I was excited and very nervous at the same time!" "When I signed, I spoke to him on a video call. "When we were kids playing football in the street, Ronaldo was our idol. "Ronaldo played in the 2002 final against Germany sporting a very distinctive haircut," the defender recalled. Rudiger has also been in touch with another former Blancos star since making the move to Spain, namely Brazil's legendary 2002 World Cup hero Ronaldo Nazario. I've never heard a bad word about Real Madrid." "He told me: 'You go there and enjoy it, it's a great move for you'. "I haven't spoken to Kroos too much about Real Madrid, I've spoken to Mateo Kovacic and he's told me a lot of things," Rudiger added. Rudiger, who has won 53 caps for Germany, also revealed it was not international team-mate Toni Kroos that advised him to move to the Santiago Bernabeu, but Chelsea midfielder Mateo Kovacic, who made 109 appearances during a four-year spell with the Spanish giants. I've never seen anything like this before." It's like I'm dreaming, but this is real, and I feel immense pleasure to be here. "I've always said that the Champions League is Real Madrid's competition, because that's where you see the club's real side. But in general, everything this club represents is evident.
After I spoke to him, I was convinced I wanted to join Real Madrid. "The manager has played a big part in this. "I'm convinced I can still learn a lot from him, and I hope he can help me win another Champions League here. "It's an honour to play for Carlo Ancelotti," he told the club's website. Rudiger, who was instrumental as Chelsea won European football's premier competition in 2021, believes working under the Italian can help him reach those heights once more. He joins a side which has just won La Liga and the Champions League – the latter for a record-extending 14th time, while boss Ancelotti became the first coach to be crowned European champion on four occasions with last month's final win over Liverpool. Rudiger signed a four-year contract with Madrid earlier this month, with his and Aurelien Tchouameni's arrivals at the Santiago Bernabeu already making for a significant transfer window.
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Paul became the 13th player in NBA history with 1,000 playoff assists.Īntonio Rudiger described the prospect of playing under Carlo Ancelotti as an "honour" after leaving Chelsea to join Real Madrid on a free transfer, as he targeted winning another Champions League title. Suns veteran Chris Paul returned from the league's health and safety protocol to post 15 points and 12 assists. "We'll come in tomorrow, go over film, regroup and get ready for Game 4." We've been like that the whole season, so we'll stick with that. They break it back in place."ĭespite the defeat, Booker is confident the Suns will put things right in the next game.
"Like eight shots to numb it up and then they go in there and put it back, they break it again. "It's a procedure that they usually say they put you under for, but we had a flight out a couple hours later, so they just numbed it up all over the place, it felt like. "That was probably the worst part," he said.
"We just lost the game."īooker had to undergo a quick fix before the Suns flew in to LA from Phoenix and it was not a pleasurable experience for the shooting guard. "The nose feels fine," Booker, who wore a face mask during the game, said in quotes reported by ESPN. That disjointed display came in the wake of Booker having been subjected to some painful treatment to put his nose back in place, but he did not want to use that as an excuse. It was a tough outing for Booker, who was just five-for-21 shooting as he finished with 15 points in a team-high 40 minutes. The second-seeded Suns had stormed into a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference Finals but saw that advantage cut in half with a 106-92 loss in LA on Thursday. Devin Booker refused to blame his broken nose for an ugly showing in the Phoenix Suns' Game 3 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers.
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