This Is What Jurgen Klopp Has To Say About Zidane, Salah, Ronaldo & Messi Ahead OF Tonight’s UCL Final

May 26, 2018

Jurgen Klopp is close to winning his first ever Champions League title having lost to Bayern Munich in the 2013 clash while boss of Borussia Dortmund.

Liverpool will face Real Madrid in the 2017/18 Champions League final on Saturday (May 26) at the Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev Ukraine. Real are aiming for a fourth Champions League title in five years – and an unprecedented three in a row – while Liverpool are look forward to lift their 6th title after having last won at the Miracle of Istanbul in 2005, beating AC Milan on penalties.
On Zidane and his tactics: “If people think Zidane doesn’t have knowledge, a lot of people think that about me too and it would be funny if two coaches who didn’t know about tactics are in the Champions League final.
“What does that say about the game? Zidane was one of the best five players ever to play football, and in three years, where I’ve been at Liverpool and he at Real Madrid, he has the chance to win the Champions League for a third time, which hasn’t been done before. Either way he is brilliant, like he was as a player, and the group of players he has work like a clock from Switzerland. I’ve seen his team play a lot and they play fantastic football. At moments it is organised when it needs to be, and it is chaos when it needs to be.
“They are all world class players, but it is football, so there is an opportunity for the other team as well. Zidane was always a fighter, when he grew up at Marseille, and in his career you need to be a fighter, and as a player he was so much better than everyone else, but he was still a fighter.”
On Mohamed Salah observing Ramadan fasting as they prepare to make history: “Religion is private and I have nothing to say, he will be fine though, he is full of power.”
On comparing Salah with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo: “No manager is interested in any comparisons with [Lionel] Messi or [Cristiano] Ronaldo. They deserve all their praise and are at an amazing level, and we will see if Salah can get there, he has fantastic potential.
“This season he [Salah] was exceptional, and we have one game to go but nevertheless, this season was outstanding, and in the next few years will see if he can do something more. Those two – Messi and Ronaldo – are the most consistent over the last 10 years, and performed as such a high level.”