The technical report on the latest Champions League praises the confidence of the indomitable champion, who will monopolize the prizes awarded on Thursday
Even the best Hollywood screenwriter would not have been able to make up a story like Real Madrid wrote in the last edition of the Champions League. Constantly living on the brink of collapse, Carlo Ancelotti’s team made the impossible their daily bread until they hung the fourteenth at the Stade de France. The faith of the indomitable king of Europe, propelled by a “hidden force”, catapulted him to the skies of Paris, according to UEFA’s technical report on the most incredible tournament in memory.
“The word ‘miracle’ appeared in more than one headline the morning after the Chelsea game. However, Madrid was just warming up (…). In the semi-final against City, Courtois saved the elimination against Grealish and led to a new and sudden resurrection of Lázaro (…). In the final with Liverpool, Madrid fans chanted louder: ‘This is how Madrid win’. He always finds a way to win, and in the biggest game he did it again,” explains Roberto Martínez, the Belgian coach and one of the experts on the panel responsible for drafting a report starring the team that took off in the gutter to PSG, Chelsea and Manchester City via a series of astonishing comebacks to meet Liverpool in Paris, which he subdued with a goal from Vinicius and a superlative from Courtois that left Marcelo the ‘orejona’ in the city of light and love.
UEFA’s analysis focuses on Carlo Ancelotti, one of the main architects of the white epic due to his skillful management of the dressing room and his ability to read the matches. The Italian coach stressed last year that the most important thing was not who started the games, but the impact the substitutes could have once they storm the field. This is also recognized by Roberto Martínez. “Ancelotti has been the example this season for having super important players like Kroos, Casemiro, Modric and then with younger guys – Rodrygo scores goals, Camavinga assists. It’s not about how long you play, it’s about the quality of your playing time” , emphasizes the Belgian coach.
The panel of experts also takes a look at a series of figures whose work was instrumental in helping Real Madrid reclaim the continental title. At the head of it all is Benzema, top scorer of the last edition of the Champions League with 15 goals, 10 of which during the knockout phase. The Lyon man was also the player who made the most shots (46) during the tournament, with half ending up between the three posts. Some of the records that will put him on the throne as the best player of the year in the Champions League draw to be held in Istanbul this Thursday.
Together with the Frenchman, the top favorite to also win the Ballon d’Or to be awarded on October 17, UEFA’s technical report reserves a special section for Vinicius, author of the goal that won the Paris final and declared the best young player of a Champions League in which he scored four goals and provided six assists. Courtois, a hero of the whites in Saint-Denis and one of the four Real Madrid players who, along with Benzema, Vinicius and Modric, belong to the ideal eleven of the league, also has his chapter. They are joined by Rüdiger, who earned his right to appear in the bloc of the elect with the Chelsea shirt, but who has joined the ranks of Real Madrid this summer.
In addition to Real Madrid’s leading role, UEFA’s technical report on the latest edition of the Champions League offers a range of data that serve to explain the successes of some and the debacle of others. In this way PSG appears as the team that covered the fewest kilometers per game (106.34), far removed from the leader in this section, Dynamo Kyiv (123.05) or the champion (115.38). The footballer with the fastest speed was Kylian Mbappé (36.7 km/h) and Bayern Munich established themselves as the team with the highest scorers (31) in a Champions League that was the third most prolific in history in the attacking part ( 380 targets).
Source: La Verdad
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