Salomon Rondonformer Málaga player now Pachuca that tonight he will face the real Madrid in the final of Intercontinental Cuphas two references and one of them is a former Madrid fan. The Venezuelan footballer, 35, explained to ‘El Larguero’ (Ser) that his two lifelong idols are Michael Jordan and Ronaldo Nazario.
About the ‘Fenómeno’ he confirmed that when he met him “I was frozen”, while the legend of basketball he said that “he was an idol, a reference, someone for whom I always liked basketball.” And he added as an anecdote: “There was at least one moment when I wanted to change sports but my parents didn’t let me. They didn’t make a mistake.” “I ask for the number 23 as much as possible because of my love for basketball, it has marked me throughout my life.”
The former Málaga player knows some of the players he will face tonight: “I faced Courtois when he was at Atlético de Madrid and I met him in the Premier League. With the national team I faced Vinicius, Valverde… I hope Mbappé doesn’t ‘don’t play’ and I hope nobody plays,” he admitted. And about the result of the match, it is clear: “Real Madrid is always the favorite of history, but I am convinced that anything can happen in football. Nobody can take away our enthusiasm.”
Source: La Verdad
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