Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal describes tonight’s Champions League semi-final with Real Madrid as ‘a dream’.
The Bianconeri face the holders in the Bernabeu tomorrow night knowing that they will advance to a first final since 2003 if they avoid defeat.
“It is a dream, because I have always dreamt of being in a Champions League semi-final,” Vidal told UEFA’s official website.
“I watched it at home as a boy, and now I am really here, that is the thing I have been enjoying the most.
Juventus midfielder Arturo Vidal describes tonight’s Champions League semi-final with Real Madrid as ‘a dream’.
The Bianconeri face the holders in the Bernabeu tomorrow night knowing that they will advance to a first final since 2003 if they avoid defeat.
“It is a dream, because I have always dreamt of being in a Champions League semi-final,” Vidal told UEFA’s official website.
“I watched it at home as a boy, and now I am really here, that is the thing I have been enjoying the most.
“We will try to become champions. I know it's very difficult, but I've made it here, and that is difficult too. So I hope to not stop until I lift the trophy.
“When you play against Madrid, you play against the best players in the world, and we know that. We'll try to give our utmost.
“But we also have first-class players, and we hope we can show that over the two legs and reach the final.”
The Old Lady have disappointed in Europe up until this season, and actually lost two of their first three games in the group stage.
“That was a very ugly moment we went through with Juventus in those first games, as we never expected to lose.
“We lost in a way that we didn't like. We thought it would be an easier group, but it got complicated, and in the end we had to give everything to get through.”
Finally, the Chilean midfielder described the joy of scoring the goal which sealed the Turin giants’ semi-final berth.
“[I was] very emotional at first, because it was very hard to score in the Champions League,” Vidal explained.
“Last year I scored a lot, and the year before I scored as well, but this year it was a lot harder because of various problems.
“But many beautiful things, and also bad [feelings] came together in that moment. I like to let my heart speak when I score, and celebrate it to the maximum.
“And thankfully we qualified for the semi-final with that goal.”
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