“Escucho muchas tonterías afuera.” (I hear a lot of nonsense outside.)
Real Madrid were drowning.
He walked away into the tunnel, leaving the journalist holding a dead microphone, realizing that the warning had never been for the players. zidane avisa estais avisados
He didn't shout. He didn't slam the table. He simply stood up, nodded once at the stunned room, and walked out. In the locker room, the players watched the replay on a tablet. Sergio Ramos grinned. Luka Modric adjusted his shin guards. Karim Benzema simply looked at the Champions League trophy painted on the wall. “Escucho muchas tonterías afuera
Benzema, with the outside of his right boot, flicked the ball into the far corner. He didn't slam the table
Before half-time, Vinícius Jr. scored a second. Then a third. Then, in the second half, a counter-attack so perfect, so cruel, that the Liverpool defenders simply stopped running. They knew. They had been warned.
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