Rodri, now in the City, reveals his great anecdote with Casemiro

It already smells of the return of the Champions facing the final phase. The Real Madrid, with the title of the Spain Supercup and goodbye this Wednesday to the Copa del Rey, still very alive in the fight for The league (leader with three points of advantage over the Barcelona) and the maximum continental competition.

The white set will receive the 26 of February to the Manchester City in the first leg of the round of 16 in the Santiago Bernabeu, while traveling to English lands to dispute the return in the Etihad Stadium on March 17. And on the occasion of this confrontation, Jorge Valdano has interviewed Rodri for its program ‘Universo Valdano’.

The Spanish international is the protagonist of this new installment that will be broadcast on Tuesday, February 11 at 10:00 p.m. in #Vamos and has revealed “an anecdote” with Casemiro in “the first game” he played against Madrid in the Bernabeu, the second game as a professional. (DC news: after the KO cupbearer, Zidane will insist on him again: Kanté)

“He put a stick in me, put a stick (he repeated putting his hands to his face in a joking tone)… Besides, it was the second play I took. I said I know what's up. Let's go prepared, ”he said. Zinedine Zidane has always shown great admiration towards a Rodri that rang for him Madrid before jumping into Premier from the Atleti, who signed it from Villarreal.

The midfielder ‘cityzen’ has also revealed what his main virtue on the pitch: “As important is to know your virtues as your limitations, especially in the face of the rival to hide them or to show where you really are better. I have always been clear that my virtue has been to understand football, to know how to read the games, to understand what I am good at and I have to avoid. ”