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The Observer [the Sunday edition of The Guardian newspaper ] publishes an interview with Antonio Rüdiger in which the 29-year-old defender talks about Germany and the World Cup, but also about his time at Chelsea and his arrival at Madrid. “Chelsea was a big, big, big chapter. But Real Madrid is the cream of football. In the last nine years they have won five Champions Leagues, that says it all ,” said Rüdiger. Benzema and Modric are some of the proper names that appear in his conversation with the British Sunday player . “As a striker, the way he moves, his ability is… wow!” he says of the Frenchman. Of the Croatian, he recalled the pass with the outside that he gave to Rodrygo in the tie between Chelsea and Madrid in the last Champions League. “It’s normal for him, I rarely see him pass with the left” If anyone has impressed Rüdiger, it’s Ancelotti : “He’s calm. He comes from a generation that I never thought would train me.
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That already has an amazing effect. He had never seen anything like the way he treats people. The first day I arrived for the presentation, he came to my house and he sat with my family. I thought: ‘This is not normal. Never has a coach done this for me .” Rüdiger thinks that the German team is not among the main favorites for the World Cup, but that they cannot be left out of the pools: “Honestly, if we talk about favorites we have to talk about fitness. Before the last national team break, you looked at teams like Brazil and France . Thinking about our moment in form, maybe not so much. But we are a great nation and we have a good team. You can never rule us out. Anything can happen ”. Rüdiger made his international debut in May 2014, eight and a half years ago, and has played 54 matches with the Mannschaft , an experience that forces him to take on responsibilities in the dressing room directed by Hansi Flick: “I am one of the players who has been around the longest here. I have to be one of the leaders . “