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Casemiro says the Real Madrid team is like something from a “movie” as Los Blancos continue to make history.
Madrid eased to their 35th LaLiga title this season, securing the Spanish top-flight triumph with four games to play.
Carlo Ancelotti’s side also celebrated Champions League glory, winning the European Cup for the 14th time – more than double any other club has achieved – with victory over Liverpool in Paris.
The 1-0 win over Jurgen Klopp’s men at the Stade de France last month was far less dramatic than most expected it to be, given Madrid’s route to the final.
Los Blancos turned around a two-goal deficit in the second half of the second leg against Paris Saint-Germain, before staving off a Chelsea fightback to win in extra-time.
Manchester City then seemed to have one foot in the final, but a stoppage-time Rodrygo Goes double followed by Karim Benzema’s extra-time penalty secured another sensational victory.
Casemiro has lifted the Champions League trophy five times as a Madrid player and the Brazil international likened their success to something that belongs in Hollywood.
“This team is from a movie. Winning five Champions Leagues in the last eight years only has one definition: making history,” he told Spanish daily AS.
“The Champions League won in Paris will be remembered for life. It is the most wonderful European Cup story ever told.”
Having led Milan to Champions League glory in 2003 and 2007 and done so with Madrid in 2014 and this year, Ancelotti is the most successful manager in the history of the competition.
Ancelotti is an example in everything. Everything good that happens to him deserves it. He has an infinite illusion for Madrid.” Casemiro said of the legendary Italian.
Casemiro has won his Champions League titles alongside Toni Kroos and Luka Modric, who signed a one-year extension on Wednesday.
The 30-year-old revealed Madrid president Florentino Perez affectionately named the midfielders after a trio of famous Spanish opera singers.
“Florentino calls us ‘The Three Tenors’. Kroos, Modric and I have earned the right to be remembered for many years,” Casemiro continued.
