Cristiano Ronaldo has come out and heaped praise on coach Zinedine Zidane after Real Madrid’s 1-0 win over Manchester City in the UEFA Champions League semifinal. The Portuguese commented that he admires the Frenchman and feels the 43-year-old is doing a great job with the team.
“He's doing a great job with the team. We're all helping each other, it's mutual. I hope he continues. I admire him as a manager and as a person.
“We've always had Zizou's back, he's humble, he knows how to listen and that's always important,” Ronaldo said.
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The 31-year-old also said that "a final against Atletico is always special" after the Spanish football giants booked a place in the finals of European football’s premier tournament.
I was 100% fit: Ronaldo
After a goalless outing in the first leg in Manchester, Los Blancos beat City 1-0 on Wednesday. The 10-time European champions are set to play the UCL final on 28 May at the San Siro stadium in Milan.
"It was a tough game, but I think we played better than City, we created more chances and were more intense. After our goal, we knew that City would press, but we controlled the game well," Efe quoted Ronaldo as saying British broadcaster BT Sport on Wednesday.
"The team was very good. It's the game that we had to kill off," added the Portuguese attacker "One-nil is a close but sufficient result. We are in the final."
Commenting about his injury, he said: "I was at a hundred percent. Obviously not at a fitness level, because I've been out for a while. But I did a good job for the team and we are in the final."
Ronaldo also stressed he was "very happy" to be in the final of the Champions League.
