In a gesture where one player recognized the greatness of another, Benzema gave Marcelo the captain’s badge to lift the Champions League cupin the middle of a Madrid party that has invaded not only the Stade de France, but all of Paris today is merengue.
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It’s not every day that a European team can celebrate the achievement of having lifted their 14th UEFA Champions League titlefierce competition in which only the best clubs in Europe have a place, and that’s what happened the hard way Real Madrid v Liverpool match.
The two teams battled it out on the pitch, each chasing the title of Europe’s most prestigious club tournament, and in the 59th minute the fate was decided, when Vinicius Jr. scored the goal that sealed the game, giving Madrid the title, and when it was Los Merengues’ turn to lift the trophy, an epic moment happened.
Benzema gave his captain’s badge to Marcelo to lift the Champions League trophy
When it was time to lift the title, Karim Benzema showed the category that characterizes him and presented his captain’s armband to the Brazilian Marcelloso he would be the one to lift the 14th cup that the Madrid club won in this competition, in which they showed that they always knew how to make epic comebacks on complicated matches, as happened with PSG or Atletico Madrid.
That’s why Benzema decided to let Marcelo lift the cup since he’s about to leave Real Madrid, a team that didn’t renew him for next season, so the player is said to be close to leave the team in which he also won the Champions League.
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