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Zverev is in Paris, but misses the Champions League final: "I have tickets, but I won't go there"

2022-05-28T16:43:03.817Z


Zverev is in Paris, but misses the Champions League final: "I have tickets, but I won't go there" Created: 05/28/2022, 18:28 By: Christoph Klaucke Tennis ace Alexander Zverev voluntarily renounces the final of the Champions League. However, the Bayern fan comes out as a "huge Klopp fan". Paris – The time has finally come on Saturday: The big showdown of the football season will take place in t


Zverev is in Paris, but misses the Champions League final: "I have tickets, but I won't go there"

Created: 05/28/2022, 18:28

By: Christoph Klaucke

Tennis ace Alexander Zverev voluntarily renounces the final of the Champions League.

However, the Bayern fan comes out as a "huge Klopp fan".

Paris – The time has finally come on Saturday: The big showdown of the football season will take place in the Stade de France in Paris.

Real Madrid and Liverpool meet in the Champions League final in a quest for Europe's crown.

A mega event that sports fans and celebrities from all over the world do not want to miss.

However, one has a different plan and voluntarily renounces the endgame, although he is very close.

Germany's tennis ace Alexander Zverev wants to reach a final himself, namely that of the French Open in Paris.

Alexander Zverev

Born: April 20, 1997 (age 25), Hamburg

World ranking position: 3

ATP title: 19

Greatest success: Olympic champion 2021 in Tokyo

Champions League final: tennis ace Zverev voluntarily renounces

"I have tickets, but I won't go there," said Zverev after reaching the round of 16 at the French Open.

"I'm playing a Grand Slam here and I'm going to play the next day.

It will go until midnight, that's way too late. ”

Zverev would have the opportunity to watch the final live in the stadium, after all he is already in Paris.

But he prefers to watch the game at the hotel.

Germany's best tennis player is even free on Saturday, his round of 16 against the Spanish qualifier Bernabe Zapata Miralles will not take place until Sunday (3rd match from 11:00 a.m.).

A duel with shooting star Carlos Alcaraz could then follow.

But for his first Grand Slam title, Zverev subordinates everything.

Germany's tennis ace Alexander Zverev has given up the Champions League final for his dream of a Grand Slam title at the French Open.

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Champions League: Zverev comes out as a "huge Klopp fan" and keeps his fingers crossed for Liverpool

"Neither of them are my teams, but if I had to choose now, I would choose Liverpool by an inch because I'm just such a huge Klopp fan," explained Zverev, who is a self-confessed fan of FC Bayern.

However, the 25-year-old also knows Real Madrid's Toni Kroos very well.

"Unfortunately, FC Bayern Munich is not playing in the final, otherwise it would be a very, very simple answer as to who I would be for."

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In any case, the success of the Reds would be a deserved reward for an outstanding season for the Hamburger.

"They didn't win the Premier League and I think they really deserved that this year.

That's why I simply treat him to the Champions League," said Zverev.

Liverpool are second in the championship race, just a point behind Manchester City, but have won the FA Cup and League Cup.

Real fan Nadal does not miss the Champions League final

Grand Slam record winner Rafael Nadal, unlike Zverev, is planning a trip to the Champions League final.

"I'll have to see how I wake up tomorrow," said the 35-year-old Spaniard after reaching the round of 16: "If my training goes well tomorrow, then it's my intention and my goal to be there."

Nadal is a fervent Real fan and definitely doesn't want to miss the highlight.

Bayern professional Thomas Müller, who was eliminated in the quarter-finals, guessed the result for the CL final – but Nadal is less likely to like the forecast.

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Source: merkur

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