Gini Wijnaldum has revealed how Jurgen Klopp gave a pre-UEFA Champions League final meeting in Cristiano Ronaldo underpants prior to their 2018 clash with Real Madrid.

The pressure was on the Reds as they headed into their first European Cup final since 2007, while Madrid were looking to claim their third title on the spin.

But, aware of the nerves his players might be feeling ahead of the game in Kiev, Wijnaldum has revealed how Klopp insantly lifted the pressure by arriving for a team meeting wearing Ronaldo-branded boxers.

The Dutchman told The Athletic:

We saw he was wearing the boxer shorts of Cristiano Ronaldo. He did the meeting with his shirt stuffed inside his 'CR7' boxers. The whole changing room was on the floor laughing their heads off.

That really broke the ice. Usually in those situations, everyone is serious and concentrated. But he was relaxed and made this joke.

He’s done hundreds of jokes likes that. If you see that your manager is really confident and relaxed, it will have an effect on players. He is a father figure in those things for the players. With his jokes and his body language, he takes the pressure off players.


Despite being on the losing side on that occasion, with two goals from Gareth Bale helping Madrid to a 3-1 win over Klopp's side, they would go again in 2018-19 and claim the trophy this time around, beating Tottenham in the final.

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Cc: lalasticlala dominique Mynd44

Nice one from Klopp.


You need to dig deep to get the best out of your team and that include not been too serious all of the time.

if it was morihno he would have wore Hitler boxer and hat

So he wore a Ronaldo boxers and still got beat