Salomon Rondonformer Málaga player today Pachuca that tonight he will face the real Madrid in the final of the Intercontinental Cuphas two references and one of them is a former Madrid fan. The Venezuelan footballer, 35, has explained in ‘El Larguero’ (Ser) that his two lifelong idols are Michael Jordan and Ronaldo Nazario.
Of ‘Fenómeno’ he affirms that when he met him “I was frozen”, while of the basketball legend he says that “he is an idol, a reference, a person for whom I always liked basketball.” And he adds as an anecdote: “There was even a moment when I wanted to change sports but my parents wouldn’t let me. They weren’t wrong.” “I ask for the number 23 whenever I can because of my love of basketball, it has marked me all my life.”
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The former Málaga player knows some of the players he will face tonight: “I faced Courtois when he was at Atlético de Madrid and I met him in the Premier League. With the national team I faced Vinicius, Valverde… I hope Mbappé doesn’t play and I hope none of them play,” he admitted. And regarding the result of the match, it is clear: “Real Madrid has always been the favorite by history, but I am convinced that anything can happen in football. No one can take away our enthusiasm.”
