Jude Bellingham, who was overcome with emotion, praised his family and called Real Madrid's Champions League final victory the best night of my life.
After leaving Dortmund in the summer, the 20-year-old has been amazing in his first season. He contributed to the victory when Vinicius Junior and Dani Carvajal scored the game-winning goals.His desire to play in the biggest games has been the hallmark of Madrid's incredible 23-go
Following Madrid's victory at Wembley, Bellingham has become one of just five British players—Paul Lambert, Owen Hargreaves, Steve McManaman, and Gareth Bale—to have won the Champions League with a foreign team.
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Telling TNT Sports, "I've always dreamt of playing in these games, he said.People tell you repeatedly throughout life that you are incapable of doing things. You are reminded on days like today. Sometimes it's difficult and you question if it's worthwhile, but evenings like this help you realize.
Up until I saw my parents, I was fine. There are nights when they might have returned home by 7 p.m., but instead they spend until 12 a.m. traveling to take me to football. In addition, I'm attempting to set an example for my younger brother.
This is the best night of my life.
It's a special feeling, he continued. Enjoy your first title because there's no sensation like reaching the summit of the mountain, according to some of my teammates who have five or six trophies between them.
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Outside the players' and staff's cocoon, you feel like the entire world is on top of you. Things happen in training and the media reports on them five seconds later.
"Winning is extremely satisfying for this club because of this. You manage and take in the strain, and then you get to appreciate times like these till it all starts over."
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"I have time to rest and relax because I'm returning to the national team on June 8," he stated. This week, I have to pay attention to my body. There will undoubtedly be a great deal of celebration. I believe that tonight I'll require something a little stronger than Lucozade."
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As a head coach, Carlo Ancelotti has already taken home the prized award five times. With nine Champions League or domestic final victories in a row, no other coach has even come close to matching his feat of four, much less five.
"It seems like a dream, but it's real," he said to TNT. I'm content. As usual, it was a very tough game; we were superior in the second half, but they performed better in the first. This is how finals work. It has been an incredible season, and we were able to win.
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"It's the club's history and customs. We collaborate without any issues and work in a great setting. The dressing area has a nice vibe to it. I must express my gratitude to my team and the extremely modest and selfless players. current team is easy to manage in current season.
"We will definitely not be sleeping tonight.
"Who will be my next target? must always strive to give it my all.
"As a player and manager, this competition brought me a great deal of enjoyment, and my goal is to attempt to duplicate that feeling.
"I have the luck to be in the best club in the world."
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Edin Terzic, the manager of Borussia Dortmund: "You could see why they are champions as the momentum shifted.""The first fifteen to twenty minutes of the second half were quite well matched. However, the opponent is of amazing quality. You can see that we need to take note of the fact that a set-piece cost us the game's momentum.
"We have been always dangerous in ball possession, on counter-attacks but we couldn't manage to score and that was the key to why we didn't win the game."
Regarding Jadon Sancho's future: "Jadon has been fantastic for us over the last six months. Although it took him some time to recover, his qualities and abilities would immediately raise our level of play. He helped the guys around him as well as himself to improve. He is incredibly talented.
Hummels: We were unable to get the ball into the goal.
Mats Hummels, a defender for Borussia Dortmund: "We mounted some fantastic attacks, but we were unable to put the ball in the net.
"We had a fantastic game, and I'm delighted of our performance against a team whose players seem to have participated in 28 Champions League finals, out of which we have participated in three.
"We played with style, bravery, and heart as football players. Despite some amazing attacks, we were unable to get the ball into the net.
"Then, as usual, Real struck after we committed a few rather minor errors. They enjoyed the same sort of luck that we have experienced in earlier Champions League matches this year, but It wasn't here today.
"One of our four excellent opportunities needs to be taken. We lost some of our composure, gave up too many set pieces, and didn't hold onto the ball for long enough starting in the 70th minute."
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