BEVERLY HILLS, May 17, (THEWILL) – Former Italian defender, Giorgio Chiellini, has disclosed that Real Madrid skipper, Sergio Ramos, dislocated Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah’s shoulder on purpose in the 2018 Champions League final.
The Juventus defender stated this in his autobiography stressing that the Spanish defender knew what he was doing when he tackled Salah.
“Ramos has always said it was unintentional.
“But he was aware that falling in the way that he did, without loosening his grip on that hold, nine times out of ten you can break your opponent’s arm.
“He has two characteristics that almost no one else has.
“He knows how to be decisive in big games, with interventions that go beyond any logic, that even cause injuries with almost devilish wit.
“The one on Salah in the 2018 Champions League final was a masterstroke,” he wrote.
THEWILL recalls that Salah could not continue in the final between Liverpool and Real Madrid.
Many football pundits have also described Ramos as a “master of the dark arts” not just because of his role in Salah’s injury but because he has been red carded a record 14 times in the last 10 seasons.
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However, Chiellini believes that Ramos is one of the best defenders ever.
“You could say he’s impulsive and not very tactically aware, that he is responsible for conceding eight or ten goals a season — and if I’m pulled up for two or three I’d be slaughtered.
“Without him, Madrid turn into a team without a defence.
“Without him, Varane, Marcelo and Carvajal look like kids playing for the reserve team.”
