Real Madrid, champions of the Champions League, live: results, goals in the final and celebrations, live

Previously, UEFA would not recognize a player as a Champions League winner unless he played a minute in the competition, even if he was called up and registered on his team’s official list. In Madrid, neither Thibaut Courtois nor Arda Guler played for Real in the Champions League this year. The Belgian goalkeeper will start; Güler is difficult, whether he will play or not depends on the course of the match. With the previous rule stating: Winners: players who played in the winning team of the UEFA Champions League. Substitutes without minutes or unused squad players do not count. If Madrid wins and Güler does not take the field today, he will not add the current Champions League to his record. Now this injustice has changed.

Although UEFA has not officially announced its change of heart, Isco’s precedent provides relief to Güler and confirms the change in trend. The player from Malaga has five Champions League titles under his belt, in four of them he participated and was a very decisive player, but in his fifth and last, the 2021/22 season, he did not play a single minute below Carlo Ancelotti’s team. However, contrary to the supposed norm, the official UEFA website recognizes the former Real Madrid player with five Champions League titles, as well as his former teammates Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema, Bale, Marcelo, Carvajal, Modric, Casemiro, Kroos (1 with Bayern “) and Nacho. If Madrid win today, Kroos, Modric, Nacho and Carvajal will equal the legendary Paco Gento with six European Cups.

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