A Quote by Pepe Reina
After the Champions League final in 2007... I would never have thought I would have finished my career in Milan!
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My best Champions League moment was when Milan won in 2007 against Liverpool. That was the biggest moment for me in the Champions League.
What is the most important moment in my career? The Champions League final played in Athens in 2007 when I netted a double.
I think Milan lack a bit of renovation and planning for the future. Too often, they focused only on the present, particularly after the 2007 Champions League triumph.
To be honest, I was never expecting to be in a World Cup final, a Euro final, a Champions League final, a Europa League final. I've done much more than I dreamt, and that's incredible.
For me to be in a Champions League final playing for Milan was already the best experience you can imagine.
If I had a choice between the Champions League and the Golden Boot, then of course it would be the Champions League - no doubt the Champions League.
I don't think a lot of players reach a Champions League final. If you look at how many goalkeepers in the league reach a Champions League final, I don't know.
Of course it would be nice to go to another Champions League final and hopefully win it again one day, but for me, the Premier League is the best trophy to have.
I remember my first time in the Champions League. I was 18, and it was Arsenal against Milan at The Emirates. The night before, I remember I put my music on my iPod. I was lying in bed, and I listened to the Champions League music. That was my Champions League debut, my first time. It was beautiful.
I hope Milan will become the model to follow for Italian teams - it would mean that we had gone far in the Champions League!
When I then went to Welling I had to think about the possibility of getting another job outside of football. If that hadn't worked out then I would probably have joined the family building firm, working as a ‘brickie’ or something like that. It is a big leap to be playing in the Champions League final - the biggest game of my career - but after what I've been through to get here, it holds no fears for me.
For me, winning the Champions League would be an incredible feeling and winning that trophy was one of the reasons I joined Milan.
In Spain, I'd taken Villarreal to league runners-up and the quarter-final and then semi-final of the Champions League.
The Champions League without Milan is not the Champions League.
You know, who would have thought a guy from Canada playing at a club like Bayern Munich and winning the Champions League? I never could have guessed it.
Both were wonderful experiences, but I've always said the Champions League campaign where I was most important was 2003. However, the one the fans remember is 2007, which shows how important goals in a final are.
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