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Madrid: Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has said the Champions League final match against Juventus will be a special one.<\/p>\nMadrid: Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has said the Champions League final match against Juventus will be a special one.<\/p>\n
Despite their 1-2 defeat in the semi-final return leg to Atletico Madrid, Real booked their place in the final, which will be played on June 3 in Cardiff.<\/p>\n
A close range goal from Isco three minutes before the half-time was crucial as Real entered the summit clash on 4-2 aggregate after a brilliant start by their rivals on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
For Atletico, Saul Niguez and Antoine Griezmann were the goal-scorers.<\/p>\n
“It (the final) will be a special one because it’s a club that also played a very important part in my career during my playing days and I see it as a club which has also given me a great deal. I’m now the coach of Real Madrid, the club of my life, and it’ll be a special final,” Zidane was quoted as saying by club’s official website.<\/p>\n
“They (Juventus) also deserved to get through and it’ll be an excellent final. Making the final for a second successive year is down to everyone’s hard work. We’ve still got three important league games left and then we’ll start thinking about the final,” he added.<\/p>\n
The 44-year-old former French footballer also praised Atletico, who made a solid start in the match.<\/p>\n
“Atlético made a very strong start, putting us under pressure and winning the second balls. They scored from a corner, in which we weren’t as alert, and then from a penalty,” Zidane said.<\/p>\n
“We knew that we would have to dig in, but also that if we remained calm and patient we would get our chances,” he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Madrid: Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has said the Champions League final match against Juventus will be a special one.<\/p>\n
Despite their 1-2 defeat in the semi-final return leg to Atletico Madrid, Real booked their place in the final, which will be played on June 3 in Cardiff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1393,466,2236,1475,13565],"class_list":["post-34668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-football-news","tag-champions-league","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-juventus","tag-real-madrid","tag-zinedine-zidane"],"yoast_head":"\n