As part of the team on the three finals they have won in the past three years, Coke hadn't been the hero in the past two. But today, he scored a brace that has the Sevilla crowd celebrating in the city back in Spain and making history by becoming the first team to achieve three consecutive European Championships in modern football. After the match, Coke was barely able to speak because of all the excitement that means scoring a brace in a final.
He told BeIN Sports how he felt for being the main player who gave Sevilla the trophy with his goals, we could barely understand what he was saying because he was very close to shedding tears of joy: "It's difficult to explain it. I want to thank the team we have and all the people who have spent money to come here and who kill for Sevilla. Every person who came here is worth three or four. I want them to enjoy it. It was a very special week and it's impossible to start it in the best way. We have a whole city behind us.
"We suffered today and during the whole season. We've had long injuries, which is the worst thing in football, and we've fought for each other. The prize doesn't matter. The important thing is that we win. We've had an amazing season and now we have another final. Every year we change 10 players. The beginning is difficult and it's hard to get going, so what we've done is all-the-more impressive."
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