But Rafael Nadal arrived at the Stade de France, on foot, after he had to get out of his car stuck on the highway in heavy traffic.
“I had difficulties getting to the stadium,” Nadal said. “I had to get out of the car on the highway and walked to the stadium.”
“Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to get there in time, because the car that was picking me up didn’t reach the parking lot (at the stadium) until 10:15 pm (8:15 GMT), but I got there on foot.” It was easier than I thought. People from the organizing committee recognized me and helped me.”
And Nadal, who played today in the final price match at Roland Garros (he beat Canadian Alex Auger-Aliassime): “On the other hand, getting out of the field was easy: the car was waiting for me in the basement of the garage, and we were able to get out quickly and at 00:20 after In the middle of the night I was in my room.”
“Unfortunately, I couldn’t see the celebrations, but it was a great moment for me to attend my first Champions League final and, moreover, with Real Madrid winning.”
The start of the summit match in the ancient continental competition, which witnessed Real Madrid’s victory over Liverpool (1-0) and crowning the fourteenth title in the competition, was delayed more than 30 minutes, due to tensions outside the “Stade de France” stadium in the Paris suburbs of Saint-Denis, and an attempt Several fans climbed the fence gates and forced entry, which resulted in police stopping them and sometimes firing tear gas.