Real Madrid’s No. 1 midfielder Rudiger appears confident if he has to face Kylian Mbappé if he meets him in the 2023/24 Champions League final.
An intriguing clash at Wembley on June 1 could happen if Los Blancos beat Bayern Munich and Mbappe’s Paris Saint-Germain overcome Bavarian side Borussia Dortmund.
It is not only a match between the two biggest clubs in Europe in modern times, it is also a confrontation between Mbappe and the team that the French star is rumored to be landing in the summer of 2024, Real Madrid.
When asked about the potential prospects of this confrontation, Madrid midfielder Antonio Rudiger said: “If we face Mbappe in the Champions League final , we will beat him. And if he gets past me, I’ll smash him.”
This was said humorously given Rudiger’s joking nature. Elsewhere, Rudiger does not like suggestions that Mbappe is “in the pocket” of the former Chelsea defender after Germany defeated France 2-0 in a recent friendly match.
By joining Real Madrid, Mbappe will hope to compete with fellow country stars such as Zinedine Zidane and Karim Benzema, plus the man he idolized as a youth is the club’s all-time top scorer. Cristiano Ronaldo Club.
After helping PSG defeat Madrid’s arch-nemesis, FC Barcelona, Mbappe implied that he wanted to bequeath PSG the first Champions League title in its history.
“I have the dream of winning the Champions League with Paris. For sure. Now it’s another step against a great team and we will try to get to Wembley. We played a great game as is a collective.”
The match between PSG vs Dortmund will take place at 2:00 a.m. on May 2, Vietnam time.
