The powerful Real Madrid of Spain was crowned champion of the Uefa Champions League (UCL) this Saturday, after beating Borussia Dortmund of Germany 2 goals to 0 at the legendary Wembley stadium in London.
Beyond the commitment and the victory of Real Madrid, before the start of the duel there was an event that ended up going viral through the different social networks, especially on X.
This was directly related to former French player and coach Zinedine Zidane, who came out with the Champions League trophy before the game. And it was during the Gaul’s walk with the cup that the event that was captured live occurred..
Zidane, when he was carrying the trophy, He realized that the jacket he was wearing was poorly fitted., which made him suffer tremendous pain. The Frenchman tried to adjust his bag, but at that moment he couldn’t do it.
Toni Kroos’s farewell
The German midfielder Toni Kroos ended his successful sporting career at the club level this Saturday with the conquest of his sixth Champions League, all day in which he celebrated 300 victories with Real Madrid, a team where he became a true legend.
Few imagined in 2014, the year in which he left Pep Guardiola’s Bayern Munich in exchange for 25 million euros, the success that his future held for him in the white team, which had just been proclaimed European champion in the final in Lisbon against Atlético de Madrid. A decade later, he says goodbye to the Madrid club with 23 more titles.
In the 74th minute of the duel at Wembley, Kroos placed a precise cross so that Dani Carvajal, with a header, opened the scoring and brought the fifteenth closer. Shortly after, in ’86, he left the field celebrating with rage with the Madrid fans what was already inevitable: the sixth ‘Champions’ of his personal record.
Before hanging up his boots after the European Championship in his country, the German ended his career at Real Madrid with his 300th victory in 465 games with the white shirt, distributed between League (201), Champions (69), Copa del Rey (11), Club World Cup (9), Spanish Super Cup (7) and European Super Cup (3).
*With information from Europa Press.
