• Champions League Final to eight in Lisbon

The business card of Ronaldo Nazario must be an A4 sheet, at least. In addition to a world football legend, businessman and president of Valladolid, he holds the position of sponsor ambassador for Banco Santande r. Yesterday, wearing an open white shirt, he reviewed the news of the ball under the red logo of the Spanish financial institution, in an act organized in the wake of the Champions League awakening. The company, after going through Formula 1 on the back of the Ferrari cars , became one of the main sponsors of the great soccer championship on the continent.

"I love it, I won many titles in formats like this," said the Brazilian, comparing the tournament that UEFA has invented to solve the European Cup with the World Cups where he became famous. Two won, the one of 1994 and 2002 , with one more final in their history, that of 1998.

“I think it is the fairest format for this occasion, because there was no time if it were otherwise. It will be very exciting and it will be in a few days, but we will have a champion on the pitch, " said Ronaldo during a telematic press conference organized by Banco Santander. A little over a year ago, the event was live, in an office in Valdebebas, a few days before the final of the Champions League played in Madrid. Now, with everything backwards, the president of Valladolid served 50 journalists through a Zoom call .

Ronaldo believes that it was the best outing for a Champions League that really touched the suspension. Now, after solving the eighths in a destination to be determined (either the one of the local club or in Portugal), the final will reach eight in Lisbon, from August 12 to 23. "Everyone will have enough time to train even those who are not playing national leagues, whoever is best on the field will win," he said, with a vision very different from that also stated yesterday by Quique Setién, the Barcelona coach. , who does not like the five changes in La Liga or the suit of the new Champions, the great goal of his team.

«I think it is worse, but not only for Barça, but for everyone. With two games you can solve an accident. Now you're playing it. I think we would all prefer to play a double game. What I do hope is that against Napoli we play at our house because we played the first leg there, with a lot of people cheering them on, ”complained the Catalan player.

Ronaldo placed the Barça star in his particular ranking of the best in history: Pelé, Maradona, Messi and Cristian o. And of the current ones, he stays with Mbappé. "It reminds me of how fast I was and how it ends." Along with the Brazilian, Juan Manuel Cendoya, vice president of Santander and head of communications for the group, applauded the return of the Champions League: «The competition was altered but the emotion will continue. We think it is very good to support this competition and we believe that Portugal is an extraordinary country to do it ».

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