PSG-Real Madrid: "fate is capricious", smiles Sergio Ramos

Sergio Ramos took advantage of the two and a half days of rest granted by PSG before the resumption of training, this Wednesday, at 3 p.m., to go to Madrid to inaugurate a sports hall. The Spanish central defender, who still only has one match in the PSG jersey, in Saint-Etienne on November 28, and who still had to forfeit the meeting against Monaco (2-0), Sunday, held a press conference which enabled him to discuss current events. The chance of the two draws of the knockout stages of the Champions League put Real Madrid on his way and that of PSG, where he has known everything, and won everything. On February 15 at the Park and March 9 at Santiago Bernabeu, Ramos will therefore find many acquaintances.

“Fate is capricious,” smiled the Parisian defender.

I would have liked to have fallen against another team.

You know how much I love Madrid, their supporters and that will never change.

But it's time to face the present: I am a PSG player and I will defend my team.

I'll do all I can to get past this round.

Madrid are going through a good time, but there is still time before this game.

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Ramos does not hide that he would have preferred a duel against Manchester United, as initially planned.

But, despite everything, he does not hide that he appreciates the idea of ​​returning to the Bernabeu.

“It's a mixture of feelings,” he says.

I would have liked not to have had this game, but coming home after not having had a goodbye because of the Covid is very gratifying and makes me happy.

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"I want Kylian to stay on my team"

Ramos took advantage of this meeting to send a few messages.

He was asked if he thought Kylian Mbappé could one day attend his gym in Madrid.

“I wouldn't like that!

he laughed.

I want to be surrounded by the best and Kylian is a key player, at PSG now and in the future, I don't know what's going to happen but I want Kylian to stay on my team.

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On Messi, who was once his great rival, he slipped: “Now we share a locker room and we have a very good relationship.

We are trying to help PSG win.

The goal is the Champions League and Messi and I can both contribute.

Our relationship is made up of admiration and respect on both sides ”.

Finally, in his 2021 year marred by repeated injuries, Ramos said: “It would be wrong to say that it was not difficult. But above all, she was different. I had the good fortune to play for many years and injuries spared me. It's important to feel good again, to feel like a player. There were many hours of work, of gymnastics, in the shadows. But everything helps to come back. Being able to become part of the group again, playing again in Saint Etienne was a highlight. This match, I didn't want it to end! In life, when you devote yourself body and soul to something, the results do eventually come. Today I am very calm. My family feels good in Paris and we can focus on making things better. I think Ramos will be there for a while ”.