MOTIVATION | ROBERTO CARLOS WAS TOL HE WILL NEVER SUCCEED

 

Throwback to 1995 when Roy Hodgson told Roberto Carlos that he wouldn’t make it as a left back… 

Roberto Carlos: “Once upon a time at Inter Milan, Roy Hodgson told me I would never succeed as left back. He told me l wasn’t good enough. I told him that he doesn’t understand football.”

He then went onto win:

🏆 La Liga

🏆 Champions League

🏆 Supercopa

🏆 Brazil Série A

🏆 Campeonato Paulista

🏆 Turkish Cup

🏆 Copa America

🏆 Club World Cup

🏆 World Cup

And he became one of the greatest, if not the greatest, left back of all time 🐐

JUDE BELLINGHAM HAILS REAL MADRID'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TRIUMPH

Jude Bellingham with his Champions League medal. Julian Finney - UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images

Jude Bellingham has described Real Madrid's Champions League final win over Borussia Dortmund as "the best night of my life" as the Spanish giants claimed their record-extending 15th European crown.

Bellingham assisted Vinícius Júnior for the second goal that secured the 2-0 victory after Dani Carvajal headed in Toni Kroos' header to open the scoring, and was visibly emotional speaking to TNT Sports after the game.

"I've always dreamed of playing in these games. You go through life and there's so many people that say you can't do things, and days like today just remind you why," the 20-year-old said.

"I was alright until I saw my mum and dad's face there. The amount of nights where they could be at home by 7 o'clock and they're doing trips at 11, 12 at night to take me to football.

"I can't put it into words, it's the best night of my life."

The win brings to a close a club season that saw Madrid win LaLiga comfortably and win the Spanish Supercopa.

"I think it has got to be up there," Bellingham said when asked if it was the perfect debut season in Spain.

"We missed out on the Copa del Rey that's the only disappointing thing I suppose... I can't have dreamed it much better than this."

 

XAVI SAYS 'SORRY' TO BARCELONA'S FANS AFTER CLASICO LOSS IN SUPARCOPA

The loss against Real Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup final will increase the pressure on Barcelona manager Xavi as his team sits fourth in the LaLiga standings. Photo by Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images

Barcelona coach Xavi Hernández repeatedly apologized to the club's supporters after Sunday's 4-1 humbling at the hands of Real Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup final in Saudi Arabia.

Vinícius Júnior scored a first-half hat-trick at Al-Awwal Park, including two in the first 10 minutes, and Rodrygo Goes completed the rout in the second half as Madrid inflicted revenge on Barça for last year's defeat in the final.

Robert Lewandowski had briefly helped Barça back into the game at 2-1, but Vinícius' third goal, via a penalty, killed off any hopes of a Clásico comeback before the break.

"I am disappointed and sad," Xavi told Movistar after the match. "This is football and today we have to deal with the painful side of the game.

"It is a shame. We had a lot of hope going into the final and we've produced our worst performance. We started badly, we had a chance to come back, but the penalty killed the game.

"We were never comfortable. Madrid did a lot of damage on the counter and in transition. We apologise to the fans, we didn't compete, but I've experienced a lot of defeats with this club. Barça will come back."

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