Philippe Senderos has appeared on Arsenal's Locked in Podcast
and has relived his best memory in a Gunners shirt. Philippe Senderos has
relived his experience of Arsenal's historic 1-0 victory over Real Madrid in
the run to the 2006 Champions League final. Champions League fans around the
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The result meant the Gunners became the first ever English
side to beat Los Blancos on their home ground with Thierry Henry's outstanding
solo goal the difference on the night.
Having grown up a Real Madrid fan like his Spanish father,
however, the nerves were almost too much for Senderos to handle as kick off
approached with him starting alongside Kolo Toure with Mathieu Flamini at
left-back.
"That Real Madrid game, away, with an amazing Henry goal
- that game was for me one of my best memories in an Arsenal shirt and on a
football pitch in general,” he told Arsenal's 'In Lockdown' podcast .
"My Dad is Spanish, from very close to Madrid so he's
supported Real Madrid all his life and me growing up, I always looked at Real
Madrid being an amazing team and a team that I would love to play for in the
future.
"That game, that day at the Bernabeu, was the day that I
was the most nervous in my whole entire life. I remember throwing up before the
game on the field and before the ref blew because I was actually living my
dream.
"Playing at the Bernabeu against Real Madrid for Arsenal
that was my dream as a kid I wanted to do that in my life and I was actually
living it so that's one of my best memories on a football field."
Keeping a clean sheet both at the Bernabeu and in the return
leg at Highbury, Senderos helped the Gunners maintain their record of not conceding
that year which continued until the final against Barcelona.
Having kept Ajax and Thun goalless in the group stages,
Senderos kept his place after the Real Madrid victory, starting both
quarter-final legs against Juventus and the first leg of the semifinal against
Villarreal. Unfortunately for the Swiss international, an injury before the
second leg would cost him a place in the starting XI for the return leg and the
final.
"I remember between the two legs of the Villarreal game
we played against Spurs in the league and I hurt my knee in the second half and
had to come off and missed two or three games at the end of the season,"
he added.
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