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"I slept for only 2 hours because I was thinking cos playing against Rooney, Berbatov, Cristiano Ronaldo, Giggs was there. Alves was suspended, I'm the only one available". -Yaya Toure's hilarious story when Pep told him he was playing centre back in 2009 Champions league final against Man United...😂👏

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Yaya Touré reveals how Carles Puyol and Piqué calmed his fears and gave him the confidence to play out of position at CB in the 2009 Champions League final against Manchester United: “The day before the game, I think I slept only two hours because I was thinking: ‘Playing Rooney, Berbatov, Cristiano Ronaldo, Giggs…’ It was a big United. I think only Fletcher didn’t play because he was suspended from their side. Dani Alves was suspended, Abidal was suspended as well, Márquez was injured, and Guardiola had to reshape the defence. We were thinking: ‘Who’s gonna play in defence?’ The coach came to me and said: ‘You can play defence.’ I said: ‘Oh.’ It’s not like I love problems, but when things come with no solution, I always find myself as a solution. Two days later, I was like: ‘Jeez, maybe I made a mistake there.’ But I couldn’t go back and tell him: ‘Look, coach, maybe we can try someone else.’ I remember Samuel Eto’o was on me for four days saying: ‘Yaya, you wanna play defender? You know at Barcelona, if you lose the game and it’s your mistake, your career can be ruined.’” Interviewer: “That is the least helpful advice ever from Samuel Eto’o.” Yaya: “Exactly! After that, I was like: ‘What am I doing? Maybe I may get sick or run from the game.’ But when we won, I was so delighted because I felt the help and support. All my teammates were looking: ‘Who’s gonna play at the back? Who’s gonna play centre-back?’ Piqué was there. Puyol had to play right-back because Alves was suspended and we didn’t have any right-back left. Abidal was suspended. Sylvinho can play left-back. It was only me, Busquets or Seydou Keita who could play there. But Seydou, when the question was asked, he said: ‘I won’t get involded…’ When you looked at Busquets, he was looking somewhere else. And it’s always me, like: ‘Yeah, okay, what am I gonna do? Okay, I’ll play.’ It was incredible.” Interviewer: “How long after the whistle blew did that fear disappear for you?” Yaya: “After five minutes, I think. I remember it like it was yesterday. That game marked me for a long time. It was beautiful and it was the first Champions League final I played. For me, it was all dreams. After five minutes, I think we were keeping the ball, we lost it in the middle, and Ronaldo ran that way, and Rooney on the other side. Piqué was running, and I think I slipped a bit. And he recovered for me, and after that got the ball, and I said: ‘Oh yeah, don’t worry, I’m there, I’m gonna support you.’ After that moment I felt like: ‘Yeah, I think I have the support.’ And Puyol after that came close to me, said: ‘Yeah, relax, don’t worry, it’s okay, it’s the game, don’t worry, we’re gonna deal with it. And if anything, we cover you.’ And after that I got on with it.” Interviewer: “So those leaders in the team stood up for you in that moment?” Yaya: “Exactly. That’s why, when I get asked about young and experienced players, this is where experience makes the difference. Young players can sometimes struggle to deal with these situations. You need someone with experience, control and self-confidence to come close to you and say: ‘Don’t worry, guys. We are there.’”

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