Cup win over Sevilla.
It was quite the eventful night for Real Madrid Captain, who gave penalty which was calmly slotted home by Yevhen Konoplyanka to put Sevilla ahead.
Zidane credits ‘difference maker’ Sergio Ramos for UEFA Super Cup win
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However, Ramos did enough to bring Real Madrid to the level terms, with Dani Carvajal scored the winner in the extra time.
In his post-match interview, Real Madrid manager was quick to single out the contribution of Ramos in their win and said that he is the most important player in the team, who always make the difference in the crucial games.
“He has always been the difference”. Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane singled out Sergio Ramos after the influential captain helped the European champions to UEFA Super Cup glory on Tuesday.
“You have to congratulate Sevilla on their great performance,” said Zidane, who became just the fifth coach to win the Super Cup having also hoisted the trophy aloft as a player.
“Sometimes to play a great game it takes two sides and today we saw just that. In the end we won, but Sevilla were very good.
“Sergio Ramos is our captain, an important player and he’s always there to earn us the trophy. There were no special instructions for him. With a player like Sergio, he’s always been the difference. We’ve seen it before. He’s grown as a player, too. In this final he was there just where he needed to be.”
“We have a good squad. We have players who also weren’t here today; four or five players in fact. It’s a good squad. We’ve got young and experienced players,” Zidane added.
“The group is always the most important; it’s always been that way.”