In a previous era, UEFA did not recognize a player as a Champions League winner if he had not played any minutes in the competition even though he was called up and was registered on his team’s official list. In Madrid, neither Thibaut Courtois nor Arda Güler have played in the Champions League with Madrid this year. The Belgian goalkeeper will start; Güler is complicated, he will play or not depending on the course of the game. With the previous rule, which said: Winners: players who have played in the winning team of the UEFA Champions League. Substitutes without minutes or unused squad players do not count, if Madrid wins and Güler does not take the field today, he would not add the current Champions League to his record. Now that injustice has changed.
Although UEFA has not made its change of mind official, the precedent Isco relieves Güler and confirms the change of trend. The player from Malaga has five Champions League titles, in four of them he was part of them and a highly decisive player, but in his fifth and last one, 2021-22, he did not play a single minute under Carlo’s orders. Ancelotti. However, and contrary to the supposed norm, on the official UEFA website they recognize the former Real Madrid player with five Champions League titles, the same as his former teammates Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema, Bale, Marcelo, Carvajal, Modric, Casemiro, Kroos (1 with Bayern) and Nacho. If Madrid wins today, Kroos, Modric, Nacho and Carvajal would equal the legendary Paco Gento with six European Cups.
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